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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1919. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



"TECHNICAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS." BY R. H. H. AUNGST, IN- 

 .»lructor in Technical Chemistry, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, New York, 

 ihc Wiley Technical Series, J. M. Jameson, Editor. John Wiley & 

 Sons, Inc. New York. (Paper, loose-leaf, 8 by IO/2 inches, 44 sheets.) 



'X'HIS publication constitutes a loose-leaf laboratory maniul for 



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students, and comprises methods for the technical chemical 



analysis of a variety of organic and inorganic products as coal, 

 iron and steel, water, sugar, animal and vegetable oils, pig- 

 ments, paints and rubber. In view of the practical iinportancc 

 of the subject the section devoted to the analysis of rubber 

 might well be extended to include many more available analytic 

 methods. 



"BULLETIN DES CAOUTCHOUCS." INSTITUT COLONIAL DE 

 Marseille, Kr.nnce. 11. Dunod & E. Pinat, 49 Quai des Grands- 



The "Bulletin des Caoutchoucs," of which two numbers 

 have appeared to date, is one of several publications of the 

 Institut Colonial de Marseille, France. The work of the In- 

 stitute is comprised in special sections devoted respectively to 

 cereals and starch-producing plants, grasses and caoutchouc. 

 The chief of the caoutchouc section is G. Van Pelt, who dis- 

 cusses at length in Bulletin No. 1 the program of the section, 

 and proposes in conclusion.: 



1. The establishment of laboratories on important planta- 

 tions under the direction of specialists qualified to undertake the 

 study of questions of interest concerning production, or at least 

 have present on the ground a director experienced in the scien- 

 tific culture and preparation of caoutchouc. 



2. Continuous collaboration of the plantation technical serv- 

 ice with special laboratories, official or otherwise, in the pro- 

 ducing countries. 



3. The establishment of a scientific evaluation service in 

 place of the present empirical trade methods. 



4. A scientific organization specializing in matters applying 

 to the rubber industry. 



5. Close collaboration of this scientific organization with the 

 technical service for manufacture. 



In dem.onstrating the advantages to be derived from the appli- 

 cation of the above proposals the importance is repeatedly 

 insisted upon of connecting all the various organizations work- 

 ing within its prescribed limits. This connection will permit 

 all specialists to furnish a maximum of useful effort, and they 

 will be kept continuously informed of the condition of the 

 studies undertaken and the importance of the new problems to 

 be investigated. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



HPhe Ar.mstrong Rubber Comp.\nv, Inc., G.^RF1ELD, New 

 Jersey, is sending out an interesting and instructive pamphlet, 

 showing all the stages of the manufacture of its tires and inner 

 tubes from receipt of the crude rubber to the shipment of the 

 finished product. Each stage is illustrated with half-tone engrav- 

 ings, making a graphic exposition of the hand method of build- 

 ing tires. The book is handsomely printed in two colors, with 

 an embossed cover, having a cut-out to show a halftone of the 

 finished tire. 



F. C. JSIathiesox & Sons, London, E'ngl.iiND, h.\ve issued 

 Number 20 of their handbook, "Rubber Facts and Figures," under 

 date of May, 1919, which gives in compact form the usual vol- 

 uminous amount of information regarding the many British- 

 owned rubber planting companies. The book is of value to the 

 investor, giving facts regarding capital stock, area of land and 

 number of trees, annual ainount of rubber harvested, dividends 

 paid, etc., and is of interest to the rubber trade generally as 

 showing the steady increase in production of plantation rubber, 

 its fluctuations of prices, costs, forward sales, etc. 



The Rubber Growers' .\ssoci.\tion has published the first 

 number of its "Bulletin," which is to be sent free to every 

 member of the Association. There will be no advertisements. 

 Besides papers on rubber supply, markets, and so forth, and the 

 proceedings of the Association, the "Bulletin" prints a variety 

 of scientific papers and articles relating to rubber in all its 

 branches. 



"Tire Trade Journal." This is a new and interesting 

 publication from the press of The Gardncr-Moffat Co., Inc., of 

 New York. It carries some 20 pages of reading, 30 of adver- 

 tising, and a very complete price list of standard makes of tires 

 and tubes. In his excellent foreword the Editor outlines the 

 broad field that the publication plans to cover. In brief, while 

 the manufacturer of tires will be kept informed regarding new 

 processes and machines, the tire dealer and repair man will also 

 be posted in all that pertains to sales, distribution, and brought 

 into close contact with the manufacturers. 



The first issue is excellently gotten up and of much interest. 

 Editor Pinto and his staff are to be congratulated. 



The }iIotor and .\ccESS0Ry Manufacturers' Associ.\tion 

 issues its year book for 1919, at the end of the fifteenth year of 

 the existence of the association. Besides the statement of the work 

 done during the past year, the plans for the future and the 

 formal records of the association, this issue contains interesting 

 accounts of the war activities of the various sections of the asso- 

 ciation, with many portraits and sketches of officials. 



.\ NEW catalog of HYDRAULIC .MACHINERY MANUFACTURED BY 



the Camden Iron Works, Camden. New Jersey, includes machines 

 used in the manufacture of pneumatic and solid rubber tires, the 

 heavy type of tire-applying presses used in garages, hydraulic 

 presses for shoe sole and heel manufacture, heavy presses for 

 making rubber hose, accumulators of all types, and steam or 

 power pumps for all services. 



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Foreign Trade Series No. 1, Entitled "Discussion of and 

 Practice and Procedure under the Export Trade Act," has been 

 published by the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C, 

 for the benefit of those desiring to co-operate in the development 

 of American foreign trade through associations formed under the 

 Webb-Pomerene law. The pamphlet contains many facts of im- 

 portance to all firms doing an export business, including the te.xt 

 of the Webb law, sections of the amended Wilson Tariff Act, 

 and of Uic Federal Trade Commission Act. 



CUSTOMS APPRAISER'S DECISIONS. 



No. 43178.— Protests 931667, etc., of The Rubber Association of 

 .America et al. (New York). 

 GuTTA Percha, Gutt.\ Hangkang, Gutta Katian, Gutta 

 Teweh are certain gums, classified at 10 per cent ad valorem 

 under paragraph 385, tariff act of 1913, are claimed free of duty 

 as gutta percha under paragraph 502. Merchandise invoiced as 

 gutta hangkang, gutta katian, gutta percha, and gutta teweh was 

 held entitled to free entry under paragraph 502. G. A. 8194 

 (T. D. 37759), G. A. 8081 (T. D. 37284), and Abstracts 42908 

 and 42885 followed. (Treasury Decisions, Volume 36, No. 23, 

 June 5, 1919.) 



No. 43213.— Protest 930720 of Pitt & Scott (New York). 



Rubber Rings. — Merchandise invoiced as "G. G. rings" classi- 

 fied as. a manufacture of hard rubber at 25 per cent ad valorem 

 under paragraph 369, tariff act of 1913, is claimed dutiable as 

 a manufacture of India rubber or gutta percha at 10 per cent 

 under paragraph 368. On the authority of Abstract 43(X)8 the 

 rubber rings in question were held dutiable under paragraph 

 368. (Treasury Decisions, Volume 36, No. 25, June 19, 1919.) 



