November I, 1914. | 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



115 



THE RUBBER SCRAP MARKET. 



A I thr beginning of the month o( October dealers were 

 operating to a fairly large extent in b i shoes at 



6 to 634 cents. Mills weri nol largi purchasers, !>ut were 

 paying 7 cents for their requirements, while in some 

 thej paid 7 ; some sales being reported even al 

 under special circumstances. 



By the middle of the month a somewhal better toni pn 

 vailed, large dealers being willing to give about <!■ inns 

 and the business with mills being done at 7'x to 7' t cents 

 Some dealer- claimed to have been able to buy undei 6 

 cents, bin any such tra - did not affect thi n 



generally. 



Towards the close of the month a slightly less active I 

 prevailed; mills offering only 7 cents, but being obliged in 

 some cases to pay 7'i cents. Some dealers, who were di 

 sirous of reducing stock, sold at 7 cents. 



Auto, tires were weak at the opening of the month, buyers 

 only Operating to a limited extent, but paying 4>i cents. 

 Dealers were not disposed to pay over 4' ( cents. Later in 

 the month, mixed lots of tires were sold by dealers at 4 

 4 ; cents, while reclaimers needing a special grade were dis 

 posed I" I'.n good prices. Dealers could not purchase tires 

 at prices allowing of sales under 4\< cents. In the closing 

 week they were able to buy at 4% cents. 



Sales of inner tubes between dealers wire effected, ii is said. 



No. 1 at 20 cents, while the best price consumers were 



willing to pay was 22 to 23 cents. For No. 2 dealers were 



not disposed to offer more than 10' '.;11 cents, lor 1 i- 



and shoes large Philadelphia dealers are offering to collectors 

 6?s and selling to reclaimers at 7 cents. The prices offered 

 for mechanical rubber scrap have been speculative, owing to 

 uncertainty as to disposal of the merchandise. 



\t Boston dealers obtained for boots and shoes from 7 to 

 7'j cents, paying 6 l / 2 to 6$/& cents. .Auto, tires and inner 

 tubes are depressed, owing to lack of demand. 



RUBBER SCRAP PRICES PAID BY CONSUMERS FOR CARLOAD 



LOTS. 



Xew York, i »i i ber 30. 1914. 



Per Pound. 



Boots and shoes cents o , > 7 



Trimmed arcti - \\Vn 4 



Automobile tires 4f6@ 4fjj 



Solid tires 4' 



No. 1 inner tubes 21 <<i 11 



Xo. 2 inner tubes 11' ,<q 12' ■ 



Red tubes 13 ■ 



Bicycle tires 2?4@ 3 



Irony tires 1 J4@ 2 l A 



Mixed auto, peelings 6J4@ 7 



No. 1 auto, peelings 



Mixed white sera]) 7 ■ ; 5 7 



No. 1 white scran 10M"' in 



No. 1 soft white rubber 10/4@ 



White wringer rubber 6J4@ 



No. 1 red scrap 9J4@ 



Mixed red scrap 6J4@ 



Mixed black scrap 2'/J@ 



Rubber car springs 3 ' 



Horse shoe pads 



Matting and packing 



Garden hose 



\ir brake hose 2^(n) 



Cotton fire hose 1 }%@ 



FORMER JUNK CLASSIFICATION RESTORED 



The National Association of Waste Material Dealers has been 

 instrumental in the restoration of the railroad classification of 

 junk. Xew provisions will be incorporated in classification No. 

 53, which will deal with scrap rubber, including worn out rubber 

 iation has bi > n expressed of th< 

 ade by the Western Traffic Committee oi the al 

 i in the interi st of the trade, for revisions of classifica- 

 tions I I mmitti i includes Mbi rl Birkenstein, of 



S, Birkenstein & Sons, Chicago, and Ed Friedlander, of the 

 I oewi nthal * 'o.'s Chicago office. 



The comi inted bj the National Association of Waste 



it CI ago on October X, to discuss recom- 

 mendations to be made to the Felt Makers' Association. I 

 will be dealt with at the next meeting of the fell manufactu 

 Messrs. Louis and Milton Birkenstein, of S. Birkenstein & Sons; 

 S. Kahn, of M. Kaufman, and Milton Loewenthal, of the 

 Loewenthal Co., formed the committee. 



The Leicester Rubber Co., of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, has 

 been petitioned into bankruptcy, with liabilities of $49,716 and 

 assets of $28,560. This company, which purchased cheaper 

 grades of scrap rubber, was formerly located at Trenton, X'ew 

 Jersey, moving to Catasauqua about a year ago. Its plant was 

 destroyed by fire on July 19. 



PANAMA SCRAP HOSE. 

 A further sale of scrap hose by the Panama < anal I ■■nniiis- 

 sion took place on October 19, when the following were 

 among the successful bidders: S. Birkenstein & Sons. 10,151 

 lbs. air and signal hose. 2.91c.; II. Muehlstein & Co., 19.551 

 lbs. steam, water and pneumatic hose. 45c. per cwt.; The 

 Loewenthal Co., 8,611 lbs. fire and washout hose, etc., 1.87j4c; 

 Vtlantic Manufacturing Co., Wilmington, 4.332 lbs. sle< 

 1 , Oppenheimer X Co., 1S.819 lbs. armored and wire- 

 insert( d hose, 20c, and The Loewenthal Co.. 9.100 lbs. su< 

 hi >se, 30c. 



Complaints have been received of Chinese rubber shoes hav- 

 ing been offered to members of the waste trade at the regular 

 prices current for American shoes As the value of these 

 Chinese shoes is understood to be about lc. per pound, cau- 

 tious investigation is recommended of any such offers 



The incorporation has been announced of B. Levi & 

 waste material dealers, at Scranton, Pennsylvania, with a 

 capital stock of $20,000. It is stated that the incorporators 

 are David Levi, Rica Levi and L. L. .1. Levi. 



REAR SIGNAi IN TURNING OR STOPPING AUTOMOBILES. 

 I he old-time method of stretching out the band to indicate 



lie driver of an automobile is about to turn in one direction 

 or the other or to stop his car is likely to be displaced by an 

 automatic rear signal 

 lamp, as shown in the cut 

 herewith. This lamp con- 

 sists of three small bulbs 

 mounted in a black fin- 

 ished aluminium base, 

 each unit being made up 

 of a vulcanized rubber 

 socket containing a spe- 

 made tungsten bulb 

 and reflector. These 

 are said to consume only 



about one-third the amount of current needed for the standard 

 lighting equipment and may be operated on dry batteries if de- 

 sired. The signals are operated by self-contained waterproof 

 contact devices attached to the steering gear and clutch pedal. 

 The turning of the steering wheel to the right or left automat- 

 ically moves an arrow in the corresponding lamp, indicating in 

 which direction the car will proceed, and the throwing out of 

 the clutch which precedes stopping causes the word "Stop'* to 

 appear in red letters in the center lamp. [H. W. Johns-Manville 

 Co., New York.) 



