xr ,/// flit Buyers' Directory of The Rubber Trade Page XLIII. I ne HfcS I BUCKLfcfc tor AKL I ICb ARE rUDE BV THE WELD MFQ. CO., 41 Lincoln Street, - - Boston. /V 1f ■e«« RAIN COATS Must have this Circular Trade Mark stamped In '■-. of coat.. W00 m — ev— Cravemette CA>tS" # Mm-?ti^ Edited by HENRY C. PEARSON— Offices. No. 150 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. Vol. XXVIII. No. 1. APRIL 1, 1903. 85 Cents a Copy. $8.00 Per Year. THE ALDEN RUBBER CO., BARBERTON ROBBER WORKS, HANUFACTURERS OF "J t The MASTER KEY Rubber Tiling. Noiseless, Non Conducting. Non Slipping. The ideal floor for Offices, Banks, Vesti- bules, Elevators and especially for places where electrical cur- rents abound. Beautiful Color Effects. Designs Furnished. BICYCLE, AUTOMOBILE AND VEHICLE TIRES, HOSE, PACKING, VALVES. MOLDED GOODS, FRUIT JAR RINGS. WHITE TUBING. t THIS TRADE MARK GUARANTEES FULL VALUE. LONG DISTANCE TEL . AKRON EXCHANGE NO. 999 CABLE ADDRESS " ARCO AKRON." AKRON. OHIO and BARBERTON. OHIO, U.S.A. U Akron Office, Arcade Block — Main Office and Works at Barberton Utntion the huUa tiubber World when i/ou write c H L O R I D E OF 5 U L P rl U R AND Bl- SUL PHID OF CAR BON GEO. V S P E A I a H T, 106 Full St. N. * LAMPBLACKS especially for RUBBER MANUFACTURE. SAMUEL CABOT, BOSTON, MASS II THE INDIA r.MBBER WORLD [April i, 1903'. ^ ......... . » T „ j For Stitching Rubber Belt ing\ HICHES - AWARI Machine No. 9-1 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. For Stitching Parallel Rows on Canvas or Rubber Belting. POINTS OF EXCELLENCE. Every Salesrooms in Machines shown in practical operation at NEW YORK— Broadway and Prince Street. BOSTON -128-132 Essex Street '• — Two needles and two oscillating shuttles for forming two parallel lock-stitch seams in heavy canvas and rubber belting up to ioo inches wide and one and one-half inches thick. 2. — Powerful feed-rolls 16 feet long, capable of carrying material of several tons' weight, have a bearing the entire width of the material, thus ensuring uniform- ity and regularity in carrying forward the several thicknesses and giving elasticity to the stitching. 3- — The mechanical arrangement for raising and lower- ing the upper feed roller by means of a horizontal shaft extending the entire length of the machine, connected with the hinged bearings of the roller by bevel gears at each end and so operated as to be easily adjusted to any thickness of material. 4- — Largest and strongest sewing machine ever construct- ed, having a bed eighteen feet in length, with over- hanging arm supported by and attached to both ends of the bed. City. 10 Chestnut Street. + + + + + BALTIMORE-n North Charles Street X ST. LOUIS— 1124 Olive Street. + + + + CHICAGO -260-262 Fifth Avenue. TROY, N. Y.— 251 River Street. PHILADELPHIA- CINCINNATI-115 West Third Street. INDIANAPOLIS— ia6 W.Washington St. ST. PAUL -402 Jackson St. THE SINGER HANUFACTURING CO. + + + + * + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + *■ *■ *■ BEST IN THE MARKET Cable's Carriage Cloth New Factory Buildings. Prompt Shipments. New Machinery. Samples Freely Furnished. CABLE RUBBER COMPANY, 70-72 ESSEX STREET, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. J ► % *- ■*■%-». ^ %"%."*'%.'%'% «%VV«%»V»VV* -W-V^V^^V^W^ ^.-W"* ■%•-%. -V -V "V ^--%- <%-"%-■%• -% %-%'%'%.-%.'% 1 RESERVED i SEE OUR MAY ISSUE. k%wW%%%%*%w«wWW%«%wW»wVW%% %/%/%♦'%'%%'%•%.%'%'•'•'•'* All ii i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD in I Forsyth Combination iletal | I Insertion Packing | will satisfactorily withstand the heat of high pressure steam. ^ It is a high grade rubber packing with one or more plies ^ of pliable sheet metal insertion. A successful packing that satisfies where other packings fail. ^ CAUTION. § As the exi lusive manufacturers of sheet metal insertion rubber pack- 12 ing, under a patent issued April 11, L899, to James Bennett Forsyth, ^ we caution all parties against making, selling or using any rubber pack- ^ ing with sheet metal insertion that in any way infringes said patent. ^» Patented April 1 1 , I 899. | Our line of Packings for all purposes | is most complete. We solicit your inquiries... BELTING, HOSE of all kinds. GASKETS, VALVES, DECKLE STRAPS. RUBBER COVERED ROLLERS. MATS, MATTING, TUBING, Etc. The Trade Mark of Excellence. JAMES BENNETT FORSYTH, Genl. Mgr. Original Manufacturers of VULCANIZED RUBBER GOODS. ^: Boston, New York, ^= Philadelphia, Baltimore, fcz Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Seattle, ^ Atlanta, Mobile, New Orleans, Memphis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland. ^ X»~ Mention The India Rubber World when you write, -~m iv THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. icidi I) MEDAL \W ARDRD at P < - * VI E R • C 1 N EXPOSITION. 1901. EUREKA FIRE HOSE CO., 13 BARCLAY ST , NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED BRANDS "RID CROSS" itf,') "PARAGON" (ft?) " EUKEKA " (%") •• U. S." Brand Rubber Lined Cotton Fire Hose Vd ipti d as the Standard 1 lory Fire Hose by the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pinies, (or Factory and Mill Fire Piotection. COTTON and LIMN HOSE of all grade?, both plain and rubber-lined. All sizes. These Goods are especlall) adapted fur use in \\ .M'len, Cotton, Silk, Print, Knit (joods and Carpet Hills, l)\eing and Bleaching estuhlishments. Pulp and Paper Mills, Breweries and Distilleries, Sugar Refineries, Ice and Refrigerating Machinery, Chemical Works. Tanneries, etc. Sumple.i and lull information uivrtt tut " Pl'i tea ' lun. I COTTON HOSE, \ fc! We Spin, Weave, and Line Our Own Goods. 3 I GARDEN HOSE, f ^ New Lines— New Methods. ^ 1 BELTINQ and PACKING. I gi Empire Rubber Mfg. Co., 3 ^ NEW YORK. CHICAGO. BOSTON. ST. LOUIS, HO. ^ ^ Factories: TRENTON, N. J. 13 Mentu* the India Rutifttr Worm when yii wWf< COJTIJEHTAIi TYRES, GOflTIflEflTAIi pCHAHlCJlli RUBBER GOODS. CONTINENTAL CAOUTCHOUC & GUTTAPERCHA CO., Hanover, Oermany. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. Vprh i, 190^.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD *<¥L HUHE GUM R,NGS Wrirafl *«* a £Hrs mason jars « "UB81H CO FRUIT JAR RINGS Our rings in bulk are not shipped loosely in barrels but in one pound cylindrical boxes for which \\t make no extra charge. Send for Samples and Prices Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Branches: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cleveland, Mention The. India Rubber World when you ALL GOODS BEARING OUR BRAND ARE FULLY GUARANTEED." HIGH CLASS RUBBER GOODS. NEW PLANT The most improved machinery, Up-to-date methods coupled with experienced workmen and capable supervision enable us to meet any competitor and give us an advantage over many. We Make Hose, Belting, Packing, Valves, Gaskets, Mats, Matting, Linen and Cotton Hose, and many specialties as well as they can be made when the ability to turn out first grade goods is united with the willingness to do so. Our '« Nubian" Parkino- is adapted for high or low P ressure - [t is V/UI l^ULMCill I a^lMII^ guaranteed to stand higher temperature than any other packing, and will retain its strength and pliability under conditions that destroy other packings. Flat and Tubular Gaskets made from "Nubian" Stock, Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co. branch store: i8=4<> BOSTWICK AVENIE, 175-177 Lake St., Chicago. JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. Mention Vie India Rubber World when you write. VI THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. The Fishing; Season ....is at hand.... We make a line of Sportsmen's Clothing including Hackintosh and Rubber Surface Waders, as well as Coats, Caps, Clothing Bags and other necessary articles. Booklet upon application. HODGMAN RUBBER COMPANY, 806=808 BROADWAY, Opposite Eleventh Street, NEW YORK. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. MB LJ> BEFORE YOU PLACE YOUR CONTRACT ....FOR... GARDEN HOSE WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TEN DISTINCT GRADES, EVERY ONE A WINNER. Crescent Belting & Packing Co TRENTON, N. J. Mention T?te India Rubber World when you write. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD VII rifTo^i'" "*" The H. F. Taintor Mfg. Co. are the largest manufacturers of Whiting and English Cliffstone Paris White in this country. All grades of Whiting prepared especially for use of Rubber Manufacturers, finely ground and bolted and very dry. The "Westminster" brand of English Cliffstone Paris White is the finest made in the world, and is particularly suited to manufacturers of fine Rubber goods and specialties. Samples can be had by mail. Address No. 101 Beekman St., New York City. Mention Tlu Iiuli H g o Warehouse and office: -j 84 AND 86 READE, chur c c°h%? r f EE t, NEW YORK. c/> AtWress J*. O. Box UGO. >n llie India Rubber World when you, write. BELTING FOR Transmitting Elevating Conveying JAR RINGS WASHERS BANDS PACKING GRAIN DRILL TUBES MOLDED WORK CUSHION TIRES BABY CAB TIRES VALVES HOSE FOR Steam Water Oil Acids Suction Air, Etc. THE WHITMAN & BARNES MFG. CO. Kansas City New York Chicago RUBBER WORKS, AKRON, OHIO London II .' ■ '•■■ n ?/ -\\ -»*^sJir> ...nanufacturers of... Tires, Inner Tubes, Splicing Compound, Packing, Rubber Horse Shoe Pads, Plumbers' Supplies. Rubber Heels, Matting, Mats, Patented Specialties, Mould Work, Stamp Makers' Supplies Electrical Supplies, Sundries, Etc. Mention The Tndia Rubber World when you write. llentum the- India Ilxdilxr Worm when vou write April i, 1903. J THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xnt HARD RUBBER GOODS RODS TUBING SHEETS MOULDED WORK COTTON RUBBER LINED HOSE GARDEN MILL FIRE UNLINED LINEN HOSE > MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS HOSE BELTING PACKING GASKETS SHEETS VALVES JOSEPH STOKES RUBBER GO. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY MentionTiie Tndi < Rttbber World when you write. XIV ['HE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. Established 1874. Davol Rubber Company MANUFACTURERS OF FINE RUBBER GOODS IN SOFT AND HARD RUBBKK Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Mention The India Ihibher World when you wrUr- The Faultless Rubber Co. AKRON, OHIO, U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade Seamless and Seamed Rubber Goods th> and Specialties. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. DAVIDSON'S R U O G I S T S Syringes, Atomizers, INipples, Sheetings Tubing, Urinals, Water Bottles, Golf Balls, AND Special Goods To Order. U N D R I E S Davidson Rubber Co., 19 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. Mention 'Hie India Rubber M'orld when you write. Bailey's "GOOD SAMARITAN" Hot Water Bottle. (trade mark) SOFT jyjADE hollow disk in shape it adjusts itself to all parts of the body, and lays on it without holding or strapping. Being only about half the thickness of the ordinary water bottle, when filled, it is easy to place under the patient and comfortable to lie on. j&tt*. For pain in the ear, teeth or ss** i »7»l| face, the hollow disk gives tj . \. vx .'/. J? '— >V> t ' le a ff ecte d parts hot air orj ^o^.xv^i. '7 r; . ' J ^steaming by placing in it /"{ , W^Sf+SJSfiSSlJ fj sponge wet with spirits or Butoning the two ends of the bottle together makes a perfect heater for the feet or to stand next to the body. Only the best of material and workmanship are used in its con- struction, and every bottle is guaranteed. 5 inch diameter Face Size, $ 7.50 Doz. 8 inch diameter 10.00 " 10 inch diameter 12.00 " 11 inch diameter 15.00 " MANUFACTURED BY Davol Rubber Co., Providence, K. I. Tver Rubber Co., Andover. Mass. The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O. The Seamless Rubber Co.. New Haven. Hodgman Rubber Co., New York. Hardman Rubber Co., Belleville, N. J. Ideal Rubber Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland. C. J. BAILEY & CO., Patentees, No. 22 Boylston Street. Boston. TJ^ Rubber Specialty Co., AKRON, OHIO, MANUFACTURERS OF Druggists' and Stationer's .\ Sundries. .*. Specialties in Moulded Work, etc. Expert Work in developing inventions a specialty M. J. Gilbo, John Frank, Pres't and Treas. Secretary. M, niton the India Rubber World when ii'm write. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xv AMERICAN HARD RUBBER CO., THE INDIA RUBBER COMB CO. THE BUTLER HARD RUBBER CO. THE GOODRICH HARD RUBBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF 9-13 MERCER STREET, NEW YORK, U.S.A. COMBS, SYRINGES, CROWN WATER BOTTLES, DRUGGISTS' & STATIONERS' SUNDRIES. t*'" EVERY DESCRIPTION OF HARD RUBBER GOODS. in The India Rul I when you write. YATMAN RUBBER CO., MOULDED SPECIALTIES IN SOFT RUBBER. ERASIVE RUBBER. OFFICE AND FACTORY : No. 608 Passaic Avenue, HARRISON, N. J. HtfrWRlTE FOR ESTIMATES TELEPHONR: 523 HARRISON. .V- ntion The India Rubber World when you write. If your rubber goods are made by Try Lyon Pat. Grain Glove. THE LYON RUBBER CO., AKRON, OHIO, Mfrs. of Druggists' Sundries and Rubber Specialties of all kinds, THEY WILL HOLD. We still have a lot of our WILL IT HOLD calendars. Drop us a card and get one. Our PRICES are RIGHT, and the Goods are better than the price. Write for our Price List. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. The Akron Commercial Co., Animal, Vegetable and Fish Oils, Chemicals and Supplies for = = = ■ POTTERIES, PLATERS RND ROBBER RlflPFRCTORERS. WAREHOUSE AND TRANSFER, HANUFACTURERS' AGENTS, Etc. AKRON, OHIO. RUSSIAN AMERICAN INDIA II GO ST. PETERSBURG (Russia). All k-inds of Overshoes. Articles for Technical 't'r 8 aj>m\ and 5ur s icaI Use - 'C.riETEP5yPrb\ TOYS AND DOLLS. CLOTHINQ. Mention The India Rubber Worbl when you write. MOLD WORK A SPECIALTY. We are the first in the United States to make Rubber Sponges. Call for samples and prices. TIRE & ROBBER CO. Office: 366 SOUTH HA1N STREET. Telephone, 894. Warehouse: WEST CENTER STREET. " 422. Menfimi the India lluhhcr World wlten you write 329-331 West Kinzie Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL. Mention The India World when you write. THE PURE GUM SPECIALTY CO., BARBERTON, OHIO. riANUFACTURERS OF TUBING 1 All kinds), PURE GUfl GLOVES (Any weight). STEAM CURED GLOVES, HOUSEHOLD GLOVES (Any color), FINGER COTS (All kinds), FACE MASKS, ICE BAGS, ICE CAPS, SLEEVES, NIPPLES, BEAUTY BRUSHES. Moulded Goods A Specialty. k'l l-.l-.l k SPECIALTIES <>l ALL KINDS IF- ALL GOODS OUARANTI I D n The India Rubber World when you u XVI THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. I In Every | I Essential 1 | Requirement 1 I BANIGAN 1 RUBBERS Are Unexcelled 1 ^ SEND YOUR ORDERS TO" P Edward R. Rice, Buffalo. 3 ^ C. L Weaver & Co., Boston. 3 §i Edward R. Rice, Chicago. §s ^ American Hand Sewed Co., Omaha. ^ |j Linthicum Rubber Co., Baltimore. ^ ^ Mention The India Rubber World when you urrite. -^g April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XVII mmmmmmmmmmmmpimmmmmmmm^^^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? § 1 m m fe m m The New 1903 Champion a ft Rubber Belt yet produced. Every belt tested before leaving factory c5* «^* ,5* •5* j* *y* We have the most modern and exten- sive belt machinery in the world and guar- antee satisfaction in every instance. 1^* 1^* t&* Copyrighted and Manufactured Exclusively by THE PEERLESS RUBBER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 16 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. 16-24 Woodward A. ve., Detroit, Mich. 202-210 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 17-23 BealeSt., and 18-24 Main St., San Francisco, Cal. 209-21] Magazine Street, New ( Irleans, La. I Smithfield Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 1221-1223 Union Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. April i, 1903 ] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 215 THE SCALDING OF MRS. PRIEST. Published on the 1st of each Month bj THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. No. 150 NASSAU ST.. NEW YORK. HENRY C. PEARSON, F.DI I'OR HAWTHORNE HILL, - >CIATE. Vol. 28. APRIL 1, 1903. No. 1 8uBB<-iii>-i ions: BOOpei year, 81.75 for six months, postpaid, for the I States ;hm) Canada. Forelg intrles, same price, special Ral Clubs of five, ten or more subscribers. Advertising: Kates will be made known on application. Remittances : Should always be made by bank draft, Post Office Order or Express Mouej orders on Mew York, payable to The India Rubber i'i blishing Company. Remittances for f orelgii subscriptions be sent by International Post order, payable as ahove DI8CONTINI INCBS: Yearly orders for subscriptions and advertisn regarded as permanent, and after the Brsl twelve months they will lined only at the request of ihe subscriber or advertiser. Hills are rendered promptly at the beginning of each period, and thereby our patrons have due notice of continuance COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. Entered at New York Post Office as mail matter Of the second-class. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Editorial: pagk The Scalding of Mrs, Priest The World's Dependence on Rubber.. .'in Trie Man with the Rubber Secret .. Minor Editorial Literature of India-Rubber 218 A Rival of "Para ' Rubber in the East 219 [Based upon the report by Mr. Stanley Arden.of Selangor. With Notes on Progress in the Malay States, and a Map ] Tha End of the Bolivian Syndicate 221 undary Dispute Between Brazil and Bolivia, and a M: The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain ...Our Regular Correspondent 223 Kr.tronsch's Failure. Inferior Hotwater Bottles. Another Golf Ball Company. Electrical Notes. Diyingof Washed Rubber. Volenite. An.dysisof India-Rubber. Company Notes J Rubber Planting and Exploitation ... 25 [Results of Rubber Tapping at San Miguel. New Mexican Planting Com;>i 1 ira Rubber " in East Africa. Bolivian Rubbi Baltimore.] India-Rubber Interests in Europe 227 [Higher Prices for Rubber Goods in Germany. The N..me"Reit- hoffer " in Austria Imprisoned for Stealing Rubber Large " in ( 'able Construction. The Dunlop Company and Motor Tit: Second Rubb*r J.umal in French. Kempshall Golf Balls in Great Britain. Moseley Preece Wedding. The Only Rubber Book 229 [With Three Illustrations of Goodyear'-- " Hum Elastic " prin'ed on and bound in rubber.] India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 230 New Goods and Specialties in Rubber if /'ii.s'j'itft'd ■ 231 [The Kisk Detachable Vehicle Tire. Bailey's Duplex Massage Roller. "Mobilene" Packing for Automobiles. Automobile and Fishing Coat. New French Automobile Horn. New Rack for Garden Caulneld's Patent Grip Wheel. Telescopic Pocket Atomizer. Rub- ber Complexion Buib. Goodrich Air Brake Hose.] Recent Rubber Patents [American, British, German! 233 New Trade Publications 234 Miscellaneous : Akion Rubber Factory Burned Nicolas Suarez In the Acre War. Qerman Electrical Consolidation .... Dhe Source of Pontlanak . .. mo Success of a Young Engineer. .. The Largest Rubber Covered Holler, llliutrated) Storage of Gas dine and Naphtha I illustrated) X35 Great Promises thai Failed 2-15 A Useful Rubber Code 2)6 The Textile Goods Market 245 News of the American Rubber Trade 237 Tito I'r.i.-e at Akron Our Correspondent, Ji3 Personal Mention 244 Review of the Crude Rubber Market 246 IT is asserted frequently that the British people are 1 much more inclined than are Americans to contend for their personal rights and privileges. The idea con- veyed is that the average American will submit meekly to inconvenience and even injustice, rather than take the trouble to make a " kick," either to obtain a present rem- edy or to prevent a recurrence of the wrong. We do not purpose now to venture an opinion as to the justice of this comparison. Hut we are forced to admit that a certain case tried lately in the Northern Assizes of Kngland, at Liv- erpool, involved a more vigorous protest by a British sub- ject than we have ever known to be made, under like provocation, in the United States. And we note the case here with a view to observing that if the Liverpool prece- dent should secure general adoption, it would not be without a marked influence, in one branch at least, on the rubber industry. In the legal proceedings at Liverpool, reported at length in The Times, of London, it appears not to have been dis- puted that one Mrs. Priest, the wife of a small draper, suffered one night from cramp. It was further admitted on both sides that in search of means for relief her hus- band went to a nearby chemist's shop and purchased, for three-and-sixpence, an India-rubber hotwater bottle, which, on returning home, he filled with boiling water and placed where it might be expected to do the most good. Before any benefit had been experienced the bottle burst, with the result that the lady not only was drenched in bed. but was painfully scalded. It probably will nowhere be as- serted that the wife of the most pronounced American would not have made an instant and vigorous protest against a similar fate, but we believe that no such protest on this side of the Atlantic has taken the precise shape of that made by Mrs. Priest, with the support of her hus- band. What they did was to file a suit against the chem- ist — he must have been in business in a small way, since his stock of water bottles consisted of only two — claiming damages in the sum of §4000. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Walton and a special jury, the latter, by the way, disagreeing on certain points after having twice retired for deliberation. It in- volved so many questions of alleged negligence and breach of warranty by the vendor, that it was ten days before his Lordship was able to deliver his decision — which bristles with such a formidable list of citations of cases in British jurisprudence as must strike terror to the heart of any other chemist in a small way of business, having in stock a hot- water bottle, and thereby liable to incur a damage suit for $4000 through its sale. It is true that the award to the plaintiff was only ^40 — in respect of the doctor's fee for treating Mrs. Priest's scald. But it is plain from the court's decision that, if certain allegations had been proved to the satisfaction of the jury, the amount might have been much greater, and it appears that these things were proved to the satisfaction of some of the jury. The application of the case is this : If the failure of every hotwater bottle to hold hot water, whether in America or 21 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. tain, was likely to be followed by such a vigorous complaint as arose in the house of the Liverpool draper, with the risk involved of a judgment for $4000, chemists in a small way or a large way would refuse to handle such goods if not guaranteed by the maker, and the makers would not dare to send out bottles without first testing them thoroughly. And with this new condition of affairs, a similar course might follow in respect to garden hose, fire hose, tire inner tubes, and, ultimately, every class of India-rubber goods designed for holding or conveying liquids of any kind. One further note to be made — for Mr. Justice Walton's decision may yet become of interest as a precedent— is that his Lordship held the hotwater bottle to be a techni- cal article. That is, something which the ordinary pur- chaser could not be held to be a judge of, as one might be expected to judge for himself of a market basket or clothespins, and in regard to which dependence upon the vendor was necessary. The sale, therefore, of such an article for a given purpose implied a warranty, even if none was expressed. Let this rule once be applied to rub- ber goods in general— for few persons can judge them by appearance— and the sale of inferior goods will come to be classed with arson and other like things, the commission of which suggests courts and penalties. THE WORLD'S DEPENDENCE ON RUBBER. W/K doubt whether there was any thought of India- '' * rubber in the mind of Lord Kelvin when, at a din- ner in London some time ago, in honor of Mr. George Westinghouse, he paid a high tribute to the American in crediting him with the widespread benefits which had re- sulted from the development of the railway air brake. Yet without the short pieces of India-rubber hose which link together the air brake apparatus of the several cars in a train, these benefits would not exist. The railway systems of the world represent an investment of capital vast almost beyond comprehension, and upon their successful working depend the lives of so many people and the safety of so much property, as to be at some time or other a matter of concern to almost every civilized being. In improving so many of the conditions involved, the air brake has proved of such great service that Lord Kelvin rightly declared it to have revolutionized the business of transportation by rail. He might have added that it is the few dollars' worth of rubber in the equipment of each train that has lifted railroading out of its primitive stages Not less marvelous than the extent of the steam railway systems is the great and multifarious development of the applications of electricity — involving thousands of millions of dollars in the means of transmission of intelligence, light, power, persons, and goods. Think of a single fac- tory making and laying 37,000 miles of submarine cables in three years past ; of the power of Niagara Falls being used to operate factories as easily as if it were only a toy mill race ; of costly street railway systems in every city ; with no end of other important electrical undertakings. But without insulating materials, at some point in every plant or system, all the electricity would be as uncontrol- lable as the lightning in the clouds. And here the chief dependence is India-rubber, including the closely related substance. Guttapercha. To speak of smaller applications, lately the automobile has compelled attention on every continent — a vehicle which never would have been practicable but for rubber tires ; without modern fire fighting apparatus the modern great cities could not exist — and rubber hose alone makes these possible ; tne world's growth in intelligence is en- hanced by means of cheap printing paper, which calls for rubber rolls in its manufacture ; certain important chemi- cal results and invaluable surgical operations might still be unknown without the aid of rubber. The list already is too long to record here, while invention continues busy with additions to it. Rubber is thus a necessity to man in a sense in which there is none more truly so among industrial materials, though the use of some others may exceed it in volume and money value. There is no need, therefore, for mis- givings as to the future of the rubber goods industry, or as to the coming demand for the raw material. If the past is any earnest of the future, there is no industrial field which offers more promise to the beginner in life looking for a career. There never was before so great a demand for men who understand rubber and how to utilize it, and every decade finds the field less crowded, relatively. Men who are living to day can remember when shoes were the chief product of the rubber industry, and when at times means had to be taken to prevent over production. But more rubber inventions are patented now every week than in a year, half a century ago, and doubtless as large a proportion of them proves of value. There have been novelties in rubber developed recently which have yielded more profit in a year than Charles Goodyear netted alto- gether from his epoch making discovery, and there is no sign that the last invention has been made in this field. THE MAN WITH A RUBBER SECRET. HE appears almost every week, and is usually clothed in an air of mystery that instantly impresses the beholder with the enormous vaiue of his discovery. In the beginning he is most reticent, but after a little the need of sympathy unlocks his lips, and he lays bare his thoughts, hopes, and aspirations. The first part of his confession is very apt to relate to the se- cret machinations of the " rubber trust," which had attempted to secure his process for its own upbuilding and with no ad- vance payment of the large moneys that the use of his product would mean to them. This is the time to wax sympathetic. A little damning of the trusts, considerable appreciation of the inventor's astuteness, together with a look of whole souled honesty, never fails to bring forth a sample of the mysterious product. It is usually an evil smelling compound which mayor may not have a certain use as an adulterant, but which rests wholly on the rubber added to it for value, and yet to its crea- tor's mind is better than rubber. After having seen it, as a rule, one's spirits fall, and the thought of escape obtrudes itself. A sense of fairness, however, acts as a restraint, while the in- ventor quizzes for information about compounds, about rubber factories, individually and collectively, regarding purchasing April i , 1903 ] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 217 agents, and in fact extracts all the information that years of experience have accumulated. A final question, how best to obtain.a market, how easiest to draw it to the attention of the world, is answered by a timid suggestion regarding the inser- tion of a card in the accredited organ of the rubber trade, to be paid (or at the very reasonable rate appended to the contract. Here appears the first sign of escape. A look of distrust ap- pears in the creator's eyes, which he hides behind an embar- rassed laugh, and, thanking you hastily, he seizes his sample and disappears. Once upon a time we published an article explaining why certain rubber manufacturers had not engaged in making tires, but had left to their competitors all the possible profits in this then new branch of the rubber industry. Without repeating here the various reasons referred to, we may note that a dis- tinctly different and novel reason kept the "International Wheel, Tire, and Rubber Manufacturing Co." — of which some account appears on another page — from making any tires. The reason is very simple, when it is once understood. Instead of laying out money for plant, raw material, labor, and selling expenses, the management simply pocketed all the cash supplied by shareholders. In this way all risk of loss in trading was avoided, and every dollar that came in was so much profit for the promoters. This left the shareholders out of consideration, of course, but the shareholders didn't plan or organize the com- pany, or otherwise use their brains in connection with it, and the promoters, who had done all the work, evidently considered themselves entitled to all the profits. Besides, who knows that any profit would have been made if the shareholders' money had been risked in actually running a tire factory ? If Brazil should succeed in establishing her claim to the Acre district, after having caused the Bolivian Syndicate to relinquish its plans for development there, this alone can neither help Brazil nor give any great impetus to the exploita- tion of rubber along the Acre. What rubber will be gathered will be the product of the intermittent efforts of many small operators, not working in concert, and contending against dis- advantages and lack of facilities which can be overcome only by the investment of large capital for systematic improve- ments, on plans requiring years for their full development. Today much Bolivian rubber is carried for long distances on muleback or floated over rapids in rivers, which should be con- veyed by railways or through canals, constructed to obviate the obstructions in the extensive system of natural waterways. The history of native enterprise in the rubber regions of Bra- zil gives no promise that any of these things will ever be done without the aid of outside capital, outside enterprise, and out- side direction. All of which means that if the Acre rubber fields, after being conceded to belong to Brazil, are to be opened on a comprehensive scale, Brazil must adopt some such course as Bolivia, planned to follow, and place the district at the disposal of a foreign syndicate on terms that will justify the investment of the capital requisite for the work to be done That is to say, the Brazilians on the Acre will then be under foreign control just as much as if the development syndicate were operating under a charter from Bolivia. The projected isthmian canal is not a matter of imme- diate concern to any branch of the rubber interest, though ulti- mately it may have an important bearing upon the production of rubber. The canal route traverses a section of the rubber producing zone which has been well denuded of the native sup- plies, but which may offer advantages for the forming of planta- tions after the new means of transportation has made that re- gion more accessible. What is likely to prove more important is the greater accessibility of the Pacific coast by reason of the canal, and the consequent development of the rubber resources which lie nearer to the western than to the -eastern coast of South America. The canal will not be built to morrow, how- ever ; with the greatest possible expedition ten years will be re- quired for the work, after the enterprise emerges from its present stage — that of diplomatic negotiation. Beginning with the May issue of The India Rubber World, there will appear the first of a series of articles, en- titled " A Trip Through the Tierra Caliente," which will be a record of the personal observation of the Editor during a re- cent trip to the rubber plantations in southern Mexico. The articles will be well illustrated, and will describe typical planta- tions and the various conditions that surround the pioneer work in the country named. AKRON RUBBER FACTORY BURNHD. THE factory of The India Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) and all its contents were completely destroyed by fire on the afternoon of March 26. The plant was in ruins in less than an hour from the discovery of the flames. The company occu- pied a three-story brick building, the main portion of which was 200 X 60 feet, and a wing 150X100 feet. It was in the mixing department that the fire started. A boy was pouring gasoline from a cup into a can. His elbow came so close to an electric belt that a current shot through his arm and a spark from the end of his finger ignited the inflammable liquid. He dropped the can and cup and an explosion followed. Almost instantly the fire had communicated to an elevator shaft and virtually from the first was beyond control. The flames had gained great headway before an alarm could be turned in, and although the fire department made heroic efforts to save that portion of the building in which valuable stock was stored, nothing effectual could be done but preserve adjoining property from destruction. A frame dwelling stand- ing between the ruined factory and the office of the company would certainly have burned but for the changing of the wind to the north, carrying the flames away from this structure, and had the fire communicated to this house the office would have been destroyed. All the employes escaped in safety. The loss is placed by W. L Wild, the treasurer and mana- ger, at $200,000, approximately, as follows: On stock, $90,000 ; on machinery, $60,000 ; on buildings, $50,000. The aggregate insurance is nearly $150,000. The burned buildings, except for additions which had been made, were originally a part of the Empire Mower and Reaper Co. plant and were purchased by The India Rubber Co. soon after their organization. Whether they will be rebuilt is to be determined when President Parker, of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., with which the India Rubber Co. were identified, reaches Akron. The company were very busy, night and day, in their tire departments, and the loss in trade will be heavy. The factory employed 300 people. The India Rubber Co. was incorporated in November, 1895, as the Akron India Rubber Co., and in 1896 under the present name, with $100,000 capital. In 1S99 it was merged into the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. Charles H. Wheeler, at first treasurer of the company, and later president, resigned official connection with the company at the annual meeting in January last. He was during the whole time general manager, and as the result of his capacity and energy, with capable assistance a good business had been built up, especially in vehicle tires. 218 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i , 1903. LITERATURE OF INDIA-RUBBER. INDIARIBBER AND GUTTA PERCHA. A COMPLETE PR M T1CAL Liise 'in [ndiarubber and Gutta Percha in their Historical. Botanical, Ar- boricultural, Meclianic.il, Chemical, anil Electn. Translated trom K.ench of T. Seelig matin, G. Lamy Torrilhon, and II. Palconnet. By John Geddes Mcintosh, l.te lecturer on the chemical technology of gums, re C I :. echoic, Regent street. With 86 illustrations. London: Scott, h 8 Co. 1903. [Cloth. 8vo. Pp. 1 .. Price, !.■ shillings - pence.] THE merit of this work in the original (" Le Caoutchouc et la Gutta-percha." Paris: 1S96) was too little recog- nized, owing to the fact that French, although the medium through which so many scientific discoveries have been given to the world, is certainly not the language of the rubber in- dustry. Its practical character is indicated by the fact that the authors were, respectively, a well known technical chemist, an equally well known India-rubber manufacturer, and an expert mechanical engineer, with special experience in rubber ma- chinery. The translator, by the manner in which he has com- pleted his task, likewise displays a knowledge of his field, ena- bling the English reader now to benefit from whatever of value is possessed by the original work. Besides, the translator has, by means of footnotes and otherwise, added matters of value, and, by converting French measurements into British units, rendered the work more serviceable to its new circle of readers. This work deals with the botany of rubber, the sources and properties of the various commercial grades, with the bear- ing upon the quality of the product of the methods of extrac- tion and coagulation. There are very full data of the physical and chemical analyses of the different rubbers. Next are con- sidered in detail the mechanical treatment of rubber in the factory and the processes of vulcanization ; the compounding of rubber ; the testing of rubber goods ; and the reclaiming of rubber and the manufacture and use of substitutes. The illus- trations given relate both to the botanical section and to nu- merous machines and appliances for the factory. Several of the machines illustrated are described as being of American manufacture. Part II of the work, containing nearly 100 pages, and on the same general plan, is devoted to Gutta-percha. One purpose distinctly disavowed by the authors of this work has been a description of the method of manufacture of the various lines of rubber goods. Regarding certain manuals of technology, the authors say that they could never understand the utility of such books. In spite of evident good faith they often result in giving false ideas to the beginner, while "caus- ing the experienced, practical man to shrug his shoulders." Nevertheless, our authors announced that they might attempt, in a later volume, to give as complete a monograph as possible of the various industries into which rubber enters, but after seven years no indication has appeared that any such book has been begun. Tables of production and prices, a bibliography, and a revised and enlarged index, complete the book. It could be wished that the bibliography, which is the original compilation, trans- lated into English, had been brought up to date. The statisti- cal tables, likewise, are brought up only to the end of 1894. It is rather singular that the translator should have repeated the error in the original work of attributing the discovery of vul- canization to " Nelson," instead of Charles, Goodyear. A TRAVERS L'AMERIQUEEQUATORIALE. LE PI-ROT. PAR AUGUSTE Plane, Cnarge de missions commerciales. Pans: Pi [Paper. i2tno. Pp. Ill + 347 -f 23 plates.] The author of this book, the engineer of the well known rubber factory of Michelin et Cie (Clermont-Ferrand), was en- gaged for three years on a geographical and commercial mis- sion in South America, part of the results of which are here recorded, the remainder being promised in another volume, ' L'Amazone." The object of the mission was to determine the nature of the resources of and the opportunities for devel- opment in, eastern Peru, the basis of which development is largely India-rubber. The present volume relates chiefly to M. Plane's exploration of the river Marcapata, an affluent of the Inambari, which in turn discharges into the Madre de Dios, and that into the Beni. The starting point of this particular exploration was just east of the city of Cuzco, in Peru, and reference to a map will indicate the trend of the valley, from the village of Marcapata to the mouth of the Beni. The Mar- capata valley, according to our author, contains both Hevea and Castilloa, not to mention gold, and the land is suitable for growing coffee, cacao, and food products for laborers. But from all the facts stated it is evident that successful develop- ment would be possible only with enterprises on a sufficiently large scale to justify the creation of means of transportation. While " Le Perou " does not point the way to immediate op- portunities for wealth, the book is a valuable contribution to knowledge of the region explored, on account of the author's painstaking devotion to detail in recording his observations of the topography, climate, soil, productions, the people and their customs, and the means of access to and egress from the points he visited. His descriptions of the denseness of the virgin forests of Peru are discouraging, but not more so than those which the explorer Stanley gave of forests on the Upper Congo which now are being made to yield rubber in large quanti- ties. One hopeful feature is the mention of the rubber ex- ports from Iquitos (Peru), much of it from similar forests, which amounted to 1,993637 pounds in 1900 and 2722658 pounds in 1901. Later reports show this traffic in 1902 to have amounted to 3.637,178 pounds. The care with which M. Plane's party studied their field is indicated by their stopping at one place and establishing a seringa/ (rubber camp) — for which a full rubber collecting equipment had been provided— where three estradas (paths) were opened and worked for eight days, and notes taken of the results of various methods and of the yield of rubber. Twenty-three full page illustrations, from photographs, afford a helpful addition to the text of the book. IN CURRENT PERIODICALS. Le Caoutchouc au Rio Beni. By P. Cibot. [Relates 10 details of extraction and coagulation of latex.]— Journal a" Agriculture Ttopicale, Paris. Ill 20 (February 2S, 1903.) Pp. 35 38 La Culture des Arbres a Gutta et la Selection Chenvqne. [Based on the work of van Romburgh and de Haas in ]sva."\=Jou?>ttil d' Agricul- ture Tropicale, Paris. 