August 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 





Kail- Dolls Animals, Etc. 



General IS. 75 $4.46 



Rcbbek Footwear. 



G il .'0.17 S-4.SU $6.07 



1'ainteo < ■ 



rig and coloring 20.43 $4.S6 25.03 $5.96 



Making up 21.00 5.00 23.00 5.47 



(.'able (kb Insulated \\ >■ 



General 21.90 $5.21 29.00 



Miscelh ibeb Goods. 



General 19.53 $4.64 24.13 $5.74 



Hard Rubber '. 



Sticks and tubes 23.71 $5.64 J6.57 $6.32 



Sheets and plates 24.21 5.76 -7.95 o.65 



Insulations tor electrical goods 29.30 6.97 35.00 



Mechanical and surgical goods 19.35 4.61 20. 7S 6.37 



Vulcanizing 23.56 5.61 7.13 



Grinding is. 55 4.41 _'4.43 



Rubbing with pur 16. 62 3.96 22.50 5.35 



Turning 21.67 5.16 28.37 6.75 



Machining and threading 21.50 5.12 26.00 6. 19 



Polishing 19.06 4.54 23.92 



Punching 14.00 3.33 24.00 5.71 



Combs. 



Grinding 16.00 $3.81 25.00 $5.95 



Cutting 16.00 3. SI 30.00 7.14 



Wrapping 21.00 5.00 30.00 7.14 



Rubbing with pumice stone .... 20. 00 6.90 



Washing and brushing 18.00 4.28 2.!, on 5.47 



Polishing 20.40 



Finishing IS. oil 4.2s 24.00 5.71 



M . ling 17.00 4.05 25.00 5.95 



Packing in tinfoil 22.00 5.24 27.00 6.43 



< i OODS. 



Preparation il raw materials 20.40 $4. St, .5.46 $5.58 



Making mechanical goods 20.06 4.77 27.33 6.50 



Storaoe vnd Shipping. 



I and box makers 19.00 $4.52 28.00 $6.66 



I tors 24.00 5. SI 30.00 7.14 



Freight handlers 20.39 4.S5 26.45 6.29 



WAGES PAID WOMEN. 



Average Weekly Wages. 



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Minimum. Maximum. 



Nature o( Occupation — f ^ ^ , A — ^ 



Equivalent in Equivalent in 



Handling Rubber Waste. Marks. Dollars. Marks. Dollars. 



Sorting 10.75 $2.56 12.00 $2.86 



Reclaiming (general) 11.00 2.62 13.00 3.09 



Preparation it Crude Materials. 



Mixing 11.00 $2.62 14.30 $3.40 



General 12.00 2.86 12.50 2.97 



Making Me. han i.al I 



Plates and sheets 10.50 $2.50 15.00 $3.57 



Transmission and conveyor belts 12.52 2.93 14.00 3.53 



Rubber heels 9.00 2.14 12.00 2.86 



M iscellaneous — 



Handwork 10.36 2.47 13.69 3.26 



Machine work 10.75 2.56 14.4= 5.44 



Ilan.l and machine work combined 10.06 2.39 11.99 



Vulcanization of mechanical goods 10.00 2.38 12.00 



Making il »>l. 



Handwork 9.98 $2.38 13.56 $3.23 



Machine «ork 10.82 2.58 147s 3.52 



Hand and machine work combined 11.15 2.65 15.14 3.60 



Making Tires. 



Automobile inner tubes 11.88 $2.83 13:46 $3.20 



Automobile casings 11.80 2. SI 13.88 3.30 



Reliners Hires) 11.55 2.75 13.90 3.31 



Cycle inner tubes 11.72 2.79 14.20 3.38 



Cycle casings — 



Sewing 12.75 3.05 14.83 3.53 



Glueing 10.00 2.3S 12:51 2.98 



Finishing 11.40 2.71 12.40 2.95 



Dri g dries and Surgical Goods. 



Surgical goods 11.30 $2.69 16.2s $3.87 



Drugists' sundries 10.59 2.52 16.15 3.84 



Rubber sponges 14.00 3.33 19.00 4.52 



Dipping Good 



Nipples 9.00 $2.14 17.00 $4 



Miscellaneous 11.62 2.77 16:67 3.97 



Toy balloons and rubber jokes 11.20 2.69 13.23 3.15 



Rubber Erasers. 



