Ji ie 1. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



517 



HANNOVERSCHE A< lli\ Gl MMIWAAREN-1 \i:i;ik. HANO\'ER-' 



The twenty-eighth annual report of thi inj states that 



tin- tirsl half of 1914 showed normal business, with a tendency to 



increase, when the war stopped all work, ami matters <li<l noi 



return to anything near the normal until Octobei I he net 



unted n. 212.287.9S mark- [$50,525]. 



VEREINIG1 N HANFSCHLAUCH-U GUMM1WAAREN-FAI3RIKEN 

 ZU GOTH \ A.G., GOTHA. 



The first seven months of 1914 showed marked progress in 

 the com] usiness, but war put a stop to everything. \rmy 



and navj i i r, kept the factor) in operation. Verj 



oi raw materials, especially crude rubber, 

 ically the whole stock of which was taken over in N'ovi 

 li\ thi government. The net profits for the year amounted to 

 154,898.62 marks [$46,386]. 



\SBES1 I Gl MMIWERKE \ G., \LFRED I VLMON, HAMB1 RG 



I he favorable conditions present at the beginning ol 1914 lasted 

 until war broke out and stopped all business activity. S 

 oi the company's men were called to the army, shipments by 

 sea were totall) shut off, land traffic was closed to 



and payment p istponed. Work was. however, later reorganized 

 and the companj has been attending to private business as much 

 as extensi\'( government orders would permit 1 unds were used 

 to help war sufferers among the company's employes and work- 

 men. Alter the war was declared the companj decided to USi 

 ii- crude rubber supplies strict!) for military orders. The net 

 ear amounted to 506,726.41 marks [$120,601] 



UNGARIS iIMIWAARENFABRlKS AC. BUDAPES1 



For the first six months of last year the business oi this 

 pany was verj wood, but naturally both export and domestic 

 trade came to a standstill with the beginning oi hostilities, 

 though bj of important war orders and arrangements 



made with the government the factories were kept busy. The 

 companj had intsalled new machinery m 1913 for tire maiui- 

 ire, and was therefore well prepared to handle the Govern 

 ment's order- The supply of rubber was sufficient until the 

 latter part of December: since which time tin company has 

 been greatly hampered because of the difficulty of obtaining 

 crude rubber. The net earning- for 1914 amounted to 1,538,456.72 

 crowns [$312,307]. 



WAR CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE GERMAN RUBBER INDUSTRY. 

 German manufacturers in general have made great sacri 

 in helping their employes and persons dependent upon them 

 through the distress occasioned by the war. and in this line the 

 German rubber industry has not beei ward. Some figures 



from the annual report of the Continental ( aoutchoui & Gutta- 

 percha Co. are exceedingly interesting. Spi tl this sub- 

 ject the i' "From the beginning of this war we have 

 considered it our natural and most important duty to help the 

 families of those of our employes who are a! thi front We 

 believe that these men arc doing their full duty in offering their 

 lives to the Fatherland and that the) should not, therefore, have 

 the worry of trying to provide for those they were obliged to 

 leave behind. For this reason we opened a "war account' which, 

 from August 1 to December 31, runs as follows 



[a mark = 

 For supporting the families of our workmen and empli 



with the colors 434 



For subscript Red I ss for the army and navy 67,092.10 



For paymei assing through, for cigars, cigarettes, 



tobacco, chocolate, mineral h 19,970.83 



For woolen articles sent to the front 93.039.03 



For helping German i i war in foreign and 



fur vi jent to troops in the field 7,564.59 



pur ilic upkeep i 30,377.55 



Total 652,186.90 



This report was read at the annual meeting of the Continental 



company sharehi lders, ami at this same meeting half a million 



mark rig tic-,- Ii ft b 



and voi any who had fallen in battle, 



making a ti >tal ol h ar i xpenditures ami mntii 



A GERMAN FOUNTAIN SPONGE. 



This is a fountain sponge of German origin especially adapted 



to washing surfaces where sand and grit must he rem 



ii sponge, which may natural ..r made of rubber, is 



through a nickeled tube with a rubber hose leading 



to the source ol watt i supply. Tin i • ibi is attai I i 



a strap to the hack of the user's hand, as shown in the illustra- 

 [Juliuf Pintsch < '< .. Frankfurt, a M 



CONSOLIDATED RUBBER AND BALATA ESTATES. LIMITED. 



At the annual meeting of the ' onsolidated Rubber and Ilalata 

 Estates, Limited, which was recentlj held in London, the chair- 

 man oi thai company, whose propertj is in British Guiana, 

 that the) had harvested during 1914. 1,076,067 pound- of halata, 

 but thai owing to the breaking out of the war they experii 

 great financial difficulties, which, however, the) wen able to 

 overcome, thank- to the timely assistance tendered them by the 

 Governor of British Guiana. When the war broke out they 

 had a hug. stocl ol balata on hand and heavy liabilities in the 

 way of hills, loan- and overdrafts which amounted in fact to 

 about BAMW) Conditions had improved somewhat, and the com- 

 pany hail now £50,000 to work with. The chairman promised 

 that dividends would he paid upon receipt of money as the- balata 

 was delivered. Before the war Germany was the company's 

 principal customer. 



RUBBER AND BALATA EXPORTS FROM TRINIDAD. 



During the year 1914, <4t..3s_' worth of balata gum was ex- 

 ported from Trinidad to the United States, as compared with 

 similar exports valued at $17,809 in 1913, showing an increase of 

 $28,573. 



RUBBER MACHINERY IMPORTS INTO PANAMA DUTY FREE. 



A new law X... 39 of 1". 15— was enacted by the National 

 Assembly of Panama ruary 24. to become operative May 



25 ..f the present year, by which the customs tariff of the Re- 

 public has hern revised. Artu 1. s ,,t it orl in now cla- 

 ttnder four divisions. I'nder class one, which c.ii-r- "art 

 free of duty." an placed machinery for the treatment of rubber. 



o sulphate, bisulphate ami bisulphide of carbon. 



BRAZIL SUSPENDS DUTY INCREASE ON RUBBER* GOODS. 



Tin- following is the substance of a cablegram received by the 

 Department of Commerce, at Washington, from the United 

 States Consul General at Rio de Janeiro and published under 

 date of Maj 24 



ing to tin' impracticability of enforcing it. it has been 

 decided to lc.1,1 in abeyance the provision of the Brazilian budge! 

 law for I'M 5 prescribing increased import duties on rubber 

 - in the manufacture of which Brazilian tine I'ara ha- not 

 been used and authorizing special reductions on articles made 

 uch rubber It is stated that the matter will he again sub- 

 ed to tin Brazilian Congress, which is now in session, and 

 that pending further action the former rates of duty will he 

 applied in the case of the following articles: Surgical instal- 

 ls and supplies, insulated wire, floor coverings, and rubber 

 tires Such rone --ion will onl) lie made upon condition that 

 the importer obligatt himself to pay the difference in duties in 

 case tie provision is not repealed. 



