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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1914. 



plaint i- lodged to make his answer to the same within a time 

 specified, and the said party shall within the time cause an an- 

 swer to be filed with the arbitrators setting forth concisely his 

 reply to the matters set forth in the complaint. If there is no 

 dispute as to the facts, the arbitrators maj proceed to determine 

 the matter under consideration without calling any witnesses or 

 requiring any formal hearings, [f from the complaint and an- 

 swer filed by the disputants it appears that the facts in question 

 are disputed, the arbitrators or umpire (as the case may be) 

 shall then proceed forthwith to bear and determine the matter 

 by calling the witnesses and requiring any further testimony that 

 it may deem advisable in the premises. 



I \ Ml \ I II. 



Article IX describes the method of expelling a member from 

 the association should that ever become necessary. Article X 

 covers the proper procedure in tendering all resignations, \rticle 

 XI stairs the limitation of the authority of officers to contract 

 debts for the as Article XII refers to the interpretation 



of by-laws and article XIII to their amendment. 



RUBBER SOLES AND HEELS. 



The demand tor rubber sole shoes has led a number of rubber 

 factories to enter the field, among the largest of these being the 

 New York Belting & Packing Co. This company's line em- 

 braces hundreds of different patterns of soles and heels, in qual- 

 ities to mei i all requirements, from the high grade "Indestructi- 

 ble'' combination sole to the lower-priced all rubber article. 



This company's large press room facilities enable it to meet all 

 demands as to quick deliveries even in the height of the season. 



Its experimental department is constantly working with a view- 

 to the improvement of the line, the feeling being entertained that 

 for si mi classes of shoes, owing to the high cost and scarcity of 

 leather, rubber soles will be used permanently. 



The accompanying illustration is selected from a large bound 

 volume of drawings showing the range of sizes of some of the 

 styles most commonly called for. [New York Belting & Packing 

 Co., 91-3 Chambers street, New York.] 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



A Portuguese agent desires to secure automobile tires and 



ipment, etc. Correspondence should be in Portuguese or 



French. Report No. 14,216. 



An American missionary hospital in the Far East wishes to 

 be plan d in communication with American linns manufacturing 

 rubber goods and drug sundries. Report No. 14.24' 1 . 



A large rubber manufacturing concern in (ireat Britain wishes 

 to contract for regular consignments of 100 to 500 gallons of tetra- 

 chloride of carbon from American manufacturers. Report No. 

 14,304. 



An American consular officer in the United Kingdom has been 

 furnished with a list of electrical articles now finding ready 

 sale m that country. This list includes electrical cables insulated 

 with vulcanized rubber. Report No. 14,416. 



A Portuguese firm wishes to purchase automobile tires. Cor- 

 respondence should be in Portuguese or French. Report Xo 

 14,419. 



A company in the Fast Indies is prepared to export plantation 

 rubber, either pale crepe, smoked sheet or any other kind, ac- 

 cording to the desire of the purchaser. Report No. 14,429. 



A firm in Furope is in the market for pharmaceutical acces- 

 sories, such as rubber tubes, etc., Report Xo. 14,430. 



The Stavanger Elektricitetsverk, of Stavanger, Xorway, is in 

 the market for vulcanized rubber insulated wire according to 

 the standard of the Verband deutscher Elektrotechniker of 1910, 

 especially for 1 T A square millimeters i 0.002325 square inch) size. 

 Samples should be forwarded and prices quoted by the 10,000 

 meters (32,808.3 feet). 



A firm in Italy desires to purchase Brazilian, Bolivian and 

 Peruvian crude rubber. This firm is in a position to handle 

 considerable quantities and is willing to purchase on any terms, 

 c. i. f. destination. References given. Correspondence should be 

 in French or Italian. Report Xo. 14.381. 



A company abroad has requested the American consul in 

 that place to put it in touch with American manufacturers and 

 exporters of ponchos, sleeping blankets and ground sheets 

 combined. The inquirer understands that the type of article 

 wanted is used by the American troops in the field. The firm 

 has several branches throughout the country. Correspondence 

 should be in English. Report Xo. 14.554. 



FREIGHT RATES TO PACIFIC COAST CHANGED. 



To meet water competition, the transcontinental railroads form- 

 erly made rates from Xew York to Pacific Coast terminals that 

 were less than rates to intermediate points. 



By an amended clause of the Act to Regulate Commerce, car- 

 riers are prohibited from charging more for a short haul than 

 for a long haul. The railroads have therefore readjusted charges 

 on less than carload shipments from Xew York to intermountain 

 points, and have cancelled the former commodity rate. 



The following are the articles upon which "less than carload" 



commodity rates from Xew York and eastern points to Pacific 



i terminals were cancelled November 15. 1914. On that 



date the cla~s • ecf to Western classification went into 



articl ad an ing the former rates : 



Rubber ! ts and shoes, including tennis shoes 



and felt 1 ts; rubber corks, rubber discs for bottle stoppers; 



rubber, crude; reclaimed rubber or rubber shoddy; rubber tis- 

 sue, rubber sheeting and rubber compound repair stock in sheet 

 form; rubber nm< for fruit jars; rubber spittoons; rubber 

 rubber springs (or bumpers) for vehicles; 

 rubber tiling; rubber tubing; tires (vehicle), solid rubber, at- 

 tached to iron channels or rims; wire and wire goods, viz., wire, 

 insula! d; wire rope or cable; wire telephone or elec- 



tric light caMes. copper wire, copper-clad wire, copper rope or 

 copper cable. 



GARDEN HOSE IN CONTINUOUS LENGTHS, 



Corrugated reel garden hose in lengths of 500 feet or less, in 

 sizes of H, f6 and J^-inch diameter, black or red. has been added 

 to the regular line of smooth hose manufactured by the New 

 York Belting & Packing Co. It is sold under the following 

 trade marks: "Magic," "Delta" and "Jubilee Corrugated." 



INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF INTENTIONS. 



Under the above title an exhibition is to be held from 

 December 12 to 19, inclusive, at the Xew Grand Central 

 Palace. Xew York, in the interest of inventors, who will have 

 an opportunity of displaying inventions on which they have 

 secured patents. American Institute gold, silver and bronze 

 medals and diplomas will be awarded to those wdiose prod- 

 ucts combine, in the opinion of a qualified jury, the greatest 

 measure of novelty and utility to the world with mechanical 

 and commercial practicability. It is proposed, also, to or- 

 ganize, from representatives of the several associations of in- 

 ventors and patentees in America, a Congress of Inventors, 

 which will put on record the needs of their class and the in- 

 justice with which they are obliged to contend under present 

 legislative conditions. Lectures on subjects pertinent to the 

 interests of inventors and patentees generally will also be 

 given in connection with 'he show and congress. 



