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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1. 1915. 



Vol. 51. 



.March 1. 1915. 



No. 6. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



An tven Hundred Million Americans 311 



The Reform Wave Reaches the Tire 311 



Combination for Extension of Trade 312 



War's Promotion of Life-Saving Devices 312 



The Rubber-Tired Bus Disturbs the Trolley 313 



Breathing Good Air Amid Deadly Fumes 313 



Our German Contemporary's Creditable Record 313 



The First Month of the Embargo Suspension 314 



Regulations for Fulfilling Guarantees 315 



Cartoon — Still Under Observation 315 



An Interesting Interview with Sir Richard Crawford 316 



Proposed Constitution and By-Laws of The Rubber Club of 



America, Inc 316 



The Rubber Club Gains Many Firm Members 317 



Shoe Prices Announced 31S 



A Decided Stir in the Tire Market 318 



Immunity from Danger in Smoke and Noxious Fumes 



Robert G. Skerrett — Illustrated 319 



Review of Recent Progress in Rubber Chemistry — II 322 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 324 



An Excess of Technicalities in Specifications 325 



Editor's Book Table 326 



Rubber Toys in America 



H v a Gei man I oy Expert 327 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



Illustrated 328 



New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 331 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



Illustrated 334 



What the Apsley Company Has Done in Thirty Years 



Illustrated 335 



Mr. Bertram G. Work 339 



[With Portraits .it B. G. Work and His Father.] 

 Rubber Trade in Akron 



By Our Correspondent 342 



Rubber Trade in Boston 



By Our Correspondent 342 



Rubber Trade in Trenton 



By Our Correspondent 343 



Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



By Our Correspondent 344 



Rubber Trade on the Pacific Coast 



By Our Correspondent 345 



India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



By Our 1 •spondent 347 



German Rubber Situation as Germans See It 349 



Dutch East Indies 350 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 351 



Planting of Manihot Glazovii on the Mayumba 



Balata Monopoly in Dutch Guiana 

 Amazon Trade Conditions 



Illustrated 351 

 'ur Correspondent 352 



By Miguel P. Shelley 353 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 354 



[United States. Great Britain. France. Germany.] 

 Rubber Statistics for the United States 355-9 



Market for Chemicals and Compounding Ingredients 360 



Scrap Rubber Market 360 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 361 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Exports 01 1 \ Grown Rubber. 



(Fron [a : \ I to December 31, 1913 and 1914, Compiled by thi Ceylon 



1 h.i 1 1 1 In 1 of 1 ommerci 



I- 1913. 1914. 



Great I'm in pounds 15,046,548 1,444,077 



1 es (,.il.sl . 164 . 5,991 



I: I ium .his, 11:4 -4,009 



Australia 453,993 751. >>M 



ierma y 164 1,037,415 



I; S00 



Straits Settlements 148,440 



1 101,116 105,212 



Ltal) 44,784 1,772 



Austria 31,434 



I ' 320.152 



India 1,881 1,550 



1 1... a 1 



Canada and Newfoundland 77,530 



rota] 26,50! 30,235,114 



(Sami period 1912, 14,159,091 pounds; sami period 1911,6,575,039.) 



To arrive .it the approximate quantity oi < eylon rubber exported for 1914 



to date, deduct the quantity from the total exports,. In previous years the 



exports i:,t Ceylon rubber only were given. 



The export figures of rubber for l IJ 14 m the above table include the 



imports re-exported, viz., 3,731,016 pounds. 



(From January 1 to January 11, 1914. Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber 

 hi Commerce.) 



To— 1914. 1915. 



Ik' It; in in pounds 46,308 



Ireal Britain 4,636 20,850 



France 6,720 



Total 50,944 27,570 



(Same period 1913, 153,695 sami period 1912, 112,871.) 

 The export figures of rubber given in the above table include the imports 

 re-exported. (These amount to 31,536 pounds — 6,336 pounds from the 

 Straits and 25,200 pounds from India.) To arrive it the approximate 

 quantity of Ceylon rubber exported to date deduct the quantity of imports 

 shown in the import table from the total exports. 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



i From January to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



These figures include the production of the Federated Malay 



States, but not of Ceylon.) 



Singapore. 

 To— Dec. 31. 



Great Britain. /'"hjii/v 29,326,477 



Continent 2,04 ' !0 



Japan 1,259,823 



"Cevlon 197, !45 



United States Ill, 732, 44.x 



Australia 175. "64 



Malacca. Penang. 



Dec. 31. Nov. So 



5,265,628 17.659.200 

 73 533.333 



Port Swet- 

 tenham. 

 Dec. 31. 



,,. 99 

 1.816,538 



15.878 



'IIJ5.333 

 911.501 



572.660 

 244,209 



Total. 



79,904,297 



4,428,96* 



1,259,823 



2. 77?. 238 



11,904,036 



175,964 



Total 



Same period. 1913. 27.S57.''X3 

 Same period. 1912. 14.o4'i.7i>7 

 Same period. 1911. 6.635,618 

 Exports from Singapore from 

 follows: 



To- 



;3.s.i4.177 5,318,379 20.009,367 31,286,399 100,448,322 



12,925,467 28,877,774 69,661,224 



7,575.764 20,254,269 42,479,740 



4.057.'i32 12.109,788 22,803,338 



January 1 to January 11, 1915, are as 



Singapore. 

 Jan. 11, 1915. 



(ireat Britain pounds 1,399.283 



Continent 165,411 



lapan 



Ceylon 16,100 



United States 



\ ii -t : alia 



Total 1,580,794 



Same period, 1914 683,309 



Same period, 1913 1,177,456 



Same period. 1912 681,046 



COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA AND 

 MADURA FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1913 AND 1914. 



, — Plantation hicus — , Hevea. > 



To— 1913. 1914. 1913. 1914. 



Holland pounds 103,915 39,607 1.899.510 2.734,948 



Greal Britain 133,093 41,780 1.802,295 3,092,833 



Belgium 500,115 549,083 



Rest of Europe 6,316 711 19,514 86,634 



United Stat-- 1,901 31,559 134,044 



Singapore 1,839 32,430 192,190 



i Mlu, countries 625 1,954 2,882 



Total 247.6S9 S4.052 4,288,305 6,789,732 



r Ceara. ^ t — Castilloa. — s , Others. N 



To— 1913. 1914. 1913. 1914. 1913. 1914. 



II, .ll.ind pounds I '.'.17 134,27? 44.6R4 51. (.30 43,094 23,177 



Greal Britain 9,777 30.589 25.800 23.602 48,006 17,728 



Germany 6,919 2,735 



K, -i i.t h uropc 2,996 



Singapore 260 631 .... .... .... 



Other countries .... 3,080 2.622 



Total 22,394 165,124 78,034 77,967 97,176 43,527 



