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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1914. 



THE BRITISH CENSUS OF PRODUCTION, 1907. 



WHILE the report of the British Census of Production 

 for 1907 has only recently appeared, its compilation 

 has evidently involved considerable effort. Although modeled 

 in a general way upon the American Census of Manufac- 

 tures (which has been taken for 1899. 1904 and 1909), it is 

 far more detailed. This is particularly the case with the 

 rubber industry, in which the accessory trades have been 

 separately shown ; the items of "Miscellaneous Rubber Goods" 

 and "Other Products*' being of relatively small importance. 



The total product of rubber goods made in British factories 

 in 1907 is shown in Table A as equal to about 47 million 

 dollars. To this amount should be added 34 million dollars, 

 shown in Table B', for the production of nine industries re- 

 ported separately as using some rubber, but which has not 

 been segregated. The British production of rubber goods 

 in 1907 was thus the equivalent of 80 million dollars, as com- 

 pared with the reports of the United States Census of 1909, 

 quoted by The India Rubber World in May 1912 (page 374), of 

 200 million for rubber industries, and about 125 million for 

 accessory industries using more or less rubber. 



It is of course probable that the amounts of production 

 have since increased on both sides of the Atlantic, but the 

 figures for 1909 and 1907 afford a basis of comparison. 



COST OF PRODUCTION. 

 The cost of materials is shown, in respect to Table A, on 

 a product of about 45 million dollars, as approximately 29"/< 

 million. This result equals about 66 per cent, on the value 

 of output, or about 5 per cent, more than the average shown 

 by the United States census of the rubber industry for 1909. 

 The cost of material for the product of elastic webbing was 

 about 60 per cent, of the value. 



PERSONS EMPLOYED AND POWER USED. 



In the various branches of industry shown in Table A, 

 there were 21,556 wage earners and 2,483 salaried persons, 

 making a total of 24,039. Of this number 23,424 were em- 

 ployed in factories with their own engines and 615 in work- 

 shops not using power. The power used by the former num- 

 ber represented 27,440 horsepower, distributed as follows: 

 Reciprocating steam engines, 26,423; internal combustion en- 

 gines, 951; water power, 42; other power, 24; total, 27,440 

 horsepower. The capacity of dynamos driven by reciprocat- 

 ing steam engines was 4,415 kilowatts ,and by other power 37 

 kilowatts, making an aggregate of 4,452. The amount of 

 electricity purchased by the establishments whose product 

 is shown in Table A was 613,000 Board of Trade units. 



Altho in various instances the returns are not full in their 

 details, the idea has been to make them of a more or less 

 general character for the United Kingdom as a whole, so as 

 to avoid the possible disclosure of particulars regarding 

 certain firms. 



Table A— British Production of Rubber Goods, 1907. 



Value in 

 Dollars. 



Waste and reclaimed rubber $685,000 



Rubber compounds and solution 255,000 



Rubber substitutes 270,000 



Solid and insertion sheet rubber (including all 



articles for mechanical and industrial purposes). 7,690,000 



Machinery belting (including balata) 680,000 



Hose and tubing of rubber, with or without other 



materials 2,670,000 



Engine packings 170,000 



Pneumatic tires 11,490,000 



Solid tires 2,680,000 



Elastic thread, cord, etc 2,230,000 



Waterproof piece goods, garments, boots, etc., not 



separately distinguished 6,575,000 



Waterproof garments 3,620,000 



Rainproof garments 230,000 



Rubber heels 1,570,000 



Golf and tennis balls and sports requisites, etc.... 2,365,000 

 Hot water and air goods; medical, surgical and 



dental appliances 905,000 



Miscellaneous rubber goods 2,835,000 



Other products 450,000 



Total of rubber manufactures $47,370,000 



Table B— Production of Goods Made Partly of Rubber, 1907. 



ELASTIC WEBBING: 



Braids and cords $3,315,000 



Suspenders, belts, stockings, etc.... 690,000 

 Other textile manufactures 360,000 



$4,365,000 



ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHTING CABLES: 



Rubber insulation 6,500,000 



Paper and bitumen insulation (some 



rubber used) 6,610,000 



Other insulation (some rubber used) 3,645,000 



16,755,000 



TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CABLES: 



Submarine 5,510,000 



Land 4,045,000 



9,555,000 



Waterproof apparel 1,475,000 



Druggists' sundries 610,000 



Rubber stamps and accessories 150,000 



Reservoir pens and stylographs 270,000 



Rubber manufactures produced by engineering and 



cycle firms 600,000 



Total of goods partly of rubber $33,780,000 



BRITISH ELECTBICAL INVESTMENTS. 



A table published in the last (eighteenth) edition of "Garcke's 

 Manual of Electrical Undertakings" illustrates the development 

 of English electrical investments during the last seventeen years. 

 In 1896 there were 200 concerns, with an aggregate capitalization 

 equaling about $300,000,000; while the number of undertakings 

 now reported on is about 3,000. The total capital outstanding 

 in 1913-14 is said to represent about $2,100,000,000 or seven times 

 the amount in 1896. In both cases the figures include shares, 

 debentures and loans, together with the borrowings of municipali- 

 ties for electrical undertakings, but do not include the value of 

 the government telegraphs. 



HERMANN MULLER & CO. CHANGE TITLE. 



Hermann Miiller, of the crude rubber firm of Hermann 

 Muller & Co., 21 Mincing Lane. London, was granted per- 

 mission on August 25 to change his name to Harvey Christie- 

 Miller, and a similar change has been made in the firm name, 

 which is now Harvey Christie-Miller & Co. 



The Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., of London, has declared the 

 usual quarterly dividend on its 6 per cent, cumulative pre- 

 ferred shares. 



The Sirdar Rubber Co., of London, has introduced a new 

 non-skid tire in which the metal studs are flush with the 

 tread, in zig-zag depressions in the rubber. The claim is made 

 that a tire of this class, without the additional protector, 

 needs less inflation and allows greater resiliency. 