1 1 1- iq (January 31, 1903.) Pp. 11 13. OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. RULES FOR IN TALLING FLECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER APPA- ratus. consisting of the " National Electric Code," with Explanatory Notes. Eighth edition, August, 1902. [Paper, i6mo. Pp.107] Issued by the inspection department of the Associated Fac- tory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, No. 31 Milk street, Boston, Massachusetts. These rules are in force in insurance written by the Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co., as well as by the other factory mutual companies. They are also of interest in connection with rubber on account of the de- tailed specifications given with respect to the insulation of elec- tric wires for every purpose in factory equipment. "THE ELECTRICIAN" ELECTRICAL TRADES DIRECTORY AND Handbook for 1903 London: Tht Electrician Printing and Publishing Co., Limited 1903. [Cloth. 2 vols. Svo. Pp xxiv. Price, 12 shillings 6 pence.] This standard publication has now reached its twenty-third year of issue, forming for the period since its establishment an invaluable record of electrical progress, not only in Great Brit- ain but for all countries, with a directory corrected annually to the latest possible date of electrical engineers and manufactur- ing companies. These volumes form likewise a useful com- pendium of electrical data fitted for convenient reference. April i, 1903.] THE iNDIA RUBBER WORLD 219 rHH RIVAL OF "PARA" RUBBER IN THE EAST. I -1 HE report on Hevea Brasiliensis in the Malay peninsula, by Mr. Stanley Arden. of Selangor, noticed in the last issue of this journal, besides being an interesting con- tribution to the history of rubber cultivation, is of real value on account of the practical information it contains. The report is of particular interest in that it records the assured success of the introduction of the " Para rubber " tree into the Far Fast, thus extending the field available for the production of the world's best grade of rubber. The Amazon valley is broad enough, it is tiue, to meet every requirement, but there are drawbacks to the development of much of that region which may lead in time to the supplying of any increased demand (or Pari rubber from regions more habitable by civilized peo- ple. This possibility early began to appeal to the interest of the British in India, and Sir Clements Markham, C. 11, F. K. 1 has given in The India RUBBEB \V< h;i.i> ; an account of the first introduction of exotic rubber species into India, under his direction as a member of the government. The first results, however, were not encouraging, and Mr. Gustav Mann, after an official connection with the Indian forestry service of thirty- three years, gave expression in The India Uuubkr Wi >i;i d1 lo what became a generally accepted opinion in relation lo rubber planting, as follows : The acclimatization of American rubber trees in Asia has not been a success, and, generally speaking, I am now inclined to think that all rubber plants had better be grown in the countries in which they aie in- digenous, particularly so since land for cultivation in those countries is available and even abundant. While the initial planting of Hevea in India did prove a complete failure, better results were obtained from the begin- nings made in Ceylon and the Malay states ; that is, the seed- lings rapidly developed into vigorous trees. But, as Mr. Arden says, very iittle interest was taken in rubber by planters, pre- sumably on account of the high prices then ruling for collee, which also afforded an earlier return than was possible in the case of rubber. " But with a decline in the price of coffee, plant- ers began to look for other cultivations, and during the season 1S96-97 the planting of rubber was taken up seriously. Since then its cultivation has received great attention, and there are at the present time, in the Malay peninsula alone, at least 12,- 000 acres planted with Hevea, representing about 1,500,000 trees, presumably the whole being the progeny of the trees originally introduced by the government of India (in 1876)." The opinion has prevailed, and quite naturally, that any rub- ber species would require, for its successful cultivation, the conditions of sotl, climate, etc., peculiar to its native habitat. The conditions found on the margins of the Brazilian water- ways clearly do not exist in the Malay states, but this fact has not interfered with the satisfactory growth there of tleiiea. Mr. Arden says : From reports to hand it will appear that this tree naturally affects swampy places ; but here it thrives in any locality — at low elevations, and on almost any kind of soil. Swampy districts or places that are periodically inundated are not essential to success, and fine specimens arc to be seen growing in what generally would be supposed to be the most undesirable spots. A good tree, for instance, is growing in the l'e- ning botanic gardens on a dry stony bank, and although probably much smaller that, if grown under better conditions, this tree has given an .iverage annual yield of over s 1 ,' pounds of rubber from the eleventh and hfteenth years of its existence. Mr. Arden writes further: "There are many instances of plants succeeding much better in the country of their adop- tn>n,and the orange may be cited as an example : this plant, although indigenous to eastern Asia, succeeds no where so well as it does in southern Kurope and California." It appears, however, that a mistaken view may have been held of the conditions of the growth of Hevea in Brazil. In lact, attention lately has been called to a note by Mr. H. A. Wickham, the agent who procured in Brazil the original seed of Hevea planted in India.; He reported finding rubber trees in high lands as well as on the river margins. " I cannot but imagine," he says, " that the original locality of the tree was in these uplands." The fact of their generally being found in the lowlands he explained by the likelihood of the seeds being carried in the rainy season down innumerable ravines and gullies into the rivers, to be cast up by tides and windy squalls, and readily taking root on the rich soil of alluvial islands and shores of back waters. He regarded it a natural mistake that travelers who passed up and down the great waterways, without having penetrated into the high lands, to suppose Hevea to be confined to the low and frequently flooded shores and islands. But he had found the largest trees inland, and it now appears^ that all the seeds collected by Mr. Wickham were gained from immense trees on the tablelands. The growth of llevea in the Malay states is rapid, Mr. Arden having measured an acre, 161 trees 3J2 years old, averaging \T/t inches in girth, a yard from base, while an acre of 4 year old trees averaged 22^ inches in girth. Some of the trees were 30 feet high. Seven year old trees reported on by him averaged 26.2 inches in girth and trees ten years old, 39 inches. In the experimental tapping done by Mr. Arden, the implement found most satisfac- tory was a sharp pruning knife, which was used to form " herring bone " incisions, as shown in the diagram, under which a small tin cup was placed to receive the latex. Re- garding coagulation by smoking, Mr. Arden writes : Rubber prepared by this method still commands the highest price of all native cured rubbers in the market, but whether the " I'aia " rubber so prepared will continue to occupy the premier position when pitted against rubber coagulated on more scientific principles is very doubtful. There will probably be a certain amount of conservatism to break down, as is generally the case when a new product makes its appearance on the market, but we may rest assured that so long as rubber continues to be used for the manifold purposes it is at present, that it will always com- mand a remunerative figure ; and when prepared free from all foreign matter, and shipped in as dry a condition as possible, the probabilities are that it will eventually oust the " Para" rubber of to-day from its present position, for purity and fteedom from moisture are what the manufacturer most desires. The tins in which the latex is gathered are first supplied with a little water, in order to delay coagulation. After straining the collected latex, to remove bits of bark, etc., acetic acid is added — a teaspoonful to a pint of latex— and the whole stirrid a few seconds. The mass soon assumes the consistency of thick cream, when it is poured into enamelled plates. After * March 15, 1894— pages 165-167. t February lo,li;jij;— page lis. | Indian Agriculturist , March 1, 1877. i Communication in the London Contract Journal, \M in i^oj. 220 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [ \i in. i, 1903. three or four hours the rubber, in the form of a thin solid cake, and of a pure white color, may be taken out of the dishes and subjected to pressure, Mr. Arden believing that foi ilns pur- pose " something alter the style of the old fashioned English wringing machine will probably be found as effective and inex- pensive as anything that can be devised." The cakes are then dried for a week or ten days on rattan caned benches, care be- ing taken not to allow mold to accumulate on the rub In his experimental tapping, Mr. Arden did not make fresh incisions each day, but simply reopened the original wounds repeatedly, for six, eight, or a dozen times, in some cases on as many consecutive days, and on other trees on altei nale days. In this way there is less injury to the tree than when fresh in- cisions are made each day, and he believes the yield of latex to be equally large. In (act, he is inclined to think that it is larger, since the tendency of the latex appears to be to flow toward any wound in the bark, and by making only a single wound, the total (low of latex is concentrated at one point. A number of pages of the report are devoted to recording re- sults of tapping trees of various ages, from y/i to 1 1 years, by various methods, at varying intervals, etc., with a view to de- termining the best practice. Without considering all these de- tails, it will suffice here to state that in a table of estimates with which the report concludes, of the probable cost and possible returns from a plantation of Hevea, Mr. Arden states that an acre planted with 108 trees should yield 1 50 pounds in the ninth year and 200 pounds in the tenth, with a prospect of an increase as the trees become older. Mention is made of 5 pounds 6% ounces of rubber having been obtained from one tree 10 years old. Based upon his tapping of younger trees, he estimates a yield of 25 pounds in the fifth year as possible, and 52 pounds in the sixth. It should be said that low priced labor is abun- dant in this region, and that the work of rubber cultivation is being conducted on established plantations, laid out origi- nally for coffee, and that none of the conditions obtain of a newly settled country. All of this contributes to a low cost of product, while the good quality of the rubber made enables the highest current prices to be obtained for it. It does not follow, however, that similar financial results would be possible in all other countries suited to the growth ol Hevea. These very facts, however, of cheap native labor in accessible districts, under a salubrious climate, are calculated to develop a new source of " Para rubber "in the old world as preferable to the introduction of labor from the Orient, as has often been suggested in Brazil, into fields so remote and inaccessible as the upper Amazon districts. PROGRESS IN THK MALAY STATtS. The rate of progress in the Malay states since coming under British control makes the proSpects in that region most favor- able for planting enterpiise, and leads to hopes with regard to the future of rubber cultivation there, which, only a few years ago. could not have been entertained— apart from the fact that the adaptability of the Hevea to Malaya has only just been demonstrated. It is not yet thirty years since the first steps were taken in* what has led to British protection over certain of the native Malay states. In 1896 four of these states, still retaining their native sultans — Perak, Selangor, Negri Sem- bilan, and Pahang— became federated, with the advice and protection of a British resident general, since which time marked improvement in many respects has been made. Pro- tection to life and property is now assured; highways, rail- ways, telegraphs, public works, and irrigation systems have been introduced ; and population and wealth have increased. The following government returns will indicate to some extent what development is being made— values stated in silver : iSyl. 1 101 Revenue $1,025,753 $4.572.TO S« 7. 5-4:. 507 Expenditure 960,740 s554.Soo l7- 2 73.'5*> Imports 3,280. 2(>r> 14,889,942 31), 524. 6113 Exports 3.032,469 "8,495.554 iil.107.177 The population, as shown by the two censuses that have been taken, increased from 428.218 in 1891 10678 595 in 1901. The Malaysian tin deposits, which seem inexhaustible, are the most important in the world, and supply the greater part of the total demand. There are also gold, iron, and coal de- posits. The government exacts a royalty on tin exports, the proceeds ol which ate devoted to building railways and other public improvements. These railways, thus built without ex- pense to the people, have yielded a profit on opeiation from the beginning. In many other ways has the changed condition of this region — until recently in a wholly primitive state — ren- dered it more attractive (or exploitation by Europeans, and one result has been the building up ol an important planting interest. The number of native tropical products of economic POSITION OF THE MALAY STATES. value is nowhere exceeded in an area of the same limits ; the alluvial soil is of great richness; and the supply of labor, while much remains to be done in adapting it to European supervision, is ample. It does not seem extravagant, there- fore, if the planters who have given careful study to the sub- ject, should entertain hopes that this country may yet prove an important rival to the remote reaches of the upper Amazon as a source of the world's best grade of rubber. In the state of Selangor alone, at the end of 1901, the extent of private planta- tions of rubber was reported at 7487 acres. The work of plant- ing is known to have since been continued. The new protectorate above mentioned is administered in connection with the British crown colony of the Straits Settle- ments, created in 1S67, and including the island and port of Singapore— at the extremity of the Malay peninsula. It may be added that the first discovery of rubber outside of America was made in Penang, and the first discovery of Guttapercha was made on the peninsula, which since has continued to be an important source of the supply. April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 221 THK F.NI) OF THE I'.ol.lVIAN SYNDICATE. r^" H E group of financiers known as the Bolivian Syndicate has been dissolved and the " Acre Concession " is a thing of the past. As for the boundary dispute be- tween Brazil and Bolivia, which this concession was t tie means of reviving, it is based now upon precisely the same conditions that existed before. The final act of the Bolivian Syndicate was the acceptance of a casn indemnity from tin- Brazilian government, the amount of which, as yet, is known only to the parties to the transaction. Brazil has not bought anything, but simply has paid the holders of the conns-., m from Bolivia to get out of the Acre territory. The concession- aires, by their acceptance of the money, renounce all rights 01 1 laims under the Bolivian grant, leaving the boundary ques tion to be settled without their having to be considered. Bra- zil can claim no rights under the concession, because by the terms of the grant a company with not less than $2,500000 capital was to be formed within a given period for working the concession, and, such company not having been formed, the concession has been terminated by the lapse of time. The failure to organize the company, of course, was owing to the difficulties raised by Brazil. It is true that Brazil may con- sider her title to the disputed ter- ritory to be stronger by reason of the payment made to the Syndi- cate, and Bolivia may protest that the acceptance of an indemnity by the concessionaires was in violation ol the terms of their grant. But they have the money, the conces- sion has died a natural death, and whenever the boundary dispute conies up for arbitration, the ques- tion will be merely one of interpre- tation of the terms of an old treaty between Brazil and Bolivia. The boundary line agreed upon was to start from a fixed point (never in dispute) and run westwardly to the "source of the J a vary " — a region which had not then been explored — and ever since each country has been claiming more territory than the other has been willing to concede. The task for arbitration is to fix the boundary line by locating the source of "the river Javary. But however the line may be drawn, it can hardly be so far south as to give to Brazil a very great share of the so called Acre district. MAD OF THE BOLIVIAN CONCESSIONS The concession relinquished hy the Bolivian Syndicate is tha 1 bounded by the doited triangle Brazil contends that ilu- upper boundary line should run due west instead oi extending upward to the left. The Caupolican eonci ion, in the lowei part "i ih<- map is retained i-v The Bolh lan ' - 1 concession. Brazil is understood to have made proposals of exchange of .>' her territory for the Acre, of free navigation, eti . Bolivia rejected all proposals, in the evident belief that a revocation of the grant to the Syndicate, for whatever reason, would weaken her hold upon the Acre district. But now that the Syndicate has allowed the concession to lapse, and has been dissolved, the Brazilian proposals may again come up for con- sideration, with the result of a new treaty being negotiated. Interest in the development of the Acre is not confined to the < intending republics, and outside influences may yet be exert- e I to secure (or that region a free outlet through Brazil. Heie I he government at Washington undoubtedly would be in a bet- ter position to act than hitherto, when anv interference from that source might have been regarded as support of a private enterprise. * • * THE Bolivian Syndicate was formed to acquire, not only the Acre concession, held by Mr. Frederick \V. Whitridge. of New York, but also the Caupolican con- cession, granted to Sir Martin Con- way, of London, and located in ter- ritory which is Bolivian beyond dispute. The Caupolican conces- sion, before the Syndicate was dis- solved, was transferred to The Bo- livian Company, a West Virginia corporation formed in 1901. with an authorized capital of $1,000,000. by practically the same financial group. The exploitation of the Caupolican district will proceed without reference to any Brazilian claim. The interest of the rubber trade in this undertaking is not so great, however, for while the dis- trict contains much rubber, the de- velopment of its mineral resources is the chief purpose of the conces- sionaires. The head offices of The Bolivian Co. are at 59 Wall street, New York. The secretary of state for Ama- zonas. Brazil, Senhor Porfirio No- gtieira. who was recently in New York on business connected with the projected loan for his state, contributed to the New- York Sun of March 8 a version of the status of the Acre terri- tory, from which the following statements are condensed : In the territory known by the name of the Acre there is not a It has been asserted in behalf of Bolivia that she possesses single aggregation of houses worthy of the nameof a village. Its historic rights to territory far notth of the treaty line. But her object in respect to that treaty was twofold : To delimit the boundary and to secure water rights to the seaboard through Brazilian territory, her only natural outlet. In order to obtain an open waterway the Bolivian commissioners, it is claimed, were disposed to be liberal in the matter of land— then not re- garded so valuable as now— and met the wishes of Brazilians in inhabitants, numbering about 3000, all of whom are Brazilians, are scattered here and there in the seringaes, leagues apart from each other. The former Bolivian custom houseof Puerto Alonso was nothing more than a hut on the bank of the river Acre. There is not now and there never was on the Acre a single soldier of the Brazilian army, or of the forces of the state of Amazonas. The revolution was accomplished by peasants respect to fixing the boundary, though Bolivia as yet remains who were not willing to recognize the dominion, provisional at without the coveted free navigation via the Amazon. best, of Bolivia over a territory which they had exploited and Recently, with a view to influencing Bolivia to rescind the always held as a portion of their Biazilian country. For more 222 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1903. than thirty years the Acre has been exploited and held by Bra- zilians who there established their homes as upon the soil of their own country. Even now, says Senhor Nogueira, in the re- pulse of the regular forces of the Bolivian army by the peasants of the Acre, it is patent that Bolivia has no rooted hold of the territory which it covets and which was exploited by the energy and daring of Brazilians decimated by swamp fevers and other hardships which there assume a terrilying aspect. Senhor No- gueira seeks to support his assertions as to the right of the Bra- zilians to this territory by quoting from the treaty of March 27, 1867, in which the northern boundary of Bolivia is declared to run westward from the mouth of the river Beni to the Javary, or. " if the sources of the Javary lie to the north of that east and west line,*' then " until it reaches the principal source of the said Javary." But here the distinguished Brazilian gets upon troublesome ground and reopens the whole discussion over which the gov- ernments of Brazil and Bolivia are at loggerheads. Everybody knows the location of the mouth of the Beni river, so that there is no doubt about the starting point of the Bolivian frontier, but the treaty leaves a wide open question as to the other end of this boundary line, so that the Acre belongs to either Bolivia or Brazil, according as the treaty is interpreted by one power or the other. • * * The Brazilian Revievv (Rio de Janeiro), though having an English editor, may be regarded as fairly reflecting conserva- tive sentiment at the federal capital of Brazil in regard to the Acre question. From recent issues of the Review the follow- ing statement of its views is condensed : " Whether done accidentally or out of sheer stupidity or diplomatic inability to state a plain case in a plain manner, boundary treaties are almost always drawn up in a way that will either admit of as many interpretations as there are liti- gants, or, as is the case with us, of no logical conclusion at all. From the wording of the treaty of 1867 the true boundary be- tween Brazil and Bolivia might be either, or both, or neither, of two lines which the contesting parties are respectively con- tending for. The only way we can see out of the difficulty, if indeed there be any difficulty at all, is to toss up or refer the matter to arbitration. " The cession of sovereign rights to a foreign syndicate and the failure of Bolivia to maintain order on our frontier are dis- tinct and separate matters with which the course of the frontier has nothing to do, and can only be prejudiced by attempting to mix up one with the other. It is certain that we have the right to protest against the introduction of a new sovereign entity on our frontier, and equally so to insist on the maintenance of order and on fair and equitable treatment for citizens. That is enough. Let us stick to that and drop the frontier question altogether. " Outside our cause for complaint with regard to the con- cession to the American syndicate, we have not the shadow of a grievance against Bolivia, and, if we attempt to assert the un- justifiable pretensions of filibustering adventurers from Ama- zonas and Para, and attack Bolivia in their defense, will not only lose the sympathy and respect of other countries, but de- serve it. " No doubt the Acre is virtually Brazilian by right of settle- ment, and it would be a very good thing if it could be made politically a part of Brazil, by purchase or any other arrange- ment, also. But as far as absolute rights go we have none whatever, except to see that our people are not ill treated and that our interests are respected ; the rest are all on the side of Bolivia, which has shown a remarkable degree of patience." The Brazilian Revieiv habitually speaks of 20,000 of " our kith and kin " in the Acre region, although Senhor Noguiero of Manaos, quoted on the preceding page, mentions 3000 as the total population of the district. It is asserted in New York by persons familiar with that region that the population is made up largely of adventurers and of derelicts — the latter being rub- ber workers who have been taken up the rivers and deserted by their employers at the end of the season without the means to return to their homes, thus becoming citizens of the Acre with- out any choice. The population of Puerto Alonso in February, 1902, was re- ported at 345, including 202 white men and 5 white women. Of the total 271 were put down as of Bolivian origin (of whom 235 were soldiers) and only 38 Brazilians — and this is the most im- portant settlement in the district. On January 26 General Pando, president of Bolivia, left La Paz at the head of an armed force on a march for the Acre, and so far as is known he is still marching, although informed while on the second day out that Brazil would insist upon oc- cupying the disputed territory pending arbitration. It is es- timated that 126 days will be required for the army to reach the Acre, which will be about June 1. Meanwhile the Acre is probably being garrisoned by troops from Para and Mati&os, who lately started up the rivers. The Bolivian forces on the ground had already surrendered to Placido de Castro, the in surgent leader. NICOLAS SUAREZ IN THE ACRE WAR. ONE of the items of " war news " that got abroad during the late unpleasantness in the Acre territory, related to an armed conflict between a body of revolutionists and a force of Bolivian rubber workers collected by Sefior Nicolas Suarez on one of \\\% string ales and captained by himself. The report was that the Suarez force gained a decisive victory, the effect of which, however, was nullified a few days later by the surrender of Colonel Rojas, in charge of the regular Bolivian forces on the Acre, to the revolutionist leader. Nicolas Suarez is one of the principal capitalists and largest rubber estate owners in the region of the upper Acre and Orton risers, and is an important figure in Bolivia. When the revolui >n was declared last sum- mer, citizenship in "the independent Acre republic" was of- fered to all residents in the district, Brazilians and Bolivians alike, with the exception of Suarez, to whom no quarter was to be given, he being declared a person dangerous to the interests of the new republic. One of the first moves of the revolution- ists was to sack and destroy two of his rubber warehouses on the Acre river, but Suarez himself escaped to the Orton river, and it is probable that he raised his forces from his workmen on his rubber estates in the latter region. There is no other place where the use of India-rubber is more essential than in a factory where high explosives are made. An account recently published of the great dynamite factory of the Hancock Chemical Co., at Dollar Bay, Michi- gan — the center of a mining district, which uses in a year 6,000,000 pounds of dynamite — contains numerous references to rubber. Every operative engaged in the factory work proper, must be rubber shod and wear rubber mittens, to lessen the liability of causing explosions either with their hands or their feet. Materials are conveyed about the works with wheel- barrows with rubber tires. Every precaution, in fact, is taken to prevent any of the explosive substances from coming under pressure of metallic bodies. Thus far no serious casualties have occurred. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 223 THE INDIA-RUBBER TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN. By Our Regular Correspondent. THE failure of this firm of raw rubber merchants has been a principal topic of conversation in the trade. Though naturally a somewhat risky business, no failure of the sort seems to have occurred before, at least not lor a long time. A deficiency of £ 104,573 is a serious thing, and it is not surprising that detailed in formation as to the business procedure is being awaited with in- KRAMRISCH'S FAILURE. terest. The facts of the case as explained in the pipers so far are too lengthy and complicated to be dealt with 111 any short space, but I may say a word by way of comment on a certain feature. It is stated that the greatest sufferers are certain banking firms who have advanced money. In this re- spect there is a feeling in commercial circles that our banks by this money lending business, which has increased of late years, are acting somewhat against the interests of sound trade by enabling new firms with practically no capital to enter into competition with old-established firms working on a sounder financial system. Of course it is rarely that the banks get hit, they see too closely to their securities. Nor can it be argued that banks exist primarily for any other purpose than making money for their shareholders. Overdrafts generally are of course not to be condemned, as they are undoubtedly an assist- ance to trade ; it is in the negotiation of doubtful paper that an unsatisfactory feature is introduced, because it gives a false idea of the strength of the firms from the quantity of their turnover. But not to pursue this topic further, it is certainly hard on Messrs, Kramrisch that they were involved in the troubles which have alllicted one or two rubber firms in the north of England in the last year or two. UNDER the heading of" The danger of inferior hotwater bot- tles " the public have been made familiar with a case tried at the last Liverpool assizes. Briefly stated, a claim for nfehior damages to the person was brought by the pur- HOTWATER ° r " ' ' bottles, chaser of a rubber hotwater bottle against the chemist who sold it. The bottle burst when full of hot water and scalded the patient. No doubt the jury were largely influenced by the analysis given in by Mr. Heyl-Dia, the expert for the plaintiff, which was as follows : 56.6 per cent, of mineral ; 14.6 per cent, of oil substitutes, and 25.8 percent, of rubber consisting almost entirely of reclaimed crumb rubber. Such a bag, the witness said, was quite unfit to hold hot water, and it would not have been manufactured by an English firm. This bottle, it appears, was made in America and sold by a Liverpool firm for 2 shillings 6 pence. An expert for the de- fense said he considered the material was all right and quite suitable for hotwater bottles, though cross examination elic- ited from him the opinion that it was inadvisable to use re- claimed rubber for hotwater bottles. The jury found that no assurance was given that the bottle would carry boiling water ; that the bottle was not fit for use as a hotwater bottle when sold ; and that this was the cause of the bottle bursting. They could not agree as to the question of negligence but assessed the damages at /140 against the chemist who retailed the bot- tle at 3 shillings 9 pence. The final judgment for the plaintiff was /40 for expenses, the £100 for compensation not being allowed by the judge. It seems to me that this case opens up a very wide question and one which cannot be adequately dis- cussed in a few lines. It has long been apparent to me that the continual lowering of the quality of the rubber in surgical goods is a dangerous thing. In the particular, case under no- tice, America and not Great Britain has had to bear the brunt of exposure, but in many classes of surgical goods, British firms of late years have been compelled to lower their quality in or- der to compete with Continental competition, and it is quite common to hear doctors say that surgical rubber goods are not what they used to be. Of course if doctors were not so eager to buy at a low figure the old quality and prices would have been maintained, but all the same the buyer cannot be expected in discriminate between rubber and substitute where the out- ward appearance is the same. The Liverpool case makes it clear that to sell a faulty rubber article is a very risky procedure and it will probably lead to retailers requiring guarantees from agents and manulacturers. The latter will naturally decline to give a guarantee for inferior cheap articles and we shall probably find that the result is a return to the use of pure rub- ber, a consummation devoutly to be wished. Tiik. shareholders at the annual meeting of the Sanitas Co. of London were recently treated to a long discourse on the merits of the various golf balls now competing (or public disinfectants f avor it came as a surprise to outsiders that the AND QOLF BALLS . . , , . , . , , enterprising founder and chairman of the Sani- tas Co. had enlarged the scope of his company's operations by an entry into the golf b til manufacture, the connection between the two industries being to the ordinary mind somewhat re- mote. It has been deemed advisable to form a subsidiary com- piny to work the golf ball business, and this is known as the Improved Golf Bills Co., Limited. Mr. Kingzett stated that in addition to the company's Gutta-percha balls, the " Klypool and " Improved Remakes," he had patented the " ( )rtogo " ball, which was in competition with the American cored balls. He claimed that the Ortogo. which is rubbered but not rubber- cored, was superior to these, its exterior being perfectly inpen- etrable by the clubs ; moreover the price was 1 shilling 6 pence, against 2 shillings. Possibly the makers of the American balls could reduce their prices in the face of competition, but this is a matter that need not detain me. Another new ball is the " Or- togo-Singer," the joint product of Mr. Kingzett and Mr. II. M. Singer, of St. Andrews. Finally, there was the "Skor," so con- structed that whilst the whole of the case and exterior are made of gutta, there is an intervening cushion or buffer of specially prepared material of an elastic and resilient nature which pre- vents backing. All these balls, it appears, are patented, and the company will take steps against all infringers and imitators. It would not surprise me if this determination was put to the test before long, seeing the large number of claims made under the several patents connected with the Haskell andKempshall balls, but I have no wish to advance matters in this direction. The retirement of Mr. George E. Heyl-Dia from the St. Helens Cable Co., of Warrington. came to the trade somewhat as a surprise. Originally with Messrs. Glover, at electrical tne j r \f\ wor ks in Salford, he, on leaving their NOTES. . . . . . employ, was the moving spirit in the formation of the Warrington works, and has acted as managing director. Mr. I leyl-Dia has shown strains of inventive genius, the insulat- ing compounds " Diatrine " and "Dialine" owing their origin to him, while minor matters, such as gloves for electric wire- men, have engaged his attention. I understand that his pres- ent intention is to act as a consultant, though I do not think 22 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [Atrii i, 1903. lh.it. ,iny particularly brilliant future is before those who go to the number of consultants offering their services to a dif- fident public. The Marconi business does not, of course (as some have sup- posed), threaten the existence of the rubber insulated cable maker, nor can it be said that the fibrous cable has ousted the rubber cable to any increased extent of late. The rubbei cable in connection with lighting and traction still finds considerable application, especially in workshop lighting, switch board con- nections, and in fact in all cases where there is much jointing to be done, it being difficult to avoid the intrusion of damp in the case of the cellulose insulation. The use of electricity in collieries is increasing, not only for lighting the works, but also foi pumping and for working electric coal cutting machines. Where several collieries belonging to one company are situated at some distance from one another, a good deal of cable is re- quired to distribute the current from a single dynamo house. There can be no doubt that we are on the eve of a considerable increase of the applications of electricity to mining, and those electric firms who arc first in the field should obtain some good contracts. rms reorganized company reports plenty of work in hand. They are making a special bid for the lawn tennis ball business, which is confined to very few works in Great yde rubber co., r} r j ta j nj the troublous times which the Eccles company have passed through of late having weakened their position as the principal opponents of Messrs. Charles Macintosh & Co. This branch has been subject to much severe cutting in prices that there has been little in- ducement to go in for it. It is to be hoped that realization in the case of the Hyde company will come up to anticipation. I had an idea that Volenite had died a natural death, fiom the cold way in which its vaunted pretensions to rank as a rub- ber substitute had been met by the public. It VOLENITE. , , , ... seems, however, that I w*as somewhat previous in my conclusions. The chairman of the Fish Oil and Guano Co., at the recent meeting, announced that they were, he be- lieved, nearer a development of a most gigantic character in favor of Volenite than they had ever been. He further re- marked on another point that they would know on March 31 what the rubber men of New York had to say with regard to the Rhea company. With regard to Volenite, the optimistic language used is delightfully vague; it is possible to be nearer a success than before but still to be a very great distance from it. One calls to mind in this connection the asymptote curve known to students of conic sections, and which though continu- ally getting nearer to the fixed point does rrot meet it until in- finity. In' a communication to a contemporary Dr. Weber has re- cently made a pronouncement on the use of the vacuum pro- cess which should be no'.ed, because he has ap- parently, after longer experience, had reason to change his former opinions. At the meet- ing of the Mtichester section of the Society of Chemical In- dustry, in March, 1910. he spoke very favorably of the use of the vacuum chamber, because of the decreased liability there was of the oxidation of the rubber. He stated that he had f >tind in ,1 washed sheet of Para rubber, dried in the ordinary hit-air stove 59 per cent, of oxygen, while part of the same sheet dried in a vacuum pan showed only 1.7 per cent, of oxy- gen. Now, however, for various technical reasons which I can- not enter into here, but which I fully endorse, he has expressed hin-ielf against the vacuum process, the advantages of wdiich hive not proved to counterbalance its disadvantages. This will come as cause for congratulation to those firms wrho from DRYINQ OF WASHED RUBBER. the beginning were dubious as to the advantage of the extra capital outlay involved. This is the new title of the London Rubber Manufacturing Co., which was established about three years ago by Dr. Schu- macher at Croft street, Deptford, London. the india-rubber Dr. Schumacher, I may remark, was formerly assistant chemist at tire Harberg-Vienna Kub- MANUFACTURINQ CO., LIMITED ber Works, at Harburg, from whence he went for a year or two to Messrs. Charles Macintosh & Co., Manches- ter. His associates in his present enterprise are, to judge by their names, all of his own nationality, and vulcanite goods form a prominent part of the output of the firm. This appendage to the spreading machine has been referred to before in these columns, and to judge by some correspond- ence I have seen it seems to be attracting interest COULTER'S , , revo.vinq over the water; the (act that one of our prrnci- spaEADiNO pal factories has fitted ten spreading machines machine w j t [, certamt y tends to show that the advant- Qaqe. , . , ' , , . ages claimed for it are not the outcome of mental illusion in the case of the patentee. Under this title a paper by Messrs. II. Grimshaw, W. Tong_ and R. Barnes was read at the March meeting of the Manches- ter section of the Society of Chemical Industry. Mr. Grimshaw, who read the paper, gave an illus- INDIA-RUBBE1. . r r •& tration of an analysis of a sample of compound rub jer as performed in the old days before the present analyti- cal methods had been published, and in which the various or- ganic matters were lumped together, scrupulous care being taken in the determination of small quantities of inorganic matters of no importance and only present as impurities in the filling materials. The rest of the paper consisted of a state- ment of the methods of analysis already worked out by Hen- riqrres, Weber, and others, the solvents recommended being acetone and nitrobenzene. He gave several analyses of re- claimed rubber made by his procedure stating incidentally that as a rule the American products contained more mineral mat- ter than did the English. In the determination ol bituminous matter he said that errors might creep in owing to the tendency of vulcanization or overheating to produce bituminous matters from the rubber itself. In the discussion Mr. Terry rather crit- icized the paper on the score of want of novelty. He held no brief, he said, for Dr. Weber, but still he thought that his publi- cations on rubber analysis should have had more pointed refer- ence by the authors than had been the case that evening. I am informed with regard to the naphtha recovering ma- chine recently referred to in these notes, as the joint patent of C. O. Weber and Messrs. Isidor Frankenburg. Limited, that the patent is now the sole property RECOVERY. ' r r i of Messrs. Frankenburg. The United Rubber Co. is the name of a new concern in which Mr. Thomas Rowley is interested. The works are at Clayton, Manchester, and it is the intention to manufacture certain classes of mechanicals and solid cab tires. Mr. Higham, late works manager at the St. Helen's Cable Co.. is connected with the venture. NEW WORKS. The Fiji Islands have lately come to be something more than a dot placed at random on the map of the Pacific ocean. They are reached by a link in the British- Pacific cable; statis- tics of imports and exports are kept — aggregating about $4,500,000 last year; and regulations exist there by which foreign trade marks and patents may be registered. In one year recently the imports of India-rubber ^oods were valued at ^305, and presumably the amount will be shown by more recent reports to have increased. April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 225 RUBBER PLANUM, AND EXPLOITATION. RESULTS OK RUBBER I M'I'ING AT SAN Mil, I II. AN exact record was kept of the results of sonic recent tapping of rubber trees {Caslilloa elastica) on the " S.m Miguel " plantation, owned by the Tabasco Plantation Co. (Minneapolis, Minnesota), located on the Macus pana river, in the state of Tabasco. Mexico, which are summa nzed below. There are on this estate about 400 large rubbei trees, which were planted in the shade of cacao and coffee. These trees were not only grown in cacao and coffee, but un- der the shade of "mother" trees (not rubber) planted (or shading the coffee while the rubber was getting a start. The secretary of the company. Mr. fames C. Fi field, in communi- cating these results to The India Rubber World, writes : ■' A fact well known to the rubber planters is that trees planted in the shade require a much longer time to attain their matur- ity and full size than those planted in the sun. In fact, the most casual observer could not lail to notice the astonishing difference in size between the trees grown in the sun and those in the shade. It is believed that the size of a rubber tree has more to do with the amount of rubbei which it will produce than its age." In the table which follows is given the age ol the trees, except that the age of those placed at to and 12 years is not accurately known; the circumference of the trees three (eet from ,the ground ; the weight in ounces of the latex se- cured ; and the average yield per tree of dry rubber (including a small amount of scrap pulled from the trunk of the tree after tapping). The details follow: 7 years. . S years. . q yeais. 