THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(September 1, 1919. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



^T^HE inquiries that follow have already been answered; tiever- 

 ■* thcli'ss they are of interest not only in shmving the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility that additional in- 

 formation may be furnished by those wh» read them. The editor 

 is therefore glad to have those interested communieate with him. 



(730.) An inquiry has been received for the address of a 

 concern which a year or two ago manufactured and put on the 

 market a small instrument for determining the hardness and 

 softness of rubber. 



(731.) A reader requests information as to who manufactures 

 an electrically heated mold press. 



(732.) A subscriber asks for information about a cord-lined 

 paper for wrapping tires. 



(733.) The name and address of the company manufacturing 

 the Maibern tire-wrapping machine is desired by a tire manu- 

 facturer. 



(734.) .^n inquiry has been received for a machine for wind- 

 ing bicycle tape. 



(735.) .\ reader asks the names and addresses of stationery 

 rubber brokers who handle rubber bands in large quantities. 



(736.) The names and addresses are desired of manufacturers 

 of automobile, motorcycle, and bic\'cle valves such as are used 

 lor inner tubes in foreign countries. 



(737.) Request is made for the names and addresses of manu- 

 facturers of rubber strips for joining the fabric strips used in 

 tire building. 



(738.) \ foreign manufacuirer requests the name and ad- 

 dress of the manufacturer of a machine for making lilack-and- 

 red striped tubing. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



.iddresses may be obtained from the Bureau, of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce or its district or cooperative officers. Re- 

 quest for each should be on a separate sheet, and state number. 



(29,989.) An agent in Ireland desires to represent American 

 manufacturers of rubber, mechanical and general lines, includ- 

 ing tires. 



(30,012.) A man in Mesopotamia, expecting to purchase if 

 suitable, desires quotations f. o. b. American port, on up to fifty, 

 fifteen-hundredweight autocar lorries with pneumatic tires and 

 a proportion of spares. 



(30,015.) A company in Switzerland wishes to secure the 

 agency for the sale of rubber tires. Quote f. o. b. New York 

 or c. i. f. French or Italian ports. Correspondence may be in 

 English. 



(30,017.) The representative of an English firm is in this 

 country to secure agencies for the sale of rubber-making ma- 

 chinery. 



(30,036.) A firm in Norway desires the agency for the sale 

 of rubber and rubber goods. Quote c. i. f. Norwegian port. 

 Correspondence may be in English. 



(30,042.) The representative of an English firm is in this 

 country and wishes to purchase and to secure the agency for 

 the sale of rubber goods in Siberia. 



(30,088.) The purchase and agency is desired by a man in 

 Czechoslovakia for rubber tires, weight immaterial, millimeter 

 dimensions 815 by 105, 820 by 120, 880 by 120, 895 by 120, 760 

 by 100, and 710 by 100, for touring cars and motor trucks. Two 

 carloads are needed at once. 



(30,118.) A manufacturing and wholesale firm in Sweden 

 desires to purchase rubber, reclaimed rubber, rubber goods, ma- 

 chines, tools and appliances for facilitating preparatory as well 

 as finishing processes of manufacturing plants for rubber goods. 



(30,133.) The purchase and sole agency is desired by a firm 

 in Czechoslovakia for the sale of rubber tires. Payment to be 

 made in United States currency. 



(30,134.) .\n importing firm in Sweden desires the purchase 



ot rubber lootwear, on own account and on commission. 



(30,216.) A wholesale dealer in the Netherlands' desires to 

 receive quotations from manufacturers for the purchase of rub- 

 ber duck. Samples of the goods desired and may be examined at 

 the Bureau or its district offices. (Refer to Miscellaneous Exhibit 

 No. 207.) Correspondence may be in English. 



(30,348.) The purchase is desired by a firm in Belgium of 

 articles in India rubber. Quotations should be given c. i. f. 

 Belgian ports. Terms cash or short term credit. Correspond- 

 ence may be in French. 



(30,393.) An importing company in India desires to come 

 into direct touch with manufacturers of solid tires for busses 

 and pneumatic tires for pleasure cars. 



(30,406.) The representative of an automobile sales company 

 in New Zealand is in the United States for a short time, and 

 desires to secure an agency for the sale of rubber tires. 



(30,411.) A firm in Spain desires to purchase balata belting. 

 Correspondence may be in English. 



(30,429.) An American who is established in France desires 

 to secure agencies for the sale of tires. 



(30,431.) A man from Denmark who is in the United States 

 for a short time wishes to secure an agency for the sale of 

 rubber shoes. 



(30,445.) .\ merchant in South .Africa desires to receive catal- 

 ogs, prices and samples of fountain pens and druggists' sundries. 



(30,446.) .\n importer in Switzerland desires to purchase and 

 secure an agency for the sale of tires. Correspondence may be 



in English. 



COLONEL COLT'S INVENTIVE ANCESTOR. 



A BIT OF INTERE.STING HISTORY Centres about the old-time 

 wood-cut here reproduced. It pictures 14-year-old Sam- 

 uel Colt, for whom Colonel Samuel P. Colt was named. The 

 bov IS shown aboard ship fashioning a model of the revolver 

 of which he was the in\entor Verj ad\emurous and pre- 



The Bo\ Colt In\enting the Re\ol\er 

 C0C1014S he had run awa\ to sea when only ten \ears old \fter 

 seeing the world and inventing the revolver, he returned home, 

 secured patents and later founded the great fire-arm company 

 that bore his name. Incidentally, during the Civil War he in- 

 vented an insulating compound and did considerable in wire 



insulation. 



PACIFIC-FAR EAST FREIGHT TARIFF NO. 16-D. 

 New rates for freights from Pacific ports to the Far East, 

 namely Hongkong, Shankhai, Kobe, Yokohama and Manila, 

 have been issued by the United States Shipping Board, effective 

 August 15. Boots, shoes and rubbers are 45 cents per cubic 

 foot; pneumatic tires, 31^cents; and solid tires 25 cents. Junk, 

 including old rubber, $1 per hundredweight or 50 cents per 

 cubic foot. 



