December 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



143 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



A NEW RUBBER MAP. 



"T 1 HE Republic Rubber Co., of Youngstown, Ohio, has had pre- 

 *■ pared a world map which should be appreciated by the trade, 

 foi it designates, by special colorings and other markings, the 

 rubber producing countries of the world and the rubber markets. 

 l\ also gives the routes between the ports of the countries of 

 production and sale, with the distance between these various 

 points. The distance from Para to New York is thus shown as. 

 2,900 miles, while the route from I to San Francisco is 



10,059 miles long and that from Colombo to New York, via the 

 Panama Canal, is 13,361 miles in length the distano 

 the Canal and New York being 1,96] miles. From Colombo to 

 London by the Red Sea n titi and thi Mediterranean is si 

 to 1"' 8,000 miles, and by the southern course, touching at Cape 

 Town, Congo River and the Cape Verde Islands. 12,000 miles. 

 In addition to these features, the map attempts to show only 

 the important divisions of the various countries and the chief 

 cities, the special information it is intended to convey standing 

 out clear and distinct. 



PREVENTION OF ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS. 



In a neat booklet the Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford, 

 alphabetical!} grouped a number of points in which fori 

 and others in positions of responsibility require to be on the 

 watch for danger. 



While these include general merchanical operations, some of 

 them specially affect the rubber industry. Under the latter head 

 the advice to electrical workers nol to handle any electrical 

 apparatus without wearing rubber gloves, which should be kept 

 in good condition. Safety hells should be provided for men 

 working on overhead lines and dark-colored glasses foi those 

 obliged to look at intensely brilliant arcs. An experienced as- 

 sistant should be always at hand to render aid in cases of 

 emergency. The floors around switchboards and high tension 

 apparatus should be non-conducting, and should be covered with 

 rubber mats to provide effective insulation. Water should never 

 be permitted to stand upon the floors in the vicinity of any 

 electrical apparatus. 



THE NETHERLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN AMERICA. 



The eleventh annual report of the Netherland Chamber of 

 Commerce in America, for the year ending March 31, 1914, has 

 been issued, and contains much interesting matter as to the 

 operations of the chamber on international questions in which 

 the Netherlands is interested, as well as various details regarding 

 the Dutch East Indies. 



Forming the connecting link, geographically speaking, between 

 the mainland of Asia and Australia, the Dutch East Indian 

 Vrchipelago consists of a group of islands lying between the 

 fifth degree northern, and the tenth degree southern latitude, 

 and between '<5 deg. and 140 deg. eastern longitude. The total 

 area of these islands is about 587,370 square miles, and their 

 ' h1. lion over 40,000,000, the principal islands being Java, Su- 

 matra, Borneo and Celel In part this territory is under the 

 direct rule of the Mutch government, while in other sections 

 it is in the hands of native rulers, tributary to the Dutch Crown, 

 of which they recognize the suzerainty. 



Statistics for 1912 show the total investments in rubber in the 

 Dutch East Indian Archipelago to have been $83,654,390. made 

 up as follows: British, $57,496,170; Dutch-Belgian, $14,398,395; 

 French-Belgian, $10,782,565; German, $500,890; American, $402.- 

 000; Swedish. $74,370. The large amount of British capital was 

 attributed to the "rubber boom" of 1910. 



Various features of the industries of the Dutch Indies are dealt 

 with. 



SLAVE STORIES IN RUBBER SEEKING. BY J. W. L. THE 

 \\ .liter Scott Publishing Co., Limited, London and New York. [8vo, 

 251 pages, cloth covers. 1 



' I '( ) those who consider thai time lost which is not spent in 



*■ some manner associated with the rubber business, this 



book offers an opportunit rj their hobby into the realm 



Hon; while at the same tim< it is nol likely to lack ap- 



the general reader. 



! he book is divided into threi us and twenty-one chap- 



in itself a complete tale. The first section contains, 

 under the title "Rubber Romances," twelve complete stories, 

 ninate tragically, includii tie of "The 



i Fortunes Syndii rel how John K. Bell, 



"an optimist," and Jo anized at 



tnder, on a basis of pure imagination, a £250.000 syndicate, 

 in il shares, which in six weeks were five times oversubscribed 

 in London — the result in the way of returns to the investors 

 viewed in the light of • re is 



the story of "The Rubber King," Sir Peter Dinero, a self-made 

 man, whose greed leads him to atteu.pt a corner on rubber — 

 an attempt of course frustrated bj the hero of the tale, Ca; 

 Paul Marline, R. N., representative of the Rubber Investors' 

 e. Captain Marline, as commander of II. M. cruiser, 

 "Python," is also the hero of another story, "Thi ery of 



( rummer." 



The most interest!] er in the hook to those concerned 



in the practical application of rubber to the needs and com- 

 forts of life will doubtli one entitled "A Rubberless 

 World." While this is a dream story it brings a realization of 

 how much more than is ordinarily appreciated we are dependent 

 upon rubber. Starting with an office in Leadenhall street, where 

 first a report is received of a rubber shortage and later that 

 all the rubber in the city has dis dismay caused 

 by the failure of the rubber office stamps to perform their usual 

 office spreads when the elastic sides and rubber heels drop from 

 the wearers' shoes; papers fall apart because rubber bands fail 

 of their mission ; erasers melt away ; no telegrams or cables can 

 be sent because the insulation has disappeared from the wires 

 and cables; motor cars are put out of commission through the 

 failure of their tires, etc., etc.— all ending in a vast conflagration 

 which destroys the entir" city, its suppression being rendered 

 impossible by the absence of hose. 



The second section is devoted to slave stories, under such 

 titles as "For Sale — Two Hundred Souls"; "The River of 

 Despair"; "Freedom's Dream," and "Milestones of the Dead," 

 the last being taken from "John Bull," said to be founded 

 strictly on fact and recounting the tale of torture inflicted on 

 \ ii nans in the caravan of one Don Jose Ricardo. One such 

 victim, who fell sick and was unable to proceed further was 

 pegged to the ground with a gourd of water within a foot of 

 his lips, while his body, exposed to the intense heat of the sun, 

 was covered with salted cloths intended to attract butterflies 

 and bee-; .mother, an old woman, iiad her wrists cut in little 

 knicks so that she would slowly bleed to death, and that she 

 might die in comfort consistent with the civilization carried to 

 that countrj by the gallant Don and his type, she was placed on 

 an ant hill. Still another, a young girl, was suspended over a 

 -low burning lire, from which she was rescued to tell this tale. 



"The Bridge of the Incas," which appears in the third section, 

 under "Patsgonian Tales," is probably the most satisfactory 

 story in the book, for in it nature comes to the aid of justice, 

 the imagination of the writer producing a volcano wdiich at just 

 the right moment becomes actively eruptive, assisting the escape 

 of the young lovers and at the same time consigning the villain 

 to the fiery doom he so well deserves. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers— Mr. 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