10 years. 12 years. No. of Average Ounces Uunces Trees. Girth. Latex. Kublter. 257 33- 80" 11.80 9 jo '4 37 75* 20 70 14.25 7 40.14' 21.38 IS 4 43 25' 26.75 17.50 21 50.50" 40-50 28 go Based upon the above figures, the rubber product from an acre of land containing 200 trees seven years old would be 1 1 2 pounds ; at eight years old, 174 pounds ; at nine years old, 240 pounds; and at twelve years old, 314 pounds. The following account of the rubber tapping at San Miguel was prepared by Mr. Boyer, the plantation manager : " We were very fortunate in securing for the plantation a na- tive rubber tapper who has been raised in the rubber district, and for many years has successfully tapped both wild and cul- tivated rubber trees in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco. With this experience he was able to obtain the best results without injury to the trees. " The first step in tapping a rubber tree is to clean a small place around the tree, a small gash then being made 111 the bark with the point of a machete and a leaf inserted therein, which serves as a spout to run the milk into pails. This leaf is placed about fifteen inches from the ground. From this point the cuts are made upwards at an angle of 45 degrees and extending in each direction a sufficient distance to include three-fourths of the circumference of the tree. Directly above this, a distance of one meter, another cut is made exactly like the first, the milk flowing down the side of the tree into the first cut and on into the pail. These cuts are repeated on the entire body of the tree, or until the branches are encountered. You will at once see that all the milk has not been secured, but a sufficient amount left to maintain the tree in good condition for another ,.u. The next tapping, which will be made in a year from now, will be made on the same side of the tree, three inches a'jove the cut made this year, and the following year three inches above that, so that it will be possible to make thirteen .1 i,iings on one side, or twenty-six on both sides ; or in othei w nds, a tree can be tapped twenty-six years without retapping ill:: old cuts. The instrument used by the natives is a machete, or long knife The bark of .1 leu year old rubber tree is about three-fourths of an inch thick. "The rubber trees on San Miguel are ol the variety known throughout Mexico and Central America as Caslilloa elastica. This variety is divided into two classes, the first of which is known as the yellow rubber tree, or ' hule amanllo,' this being the male. The milk from these trees Hows very freely, having a rich yellowish color. It Hows so freely that there is scarcely any left in the cuts after tapping. The other variety is known as the white rubber tree or ' hule bianco,' this being the female. The cuts made in these trees are not made at a 45 degree angle, but horizontally, a sullicieiil distance to include three-fourths ol the circumference of the tree. The milk from this tree oozes into and fills the cuts, (lowing down the tree several inches. The milk is very thick, requiring several days for it to dry so that it can be gathered. Of the two varieties the yellow is regarded as superior. "The milk, gathered in pails, is taken to the rubber drying house, where it may be converted into rubber through either of the lollowing processes, both of which we have used : First, it is spread on a cement fi lor to a depth of three-fourths of an inch, this 11 >or being so situated that the milk is constantly in contact with the sun's rays, thus drying very rapidly. After it is dry the sheets are rolled up into convenient sizes for ship- ment. The second process is through coagulation with a na- tive vine known as ' bejuco de necta.' During the coagulation the rubber is left porous, and as it contains more or less water it is necessary to remove the same by using a press. It requires more time to prepare rubber by the first process. The average shrinkage in converting milk into solid rubber is 2.3. or in other words, 2.3 pounds of rubber milk will produce one pound of rubber. I have personally attended to the tapping and the fig- ures herein given are absolutely correct." LA ZACUALPA RUBBER PLANTATION CO. [Plantation near Tapachula, slate ol Chiapas, Mexico. Offices : San Fran- cisco, California.] A neat brochure published by this company reproduces letters from twenty five of their shareholders, expressing satis- faction with 1 he management of the company. The writers of the letters are stated to hold 50^ shares, representing an invest- ment o( $62 875= The price of La Zacualpa shares was ad- vanced on March 1 from $123 to $150. YAVEO PLANTATION I [Plantation near San Juan Evangelista, stale of Oaxaca, Mexico. Office : Si. lb, Missouri.) INCORPORATED in October, 1902, under the laws of South Dakota, tocullivate rubber in Mexico ; capital, $250,000. Prop- erty, loooacreson the Colorado river, adjoining the Pan Amer- ican Planters' Co. (Chicago) tract and the private plantation of Maxwell Riddle; near the Vera Cruz and Pacific and National Tehuantepec railways. Stock is offered in $250 shares — one for each acre to be developed —payable in installments. It is planned at present to plant rubber alone, and dividends from other sources are not promised. IV. True Davis, president; 2- 6 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. Tygart, M. D, vice president ; E I'. Grant, secretary ; /. n, treasurer; A. C. Owens, general managei .ill reputa- itizens of St. Joseph, Missouri. James Brydon is plantation manager, in addition to holding the same position with the Pan- American Planters' Co. THE SAN MIGUEL PLANTATION CO. nda " s.ui Miguel," state ui Vera Cruz, Mexico. Office: ' erce, < Ihicago, Illinois. 1 Incorporated under Illinois laws, to cultivate rubber, sugar cane, and tropical fruits; capital stock, $200,000 ; have pun liased , acres, 23 miles from Coatzacoalcos, on the navigable Cha- calapa river, and near the National Tehuantepec railroad ; have '• under cultivation " and " in the nursery ready to transplant " over 200,000 rubber trees, but number actually planted is not given; have sugar cane and pineapples growing. Offer de- velopment bonds at $300 each, in monthly installments for five years, at the end of which time the promised dividends will have amounted to $382 — all before the rubbei trees are productive. Willi the rubber yielding, annual dividends of from 100 to 125 per cent, are promised. The Equitable Trust Co. (Chicago) trustee ; Richard Walsh, president; Talton Embry, vice presi- dent ; //. E. Rose, secretary and treasurer. VV. A. Kemp is plantation manager. Till MERIDEN RUBBER PLANTING CORPORATION. mtation "P.I Meriden," Tula, state cf Vcia Cruz, Mexico. Office Meri- den, Coouecl icul,] |. HERBERT FOSTER, manager, reports taking up the option held on the second half of the adjoining Buffum tract, the first half of which was purchased a year ago. The money was provided by an additional issue of stock, taken by the original shareholders. The trees under Mr. Foster's care are five years old. "CEARA RUBBER" IN EAST AFRICA. Till', last India Rubber World contained a reference to the interest in rubber of the Deutsch Ostafrikanische Plan- tagengesellschaft, on their plantation at Lewa, in German Hast Africa. A letter from Berlin offices of that company in- forms us that the species planted is Manihot Glazicnni — the rubber of Ceaia — of which they now have 250,000 trees standing. Recently 4000 five year old trees were tapped, yielding about V pound of latex each, of which they estimated that 30 per cert, in weight was lost in drying. This would give a yield of 700 poundsjof dry rubber for the 4000 trees, which, considering the age of the trees, and the good quality of the product, is con- sidered very encouraging. BOLIVIAN RUBBER CO. OF BALTIMORE CMARVLAND). This company was incorporated February 3, 1903, under the laws of Delaware, to acquiie and develop certain rubber con- cessions in Bolivia; capital, $2,500,000. The directors for the first year are : Israel M. Parr, Jr. (president) ; Thomas F. Mc- (jlone (vice president) ; G. Howell Parr (secretary and treas- urer); Henry A. Parr, George R. Webb, Nicholas P. Bond, and Andrew Gray. The company succeeds The Andes Rubber Co. [see The India Rubber World, May 1, 1902— page 255), formed nearly two years ago by the same Baltimore business interests, to obtain options on certain rubber properties pend- ing a full investigation of the same. These properties have now been acquired, and the new company is organized to con- tinue, on a larger scale, the work of development begun by the original concessionaires. The property of the Bolivian Rubber Co. is located in north- western Bolivia, in the province of Caupolican, department of La Paz, about 55 miles from the town of Apolo (15 south lati- tude), and 5S0 miles from the port of Mollendo, of which 349 miles are covered by rail. Apolo is located west of the river Beni. The tract embraces 40 square leagues (Bolivian), equal roughly to 100 square miles. It is bounded on three sides by rivers, the Beni forming the southern boundary. Work was begun about three years ago, by previous owners of the land, at four different points, about 2000 estradas (rubber paths) being opened ; small (arms developed, and Indians induced to set- tle on them ; and other arrangements made, looking to the organization of an established working force for gathering rubber. In the 1901 season S2,ooo pounds of rubber were col- lected, and sold at Mollendo. In 1902 rubber gathering was resumed, and 110,000 pounds were shipped to New York. The work of gathering rubber has since been continued, and several lots from this estate have arrived lately at New York. The head offices of the company are at No. 44 South street, H iltimore, Maryland, and they are represented in New York by H. D. Selleck, No. 68 Broad street. J. A. Pharoah, the com- pany's manager in Bolivia, was in the United States recently starling from New York on March 31 to return to his work. Tne capital employed in this enterprise thus far has been sup- plied mainly by Henry A. I'arr, of Baltimore, but it is now pro- posed to admit other investors. RUBBER AND CHICLE IN YUCATAN. The Mexican department of public works has granted a con- cession to Rodolfo Reyes, authorizing him to cut dyewoods, mahogany, and other timbers, and gather India-rubber and Chicle from the forests comprised in 161,224 hectares [ = 398,- 834J2 acres] of public lands in thedistrict of Peto, state of Yuca- tan. The duration of the contract is ten years, during which time the concessionaire binds himself to exploit the whole con- cession, the extent of each year's work being defined. He is to pay for the privilege $18, Mexican, for each ton of Chicle, $24 for each ton of India-rubber, and stipulated prices per limber tiee of the various species. TO EXPLOIT FOREST RUBBER IN MEXICO. The Mexican Mutual Mahogany and Rubber Co., incorpora- ted under Ohio laws with $2,500,000 capital, do not propose to do any planting. They have secured a forest tract in the depart- ment of Chilon, state of Chiapas, reported to contain 879,- 702J acres, with a view to cutting mahogany, dyewoods and cedar, and gathering rubber. The company estimate 4,000,000 wild rubber trees on their land, worth $10 each, and from which they promise an annual income (presumably net) of $100,000, besides the profits from lumber. It is not stated that these figures have been supplied by a graduate from any reputable guessing school, and they should be received with caution. It would, indeed, be surprising to find 4.000.000 wild rubber trees in all Mexico, Ira Z. Mason is president, L. S. Page, secretary, George A. De Witt, treasurer — all of Toledo, Ohio — and A. B. Adams, of New York, vice president. MEXICAN PLANTING NOTES. La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co. (San Francisco) have advanced the price of their shares from $125 to $150. During the past season they have done much improvement work on their estate in Chiapas, and are prepared to do an important amount of new planting this year. = Harry L. Trott has become connected with the Mexican Plantation Co. of Wisconsin, on their Plantation " La Crosse," in Oaxaca. After a four years' course in the agricultural depart- ment of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Trott has had three years experience in tropical planting. = The Pan-American Planters' Co. (Chicago) are clearing 250 acres this spring on their "San Isabel" plantation, in Oa- x ica. The first issue of 1000 plantation certificates — -two per acre — has nearly all been sold. April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 227 INDIA-RUBBER INTERESTS IN EUROPE. HIGHER PRICES FOR RUBBER GOODS IN GERMANY. AT the suggestion of the Centralvereins Deutscher Kaut- schukwaaren-Fabriken a meeting was held on Febru- ary 28 at the Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin to consider the question of advancing the prices of India rubber -.- That the effect of any such meeting might be general, some leading manufacturers who are not members of the union were invited and attended, twenty three factories in all being repre- sented. The sentiment of the meeting was that, in view of the high prices of crude rubber, textile goods, and the other mate- rials entering into their industry, an advance of 10 per cent, on the prices of rubber goods was desirable, but final action was deferred to a further meeting announced for March 24, which, it was expected, would be more largely attended. The object and purpose of these meetings is commended by the Gummi- Zeitung (Dresden), which remarks, editorially : " The situation in the raw rubber market is developing unin- terruptedly on the lines predicted by us in November of last year. Prices have permanently maintained their high level — minor reductions taking place only in extreme cases, when the demand declines temporarily. Immediately upon a return of liberal buying, however, prices again advance. The good mid- dle sorts, however, which are always in good demand, are ad- vancing slowly, but steadily. Prospects of a material change of this condition do not exist ; on the contrary, a further ad- vance is to be feared. Certainly a lasting decline in raw mate- rial is not in sight. The tension thus created in the rubber in- dustry has reached the breaking point, and manufacturers in every branch of the industry have begun to realize the urgent necessity for advancing the prices of their products. A few of them already have taken the initiative in this direction and in- formed their patrons of a necessary advance in prices." * * * The London India- Rubber Journal (March 2) denies the re- ports of concerted price advances by English rubber goods man- ufacturers, lately current in Germany, except on rubber thread. THE NAME " REITHOFFER " IN AUSTRIA. When, in June, 1872, the business was organized which since has been known as the Vereinigte Gummiwaaren-Fabrikoi, Hirburg-Wien, the factory was acquired of the old lirm J. N. Reithoffer, at Wimpissing (Austria), with depots at Vienna, and all the patents, clientele, and rights of that firm. As suc- cessors to this business, the Harburg firm have since added to their name "vormals J. N. Reithoffer." In 1863 the firm Josef Reithoffer's Sonne was registered in Vienna, selecting a location in the same Mariahilferstrasse where J. N. Reithof- fer's store had existed for thirty years, and engaged in the same branch of trade. During the "eighties" two former employes of the Harburg-Vienna firm established themselves next door — Herrengasse, 4— to the retail store of that firm, their sign indicating : " Depot of rubber goods from the factory of Josef Reithoffer's Sonne." All of which led the Harburg- Vienna company to give special emphasis to that part of their firm namj, "vormals J. N. Reithoffer,'' on their signs in Vienna and their price lists intended for the trade in that city. The firm Josef Reithoffer's Sonne feeling themselves in- jured by this, brought suit to restrain the Harburg-Vienna company from such prominent use of the name " Reithoffer," the result of which has been a decision in favor of the de- fendants, who have established their claim to be sole succes- sors of J. N. Reithoffer and their right to use his name as linently as they may see fit. The Harburg-Vienna com- pany, therefore, have issued a circular reiterating their direct and sole succession of Johann Nepomuk Reithoffer, who was the founder of the India-rubber industry in Austria, and that no other firm by the name Reithoffer has any connection with the same. IMPRISONED FOR STEALING RUBBER. Several persons have been sentenced to imprisonment in connection with the thefts of crude rubber which occurred throughout the years 1899-1902. from the Kolnische Gummi- faden-Fabrik (Cologne Deutz, Germany). So extensive were these thefts that a single rubber factory had rubber delivered to it. which afterward was found to have been stolen, to the value of $16,452. At the hearing in the criminal court, the director of the rubber thread factory which had sustained the loss, Herr Gustav Walter, stated that large quantities of rubber were used — 5000 to 10.000 kilograms [ = 1 1.023 1022,046 pounds] every two weeks. Suspicion of theft was first caused by a great in- crease in the shrinkage of rubber in washing. Members of the family of the superintendent of the rubber thread factory were implicated, though no proof was offered that the superintend- ent himself had knowledge of the thefts. Outsiders were en- gaged as go-betweens, and the stolen rubber was offered to fac- tories as having been received from Holland. Three persons were sentenced for stealing for an aggregate of 3 years and 8 m inths, and four persons for concealing stolen goods for an aggregate of 5 years and 4 months. LARGE WORK IN CABLE CONSTRUCTION. At the annual meeting of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Limited (London, March 3), it was stated that during three years submarine cables made by the company had been laid around the world, involving 29000 miles of ca- ble. They had carried out minor contracts, which brought up the total output to 37,000 miles laid during the three years. This was equal to an average of 40 miles per day, and at times of pressure the speed "of making exceeded 60 miles per day. The profit for last year, after deducting interest charges, had been ^99.000. The dividends had been the same as last year — 4|^ per cent, on the preference and 20 per cent, on the ordinary shares. The amount carried forward is ,£101,380. Important extensions of the company's facilities are contemplated. The pension fund, for the benefit of employes, now reaches ,£63.890. THE DUNLOP COMPANY AND MOTOR TIRES. The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co., Limited, have issued a circular explaining their position with regard to motor tires, in answer to an impression which has prevailed in some quarters that the company were antagonistic to the automobile move- ment. Before the introduction of automobiles the Dunlop com- pany were bound by certain agreements relating to the Bartlett " Clincher "lire patent, purchased from the North British Rub- ber Co., Limited, not to issue more than one license for the manufacture of this tire in addition to the one issued to the North British company themselves. In time one such license was granted to the Clipper Pneumatic Tyre Co., Limited, since when the Dunlop company have had no power to license the importation or use in Great Britain of foreign tires infringing the Bartlett patent, in consequence of which automobilists were 228 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. deprived of the use of foreign cars fitted with foreign tires while the British automobile industry was still in the embryonic stage. The Dunlop company, therefore, gave permission to its licensees, the Clipper company, to have their motor tires manu- factured by them by the best known foreign makers, whose tires were thus placed at the disposal of the British public. I ) ss uisfaction continuing to exist, the Dunlop company states that it approached the North British company to get them to relax the terms of the agreement in view of the situation which had not been contemplated when the agreement was entered into. The North British company, however, not only refused this, but further stated that had they known that it would be competent for any of the Dunlop licensees to have their tires made abroad and imported into Great Britain, they would never have consented thereto, and further the North British company sought to have the Clipper company restrained from importing and selling foreign made tires. The company feels, says the circular, "that in common justice the above facts should be made known so that it may no longer suffer the odium attaching to a situation for which it is not responsible and which it has taken every possible step to modify." A SECOND RUBBER JOURNAL IN FRENCH. A SECOND journal published in French in the India-rubber interest has come into existence — the Industrie et Commerce du Caoutchouc et de la Guttapercha — an illustrated monthly pub- lished by E. Dulemple and edited by Charles Dufour, at Ave- nue de la Heine. 11, Brussels, and Rue Lafayette, 208, Paris. The Gummi-Zeitung (Dresden) remarks that in recognition of the need for a trade journal in the Caoutchouc interest for cir- culation in French speaking countries, it considered the idea as long ago as nine years of publishing an independent French edition in Paris. It adds : " Whether the necessity is so great, however, as to enable two publications simultaneously [another new French rubber journal was mentioned in The India Rub- ber World last monthl to find food for a healthy development from the start is doubtful, in our opinion." It wishes success to both the new comers, however. KEMPSHALL GOLF BALLS IN GREAT BRITAIN. The sole manufacture and sale of the Kempshall golf balls in Great Britain has been taken over by The St. Mungo Manu- facturing Co., of Broomloan road, Govan, Glasgow, with Lon- don offices at 37. Walbrook, E. C. The St. Mungo company have been making Gutta-percha balls for some years, but now announce in a circular to the trade that " the general use of rubber cored balls is an assured fact." The Haskell Golf Ball Co. (Akron, Ohio) are prosecuting suits for infringement against the Kempshall interest in Great Britain as well as in the United States. GREAT BRITAIN. The Liverpool Rubber Co., Limited, have paid on last year's business dividends of 5 per cent, on their preference shares and zy 2 per cent, on the ordinary. = Mr. Archer Phillip Crouch has been appointed secretary of the India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Co., Limited (London) to succeed the late Mr. T. J. Lloyd, who had filled the office for many years. = The India Rubber Manufacturing Co., Limited, was regis- tered on February 27, with £20.000 capital, to carry on the business conducted hitherto as the London Rubber Manufac- turing Co., at 88, Croft street, Deptford, London. «= W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., Limited, show a net profit for 1902 of £61,362 9$. 8d. Dividends, at the rate of 4)4 per cent, on preference and 20 per cent, on ordinary shares, amounted to £54.375. The amount carried forward is £25,967 13s. nd. The year's business was mainly in India-rubbergoods, the company not having had much to do in connection with submarine cable work. Owing to the need of increased plant, the company probably will issue this year the shares which have been held in reserve — £25,000 preferred and £25,000 ordi- nary. = A company has been formed under the name of The de Nevers Rubber Tyre Co., for the business carried on for twenty years by Oscar Count de Nevers as the New York Wheel and Rubber Co., 377, Kennington road, London, E. C. Their tire factory is at Bendon Valley, Earlsfield, London, S. W. GERMANY. The Deutsch-Atlantische Telegraphen-Gesellschaft have fin- ished laying their second line of cable to New York as far as the Azores — 1851 miles. The remainder of the cable, now be- ing manufactured at Nordenham, will not be completed for several months. = Loewitz & Rohlfs, of the Gutta-percha and Balata worksat Altona-Ottensen, announce in a circular a reduction in their discounts to 10 per cent., which will only in part compensate for the increase in the cost of raw materials since their former discounts were fixed. = The firm of Feist Strauss (Frankfort o/Main), dealers in waste rubber and supplies for the caoutchouc, linoleum, and celluloid industries, have established a branch in Berlin — Lange- strasse, 97 — where Herr S. Rosenbaum will superintend the purchases and sales for that city and its vicinity. = The dividend of the Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gum- miwaaren Fabriken (Berlin) for the business year just closed is 9 per cent., against a dividend of 7 per cent, declared in the year previous. = The French firm of Michelin & Co. have removed their German branch from Manheim to Frankfort o/Main — Kron- prinzenstrasse, 37. The business of this house is confined largely to the sale of the Michelin pneumatic tires. = Actiengesellschaft fiir Fabrikation Technischer Gummi- waaren, C. Schwanitz & Co. (Berlin), has declared a dividend of 8 per cent, for 1902, against 9 per cent, in 1901, and 8 per cent, previously. FRANCE. The Societe Frangaise des Pneumatiques Dunlop, Limited, have established a factory at Argenteuil, near Paris, and are now making tires. The dividends from last year'strading were 6 per cent, on the preference and 10 per cent, on the ordinary shares. BELGIUM. The new Moniteur du Caoutchouc (Brussels) states that the factory of the Centrale Beige, at Alost, a branch of La Centrale Africaine Societe Anonyme, has established an equipment for the manufacture of rubber shoes. MOSELEY-PREECE. Mr. David Mosei.ey, chairman of David Moseley & Sons, Limited, India-rubber manufacturers of Manchester, was mar- ried on February 11 to Agnes Gwen, eldest daughter of Sir William Henry Preece, K. C. B., F. R. s., consulting engineer to the British postoffice and consulting engineer to the British and Colonial governments. The remarkable gifts of Sir Wil- liam Preece as a lecturer on science have brought him promi- nently before the general public ; he is the patentee of no less than nine inventions of value in connection with telegraphy, and the author of a large number of books and papers in the field of electrical science. Mr. Oswald Moseley, second brother of the bridegroom, officiated as best man. The wedding tour was made in Italy. April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 229 GERMAN ELECTRICAL CONSOLIDATION. THE ONLY RUBBER BOOK. THERE have been, first and last, a great many books printed about India-rubber, but as far as we know only one on India-rubber, and that was Charles Goodyear's work on "Gum Elastic." one copy of which was printed upon leaves of a sort of parchment made of India-rubber mixed with fiber, the covers being plates of hard rubber, beauti- fully carved. In writing of Good year's book in the North American Rtview (July, 1865) James Parton said : The work presents at least something unique in the art of book making. It is self illustrating ; inasmuch as, treating of India rubber, it is made of India rubber. An unobservant reader, however, would not suspect the fact before reading the preface, for the India-rubber covers re- semble highly polished ebony, and the leaves have the appearance of ancient pa- per worn soft, thin, and d'ngy by numer- ous perusals. The volume contains 620 pages ; but it is not as thick as copies of the same work printed on paper, though it is a little heavier. It is evident that the substance of which this book is com- posed cannot be India-rubber in its na- tural state. Those leaves, thinner than paper, can be stretched only by a strong pull, and resume their shape perfectly when they are let go. - - - The book itself tells us that it can be subjected, without injury, to tests more severe than summer's sun and winter's cold. It can be soaked six months in a pail of water, and still be as good a book as ever. It can be boiled ; it can be baked in an oven hot enough to cook a turkey ; it can be soaked in brine, lye, camphene, turpentine, or oil ; it can be dipped into oil of vitriol, and still no harm done. To crown its merits, no rat, mouse, worm, or moth has ever shown the slightest in- clination to make acquaintance with it. It is quite possible that the distinguished reviewer here quot- ed did not expect to be taken seriously, but as a matter of fact, and quite unfortunately, this priceless volume has been injured both by fire and flood. Its repository was a safe in the New York office of a prominent member of the Goodyear family. This safe passed through a serious conflagration, and. before it was rescued, lay for some time in a cellar, flooded with water. The result was that many of the leaves were fused together by the heat, and stained by the infiltration of water, and that the cover, instead of being a jet black, is now a chocolate brown. Whether the book can be completely restored is a question, and before it is attempted, the advice of experts in the trade will be taken that the remedies applied may in no way deface it. The accompanying illustrations show the volume as it now ap- pears. THE BOOK OPENED AT THE TITLE PAGE THE consolidation of electrical interests in Germany, referred to in the last India Rubber World, still continues. At meetings held on February 17 of the shareholders of the respec- tive companies, a plan was ratified for the merger of two import- ant enterprises at Frankfort o/Main. The Gesellschaft fur Elek- trische- Unternehmungen [Company for electrical undertak- . operating various central stations, tramways, etc., is tiius absorbed by the Electricitiits-Actiengesellschaft vormals W. I.ihmeyer & Co., an electrical manufacturing concern. Two new shares of the latter company's stock'are issued for three shares of the company taken over, which ceases to exist as a separate concern. This company, by the way, though able to e.irn a dividend of 7 per cent, in 1898-99, showed a deficit last year of over 720,000 marks, but the undertakings under its con- trol are said to give promise of good development. By the way, the failure of so many ne* public utilities in Germany to yield profits as soon as was expected is responsible in large part for the recent commercial and industrial depression there. The manufacturing companies, how- ever, continue to promote new un- dertakings, at home and abroad, as a means to securing new orders for their products. For example, the two great electrical combinations mentioned in the last India Rub- ber World are now credited with negotiations for raising a capital of 10,000,000 marks for the conversion of the horse tramways at Valpa- raiso (Chile) to electric traction. As for the merger at Frankfort o/M., mentioned above, it was financed by the Bank liir Handel und Industrie in Darmstadt — with 132.000,000 marks capital — one of the group of banks in close rela- tion with the Allgemeine Electri- citiits- Gesellschaft, so that a con- nection between the Lahmeyer concern and that company may be inferred. The consolidation above referred to was thoroughly considered early in 1902, when it was all but con- summated, the only obstacle being the heavy bond issue of the company to be absorbed — 10.000,000 marks, due in 1939 — which now has been satisfactorily provided for. THE BOOK OPENED AT THE MIDDLE. 230 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD ! I, I9O3. INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. /'"OFFICIAL statement of values for January, 1903. and the first seven months of four fiscal years, beginning July i: w . rHS. Belting. PaCfa and IT sc Bo-. Shoes. All other RubDer. * 175.893 1.053,612 $1,229,405 940.313 963,740 748.242 Total. |aly-] lecember .... Total Total, 1901-02.. . Total, iqoo-OI.. . Total. 1899-00. . . 8 55.034 412,122 *467. 15'' 355.509 304,762 3iq. 2Q6 f 8 1, 802 793,02S $874 S30 833. "34 5S7.6S7 2s; - $ 312,729 2,258,( '|2 $2, 57L59I 2,129,806 1,856.189 I.V I.3"9 RUBBER GOODS EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK. Values d uring four weeks ended Febn ary 24, 1903: Argentina. .. $ 762 Denmark . . . $ 7o Norway . . .$ 566 Australia.. .. 6,078 Dutch Guiana 16 Nova Scotia. 37 Aus llung'y 700 Dutch \V. Ind. IS 375 Belgium .... 4.394 Ecuador. . . . 576 Philippines .. 2.2S4 Brazil i.Tfi 9.7H San Domingo ■37 Brit. Africa.. Germany . . . M.765 646 Brit. E. Ind. 1,383 Great Britain 51,149 Sweden ... 726 Bi it. Guiana 287 Haiti 46 156 Brit. VV. Ind. 719 Italy 1,755 Turkey(Asia) 57 Central Amer 759 1.554 Uruguay. . . . 86 Chile 1,232 Mexico .... 6.055 Venezuela. . . 114 40 Netherlands. 13.991 - Colombia. . . 4:1 Newfoundld. 519 Total ..$1 44.992 Cuba 6.334 New Zealand 4.127 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT BY COUNTRIES. Values of imports and exports of manufactures of Caout- chouc and Gutta percha, officially reported, for 1902, stated in United States money, at par of exchange: Imports. Exports. German; $3,017,602 $11,132,708 a United Kingdom [3.034.91"] 5,910,647 United States 679465 3,815.754 France (special commerce) 3. A special packing for gas and gasoline engines, such as are used on automobiles, was bound to be required and supplied. Such a packing is the Mobilene, which is supplied either in sheets 40 inches square, or rolls 40 inches wide, the sheets being ,? t of an inch thick and the weight 4>4 pounds per square yard. [A. J. Wilkinson & Co., Boston, Massachusetts.] AUTOMOBILE AND FISHING COAT. A rubber garment that has become instantly popular among automobilists and which has also been taken up with enthusiasm by the sport- ing goods houses for fisher- men and huntsmen, is the coat shown in the accompanying illustration. It is really fc poncho with sleeves, and will protect the wearer from rain whether seated in an auto- mobile, in a boat, on horse- back, or while walking. It is slipped over the head and tied around the neck, while the wristbands are fitted with elastic cord which keeps moisture from getting up the sleeves. It is 50 inches in length, very full in the skirt, and is made in two colors: The tan, which is of pure gum run on light sheeting, weigh- ing 2 V pounds; the black, which is run on a trifle lighter sheeting, weighing 2 V pounds. [Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co., New York.] A NEW FRENCH AUTOMOBILE HORN. The trade in automobile horns continues to develop novel- ties, which are useful as well, and one of the most recent is a French production which is illustrated in the accompanying cut. It is a foot oper- ated horn, pressure on a bellows causing a stentorian sound to be emitted, thus leav- ing the hands free to manipulate the steer- ing of the automo- bile. These horns are furnished in either brass or nickel finish. [A. H. Funke, No. 325 Broadway, New York ] 232 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i 1903. A NEW RACK FOR GARDEN HOSE. THERE has long been a demand for a practical, simple, and inexpensive device for supporting and stowing garden and lawn ■ — „ 1 hose. Such a device, to be appreciated and used oy the house- holder, must consist of few parts and be understood at a glance. It would seem that the "Champion "hose rack, shown in the accompanying illustration, fills all of these requirements. It is made entirely of heavy galvanized wire and can be hung by the side of the house, stable, or cellar, where it offers a perfect sup- port for the hose, either in a tight or loose coil, keeping it out of the way, in a good condition, and always ready for immediate use. [Boston Belting Co., Boston, Massachusetts.] caulfield's patent grip wheel. United States patent No. 670,664, granted to John Caul- field (No. 74 Nelson street, Brooklyn, New York), relates to the gripping members upon the rims of wheels for automobiles for the purpose of preventing slipping on mud, ice, or snow. It is stated that they can run on ice on a 60 per cent, grade, and one advantage is that they will ex- tend the life of a tire in prevent- ing damage from its tearing loose. They may be easily and quickly removed when summer comes. TELESCOPIC POCKET ATOMIZER. The rubber bulb in this device is so made that when the atomizer is not in use the cylindrical glass reservoir can be pushed into the bulb, forming a very compact instrument, the bulb also furnishing a good protection for the glass when carried in the pocket. The spray tubes are made of glass attached to and forming part of the outer glass tube, which serves as a container for the medica- ment used. The reservoir is designed to hold sufficient for at least one day's treatment. The smaller cut herewith shows the instrument ready for the pocket. The other shows the same when ready for use. United States patent granted October 28, 1902. [Whitall Tatum Co., Nos. 46- 4S Barclay street, New York.] RUBBER COMPLEXION BULB. This illustration suggests the form of a rubber bulb which is offered as cap- able of being used with advantage in connection with massage cream and other like preparations for facial mas- sage. [The Pompeian Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.] 4_plexion bulb GOODRICH AIR BRAKE HOSE. The illustration herewith will give an idea of the method of construction of the air brake hose manufactured by The B. F. Goodrich, Co. (Akron, Ohio), involving a spe- cial feature which is pecul- iar to their line of hose. This reenforcement on the inside by a nipple cushion serves to extend the length of satisfactory use, in a way which will be apparent to all who are accustomed to handling air brake hose. SUCCESS OF A YOUNG ENGINEER. « TN all the annals of *■ ing," says the Ne\ a the New South's industrial awaken- lg," says the New York Sun, in one of a series of arti- cles on modern conditions in the southern United States. " there could not be found a more typical chapter than is af- forded by the extraordinary career of this young southerner " — referring to a man who has taken the lead in cotton manufac- turing enterprises at Columbia, South Carolina. This success- ful man is W. B. Smith Whaley.a native of Charleston. "He had a passion for machinery and had worked his way through New England cotton mills to Cornell [University], and through Cor- nell to a New England architect's office, whence he was gradu- ated with a good training and an immense amount of enthusi- asm." Such had been his preparation for life's work when, in 1892, he settled at Columbia, and, in connection with a partner, under the style of W. B. S. Whaley & Co., invited commissions in mill designing and construction. The firm have since de- signed mills for sixteen cotton manufacturing companies, employing 539,676 spindles, 14.560 looms, and a capital of $8,500,000. But Mr. Whaley has not been content with designing mills; he has organized companies, as well, and is now president of three cotton manufacturing corporations with mills at Colum- bia, employing §3,000,000 of capital and working 191,000 spin- dles and 4620 looms. This represents the largest cotton man- ufacturing investment in the South, and one of the largest in the United States. One of these mills — the Olympia, with 10 acres of floor area — is not only the most extensive in existence under one roof, but it is regarded as the best and most com- plete cotton mill in the world. There has come into existence a new and prosperous and more populous Columbia, all through the development of water power into electric power and its application to the cotton industry. Speaking of the success of Mr. Whaley in connection with this development, the New York Sun says : "Perhaps nowhere else in the United States would such a career have been possible within the past decade, for nowhere else were such opportunities offered to a young man with the energy and the brains to seize them and make the most of them." Mr. Whaley is yet in his early "thirties." April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 233 RECENT RUBBER PATENTS. N THE UNITED STATES PATENT RECORD. Issued February 3, 1903. O. 719,418. Electric accumulator plate. Augus'.e Bainville, Nanterre, France. A 719,425. Process of making self mending tires. John W. Blodgett, assignor to the N Tire Co., both of Chicago, Illinois. 719.498-7 19,499-7 19.500. Hall [comprising perforated porous or sponge rubber, held under compression by tape or bands, and an outer cover of paper or fibrous material]. Kenyon V. Painter, Cleveland. Ohio. 719,529. Fountain pen. Harry W. Stone, Hrooklyn, New York , as- signor to A. A. Waterman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Ailolph Hriebach, Boston. 719.586. Insulllator. Sayer Hasbrouck, Providence, Rhode Island. 719.587. Atomizer. Same. 719.588. Spraying device. Same. 719,600. Insulating high potential apparatus. Walter S. Moody, as- signor to the General Klectric Co.. both of Schenectady, N. V. 719,687. Hoof boot or pad. George W. Nickerson, Wellfleet, Mass. 719,693. Cushion tread horseshoe. Albert J. Puhl, Joliet, Illinois. 719,927. Tire [elastic tubular]. Charles H. Wilkinson, Huddersfield, England, Issued February 10, 1903. 