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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



I September 1, 1915. 



PROPOSED GOVERNMENT PURCHASES. 



The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington, is invit- 

 ing bids I'll Navy Department supplies as follows: 

 September 7. 1 : ..-inch suction hose, schedule No. 8682. 

 7, rubber insulating tape, schedule No. 8672. 

 14. unlined linen fire hose, underwriters' standard, 

 schedule No. 8639. 



14, suction hose, schedule No. 8722. 



14, unlined linen hose, schedule No. 8711. 



RUBBER TRADE TNaUIRIES. 



[112.] A European dealer in surgical rubber g Is and drug- 

 gists' sundries inquires for names of manufacturers in a position 

 ■ply red rubber sp, inges, gloves, nipples, etc. 

 1 113] Inquiry has been received from abroad for addresses 

 of manufacturers of forcing machines for bicycle tubes and gas 

 hose, also molds for bicycle tires. 



| 114.] Another inquiry is for machinery for the manufacture 



ird rubber combs. 

 [115.] A firm manufacturing rubber goods desires to know 

 where it can obtain supplies of red aristi. 



[116.] A European manufacturer of rubber hose is in the 

 market for hose duck, samples of the qualities desired having 

 i lit this office, where they maj he inspected. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



\ druggist in Canada desires information relative to rubber 

 I ,rt No. 17,388. 



A firm in Argentina desires quotations and information on 

 rubber heels. Report Xo. 17,637. 



\ ' rni in I'ortugal desires to export crude rubber. Report 

 No 17,683. 



A machine company in Chile is in the market for tubes for 

 insulating purposes, samples of which may be examined at 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at Wash- 

 ington or its branches. Report No. 17,722. 



An association in Switzerland would like to establish com. 

 mercial relations with American manufacturers of all kinds 

 of rubber goods. Report No. 17,750. 



\ concern in Norway wishes to hear from American manu- 

 facturers and exporters of rubber tires, etc., with a view to 

 ung an exclusive agency. Report No. 17,790. 



A tobacco importer in Uruguay is in the market for rubber 

 tobacco pouches, on which quotations are asked. Report No. 

 17.8_'.v 



\ representative of a business firm with offices in the \\ est 

 Indies and New York states that he is in a position to repre- 

 sent American manufacturers and exporters of mechanical 

 rubber goods. Report No 17,860. 



A South American firm desires to purchase rubber goods. 

 Report No. 17,925. 



A concern in France is in the market for rubber erasers, 

 etc. Report No. 17,956. 



A manufacturers' agent in Switzerland asks for names and 

 addresses of American manufacturers of transparent nipples, 

 rs, suspenders and other elastic goods, including fruit jar 

 Report No. 18,061. 



CONSULAR REPORTS ON FOUNTAIN PENS. 



Reo lar reports have contained numerous references 



ipportunities for the sab of fountain pens. One of these 



mentions the popularity of the fountain pen in Bohemia, where 



-it'll, students and clerks all carry pens of this sort, in 

 qualities ranging from 60 crowns ($12.18) down to 7 crowns 

 <$1.4_'i each. While pi I .erman origin have been the 



largest sellers in the past, those made in England and America 

 have ime quite popular. 



In Argentina, where prices fange from 42 cents for a pen of 

 Austrian production up to about $Vio0, pens of American, English. 

 French, German and Italian manufacture have been introduced. 



FRANCE A MARKET FOR AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS. 



A loss to the industry of one country may lie a gain to that 

 of another. Before the war France purchased on an average 

 about $11,000,000 worth of rubber goods from German manu- 

 facturers. Although the rubber industry is well developed in 

 I ranee and French manufacturers are well acquainted with all 

 modern manufacturing methods, France before the war was tribu- 

 tary to Germany for many articles belonging to the rubber indus- 

 try. When peace is established it is not likely that the low prices 

 at which German rubber goods are offered will be so great 

 an inducement to French purchasers as was formerly the case. 

 Most certainly the French will have a strong aversion for all 

 things German and the $11,000,000 worth of rubber goods formerly 

 supplied by German and Austrian manufacturers will have to be 

 obtained from other sources; for it is not reasonable to believe 

 that the demand for rubber goods will decrease — quite the 

 contrary. 



Here appears a chance for American rubber manufacturers 

 to introduce their wares to the French market. No doubt French 

 manufacturers will do their best to obtain their share of Ger- 

 many's lost trade. So will British. Belgian and Russian rubber 

 manufacturers. But the organization and manufacturing facili- 

 ties of American rubber factories should enable them to com- 

 pete successfully in spite of the lower cost of labor in Europe 

 and the high customs tariff that protects French rubber manu- 

 facturers in their home market. The following table, taken from 

 "Le Caoutchouc & la Gutta-Percha," shows the latest annual 

 imports of German rubber goods into France : 



Description Value. 



Packings (Klingerite type) $579,000 



Rubber sheet 772,000 



Rubber sheet (inferior quality — Continental type), 579,000 



Hard rubber '. 965,000 



Dress shields 1 54,400 



Rubber erasers , , 1 54,000 



Suspenders, garters, belts, etc 135,100 



Elastic fabrics 482.500 



Card fabrics ,,,,,,,.,,,.,,,,, 67,550 



Pneumatic and solid rubber vehicle tires ,..,,,.,,,,..,.. 5,404,000 



Rubber footwear (including tennis shoes i 386,000 



Asbestos 193,000 



Mechanical rubber goods (belts, hose, valves, etc.) 1,351,000 



Total , .$1 1,222.550 



A CHANCE TO START A RUBBER PLANT IN FRANCE. 



An old friend of The India Rubber World, located in" Paris, 

 writes this publication that a Parisian capitalist who is interested 

 in the rubber industry wants to effect a combination with SsJrffe 

 substantial rubber firm in a friendly country which desires to 

 establish a plant in France. He offers on his part to furnish 

 a particularly desirable location within a few minutes of Paris 1 

 in a neighborhood which would supply unlimited labor. He 

 would, at his own expense, put up the proper buildings, and would 

 not ask the foreign firm to furnish a larger amount of capital 

 than he himself is willing to put into the enterprise. 



In one of the newest self-applied scalp treatments, where 

 the water or chemical is heated by electricity and applied in 

 the form of a fine spray, rubber tubes are so arranged that 

 by blowing in one tube sufficient pressure is applied to the 

 vapor to distribute it through the other tube to the scalp. 



In an improved self-inking stamp called the "Autopad." 

 instead of striking the same spot on the ink pad with each 

 downward motion, the pad. which is 3>_t inches long, is made 

 to move about 1/16 of an inch with each stroke of the handle, 

 so that the rubber face of the stamp comes in contact with 

 a fresh pad surface each time. [The- R. H. Smith Manufac- 

 turing Co., Springfield. Massachusetts.] 



