Vugust 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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the menu w.i- engraved on the red rubber, together with the 

 date and the name of the club. It was a bright idea, cleverly 

 carried out, and certainly appreciated. 

 The menu read as folio 1 



I III RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA, INC. 



MENU. 



Cigars 



i tail 



< lams 



Ra 

 i i bster 



Saratoga Chips 





Cigarettes 



Nei 



Crilletl Half Spring Chicken 

 Fren< i P tatoes 



Peas I i 



I I 



i isted Saltines 

 Coffee 



Vesper O iuntry C] i b, 

 July 14. 1915. 



Rubber balloons oi various colors, each lettered with the 

 name of the club, were tossed and batted from table to table, 

 until the ton rough usage caused punctures and explosions. 



The dinner was enlivened by music, the Cadet Band being 

 responsible fur the instrumental and the Lotus Quartet for 

 the vocal selections, while many impromptu solos, duets, t r i< . ^ 

 and choruses were the voluntary contributions of the diners. 



As usual, the prizes were distributed during the dinner, and 

 also there was an absence of speeches, prandial or post- 

 prandial. Good fellowship reigned ami the whole affair was 

 strictly informal. 



And when all had eaten and drunk their till it was time to 

 take the special train at the other end of the undulating 

 bridge. Again the big helicon and the bass drum were car- 

 ried around the turnstile. An hour later the company sepa- 

 rated at the Xorth Station in Boston. 



Great credit must be given the members of the Outing Com- 

 mittee — P. E. Young, of the Acushnet Process Co.; Robert L. 



Club House of the Vesper Club, with Tenms Coubts i\ 

 foreground. 



Rice, of the Hood Rubber Co.. and F. H. Appleton, Jr., of 

 F. H. Appleton & Son., Inc. Mr. Young had charge of the 

 transportation. Mr. Rice of the dinner, and Mr. Appleton of 

 the sports. The gentlemen in charge of the various features 

 and contests, whose names are mentioned earlier in the re- 

 port, are also entitled to praise and the thanks of the associa- 

 tion for their good work. 



Should he on every rubber man's desk — Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Country of the Amazon; 

 Rubber Trade Directorv of the World. 



UNITED STATES CONSUL REPORTS ON HOLLAND S RUBBER TRADE. 



United States Consul 1). 1. Murphy, stationed at Amster- 

 dam. Holland, in his report of April In. has the followin 

 thi' rubber industry of that country: 

 "In the early part of 1<>!4 demand for rubber, especially 

 tin- cultivated product of the East Indian plantations, was 

 keen. 



ollowing table shows the stool r on hand 



January 1, l''U. the amount imported 'luring the year, the 

 nl ot tlie sales, and the stocks unsold on December 31. 

 The quantities are given in hall kilo I ach: 



Planta- 

 in Cas- "her 

 Hcvea. I-ims. /!//. ,t. Ceara. 



Half Half Half Half Half Half Halt- 

 kilos, kilos. 1m 

 Ian. 1, 



s.s.4-18 8,090 744 1,090 6.165 16.665 121,202 



ts in 1914.-1,184,181 109,014 23,223 6._ 10,050 1,334,121 



i 1,272,629 117,104 23,967 7,348 7,560 26,715 1,455,323 



1 ''1 4.. . .1,240,672 (> : 5 1,370,870 



Slock Dec. 3 1 . 



1914 31.957 51.216 1,280 S4.453 



'The 1913 import consisted of 1,039,500 half kilo-, of which 

 839,500 were Hevea, 121.000 plantation Ficus, 23.000 Cast. 

 500 Ceara. 30.000 forest Ficus, and 21.000 various forest rub- 

 bers. From which it will appear that the 1"14 import ex- 

 o) the year pri • ious bj J 1 '-I 621 half kil< 



"At the first 1914 auction in January prime Hevea brought 



1.57. 1 j florins per half kilo ($0.63 per 1.1 pounds). Prices ad- 



ed to 1.76! j florins in April, falling to 1.47'. florins at 



the end of July. During the last five months of the year. 



prices fluctuated considerably. 



"The pressing need for rubber by the contending powers 

 soon made itself felt, brisk and incessant demand being evident. 

 Unfortunately, however, the importation of rubber became prac- 

 tically impossible, cargoes consigned to Amsterdam being 

 seized en route and unloaded in the ports of one of the war- 

 ring nations. In the last part of the year the best price for 

 prime Hevea was 2 florins per half kill r 1.1 pounds). 



Private stock-, were entirely disposed of, what rubber re- 

 mained unsold December 31 being retained by the govern- 

 ment. Two important factories in this consular district, one 

 at Amsterdam and the other at Haarlem, manufacture rub- 

 ber driving belts, tubing, railway buffers, plugs and linings, 

 am! recently have had pronounced success in making ebonite, 

 or hardened rubber. The product of the rns, made 



from the raw rubber of the East Indies, is largely exported 

 to the Dutch colonies, Belgium. Great Britain ami Africa." 



AMERICAN RUBRER GOODS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 



The total imports of rubber goods mi- the Dominican Re- 

 public amounted in 1914 to #27.091, of which $22,441, or 82 iter 

 cent., was furnished by the United States. During the previous 

 year imports from the United States amounted to $27,309, or 

 over $7 per cent, of the total imports of rubber good-, which 

 were valued at $31,032. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. Akron. I issuing to 



users of Goodyear tires two very useful slide rule -rales. One 

 is designated a- the i ;tr Inflation and Load Scale," and 



the taher the "Goodyear Calculator for Pneumatic Tires.'' 



The first instrument shows the best average load, with its 

 corresponding inflation pressure, for any given tire section. The 

 second instrument has a double set of scales. One set will en- 

 able the tire user to determine the possibilities or durability of 

 the tires in use and the effect of an increase of size; the other 

 set of scales enables one to determine per cent, changt 



oning qualities of a tire corresponding with the pressure 

 necessary to produce it. and also the effect of increase in size 

 i f tire section on cushioning. 