720,019. Measuring vest [of elastic material]. Robert W. Grendon, Tiffin, Ohio. 720,071. Hot air syringe [for use in connection with a lamp and a compressible bulb]. Joseph I. Richards, San F'rancisco, Califor- nia. 720, 2Sr. Machine for coating fabric with rubber. John H. Pearce, assignor to H. Stuart Hotchkiss, both of New Haveu. Connecticut. 720,482. Process of making shells for playii g balls. Francis 11. Rich- ards, Hartford, Connecticut, assignor to The Kempshall Manufac- turing Co. 720,493. Machine for applying elastic bands to articles of manufacture [especially to disc like articles, such as telephone transmitter dia- phragms]. Michael Setter, assignor to American Electric Tele- phone Co., both of Chicago, Illinois. Issued February 17, 1903. 720,631. Vulcanizing apparatus. William E. Smith, assignor to the Clifton Manufacturing Co., both of Boston, Massachusetts. 720,639 Pneu natic tire [for heavy vehicle wheels] Francesco Toni, London, England. 720,648. Syringe. Edward B. Wilder. St. Louis, Missouri. 720.737. Playing ball. Francis H. Richards, Hartford, Connecticut, assignor to The Kempshall Manufacturing Co. 720. 7S8. Chair pad [for rockers]. Elmer E. Davenport, Denver, Col. 720,852. Golf ball. [Combination of rubber body, silk envelop, and outside jacket of Gutta-percha.] Friend W. Smith. Jr., Bridge- port, Connecticut, assignor to Holdredge Co., New York. 720,882. Rocker for chairs, hobby horses, etc. Benjamin J. Buck man, Newfield, New Jersey. 721,049. Insulating ferrule (for umbrellas and the like.] Howard E. Kern, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 721,051. Toy gas balloon. Alfred J. King. Los Angeles, California, assignor of one fourth to Thomas Candy, Chicago. 721,112. Device for moistening adhesive surfaces [as postage stamps — involving an elastic cup]. William J. Weaver and Casper V. 11< II- mann, Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania. Trade Mark. 39,817. Syringes or douches of rubber. Meinecke & Co., New York. Essential feature. — The word" Wonder." Used since October I, 1902. Issued February 24, 1903. 721,138. Clothes wringer. Ross E. Beekman, Independence. Kansas. 721.146. Outer cover for pneumatic tires [comprising a canvas or fi- brous foundation]. Joseph Butler, Altrimham. England, assignor of two-thirds to William Bell and William A. Jones, both of Eng- land. 721,192. Rubber mattress. Joseph Holland, Akron, Ohio. 721,366. Dress shield attachment [for holding it in place]. Victor Guinsburg, assignor to I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., both of New York. 721,462. Manufacture of playing balls. Francis II. Richards, Hart- ford, Connecticut. 72), 463. Golf ball. Same. 721,549. Fountain pen. August Elbcrstein, Boston, Massachusetts. it Marks. 39.858. Wringing machines. The American Wringer Co., New York. Essential feature — The words " New Home." Used since 1888. 39.859. Wringers. The American Wringer Co . New York. Essen- tial feature — The word "Colonial." Used since March 24, 1897. [Notk. — Printed copies of specifications of United States patents may be or- dered from Tub India Rubbkk World offices at 10 cents each, postpaid.] THE BRITISH PATENT RECORD. [* Denotes Applications from the United States.] Ari i.iCA'i ions — 1903. 126. A. S. Morrison, London. Method of attachment cf pneumatic tires to rims. Jan. 2. 130. W. II. Rymer, Liverpool. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 2. 147. E. W. Wooders, Manchester. Rubber heel plates for boots. Jan. 3. 218. W. M. Mackintosh and A Smith, Manchester. Method of man- ufacture of waterproof fabrics and machinery for the same. Jan. 5. 243. F. H. Lyell. London. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 5. 337. II. Bremer, London. Elastic tire for vehicles. Jan. 6. 395. P. Parker, Glasgow. Pneumatic cycle tire. Jan. 7. 676. E. E. Hill, London. Motor and cycle tire. Jan. 10. 729. B. C. Sellars, Manchester. Improvement in motor tiies. Jan. 12. 753. C. H. Gray and T. Sloper. London. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 12. 801. R. Harris, II. J. Harris, and E. W. Harris, Bristol. Rotatable heel for boots. Jan 13. 815. J. J. Pease and E. Schumacher, Darlington. Improvement in tires and rims for motors. Jan. 13. 841. M. Bray, London. Elastic tread for boots. Jan. 13. *S68. R. H. Smi;h. London. Apparatus for vulcanizing and molding rubber. Jan. 13. 875. G. C. Marks, London. Pneumatic tire. (J. R. Brunt and R. C. Pitt, New Zealand). Jan. 13. *376. G. C. Marks, London. Golf ball. (Lawrence M. Selzer, United States.) Jan. 13. 879. L. Guignet, London. Pneumatic tire for vehicles. Jan. 13. 898. E. Paris, London. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 13. 1,094. V. Gallien, London. Pneumatic tire for vehicles. Jan. 15. I, HI. W. H. Jackson, Halifax. Non-slipping fibrous rubber. Jan. 16. 1.139. A. Pulbrook, London. Air cushion. Jan. 16. 1,142. A. Pollard, London. Pneumatic sanitary respirator. Jan. 16. 1. 154. Dover, Limited, and H. W. Dover, London. Inflator fortires. Jan. 16. 1,211. E. Behnisch, London. Valve for air cushions. Jan. 17. 1.216. W. Clifford, London. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 17. 1.217. H. O. Tahourdin, London. Non-slipping device for cycle and motor tires. Jan. 17. 1,223. S. Fox, Leeds. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 17. 1.284. F. S. Ornstien, London. Apparatus for the manufacture of tire covers. Jan. 19. 1.285. E. S. Ornstien, London. Method of and means for shaping tire cover=. Jan. 19. 1,282. J. H. W. Fitzgerald, London. Tire for self propelled vehicles. Jan. 19. 1,420. C. Miller, London. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 20. 1.426. G. L. Lloyd-Beach, St. Leonards-on-Sea. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 20. 1.435. W. C. Lilly, London. Elastic wheel tire. Jan. 20. 1,446. N, Spiro, London. Improvement of waterproof garments. Jan. 20. 1.452. P. E. Doolittle. London. Appliance for collapsible tire. Jan. 20. 1,549. S H. Sewell, Glasgow. Improvement in cycle and motor tires. Jan. 22. 1.552. E. Bert, Liverpool. Resilient tire forcyclesand motors. Jan. 22. 1,782. W. Simpkin, London. Machine for molding plastic masses. Jan. 24. Patents Granted. [Abstracted in thk Official Journal, January 7, 1903-1 18,290 (1901). Vehicle brake and tire [with detachable outer cover con- 234 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. structed with a view to the use of puncture healing liquid]. A. A. Wade, Leeds. t (1901). Pneumatic tire [with cover attached to the rim by infla- tion of the inner tube]. L. Johnstone, Manchester. 1^.475 ( iqoi ). Pneumatic tire [with special construction of the outer cover]. J. Hearth ami E. E, Preston, Leicester, 1 3,523 (1901). Gutta-percha [freed from air and moisture in a mastica- tor in which a vacuum is maintained]. D. N. Bertram and S. Milne. Edinburgh. 18,565 (1901). Toe cap and sole protector for boots [of rubber, metal, or other material]. I). W. John, Runcorn, Cheshire. [Adstrai ted in 1 uk Oki Kim. Journal, January i l 18,931(1901). Elastic woven fabric [for shoe insertions]. J. Wasser- trtldinger, Barmen, Germany. 1 3 , 9 4 5 (iqoi). Pneumatic tire. C. W. S. Crawley. London. 1S.964 (1901). India-rubber sheets [for dress shields and non porous garments: made of ioo parts Para rubber, 80 white zinc oxi (0 magnesia, 6 litharge, and any coloring matter ; after being sheeted the mixture is vulcanized cold with acid]. A. C. Blossier, Paris. *i8, 969 (1901). Rubber horseshoe plate. S. McCloud, South Chicago, Illinois. 19.030 (1901). Pneumatic tire [method of attachment to rim with wires], \V. Heale, Battersea. Surrey. 19.092 (iqoi). Pneumatic tire [relating to weaving of the outer cover band]. F. Reddaway, Pendleton, Manchester. I9,233(l90l). Pneumatic tire [with outer cover attached to the rim by intlating the air tube]. E. A. Preston, Leicester. ; 1,463 (1901). Pneumatic tire [with thickened tiead of outer cover and edges ii-i^ed to hold the tire in position independent of inll.it ion]. R. I Utrincham, Cheshire. \ 11 rED in thk Official Journal, January 21, 1903]. •19,541 (1901). Pneumatic tire [with sections inflated through a con- tinuous tube around the riir, having a single valve]. C. Miller, Binghamton, New York. •19,589 (1901). Bottle stopper [held in place with wires]. J. B. Crosby, Buffalo, New York. •19.672 (1901). Solid vehicle tire [with recesses along its base edges to allow lateral expansion, for preventing creeping]. W. W. Leav- enworth, Batavia, New York. k \ ted in thk Official Journal, January 28, 1903]. •19,802 (1901). Detachable pneumatic tire. H. E. Erwin. Galesburg, Illinois. •20,051 (1901). Pneumatic tire [made of fabric woven specially, to minimise the lateral distension produced by inflation and ihus lessen tendency to puncture]. I. S. McGiehan, New York city. (Date of application in United States, April 13, 1901). THE GERMAN PATENT RECORD. Patents GRANTED--1903. 139,829 (Class 39^). Cold process for vulcanizing Caoutchouc and objects made of it. Fr. Boezel, Allotting, Upper Bavaria. Jan. 28. 139.722 (CI. bje). Rubber tire with wooden core. Charles A. Pettie and Emma C. Pettie, Brooklyn, New York. Jan. 28. 140,445 (CI. 3gc). Process for making Golf balls. Eleazer Kempshall, Boston, Massachusetts. Feb. 18. 140.424 (CI. 30/'). Process for making artificial leather. Dr. G. Gautier, Paris. France. Feb. 18. 140.409 (CI 631-). Process for fas'ening elastic tires. Herbert A. Stonard. Leystone.and Horatio Sheaf, Wanstead, England. Feb. 18. 14 1,452 (CI. 63c). Rubber air tires. G. W. Pitt and Ed. Martin, London, England. Feb. 18. Patents with Models Filed. 191.076 (Class 15/;). Removable handle for stamp, elastically con- nected with the plate by means of an interlayer of rubber. Leo Boeren, Cologne. Jan. 2S. 191,113 (CI. 3"/). Rubber urinal, with upper part of Gutta-percha, for men. A. Baumert, Berlin. Jan. 28. 191,417 (CI. 30c) Urethral syringe, consisting of hollow rubber bulb and long pliable tube. Albert Rietz, Berlin. Jan. 28. 191. 3SS (CI. 34; r ). Caoutchouc shoe for the feet of chairs and tables. Carl Unger, Koslin. Jan. 28. 791,622 (CI. 47/). Elastic packing rings. Mrs. C. Flugge, Hamburg. Feb. 4. 191,886 (CI. 47/). Gas hose of spiral spring, spirally wound gluten covered textile, and a rubber nozzle. W. Hensche & Co., Elber- feld. Feb. 4. 192,176 (CI. 56*). Pneumatic cushion for army saddles. Julius Jansen, Strassburg. Feb. II. 192,991 (CI. He). Portfolio with elastic bands arranged on the inner side. Emil Stapel, Hamburg. Feb. 18. 192,543 (CI. 45*) Tin or wooden tray with rubber lining, provided with perforations, for holding seedlings when transplanting. Her- mann Schumacher, Hans-Dalheim. Feb. 18. 192,675 (CI. 631-). Tires for auto-wagon or cab wheels, with woven rope core and rubber covering. Quadrat-seilfabrik "Patent Bet."G. m. b. II , Mannheim. Feb. 18. A) 11 [CATIONS, 16,464 (CI. 39/'). Process for the manufacture of a substitute for Gutta- percha. Felton u. Guillaume Carlswerk, Akt.-Ges., MUlheim-on- Rhine. Feb. 4. 10,566 (CI. 63c). Elastic tire for vehicles. William E. Carmont, Helmsdale, England. F'eb. 4. 7.700 (CI. 45/). Elastic innersole for horseshoes, having a rubber plate between hoof and shoe attached to a pad of soft rubber. Gustav Topp, Frankfort-on Main. Feb. 18. NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. JENKINS BROTHERS (No. 71 John street, New York) issue a catalogue for 1903 of their metal valves and similar goods, in connection with which is listed a very full line o( rubberpump valves, the Jenkins Standard '96 Packing, gaskets, tubing, union rings, washers, and the like. The rubber goods listed are the product of a factory owned by the firm. The catalogue is illus- trated and includes prices. [5"X7?4 // - So pages.] Kokomo Rubber Co. (Kokomo, Indiana) issue a new cata- logue of Kokomo vehicle tires — solid wired on and cushion — with prices. The cover is embellished with a portrait of Chief Kokomo, some time the biggest man in that community. [3/4 // X63s // . 16 pages. ]= = Another catalogue is devoted to their line of bicycle tires, in which the Kokomo " Defender " is the leader. [3.!i"X6 // . 8 pages.] Gorham Rubber Co., Inc. (San Francisco, and Seattle), are distributing a neat pocket memorandum book, in celluloid cov- ers, with a calendar and information useful for reference, not omitting some details in regard to their full line of rubber goods. Parke & Parke, wholesale and retail druggists at Hamil- ton, Ontario, have issued a very complete price catalogue of Reliable Rubber Sundries. As it has been designed largely for their out of town customers, many of whom live in places where good stocks of rubber goods are not kept, the amount of postage required for each article is added. The goods listed are principally from the factory of the Davol Rubber Co. (Providence, Rhode Island.) [a'A"X7%". 28 pages.] Rubberhide Co. (Boston) issue a catalogue of Rubber Boots and Shoes with Leather Soles— manufactured under patents — illustrated with styles of goods for the use of miners, ditch- ers, stablemen, lumbermen, sportsmen, etc. [3^" X 6". 20. pages.] The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Limited, issue, under date of March 16, 1903, their seventh annual catalogue of Rubber Boots and Shoes, to which title is added this year " and Rubber Heels." The pro- duction of this company comprises the " Maltese Cross " and " Lion " brands, which are fully illustrated, and list prices given. Several different styles of rubber heels are shown, so promi- nently as to indicate that this class of goods figures to an im- portant extent in the Dominion trade. [4" X 6^". 64 pages.] ALSO RECEIVED. The B. F. Goodrich Co , Akron, Ohio=The Pickett All Rubber Valve. 4pp. Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts. = " 'Tis a Feat to Fit Feet " [and other leaflets advertising Apsley footwear.] C. J. Bailey & Co., No. 22 Boylston street, Boston=Bailey's Mas- sage Rollers and How to Use Them. 12 pp. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XIX GOODRICH RUBBER GOODS. Bands and Tires For Pulleys, Carpet Sweepers, Truck Wheels, etc. Belting Rubber and Gutta- percha. Billiard Cushions. Buckets for Chain Pumps. Carriage Mats- Carriage Rubber Anti-Rattlers. Top Prop Blocks. Springs- Corks, or Stopples. Coffin Strips. Cushions for Bradley Hammers Crutch Tips. Chair Tips. Diaphragms. Door Springs. Electrical Friction Tape. Electrical Socket Covers. Electrical Bushings. Fruit Jar Rings. Fuller Balls. Gaskets, every description. Grain Drill Tubes. Grain Drill Feeders. Hat. Bags. MECHANICAL RUBBER COODS. Hose Armored. Garden. Rubber and Cctton. Steam Brewers. Air. Pneumatic. Chemical Engine and Dive 1- *. Oil, Acid, Coke, Cas. Hydraulic High Pressure. Suction Tank. Fire, Rubber and Cotton. Mill, Rubber and Cotton. Hose, Railroad Air Brake. Water Conducting. Engine. Car Heating. Vacuum, etc. Mailets. Mold Work, to order. Mats. Matting. Oil Well Supplies. Paper Machine Rolls. Press Rolls. Couch Rolls. Squeeze Rolls. Water Finish Rolls. Packing. Rings, all kinds. Rolls Rubber Covered — For Tobacco Factories. For Woolen Mills. For Cotton Mills. For Tanneries. For Bleacheries. For Cloth Pointing Mills. For Laundry Machinery. Pulley and Sheave Filling. Plumbers' Goods, all kinds. Pure Sheet Rubber. Rubber Cord. Rubber Springs. Screw Bumpers. Sewing Machine Rubbers. Springs. Stair Treads. Tiling. Tack Tips. Truck Bands. Weather Strips. Tubing. Type Writer Rolls. Valve Balls. Valves, red and gray. Washers, every description. Wringer Rolls. TIRES. icycli Palmer, Goodrich, M. & W.. G. & J., Buckeye, Juvenile. Vehicle Goodrich Clincher Automobile, Goodrich Single Tube Motor, Goodrich Solid. DRUGGISTS' AND STATIONERS' SUNDRIES. Air Goods Beds, Cush- ions and Pillows. Aprons. Atomizers. Bags. Bands. Bandages. Bath Caps. Beds Water and Air. Bed Pans. Belts. Bottles. Breast Pumps. Breast Shields, Bulbs. Bulb Syringes. Catheters. Coils. Bicycle Luggage Carriers Foot Balls. Basket Balls. Toy Balls. Hand Balls. Golf Balls. Foot Ball Bladders. Colon Tubes. Copying Press Sheets Corks. Cups Drinking. Cupping Cups. Cushions. Dental Rubber. Dental Dam. Dilators. Drainage Tubes. Embalmers' Pillows. Erasive Rubber. Face Bottles. Filters Pocket. Finger Cots. Furnace Bulbs. Gas Bags. Gloves. Hospital Sheeting. Ice Bags. Ice Caps. Medicine Droppers. Nasal Douche. Nipples. Nipple Shields. Nursing Bottle Fittings. Obstetrical Cushions. Ornamenting Bags. Pessaries. Photographers' Bulb Outfit. Pillows. Plant Sprinklers. Plaster Bowls. Politzer Bags. Rectal Tubes. Rectal Bougie. Sheeting. Sponge Bags. Sponge Rubber Stationers' Bands. Stomach Tubes. Stoppers. Surgical Appliances. Syringes. TeethingPadsand Rings. Tourniquets. Tubes. Tubing. Umbrella Rings. Urinals. Water Bags. Water Beds. Water Bottles. TOYS AND SPORTING GOODS. Basket Ball Bladders. Striking Bag Bladders. Golf Ball Sponge Case. Golf Club and Tennis Racket Handle Covers. Gun Recoil Pads. Pistol Holsters. EVERYTHING IN RUBBER. Slingshot Rubbers. Tobacco Pouches. Toys Brownies. Punch Rattle. Russian Figures. " Little Minister," etc. THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY, New York— 66-68 Reade St. Chicago— 14: Lake St. Philadelphia — 922 Arch St. Boston — 157 Summer St. BOFFALO— 9 W. Huron St. AKRON RUBBER WORKS, AKRON. OHIO. Detroit— 305 Woodward Ave. San Fk.\ncisco-;ij.' Mission St. ) ienveb 1615 T re moti t St. iN— 7 Snow Hill, E. C. XX THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [Al'RIL I, 1903. ECCE SiGN'UM. THOROUGHLY RELIABLE. The policy of furnishing only the finest goods that can be produced with perfect materials, latest and best machinery, and highly skilled work- men of long experience, has been, is now, and will continue to be, the policy of The Mechanical Rubber Company, CHICAGO, ILL. Branch Store, No. 1810 Blake Street, Denver, Colo., where we carry a full line of goods. Manufacturers of all kinds of rubber goods for mechanical uses— Hose, Belting, Packing, Gaskets, Bicycle Tires, Specialties, Moulded Goods, Etc., Etc. If you are unable to satisfy your trade with goods vou are supplying, II you are in search of good goods at fair prices, If you cannot get quick deliveries, If you are not getting fair value for your money, IN ANY EVENT, SEND TO US FOR SAMPLES AND QUOTATIONS WE CAN SUIT YOU EVERY WAY. FACTORY, GRAND AVE. 4 ROCKWELL STS THE MECHANICAL RUBBER CO., 230 Randolph St., Chicago, III. Mrnlion the India Rubber World irhen vm "»., Limited (New York), died on February 26. The members of the veteran association of the Twenty-third regiment. New York State Guard, and of Company I, which he commanded for nine years, attended the funeral, on March 1, at St. John's Episcopal Church, in Passaic. In the riots of the trolley road employes in Brooklyn, several years ago. Major Holmes saw much active service. = VVarren Scott Sillcocks, who died in Brooklyn, New York, on February 9, was a native of New Brunswick, N. J. In 1874 he retired from the jewelry trade and organized the Cellu- loid Novelty Co., which afterward was merged into The Cel- luloid Co. (Newark, N. J.) He was a director in the latter company at the time of his death. = Vernon Bickford, who had been for thirty-six years a fore- man for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., died on February 28. He was a brother of Erskine F. Bickford, managing director of the Boston company. =Joseph W. Smith, who died at Newton, Massachusetts, ou March 21, in his sixty second year, was president and treasurer of the Smithmade Suspender Co., a business which he had con- ducted with success for more than thirty years. = Henry C. Dimond, of the firm of H. C. Dimond & Co., Bos- ton, rubber stamp manufacturers, died on March 1, in his six- tieth year. He had been in the stamp trade about twenty-five years. He made many inventions connected with rubber hand stamps, and invented the life line pistol, for the throwing of the line from a lite boat to the vessel needing its assistance. THE LATE CHARLES EAI.ES PARKER. AS mentioned in the brief notice of the death of Charles F. Parker, in the last India Rubber World, he was well known to the rubber shoe interests through his connection with aluminum lasts and trees, which he invented, and which were very favorably received, although not as yet widely adopt- ed. He was also proprietor of the Metal Last and Tree Co. (Boston). He died at his home in Somer- ville at the age of 76 years and 6 months, and, de- spite his age, was vigorous and ac- tive to the end. He knew the shoe business from the bench up. Born at Holliston, Massa- chusetts, in 1826, he was the son of John Parker and Mary Ann (Fales) Parker, both charles f. Parker. members of fami- lies well known in the early shoe trade. Charles Parker's first employment was that of a cutter in the factory of Kimball & Robinson, at Brookfield. About 1850 he went to Boston as a salesman for the same firm, and later became a partner. When the civil war began he was representing his firm in the West, and was at Toledo, Ohio, when the first call for volunteers was made. He realized at once that shoes would be needed by the quartermaster's department, and within forty-eight hours had a contract for 5000 pairs of army shoes — probably the first con- tract of the kind made on account of the war. During the whole period of the war Mr. Parker was never without a big order from the government, and he took the last order as well as the first. In 1S64 he established the firm of Charles F. Par- ker & Co., with factories at Marlboro and Brookfield, and stoie at No. 106 Pearl street, Boston. Later thefirm became Parker Brothers & Cassel, and for nearly twenty years he manufactui- ed the well known " Solidity Shoe repairing outfits." Mr. Parker married Miss Julia A. Bingham, of Milwaukee, Wis- consin, and his family consisted of three daughters, two of whom, with the widow, survive. For years he was a leadirg member of the Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church, of Boston, which afterwards merged with the First Baptist Church, the pioneer society of the denomination in that city. For years he was also a prominent worker at the Harvard Street Baptist Church where he I°d a large class of young men, many of whom became successful in life, and all retaining a warm spot in their hearts for their teacher. Mr. Parker had hosts of friends in the trade with which he had been connected so long, and he commanded the respect of all who knew him. Mr. John H. Parker, a well known Boston manufacturer of specialities in rubber and other footwear, is a brother of the deceased. Al'KIL I, I903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 23' NEWS OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER TRADE. MILWAUKEE TO HAVE A RUBBER FACTORY. ' ■ "" HE Milwaukee Rubber Works Co. was incorporated on March 3. 1903, under the laws o( Wisconsin, by Patrick Cudahy, Joiin F. Burke, and G. Stanley Mitchell — all of Milwaukee— with $200,000 capital. Contracts have been let for factory buildings on a five acre site purchased by the company at Cudahy, a suburb of Milwaukee on the main line of the Northwestern railroad. There is to be a two story main building, 40 X 200 feet, and three wings, each of one story and 45 '•' 150 feet. The machinery has been bought, in- cluding a 350 HP. engine and boilers of 450 HP. capacity. The company intend to manufacture a general line of mechanical rubber goods, including vehicle and cycle tires, and all kinds of mold work. The location is in the heart of a large mining dis- trict, calling for extensive supplies of rubber, besides which it is a good general trade center for a number of rich states. The company expect to be ready to book orders about June 1 5. The board consists of Patrick Cudahy, G. Stanley Mitchell, Charles T. Burnham. William Becker, John F. Burke, M. R. D. Owings, and George P. Mayer. The officers are: President — O. Stanley Mucin 1 1 Vice President— Charles T. Burnham. Secretary— Cti irles W Harris. Treasurer — Howard E. MITCHELL. Assistant Secretary — George E. Burnham. Superintendent— ¥ . HASKELL SMITH. The new company was promoted by Charles A. Rohdc, of Milwaukee, and .Charles W. Harris, of Akron, Ohio, both of whom are well known to the rubber trade. Mr. Rohde, until recently, sold the output of the Goshen Rubber Works, and Mr. Harris resigned as manager of the factory of the Consoli- dated Rubber Tire Co. at Akron to start the new enterprise at Milwaukee. Mr. Smith, the superintendent, who is a graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was with the Hartford Rubber Works Co. four years in the experimental de- partment, and with The Diamond Rubber Co. three years as assistant to the superintendent. PRESIDENT JONES OF THE MANHATTAN RETIRES. For some time Mr. Frank Cazenove Jones, piesident of The Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York), has been feeling the effects of overwork, and on the advice of his physi- cians, who prescribe a long rest, he has resigned his official position. The list of officers has been rearranged, therefore, as follows : Piesident— Arthur F. Townsend, lately vice president. Vice President— V.U.OT M. Henderson, lately treasurer. Tteasurer—). M. Ferris, lately secretary. Secretary— F. L. Curtis. The board of directors consists of the above named and Wil- liam F. Gaston, W. W. Dashiell. Alexander Henderson (super- intendent of factories), and E. B. Townsend. The company was incorporated in New Jersey, October 30, 1S93. and soon afterward put into operation a new mechanical rubber goods factory at Passaic, New Jersey. Mr. Jones, who previously was a director and manager of factories of the New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, was elected president and general manager of the company at the beginning, and has since worked continuously and successfully in building it up into one of the leading rubber concerns in the country. Mr. Towns- end, who also had been connected with the Belting and Pack- ing company, beginning as secretary and treasurer of the new company, was elected in October, 1894, to the office of vice president, which he has since held. Mr. Dashiell, named above, was one of the original directors. The authorized capital of the company, under its charter, was $150,000, of which only $75,000 was paid in at the beginning. The capital has been in- creased from time to time, and since October last has amounted to $500,000. Mr. Jones was one of the most capable all round manufactur- ers of mechanical goods in the country. He brought to his task the equipment of a thorough knowledge of chemistry, of mechanical engineering, and unusual business acumen. The following resolution was passed by the board of directors of the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., when they reluctantly released him from active service : Whereas, Mr. Frank Cazenove Jones, president and general mana- ger and director of this company, has for a long time, by means of ill health and physical disability, been unable to discharge the duties per- taining to this office ; and WHEREAS, There seems to be no likelihood of his immediate re- covery ; and Whereas, Mr. Jones is unwilling that the aflairs of this company should suffer trom the fact of his inability to attend to the same, and has consequently tendered his resignation as president, general manager, and director of this company to this board ; therefore be it Resolved, That the resignation of the said Frank Cazenove Jones, president, general manager, and director as aforesaid, be accepted, and that the secretary of this board convey to him our heartfelt sympathy in this his time of physical disability. REVERE RUBBER CO. EMPLOYES AT A BANQUET. The Revere Rubber Co. (Boston) occupied its quarters at No. 63 Franklin street so many years that it was the only busi- ness home of nearly every one of the office employes. When it was announced that they were about to remove to No. 77 Bedford street, a suggestion that the giving up of the old home should be commemorated in some way was received with en- thusiasm, and the result was a banquet at the United States Hotel, Boston, on the evening of February 27, attended by thirty of the company's clerks and salesmen. It was arranged by a committee consisting of J. Arthur Wade, Charles A. Case, C. H. S. Wetmore, and A. L. Belcher. There was speeches and stories and a " highamophone " entertainment, and the pleasures of the evening were finished by attendance at the Columbia Theater. The menu was as follows: "up river" BLUE -points. Mock Turtle a la " Usudurian.'" ••Old Hickory " Olives. " Granite " Stuffed Smelts, fine herb sauce. Iced Cucumbeis, corrugated. Windsor Potatoes, double jacketed. Rubber Neck Turkey, cranberry sauce. •" Four Ace " Tenderloin of Beef, mushroom sauce. Caucho Potatoes. Green Peas, soft cure. 11 Eclipse" Shrimps in cases, Newbury. " Ideal Air Cushion " Fritters With " A. C. Special Racing Ban-icr " Sauce. Charlotte Russc, washed and sheeted. Ponti.inac Wine Jelly. " P. G " Harlequin Ice Cream. Frozen Pudding, desulphurised. Assorted Cake, burlap back. " Little Giant " Fruits. Harlem Water Wafers. Fine Para Cheese. " Giant Brand " Coffee. The clerks from the Chelsea office appeared with tags in their button holes, to prevent the possibility of their being lost 238 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 190,1 during their visit to the city. Altogether the occasion proved so delightful to those present that already they speak of it as their First Annual Banquet, and doubtless it will become a regular institution. A record of the banquet, which has been printed handsomely, in pamphlet form, iscertain to be treasured by all who shared in it. APSLEY RUBBER CO. (HUDSON, MASS.) Co have been awarded for an addition to the boot and shoe mill that will double its capacity. The addition will adjoin the main building at the east end, and will be of brick t six stories, 62 X 80 feet. This is to be completed in July. The machinery will be supplied by the Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. The Apsley company have been putting in two additional elevators and have more than doubled their steam plant, put- ting in a 400 hp. boiler. They have added seven new mills rtilh interchangeable calenders and washers, and are making a number of other improvements which, when completed, will afford a capacity for 15.000 pairs of rubber boots and shoes per day, in addition to their mackintosh and rubber clothing busi- ness. The company manufacture their own packing boxes and have their own last factory (the Millay Last Co.) The Hon. L. D. Apsley, president of the company, began the manufac- ture of mackintoshes at Hudson in 1883. The manufacture of rubber footwear was begun in April, 1900, and at once became an important and successful branch of the company's business. NATIONAL INDIA RUBBER CO., BRISTOL, R. I. BUSINESS continues very brisk in every department of the fac- tory. The insulated wire department has been run at night for some time past, in order to turn out the work required of it. It has been decided to remove the insulating department from its present location to the east end of the brick building at the north side of the plant, where three floors will be occupied. Additional machinery is to be installed and it is expected that 150 hands will be employed in this department after the changes have been made. THE WESTERN RUBBER CO. (GOSHEN, INDIANA). The plant of this company, although not the largest in their line, is capable of turning out a very large amount of high priced work. The buildings consist of a large three story brick structure, the ground floor of which is used for a mill room, and which has a washer, two large grinders, a calender, a tub- ing machine, and several presses. In the rear of this is the en- gine and boiler house, and at one side a dry house for rubber and compounding material. The plant is close to the tracks of the " Big Four " railway. REESE WATERPROOF MANUFACTURING CO. A tract of six acres in Oakland, California, has been ac- quired by this company, mentioned in The India Rubber \V ■ 1 ; 1 . L> of September 1. 1902, as having been incorporated un- der California laws, with $200,000 capital, to waterproof goods by a newly patented process. It is reported that an extensive factory is to be erected. The business office of the company, No. 1 57 1 Seventh street, Oakland, is in charge of the vice presi- dent and general manager, J. W. Phillips. CONCORD JUNCTION RUBBER WORKERS' UNION. Rubber Workers' Union 9856. A. F. of L., at Concord Junc- tion, Massachusetts, on December 23. 1902, reorganized as Local No. 2, of the new International Amalgamated Rubber Workers' Union of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, with Clarence E. Akerstrom. president. On February 25, 1903, the Concord Junction union adapted a resolution con- demning the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union and commending the Knights of Labor, in connection with labor troubles in the leather shoe factories at Lynn. On March 2, 1903, Clarence E. Akerstrom, as national secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Rubber Workers, wrote a letter to the general president of the Boot and Shoe Workers, stating that the resolution of the Con- cord [unction union— his own Local — was "an illegal act," in- spired by a few "radical, irresponsible people who are trying to disrupt that local " ; that the four principal officers of the lo- cal had resigned in consequence; and that "the local was sus- pended and its charter revoked this evening." AFFAIRS OF THE CRUDE RUBBER CO. Justice Lacombe, in the United S'ates circuit court at New "York, on March 10, signed an order appointing John J. Towns- end a special master to take proof and report as to what per- sons are entitled to share in the distribution of funds coming into the hands of the receivers of the Crude Rubber Co. The creditors were allowed until April 21, 1903.10 file their respect- ive claims at No. 20 Nassau street, the office of the receivers. An application to extend the tune was denied. THE KEMPSHALL MANUFACTURING CO. Golf ball patents have been issued recently to Emmet Schultz, of Arlington, New Jersey, assignor to the Arlington Co., of the same address. The Arlington Co. was incorporated January 31, 1899, under New Jersey laws, the papers being signed by Henry S. Chapman, Edward N. Crane, Emmet Schultz. L. Stoughton Ellsworth, and R. H. Ensign. The India Rubber VVorld is informed that " All patents of The Arlington Co., on golf balls, etc., belong to the Kempshall Manufacturing Co. [Arlington, N. J.], and goods made under said patents will be put out by the Kempshall company." Messrs. Chapman and Crane, mentioned above, are now offi- cers of the Kempshall Manufacturing Co. THE NEW YORK FIRE HOSE FRAUD CHARGES. Justice Scott, in the New York supreme court, on March 12, dismissed the demurrers to the indictments against former Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell and William L. Marks. They were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the New York fire department while Scannell was commissioner. This de- cision means that they must stand trial. The indictments were filed on November 22, 1901, and charge the defendants, among other things, with awarding contracts for fire hose to others than the lowest bidders. Further details appeared in The In- dia Rubber World August 1, 1901 (page 336) and December 1, 1901 (page 90). LARGE FIGURES IN A LAWSUIT OVER TIRES. The National India Ruober Co. on March 11 filed two suits in the Rhode Island supreme court, at Providence, against the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., for the aggregate sum of $160,000. In the first suit the plaintiff corporation alleges that on November 9, 1899. it became a party to an agreement in- volving the transfer, to the New York brokerage firm of F. S. Smithers & Co., acting as agents of the Rubber Goods Manu- facturing Co., of the special machinery in the factory used in making rubber tires, and the stock of tires and tire material then on hand. The consideration was $10,000 (or the machin- ery and $49.00° for the material, payment being accepted in the form of 590 preferred shares of the Rubber Goods Manufactur- ing Co. at par— or $59.000— with a guarantee that within three years these shares would be redeemed, besides paying divi- dends at the rate of 7 per cent, per year. On November 8, 1902, the last business day of the three years, the 590 shares, it is alleged, were tendered to the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., which corporation refused to pay $59,000 for the same. Whereupon the National company sues, and lays its damages at $100,000. In the second suit, the complainant alleges that, following \l'HII I903] THE INDIA RUBbER WORLD 239 the above mentioned sale of machinery and tire material, it was agreed between the National and the Rubber Goods companies that the former should sell the tires, and work up the material on hand, and continue thereafter to make and sell tires for the account of the defendant corporation. The National company worked under this arrangement, it alleges, until instructed to stop, at which time the expenses incurred, in excess of receipts from the sale of tires or otherwise, had amounted to $31,893.78. The amount claimed as damages in this suit is .$60,000. FAILURE IN THE ELASTIC WEBBING TRADE. Dresser & Co., doing a wholesale commission business in hosiery, silks, and webbings, Nos. 15-17 Greene street, New York, made a general assignment on March 7, and later in the day a petition in bankruptcy was filed against the firm by an attorney for several creditors. The liabilities were stated at $1,250,000, and the nominal assets at $750,000. with actual as- sets much smaller. The head of the firm is Daniel Le Roy Dresser, until lately president of the Trust Co. of the Republic and the Merchants' Association of New York. Mr. Dresser's first business venture was made as selling agent in New York for the E. Read Goodridge Manulacturing Co. (Newport. R. [.). makers of elastic webbing. In 189: he organized the firm of Nealon, Goodridge & Dresser, succeeded in 1894 by Dresser & Goodridge. which dissolved in 1896 after the Goodridge factory was closed by the sheriff (May 19), under attachments from creditors, including Dresser & Goodridge, claiming $1 50,000 for advances on goods. At a sheriff's sale the stock and fixtures at Newport were bought by Mr. Dresser for $50,000. Early in 1897 the Naragansett Web Co. was organized in Newport, and lias since been engaged successfully in operating the plant re- ferred to. Mr. Dresser is a director in the Naragansett com- pany, and also in the American Tubing and Webbing Co. (Pro- vidence). Mr. Dresser for a while had another rubber goods ac- count, beginning in 1896, when he was selling agent for the Goodyear Vulcanite Co.'s combs. Mr. Dresser's partner (since 1897), Charles E. Riess. said : " This failure did not result from any decline in the firm's business. We have been making a net profit right along of $60,000 to $80,000 a year. Naturally, I was surprised to learn that it was necessary for us to make an as- signment." It is understood that the firm's inability to meet its obligations was due to its bank credits becoming impaired on account of some of Mr. Dresser's outside business ventures. He was, for instance, interested in the underwriting of the United States Shipbuilding Co. — an undertaking not altogether successful. Judge Holt, of the United States district court, in New York, on March 1 1, signed an order in the case of Dresser & Co., authorizing the receivers to continue the business, not exceeding forty-five days. There are large orders in hand for goods to be made, including orders amounting to $100,000 to be filled by the American Tubing and Webbing Co. The American Tubing and WebbingCo. (Providence, Rhode Island) on March 9 was placed in the hands of a temporary receiver, on application of Maurice H. Cook, a stockholder. The temporary receiver was Lorin M. Cook, father of the peti- tioner. On March 14 Lorin M. Cook and Willard C. Perkins were appointed receivers. It is alleged that the treasurer of the corporation issued drafts drawn on Dresser & Co., which were accepted by the latter for their accommodation, and not for the business of the corporation, which drafts are now ma- turing, and by reason of which it is alleged that the corpora- tion is insolvent while the business is prosperous. The appoint- ment of receivers was for the purpose of allowing the business to be conducted without liability of attachment. The capital of the concern is $276,000. The assets are reported at $i 1 5,596 over the liabilities. The factory has been employing 250 hands. BICYCLE REORGANIZATI* Papers of incorporation for the Pope Manufacturing Co. were filed under the laws of New Jersey on February 27, the ob- ject of the company being the manufacture of bicycles. The capital stock is $22,500 — of which $2500 in 6 per cent, cumulative first preferred shares and $10,000 each in 5 per cent, non-cumu- lative second preferred and common shares. The incorporators are Mountford Mills, George E. Hargrave, and Dunlevy Mil- bank, but it is understood that the leading spirit in the enter- prise is Colonel Albert Augustus Pope, the foremost figure in the American bicycle industry. It is assumed in the trade that the new company will acquire the assets of the American Bi- cycle Co. and its subsidiary, the American Cycle Manufacturing Co., when details have been arranged so that the property can be transferred from the receivers to the new organization. It is common report that Colonel Pope, who had large holdings in the American Bicycle Co., practically dictated the reorganiza- tion plans now being carried out, and that he is confident that room exists for a successful bicycle industry. It is pointed out that in the year before the combination of the bicjcle industry as the American Bicycle Co., the Pope interest made a net profit of more than $700,000. Colonel Pope for a number of years owned the Hartford Rubber Works, first for supplying single tube tires for his " Columbia '' bicycles, and later for supplying tires to the trade as well. He parted with this holding in con- nection with the sale of his bicycle interest to the bicycle trust. THE COMMERCIAL CABLE CO. The unissued capital stock, amounting to $1,666,700, has been issued lately (to be applied towards the company's investment in the Commercial Pacific Cable Co.), and on March 3 was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, making the total amount of capital issued and listed $15,000,000. The report presented at the annual meeting of shareholders in New York on March 2 showed gross earnings for 1902 from the Atlantic cable and land line (Postal Telegraph) systems, of $10,208,292.71. Interest on 4 per cent, debentures amounted to $800,000; divi- dends (8 per cent.), $1,066,664; added to reserve fund, $350,000 (raising it to $4,934,510.23) ; added to reserve for insurance of stations, apparatus, etc., $150,000 (raising the fund to $860,- 209.60) ; balance of revenue account, $147,529.19. There was expended during the year, for land line reconstruction, repairs, and reserve for extensions, $1,806,015.06. The new stock will share in the dividend for the first quarter of 1903. President Charles H. Mackay said, in submitting the report : " After the completion of the Commercial Pacific Cable it is expected that the earnings of the company will be materially increased. "■== At a special meeting of the shareholders, also held on March 3, a proposition to increase the capital stock from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 was approved. = = Dividend No. 55— a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. — will be due on April 1 to stockholders of record on March 20. PITTSBURG ASBESTOS REDUCTION CO. This company was incorporated on January 29, under Penn- sylvania laws, with $1000 capital, to control a process for the treatment of asbestos invented by John F. Green, lately of Baltimore, and its application to the electrical industry. Mr. Green advises tAe India Rubber World :" We have made many admixtures of rubberand asbestos for insulating purposes, and are enabled to get results with our purified asbestos greater in every respect than the admixtures heretofore made with the articles named. We claim that after we have processed our asbestos, and have removed the metallic oxides, a large percent- age of lime and magnesia, we have a new product, commer- cially, in asbestos. As we get a larger percentage in any given quantity of asbestos because of the removal of foreign matter, 240 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1903. tins purified asbestos having great capillary attraction, and more hygroscopic conditions, it will more readily unite with the density of rubber than any other asbestos, which enables us to make a more perfect mass, and we find that it isone of the best, if not the best article to go into the vulcanizer with rubber. We have hadjgreat results along electrical insulation, and yet see a greater field in many uses to which asbestos is put in the rub- ber industry, namely: the admixture of this purified asbestos with rubber will make a lighter compound, and yet equally as good as at present, for all articles for toilet use, and in fact all the other small wares. We also think it possible to make various colored rubbers by the use of our prepared asbestos." Mr. Green is manager of the new Pittsburgh company, and others interested are Charles K. Hill, J. Q. H. Smith, and H. C. Van Tine, all of Pittsburgh. OIL CLOTH PRICES DEPEND ON RAW MATERIAL. All previous prices of the Standard Table Oil Cloth Co. have been withdrawn, in connection with which the sales agent for the company, at New York, is quoted as follows : " On ac- count of the increased demand for oil cloths, the Standard Table Oil Cloth Co. have withdrawn their quotations on their product, as they do not desire to be in a position where they would be obliged to turn down any speculative orders. We are supplying the trade with what they need and will take care of all our customers. We will not issue any price list until some time later, and whether these prices will be higher de- pends entirely on the condition of the raw material market. The officers of the company as a whole are opposed to any ad- vance." The prices withdrawn by the Standard Table Oil Cloth Co. are as follows (per piece) : 5-4 Mosaics $r.8o 5x6 Brocade covers 225 6-4 Mosaics 2.40 5x6 Black and wood covers. . 