January 1, 1915] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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(April 25). 1'neumatic mudguard for all automobile vehicles. A. 

 Vincenot. 



J Note.— Print) -? of specification of French patents can be ob- 



tained from K. Bobet, Ingenieur-Conseil, 16 avenue de Villiers, Pan?, at 

 50 cents each, poMi 



THE GERMAN EMPIRE. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Validity). 

 280,111, Class 39b (October 11. 1913). Process for manufacture of arti- 

 ficial sponge. Phili] ; no Raabe Akt.-Ges., Wien. 



280.197, Class 39b (April 16. 1913). Process for treatment of syntbetic 



substances resembling rubber, obtained through polymerization 



oi butadiene and its homi I lin-und Soda 

 Fabrik, Ludwigshafen am Rhein. 



280.198, Class 39b (January 1, 191 i P foi accelerating the vulcani- 



zation or natural or artificial rubber. Farbenfabriken vorm. 

 Friedr. Bayer & Co., Leverkusen b. Koln. 



280.482, Class 63c (November 27, 1913). Pneumatic tire. A. W. Living- 



ston, Oakland. Cal. 



280.483, Class 63c (November 9, 1913). Appliance for indicating escape of 



air from pneumatic tires. Automobilwerk Ma-. Schachtschabe] & 

 Co., Halle a. S. 



280.484, Class 63e (November 26, 1913). Antiskid appliance for tires. T. J. 



Clark, Portland, Ore. 

 280,596, Class 12o (May 28, 1911). Process for production of isoprene. 



Badiscbe Anilin*und Soda Fabrik, Ludwigshafen am Rhein. 

 280,660, Class 45f (December 3. 1913). Rubber tapping tool. Jules Bosch, 



Kohoerinan, near Manondjaja, Java. 

 280,763, Class 71c (September 20. 1913). Apparatus for vulcanizing shoe 



soles. Friedrich August Antoni, Koln. 

 280,848, Class 39a (November 13, 1913). Process for separation of rubber, 



gutta percha or balata from the latices containing these gums. 



D. Ileinrich Collosens, Regensburger Strasse, 27, Berlin. 

 280,959, Class 39b (March 21, 1912). Process for production of rubber. 



Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co., Leverkusen b. Koln. 

 280,988, Class 45f (October 25, 1913). Apparatus for tapping rubber and 



other trees. Georg M von Hassel, Bozener Strasse, 6, Berlin. 

 280,944, Class 63c (October 5, 1913). Cellular tires, air cells of which are 



in connection with the open air. Adolf Boucher, Hammerdeich, 



106/110, Hamburg. 



GERMAN PATENTS IN FRANCE. 



In the matter of French patents issued to Germans, a number 

 of manufacturers in the south of France have urged on the 

 government the unwisdom of the proposed drastic measures as 

 being likely to cause retaliatory action in Germany, the patents 

 issued to French inventors in Germany and Austria possessing 

 special value which they would thus soon lose. French manu- 

 facturers appreciate the value of German patents, while in number 

 they may be less than those issued in France to German in- 

 ventors. 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



' | "HIS is the season when dullness is most apparent in such 

 ■*• chemicals as are used in common in the paint and rubber 

 trades. 



The "Masscpequa,'' en route from Germany, is bringing 58.300 

 pounds of lithopone and 12,654 pounds of chemicals. The 

 "Matanzas, which was chartered here by a syndicate of dye and 

 chemical importers and dealers, arrived with a full load of 3,000 

 tons of dyes, chemicals and medicines, and is returning for an- 

 other load. The oil tanker "Sun" arrived on November 29 with 

 4.100 tons of German chemicals. .etc Recently the "El Paso" has 

 been chartered for the return trip by a firm of chemical importers. 

 She sailed from here with cotton. The steamer "Albatross" is 

 also expected to arrive about the first of the year with a good 

 sized cargo. 



It is customary to add 25 per cent, to the bills for chemicals 

 arriving from Germany on account of the war. The charge on 

 the first cargo of the "Matanzas" was $35 per ton. 



The German government will allow of the exportation of dyes 

 and chemicals and medicines only in American steamers con- 

 signed to American importers who guarantee that they will not be 

 diverted to the use of its allied enemies. 



The English government has again prohibited the export of 

 aniline oil, and the price has soared to 50 or 60 cents per pound. 

 The United States imported 115.951 pounds of aniline oil in 

 October, and exported 3,000.000 pounds of zinc compounds. 



