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material, aiul is a valuable contribution t>> the literature on the 

 economic development of the eastern rubber industry. The 

 volume closes with a short bibliography of the existing literature. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co., Lim- 

 ited, Silvertown, London, are the publishers of a very beauti- 

 ful souvenir. The occasion for its issuance was the presentation 

 by the Rubber Growers' Association of rubber flooring to the Hos- 

 pital for Sick Children. The presentation was made by Lady 

 Jellieoe, the wife of Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, of the British 

 navy. The booklet is illustrated with interior views, showing the 

 rubber tiling laid in the consulting and dental rooms. Inci- 

 dentally it is interesting to remember that the Silvertown com- 

 pany has furnished rubber tiling for over 200 battleships and 

 liners, and more than 100 banks and public buildings. 



The December calendar of the monthly series which the Derby 

 Rubber Co., of Derby. Connecticut— manufacturers of reclaimed 

 rubber — has sent out to the trade during the year just closed 

 is artistically pleasing, as has been all its predecessors, the com- 

 plete series forming an interesting collection of views appropriate 

 to the different seasons. 



Another set of monthly calendars has been received from 

 W. G. Brown & Co., of Cincinnati, dealers in crude and reclaimed 

 rubber, the final number for the year showing a big game hunt- 

 ing scene. 



The Independent Rubber Co., Limited, of Merritton, Ontario, 

 has recently sent out an illustrated catalog of its footwear. The 

 book is nearly 4x8 inches in size, contains 72 pages, and is 

 printed in two colors — black and buff. The use of the two colors 

 enables the company to give at least an approximate idea of 

 some of its colored rubbers. It makes, for instance, certain lum- 

 bermen's shoes with red soles. It also makes an all-red boot 

 called the "Dreadnaught." Another interesting rubber shown in 

 this catalog not known in the States is called the "Gem." It is 

 a high-heeled croquet with a service heel, and has as its par- 

 ticularly distinctive feature a Jersey cloth top just covering the 

 instep and fastened with three buttons. It has a general re- 

 semblance to the leather button Oxford. The half-tone cuts in 

 the catalog give an accurate idea of the company's output. 



The Manning, Maxwell & Moore Co., Inc., of 119 West Fortieth 

 street, New York, publishes a complete and comprehensive 

 catalog of 1,174 pages. It is illustrated with excellent half-tones 

 of the various machine tools handled by this enterprising firm 

 of machinery dealers. < The great progress made in the manu- 

 facture of modern machine tools of all descriptions is shown in 

 this book. Automatic machinery is taking the place of the slow 

 and laborious hand operated machines. The electric motor is 

 applied to any machine tool, if so specified. Many special tools 

 for specific purposes in the tool room or laboratory are con- 

 cisely described and rendered still more intelligible by adequate 

 illustrations. 



As the manufacture and repair of tires constitute such an im- 

 portant branch of the rubber industry, the two catalogs recently 

 issued by the Williams Foundry & Machine Co.. of Akron, are 

 of special interest. One of them (in loose leaf form) deals with 

 "Specialties for the Tire and Rubber Factory," including build- 

 ing stands, various forms of nest molds, hydraulic accumu- 

 lators and collapsible cores. Prominence is likewise given to 

 the advantages of the boltless quick opening simplex vulcanizer 

 head, of which a number of patented models have been intro- 

 duced, but have failed to achieve the success attained by the new 

 system, which can be attached to any bolted vulcanizer, making 

 it a thoroughly efficient machine. The new bead is essentially 

 a labor-saving device, and a time saver as well, one prominent 



tin factorj where it is in use taking only twelve minutes to 

 "pen a press containing a stack of molds six feet high and to 

 insert a new batch. 



Another prominent feature of the Akron- Williams press and 

 vulcanizer is the automatic packing and locking device, which 

 rrn.iires no bolts or nuts for tightening, and which is attached 

 to the combined tire press, vulcanizer. cooling tank and mold 

 lift, which also has the quick acting boltless head. 



The second catalog, in booklet form, contains a full descrip- 

 tion of the Akroh-Williams automobile tire equipment. 



Both the catalogs are abundantly illustrated, ami are replete 

 with information regarding the Akron-Williams products. 



The November number of the "S. A. F. Bulletin" contains 

 much that is of interest t.i the tire manufacturer. It covers, for 

 example, the standard sizes of pneumatic tires that are under 

 consideration for recommendation for car manufacturers. There 

 is also a paper by I.. Greenwold, of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co., well illustrated, covering "Factors Affecting Tire Wear." 

 There is also an exceedingly practical and informing paper on 

 "Tire Fabrics" by Henry Van Riper Scheel, of the Brighton 

 Mills. Both of the papers arc followed by interesting discus- 

 sions. 



The "Trinidad and Tobago Bulletin." August-October, 1914, 

 contains interesting notes on the extraction of oil from Para 

 rubl er seeds and Castilloa elastica seeds. The conclusion is that 

 tlie Para seed is of value as an oil producer and for feed cake, 

 but the seed of the Castilloa elastica is of doubtful value. 



At the Thirteenth annual meeting of the Alumni Association 

 of the Philadelphia Textile School an interesting paper was pre- 

 sented by Alvin Kingsbacher on the manufacture of motor tire 

 fabrics. The article is chiefly historical— that is. there is nothing 

 there that has not previously been exploited. It is, however, an 

 excellent resume of an important subject. 



The "Electrical Review and Western Electrician," December 

 15, published an important paper on the electric code wiring rules. 

 It is interesting in that the L'nited States procedure is compared 

 with the German and British requirements. 



THE SEASONS GREETINGS. 



We acknowledge with appreciation cards and booklets from 

 the following friends in the trade expressing kindly sentiments 

 and holiday greetings, which we most heartily reciprocate: 

 Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., tire makers, Trenton. Xew Jersey; the 

 J. H. Day Co., manufacturers of rubber mill machinery, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio; W. H. Miner, of The Miner Rubber Co., Limited, 

 which manufactures rubber footwear. Granby. Quebec ; 

 Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., manufacturers of "Naturized" 

 rubber, South Braintree, Massachusetts, and L. J. Mutty Co., 

 manufacturers of rubber cloths and tubing. Boston. 



Many other friends in the trade have favored us with calen- 

 dars, souvenir booklets, etc., all of which will be mentioned in 

 greater detail in the February number. 



' • RUBBER-RECEU1L. " 



This is a beautiful souvenir of the International Rubber Con- 

 gress and Exhibition held in Batavia in October. The papers, 

 which were delivered in Dutch. German, French and English, are 

 printed in those languages and abundantly illustrated. An inter- 

 esting portion of the booklet is a symposium of planting ideas 

 submitted by the managers of some 80 rubber planting estates, 

 arranged and edited by Mr. L. Lewton-Brain, Director of Agri- 

 culture of the Federated Malay States. 



For the first time in the history of the crude rubber export, 

 plantation rubber is coming to the United States by way of the 

 Pacific. Shipments from Java are now sent to Hongkong, trans- 

 ferred to the Pacific Mail, and landed at San Francisco. 



