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in the north and lt.il> and Switzerland in the south, but the 

 amounts received through these channels must necessarily have 

 been small and arc likely to be discontinued altbgether. 

 latest quotations on crude rubber in German] show that ii is selling 

 for ovei twice its price in London and tyew N ■ rk markets. If 

 the war should continue anothei year, with conditions as they 

 are at present, the Mlies having a Eairlj free sweep of the seas, 

 the German manufacturers would certain!) be in a sad quan- 

 dry over the matter of supplies. Many of the factories, as a 

 matter of fact, have already been closed. 



But even if the war were to stop tomorrow, the loss to the 

 German rubber industry would be enormous Granted that the 



RUBBER AT THE SAFETY SHOW. 



Packing Department in a German- Factory. 



manufacturers of that country could quickly recover their for- 

 mer markets in South America and other neutral countries, it 

 must be remembered that their largest customers were their 

 near neighbors; and it is hardly likely that the people of Eng- 

 land. France and Belgium will look with any favor on goods 

 stamped "Made in Germany" for man) years to come. 



This story of the rubber situation in Germany would hardly 

 be complete without referring to the courage with which the 

 German manufacturers have In. me their losses and the gen- 

 erosity that they have displayed toward their workmen. Prac- 

 tically all the large companies are supporting the families de- 

 pendent upon employes who have gone to the front — and this 

 notwithstanding the large and continuous drain upon their re- 

 sources. 



THE AMERICAN RUBBER INDUSTRY PARALYZED. 



A paragraph in a recent German paper, speaking oi the em- 

 bargo on exports of rubber from all English ports and its effect 

 upon the United State-., remarks that the American rubber in- 

 dustry is paralyzed. Which is another proof that one is obliged 

 often to go far from home to get the news. 



The American Association ,,f Commerce and Trade in Berlin, 

 organized in 1903, with offices at Fricderich-Strasse 59-60, by 

 American citizens engaged in business in Berlin, to foster com- 

 mercial relations between the two countries, is issuing weekly 

 reports on general conditions in Germany during the present 

 crisis. A report just received contains an item to the effect that 

 the secretary of the association, Professor George S. Atwood. was 

 at the time of publication — November 12 — in the United States, 

 and that he would be pleased to receive and answer any inquiries 

 directed to him in care of the National City Bank. 



AT the International Exposition of Safety and Sanitation, 

 held at the Grand Central Palace, New York, during De- 

 cember, rubber was more or less in evidence, and in some ex- 

 hibits quite important. 



The most spectacular part of the show was the demonstra 

 tiou of the efficacy of the "Lungmotor." This is a double cyl- 

 indei arrangement, designed to assist those who for any reason 

 whatever have ceased to breathe. It has an equipment of rubber 

 tubes and rubber mouthpiece, which would place it in the cate- 

 gi iv of rubber appliances. Thi - ta ular pan of it was when 

 a yi ung lady professional swimmer exhibited its use in a large 

 tank full of v. 



\ n tn. in- hi the exhibits showed a- incidentals old and new 

 types of hose. The B I Sturtevanl Co., Boston, exhibited a 

 vacuum cleaner, with many lengths of ordinary vacuum hose; 

 the Pullman Co. exhibited a huge vacuum cleaner with corre- 

 spondingly large hose for clea Pullman" cars; the West 

 Disinfecting Co. showed their protector equipped with special 

 hose for sterilizing passenger car water coolers; while the New 

 York Edison Co. showed 4-inch, wire-wound hose, connected 

 with a special blower for ventilating gas-containing manholes. 

 Speaking of the Edison company, aside from the insulated wire 

 they use for their hundred and one devices, they exhibited huge 

 rubber sleeves for overhead line protectors, insulated platforms 

 foi use in manholes, special linemen's rubber gloves, insulated 

 screw-drivers, etc., etc. Quite in their line was the projector of 

 The Precision Machine Co., Inc., New York, which is electrical 

 and uses much insulated wire. 



Something that makers of rubber diving suits may look upon 

 with doubt is the aluminum diving armor of the Submarine Div- 

 ing & Recovering Co., New York. While this may do away 

 with a certain amount of rubber it still needs air hose, insulated 

 wire for the diver's telephone, etc. 



Speaking of armors leads one up to the "Nasdco" breathing 

 helmet, which enables a man to walk in the smokiest conflagra- 

 tion and breathe pure air from the feed hose that drags on the 

 ground behind him. In this connection it is proper to mention 

 the exhibit of Covers rubber respirators, which in a measure 

 serve the same purpose. 



There was a variety of novelties shown in the line of special sun- 

 dries, such as the vibrator of The Stevens Invention Co., vacuum 

 massage brushes and rolls, the Stevens pocket vaporizer and 

 chemists' rubber goggles of the Willson style. The Life Ex- 

 tension Institute, Inc., showed a great variety of therapeutical 

 instruments in rubber, glass and steel. There was also the 

 Emil Greiner Co.'s apparatus for the analysis of mine gases, 

 which employs rubber tubing and rubber gas bags. 



In up-to-date novelties there was the Lightning vehicle washer, 

 with its rubber protected sponge and length of hose; the Ameri- 

 can Washing Co.'s washer, with its rubber cylinders and their 

 suction cells ; the Morrison foot suction grip ladders, made of 

 high grade red rubber; the Angell elevator safety lock, rubber 

 padded at each end. 



In the line of automobiles was the "Telescopic" fender from 

 Cleveland, and the Elastic Safety Buffer of New York— both 

 rubber in part. 



Of interest also to the rubber men was the "Clipper" belt 

 lacer, and a ladle for those who make soft metal molds shown 

 by the Western Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania. This ladle is so arranged that no matter how 

 full it is it always pours from the bottom. 



The Bristol Co., Waterbury, Connecticut, among other things, 

 showed their patented safety set screws and incidentally ad- 

 vertised the fact that companies like the Rubber Regenerating 

 Co., Goodycar's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., John A. Roebling's 

 Sons Co. and other rubber men were users of them. 



