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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1915. 



GWTA-PB^ 



\ , ,1. 52. 



May 1. 1915. 



X... 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Page. 



A German Criticism of the American Rubber Trade 421 



A Kind of Theft Too Long Condoned 421 



The Value of Advice Depends Upon Its Source 422 



The German Government and Rubber 422 



Rubber's Contribution to the Science of Burglary 422 



Business Psychology in for a Trouncing 423 



The Consumer Wants to Know 423 



Why Not the R. C. A.? 423 



Minor Editorial 423 



The Telephone and Its Dependence on Rubber 



Illustrated 124 



The Great Problem for the Germans to Solve 427 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 428 



Rubber Statistics for the United States 429 



New Devices for Rubber Testing , 



By .!. F. Shore— Illustrated 430 



Rubber Plates for Ironclads 431 



The Rubber Joke 



Illustrated 4}: 



The Editor's Book Table 435 



New Trade Publications 435 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



Illustrate! 436 



Rubber in Fishing 



Illustrated 438 



New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 439 



News of the American Rubber Trade 442 



Samuel M. Nicholson, Director of the United States Rubber 



Co. 



President McKechnie of the Canadian Consolidated 



Plant of A. Schrader's Son, Inc 



The New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co 



1 



Portrait 

 Illustrated 



lllusi 

 Report of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Ltd 



Report of Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co 



The Obituary Record 



Portraits 

 The Rubber Club of America, Inc 



Rubber Trade in Boston 



mdent 



Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



B vi 1 bondent 

 Rubber Trade in Trenton 



Rubber Trade in Akron 



By Ou 

 Rubber Trade in Chicago 



By Our Correspondent 

 Rubber Trade on the Pacific Coast 



By 'Our Correspondent 



Vulcanizing Rubber Shoes 



By a Veteran Superintendent 

 India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



B 1 ' ■ ' < orrespondent 

 Explaining High Prices to German Consumers 



Rubber Trade in Japan 



By Our Cot 

 Some Rubber Planting Notes 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[United States, United Kingdom, France. Germany. 1 

 Market for Chemicals and Compounding Ingredients 



Review of Crude Rubber Market 



Rubber Scrap Market 



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SOME LATE EIRE DEPARTMENT AWARDS. 



' ir; <: icr 40.1 I'll 1 U'rt nt" 2 1 j-inch lire hose was recently 



awarded to the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Pas- 

 saic. New Jersey, by the New York City fire department. This 

 company has also received contracts for 3,700 feet of hose fur 

 Springfield, Ohio; 3,000 feet for Yonkers, New York; 600 feel 

 for Independence, towa; -4110 feet for Madison, Wisconsin; and 

 200 feet for Seneca. Illinois. 



The Eureka hire Hose Co., of Xew York, has been awarded 

 .1 contract for 2,500 feet for the tire department of Cleveland, 

 1 ihio ; 800 Eee1 for the town of Lackawanna, Xew York, and 600 

 Feet i uli for Parsons, towa, and Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. 



I In New York Belting & Packing Co., of Xew York, will 

 supply the citj of Madison, Wisconsin, with 500 feet of hose, and 

 the city of Mauston, Wisconsin, with 300 feet of hose, besides 

 lire coats and hats. 



The Empire Rubber & Tire Co., of Trenton, has been awarded 

 contracts by the cities of El Paso, Texas, and Leland, Illinois, 

 for 500 feet of hose each, and by Madison, Wisconsin, a contrat 1 

 for 400 feet. 



The Bi-Lateral Fire Hose Co., of Chicago, is to furnish 3.000 

 feet of hose for Atlanta, Georgia, and 300 feet for Marion, Ohio. 

 The Xew Jersey Car Spring ct Rubber Co.. of Jersey ( ity, h 

 contract for 500 Feel of hose for Madison, Wisconsin; The B. F. 



I. Irich 1 11. of \kroii. 600 feet for Marion, Ohio; the Republic 



Rubber Co., of Youngstown, 600 feet for Marion, Ohio, and the 

 forest City Rubber Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. 2.500 feet for Cleve- 

 land. 



Contracts have also been awarded for rubber tires and tubes 

 for Xew York ( itj fire department equipment, as follows: Globi 

 Tire Co., $1,285.63; United States Tire Co.. $1,923.10; Firestone 

 Tire & Rubber Co., $442.26. 



A FIRE DEPARTMENT ENGINEER ON RUBBER-LINED HOSE. 



In a contribution to the March 31 issue of "Fire & Water 

 Engineering." Frank G. Reynolds, of the Augusta. Georgia, fire 

 department, lias the following to say on the subject of tire hose 

 and equipment : 



"Two and one-half inch cotton rubber-lined two-ply lire hose 

 manufactured by a reputable manufacturer, under a guarantee 

 for three years against defects, is all that can be expected. Each 

 company with a capacity of 1.000 feet of hose should have a relay 

 of 1,000 feet on the dry-rack at each station. Reserve-wagon at 

 headquarters should be fully equipped with 1.000 feet, ladders, 

 extinguishers, hooks, axes, etc.. ready for immediate use. Each 

 engine company should be equipped with a deluge set, with tips 

 1' 4 inch to 1--4 inch." 



RUBBER SHARES REACH HIGH FIGURES. 



On April 14, the common stock of the United States Rubber 

 Co. sold at 74' |. This is a rise of over 30 [mints from the low- 

 est price in 1914. This stock sold at 13 1 / in 1907, but at that 

 time it was paying no dividends. 



I nlv in April the Goodrich common sold at 53 ! 4. Its lowest 

 price last year was l''\ 



The following market quotations of the shares of rubber man- 

 ufacturing companies on April 29 last are furnished l>y John 

 Burnham & Co., 31 Nassau street. Xew York, and 41 South La 

 Salle street, Chicago: 



Bid. Asked. 



Grieb Rubber Co., common 285 ... 



Ajax-Grieb Rubbei Co., inferred 100 ... 



Pirestoni tan \ Rubbei I 0., common 92 95 



Firestone Tire ..V Rubber Co., preferred 95 93 



The I:. F. G Irich Co., common 49 49^4 



The It. F. !n. h 1 .1., preferred 102 103 



<, lyear fin & Rubber Co., common 239 240 



i [year Tire K- Rubber Co., preferred 104 105 



Kelly-Springfield Tire ( o., common 134 135 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., 1st preferred 84 85 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.. 2nd preferred 130 140 



Miller Rubber Co., common 180 188 



Miller Rubber Co.. preferred 104 105 



Portage Rubber Co., common 35 38 



' ' ge Rubber Co.. preferred 85 88 



Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co 80 90 



United States Rubber Co., common 69 70 



United States Rubber Co., preferred 107K 108 