2.40 5-4 White marbles 1.95 48-in. Flannel back white 5-4 Printed white glazed. . . 1.95 glazed and marbles 3.50 6-4 White marbles 2.55 5-4 Turkey red back mosaics 2.30 6-4 Printed white glazed. .. 2. 55 5-4 Turkey red back marbles 2 45 UNITED AND GLOBE RUBBER MANUFACTURING COS. Ground was broken on March 13 for a three story brick and stone addition, 86 X 4° ieet > to the plant of this company at Trenton, New Jersey. Contracts have been let for the most modern machinery and equipment. The new structure will be used exclusively for making hose and belting, and will allow (or the employment of 50 or more additional hands. NOT A RUBBER STAMP FACTORY. Respecting a recent report on a large rubber stamp factory at Lodge, Northumberland county, Virginia, Mr. Benjamin Chambers, of that place, advises The India Rubber World that rubber stamps are not made at the place named. His specialty is steel types and steel stamps. Mr. Chambers has been for 35 years contractor for such stamps used in the United States postal service, and makes all the stamps used for postmarking letters and cancelling postage stamps on letters. The machinery department of his plant recently has been con- siderably enlarged. GROWTH OF A MINNEAPOLIS JOBBING HOUSE. The Plant Rubbei Co. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) have signed a lease for ten years for a building to be erected on First ave- nue N, between Third and Fourth streets. During the last three years the business of this company has increased very rapidly, so that the present quarters, running from No. 210 Nicollet avenue to No. 211 Hennipen avenue, have been out- grown. The firm expect to get into the new building in Aug- ust next. This will be 43 feet front and 132 feet deep, five stories, and containing about 30,000 square feet of floor area. This business was established eight years ago as the Nott & Plant Rubber Co., to do a retail business. A year later F. W. Plant moved to Minneapolis from New York city, assuming the management and changing the business from retail to whole- sale. Within another year Mr. Plant purchased the interest of W. S. Nott — now at the head of W. S. Nott Co. (Minneapolis) — since which time the business has been known as the Plant Rubber Co., with F. W. Plant president. They are manufac- turers of leather belling and mackintoshes, and jobbers of rub- ber goods of all kinds. They have offices at Duluth and Seat- tle, with ten traveling salesmen employed. TRADE NEWS NOTES. The Revere Rubber Co. have removed their Boston offices from No. 63 Franklin street to No. 77 Bedford street, where they have more room, in a modern office building, provided with every convenience for officers and employes, and for the display of their full line of goods. = The strike in the rubber shoe factory of the Hood Rubber Co., at East Watertown, Massachusetts, which began nearly two years ago, has been officially declared at an end, the com- pany agreeing to take back the strikers as places can be made for them. Most of the strikers, however, have gone elsewhere and secured employment. =The annual meeting of shareholders of the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. will be held in Jersey City on Monday, May 4. = John H. Merrill has taken charge of the carriage tire de- partment of the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co. (New York). He was formerly manager of the Chicago branch of The India Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio). = Charles S. Prosser has been appointed general sales agent of the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. Mr. Prosser is fully qualified for such a position, having been five years in the fac- tory, and five years as traveling salesman for the company. = Leonard J. Lomasney has been appointed sales manager of the Republic Rubber Co. ( Youngstown, Ohio). He is a son-in- law of Walter Arms, the new president of the Republic Rubber Co., and was formerly with the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. = Lewis D. Parker, of Hartford, president of all the tire manu- facturing companies controlled by the Rubber Goods Manufac- turing Co., spent last month in Chicago, at the Morgan & Wright factory, to allow ]. C. Wilson, who is in charge, to take a much needed vacation. =A. H. Brown, purchasing agent for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., has been appointed assistant purchasing agent for the United States Rubber Co., and will be connected hereafter with their general offices, in New York. = Ouaker City Rubber Co. — Charles A. Daniel, proprietor (Philadelphia), announce the appointment, as manager of their Chicago branch, of J. T. Moore, who has been with the firm several years and has had much experience in the rubber and packing business. He succeeds as manager in Chicago S. F. Denny, whose new connection at Detroit, Michigan, has been mentioned in this paper already. = W. Heath Kirkpatrick, identified for ten years past with the rubber tire trade, first with the American Dunlop Tire Co., and later with that company and the Hartford Rubber Works Co. in conjunction, has become general sales manager for the Peerless Motor Car Co., at Cleveland, Ohio. =The machinery was started at the factory of the new Sweet Tire and Rubber Co. (Batavia, New York) on February 24. = The Vulcanized Rubber Co.'s factory, at Morrisville, Pa. is reported to be well supplied with orders. They are mention- ed as being especially busy on telephone receivers and appli- ances. April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 241 = The European depot of The B. F. Goodrich Co., at 7, Snow Hill, London, E. C, have taken the agency for Bailey's rubber massage rollers, together with the C. J. Bailey & Co. line of patented specialties, a large shipment of the goods having just gone forward. The firm of E. VV. Fidgeon it Co., Limited, ol Christchurch, have taken the agency for New Zealand. = The Hanover Rubber Co., which recently started in the waterproofing business at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, has gone out of business. F. B. Mcllroy, Chicago manager of the Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co., is on a business trip West, visiting the dif- ferent agencies of the company. His trip will extend to the Pacific coast, and from Vancouver to the City of Mexico, Mexico. = The bill in equity of Charles R. Flint, of New York, seek- ing to hold Theodore A. Dodge and others personally liable as directors — at one time — of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. for an unsatisfied judgment (or $22,503 which he recovered against the corporation in June, 1901, was dismissed in the su- perior court at Boston on October 23, 1902 [see The India Ruhber WORLD, November 1, 1902— page 62.] Appeal having been made to the supreme court, that body on February 28 last affirmed the decree of the superior court. = Fire at Marion, Indiana, on the night of February 6, caused a loss to the Marion Rubber Co. (rubber shoe jobbers) of $10,- 000, which was covered by insurance. = Clark-Hutchinson Co., Boston and New York shoe job- bers, have added the sale of the " Gjodyear-Glove " line to their rubber department. = The Cambridge Manufacturing Co. are mentioned as hav- ing leased a vacant factory plant at Southington, Connecticut, to be used in making golf goods, including a new golf ball in which W. T. Dale is interested. = The Neptune Rubber Co. (New York) who have been in the retail mackintosh trade for six years, are closing out their stock at No. 295 Grand street, and will remove to Nos. 23-25 Lispenard street, where they will engage exclusively in manu- facturing for the wholesale trade. = Morris& Co. (Yardville, New Jersey), manufacturers of the Morris spring-bottom duck baskets, are in receipt of a repeat order for a large number of duck mill baskets from an import- ant textile mill. They have recently supplied the Ashley & Bailey Co. (Paterson, N. J.) with a large number of bags for shipping silk and are constantly filling orders for this class of trade. = The Goodyear Rain Coat Co. have again closed out their stock of rain coats and mackintoshes at " forty cents on the dollar." This time it happened in Boston, during the week of March 9.14. — August Belmont and Charles R. Flint, stockholders and creditors of the Safety Battle and Ink Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey), on March 16 secured an order in chancery directing that concern to show cause why a receiver should not be ap- pointed. The assets of the company are said to be $53,000 and the liabilities $99000. Messrs. Belmont and Flint are equal creditors in $77,250 of the indebtedness. The company was organized in March, 1895, with $250,000 authorized capi- tal. It has a $10,000 plant in Jersey City which the complain- ants allege has been operated at a loss of $96,000. = Mr. John H. Flint, treasurer of the Tyer Rubber Co. (An- dover, Massachusetts), has been spending the latter end of the winter in the South. = Mr. Paul N. Towner, of the firm of Towner & Co., jobbers of Rubber goods at Memphis, Tennessee, was a visitor to New York and Boston during the latter part of March. = Edward H. Garcin has taken charge of the New York of- fice of the Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co., at No. 35 War- ren street, and is giving special attention to the development of the company's export trade — a branch in which they have been very successful. -W. R. Macdonald has become connected with the Enter- prise Rubber Co., and will sell "Candee" and "Federal" brands of rubber footwear for them, with the state of Massa- chusetts as his territory. Mr. Macdonald was in employ of the Stoughton Rubber Co. up to the time of the discontinu- ance of their rubber shoe department, after previously having been for yiars with the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. = The Methuen (Mass.) Rubber Co., manufacturers of insu- lating specialties, have leased the Swain factory in their town and ordered additional machinery, on account of the growth of their business. =The Milford Rubber Co. (Milford, Massachusetts), water- proofers for the trade, have decided to add to their business the manufacture of garments. = The salesmen of the Lambertville Rubber Co. (Lambert- ville, New Jersey) have started for their respective localities for the season. The company anticipate a busy year for 1903 in all different branches. Thomas Crowley, superintendent of the boot and shoe department, is pushing his patent rubber heel boot, and says the sales last year amounted to nearly 2500 pairs. A. T. Schermerhorn is meeting with success in pushing his patent sole shoe. = During the winter's coal famine all the employes of the Mercer Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) whoso desired, were supplied with soft coal from the company's stock at $5 per ton. This action averted a serious famine among the workmen and was greatly appreciated. = Two hundred and seventy shares of the Seamless Rubber Co. were offered at sheriff's sale, at New Haven, Connecticut, on March 31, to satisfy a court judgment of $22,630, against Earle Brothers (New York), in favor of the New York Com- mercial Co., a result of a suit over a consignment of crude rub- ber which, begun in 1896, has gone through many stages up to the supreme court of Connecticut. = The factories of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. were closed for stocktaking on the two last days of March, the usual spring vacation being postponed on account of the great number of unfilled orders. = Patrick J. O'Connor, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, was ar- rested recently on a charge of using the mails fraudulently. He is alleged to have advertised to sell rubber boots of any size at $1 a pair, and when a dollar was sent to him he shipped miniature boots, such as are sold for toys or ornaments. = Twelve small boys were arrested recently for the theft of $400 worth of old rubber from a freight car at Buffalo, New York, and three junk dealers, alleged to have bought the rub- ber from the boys, were arrested on the charge of receiving sto- len property. = The regular quarterly dividend of i)4per cent, on the pre- ferred stock of the American Chicle Co. and the monthly divi- dend of 1 per cent, on the ordinary shares, is payable on April 1, at New York. = Trenton Local No. 4, of the International Amalgamated Rubber Workers' Union of America, has been organized at Trenton, New Jersey, with Julius Kohlenberger, president ; E. S. Decker, vice president ; James O'Donovan, recording secre- tary ; Walter Sigley, financial secretary; and John O'Connell, treasurer. Local No. 1 exists in Chicago , No. 2, at Concord I unction, Massachusetts, has been closed, and No. 3 is at Cam- bridge, Mass. 242 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [Aprii 1903. 00,000 TIRE SUIT. Suit has been filed by the New Brunswick Tire Co. against the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. claiming damages in the sum of $300,000. It is alleged by the complainants that in 1889 an agreement was entered into by which their real estate and manufacturing plant at New Brunswick, New Jersey, were to be transferred to F. S. Smithers A: Co., brokers, of New York, act- ing as agents for the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., for $100,000, to be paid for in preferred stock of the latter concern, at par. The transfer also included raw material and manufac- tured goods, inventoried at $118,000 additional. The nature of the suit, and of the details leading up to it, are similar to those reported in another column in relation to the suit filed against the same defendants by the National India Rubber Co. THE SIEMON HARD RUBBER CORPORATION. The incorporation of this company at Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, was mentioned in our issue of March 1, since which time their plant has been put in operation for the manufacture of insulation goods from a special material of high heat resisting qualities. It is understood that the company have booked an encouraging number of orders. The officers of the company are : Carl F. Siemon, president and treasurer ; Herbert L. Smith, vice president and superintendent ; [ohn Taylor, secretary. Mr. Siemon was formerly associated with the Dickinson Hard Rub- ber Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts) as manager and superin- tendent, a position which he held for five years. The heads of departments in the new company are men who have been as- sociated with Mr. Siemon for a number of years. THE ALLING RUEBER STORES. NOYES E. Ali.ing. who for a number of years had been en- gaged in selling rubber goods at Bridgeport, Connecticut, un- der the name Ailing Rubber Co., on March 4 sold his interest in that business to the Ailing Rubber Co., of New Haven, in- corporated under Connecticut laws, May 9, 1901, with $6,000 capital. At the same time the capital stock of the corporation was increased to $18,000, all paid in. This company now owns the New Haven store, established in 1901, and the Bridgeport store. The officers are : Noyes E. Ailing, president ; Arthur E. Ailing, secretary and treasurer ; Ernest M. Jaycox, assistant treasurer. The Stamford Rubber Co., of Stamford, is a separ- ate corporation with $4100 capital. Noyes E. Ailing is presi- dent and Clarence E. Ailing secretary and treasurer. The Ailing Rubber Co., of Norwich — the parent house in this chain of stores — is owned by Wilbur S. Ailing. The Ailing Rubber Co., of Hartford, is a copartnership firm, consisting of Noyes E. Ailing and Amos P. Mitchell, who purchased and succeeded the business of the Crown Rubber Co., in December last. THE MUNGER AUTOMOBILE TIRE CO. W. Holt Apgar, who was appointed receiver for this com- pany in November, 1902. acting under an order of chancery, will offer the effects of the company at public sale early in April, the date for which has not been fixed. The receiver's inven- tory places the assets of the company at $5000, consisting of machinery, fixtures, and raw material. One of the principal creditors is the Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co. The Hun- ger company was incorporated in April, 1902. ASBESTOS INTERESTS. A party representing the New England and Canadian As- bestos Co.. a Maine corporation, the capital of which is held mainly around Fall River, Massachusetts, is now inspecting the asbestos properties acquired by the company in Canada. The party isaccompanied by Professor T. N. Dale, of the United States geological survey, who is to supply a technical report. The capital of the company is $1,500,000. G. Frank Allen is president, F. E. Hathaway treasurer, and James H. Waring secretary — all of Fall River. Fred L. Smith, of Providence, R. J., and late of the Byfield Rubber Co., is a member of the board. The lands owned are in Broughton, Beaver, and Black Lake, province of Quebec, Canada. The company originally was in- terested in the asbestos mine at Eden, Vermont, which proved a failure. UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. The fiscal year of the company, which ended on March 31, is generally understood to have been a very favorable one, as regards the volume of business done. The factories have been busily engaged throughout the year, and continue so, with large orders ahead. The annual meeting is due on Tuesday, May 19.— =The following table represents the transactions in the company's shares on the New York Stock Exchange since our last reDort : DATES. Week ending Feb. 21 Wi rk ending Feb. 28 Week ending M ,r. 7 Wrek ending Mar. 14 \Yc, k ending Mar 21 Week ending Mar 28 Common. Sales. High Low. 4 330 18% iTA 1,353 ■7', 17 2,ogo >5^ ■.993 16^ 900 16 <4 '5 ; 4 i,3cc I5M - 15 Ekepekrpd. Sales. High. Low. 3 210 55^ 54 555 54 53?g 610 5-Vs 53 1. 415 52'/ z 5' 54S 53 52 5>o 53'A s' l A RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURING CO. The sixteenth regular quarterly dividend of \)i per cent, on the preferred shares, declared out of the company's earnings, was payable on March i6.=^=The fourth annual meeting of shareholders will be held at the registered offices of the com- pany, in Jersey City, on Tuesday, April 14. Recent transac- tions in the company's shares on the New York Stock Ex- change have been as follows : Common. Preferred. DATES Sales. High. Low. [ Sales. High. Low. Week ending Feb. 21 Week ending Feb 28 Week ending Mar. 7 Week ending Mar. 14 Week ending Mar. 21 Week ending Mar. 23 17 650 4,542 6,560 3.SI5 2,222 1,246 30 28^ 23 26 3 4 26^ 2t% 28 27 25% 25 25^ 25 1,730 1,090 I,l6o 800 1,092 510 84^ 84 83 79 79 78 83^: 83 79K 78 78 77 A RUBBER FACTORY FIRE BRIGADE. The Eureka Fire Hose Co. have organized a factory fire brigade, composed of their employes, for the protection of their large plant at Jersey City, New Jersey, the " Rules and Regula- tions" governing which are printed in a neat pamphlet, a copy of which has been sent to The India Rubber World. This contains considerable data of interest to manufacturers gener- ally, and the publication as a whole is a model one. The or- ganization referred to is to consist of a chief, fire marshal, en- gineer, and six battalions, with a hose company, hook and ladder company, salvage corps, and the entrance guard. MACHINERY BELTING FREE FOR TRIAL. The offer of Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co. (Worces- ter, Massachusetts), to send, free of charge, one of their supe- rior oak tanned belts to any manufacturer who would like to test it, is attracting a good deal of favorable attention. The reputation of this fine old house is a guarantee of the excel- lence of their belting, and that they will in the minutest re- spect do exactly as they agree. Any of our readers who are interested in securing the best of belting at the lowest possible cost, would do well to write immediately to the Graton & Knight Manufactuiing Co., accepting their offer as above. April i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 243 THE RUBBER TRADE AT AKRON. BY A RBSIDBN I CORR1 PONDI N I . TO the Editor of The India Rubber World : The property of the Peop'e's Hard Rubber Co. was sold at public aution on March 16, by J.imes W. HofFert, assignee, and all the litigation growing out of the sale of the majority of the stock to Fritz Achelis and the subsequent assignment has been settled. There remains the filing in the probate court of the assignee's final account to make the People's company only a memory. After the hearing of the exceptions to the inventory made by the appraisers appointed directlyafter the assignment, which ce.'tain stockholders filed, had continued for three days before Judge Pardee, a settlement was reached on March 2. The exceptions were withdrawn and simultaneously the suits brought by the minority stockholders claiming damages be- cause of the assignment were dismissed. The papers are en- dorsed : " Settled ; cost paid, no record." It is understood that the minority stockholders received a little more than 55 cents on the dollar for their shares — approximately the same as was paid to the majority holders when the transfer of control was made in November last. There was but one bidder at the assignee's sale and the only bid was acceped. The real estate, appraised at $49,150, was sold for $80,000; the personal prop- erty, appraised at $83,737.34, was sold for $85,000. James F. Giles was the purchaser. No statement has been made as to what will be done with the plant. A part of the machinery has been removed to the Akron plant of the American Hard Rub- ber Co. [A statement regarding the transfer of control of the People's Hard Rubber Co. appeared in The India RUBBER World of February 1, 1903— page 168.] * * * Some other litigation of interest to the rubber trade was set- tled out of court here on March 18, in accordance, it is under- stood, with an agreement made in New York on the preceding day. Reference is made to three suits filed in May and June 1900, by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., against the Con- solidated Rubber Tire Co., the suits being all alike except for the amounts claimed, which aggregated about $60,000. The Goodyear company's claims were for tires alleged to have been made on contract for the Consolidated company and delivered to them. The Consolidated company alleged that the tires were not made according to specifications ; that they contained rubber of an inferior quality; and that their trade had been damaged by the marketing of these tires. They filed a cross petition for $150,000 damages in consequence. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., partially to secure their claim, attached a large quantity of tires which had been delivered to the Con- solidated company at the latter's Akron establishment. Under this attachment the tires were sold, the Goodyear company purchasing them at 31 cents per pound, although the contract price for their manufacture had been 65 cents per pound. Fur- ther the Goodyear company garnisheed money due the Consoli- dated company from several licensees of the latter, and this case was carried through various steps to the supreme court of Ohio. This case will now be dismissed, as the original cases have been in the court of common pleas. The terms of the set- tlement are not made public. The court calendar shows : " Set- tled, each party to pay one half the costs ; no record." It is understood from parties to both sides of the litigation, which has been very expensive, that the settlement cannot be called a victory for either side.=»=The litigation which has thus been ended was entirely apart from the suit of the Rubber Tire Wheel Co. against the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., for al- leged infringement of the Grant solid tire patent, though the two suits have been confounded in the minds of some people. Nothing has been done in this patent litigation since the United States supreme court on October 27, 1902. denied the applica- tion of the Rubber Tire Wheel Co. for a writ of certiorari, which, if granted, would have carried the case from the circuit court of appeals to the supreme court. * * * The tire departments of the Akron rubber factories continue to be exceedingly busy places, and the demand is unabated. There is a slightly increasing call for cheaper automobile tires, but manufacturers say there is no difficulty in maintaining prices. For high grade automobiles only the best tires are wanted, and to obtain them the difference in cost cannot be taken into account. The demand for heavy, solid tires for fire department trucks, engines, and the like is growing. The greater number of such vehicles now manufactured are equipped with rubber tires, and in some cities the municipal officers are causing the steel tires now in use in their fire equipment to be replaced with rubber. The cost, however, deters many from making the change, as they question the advisability of spending money on apparatus which may be more or less out of date. In the purchase of new apparatus rubber tires are now specified by nearly every city in the country. The proposal of a go-as-you-please automobile race from New York to Chicago, is interesting tire manufacturers. The reliability contests heretofore have been made to test the hill- climbing capacities of different machines more than anything else. The roads selected were generally good, save for the hills. A run from New York to Chicago would encounter very bad roads in places, and would probably prove the most severe test to which tires could be put. " I would like to see the pro- posed race run, though I doubt if any tire made would come out of it unscathed," said one leading manufacturer. * * » The organization of a manufacturers' association which in- cludes nearly, if not quite, all the large employing concerns of Akron and its vicinity, has been practically completed. The idea is not a new one, such an institution having been in exist- ence at Dayton, Ohio, for some time, and other such organiza- tions having been formed in a number of other cities within a few months past. The association is by no means confined to the rubber manufacturers, although of necessity it would not be a representative Akron organization if it did not include them. The purposes of the association are mutual helpfulness, and it is announced positively that worthy employes have nothing to fear by reason of its organization. The reduction of wages or oppression of labor in any manner is not contemplated, al- though boycotts and such other methods of intimidation as might be employed in case of difficulty between employers and employes will be guarded against. A secretary, whose entire time shall be given to the work of the organization, will be em- ployed. The officers have not yet been chosen, but an Akron man well acquainted with the needs of employers in general will be the secretary. * * * The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. are busy night and day in the factory which they equipped recently for the manufac- ture of their solid sidewire automobile tires. They have placed the solid tires on the drive wheels of a number of automobiles, the front wheels of which were equipped with pneumatic tires — a practice which is becoming common in this section. As nearly half of Akron's population is identified in some way with rubber, it is not surprising that two men well known in connection with the industry here should be candidates in this spring's municipal election. Joseph Dangell, superintend- 244 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1903. ent of the local plant of the American Hard Rubber Co., has been nominated for councilman-at-large by the Republicans, while Alexander Adamson, proprietor of the Adamson machine shops, is the prohibition candidate for mayor. George S. Whit- ney, a foreman in the rubber plant of the Whitman & Barnes Rubber Manufacturing Co., has been nominated for council- man from the first ward by the Republicans. The Diamond Rubber Workers' Relief Association was in- corporated on March 17, under the laws of Ohio, with a view to including in its membership practically all the permanent factory and office employes of the Diamond Rubber Co. Mem- bers will pay monthly dues, to provide a fund for sick and death benefits, and relief for widows and orphans. H. S. Rid- dle, master mechanic of the Diamond Rubber Co., has been chosen president. William Metzler is vice president ; George Rex, treasurer ; John Staub, corresponding secretary ; and H. S. Burgner, financial secretary. The employes of The B. F. Goodrich Co. have a similar institution in the White Anchor Relief Association, organized several years ago, and the em- ployes of the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co. likewise have a relief association. Colonel F. M. Atterholt, of Akron, who is reported to be concerned with negotiations for combining the leading elastic webbing concerns of the country in a new $5,000,000 company assures The India Rubber World's correspondent that the details are not yet definite enough to admit of publication. It is reported that some fourteen concerns, with factories located in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, are regarded as eligible for the proposed combination. At a meeting of the Alden Rubber Co., on March 19, M. R. Ilayne was elected a director in place of E. L. Toy, formerly vice president of the company. Mr. Toy retired from that office at the annual meeting of the company Feb. 4. He has mining interests in Tennessee which will claim his attention. No definite arrangements have as yet been made for the na- tional convention of the Amalgamated Rubber Workers to be held here in June. The local rubber workers' union will ap- point committees, however, in a short time. In the recent Republican primary election W. E. Demming, a member of the local union, was defeated for nomination as councilman in the second ward. It is but fair to state, however, that the ward does not contain a large percentage of voters who are rubber workers. Rumors are current connecting the name of C. H. Wheeler, former president of The India Rubber Co., with a new rubber factory project at Kent, Ohio (ten miles from Akron), and also with an undertaking for a new factory in Akron. Regarding these Mr. Wheeler said to The India Rubber World's cor- respondent : " It is too early to talk for publication ; I may have some information to impart in a few weeks." T. W. Miller, treasurer and manager of The Faultless Rubber Co., went to California early in March to spend a month in business and pleasure on the Pacific coast. The Camp Rubber Co. have purchased the abandoned plant of the Ashland Canning and Preserving Co., adjoining their factory at Ashland, Ohio, and are converting it into a factory for making boxes and cartons for their own use and for the trade. The Camp company are building an addition 50 X 100 feet, to be used as a milling room, and have purchased land on which a still larger addition will be erected later in the season. The Williams Foundry and Machine Co. have begun the erection of a four-story brick addition, 60X40 feet, to their plant. They have been very busy of late in manufacturing regular and special machinery and molds for rubber factories and this, more than any other one thing, makes the addition necessary, though Mr. J. K. Williams, president of the company, states that the enlarged quarters will be used for a general ex- tension of all lines of their products. C. Franz, for eleven years freight agent of the Erie railroad at Akron, has become associated with the company. H. B. Camp, president of the Faultless and of the Camp Rub- ber companies, is a director of the Lake and River Railroad Co., recently organized to construct a railroad from Lake Erie to the Ohio river. The Diamond Rubber Co. 's reclaiming plant is exceptionally busy this season. They are reclaiming much more rubber for the trade now than formerly. Mr. R. P. Marvin, secretary of The B. F. Goodrich Co., and Mr. E. C. Shaw, their general superintendent, left on March 9 to spend several weeks in Europe. Although it is the season when, ordinarily, many young men and women from the surrounding towns and country come to Akron to work in the rubber factories, desirable help continues to be in steady demand. Akron manufacturers are careful to avoid the employment of boys and girls at an age when the law requires their attendance at school. PERSONAL MENTION. MR. JAMES BENNETT FORSYTH, general manager of the Boston Belting Co. (Boston), is back at his office after a brief illness, looking better in health than he has for months, the many warm congratulations that he is receiving from the whole trade showing in what esteem he is held by all who know him. = Mr. Thomas G. Richards, superintendent of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. (Cambridge, Mass.), recently gave a very interesting lecture, illustrated with stereopticon views, on the manipulation of India-rubber as applied to me- chanical rubber goods, before the Mechanical Engineering So- ciety, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. = Mr. William J. Cable, president of the Cable Rubber Co. (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), has purchased a fine residence at Forest Hills, one of the beautiful suburbs of Boston. His brother Sam- uel F. Cable, has purchased land adjoining and will build on it. = Mr. Spencer R. Driffield, president and manager of the Consumers' Rubber Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) was a recent caller at the office of The India Rubber World. = Colonel Samuel P. Colt, Samuel Norris, and Lester Leland, of the United States Rubber Co., made a tour during the month of the mountains in the Carolinas. = Mr. George A. Alden, founder of the firm of George A Alden & Co. (Boston), spent the month of March in Florida. = Dr. Carl Otto Weber, who was summoned to this country to do certain expert work in India-rubber, sailed for England on the Lucam'a the last of February. = Mr. William L. Adams, a prominent rubber planter of Liv- ingston, Guatemala, was recently married to Miss Mary E. Cut- triss, of New York, the bridal trip being to the country of the bridegroom's adoption. = Mr. John P. Lyons, advertising manager of the United States Rubber Co. (New York) returned to his office during the last days of March, after an absence of five weeks due to illness with the grip. = Now that the public are so vitally interested in Mexico, it may be well to remark that the largest line of photographs of scenery and types, and showing manners and customs of the Mexicans, particularly in the " hot country," have been secured by an enterprising American by the name of C. B. Waite, whose address is 1st San Cosme, 8)4 Mexico City. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 245 GREAT TIRE PROMISES THAI I AILED. THE " wheel and tire manufacturing of the world " do not appear yet to have been monopolized by The Interna- tional Wheel, Tire, and Rubber Manufacturing Co , as was promised in their prospectus, quoted in part in Thk India Rubber World of November 1, 1902 [page 58]. The factory illustrated in their pamphlet, which was that of the New Bruns- wick Rubber Co. (later the New Brunswick Tire Co.), has been taken out of the hands of the company with the long name and restored to the former owners. The gentleman who, it was an- nounced, would be manager at the factory, informs us that the persons making the promise to him " placed the promotion of the concern in the hands of sharpers, and they have been made victims in consequence." The gentleman whose name appears as president in the orig- inal prospectus, and who is engaged in the manufacture of ice cream in New York, informs The India Rubber World that on accepting a position on the tire company's board, he made an investment in its shares ; he then attempted to learn what the company was doing, failing in which he resigned and suc- ceeded in getting his money back. The head of a large stove manufacturing company, who invested at the same time, was not able to draw out his money. The ice cream manufacturer states that the promoters first approached him with a proposi- tion to amalgamate the ice cream business in New York, repre- senting that they controlled §1,000,000 for investment, and they obtained options on his and other businesses. The ice cream trust failed to materialize, however, and the promoters next proposed to invest their $1,000,000 in the tire industry. The International Wheel. Tire, and Rubber Manufacturing Co. had been incorporated under New Jersey laws, with $3,000,- ooo capital authorized, and the promoters took this up. H. N. Field & Co., " brokers for the company," No. 180 Broadway, New York, advertised the shares ($( par) at 40 cents, guaran- teeing a return of 2 per cent, per week, and are known to have made some sales to ladies out of town. It was announced in the prospectus that " You can borrow upon the certificates of this company as much as you can on real estate," and it now ap- pears that, after the purchasers of stock had begun to get dis- satisfied, another concern appeared, offering to lend money on the shares— a very small proportion of their face value — and that pDSsession of the shares was thus gained by the parties originally selling them. The purchasers are now without any basis upon which to bring suits. On March 5 James B. Kellogg, who had been at liberty un- der $40,000 bail, pending an appeal from a sentence of 7% years imprisonment for his part in what is known as " the E. S # Dean swindle," of the "get-rich-quick " class, was arrested in New York, charged with fraudulent use of the mails. One item in the charge was that as " H. N. Field & Co." he un- loaded shares of the International tire company, while as " E. Rice & Co." he obtained possession of the shares again, by lending small amounts on them. Somewhat similar tac- tics were employed in the case of the " Pacific Rubber Co." fraud exposed in these pages last year, and it is not impos- sible that the same operators were engaged in the latter, which purported to be a rubber planting enterprise. A hearing in the case of Kellogg, on the affidavit charging him with complicity in the International Wheel. Tire, and Rubber Manufacturing Co. fraud, was set for March 31, in New York. An inquiry made by a representative of this journal, at the former advertised offices of the tire company, was answered by the janitor of the building : " I think all that is abolished now." The office of " H. N. Field & Co." is also closed. THE TEXTILE GOODS MARKET. MARCH has been an eventful month in textile circles. The Cotton Exchange has been the chief center of attrac- tion, and the goods market has reflected the condition of raw material so sensitively that consumers of cotton cloth have greatly restricted their operations, in the hope of a decline in prices all around. At this writing the iaw material market is off nearly a half cent from the price one month ago, but for a fortnight prices have not advanced or declined materially. The Southern spot markets have been exceedingly firm and daily reports from those quarters have encouraged speculators to favor the bull side. The strong statistical position of the staple is still very much commented upon. Each week reduces the visible supply, as compared with the total a year ago, and the mills are steadily consuming an uncommonly large amount of cotton. Prices have been high enough to draw cotton from the south and it is understood that nearly 30,000 bales of low grade cotton are now en route to New York for delivery on March contracts. Following figures show the price of spot cotton at the various ports at the close of each week in March : New York. New Orleans. Liverpool. March 7 9 95c. 958c. 5.221/ March 14 IOC. 5-3 0. B. O 6J2 cents. Forty-inch Majestic B. B 6J^ cents. Forty-inch. Elcaney 5}^ cents. Thirty-six inch. India 5?s cents. 