It is reported that a plant for producing dyes and chemicals 

 will be built by the Benzol Products Co., which is controlled by 



Barrett, who also controls the coal tar industry in the United 

 emical Co., who are large manufacturers 



of chemicals, and tin £ l ire owners of 

 solvay process of producing coke in by-product ovens, and 

 make immense quantities of tar and benzol. The plant is to be 



built at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, and will 1,000 men. 



nt rulings bj I ngland and Germai uony 



sulphide and oxide on the contraband list. This will prevent 

 shipments through tl nary channels and result in consign- 

 ments being made in a roundabout way. causing higher prices, 

 barytes will also go higher, as advices have been re- 

 ceived by New York agents of European houses that no more 

 supplii s 'a ill lie ship 



PRICES IEMICALS \ND COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 



Deo mbi r 30, 1914. 



\ct tic acid, 28 per cent lb. $ 0.01^@$ 0.02 



Acetic acid, glacial lb. .07H(a> .08^4 



Alba whinny - "" 



Aluminum Hake lb. .01' 



Aniline oil lb. .50 @ .60 



Antimony, crimson, sulphuret of lb. .40 @ .50 



Antimony, golden, sulphuret of lb. .28 @ .30 



Arsenic sulphide lb. .12 @ 



Asbestine ton 16.00 @ 18.00 



Barytes, domestic ton 21.00 (q> 23.00 



Bayberry wax lb. .24 @ .27 



Beeswax, crude yellow lb. .30 @ .32 



Benzol, 90 per cent gal. .30 @ 



Black hypo lb. .27 (S> .30 



Blanc fixe lb. .04 @ .05 



Cadmium, yellow lb. 1.25 @ 1.50 



Carbon bi-sulphide lb. .06 (a) .07 



Carbon gas lb. .04 @ .06 



Carbon tetra-chloride, drums lb. .15 @ .16 



Ceresin wax, white lb. .12 @ .22 



Chalk. L. B lb. M]/ 2 @ .05J4 



China clay, domestic ton 8.00 @ 9.00 



Coal tar naphtha gal. .28 @ 



Corn oil lb. .05 @ 



Fossil flour ton 35.00 @ 



Glycerine, C. P.. hulk lb. .23 @ .24 



Graphite lb. .40 © .60 



Green oxide of chromium lb. .30 (a .35 



Iron oxide lb. UiyM .08^ 



Infusorial earth ton 30.00 (3 



Ivory, black lb. .08 (cv .12 



Lampblack lb. Msira .07 



Lead, sublimed white lb. .07 a 



Lead, white (basic carbonate) lb. .05 (a> .0554 



Lead, white (basic sulphate ) lb. .0434@ .05 



Linseed oil. carload gal. .46 @ 



Litharge lb. .05 @ .0554 



Lithopone, American lb. .04 @ M l A 



Magnesia, carbonate lb. .04)4® 05J4 



Magnesia, calcined, powder ton 40.00 (cb 45.00 



Naphtha, V. M. & P., deodorized gal. .09 @ 



Xaphtha, 70 deg gal. .23 a 



Naphtha, 76 deg gal. .26 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. .08^(3) .12 



Ozokerite, refined yellow lb. .25 (a> .30 



Paraffine wax, domestic 120 m. p lb. M l />@ .04^4 



Pumice stone, powder lb. .OVA® .02 



Prussian blue lb. 46 [5 .48 



Rape seed oil gal. .75 



Red lead lb. .05' 



Red oxide, domestic //'. .05^(fT> .07 



Rosin oil gal. .30 (ft 1 .55 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .16 fit? .18 



Soapstone. powdered ton 10.00 (ii 12.00 



Sulphur chloride, in drums lb. .06' 5 



Sulphur, flowers cwt. 2 20 @ 2.60 



Talc. American ton 15.00 (?? 20.00 



Ultramarine blue lb. 04 @ .14 



Vermilion, English lb. .90 & 1.00 



Whiting, commercial cwt. .45 (a) .55 



Whiting, Paris white cwt. .70 @ .75 



Whiting. English cliffstone cti't. .75 (/? 1.00 



Zinc oxide, American process , lb. .OsH® 



Zinc oxide, French process, red seal lb. .07' '4.® 



Zinc oxide, French process, green seal ....lb. .0%yi(f? 



Zinc oxide, French process, white seal ....lb. .09' 



