May 1, 1915 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



EXPORTED CLOPEDIA, 1915. ELEVENTH EDITION. COM- 



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AS may It inferred from it ^ title, this publication contains all 

 ** possible information concerning the export trade L( i 

 all the countries oi the globe. It gives all steamship lines and 

 their agents and all information concerning shipping routes. It 

 cov.ers bills ol tailing, invoicing of merchandise, foreign equiva- 

 lents and currencies, insurance, banking, protection ol tradi 

 abroad, consignment oi g Is; in short it gives all the informa- 

 tion necessary to those who wish to export or are already' en- 

 gaged in exporting. The Exporters' Encyclopedia answers every 

 question that an exporter may be confronted with. The shipper 

 needs onlj to know the countrj to which shipment is to be mad. 

 the "Index of Countries" in the Encyclopedia tells him where 

 to find the entire story for that country. It is. in fact, an 

 invaluable book of reference for every firm or company doing 

 business, large or small, with foreign countries. 



SOUTH AMERICA AS AN EXPORT FIELD. BY OTTO WILSON, 

 commercial agent of the Department of Commerce, Government Print- 

 ing Office, Washington, D. C. [8vo., 216 pages. Paper cover.] 



The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Do- 

 mestic Commerce, has published a hand-book on "South Amer- 

 ica as an Export Field," which contains much information for 

 those who are interested in the possibilities of South America as 

 a market for the products of United States industries. Of special 

 interest to rubber men is the description of the important role 

 rubber plays in economic conditions in certain South American 

 countries. lie shows bow the rubber business affects the pur- 

 chasing capai itj oi' a large section of Brazil, where the rubber 

 gathering industry is the greatest source of wealth. 



Business is practicallj all based on credit. The concessionaire. 

 who Operates a tract of land under government franchise. 

 advances supplies for a whole season to his employes, or ser- 

 ingueiros, charging them against rubber which they are to col- 

 lect .ni.l turn over to him. Usually the concessionaire obtains 

 tin-. uprlii on credit from an importer at Manaos or Para. 

 To obtain this credit the concessionaire has to pledge to the im- 

 portei lb; uiiole of his rubber crop. The importer, in turn, re- 

 ceives his merchandise on credit from foreign mechants, often 

 rubber speculators. So that the prosperity of trade in the rubber 

 districts of Brazil is directly dependent upon a successful rubber 

 season. The high cost of rubber production in Brazil is largely 

 due, according to the author, to the high prices of all imported 

 commodities in that country, where many articles often cost five 

 or six times as much as they do in the United States. 



Brazil produces considerable quantities of cotton, especially 

 tree-cotton, most of which is exported to England and Portugal. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



\aV '' '''^ '^ ^ ^ < "' '' °^ Cincinnati, dealers in crude and re- 

 ** • claimed rubber, are continuing for 1915 the distribution 

 of small monthly calendars. Each of these has, besides the days 

 of the month, a 5 x 4 inch picture, in colors, showing sportsmen 

 indulging in the variety of sport most appropriate to that par- 

 ticular month. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co has lately issued a very 

 complete and handsome book on "The Care of Tires." If used 

 as a text book by the consumer and its instructions carefully 

 followed, the result at which it aims— the elimination of un- 

 necessary tire expense — would doubtless be arrived at. This 

 book, which is freely illustrated with reproductions from actual 

 photographs, shows conditions caused by every kind of tire abuse 



and is the result of much experience and many years of re- 

 search. Copies will be furnished, free, on request, not only to 

 users of I in ion. tires but to car owners generally. 



E. H. Sargent & Co., of Chicago, importers and makers of 

 laboratory supplies, have just issued a very complete catalog in 

 which all the latest appliances for use in the rubber mill lal 

 tory are illustrated. 



"A LITTLE JOURNEY TO THE HOME OF COLONEL COLT" 



Vmong book worms of the higher sort, Boswell's "Life of 

 Samuel Johnson" has always been looked upon as the most 

 notable biographical contribution to literature; all of which is 

 undoubtedly true. But it is not half so readable as the bio- 

 graphical sketch of Colonel Samuel T. Colt which appears in 

 the \pril number of Elbert Hubbard's "l"ra." and fills nine 

 pages of that lively magazine. Albeit this sketch is done in 

 the breezy style that distinguishes Elbert Hubbard from all 

 other contemporary wielders of the pen, it is a faithful portrait 

 and will be much enjoyed by the colonel's innumerable friends. 



BOOKLET ON "CABLE-STRUCTURE" TIRES. 



A red motor car. with a load of happy passengers speeding 

 through an enormous "non-skid" tire, artistically enlivens the 

 ever of a neat booklet issued by the Man-held Tire & Rubber 

 Co., of Mansfield, Obi... to describe the merits of "Cable- 

 Structure" casings, and also the special qualities of the "S-X" 

 inner tubes which are manufactured by that concern. 



THE "KNU-SHU" HANGER. 



The United States Rubber Co. has recently issued a placard 

 13 x 18 inches in size, printed in three colors, to call attention 

 — on the wall or in the window — to the "Knu-Shu." The card 

 shio\s a large-size side view of the shoe and has a second cut 

 showing the heel and sole. There are four corner illustrations 

 intended to picture some of the logical wearers of this novel 

 shoe. A brief description of this interesting specimen of foot- 

 wear is also printed on the card, from which it will be discovered 

 that the uppers are made of strong auto tire duck; that the sole- 

 is made of a special rubber, stitched by a new process to 

 greater service, while the heel is of the rubber cushion variety. 

 which makes walking jarless and joltless, buoyant and ex- 

 hilarating. 



SPANISH FIRM IN THE MARKET FOR RUBBER. 



' I 'O the Editor of The India Rubber World: 

 ■*• I have received a leter from Mr. Francisco Blast, my 



cousin, of the firm of Blasi, Sague & Pallas, manufacturers of 

 rubber goods. Roger de Flor street. No. 170, Barcelona, Spain. 



In this letter he asks me to write to you and inquire if you 

 Know any linns who are willing to enter the Spanish trade deal- 

 ing in rubber. He is interested in raw rubber (guayule), rubber 

 substitutes (facticios), and sulphur (or sulphate) of antimony 

 (crimson and golden). 



As editor of The India Rubber World, will you not kindly 

 place some firms in touch with Mr. Blasi and have them send 

 samples by mail, with price lists, etc. Mr. Blasi's firm has been 

 cut off from their regular rubber supply and they will have to 

 shut down their factory unless they can get their goods from the 

 United States. They are, of course, responsible people and 

 are ready to deal on cash terms. Kindly write me what action 

 you take on this letter. Very truly yours, 



F. Vall-Spinosa. 



San Juan. Porto Rico, March 28, 1915. 



The Thermoid Rubber Co., of Trenton, New Jersey, has 

 opened an office in Detroit, to distribute its brake lining, 

 bumpers, clutch facings, discs, hose, tires and other rubber 

 products. 