General average 11.00 $2.62 13.00 $3.57 



Balls, Dolls, Animals. Etc. 



General average 10.47 $2.4') 12.48 $2.97 



RcBHER F0 1TW EAR. 



General average 11.70 $2.78 14.00 $3.33 



M 51 ELLANEOUS. 



Spreading 11.12 $2.63 13.97 $3.80 



Making up 11.07 2.6^" 15.67 5 75 



Press shields 9.00 2.14 13.50 3.21 



Insulai ing Cai 



General average 12.00 $2.86 18.00 $4.28 



Hard Ki bber ' i 



Insulation tor electrical goods 14.00 $3.33 



Mechanical and surgical goods 10.05 2.39 13.00 $3.09 



Vulcanizing 9.00 2.14 11.40 2.71 



ling 10.00 2.38 13.00 3.09 



Turning 11.20 2.67 16.33 3.89 



I' 10.71 2.55 13.47 3.21 



Combs. 



General jhi;hi 10.50 $2.50 12.50 $2.98 



Finishing 10.00 2.38 12.00 2.86 



Peri ha ' I 



iration of raw materials 12.00 $2.86 12.00 $2.86 



oiical goods 10. 12.00 2.86 



Wvki i ii Shipping. 



Box making 9.00 $2.14 16.00 $3.81 



11.00 Ju: 14.40 3.43 



ing 11.75 2.79 14.01 3.33 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN GERMANY. 



HTIIF. Germans, being n philosophical people and fond of in- 

 tellectual deductions, arc speculating as to what result the 

 war will have, after it i- all over and peace once more established, 

 on rubber manufacture and other industries. 



The pessimists take the attitude that the tremendous loss of 

 nun in killed and incapacitated must seriously retard Ger- 

 man industrial progress for many years i me. The op- 

 timists, on tin- ..tlier band, prophesy that with the return of 

 peace there will begin an era of unparalleled activity in the in- 

 dustrial and commercial life of the Empire. They contend that 

 they have air,. tily [earned many extremely valuable lessons from 

 the war. particularly in the direction of creating their own sup- 

 ply nl crude materials, and thus of insuring their independence 

 of the rest of the world. They admit that there will be an em- 

 barrassing shortage of labor, but this, they say, will result in a 

 rapid and general improvement in mechanical devices and their 

 more extended use. It may be that goods will cost more but 

 they will be vastly improved in quality. 



NEW GERMAN RUBBER EMBARGO. 



The German Imperial Chancellor published, on June 8, a new 

 order that supersedes all previous orders regarding rubber, 

 gutta-percha and balata. The new order prohibits both the ex- 

 portation and the transit of rubber, gutta-percha and balata, 

 crude or manufactured, including rubber substitutes, waste 

 and scrap rubber; rubber and gutta-percha cements, rubber oil, 

 all goods containing either soft or hard rubber, and all soft and 

 hard rubber articles. A proviso of the new order states that 

 permission to export will be granted for certain goods provided 

 it be proved that other goods containing one and one-half times 

 as much rubber as the exported article will be imported in 

 exchange. 



TIRE STANDARDS AND WAR. 



The European war has brought home to all the nations en- 

 gaged in it the importance of standardization of tire sizes and 

 the limitation of these to the smallest number possible. Ger- 

 many, for instance, has discovered that seven different dimen- 

 sions of automobile tires meet all requirements. Before the war 

 at least thirty different sizes were used in the German Empire, 

 and the German authorities report that fully 40 per cent, of the 

 tires in stock in the country on August 1 last were found to be 

 in odd sizes suited to only a small number of machines, the 

 greater number of automobiles not being able to use them. Such 

 conditions certainly call for a remedy, for they are contrary to 

 the inn rests i I the whole country, not only in war times, but also 

 in time of peace. Manufacturers are obliged to make, and dealers 

 to irry in stock, quantities of tires rarely wanted. For all this 

 waste the consumer has to pay, and further he is often at a loss 

 to know exactlv the size he wants for his machine. 



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

 Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Country of the Amazon; 

 Rubber Trade Directory of the World. 