246 1HE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1903. REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. CURRENT quotations correspond very closely with those presented in this column a month ago, though mean- while lower prices have prevailed at times, with a less firm market than at present. The decline referred to reflected the situation at Para, where, on account of very large arrivals at Manaos, together with unfavorable news from the consuming centers, a feeling of apathy prevailed, causing a smaller demand and lower values. With more free buying for consumption, however, there has been an improvement in prices in all centers, notwithstanding the heavy receipts at Manaos which followed the removal of obstacles to the shipment of rubber from the Acre district. This district is an important contributor to the supply of what is known as Purus rubber, and political conditions there have a direct bearing upon the yield of this grade of rubber. In 1898 the official estimate of the Acre output was 2000 tons ; in 1899 it was 1 150 tons ; and in 1900 not more than 800 tons, the de- crease being due to the attempts of the rubber collectors to segregate the region of the Acre from Bolivia, and form a sep- arate republic. The failure of this attempt was followed by an increased rubber production, — amounting to over 2000 tons in 1901 — which again declined during the recent troubles between Brazil and Bolivia, one result of which was the closing of the Amazon to shipments from the Acre from August last to Feb- ruary 20 of the present year. There is no means of knowing how much rubber awaited shipment from the Acre on the last date mentioned, and this element of the present season's crop remains a matter for conjecture. It would not be surprising, however, if the total arrivals up to June 30 should equal those of last year, which were the heaviest ever recorded. Arrivals at Manaos for the first seven months of the crop year indicated a shortage of 2164 tons compared with the same period of the preceding year, but by the end of February this shortage had been reduced to 755 tons, since which time receipts have con- tinued in good volume. Arrivals of India-rubber (including Caucho) at Para during each of the last three crop years have been as follows, in tons, in addition to which is given a column comparing the receipts of the present year, up to the end of each month, with those of last season : This year's 1900-01. 1901-02. 1902-0^. Crop. To July 31 S60 1.260 1,290 30 more To Aug. 31 2,150 2,550 2,660 no " To Sept. 30 3.43° 4.490 4-33° 160 less To Oct. 31 5.780 7.130 6,610 520 " To Nov 30 7>98o 10,100 9,260 840 " To Dec. 31 11,300 13.630 12.250 1.3S0 " To Jan. 31 13.740 17-490 14.740 2.750 " To Feb. 2S 17,030 20,870 19.500 1,370 " To March 31 21,820 24.530 '23,260 '1,270 " To April 30 24,350 26,670 To May 31 26.(124 28,750 To June 30 27610 30.000 [* To March -3, 1903.] It is not alone from the Amazon valley that good arrivals have been reported. Early in the year attention was called to the small stocks at Antwerp and the comparatively small re- ceipts for several months preceding. The Antwerp statistics which appear on another page indicate that arrivals from the Congo are becoming greater, but in spite of this prices for Congo sorts are being we'll maintained, and as this paper goes to press it is understood that the bids in hand for the large inscription sale at Antwerp of March 31 are fully up to the bro- kers' estimations on the rubber to be exposed. Bids for large amounts, as usual, have been sent from the United States. Consumption in all the leading countries is well maintained and in this connection it may be of interest to note the volume of imports from all sonrces into the United States during the first eight months of several fiscal years: 1899-00. 1900-01. 1901-02. 1902-03. Pounds 33,032,662 31,999,711 32,891,798 34,519,484 Arrivals at New York continued on a large scale, the receipts from Para alone exceeding by 500,000 pounds the receipts in the same month of last year. Reports from the rubber fac- tories in every branch are that they are exceptionally busy. New York quotations on March 30 were: PARA. Islands, fine, new 87 (888 Islands, fine, old @ Upriver, fine, new.... 90 @gl Upriver, fine, old 95 (896 Islands, coarse, new.. .56 @57 Islands, coarse, old... @ Upriver, coarse, new. .72 (1173 Upriver, coarse, old. . . @ Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 54 ©55 Caucho (Peruvian) ball 67 @68 AFRICAN. Sierra Leone, istquality78 (879 Massai, red 78 @79 Benguella 65 @66 Cameroon ball 60 @6 1 Gaboon flake 37 (§38 Gaboon lump 40 (0)41 Niger paste 20 @2i Accra flake 20 @2i Accra buttons 58 ©59 Accra sirips 59 (860 Lopori ball, prime. .. .81 (882 Lopori strip, do ....79 (5 80 Ikelemba 82 (383 Madagascar, pinky.. . .77 (878 Late Para cables quote : Per Kilo. Islands, fine 5*550 Islands, coarse 2$700 CENTRALS. Esmeralda, sausage. . .67 Guayaquil, strip 61 Nicaragua, scrap ... .66 Panama, slab 54 Mexican, scrap 66 Mexican, slab 54 M angabeira, sheet ....51 EAST INDIAN. Assam . Borneo . GUTTA-PERCHA. Prime, red Prime, white Lower grades 75 Reboiled, prime 75 Reboiled, inferior 10 Balata, sheet 63 Balata, block 52 Pontianak (in quanti ties) Almeidina Tuno gum Chicle „;6H lal,2 Oil,-; @55 (867 @55 @52 @2 25 (81.50 t and 3s. qi£d. forward. Negroheads quiet, with sales of scrap. \s. I 'Ad. @ 3 1 V'' ; old Camel as at 2s. bd. ; and Islands, 2s. *d. Peruvian : Sales of fine at 3. 9%d. Juilalti— Venezuela block : 120 bales retired at is. per pound. CEYLON RUUBF.K l\K\ QUALITY.) February 27, sales at auction, 28 packages. Fine thin biscuits, 3s. tod. @ 4s. i)4d. ; scrap, 3s. @ 3^. 4%d. March 13, sales of :g packages. Fine thin biscuits, 4*. 2d. @ 4s. 2'.,,/. ; thicker squares, 4*. ; fine pale scrap, 3*. s}+d. @ 3s. c r 4 d ; mixed scrap, 3s. (A 3s. 3 l ,^d. [The highest quotation here equalled $1 02J2 per pound, while best quotations above for rubber from Para equal 92'^ cents per pound.] L vverpool. On February 27, at the Liverpool court of bankruptcy, a re- ceiving order was made out on the petition of S. Kramrisch and Frederick Stern, trading since 1894 as Kramrisch & Co., India- rubber merchants, at The Albany, Old Hall street, Liverpool. At a meeting of creditors on February 24, a statement was read, Irom which it appeared that there were liabilities of ,£111663 1 is., and assets only estimated to produce £7089 iSs. 1 id., leav- ing a deficiency of at least .£104.573 12s. id. [ = $508,920.62]. The greatest sufferers are certain banking houses who have been advancing money or rubber. William Wright & Co. report [March 2] : Fine Pant. — In anticipation of heavy receipts, prices declined some- what at the eatly part of the month ; this decline was further helped by the failure of a local dealer. The market has since recovered, and closes firm at id. per pound above prices ruling at the end of last month. Manufacturers must bear in mind that we are now near the end of the heavy months' receipts, and that the present statistical position, coupled with an active demand and a decided shortage in medium grades, will justify a further advance in the near future ; this advance, in our opin- ion, is extremely probable. In Para and Manaos the market has been extremely active at advancing prices, closing with strong buyers of Up- river at the parity of 3*. lo e rnambuco .33 113 " Medium -■:.■.■: 3 |f ^ ■ Manicoba 036233- Negroheads 25 53 " Ceara 321 113 Hamburg. For me advancement of Hamburg as a rubber market, the firm of August Bolten, successors to William Miller, ship-brok- ers, Hamburg, has induced the Hamburg-America Line and the Hamburg- South America Steamship Co. to establish a regu- lar service to and from North Brazil (Amazon river, Para, Manaos, Ceara, and Maranham). After the English steamer lines have withdrawn from the Continent, after a stubborn com- petitive fight, purchases of rubber can be made now much cheaper in Hamburg and Havre than in Liverpool, as the Ham- burg companies are bringing the rubber direct from Para and 248 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April !9°3- Manaos to Hamburg and Havre, and, according to contract with the English lines, at the same freight rates as there to Liverpool. In purchasing rubber at Liverpool, therefore, a surplus of freight from there to Hamburg or Bremen has to be paid, amounting to from 8 to 9 marks, which increases the price of a ton of rubber considerably. The needs of rubber can therefore be rilled now cheaper in Hamburg than in Liverpool. — Gummi Zeitung. Antwerp. To the Editor of The India Rubber World: During last month two rubber sales took place, the first of which, on February 13, embracing about 50 tons, influenced by a tempo- rary weakness of the Liverpool market, showed somewhat ir- regular and partially lower prices. The regular monthly sale on February 20 indicated a stronger tendency of the market. The small quantity offered — 152 tons — no doubt contributed to this result, and prices were 2% per cent, above valuations. The more important lots sold were: Valuation. Sold at 35 tons Aruwimi francs 8. 05 8.40 12 •' Aruwimi 8.40 S.45 30 " Mongalla, strips 8.30 8.47^ 13 '• Vengu (Upper Congo) 8.75 8.75(88.80 On March 6 there was sold to arrive, per steamer Anversville. 1 55 tons Lopori, at very full figures, viz.: 120 tons first grade at 9.15 francs; 15 tons second grade at 8.65 francs; and 20 tons third grade at 8.35 francs, per kilogram. The last prices paid for Lopori I had been 8.30 @ 8.50 francs, on December 19 last. The next monthly sale has been announced for March 31, the quantity to be exposed amounting to 450 tons, of the usual Congo sorts. The smill sale on March 13. when 26 tons were offered, be- sides 30 to 40 tons to arrive from now until the end of June, passed off without noticeable change in prices. The Anvers- ville arrived yesterday from the Congo, with 517 tons, of which 151 tons of the Lopori mentioned above have already been sold, so that the available quantity to be sold in April amounts thus far only to 366 tons. C. schmid & CO. Antwerp, March 13, 1903. REGULAR SALE OF MARCH 31. Marcher & Co. report the broker's estimations for the fol- owing principal lots to be exposed on the above date : 11,234 kilos Kassai red I francs 9.15 9,890 " Kassai red (second Loanda type) 8.40 13,152 Kassai black (very good condition) 8.75 3,635 " Kassai (Sankuru) ball 865 8,575 " Congo Djuma ball 7.50 9,791 Lower Congo —cakes from thimbles 7.25 17,498 '• Lower Congo — thimbles, medium 4.25 10,886 " Lake Leopold II — small cut pieces 8.75 27,847 Lake Leopold II — large pieces 6.90 24490 " Upper Congo — ordinary 8. 80 70,655 " Upper Congo — Uele 8.25 ii.iSi " Upper Congo — red twists 865 18,225 " Upper Congo Aruwimi — clean and strong 8.70 42,100 '" Upper Congo — ordinary 8.60 29.669 " Upper Congo — Uele strips 8.35 26,855 " Upper Congo — Aruwimi good quality 8.60 3,586 " Lower Congo thimbles 5,25 21,903 " Upper Congo Mongalla — small strips clean 8 45 5,045 " Katanga balls and cut balls 8. 9,504 " Upper Congo Isangi 7.75 5g4t " Conakry niggers 8.50 1,04s " Soudan twists 8.75 6,637 " Kamerun cut pieces 8.40 4,150 ' Mattogrosso virgin 9.25 RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. Feb. 19.— By the Albertville, from the Congo: Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 142,000 Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs) 2,600 Do (Societe Isangi) 14,000 Do (Societe Anversoise) 25,600 Do (Societe Special Katanga) 5,900 Societe Coloniale Anversoise.. (Beige du Ilaut Congo) 7,300 Do (Cie. de Lomami) 4,000 Do (Slid Kamerun) 6,700 Do (Various parties) 4.000 Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux.(Cie. de la N'Goko) 1,100 Cie Commerciale des Colonies (Cie. Krancaise du Congo) 1,300 L. & \V. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kassai) 17,000 231,500 March 12. — By the Anversville, from the Congo: Hunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 255,000 Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs) 16,800 Do (Sociee Anversoise) 10,000 Do (Comite Special Katanga) 5.300 Do (Societe Isangi) 1.700 Do (Sultanats du Haut Ubangi) 1,500 Do (Societe " La Koto") 800 Societe A B I R (Sold to arrive) 151,000 M. S. Cols (Societe L'Ikelemba) 1,000 Societe Coloniale Anversoise . (Society La Lulonga) 7,300 Do (Various companies) 1,000 Do . . .(Cie. de Lomami) 15.000 L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kassai) 38,000 Societe Coloniale du Baniembe r.ooo Societe Agricole & Commerciale de l'Alima t ,400 Charles Dethier (La Haut Sangha) 2,300 Do (Societe Belgikal 2,200 Do (Cie. de la M'Poko) 2,800 Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux (Cie. de la Kadeia Sangha) 1.800 Do (Cie. de la l'Ekela Sangha) 800 Evrard Havenith (Andrea) 600 517,300 [Equal to 1,13.5,060 pounds.] ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JANUARY. Details. Stocks, Jan. I . .kilos Arrivals in January.. Congo sorts Other sorts Aggregating., Sales in January. . . Stocks, Jan. 31. . . Arrivals since Jan I. Congo sorts Other sorts Sales since Jan. 1 . . '903. 658.105 171,860 136,541 35.319 ' 829,965 69^,830 '3-1. '35 1002. 414.709 636,243 613,876 22.36; 1,050,952 407.253 643,699 171,860 636.243 136,541 613,876 35,3i9l 22,367 695,830: 407,253 614 03Q 543.626 443.073 100.55; 1,157,665 509,034 648,631 543.626 443.073 100,553 509.034 291. go 1 475.870 430.996 44.SS4 767,871 225.773 542,098 475.880 430,996 44,884 225,773 1899. 203.340 285.833 255,4 "2 30,421 549-'73 250,662 298.511 285.833 255.412 30,421 250.662 ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY. Details. Stocks, Jan. 31. kilos Arrivals in February Congo sorts Other sorts 1902. Aggregating... Sales in February. . . Stocks, Feb. 28 . . j Arrivals since Jan. ij Congo sorts I Other sorts 134,135 545,813 47?. 7U 1 72,100] 679.Q48! 204,410 643,699 607.OI5 587.293. 19,822 1,250,814 265.994 648,631 459. 6 32 43'. 42. . 28,207 1,108.263 327.163 475.538 984,820 781.100 717,073 610,254 107,419 Sales since Jan. 1 . ., 900,240 r. 243. 358 1,201.169 4J,lS , 1,003 258 874,498 128,760 673.247 836,197 542,098 884,156 7X2,413 I7",743 1,426,254 807,454 618,800 1,360,036 1,143,409 216,627 1899. 1,033,227 298.511 226,031 202,646 23.-.S5 524,542 274,231 250,311 5H.864 458,058 53.806 524,893 Para. An agreement to settle the Acre dispute without arms hav- ing been reached by Brazil and Bolivia, the suspension of free transit of Bolivian goods on the Amazon, which had existed since August 8, 1902, was removed by the Brazilian govern- ment on February 20. 1903. Pending arbitration, rubber from the Acre will be regarded as Bolivian rubber in transit — and hence not subject to the Brazilian export duty — though the decision on this point by the central government of Brazil April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD J:4i» was strongly opposed by the state governor at Manaos. Mean- while the proceeds of the export duties levied in the district of production will be divided equally between Bolivia and Bra- zil. A correspondent writes regarding certain rubber which, after paying duty to the Bolivian authorities, was again taxed at Manaos: "The duties imposed upon transit rubber by the Manaos authorities have not yet been refunded, partly perhaps on account of the impecuniosity of the Manaos exchequer, which, despite its large revenue, suffers from chronic exhaus- tion." IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK [ The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.] March 5. — By the steamer Dominic, from Manaos and Para : L. Ilagenaers &Co Total . 4,300 2,400 . = t/,700 903,600 185,300 298,300 77,900=1,465,100 March 13. — By the steamer Polycatp, from Manaos and Para: 84,200 105,300 28,300= 530,400 20,000 77,100 67,500= 315.700 29,800 61.500122,300= 2,100 49,000 = ■ ••■ 45.5W = 2, coo 7,oco 9,900= New York Commercial Co. 312,600 . Arnold 151,100 A . T. Morse & Co 66.500 William Wright & Co 13.600 1 Slates Rubber Co Kdmund Reeks & Co 1 1 .400 I. Ilagenaers & Co 11,000 10.400 llagemeyer & Brunn 1,600 10.300 280,100 45.500 30,300 21,400 1 1 ,900 Total 567,800 138,100 366,100228000=1,300,000 March 23. — By the steamer Hubert, from Man.ios and J'ara : Importers. Fine. New York Commercial Co. 341,000 A. T. Morse & Co 259,100 Poel & Arnold iqS,400 United States Rubber Co William Wright & Co 34.600 I nvtence Johnson & Co. 31,600 Kdmund Reeks & Co 24,500 Hagemeyer & Bmnn 10,100 Medium. 68,100 58,500 44,900 2,800 5,000 3,700 2,300 Coarse. Caucho. 105,300 13,100 = 74,500 27,800= 45,900 15,100 = 34,100 21,900= 17,200 = 5,000 = 9,400 = 4,500 . ...= Total 527,500 419,900 304,300 56,000 54.600 41.600 37,6oo 16,900 A T.Morse & Co 203,300 New York Commercial Co 205,100 Poel & Arnold 128,500 Kdmund Reeks & Co. llagemeyer & Biunn.... United States Rubber Co. 1.. Ilagenaers & Co William Wright & Co.... I3.4W> 23,200 700 7,000 52,600 32,700 58,200 3,400 6,400 700 89,300 26,800= 63,800 8,300 = 55,700 15.300= 9,400 42,300= |,2« 8,IOO = 41,100 I.. 7.300 = 3,200 = )72 000 309,900 257,700 68,500 41,900 43,000 15,000 3,200 Total 581.200 154,000 274,000102,000=1,111,200 [Note.— The Amasonenst is due at N-'w York on April r. with 555 tonsof Rub- Ij.-i and »s tons t'aucho 1 11,500 PARA RUBBER via EUROPE. POUNDS. \i M.Tiiti.— BytheCitvo/ pT««Mnoton=MollendOi New York Commercial Co. Fine).., 7,000 New York Commercial Co. (Coarse). 1.000 8,000 M IRCH 13.-By the 4Ih'vt/-Mexieo: E.Stelger&Co 1.000 Graham, Hlnkley SCo 1.500 HarhnrgerS Stack 1,000 Theliaud Brothers 500 F.Probst&Co 1.000 Wi Hard, 1 1 awes & Co P00 II. Manniartlt & Co 1.200 L. N.ChemedllnS Co 500 7.300 March 3— By the 4lMi=0artag< J. H. Rectuiagel S Co Jimenez & Escobar l.'-00 Lawrence Johnson & Co 1,600 Kunhardt S Co 300 A. D. StrausS Co 100 8.100 March 5— By the Bu_fron= Bahia : BoothSCo 4,000 M Mien G— By the City of W,ishi:i l it'in=Co\ou: SamperSCo 9.800 G. Amslnck & Co 7.400 KoldanS Van Sickle 3.500 L. N. CheiaedlinS Co 3,600 V TRALS Continued. Ilirzel. Feltman & Co Sllva Bussenlus 8 Co - .... 2,400 Isaac Brandon & Bros. . American Trading Co 2.100 A. H. Capen Sons 2, ion Lawrence Johnson SCo ... 2000 Plza, Nephews SCO 1 9no Andreas & Co 1 000 W.R.Grace SCo 1.300 Dumarest & Co .... 1,300 Kunhardt SCo LOO E B. Snout 1.200 EggersS Helulein . .... 1.100 Everett. Heanev & Co 400 .1. Menendaz&Co 400 Fer Antwerp 3.800 51.300 March 9.— By the <•■ <7uba=Mexlco: 11. Marquardt & Co 2 600 American Trading Co 1,000 Samuels &Cummings 600 Sml there, Nordenholt SCo 7oo March 9.— By the Um hrla = Liverpool : Poel S Arnold 400 200 3.(00 CENTRALS— Continued. B.N.TIbbals&Co Samuels & Ciinimings M I 23.— By the Corbu Cas(ie=Babla: .1 B. Rossbach S Bros 20,000 Booth .St Co 8 000 28,000 MARCH 21 By the ri/=Qreytowr E. B. Strout 5.000 G. Amslnck SCo... . 1.500 A. I) StrausS Co 8,600 C. WesselsftCo 100 March 11.— By the Beve((u8=Babla: J. II. Rossbach .t Bros March 13. -By the Allianea^Colon : Hlrzel. Feltman & Co 5,000 G. Amslnck & Co Egeers S Helulein Fldaiique Bros. S Co ■llnienet S Escobar Joseph Hecbt 300 9,500 March 13— By the GermantesLlverpool 1 George A. Alden S Co MOO Poel & Arnold 2.200 11,500 MARCH 14. — By the Esperanza = Mexico : 1.400 1. ion 900 R00 300 Harburger S Stack American Trading Co E. Steiger S Co E. N.Tlbbals « Co. 2,500 500 7110 500 5,200 March 16.— By the It>ernfei=Llverpool: Otto Meyer 18.000 Mari 11 16 By the Com«s=New Orleans: Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co 5,ooo W. Loaiza s Co 8,000 A.T. Morse SCO 2.500 Eggers & Heinleln 500 11,000 MARCH 17.— By the a;, >o-=Savauilla : SamperS Co Lawrence Johnson Graham, HlnkleySCo 2.000 600 8,000 M Mtcit 17— By the PiuiIiuicion: Poel & Arnold ... 38, 1 Feb. 27.— By the 7>otiia = Llsbon: George A. Alden S Co 22,500 March'2.— By the Celtic= Liverpool: George A. Alden SCo 11,500 A. T. Morse & Co 7,000 PoelSArnold 2,500 21.000 March 2.— By the Pennsiylt>ani=Si ngapore: Poel* Arnold 165,000 .1 11 Reckoagel * Co 95, tieorge A. Aldeu & Oo 50000310,000 March 12 By the C'ioj/do/i=Slngapore: William Wright St Oo 280,000 C, orge A. Allien & CO 50,000 330.0C0 March I9, -By the AfoffulasSlngapore: Poel St Arnold .... 180,000 Robert Branas St Oo 200,000 William Wright St Oo 200.000 \ Uden&Co 35,000 eis.ooo GUTTA-PERCHA AND BALATA. (■MINIS .—By the Bot?ic=Llverpoi 1: Lawrence Johnson & Co 11,600 Feb. 31 . — By the fndrairndi=8lngaporo: Robert Branss & Co 12,500 March 1.. By the AJ(im«:ij)olis=Londou : To order 20,oon Makcii t; —By t lie .4(ti=Trluldad: (Jeorge A. Alden & Co .. . 7,000 Baley, Billing St Co W0 7,500 March 2t.— By the Cedric= Liverpool: New York Commercial Co 3,000 To Order 2,000 6,000 CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS. PORT OF NEW YORK— FEBRUARY. TmpOTtS .* POUNDS. VAI HE. India-rubber i,573.3.»4 (3,376.101 Gutta-percha 34,-iik 18.780 Uutta-jelutong (Pontlanak) . . 9433511 '.'9,094 Total 5,551,122 S3.418.95') Exports : India-rubber 42,676 830.008 Reclaimed rubber 52.867 6 310 Rubber Scrap Imported. . 1,142,032 $66 577 BOSTON TRR1VALS. POUNDS FEB. 6 —By the S)jlran;a = Liverpool : Poel Si Arnold— African 2.200 FEB. 9 —By the Cnmbrian = London: Poel & Arnold— Balnla 10,600 Feb 16— By the intra = Liverpool: Poel & Arnold— African 00 FEB. 18.— By the UKoiiiai^Llverpool: Poel & A'nold— African 9,800 Feb. 25— By the P~ir0inian=London : George A. Aklen & Co.— East Indian... 2,600 Feb. 25.— By the Varferland^Anrwerp: George A. Alden & Co —African .... 167.944 [Included in New York arrivals. February 18. J Total Imports 219,312 [Value, $139,577.! FEBRUARY EXPORTS OF INDIA-RUBBER FROM PARA (in Kilograms). 1000 KILO3RAMS=2204.6 POUNDS. EXPORTERS. UN'ITED STATES. EUROPE. TOTAL FINE. MEDIUM. COARSE. CACCHO. TOTAL. FINE. MEDIUM. COARSE. CACCHO. TOTAL. S2,74o 92,388 50,728 5.698 34.862 34 019 14.99' 5,671 32,978 316.938 1,804.126 32.470 24.266 76.530 3-015 q.640 5,78o 20,689 1.553 96^,192 I. 142,140 702.613 2,724-574 11,050 5,S74 27,740 167 1,360 1,930 241,21 1 209,332 157.954 649,906 84,840 208,463 S4.4OI 33 920 17.371 4,235 16,121 7.156 242,629 699,141 573.902 2. 172. 215 3.470 9,920 1,200 5.431 217,535 237,656 123.847 78,623 440,126 128,360 242. 07S IS8 671 47,022 28,371 13.145 36,810 14.195 1,669,617 2,368,269 1,558,316 5,625,318 9 S5I.903 36.3SO 65.O48 37,000 2,078 2.702 23,504 7,246 3-724 10,631 119,166 1,153,258 5,100 5 874 5.320 215 170 4,351 4,35S 933 22,91b 142.477 29,260 11,376 3,200 2,505 3.634 6,164 2.887 12,000 IO.OgO 5,2oS 2S.356 211,100 334,466 Singlehurst, Brocklehurst StCo. 5,698 81.884 Denis Crouan & Co 62,390 28,136 1.947 42,481 Direct from Iquitos 15.333 60,605 140. 4S6 6.081 114,251 362,905 533.8qi 137,234 500,474 1,176,599 47,173 316,938 3,473,743 Total for February Total, July- December. . . . 1,466,637 693.727 4,OII,602 6, 171,966 192 214 79.698 609,423 277.397 265,732 t,II3,862 2.475.139 1.176,391 6,235,361 4,843.408 2.734.707 11,860.679 Total. Crop Year 4.569.327 1,097,192 3445.25S 881.335 1,656,991 9,886,891 19,438,794 OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF CRUDE INDIA-RUBBER (in Pounds). UNITED STATES. GREAT BRITAIN. MONTHS. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. MONTHS. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 5,881,341 6,273,939 4.448. 7S5 5.528,330 191,006 I72.I06 364.742 268.225 5.690,335 6,101,833 4,084,785 5.260,605 5,278,784 4.702,208 5,819.856 4 552,g76 4.229,344 2,965,200 2,674,672 2 965.616 1,049,440 I.737.C08 3.M5.I84 1.627,360 GERMANY. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. MONTHS. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. MONTHS. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. January, 1901 3.OI2.020 2,5Sl,920 2,256,760 2.885.0S0 1,161,360 1,056,000 400, 1 80 1,410,860 t.85O,60O 1,525,920 i,S56.5So 1,474.220 260.920 223.960 140,800 220 220 440 260,700 223,740 140,360 NOTE.— German statistics include Gutta-percha, Balata, old rubber, and substitutes. States embrace the supplies for Canadian consumption. Austrian figures include Gutla percha. The exports from the United AlTII I, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XXI WILLIAM T BAIRD. PRESIDENT ROBERT B BAIRD. VICE PRESIOCNT RUBBER TRADING COMPANY 38 murray street, new York. TELEPHONE: 1924 CORTLANDT CABLE ADDRESS CHAUNBAIR NtW YORK and BOSTON boston Office: 161 SUMMER STREET Telephone: 1599-2 Oxford Crude Rubber, Reclaimed Rubber, Gutta Percha and rubber manufacturers' supplies. washed or massed rubber supplied to the trade General Selling Agents for the Manufactured Rubber Co. of Philadelphia. II / when you write. THE MANUFACTURED RUBBER CO. main office: 828 drexel building. Ph iladelph ia. works: metuchen, n. j. Pennsylvania R. R. manufacturers of RECLAIMED AND SUBSTITUTE RUBBER. Our Special brands of SHEETED RUBBER, which are Superior FOR MOLD AND PRESS WORK, ARE THE " FOREIGN," "DOMESTIC 11 AND "MEDIUM." ALSO A SPECIAL PLANT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORIDE OF SULPHUR. Mention The India Rubber World when v«u write. \VHITEltAl) , PRMI had co. WHITE LEAD , PICKSfl IL»I) CO Rubber Manufacturers desiring the best lead pigment will find Sublimed White Lead most satisfactory for Standard Tire Stocks— and for all other Stocks where toughness and resiliency is desirable and necessary. For samples and prices address picher lead CO., FOR THH EAST: 100 WILLIAM STREET. NEW YORK. FOR THE WEST: WESTERN UNION BUILDING, CHICAGO. £3*233 W HTTEUAD PICHtR LEAD CO. / \ nCHtR Mention Tlte India Rubber World when you write. XXII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. Best Made. Mention The India Hub er World when j/au write. April i, 1903-] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XXIII Holden, Leonard & Co., 72 Lincoln St., Boston. Rain-proof Cloths in large variety of fabrics and styles. New plant completed. Cloths treated for the trade. Correspondence Invited. Mi mtion The India Rubber World when you write. Milford Rubber Company, PROOFING HEADOUARTERS ' TRIPLEX GOODS such as COTTON COVERTS DUCKS, etc. Also all kinds of DOUBLE AND SINGLE TEXTURE GOODS skirt bindings, etc. : : Office: No. 65 ESSEX STREET, BOSTON. Factory : Milford, Mass. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when you write. Conant Rubber Co., DRESS SHIELDS, NURSERY and HOSPIT AL SH EETING. Offices; No. 170 PURCHASE STREET, BOSTON. Factory: SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when you write. Yerdon's Improved Double Hose Band.... SiriPLE, STRONG, SURE. Send for Sample and Prices. WILLIAM YERDON, - Fort Plain, N. Y. M ention Tlicln dia Rubber World when you wri te 'ALL ABOUT INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA" PUBLISHED BY FERGUSON. IN CEYLON. $1.75, prepaid, at The India Rubber World office. Nerv-eze" Rubber Heels Ease the Nerves. Mechanical Goods, Mold and Press Vn nrk. Ill 1 Proofers of Cloth For the Trade. ELECTRICAL and BICYCLE TAPE Manufactured b\ PLYMOUTH RUBBER CO., -~ r < » l iill ION mass. BOSTON: 503 Washington Street. Nl W YORK: 40 East 14th Street Mention the India Rubber World ■ write. SYRINGE BOXES OF WHITE WOOD, BASS, OAK, ASH, &c. FINE WORK-. LOW PRICES PROMPT SHI PM ENT. Estimates and Samples Furnished on Application. ALSO ANY OTHER KIND OF FANCY WOOD BOXES made to order. Extensive Facilities enable us to Guarantee Satisfaction. Henry H. Sheip Mfg. Co. 1702-10 RANDOLPH ST, - PHILADELPHIA. PA Mention The India Rubber World when you write D. C. HALL & CO., 86 LEONARD ST., NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF WATERPROOF STOCKINET, DIAPER SHIELDS, BIBS, SHEETS and SHEETING, BATHING CAPS, HATS and HOODS. DRESS SHIELDS, Etc. . . THE . . . SUBMARINE 1 patented) "ill P«tlflT.!j Kraplh. Hair Dry. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. The Atlas Chemical Co. NEWTONVILLE, MASS. MANUFACTURERS OF SULPHURET OF ANTIMONY FOR THE RUBBER TRADE. Mcntum the liului Hubber World wlien you wrttt XXIV J HE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. Where you see that Trade Mark on Bas- kets you can know they are right. : : When once used alway* used. Our repeat orders tell us this. : : : : Mention J'/u- India Rubber World when you write. William R. Thropp, Manufacturer of Rubber Washers, Grinders and Refiners Automatic Jar Ring Lathes. Hydraulic Steam Presses, Vulcanizers. Moulds and Special Machinery. Bicycle Tire Moulds a Specialty. TRENTON, N. J., U. S. A. Mention 'Pie India Rubber World when you write. MOULDS Especially Vehicle Tire Houlds ALSO Hydraulic and Hand Presses, Ring and Disc Cutting Machinery, Tubing Machines, etc. THE WILLIAMS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO., Akron, Ohio. Mention The India Rubber World whi n you uTite. STEAM PRESS FOR Mechanical Goods. HYDRAULIC OR KNUCKLE JOINT. Write for Prices. f 336 West Water St., ' SYRACUSE, N. Y Mention The />/<> Rubber World when umt lvrife. Embossing Calenders FOR Artificial Leather, Table Oil Cloth and Carriage Covers. Drying Machines with Copper Cylinders for Cotton Duck, Drills and Sheeting. The Textile-Finishing Machinery Co., PROVIDENCE, R. I. Mention Hie India Rubber World tuhen you write. W. B. SMITH WHALEY & CO., Mechanical and Mill Engineers, 1012 TREMONT BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. 1328 HAIN STREET, COLUnBIA, s. c. ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION A SPECIALTY. Parties interested in electric driven machinery are invited to correspond with our Boston Office. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. Wherever Belting is used the PORTER BELT CLAMP will pay for itself in a very short time. Cutting Dies, Moulds, all kinds Roll Engraving, ^"W 1 Steel Stamps, etc. THE HOGGSON & PETTIS MFG. CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN., U. S. A. AientUm The jroxoi HubOe* n c/r..u when yuu write- April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xxv Ks*We Manufacture Our Products by Mechanical Means.-®* THE BLOOMINGDALE SOFT RUBBER WORKS, Manufacturers ot THE FINEST GRADES OF Reclaimed and Devulcanized Rubber FOB Manufacturing and Mechanical Purposes. BLOOIYIINCDALE, Iff. J. Mention lite India Rubber World when you write. ESTABLISHED 1859. THE LIVERPOOL RUBBER COMPANY, Ltd. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. DE mar The highest grade of Rubber Boots and Shoes, "Liver" and "Ideal" Canvas Shoes, etc., etc. High grade Mechanical, Engineering and Mill Work, Railway Springs, Valves, Buffers, Sheets, Insertion, Rings, Bladders, Deckles, Printers' Blankets, Hose, Belting, Mats, Packing, etc., etc. Cycle and Carriage Tires, "Lockfast " pneumatic, single tube, cushion and solid. India Rubber Thread. CHIEF OFFICE: 292 VAUXHALL RD., LIVERPOOL, and at 34 Aldermanbury, London, E. C, 20 Rue des Marais, Paris, 333 Kent St., Sydney, New South Wales. Factories: Vauxhall Road, and -Walton, Liverpool. MentVm Ui', India Rubber ll'i/rtd when you uTite. :-' , n THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. THE NEW CENTURY RUBBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Reclaimed Rubber Facilities: New factory: machinery, our own design. Quality: We claim flexibility, strength and durability. The results of twenty-five years' practical experience. We guarantee our product to be absolutely free from ingredients that are in any way detrimental to the life of manufactured rubber goods. WORKS: Address all communications to office : EAST BURLINGTON, N. J. 515 drexel building, Philadelphia, pa. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. ESTABLISHED 1848. TOCH BROTHERS, 468-470-472 WEST BROADWAY. - NEW YORK CITY. MANUFACTURERS OF Rubber Colors, Pigments and Chemicals BRILLIANT TILE RED GREEN for cold and hot cure BALLOON RED BLACK YELLOW WHITE BUFF BROWN MAROON SPECIAL COLORS FOR TILES. If you want any special color made to order, communicate with us. [f you are interested, send to us for copy of the " Chemistry of Raw Materials," which wdl be mailed to you gratis. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. RUBBER FLUX. QUR Rubber Flux works as its name sug- gests. It fluxes refractory mill-stocks, increases their capacity for pigment absorption and assists milling to a remarkable degree. It prevents blooming and does not sweat or blow. Pronounced by experts the most useful and economical rubber substitute ever produced. Has been thoroughly tested and is generally used. Samples sent on application. Address " Rubber Dept." MASSACHUSETTS CHEMICAL CO., 170 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. "SPECIAL" for the Rubber Trade. The New Jersey Zinc Company, 1 1 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. April i, 190.1] '(HE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XXVII • YPKE $C KING, INDIA RUBBER CHEMISTS, ETC. OFFICES, 47 WILSON ST., FINSBURY SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND. J JOSEPH CANTOR, A0ENT IN u - s - WALLACE BUILDING, 56-58 PINE ST., NEW YORK. RUBBER SUBSTITUTES, FINE CHEMICALS FOR RUBBER WORKING. GUARAN T EED RELIABLE, AND NOT TO VARY. CRIMSON & GOLDEN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SULPHURETS of ANTIMONY. Mention The I l when you write. PURE- SOFT ESTABLISHED 1841. INCORPORATED 1897 Bergen Port Sulphur Works ORIGINAL MANUTACTUItEEa OF PURE SOFT SDLPHDR PBXPARSD ESPECIALLY l"OH Rubber Manufacturers. T. &S. C. WHITE CO., 28 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. Mention Tlte India Rubber World when you write. First Qualities. <^esN Brand. ANTIMONY GOLDEN SULPHURET Always contains same constant percentage of Kree Sulphur. Actien Ges. Georg Egestorff's Salzwerke, Linden, near Hanover, Germany. Mention The India Rubber World when you H. L. TERRY, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry. Analytical and Consulting Chemist. HEADQUARTERS FOR AUL, GRADES of Coal Tar Naphtha and Benzol. Samples and prices on application. CHEM. DEPT., BARRETT MFG. CO.. Philadelphia. SULPHDR BROOKLYN SULPHUR ftUrniS. Manufacturers c' Double Refined and Sublimed FLOTJB SULPHUE Especially adapted tolhcuseof RUBBER MANUFACTURERS AND WARRANTED FREE FROM GRIT. BATTELLE & RENWICk 163 Front St.. New T„ r u. New Process Pitch from Long Leaf Pine E. B WEED & CO., Fayetteville, North Carolina. Mention JTu India Rubber World when you write. 10 GRADES Light Amber, Dark, Black Absolutely free from Pyroligncous Acid Send for Mail Samples Is open to be consulted on all matters relating to the technology of India-rubber, and to conduct Analyses of Rubber Goods. ....... Laboratory : Chemical Analysis of Crude materials and Rubbei ds; Insulating, Waterproofing, Hose, Tires, Shoes, Heels, Gaskets, M;its, Bands, Packing, Belting, Unvulcanized, Vul* canized. Sulphur. Mineial fillei ined. Substitute. Reclaimed Rubber stock. [Member Am. Chem. Soc.; M S. C. I., London; M. D. C. Gesell, Berlin.] DURAND WOODMAN, Ph. D., ANALYTIC AND TECHNICAL CHEMIST, 127 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK Mention Th H PHILIP McCRORY, TRENTON, N. J. Wholesale Dealer in SCRAP RUBBER. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR NEW AND OLD, CURED AND UNCURED SCRAP RUBBER OF ALL KINDS. 3 Mar P kTt°?l D ao A E VI MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. Second-Hand Rubber Mill Machinery Bought and Sold tfpntUm 7'tir Tndia Ruhhr* Worhi *nh*n unit w*iJ* and RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' SUPPLIES. THE STAHFORD RUBBER SUPPLY CO., STAMFORD, Conn. P CARTER BELL, General Manaf W. F ' reasurer. World when you write. SUBSTITUTES XXVIII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903 established isso lftbilabelpbia IRubber Works IReclaimeb IRubber flbbilafcclpbta IX 5. H. foreign "Representatives : Jfor Oreat .IGntain Ikubn & Co., 31, Xonil\irC> Street, Xon&on, £• C. ffor the Continent lb. fl>. flDoorbouse, 29, IRue Bes fl>etites=Ecune», Paris. Mention The India Rubbrr World when you write. April r, 190^ 1 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xxix ESTABLISHED 1855. ■ I^V Geo. A. Alden & Co., I ndia= Rubber (Crude) OTTO HEYER, IMPORTERS OF New England Representative, India Rubber and Gutta Percha, A T Morse & Co 170 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON. ' '■ M Id when you New York. No. I6l Summer St., BOSTON, MASS. Telephone: 543 OXFORD. Cable Address : MYERO. 1 1 I tbbi r World when you BARATA & SALVADOR, GENUINE FOSSIL FLOUR. Caixa Postal 380, = HANAOS (Brazil). IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANTS. SPECIALTIES IN Rubber, Balata, Cocoa, Piassaba, Hides, Egret Plumes, Balsam of Copaiba, Andisoba, Tonka Beans, Vanilla, Brazil Nuts, etc. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. rhe FOSSIL Fl.nUR produce I and sold only by the FOSSIL FLOUR COMPANY is taken from the only known LIVING deposits. It is mined, purified and reduced to an impalpable powder by a process which is the invention of our Company. This process gives our Fossil Flour a soft smooth texture which has never been equalled. To insure getting material free from i^rii or impurities, reliable for uniform results, order direct from THE FOSSIL FLOUR COMPANY, No. 229 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. PEQUANOC RUBBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Reclaimed Rubber by an improved mechanical process, without the use of acids, or alkalies. A strictly high-grade superior product, absolutely bone dry, clean and reliable at all times. Factory and Office! BUTLER, NEW JERSEY. Telephone: 16 Butier. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. «i-SAMPLES AND PRICES ON APPLICATION. RAYMOND RUBBER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF HEW YORK OFFICE, 60 BROAD STREET. RECLAIMED RUBBER, OFFICE AND FACTORIES. TITUSVILLE, NEW JERSEY. NEW JERSEY RUBBER COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF RECLAIMED • RUBBER, Auxiliary Plant for Trimmings, daily Capacity of 20,000 Pounds. Total daily Capacity 45,000 Pounds. !■■■ fTffirr and Factories, LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. XXX THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. ESTABLISHED 1856. WILLIAM SOMERVILLE'S SONS, 3, COOPERS ROW, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 118-120 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK, U. S. A. SCRAP RUBBER. CABLE ADDRESS 'LIVERPOOL MAYFLOWER. /NEW YORK SOMERVILLE. Menii '.hi India Rubber World when you write. CODES : ' A. B. C. I LIEBERS. ESTABLISHED 1890. CABLE ADDRESS: BERSANDO, PHILA. CODES, ABC. 4TH ED , AND PRIVATE. E. BERS &, CO., flISSION MERCH SCRAP RUBBER, Commission merchants and dealers in NEW YORK HOUSE, 10 DESBROSSES ST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 22 AND 24 So. DELAWARE AVE., PHILA. Mention Die India Rubber World when you write. WM. H. CUM MINGS * SONS BUY AND SELL RUBBER WASTE. Cable Address, P. O. ltox 732. USITMOSQCE. 54-56 Harrison Street, New York, U. S. A. n !':>':■ India Rubber World when }/">i write. THEODORE HOFELLER & CO., Nos. 98, 100 and 102 TERRACE, BUFFALO, N. Y., U. S. A. FOREIGN AND DOnESTIC CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Cable Address, HOFELLER, BUFFALO. A. B. C. and Lieber's Codes Used. LARGEST DEALERS IN OLD RUBBER IN THE WORLD. Mention the India Rubber World when you write. FEIST STRAUSS, , M por TE r of RECLAIMED RUBBER. exporter or WASTE RUBBER and OLD GOLOSHES, Zeil 23, FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, GERMANY. Cable Address: " CrUtta- Franhfurtmain." A li C Code, Lieber's Code. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Mention The India Rubber World when you utrite. S. BIRKENSTEIN & SONS BUY AND SELL SALOMON BROS. * CO. 99 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. All kinds of RUBBER SCRAP All kinds of RUBBER SCRAP, 48-50-52 Michigan St., CHICAGO ■ ■■' India Rubber World when > <»i write Boots and Shoes, Solid and Pneumatic Tires, Air Brake Hose, Buffers, Heavy Rubber. Mention The India Rubber World when vo\t u*rite. BOUGHT OLD RUBBER SOLD CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. W. C. COLEMAN 212 SUMMER ST., BOSTON, mass. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xxxi THEO. S. BASSETT, President. MAN I OEWENTHAL, Treasurer. R. A. I I IAL, Vice I WA1.1 ER T. ROSEN, U. S. RUBBER RECLAIM Manufacturers of RECLAIMED RUBBER. Offices: No. 127 DUANE STREET, NEW YORK. V * ^ * lit" ; ; fi ? * j 1.3 1 I 1 *C I jjUs ' FACTORY A I BUFFALO, N. Y. FACTORY No. I, SHELTON. CONN. FACTORY No. : SHELTON, CONN. NEW ENGLAND REPRESENTATIVE: OTTO MEYER, No. 161 Summer Street, Boston. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: WM. SOMERVILLE'S SONS, 3> Cooper's Row, Liverpool, England. Great Britain and the Continent of Europe. G. BRICE, 92, Rue de la Victoire, Paris, France Seul Agent Depositaire. France and Belgium. Mention The India Rubber K'ortd when you write XXXII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 1903. Say! Mr. Rubber Man- Couldn r you do better work if you could depend absolutely upon your Tubing Machines for a steady and a plentiful flow of Compound ? If you had Royle Tubing Machines you'd never worry, for they're an antidote for all the woes that the maker of Rubber Goods is heir to. Write and ask about them, for we have the machine you want. JOHN ROYLE & SONS, Paterson, N. J., U. S. A. Mention The India Rubber World when you write CLARK'S Reliable Tubing Machine FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER TUBING AND CORD, "S-j ^And also the Covering of Electrical and Telephone Cables. MANUFACTURED IN 4. SIZES BY EDRED W. CLARK, Machinist, Rubber Moulds and Rubber Machinery, Screw and Hydraulic Presses a Specialty No. 31 WELLS STREET, HARTFORD, CONN. mention The India Rubber World when ynt write. *-r JENKINS BROTHERS' VALVES. Perfectly tight under all pressures of steam, oils or acids. Warranted to give satisfaction under the worst conditions. Received the CtC\\ H MFHA! at the Pan-Amcri- Highcst Award UVL17 ITILUML can Exposition. Insist on having the genuine stamped with Trade Mark. JENKINS BROTHERS, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago. "MASON Reducing Valves ARE THE WORLDS STANDARD VALVES. For automatically reducing and Absolutely maintaining an even steam ot air pressure. They are adapted for every need and guaranteed to work perfectly tn every Instance. THE MASON REGULATOR CO. Boston, Mass.,VJ.Jt BY RETURN MAIL Subscribers can learn where to buy any article or class of goods from the manufacturer, publisher or importer per conditions page one, each issue. On trial six months 10 cents. None free under any pretext. GENERAL INFORMATION, 307 Main St.. Binghamton. N. Y. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xxxin BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, DERBY, CONN., U. S. A. Oldest and Largest Makers of RUBBER MILL MACHINERY in the United States. THREE ROLL CALENDER. CALENDERS - CRINDERS - MIXERS WARMERS - WASHERS - REFINERS HYDRAULIC PRESSES - HOSE MACHINERY SPECIAL MACHINERY Mention The India liubbcr World when you write XXXIV THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. AMERICAN TOOL & MACHINE CO lOS BEACH ST. BOSTON MASS. Double and Single End Spreaders, Doubling Machines, Churns, Etc. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES. B23S23E2BS2 Mention The India Rubber World when you write Our New 2 Tubing Machine is provided with thrust roller bearings and cut gears and is just right for small work A. ADAMSON, AKRON, OHIO. Manufacturer of Screw and Hydraulic Presses, Accumulators, Jar Ring Lathes, Tubing Machines, Wringer Roll Grinders, Band Cutting Machines, Wrapping Machines, Cement Mixers, Molds, Steam Traps, etc. U fht India liubber World when you writ* Handwork is costly and inaccurate. Anything that the hands can do can be done by Machinery. No Problem is too Difficult for us. Do you want a Machine for any Purpose in Rubber Work? Write to us and we will Produce it. WELLPIflN SOLE GUTTING WHINE 60.. MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. A. M. Stickney, President. Edward Brooks, Treasurer. Mention The fndin Ruhber World when you write. Rubber Molds and Light Special L HACHINERY |J Flat Plate Molds for Soft Rubber Goods. Matrix and Dies for Hard Rubber Specialties. Satisfaction (juaranteed Prompt Delivery. EXCELSIOR MACHINE WORKS, R. H PROBERT, Proprietor ^^2c:T^o2sr, ohio. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. (9 nSM April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xxxv ESTABLISHED 1848. Farrcl Foundry and Machine Co., Largest Manufacturers in the World of - Rubber Machinery. ANSONIA, CONN., U. S. A. FRANKLIN FARREL, PrES CHARLFS F. BLISS, Tre»s FRANK E HOAOLEY, SEC MULTIPLE HYDRAULIC PRESSES From 12 to 48" square. CALENDERS, GRINDERS, MIXERS, CRACKERS, WASHERS, WARMERS and REFINERS. HYDRAULIC BELT PRESSES, with Hydraulic Stretchers, MULTIPLE HEEL and SCREW PRESSES, PUMPS, ACCUMULATORS and FITTINGS. LINOLEUM MACHINERY— Calenders, Grinders, Mixers, etc. Cabling, Winding, Spooling and Measuring Machines for Insulated Wire. Chilled Iron and Sand Rolls of all sizes, Steel and Wrought Iron Rolls. Shafting, Machine Moulded Gearing, Friction Clutches, etc. Mention T?te India Rubber World when yuu write. xxxvi THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. $1,500,000 TEN YEAR 6 FIRST MORTGAGE SINKING FUND GOLD BONDS of THE CONSOLIDATED UBERO PLANTATIONS COMPANY DUE JULY 1, 1912 INTEREST PAYABLE JAN. 1 AND JULY 1 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, ISOSTON Bonds issued in Coupon Form With Privilege of Registration as to Principal. Each $500 Bond Carries with it $500 of Stock AS A BONUS 1)1 RECTORATE ARTHUR W. STEDMAN, President. Ofthi eorge A. Alden & Co , Imporl i ude Rubber, Boston, Mass. FREDERN I HOOD, I lent. Treasi H I Rubber Co., Boston, Mass E. II, NKI'.KKKk, . Former Treasurer of the I nited States, [ndianapolis, Ind. WILLIAM l> OWEN, D I Secretary of State of Indiana, [ndianapolis. Indiana, SENOR rHOMAS MORAN, M ml the Itouseof Deputies and Director ol the New V'ork life Insurance > o in Mexico. Mexico 1 lily, Mexico. si nOR BERNARDO REYES, D Pnminenl Financier, Son of the present Minister of War of the Republic, Mexico City, Mexico. CIIAR1 ES V. MUEHLBRONNER, Director Proprietor Iron City Produce Co., Importei eign Fruits, Directoi German National Bank and Western Savings Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa. [X order that the bond holders and stockholders may have as wide a representation as possible, an Advisory *■ Board, composed of twenty-one representative business men, has been formed. These gentlemen will pass upon all questions of importance and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors as may seem warranted in each case. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) of this allotment of bonds, is offered for cash and the remaining One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) on 45 monthly payments. Each payment as made, is secured by issuing to the purchaser a 6 per cent. First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Note. These notes recite upon their face that when a purchaser has $500 worth of them he may exchange them for One (1) $500 6 per cent. First Mortgage Gold Bond at the INTERNATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Boston, and receive, at the time of exchange, an equal bonus of stock. The business of the Company is the growing and marketing of all tropical products, including Oranges, Lemons, Grape and other Citrus Fruits, Yucca, Coffee, Rubber, Pineapples, etc. The bonds and notes are secured by a First Mortgage upon all the assets of the Company, real and personal, including 6000 acres of land, 1600 of which is under cultivation ; a General Store, Merchandise, Residences, Ad- ministration Building, Starch Mill, Pineapple Cannery, Tin Can Factory, Bank, Laborer's Quarters, Warehouses, Live Stock, Mules, Cattle, etc., etc., together with all the necessary equipment and machinery to carry on the bus- iness of the Company. The present actual cash value of the property is $1,011,062.50. The money realized from the sale of bonds now offered will be used for further development and acquirements. The property is located in the richest agricultural district of Mexico, on the Tehuantepec National Railroad, equi-distant from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Yearly Estimated Profits : Guaranteed Interest on Bonds 6 per cent. ; Estimated Earning on Stock 3 per cent. ; Total 9 per cent. As more development is made and as more crops come into bearing each year, it is confi- dently expected that the earnings will gradually increase. , We desire to call attention to the fact that the management of THE CONSOLIDATED UBERO PLANTA- TIONS COMPANY has financed a number of similar propositions in the past. Notably among these are UBERO PLANTATION COMPANY OF INDIANA Pol, IS, now in its fourth year and which has paid successively 10, 15 and 2.0 per cent, the last three years. Also, THE UBERO PLANTATION COMPANY OF BOSTON, which paid a 10 per cent, dividend December ;, 1 , [901, and lias declared a dividend of 10 per cent., payable December 31, 1902. Both of these properties are contiguous to those of this Company. The proposition to the public is a very simple one. You purchase of the Company one bond for each $500. You can make this purchase for cash or at the rate of $5 or more per bond, per month. The Company gives you a First Mortgage upon all of its assets, real and personal, to secure whatever money you invest in its bonds. These bonds are due in ten years, but as 70 per cent, of the net earnings each year are paid to the INTERNA- TIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Boston, Mass., for the redemption of the bonds, some bonds will be redeemed on the first day of each January. This is decided by lot so that your bond may be redeemed on the first day of any January. With each $500 bond which you purchase, the Company gives you $500 of stock as a bonus, so that when your bond has been redeemed, you still have your investment in the Company represented by your bonus of stock, which has not cost von a single cent of your own money. The stock issued as a bonus to the bond purchasers is now earning 3 per cent., and naturally participates more largely in the earnings of the Company after the bonds have been paid, because none of the profits of the Company will then be required to pay interest on the bonds. So that, if no further development was made this same stock will then earn 9 per cent. This, however, must of necessity increase as new crops come into bearing. For further information, prospectus, copy of legal opinion as to the validity of issue of these bonds, or for blank forms of application, apply in person or by letter to THE CONSOLIDATED UBERO PLANTATIONS COMPANY, No. 89 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Arm i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xxxvii" Price $10. PREPAID. Crude I\ubber and Compounding Ingredients. A Text Book of Rubber Manufacture. By HENRY C. PEARSON. It is often a great convenience to bave .it hand, in convenient form t'>r refer* nc< . a book that will remind a man of something which he needs t" make use of in his work or business, without wait- ingto ransack his memory for it no mattei how well he may once have learned it. "CrudeRub- ber and Compounding Ingredients" lias been de signed to serve just such a purpose. Intact the book was a gradual development of a manuscript reference book originally compiled by the author for his personal use alone. Finding bow conven- ient it was to be able to turn to such a book, instead of having to depend on memory alone for the in- formation it contained, the idea suggested itself that possibly others interested in the rubber indus- try might find these notes equally serviceable, .and this is why they have been developed into a book. The reception of the book has been encouraging, and it may interest some who do not yet possess a copy of the book to know how some practical rub- ber workers regard it. A. superintendent writes: "It is a work that I want on my desk all the time, as it is surprising how often one wants to refer to it." The manager of an important concern writes of the book : "Its value has grown on me ; I now keep it by me in the factory and use it constantly, both for reference and suggestion." THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO., No. 150 Nassau Street, .... New York. SPECIALLY ADAPTED for all purposes in Rubber Manufacturing State your REQUIREMENTS and we will be pleased to give you the results of our 15 years experience. HOHMANN & MAURER MFG. CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A. Send for Illustrated Catalogue R. London : New York : 57 I), Hatton Oarden, E. C. 85 Chambers St. Chicago: I 19 Lake St. THE RUBBER TRADE CAN SAVE MONEY EVERY DAY — in telegraphing orders for goods, or in responding to orders, by using the RUBBER CODE, Containing about 22,000 words and phrases, relating distinctly to the trade, and code addresses of leading houses in all branches of the Rubber Trade through- out the world. It is international in scope. It can be used in connection with any standard telegraph code system not containing Official Vocabulary words beginning with the letter A. Every Rubber man is invited to give it an ex- amination. The price is TEN DOLLARS PER COPY. PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CABLE DIRECTORY CO., No. 17 STATE STREET, - NEW YORK. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. VACUUM DRYING MACHINES. STATIONARY AND ROTARY. Sheet and Shoddy Rubber and Chemicals ran be I tried in a Few Hours at Low Temperature. No Oxidation, Burning, 01 Melting of the Material, Large I Irving Capacity of Several Charges per Day. Exhaust Steam or I lut Water for Heating. No other Drying System so Economical in Time, ipace, and Steam. ~i £ ■a —J AMERICAN VACUUM DRYINO MACHINE CO., WORKS: NEW HAMBURGH, N. Y. Testing Station and Office: 120 LIBERTY ST., N. Y. CITY. Our Laboratory Vacuum Apparatus is suitable lor Practical Drying Tests. WARNING: INFRINGEMENTS ON OUR PATENTS WILL BE PROSECUTED. MentUm The India Rubber World when you write. XXXVIII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1903 Small advertisement ^Department SITUATIONS OPFN. SUPERINTENDENT wanted, familiar with all department ol manufac- ture of Rubber Footwear, capable ol ting machinery, etc., and capable of superintending pi ed Ad ^ 1 ire of The India Rui be r w ori.d. | 362 ] w vNI In. — An experienced man to take 1 imeni foi weav- 1 ottoi) jackets foi rire Hosi I I foi atisfactor) man State pre- vious experience an 1 \pectcd. Address |ai ket 11 can I Hi India Rdhbfr Woki.ii. [?<■"] WANTED. — Man who thoroughly understands the manufacture ol Golf- Balls ami is capable of fittinj I irting a factory ibr the same. Address B.. care of The India Ruisiii r. World. I i' 1 ' 1 Wanted for liurope. FOREMAN perfectly familiar with the manufacture of rubber shoes and especially with complete knowledge of mixing varnish and the vulcanisation. Address GALOCHE, care of " The India Rubber World." SITUATIONS WANTED. DRUGGISTS' SI NDRIES.— A man of unquestionable ability in manu- facturing Mechanical Rubber Goods, Druggists' Sundries, and Tires of all de- tions, wishes to form new connection ; willing to assume all r sponsibili- ties and guarantee the besl of results compatible with given facilities. Best of references from last employers. Address Self K:, \'G re ol I'HE India Ri 1 1 1 1: World. [366] FORI MAN would like to change to go with some respectable firm; is thoroughly competent on all sorts of Molded (mods. Wrapped and Lathe WorU, Rolls, Tires, 'lulling, and Tacking of every description ; also Kelts, Hose, etc. ; has over 22 years' experience; formulas of an) grade, and some rare specialties; is strict and able to handle help in up to date methods, in all ils branches. Address Foreman, care of The India Vorld. [363] GERMAN RUBBER WORKER, specialist in all branches of technical engineering necessities, having a thorough experience of u years ; eight weeks in this country ; seeks early employment. i German references. Address, A in 11 1 Sandig, care of The India Rupbfr Wi >ki d. [37°] MECHANICAL ENGINEER.— Young inan who has had experience on Rubber Machinery would like a position with a Rubber factory. Referent es furnished Address X Y. Z., care of The India Rubber World. [368] SI I I \ 1 Ii IN wanted by an experienced man on Mackintosh and all kinds of Rubber Surface Goods. Understands 1 'ompounds, Spreading, and Vulcan- izing ; capable of taking full chargi 1; years' experience. Address 1 om 1 in NHS, care of THE INDIA Rl BBER WoF lie T >65] SPREADER MAN. — Work wanted by an experienced man in waterproof- ing iactory, on Knglish Spreaderor Yank I lier, 01 any other spreading work. Address Spread - ! r, can ol The India Rubber World. | 564] SUPERINTENDENT. — A young man of 20 years' practical factory and business experience wants position as Superintendent of factory making me- chanical Goods, Tires of any kind, or Druggists' Sundries. Also acquainted with Hard Rubber making. Able to lake lull managemenl of huge Iactory. I '[i to date in office systems, as well as Machinery, Methods ol I onstruclion, I 'ompounds, and handling of men. I lave new and patented proi ess lor mak- ing continuous length solid vehicle tires with two or 'more wires, that is simple and economical, reducing cost 5 cents or more pel pound. Now employed bul would change under right conditions am] prospei ts, at moderate compensation. Address T6 Be, care of The India Rubber World. | [30] SUPERINTEND! N'T. — Wanted, positii >n as Superintendent of Mr. hani- cal Rubber Goods factory. Have had 22 years' experience in all lines of rub- ber goods ; am capable Manager with executive ability; have all kinds of compounds, thoroughly competent and a hustler. Rest of references. Address Hustler-, care of The India Rubber World. ;>7 SUPERINTENDEN 1 —Wanted by an efficient practical man. a position lo superintend the manufacture of Mechanical Rubber 1 mods. Tins, and Railway Supplies. I have Al compounds, and best methods for producing goods economically. Open for engagement now ; best references. Address Railroad, care of The India Rubber World. i WANTED. WANTED. — A good Vulcanizer. Stale size and price. Address Box S02, STAM1 IIRD, I !ONN. [359] WANTED. — <»n nd hand Mixer; chilled rolls. Can use most 1 indard size Give lull description of same and price Address E. I.. I'. , care of The India Ri i.i.ek World. [3°9] WANTED. — One small second hand Rubbei Grinder. Send description and price to Edred W. I 1 akk, ;,i Wells street, Hartford, (unn. [372] FOR SALE. ALL KINDS RUBBER WASTE.— We sell at low price, pure unvulcanized Rubber Scrap from Cement Waste. Write for free sample Best cash prices paid for rubber scrap and waste. Old Wringer Rolls bought and sold a specialty UNITED STATES Waste Rubber Co., No. 4S7 N. Warren avenue, Brockton, Mass. Ii iR SALE u write The STURTEVANT SYSTEM. RUBBER DRYING is rendered positive by a forced circulation of warm air. The time is reduced one-half and the product improved. The same sys- tem, giving thorough ventilation, is used for heating fac- tory buildings, offices, etc. B. F. STURTEVANT COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS. New York. Chicago. Philadelphia London. 284 Mention The India Rubber World when you write. Vulcanizers of all sizes, CRLENDERS, GRINDERS. JTliXERS AND WISHERS, Hydraulic and Screw Presses, Hydraulic Pumps and Accumulators. THOS. F. STEVENSON, 120 LIBERTY ST., NEW YORK. Correspondence solicited. Several second-hand Calender? and 1 Grinders for sale. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when you vrrile. RUBBER SUBSTITUTES. Our Proofing Substitute is recognized and adopted as Standard by the Trade. WE MAKE ALL KINDS OF SUBSTITUTE TO ORDER— A SPECIALTY. BONNER MANUFACTURING CO., 160=162 High Street, Boston, Mass. Aleut;,, i, The India Rubber World when you write. April i, 1903.] XLI STJN. HON. TTJES flMiblisbers'pacic cA VISIT TO THE "RUBBER PLANTATIONS. Beginning with the May issue of The India Rubber World, there will appear the first of a series of articles, entitled "A Trip Through the Tierra Caliente," which will be a record of the personal observation of the Editor din- ing a recent trip to the rubber plantations in southern Mexico. The articles will be well illustrated, and will describe typical plantations and the various conditions that surround the pioneer work in the country named. A Calendar for Advertisers. The calendar for the current month which appears on" this page is commended to the attention of advertisers in The India Rubber World who may desire a change in their announcements in the forth- coming issue. We have always hesitated to fix any arbitrary rule as to the latest date in the month on which advertising copy will be received, for reasons may develop, just before the printing of the paper, to make a change of advertisement desirable. At the same time, it will add to the con- venience of the business office if those who intend sending in advertising " copy " will consider, not the latest date on which it can be handled, but the earliest date on which it can be furnished. It has happened that copy for changes has been received so late that, in attempting to accommodate our patrons, the issue of the paper has been delayed, while in other in- stances it has been necessary to delay printing the change for a whole month, to another issue. It would be desirable if changes for any advertise- ment now standing in the paper, in- tended for our May issue, should reach us not later than April 23 — the date marked on the calendar here with. Mr. Pearson "Buys Mr. Pearson's Book. The following order, though not addressed precisely in accordance with our firm style, reached The India Rubber World office without delay, and it is to be hoped that the book referred to, which has been despatched to South Africa, will arrive as promptly at its destination : department of agriculture, natal. Pietermaritzburg, February n, 1903. Gentlemen: I shall be glad if you will kindly forward to this 1 Encl o. office a copy of the book "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients," for which I enclose an order. Please render your account to this office on form " B " thereof. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your Obedient Servant, A. N. PEARSON, Director of Agr culture. No, OFFICES: 150 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK APRIL * 1903 1920 2627 21 WED. THTJ. FRL 8AT. 1 2 8 10 11 12131415161718 28 29 30 Messrs. Pbarson, Ltd., 150, Nassau Street, New York, U. S. A. A Subscriber Who Wants Ebery Number. The manager of The English and American Rubber Co., I.ille, France, in renewing his subscription to The India Rubber World, writes : " I hope this money will reach you safely, as I would not miss one number of your valuable paper." v-. : pa** A Book that is " Up to Date." " We failed to appreciate from the advertisements of ' Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients ' that it was really so well up to date as in examination of your book has shown it to be. We should suggest that in future advertisements of it, you emphasize the fact that it embodies the latest practice in the rubber industry." For the Rubber Man's Library. A hound volume of I'm. India Rubber World containing the twelve monthly numbers issued during a year not only contains more reading matter than can be found-in any other book devoted to India- rubber and allied interests, but represents the work of more persons qualified to write upon these topics and covers a wider range. The India RUBBER World for the twelve months ending September 1, 1902, contains more than the usual number of articles of a practical character on the processes and factory equipment of the rubber industry, from the pens of experts. There are also many articles, illustrated as a rule, describing new applications of rubber. The paper is a complete record of the important news of the trade during the year in all lands — relating to the establishment of new compa- nies, changes in old ones, election of officers, financial reports, etc. The reports bearing upon the market con- ditions of crude rubber are explicit and accurate. The paper is also a complete record of progress in rubber planting. Among other features of the paper is a record of United States and foreign rubber patents. This information may be of most value as supplied month after month to our subscribers, but much of it is worth preserving for future reference, and for this purpose the journal should be in bound form. The price of these volumes is $5 each, prepaid. Vol- umes for former years can also be supplied. From a Rubber Planting Company. To The India Rubber World — Gentlemen: We were pleased to receive a copy of your publication, and wish to subscribe for the same. The magazine is one of great interest to us, and will prove of consid- erable value in carrying on our business. ----- Yours very truly. THE LA LUISA DEVELOPMENT CO. Chicago. Praise From a High Source. To The India Rubber World— Gentlemen : Your paper has been rec ommended to me by Messrs. David Williams & Co., of The Iron Age as the best journal that deals with the rubber trade. I would, therefore, like to subscribe for your journal, and also advertise in it. Send me rates. Yours truly, Toronto. Ontario. "The India Rubber World" for Home Reading. A letter to The India Rubber World from an important rubber factory in Germany says : " We are subscribers to your estimable journal, but wish to subscribe for a second copy, to be sent to the private address of our Director ' [after which follows the address.] " Please let us know how much the subscription, including postage, amounts to." 22M2425 XLII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [Al'RIL 1903. Recording Thermometers $1,200 a Year for Life Secured by Small Monthly Payments. Crude rubber is to-day worth twice as much years ago Everybody knows thai 1 pound of rubb< than a bushel oi wheat. Its uses arc constantly an ' ed from yeai to j eai , Every industr ineh_ ol p for it, foi "in' h nothing else will answer, h is as indispensable to oui modern ctviliza- ivheal 01 coal or cotton. Vet its producti son the same primitive and uncertain basts that it was on the d ij whi is eat first ni.nU- rubbei a commercial possibility The world's present inadequate supply of crude rubber is gathered by lapping wild rubbei ti e scattered hei e and . the jungles ol American tropics. The iguorantand im- provident natives who ire engaged In this pursuit invariably '* tap to death " the trees m I, because of the climate, by white supervision. Because they have to penetrate farther and farther into the jungle each year, at an added outlay ol time and money, and iu the supply of the wild trees, in answi r to the incessantly increasing demand, is rapidly vanishing, the price of crude rubber has doubled iu the tast.decade. \ Rubber, indispensable as wheat, or cotton or coal. American manufacturers alone consume annually sixty million pounds of crude rubber worth at least forty million dollars. Yet the supply falls short of the demand. We have 6175 acres of theJinest rubber land in the world and with the finest climate. < >n this land we are changing the production of crude rubber from the primitive and destructive method now employ- ed by the natives to the most scientific and eco- nomic plan known to modern forestry. An acre of rubber trees brought into bearing on our land will produce a net income of Irom $200 to faoo a year for more years than you can possibly live. These figures are not paper estimates and thev are not ours. They are based on results now actually obtained in scientific rubber culture and they art proven by the most reliable sources of information in the World :— the Government reports of the United States and Great Britain. ■J) \\i You cannot name any article of world wide use whose production has undergone so radical a devel- opment as we are now engaged in without vastly enriching those interested in the change. The remarkable opportunity is now open for securing shares in this great enterprise, each share representing an undivided inter- est equivalent to an acre of land in our orchard, r There is no large cash down payment, as the purchaser pays for the land ir. modest monthly instalments running over the de- \ elopment period. Kvery possible safeguard surrounds this^investment. You are fully protected against loss in case of lapse of payment or 1:1 case of death, and you are granted a suspension of payments for nine- ty days at any time you wish. Furthermore, we agree to loan you money on your shares. If we cati prove to you that five shares in this investment, paid for in small monthlv instalments, will bring vou an average return ol rWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. ON YOUR MONEY DURING THE PERIOD OF PAYMENT, and then bring you MONTH FOR MORE THAN A LIFKTIME, we could not keep you out. Send us $20 as the first monthly payment to secure five shares; J40 for ten shares; $100 for twenty-five shares ($4 per share for as many shares as you wish to secure). This opens the door for yourself, not to wealth, but what is far better, a compe- tent y tor future years, when perhaps you will not be able to earn it. We already have hundreds of shareholders scattered through forty states, who have investigated and invested. Our literature explains our plan lully and concisely, and proves every statement, It will be sent to you immediately, on request. Mutual Rubber Production Co. 91 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. R)R Vulcanizers. Hade with extensions to go through wall of vulcanizer and register without the opening of door. rianufactured exclusively by HELIOS=UPTON CO., PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS. Mention the India Rubber World when vou write. R Coffee L UBBER AND WOFFEE LANDS. T^HE Mexican Land and Colonization Company owns several hundred thousand acres of land suitable for Rubber and Coffee in the State of Chiapas, Mexico. The majority of the coffee plantations in Soconusco now pro- ducing largely were originally purchased from this Company also La Zacualpa and other rubber plantations. For further particulars apply to 0. H. HARRISON, Spreckels Annex, 713 Harket Street, SAN FRANCISCO. Mexican Lands. TO individual purchasers or plantation companies I will sell at rock bottom prices Rubber and Tropical Plantation lands in the states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, and Chiapas, in tracts to suit, from 1,000 to 1,000,000 acres. All statements as to title and value guaranteed. I have 1,000 000 acres of heavily timbered rubber lands that I can subdivide if desired, in the heart of the Rubber, Mahogany, Cedar, and Tropical Woods country on the largest river in Mexico, with a magnificent saw milling and manufacturing site. It is proposed to cut off the timber, — taking care of the Rubber trees now growing and planting new ones, that will in a few years make a magnificent rubber forest at practically no cost. Address — J. J. FITZGERRELL, la. San Francisco, No. 7. Mexico City, Mexico, or M. M. FITZGERRELL, 810 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XLI1I BUYERS' DIRECTORY OF THE RUBBER TRADE. CLASSIFIED LIST OF MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN INDIA-RUBBER COODS AND RUBBER MANUFAC- TURERS' SUPPLIES. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. .NAMK. •AQ« Adamson, a xxxrv Akron Commercial Co x\ Akron Rubber Works xix Allien RubberCo 1 Allien Sl'ii.,(ieo. A xxix American Hard Rubber Co xv Aineni'iin Tool & MacblDe Co.. .xxxn American Vacuum lining Machine Co XXXVII Atlas Ob leal Co ..xxm Austen, Peter T xxx\ in Bailey SCO., U.J xrv Banlgan RubberCo . Jm XVI Barberton Rubber wks 1 BarataS Salvador ^ix Barret 1 Mfg.Co x.\\ n Battellefc Reuwlck xx\u Hers & Co XXX Bit kensteln £ Sons, S XXX Birmingham Iron Foundry . . ..xxxm Bloomtngiiaie soft Rubber Wks. X X V Bonner Mfg. Co XL Boomer.* lioseberl I'ress Co xxiv Boston Belting Co m Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. ...v Brooks Bros. & Co XLIX Cable RubberCo n Cabot, Samuel i Cantor, Joseph xxvii Chicago Rubber Wks.. XX chh in I ire& RubberCo xv Clark. Kdred W xxxn Cleveland Rubber Wks Combination Rubbers Belting co x Couant Rubber Co . xxm Consolidated Ubero Plantations Co. xxxvi Continental Caoutchouc & Gutta PerchaCo IV, Oravenette Co., Ltd 1 Cummlngs & Sons, Wm. II xxx Ooleman, W. C \« Crescent Belting & Packing Co VI Davidson RubberCo xiv Davol Rubber Co xi\ Bgestorfl's (Georg) Salzwerke. . . xxvu Kill pi re Rill 1 be 1 Mfg. CO IV Eureka Fire HoseCo iv Excelsior .Machine Wks XXXIV Parrel Foundry SMaculneCo \\\\ Faultless RubberCo xiv Klt/.gerrcli, J. .1 xi.m Fossil Flour Co xxix (ieneral Information Goodrich Co., B. F Gorbam Rubber co ilraitiin S Knight Mfg. Co. Qranby Rubber Co, .XXXI I ..XIX I.I XI. .1.1 1.1 1 utta Pereha £ Rubber Mfg. Co. Gutta Pereha & Rubber Mfg. Co., Toronto I Hall SCO . I) c xxm Harrison, O. II xi.n Hellos-Upton Uo xi.u Hoilgman Rubber Co — VI Hotelier .$ ('0.. Theodore xxx Hoggson £ Pettis Mfg. Co XXIV Hobman &Maurer Mfg. Co xxxvii Holden, Leonard & Co xxm Ho RubberCo IX Hood Rubber Co i.i l India-Rubber Pub.Co. .xxxvii,. xi.i International Cable Directory Co. XXXVII lenklusBros . xxxn "Journal d'AgrlcultureTroplcale" xxxvm Kimball. Herbert s xxxvm Kokoiuo Rubber Co x La Crosse Rubber Mills Co xxm Lake Shore RubberCo x Lane a Co ..I. ll xi. La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co mix Liverpool Rubber Co.. Ltd XXV I. yon RubberCo XV McGiory. Philip xxvu Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co . ...xu M ami fact in ed Rubber CO xxi Mason Regulator Co . xxx ll Massachusetts i ihemlcal Co x.\\ i Mechanical RubberCo xx Meyer, Otto xxix Mllford RubberCo xxm Morris* Co i xxiv Morse & Co., A. T . . xxix Mutual Rubber Production Co., xi.n New Century Rubber Co xxvi New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co x New Jersey Rubber Co. XXIX New Jersey Zinc Co.. XXV) New York Belting it Packing Co ... xx New York Rubber Co vm Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co xvm PeiinsslvaniaRubberCo xn Pequanoc Rubber Co xxix Philadelphia Rubber Wks... xxvm Plcherl.eadCo xxi Plymouth RubberCo xxm Pure Gum Specialty Co xv Raymond Rubber Co xxix Republic RubberCo xlix Revere Rubber Co I. Royle£ Sons, John xxxn Rubber Specialty Co xiv Rubber Trading Co xxi Russan, Ashniore xxxvm Russian-American India Rubber Co xv Salomon Bros. & Co xxx Schrailer & Killers xxxix Shelp Mfg. Co., Henry 11 xxm Sherman Mfg. Co., II. H x Singer Manufacturing Co ii Somervl lie's Sons, Win xxx Spealght.Geo. W i Stamford Rubber 8upply Co xxvu Sledman &Co, Inc., J. 11 i Stevenson. Thos. K.. . xi. Stokes RubberCo., Jos XIII Strauss. Feist xxx Sttirtevaut Co.. B. F XL Talntor Mfg. Co., H. F v 1 1 Terry. H. I xxvu Textlle-FliilshlngMaihlneryOo....xxiv Thropp, William R XXIV Toch Bros xxvi Trauu Rubber Co . xxxix Traun & Sons. II xxxix Trenton Rubber Mfg. Co xi "Tropical Agriculturist " xxxvm Tyer Rubber Co , li I Typke& King xxvu United States Rubber Co xvn U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Wks xxxi Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co v Wanted and For Sale xxxvm Weed£ Co., E. B xxvu Weld Mfg.Co. i Wellman Sole Cutting Machine Oo. xxx IV Western RubberCo xn Williams Foundry & Machine Co.xx iv Whalev&Co., W. B. Smith xxiv White, T. AS. C., Co XXVU Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co vm Woodman, Ph.D., Durand. xxvu Yat man Rubber Co xv Yerdon, William ... xxm MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS Belting. Diaphragms. Gaskets. Gauge Glass Washers. Hose (Fire, Garden, Steam). Mats and Matting. Mould Work. Packing. Valves. Washers. Mechanical Rubber Goods —General. Allien RubberCo , Barberton, O. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. Chicago Rubber Wks., Chicago Cleveland RubberCo.. Cleveland. O. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Continental Caoutchouc & Guttapercha Co., Hanover, Germany. Crescent Belting & Packing Co.. Tren- ton, N. J. Empire Rubber Mfg. Co.. Treuton, N. J. Eureka Fire Hose Co.. New York. B. F. Goodrich Co.. Akron. O. (lorhani Rubber Co., Sau Francisco and Seattle. Gutta Percba £ Rubber Mfg. Co , N. Y. Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., To- ronto. Home Rubber Co. .Trenton, N. J. Lake Shore RubberCo., Kile. Pa Liverpool Rubber Co., Liverpool, Eng Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Mechanical RubberCo.. New York. National IndlaRubber Co.. Providence. N. J. Car Spring & Rubber Co., Jersey City, N. J. New York Belting & Packing Co., N. Y. New York Rubber Co.. New York. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Pennsylvania RubberCo.. Erie, Pa. Republic RubberCo. Youngstown.Ohlo Revere RubberCo., Boston. MECHANICAL GOODS. Russian-American India Rubber Co los. Stokes RubberCo., Trenton, N.J. Trenton Rubber Mfg. Co., Trenton. N. J Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co.. Jersey City. Western RubberCo,, Goshen, Ind. Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron, O. Air Brake Hose. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. i ombination Rubber & Belting Co Crescent Belting & Packing Co., Tren- ton. N.J. N. J. Car Spring & Rubber Co , Jersey City. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co .New York. Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown.Ohlo Revere RubberCo. , Boston-New York Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey city Whitman & Barnes MTg. Co., Akron, O Belting (Cotton). Boston Woven Hoses RubberCo. Eureka Fire HoseCo.. New York. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co , New York. Revere RubberCo.. Boston New York. Belting (Thresher). Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belling Si Packing Co.. Tien ton, N. J. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New Y'ork. Billiard Cushions. Aldeu RubberCo., Barberton, Ohio. Boston Belting Co., Boston. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. It F. Goodrich Co , Akron, o Manhattan Rubber Mfg Co., New York New York Belting £ Packing Co . I. d New York RubberCo., New York Revere Rubber Co., Boston New York. Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co.. Akron. O Blankets— Printers'. Boston Belting Co., Boston. Hodgman RubberCo., New Y'ork Liverpool Rubber Co.. Liverpool. Eng. N. J. Car Spring £ Rubber Co.,.lersey City. N.J. „ „ , Revere Rubber Co., Boston-New York. MECHANICAL GOODS. Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey City. Boss Washers. Combination Rubber £ Belting Co. Brushes. American Hard Rubber Co., New York. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. C. J. Bailey £ Co., Boston. Buffers. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belting & Packing Co., Tren- ton, N. J. Liverpool Rubber Co., Ltd., Liverpool Carriage Mats. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Boston Woven Hose& RubberCo. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belting & Packing Co., Tren- ton, N.J. N. J. CarSpring & Rubber Co., Jersey Cltv, N. J. Peerless Rubber Mfg.Co., New Y'ork. Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey City Coin Mats. Alden RubberCo., Barberton, O. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Goodyear Tire & RubberCo.. Akron, O N.J. car Spring £ RubberCo., Jersey Cltv. N.J. New York Belting & Packing Co., N.Y. Cord (Pure Rubber). Boston Belting Co., Boston- New Vork. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland, O. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belting £ Packing Co.. Tren- ton. N.J. Davol RubberCo.. Providence. R. I. Empire Rubber Mfg. Co.. Trenton, N .1 Home Rubber Co., Trenton, N. J. Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., New York N. J. CarSpring & Rubber Co., Jersey City.N. J. New York Belting & Packing Co., N.Y Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. MECHANICAL GOODS. Republic Rubber Co.. Youngstown, O. Revere Rubber Co.. Boston-New York Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co.. JorseyClty Deckle Straps. Boston Belting Co Boston. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Liverpool Rubber Co., Liverpool, Eng. Mechanical Rubber Co.. Chicago. New Y'ork Belting & Packing Co., N. Y. Republic Rubber Co.. Youngstown. o. Revere Rubber Co., Boston-New York. Door Springs. Hodgman Rubber Co , New Y'ork. Dredging Sleeves. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Boston Woven Hose& RubberCo. Combination Rubber* Belting Co. N. J. Car Spring & Rubber Co., Jersey City. Republic RubberCo., Youngstown, O. Fleshing Bands. Combination Rubber* Belting Co. Republic Rubber Co., Y'oungstown^O. Force Cups. Hodgman RubberCo.. New York. " Forsyth " Combination Packing. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Fruit Jar Rings. Alden Rubber Co., Barberton. O. Boston Woven Hose£ RubberCo. Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland. O. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belting * Packing Co.. Tren ton, N.J. Empire Rubher Mfg. Co.. Trenton, N. J. Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co.. New York . Republic Rubber Co.,Youngstown, Ohio. N.w York Belting & Packing Co.. N. Y. Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron, O Fuller Balls. combination Rubber £ Belting Co. N. J. Car Spring £ Rubber Co., Jersey City. XLIV THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1903. Rubber Buyers' Directory— Continued. MECHANICAL GOODS. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Republic Rubber Co.. You ngstown, O. Wliitman * Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron, o Gas-Bags (Rubber). Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland, O. Davol Rubber Co., Providence, R I Liverpool Rubber Co , Liverpool, Elig. N. J. Car Spring * Rubber Co., Jersey City. N .1 „ , Peerless Rubber Mfg Co., New \ ork. Tver Rubber Co.. Amlover, Muss. Voorliees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey CIM. Grain Drill Tubes. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, O. Whitman a Barnes Mfg. Co., ikron, o, Hat Bags. Alden Rubber Co , Barberton, O. Boston Belting Co., Boston. Combination Rubber* Beltln Home Rubber Co., Trenton, N. J. Manhattan Rubber Mfg. CO., New York. Mechanical Rubber Co . Chicago. N.J. Car Spring & Rubber Co., ,lerse> City. N ■> „ „ ,, New York Belting * Packing Co . N. Y. New York Rubber Co.. New York Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New Stork. Republic Rubber CO., Youngstown, O. Revere Rubber Co.. Boston. Horse Shoe Paas. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belting & Packing Co., Tren- ton, N.. I, , „ , Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Erie. Pa. Plymouth Rubber Co., Stoughton, Mass Revere Rubber Co., Boston-New York. Voorbees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey City Western RubberCo., Goshen, Inn. Whitman S Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron, O. Hose Armor. Crescent Belting & Packing Co , Tren too, N. J. W. D. Allen Mfg Co., Chicago. Hose — Armored. Boston Belting Co.. Boston-New York. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Crescent Belting & Facklug Co., Tren- ton. N. J. N. J. Car Spring & Rubber Co., Jersey Citv Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Republic RubberCo., Youngstown. O Revere RubberCo., Boston-New York, Voorbees Rubber Mfg. Co.. Jersey 1 ItJ Woven Steel Hose &CableCo.. Trenton N.J. Hose Couplings. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. Hose Linings. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. Combination Rubber & Belling Co. Empire Rubber Mfg. Co.. Trenton, S. .1 N. J. Car Spring* RubberCo.. Jersey Clty.N. J. Peerless Rubber Mfg Co , New York. Hose Menders. Boston Woven Hose* Rubbei Co Hose — Protected. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New fork Combination Rubber* belting Co. Revere Rubber Co , Boston-New York. Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co.. Jersey City. Hose -Rubber Lined. COTTON Hi >SE. Combination Rubber & Belting Co Crescent Belting & Packing Co., Tren- ton, N. J. Empire Rubber Mfg. Co., Trenton. N. J Gutta Perclia and Rubber Mfg. Co. oi Toronto. Home Rubber Co., Trenton, N. J. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Republic Rubber Co.. Y r oungstown, O. Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey 1 'it y COTTON HOSE AND LINEN HOS1 . Bostou Belting Co.. Boston-New York Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland, O, Eureka Fire Hose Co., New York. Gutta Percba & Rubber Mfg. Co., N. Y Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co.. New York. N. J. Car Spring* Rubber Co... Jersey City. N.J. New York Belting & Packing Co., N. Y. Revere Rubber Co., Boston. Jos. Stokes RubberCo .Trenton. N. J. I.1NEN HOSE. Alden Rubber Co., Barberton. O. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Voorhees Rubber Mfg. Co., Jersey < 'It y. Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron. O. MSI II A SIC Al. GOODS. MECHANICAL GOODS. Hose— Submarine. Boston Belting Co., Boston New York. Crescent Belting * Packing Co., Tren- ton, N. .1 Republic RubberCo., \ otingstown, O. Boston Woven Hose* RubberCo. Hose— Wire Wound. Boston Belting Co., Boston-New York. Boston Woven Hose* RunberCO. Combination Rubber* Belling Co. Crescent Belting & Packing Co., Tren- ton, N.J. N. .1. Car Spring * Rubber Co., Jersey QIC] „ _ , Peerless Rubbei Mfg Co , New York. Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, (). Revere Rubbei 1 o., Boston. Lawn Sprinklers. Boston Woven Hose* RubberCo. Mallets (Rubber). 3 is on Belting Co . Bos on-New York. Combination Rubber* BeltingCo. Peerless Rubbei Mfg Co . New York. Revere Rubber Co . Boston-New York. Mould Work. \See Meclwnic/,'/ <1 GISTS' si NliRIFs. Tobacco Pouches. Pure Gum Specialty Co., Barberton, Tyer RubberCo., Andovi-r.Mass RUBBER FOOTWEAR Boots and Shoes. American Rublier Co., Boston. Joseph Kaulgan RubberCo., Providence R. 1. Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. Boston. L. Candee & Co., New Haven, ct. Crabby Rubber Co .Cranby, Quebec (iutla Percha £ Rubber Mfg Co. ol Toronto. Hood RubberCo., Boston. Jersey Rubber Shoe Co., New York. Liverpool Rubber Co., Liverpool, Eug Lycoming Rubber Co , Williainsport, Pa Meyer Rubber Co., New York. National India Rubber Co., Bostou- Providence Russian American India Rubber Co. st Petersburg. United States RubberCo.. New York Wales-Goodyear RubberCo., Boston. Woonsocket Rubber Co., Providence. Heels and Soles. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. Chicago Tire & RubberCo., Chicago. Combination Rubber* Belting Co. Continental Caoutchouc it Guttapercha Co., Hanover, Elastic Tip Co.. Boston, Mass. Pirelli & CO., Milan. Italy. Plymouth Rubber Co.. stoughton, Mass Western Rubber Co., Gosuen, Iud. Tennis Shoes. American RubberCo., Boston. Joseph Banlgan Rubber Co., Provi- dence. R. I. Boston Rubber Shoe Co- Boston. Granby Rubber Co., Granby, Quebec. Liverpool Rubber Co., Liverpool, Eng. National India RubberCo., Providence Tennis Soles. Combination Rubber* Belting Co. Jos. Stokes RubberCo. .Trenton, N. J. Wading Pants. Hodgman RubberCo., New York. MACKINTOSHED AND SURFACE GOODS Air Goo i J (Rubber). Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland, O. Davol RubberCo. .Providence, R. 1. B. F. Goodrich Co , Akron, O. Hodgman RubberCo., New York. New Y'ork Rubber Co., New Y'ork. National India Rubber Co., Providence Tyer RubberCo, Andover, Mass. Aprons. Hodgman Rubber Co.. New York. Barbers' Bibs. Davol Rubber Co., Providence, R, I. Tyer Rubber Co.. Andover, Mass. Bathing Caps. Conant Rubber Co , Boston. Davol Rubber Co.. Providence, R I. D. C. Hall & Co.. New York. Bellows Cloths. Boston Rubber Co., Boston. Cable Rubber Co , Boston. Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland, 0. Hodgman Rubber Co., New York. LaCrosse (Wis ) Rubber Mills Co. Calendering. La Crosse (Wis.) Rubber Mills Co. Mllford Rubber Co , Boston. Plymouth Rubber Co.. Stoughton, Mass Canoe Beds. Hodgman RubberCo., New York. MA CKI.\ Ti KSHKll GOD US. Carriage Ducks and Drills. Cable Bobber Co., Boston, i le\ i land Rubber Co . Cleveland, (). Empire Rubber Mfg Co., Trenton, N. J Qutta Percha & Rubber Mfg Co., To ronto. Clothing. Cable Rubber Co., Boston. Cleveland Rubbei oo.,( lleveland, 0. Conant Rubber Co., Boston. Granby Bubbei Co., Granby, Quebec. Gulta Percha* Rubber Mlg Co of lo ronto. Hodgman RubberCo., New York. Bolden, Leonard & Co., Boston. La Crosse (Wis. i I lubber Mills Co. Pirelli A CO , Milan, llalv Russian-American India Rubber Co Ctavenette. Cravenette Co., Ltd. Diving Dresses. Hodgman Rubber 00., New York Dress Shields. Conant Rubber Co., Boston. I > 0. Ball St CO., New Vork. Hodgman Rubber (Co., New York, Horse Covers. Hodgman RubberCo., New York. Leggings. Cleveland Rubber Co., (Cleveland, (). Hodgman RubberCo.. New York. Mackintoshes. [Set Clothing.] Proofing. LaCrosse (Wis > Rubber Mills Co. Milford RubberCo., Boston. Plymouth RubberCo.. Stoughton, Mass Rain Coats. Cravenette Co.. Ltd. Sheets and Sheeting. D. C. Hall & Co.. New York. DENTAL AND STAMP RUBBER Dental Gum. American Hard RubberCo.. New York Cleveland Rubber Co.. Cleveland. O. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Tyer Rubber Co , Andover, Mass. Rubber Dam. Cleveland Rubber Co.. Cleveland. O. Davol Rubber Co., Providence, R. I. Hodgman RubberCo.. New York. Seamless Rubber Co.. New Haven, Ct. Tyer Rubber Co.. Andover, Mass. Stamp Gum. Alden RubberCo , Barberton, Ohio. Combination Rubbers Belting Co. Mechanical RubberCo.. Chicago, III. N. J. Car Spring & Rubber Co.. Jersey Citv. N J. New York Belting & Packing Co., N. Y seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Ct. Western Rubber Co., Goshen, Ind. Foot Balls. Cleveland Rubber Co., Cleveland, O. B. F Goodrich Co., Akron, O. Hodgman Rubber (Co., New York. Golf Balls. Boston Belting Co., Boston. Davidson RubberCo.. Boston. B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O. Whitman & Barnes Mte. Co., Akron, O, Submarine Outfits. Hodgman Rubber Co.. New York. Sporting Goods. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Hodgman Rubber Co., New York. Seamless RubberCo, New Haven, Ct. SPORTING GOODS. Tyer Rubber Co . Andover, Mass. Striking Bags. Pure (ium Specialty Co., Barberton, o. ELECTRICAL Electrical Supplies. American Hard Rubber Co., New Vork. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Lake Shore RubberCo.. Kiie. Pa, Joseph stokes Rubbei Co.. Trent N J. Massachusetts Chemical Co., Boston. Tyer Rubber Co , Andover, Mass. Western Rubber Co., Goshen, Ind. Friction Tape. Boston Belting Co., Boston. Boston vi oven llosr & Rubber I o (Cleveland RubberCo.. Cleveland. ( i Combination Rubber (t Belting CO, B, F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Akrou. O. Massachusetts Chemical Co., Boston. Mechanical Rubber Co. .Chicago. Home Rubber Co., Trenton, N.J. Revere RubberCo., Boston-New York. Whitman * Barnes Mfg Co . Akron, 0. Hard Rubber Goods. American Hard Rubbei I lo , New York. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Joseph Stokes RubberCo.. Trenton. N.J. Insulating Compounds. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Gutta-Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., To- ronto. Massachusetts Chemical Co., Boston. Insulated Wire and Cables. National India Rubber Co., Providence. Splicing Compound. Home Rubber Co.. Trenton, N. J. Western Rubber Co , Goshen. Ind. MISCELLANEOUS Architect. Herbert S. Kimball, Boston. Belting — Leather. Graton & Knight Mfg. Co., Boston. Books for Rubber Men. India Rubber Publishing Co. , N. Y. Cement (Rubber). Boston Belting Co,. Boston. Combination Rubber & Belting Co. Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co., New York. Monarch Rubber Co., Campello, Mass. N. J. Car Spring* RubberCo., Jersey City. N.J. New York Belting & Packing Co., N. Y Chemical Analyses. Durand Woodman, Ph D., New York. H. L. Terry, Manchester, England. Chemist. Peter T. Austen. New York. Investments. Consolidated Rubber Plantations Co. of Ubero. Boston. La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co. .San Francisco. Mutual Rubber Production Co., No. I, Boston. Rubber Code. International Cable Directory Co , N.Y. Rubber Lands For Sale. AshmoreRussan. London, England. .1. J. Fltzgerrell, Mexico. O. H. Harrison, San Francisco. Rubber Planting. Consolidated Rubber plantations Co. of Ubero, Boston. La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co., San Francisco Mutual Rubber Production Co., No I, Boston. Thermometers. Hohmann & Maurer Mfg. Co.. Roches- ter, N.Y. Helios-Upton Co., Peabody, Mass. Machinery and Supplies for Rubber Mills. RUBBE R MACHINERY Acid Tanks. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby, Ct. Band Cutting Machine. A. Adamson, Akron, O. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. RUBBER MACHINERY. Belt Folding Machines. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. FarrelFoundiy&Mach.Co., Ansonla.Ct. Belt Slitters. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby. Ct. RUBBER MACHINERY Belt Stretchers. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Parrel Foundry & Maeh Co..Ansonia.Ct Hoggson& Pettis Mfg. Co.. New Haven Ct. Blowers Farrel Foundry AMach.Co, Ansonia.Ct. B. F. Sturtevant Co., Boston. R UBBER MA CHINES Y. Boilers. William R. Thropp, Trenton, N. .1 Boot Trees. Metal l.ast& Tree Co.. Boston. Buckles. The Weld Mfg. Co., Boston. XLVIII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. Machinery and Supplies for Rubber Miles— Continued. RUBBER MM lllXERr. Calenders. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, CI 1 Foundry & Mach. Co.,Ansonla.Ct textile-Finishing MachlneryCo., Provi- dence. 11. 1. Tlios. F. Stevenson. New York. Castings. A. Adamson, Akron, U. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ot. Parrel Foundry & Mach Co., Ausouia.ct. Chucks (Lathe). Hoggson & rettis iSi lu. \> . New Haven, Churns. American Tool * Machine Co., Boston Cloth Dryers. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Parrel Foundry & Mach 00 .Ansonia.Ct. Clutches. Parrel Foundry & Maeh. Co. .Ansonia.Ct Crackers llirinlnghani Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Devulcanizers. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby, ct. Edred W. Clark, Hartford, Ct. Excelsior Machine Co., Akron, O William K. Thropp, Trenton. N. J. Dies. Excelsior Machine Wks . Akron, Ohio. Hoggson & Pettis Mfg. CO., New Haven. Ct. Doubling Machines. American Tool & Machine Co., Boston. Drying Apparatus. B F Sturtevant Co.. Boston. Drying Machines. Birmingham iron Foundry, Derby. Ct. Textile-Finishing Machinery Co., l'rovi dence, R. I. . , „ American Vacuum Drying Machine Co., New York. Dynamos. B. P. Sturtevant & Co.. Boston. Embossing Calenders. Textile-Finishing MachlneryCo., Provl dence. K I. Electric Power Transmission, w. B. smith Whale; & Co., Boston Mass.— Columbia, S. c. Engines. B F. Sturtevant Co , Boston William K Thropp, Trenton. N. J. Engraving (Roll). Hoggson & Pettis Mfg. Co . New Haven Ct. Exhaust Fans and Heads. B. P. Sturtevant Co.. Boston. Factory Construction. Herbert S. Kimball. Boston. Fans (Electric). B. F. Sturtevant & Co., Boston. Fans (Exhaust and Ventilating). B. F. Sturtevant & Co . B ston. Forges. B. F. Sturtevant* Co.. Boston Gas Exhausters. B. P. Sturtevant & Co., Boston. Gearing. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby, < !t. Farrel Foundry & Mach. Co .Ansonia.Ct Generating Sets. B. F. Sturtevant Co., Boston. Grinders. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Farrel Foundry & Mach. Co., Ausonla.Ct Tlios. F. Stevenson, New York. William K. Thropp. Trenton, N. J. Hangers. Farrel Foundry* Mach. Co., Ansonia.Ct Hard Rubber Lathes. A. Adamson, Akron, Ohio. Heating Apparatus. B. P. Sturtevant Co.. Boston. Hose Making Machines. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby, Ct. RUBBER V7i «■ HINERT. Hose Wrapping Machines. A. Adamson, Akron, Ohio. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby, Ct. Hydraulic Accumulators. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby.Ot. Farrel Foundry & Mach Co . V.nsonla,Cl Jar Ring Lathes. A. Adamson, Akron, Ohio. Birmingham iron Foundry, Derby, ct . Excelsior Machine Wks , Akron, Ohio. William B. Thropp. Trenton, N. J. Machinists' Tools. Hoggson* Pettis Mfg. Co., Hew Haven Ct. Mechanical Draft. B. F Sturtevant Co.. Boston. Mixers. Birmingham iron Foundry, Derby, Ct Parrel Foundry & Mach. Co., Ansonia.Ct Tbos V. Stevenson, New York. William K. Thropp Trenton, N. .1. Motors (Electric). B P. Sturtevant Co , Boston Moulds. A. Adamson, Akron, Ohio. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby. Ot, Excelsior Machine Wks., Akron. Ohio. Hoggson & I'ettis Mfg. Co.. New Haven Ct. Williams Foundry & Machine Co , Ak ron, O. Pillow Blocks. Farrel Foundry* Mach. Co. .Ansonia.Ct. Post Hangers. Parrel Foundry & Mach. Co., Ansonia.Ct. Power Transmission. W. B. Smith Whaley & Co., Boston. Presses (for Rubber Work.) A. Adamson, Akron. O. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct Boomer & Boschert Press Co., Syracuse. N. Y. Edred W. Clark, Hartford, Ct. Excelsior Machine Wks., Akron, Ohio. Parrel Foundry* Mach. Co.,Ansoula,Ct Thos. F. Stevenson, New York. William R Thropp, Trenton, N. J. Williams Foundry & Machine Co., Ak- ron, O. Pumps Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Boomer & Boschert Press Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Farrel Foundry & Mach. Co. .Ansonia.Ct Thos. F. Stevenson, New York. Racks for Boot and Shoe Cars. Hoggson & Pettis Mfg. Co., New Haven. Ct. Reducing Valves. Mason Regulator Co., Boston. Rollers. Birmingham Don Foundry. Derby, Ct. Farrel Foundry & Mach. Co., Ansonia.Ct. Rollers (Hand). Hoggson & I'ettis Mfg. Co., New Haven, Ct. Second-Hand Machinery. Philip McGrory, Trenton, N.J. rhos. F. Stevenson, New York. Shafting. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. FarrelFoundry &Mach. Co .Ansonia.Ct Special Rubber Machinery. Wellman Sole Cutting Machine Co.. Medtord, Mass. Spreaders. American Tool Ki Machine Co., Boston Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Steam Traps and Specialties. Jenkins Bros., New Y'ork. Mason Regulator Co.. Boston. B. F. Sturtevant Co., Boston. Steel Stamps. Hoggson * Pettis Mfg. CO., New Haven Ct. Stitchers (Hand). Hoggson & Pettis Mfg. Co., New Haven Ct. RUllllKll MACHINERY. Thermometers. Ilohmann Ki Mauler Mfg. Co., Roches ter, NY. Helios Upton Co., IVahmlv. Mas- Tubing Machines. A. Adamson, Akron, o. Edred W. Clark, Hartford, ct John Royle & Sons, Pater son, N. J. Williams Foundry & Machine Co., Ah roll, O. Vacuum Drying Chambers. American Vacuum Drying Machln 1 < io New York Varnishing Machines. Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Ct. Ventilating Fans. B, F. Sturtevant Co., Boston. Vulcanizers. Birmingham iron Foundry, Derbj CI Farrel.Foundry* Mach. Co., Ansonia.Ct. Thos. F. Stevenson, New York. William R. Thropp, Trenton. N. J. Washers. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby, it Farrel Foundry* Mach. Co. .Ansonia.Ct Thos. F. Stevenson. New York. William R. Thropp, Trenton, N. J. Wrapping Machines. A. Adamson, aktoii. o. Birmingham Iron Foundry. Derby. Ct. Excelsior Machine Wks , Akron. Ohio. FACTORY SUPPLIES Acid (Carbolic). Barrett Mfg. Co., Philadelphia. Antimony, Sulphurets of. GOLDEN. Actlen-Ges. Georg Egestorff's Salz- werke, Linden, Germany. Atlas Chemical Co.. Newtonville, Mass GOLDEN AND CRIMSON. Joseph Cantor, New York . Stamford (Conn.) Rubber Supply Co. Typke & King, London, England. Balata. George A. Alden & Co.. Boston. Baskets (Carrying). Morris* Co., Yardville, N.J. Benzol. Barrett Mfg.Co.. Philadelphia Samuel Cabot. Boston. Black Hypo. Joseph Cantor, New York. Typke* King, London, England. Boxes (Wood). Henry H. Sheip & Co., Philadelphia. Carbon Bisulphide. George W Speaight, New York. Chemicals. Toch Bros., New York. Colors. Joseph Cantor. New York. Toch Bros , New York. Typke* King, London, England. Crude Rubber. George A. Alden &Co., Boston, otto Meyer. Boston. Rubber Trading Co., New York-Boston. Drills. J. H. Lane & Co., New York. Duck ( Cotton ) . J. II. Lane & Co., New York. Morris & Co , Yardville. N.J, Fabrics. Holden, Leonard & Co., Boston. Fossil Flour. Fossil Flour Co., New York. Gutta-Percha. George A. Alden & Co ., Boston. Rubber Trading Co., New \ ork-Boston Hose Bands, Straps, and Menders Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. William Yerdon. Fort Plain, N. Y. / ■ I < TOR Y SUI'PLIES. Hose Brands. Boston Woven Hose& Rubber Co. II B. Sherman Mfg.Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Hose Pipes, Nozzles, and Couplings. Post' 11 Woven Hose* Rubber Co. Eureka Fire Hose Co.. New York. Revere Rubber Co., Boston. Infusorial Earth. Stamford (Conn.) Rubber Supply Co. Lampblack. Samuel Cabot, Boston. Lasts (Aluminum). Metal Last & Tree Co., Boston. Lawn-Hose Supporters. C. J. Bailey * Co.. Boston. Lead — Blue. Picher Lead Co., Chicago, ill. Lead— Sublimed White. Picher Lead Co., Chicago, 111. Manufacturers' Supplies. Rubber Trading Co., New York-Boston. Stamford (Conn.) Rubber Supply Co. Naphtha. Barrett Mfg. Co., Philadelphia. Oils. Akron Commercial Co., Akron, O. Paris White and Whiting. H. F. Taintor Mfg. Co., New York. Pitch. E. B. Weed & Co..FayettevllIe,N.C- Reclaimed Rubber. Bloomlngdale (N J.) Soft Rubber Co. Manufactured RubberCo., Philadelphia. New Century Rubber Co.. Philadelphia. New Jersey Rubber Co., Lambertville, N.J. Peouanoc Rubber Co., Butler, N. J. Philadelphia Rubber Wks., Philadelphia. Raymond Rubber Co., Titusvllle, N.J. Jos. Stokes RubberCo., Trenton, N. J. U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Wks, N. Y. AGENTS AND DEALERS. G. Brlce, Paris, France. W. C. Coleman, Boston, Mass. Philip McGrory, Trenton. N. J. H P. Moorhouse, Paris, France. Rubber Trading Co., New York-Boston. Win. Somervllle's Sons. Liverpool, Eng. Rubber Waste Win. H.Cummings* Sons. New York. W. C. Coleman. Boston, Mass. J. H. Sleilman & Co.. Inc.. Boston. United States Waste RubberCo., Brock- ton, Mass. Scrap Rubber. Bers&Co., Philadelphia. W. C. Coleman, Boston, Mass. Win. H. Cummings& Sons, New Y'ork. Theodore Hotelier & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Philip McGrory. Trenton. N. J. Wm. Somervllle's sons. New York. .1. H. Stedman & Co.. Inc.. Boston. Feist Strauss, Frankfort o/M., Germany. Substitute. Bonner Mfg. Co . Boston. Mass. Joseph Cantor, New York Massachusetts Chemical Co., Boston. Typke & King, London. England. Stamford (Conn.) Rubber Suyply Co. Sulphur. Battelle* Reuwlck, New Y'ork. T. & S. C. White Co.. New York. Sulphur Chloride. George W. Speaight, New York. Stamford (Conn ) Rubber Supply Co. Tire Fabrics. .1. II. Lane & Co., New York. Morris & Co.. Yardville. N.J. Waterproofing Fabrics. Holden, Leonard & Co., Boston. Whiting. H . F. Taintor Mfg. C'' . New York. Zinc Sulphide. Joseph Cantor, New York. Typke & King. London. England Zinc White. New Jersey Zinc Co.. New York. Stamford (Conn.) Rubber Supply Co. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XLIX THE REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. AGENCY JOHNSTON, MOREHOUSE A DICKEY PITTSBURGH MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Branch Store 47 WARREN STREET NEW YORK AGENCY h. Channon Company CHICAGO We are offering some exceptional values in GARDEN HOSE for 1903 a 3s* -7W M? It will be to your interest to get our SAHPLES and PRICES before ordering elsewhere Belting, Hose, Packing, Hatting faf flolded Goods We guarantee our TONKA RED SHEET PACKING to be unsurpassed Link {Black Sheet ) Packing, Spiral Red Core, Rubber Backed, Square Duck and Hydraulic Packings Illustrated 120 Page Catalogue sent free upon request utniimc the tnt* xuu*r Worta wiwn uou wrur. Invest in Shares of La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation. Interest payable January and July from the actual pro- duction and sale of rubber from cultivated trees. This PLANTATION is acknowledged to be the one com- pany that has done something and actually solved the prob- lem of rubber cultivation. It is highly endorsed from every source and its shares afford an investment not to be overlooked. LA ZACUALPA RUBBER PLANTATION, No. 713 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA. OUR TWELVE YEAR OLD TREES PRODUCING RUBBER. EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES: BROOKS BROTHERS & COMPANY, No. 35 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. Mention the India Rubber II orid when you write. THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April i, 1903. Revere Rubber Company. Manufacturers of a HIGH CLASS of £> MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS. HOME OFFICE: 77 Bedford and 73 Kingston Streets. BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS. BRANCHES: NEW YORK, N. Y., 59 Re»de Street. PITTSBURG, PA., 2-8 'Wood Street CHICAGO, ILL., 168 LaKe Street. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 210 Nicollet Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, LA., 410 Carondelet Street. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 527 Market Street. FACTORIES: CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS. India Rubber World when you write. April i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER LD LI HIGH GRADE RUc ; ER GOODS BELTINC PACKINCS VALVES VALVE SHEET TUBINC and CASKETS (MADE IN CANADA y^ys/ 1 RIOR .. IN .. I 'I'ALITY RUBBER HOSE -FOR- WATER SUCTION STEAM AIR Fire Protection ACIDS BREWERS Pneumatic Tools *> SA1 i ^ SERVICE Sole Manufacturers of the celebrated '•MALTESE CROSS" and UON" Brands Rubbers. The best fitting, best wearing and most stylish r Lber footwear on the market. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TQ EXPORT ORDERS The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto Ltd. Head Office V>\.r AND AIR $% PACKS EQUALLY WELL FOR ALL PRICE PER LB; 80 CIS PYRAMID, THERE IS NO PACKING MADE THAT WILL LAST AS LONG OR WITH- STAND AS WELL THE ACTION OF STEAM ^ MEAT THE GUTTA PERCHA ^ RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN fcRANCISCO BOSTON PHILADELPHIA, PA. 126-128 DUAN EST. 96-98 LAKE ST. 30-32 FRTMONT ST. 71 PEARL ST. 221 CHESTNUT ST. SIX YEARS YOUNG AND STILL CROWING 1856 FORTY-SEVEN YEARS 1 9 O 3 EXPERIENCE TYRIAN Crowing in Quality of Product Crowing in Sales Crowing in Popularity Not made by a TRUST 1 DRUGGISTS' RUBBER GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. HOOD RUBBER COMPANY BOSTON RUBBER MOULD WORK A SPECIALTY. TYER RUBBER COMPANY, Andover, Mass. Mention The India Rubber World when you tcrite. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. Buyers' Directory of The Rubber Trade PAGE XLIII. The BEST BUCKLES for ARCTICS ARE HADE BY THE WELD MFO. CO., 41 Lincoln Street, - - Boston. f* RAIN COATS Must have this Circular Trade Mark stamped In inside of coat.. — ev— CRAVENETTT # Edited by HENRY C. PEARSON-Offices. No. 150 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. * Vol. XX VII I. No. 2. MAY 1, 1903. 35 Cents a Copy. $3.00 Per Year. f--%. *.■%.%■%.%■%. •%.-%. ■*-%.-%■-%. ■%"V%'%/%.'%.'%/%."%.-%/%^%. •*<% -%••%. -%^%.'%.'%.-%^%.-%^v -%.-%.-%.-% %.-% -v.-* -%.-%.-%.-«.-«. ^ -%.-«.-%. -%. -v ■% 1 THE ALDEN RUBBER CO., BARBERTON RUBBER WOHKS, HANUFACTURERS OF The MASTER KEY Rubber Tiling. Noiseless, Non Conducting. Non Slipping. The ideal floor for Offices, Banks, Vesti- bules, Elevators and especially for places where electrical cur- rents abound. Beautiful Color Effects. Designs Furnished. BICYCLE, AUTOMOBILE AND VEHICLE TIRES, HOSE, PACKING, VALVES. MOLDED GOODS, FRUIT JAR RINGS. WHITE TUBING. THIS TRADE MARK GUARANTEES FULL VALUE. AKRON, OHIO and BARBERTON, OHIO, U.S.A. Akron Office, Arcade Block — Main Office and Works at Barberton LONG DISTANCE TEL.. AKRON EXCHANGE NO. 999. CABLE ADDRESS "ARCO AKRON." Mention the India liuboer World when vou. write c H L O R I D E OF s U L P ri U R ANI BI SUI PHII OF CAf BOI GEO. S P E A I a H T, 106 Fu St. N LAMPBLACKS especially for RUBBER MANUFACTURE. SAMUEL CABOT, BOSTON, MASS II THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May i, 1903. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦•»♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ n HESE powerful and efficient machines are especially designed for the strong stitching, in long lengths, of several plies of rubber, canvas or leather, and are extensively employed for the manufacture of BELTING used for power transmission; they can.be used for sewing any kind of fabric, capable of needle- puncture, up to three-quarters of an inch in thickness. Several varieties are made, but all are provided with Adjust- able Driven Feed-rolls which draw the material through Ad- justable Guides and under a flat or a roller-presser as may be desired. The Feed-rolls may be driven by either a clutch or a ratchet, the latter method being employed in the machine illus- trated. The extreme length of bed is thirty-two inches, the clear space on the bed from needle to base of arm is nineteen inches. The machines will stitch to the centre of a belt 38 inches in width. Two forms of guide are made and the machines may be fitted with either as de- sired ; one form is arranged to slide on a round rod, the other is operated by means of a screw, as illustrated above. The Shuttle is of the oscillating-cylinder type provided with very large bobbin, having great capacity for coarse thread. Four varieties are made for making two parallel rows of stitching at once ; each carries two needles in one needle bar and is provided with two shuttles. These machines are shown in practical operation at — NEW YORK. BROADWAY & PRINCE ST. PHILADELPHIA. 1210 CHESTNUT ST. CHICAGO, 260-262 FIFTH AVE. 1ST. LOUIS, 1124 OLIVE ST. BOSTON, 128-132 ESSEX ST. BALTIMORE, II NO. CHARLES ST. CINCINNATI, 115 WEST THIRD ST. TROY, N. Y„ 251 RIVER ST. INDIANAPOLIS, INC. 126 WEST WASHINGTON ST. ST. PAUL, IYIINN., 402 JACKSON ST. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. SALESROOMS IN EVERY CITY. SINGER MACHINE No. 5-3 OPERATED BY MECHANICAL POWER ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Mention The /ifTia Rubber \\<>r!tl when >f>n twite. : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ BEST IN THE MARKET Cable's Carriage Cloth New Factory Buildings. Prompt Shipments. New Machinery. Samples Freely Furnished. CABLE RUBBER COMPANY, Factory and Office! JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. ^■v^&^-v-. •%/%/%/%/%/% %^%.-v^.-%'W'%.'V*.'%. -%••*■-%• •%.-%k'%.'%^».'%. "%.-%'%.'%. -%-■%.-»•-» For General Compounding "M.R." makes a perfect union with rubber. Prevents blistering, and the harsher action of free Sulphur. Absolutely acid proof. Has been used regularly by Rubber flanufacturers for the past three years. GEO. A. ALDEN & CO., Boston, Mass. %^%^%^% »'%.^%^^%^%^%%^^^%^%^%%^%^%^%>%^%.-%.-%.-V%.'%-'V^."*.-%.^%^k%^%^%'< May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD in I Forsyth Combination fletal | I Insertion Packing 1 Patented April II, IS99. will satisfactorily withstand the heat of high pressure steam. It is a high grade rubber packing with one or more plies of pliable sheet metal insertion. A successful packing that satisfies where other packings fail. CAUTION. A> the exclusive manufacturers of sheet metal insertion rubber pack- ing, under a patent issued April 11, 1899, to James Bennett Forsyth, we caution all parties against making, selling or using any rubber pack- ing with sheet metal insertion that in any way infringes said patent. | Our line of Packings for all purposes 1 5l J ~ *«<• nr*4- /7a *-»-• •-» 1 rt A/> We solicit your is most complete. We solicit your inquiries. BELTING, HOSE of all kinds. GASKETS, VALVES, DECKLE STRAPS. RUBBER COVERED ROLLERS. MATS, MATTING, TUBING, Etc. The Trade Mark of Excellence. JAMES BENNETT FORSYTH, (ienl. Mgr. Original Manufacturers of VULCANIZED RUBBER GOODS. fc= Boston, New York, fc: Philadelphia, Baltimore, fc: Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Seattle, r^ Atlanta, Mobile, New Orleans, Memphis, Cincinnati, rS Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland. ^ t^ llenlinn The India Rubber World when ytm write. ^^ IV THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May i, 1903. GOLD MEDAl. AWARDED at PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, 1901. EUREKA FIRE HOSE CO., 13 BARCLAY ST , NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF; THE CELEBRATED BRANDS •RED CROSS" (ft?) "PARAGON" (]£) "EUREKA" ( T ^«) " U. S." Brand Rubber Lined Cotton Fire Hose Adopted as the Standard Factory lire Hose by the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Com- panies, for Factory and Mill Fire Protection. COTTON and I.IAEN HOSE of all grade?, both plain and rubber-lined. All sizes. These Goods are especially adapted (or use In W oolen. Cotton, Silk, Print, Knit Goods and Carpet mils. Dyeing and Bleaching establishments, Pulp and Paper Mills, Breweries and Distilleries, Sugar Refineries, Ice and Refrigerating .Machinery, Chemical Works, Tanneries, etc. Sample* and full information oiven on application* ^3!TFmm!!r1Tf!vnFmmmmmvfnfm^Fmm!!fmmmvfmvr^v^Fm^fnfmmmm!!F^^F1Trvfm!? , ^nf^ I COTTON HOSE, ^ We Spin, Weave, and Line Our Own Goods. GARDEN HOSE, % New Lines — New Methods. ^ BELTING and PACKING. I §e Empire Rubber Mfg. Co., ^ ^ NEW YORK. CHICAGO. BOSTON. ST. LOUIS, HO. 3 ^ Factories: TRENTON, N. J. 12 ifentim, the India Rubber World when ynu write. For HIGH GRADE Pneumatic Bicycle Tires and Solid Carriage Tires Write to K0K0M0 RUBBER CO. K0K0M0, INDIANA. Mentum The India Rubber World when you writ*. Lake Shore Rubber Co. Manufacture Mechanical Rubber Goods, HOSE, BELTING, PACKING,VALVES, GASKETS, ELECTRICAL TAPE, OIL WELL SUPPLIES, Etc. WRITE FOR PRICES AND SAMPLES. Office and Works, ERIE, PA. Mention Xne India Rubber World when you write. May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD Jgfc PURE CUM RINGS Aiiirn.Mii » pa «Krs _ JASON JARS -co FRUIT JAR RINGS Our rings in bulk are not shipped loosely in barrels but in one pound cylindrical boxes for which we make 110 extra charge. Send for Samples and Prices Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Branches: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cleveland, Mention The India Ru&6er World when you write. "all goods bearing our brand are FULLY GUARANTEED." HIGH CLASS RUBBER GOODS. NEW PLANT The most improved machinery, Up-to-date methods coupled with experienced workmen and capable supervision enable us to meet any competitor and give us an advantage over many. We Make Hose, Belting, Packing, Valves, Gaskets, Mats, Matting, Linen and Cotton Hose, and many specialties as well as they can be made when the ability to turn out first grade goods is united with the willingness to do so. is adapted for high or low pressure. It is Our "Nubian" Parkino- 1S adapted lor s or ow P ressure - " ,s VUI llULfiail I civimii^ guaranteed to stand higher temperature than an}' other packing, and will retain its strength and pliability under conditions that destroy other packings. Flat and Tubular Gaskets made from "Nubian" Stock, Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co. BRANCH STORE: '75-'77 Lake St., Chicago. 18=40 B0STW1CK AVENUE, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. VI THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May i, 1903. HODGMAN'S Alexombric Rain Coats. V> (•'/ = HOSE, PACKING, ETC. SUPERIOR QUALITIES. H GRADE 1 Garden ECIALTY Warehouse and office: CO Jj 84 AIMD 86 READE,chur c c°h r s?r f EE t, IMEW YORK. , ■^ ~^l>^ Steam Hose Steam Packing ,,f^^---^^% Fire Hose Hats and Hatting * $tj ,^•^^==5^1^ -jrjf" *l I "I >—.- . v: _.fi. — .--—>■■ Water Hose Valves, etc. ^/^~ -+■ ^*- /■ §&$&" "Antimony" Red Sheet Packing -SSB § "Hemisphere" Rubber flatting Rubber Lined Cotton Fire Hose Hechanical Rubber Goods for all purposes. J. J. Fields, President. Geo. B. Dickerson, Sec'y. J. J. Fields, VicePres't. Townsend Cocks, Treasurer. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when you write. ESTABLISHED 1859. THE LIVERPOOL RUBBER COMPANY, Ltd. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. The highest grade of Rubber Boots and Shoes, "Liver" ^ 6vru85^. and "Ideal" Canvas Shoes, etc., etc. High grade Mechanical, Engineering and Mill Work, Railway Springs, Valves, Buffers, Sheets, Insertion, Rings, Bladders, Deckles, Printers 9 Blankets, Hose, Belting, Mats, Packing, etc., etc. Cycle and Carriage Tires, "Lockfast " pneumatic, single tube, cushion and solid. India Rubber Thread. CHIEF OFFICE: 292 VAUXHALL RD., LIVERPOOL, and at 34 Aldermanbury, London, E. C, 20 Rue des Marais, Paris, 333 Kent St., Sydney, New South Wales. Factories: Vauxhall Road, and Walton, Liverpool. Mention the India Rubber World when you write. May i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD XI THE EUREKA RUBBER MFG. CO., TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. Manufacturers of Rubber Carriage Drill and Duck, Cotton Rubber Lined Hose, and Hechanica! Rubber Goods of Every Description. Factory strictly modern in design, with machinery of the latest and most approved description throughout, using only first class raw material, and producing nothing but reliable grades. We solicit inquiries from the trade direct, or through Branch Stores or Salesmen. We promise prompt attention to same. FACTORY - - - TRENTON, N. J. On the main line Pennsylvania R. R. CHICAGO: NEW YORK : BOSTON: Branch Stores: 24 s Rando | ph street. 55 Warren Street. 276 Oevonshire Street. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. The Combination Rubber and Belting Co., Main Office and Works : Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, LI. S. A. Salesroom : 157 CEDAR STREET, New York City, N. Y. «Hfe ^INDESTRUCTENE Salesroom : 198 RANDOLPH STREET, Chicago, III. MARK Mechanical Rubber Goods. BELTING, HOSE, Etc SEND FOR CATALOGUE, PRICES AND SAMPLES. TRIAL ORDERS SOLICITED. Mention the India Rubber World when you write. XII THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May i, 1903. THE MANHATTAN RUBBER MFG. CO. CABLE ADDRESS MIALOGIA. 18 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK. 7260 cortlandt telephones: 7261 Cortlandt 7262 Cortlandt BELTING HOSE PACKING TUBING MATTING ROLLS w MAKERS OF GASKETS TILING HOULDED GOODS IN EVERY VARIETY Mechanical Rubber Goods, Factories: PASSAIC, N. J., on D. L. & W. R. R. Mention 77ie Indict Rubber World when you write. Factories: Jeannette, Pennsylvania. PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. Branches: NEW YORK, (127 Duane St.) CHICACO. PITTSBURGH. BOSTON. Western Rubber Company, GOSHEN, INDIANA. Mechanical Rubber Goods ( MINES, MANUFACTORIES, for a POWER PLANTS, (RAILROADS, STEAMSHIPS, ETC. Bicycle, Carriage /Automobile TIRES ft ! ber World when you write. ... /Manufacturers of... Tires, Inner Tubes, Splicing Compound, Packing, Rubber Horse Shoe Pads, Rubber Heels, Matting, Mats, Patented Specialties, Mould Work, Plumbers' Supplies, Stamp Makers' Supplies Electrical Supplies, Sundries, Etc. Mention the India Bvhher World when you. write May i, 1903.J THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD x "! New York Philadelphia Trenton, N. J. Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh 35 WARREN ST. 208 N. 4th ST. MAIN OFFICE ' 21 So. CANAL ST. WAINR.IGMT BLDO. 326 4th AVE. GARDEN HOSE For the Season of 1903 —A DDRE5 S— TRENTON RUBBER MFG. CO Trenton, N. J. We would be glad to send Samples and Quote. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when you write. XIV THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May i, 1903. Established 1874. Davol Rubber Company MANUFACTURERS OF FINE RUBBER GOODS IN SOFT AND HARD RUBBER Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Mention The India Ruhher World when you write i The Faultless Rubber Co. ^) , AKRON, OHIO, U. S. \. MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade Seamless and Seamed Rubber Goods r f^> and Specialties. \- : fg CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. We are the Sole Mfrs. of The Lyon Pat. Grain Glove and they are better than they look. HARK The Lyon Rubber Co. AKRON, OHIO. Mfg. Rubber Specialties of all kinds. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when you write, THE PURE GUM SPECIALTY^ BARBERTON, OHIO. riANUFACTURERS OF TUBING (All kinds), PURE QUH GLOVES (Any weight). STEAM CURED GLOVES, HOUSEHOLD GLOVES (Any color), FINGER COTS (All kinds), FACE MASKS, ICE BAGS, ICE CAPS, SLEEVES, NIPPLES, BEAUTY BRUSHES. Moulded Goods A Specialty. RUBBER SPECIALTIES OF ALL KINDS EF-ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Menli World when you write. Bailey's "GOOD SAMARITAN" Hot Water Bottle. (TRADK MARK) ]y[ADE hollow disk in shape it adjusts itself to all parts of the body, and lays on it without holding or strapping. Being only about half the thickness of the ordinary water bottle, when filled, it is easy to place under the patient and comfortable to lie on. «j"^)j. For pain in the ear, teeth or ^Jr^h __ face, the hollow disk gives to ,' '<■. ^p ^ 'Kp '■- .v) tne affected parts hot air < ■ . >^i^L- 'JT'Jw 'V steaming by placing in it '; ..,W4y3|p*l£ljf Jf} sponge wet with spirits or ^ $$*tz^ £^*~~~ y~ water. Butoning the two ends of the bottle together makes a perfect heater for the feet or to stand next to the body. Only the best of material and workmanship are used in its con- struction, and every bottle is guaranteed. 5 inch diameter Face Size, $ 7.50 Doz. 8 inch diameter 10.00 " 10 inch diameter 12.00 " 11 inch diameter 15.00 " MANUFACTURED BY Davol Rubber Co.. Providence, R. I. Tver Rubber Co., Andover. Mass. The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O. The Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven. Hodgman Rubber Co., New York. Hardman Rubber Co., Belleville, N. ]. Ideal Rubber Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. . Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland. C. J. BAILEY & CO., Patentees, No. 22 Boylston Street, Boston. Th^ Rubber Specialty Co., AKRON, OHIO, MANUFACTURERS OF Druggists' and Stationer's ,\ Sundries. .*. Specialties in Moulded Work, etc. Expert Work in developing inventions a specialty M.J. GlLBO, Pres't and Treas. John Frank, Secretary. Mention the India Rubber World when you write. May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xv AMERICAN HARD RUBBER CO., THE INDIA RUBBER COMB CO. THE BUTLER HARD RUBBER CO. THE GOODRICH HARD RUBBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OR 9-13 MERCER STREET, NEW YORK, U.S.A. COMBS, SYRINGES, CROWN WATER BOTTLES, DRUGGISTS' & STATIONERS' SUNDRIES. tW EVERY DESCRIPTION OF HARD RUBBER GOODS. 'lentton The India Rubber World when you write. DR. H. TRAUN &. SONS, Formerly Harburg Rubber Comb Co. HARBURG AND HAMBURG, GERMANY. Manufacturers of all kinds of HARD RUBBER GOODS. SOLE MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED SPECIALTY: HARD RUBBER COMBS. Olive Dore, Helios, Reform and Sawing Han BRANDS OF COMBS. HEADQUARTERS FOR THE UNITED STATES! SCHRADER & EHLERS, 335 Broadway, New York Mention the India Rubber WnrTtl when .'/■>" write. YATMAN^ RUBBER CO., MOULDED SPECIALTIES IN SOFT RUBBER. ERASIVE RUBBER. OFFICE AND FACTORY: No. 608 Passaic Avenue, HARRISON, N. J. TELEPHONE: 523 HARRISON. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES. Mention Tlie India Rubber World when yon write. MOLD WORK A SPECIALTY. We are the first in the United States to make Rubber Sponges. Call for samples and prices. 329-331 West Kinzie Street, TIRE & ROBBER GO. CHICAGO, ILL. Mention The India Rubber World when you write. The Akron Commercial Co., Animal, Vegetable and Fish Oils, Chemicals and Supplies for ■ ■ ■ ■ POTTERIES, PLATERS RID RBBBER RlflRUFRCTURERS. WAREHOUSE AND TRANSFER, riANUFACTURERS* AGENTS, Etc. AKRON, OHIO. Office : 366 SOUTH HAIN STREET. Telephone, 894. Warehouse: WEST CENTER STREET. " 422. M ev\t >Vm *h* f'ntUn Riihtw Wryrl/i when voii write COJlTIjEliTAii TYRES, COKTIjEKTAii JVIEGWICM RUBBER GOODS. CONTINENTAL CAOUTCHOUC & GUTTAPERCHA CO., Mention The India Rubber World when you write. Hanover, Germany. XVI THE INDIA RUBBER "WORLD [May i, 1903. I In Every | I Essential j I Requirement % I BANIGAN 1 I RUBBERS j 1 Are Unexcelled 1 £ SEND YOUR ORDERS TO" |j Edward R. Rice, Buffalo. 3 % C. L. Weaver & Co., Boston. % g Edward R. Rice, Chicago. |p American Hand Sewed Co., Omaha. ^ Linthicum Rubber Co., Baltimore. !| X ifention The India Rubber World when you write. —^ May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD xvn 3^^^^^^^^?c > ^ The boy at the window is noticeably sad. It is raining and he is housed ; for he has no rubbers. And he wants, with a deep and yearning want, some of those " BOSTON " rubbers. There are 15,000,000 other people just like this boy. They want " BOSTON " rubbers. We know this, because for several years past we have been making 15,000,000 pairs of boots m % and shoes a year, and somebody has wanted every pair of them. % Are you getting some of the trade of these 15,000,000 people? 9 % You can easily enough, if you have the rubbers they want — the rub- bers that bear this guarantee of quality, ^^^ 9 to to to 9 to Mention 'If"- India Rtibber World when you write. TRADE MARK. i 1 i '-totototttototo^to^to'&to sssss-sss s^s5sssss^s?.sssss'5.^'i^s«s8««a®«55®«v?^s#^-??^?5 , 5 > ^^^r Eclipse Ciinltft BhOirlng Name ;ind Tr»l:irk ImWihleil. The Eclipse Gasket is red in color, anil composed of the celebrated Rainbow Packing Compound. It will not harden under any degree of heat, or blow out under the highest pressure, and can be taken out and repeatedly replaced. Joints can be made in from three to five minutes. The Peerless Spiral Piston and Valve Rod Packing. ++++++ It will hold 400 pounds of steam. Once Tried Always Used. ++++++ +++•*•++ Will run twelve months in high speed engines. ++++++ Success Semi=Metallic, Diagonal Expansion Spiral Packing, Rainbow Core. For Steam, Low or High Pressure. For Hot or Cold Water and Ammonia Hachines. Patent HOSE, BELTING, PACKING, VALVES and RUBBER TILING. Largest manufacturers in the world of fine mechanical Rubber Goods. Send for Catalogue. MANUFACTURED PATENTED AND COPYRICHTED EXCLUSIVELY BY The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. 16 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. 16-24 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 200-210 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 17-23 Beale St., and 18-24 Main St., San Francisco, Cal. Corner Common and fsi houpitoulas Sts., New Orleans. La. 634 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa, 1221-1223 Union Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 38 Smith Meridan St., Indianapolis, Ind. Jfi ution Tlie India Rubber World when you write. Mav i, J 9°3 ■] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 251 CRIMINAL COMPOUNDING. Wfa # Pnblishod on the 1st of eaoh Month by TUB INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. No. 150 NASSAU ST.. NEW YORK. HENRY C. PEARSON, KDI TOR. HAWTHORNE HILL, ASSOCIATE. Vol. 28. MAY 1, 1903. No. 2. Subscriptions^ $3.00 per year, $1.75 for six months, postpaid, for the United States and Canada. Foreign countries, same price. Special Kates for ciulis of live, ten or more subscribers. Advertising: Kates will be made known on application. Remittances: Should always be made by bank draft. Post Office Order- or Express Money orders on New York, payable to The India Rubber PUBLISHING COMPANY. Remittances for foreign subscriptions should be sent by International Post order, payable as above. DISCONTINUANCES: Yearly orders for subscriptions and advertising are regarded as permanent, and after the first twelve mouths they will be discontinued only at the request of the subscriber or advertiser. Bills are rendered promptly at the beginning of each period, and thereby our patrons have due notice of continuance. COPYRIGHT, tgoi, BY THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. Entered at New York Post Office as mail matter of the second-class TABLt OF CONTENTS. Editorial : Criminal Compounding A Crying Evtl and a Few Long Felt Wants. Butter and Rubber— A Suggestion The Stock Exchange aud Business Minor Editorial I'AGK. 251 251 252 253 253 254 255 Rubber Planting Enterprises Rubber Planting on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec— I Tin Edilnr [From New Y'ork to the Mexican Border. Alkali Plains. Native Food. Opals. Arrival at Mexico City. A Journey South of the Capital. Adventures a: Achotal. On Horseback over Forest Trails. The Demarest, Newmark, and ** La Ventura " Estates.l [With Ten Illustrations and a Map. J The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain Uur Regular Corn spondtnt 260 [Tire Litigation. A Question of Policy. Tire Noles. Standard Pans. Notes from Italy.] Gathering Rubber Underground [With two Illustrations of Little Known African Rubber Plants ] Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co 262 [Fourth Annual Report. Balance Sheet. Annua. Election ] New Trade Publications 264 Automatic Measuring of Rubber Coated Fabrics 265 [With Seven Illustrations.] How Rubber Comes from the Congo (illustrated 267 Literature of India Rubber 268 Recent Rubber Patents [American, British and German] 269 The Doughty Shoe Machine 271 [With Two Illustrations.] The Obituary Record 273 (With Portraits of Charles A. Hoyt and John M. Sludlry.J Rubber Interests in Europe . 275 India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 276 The Rubber Trade in Akron Our Corre*pmuUnt 277 Miscellaneous : Laving the Pacific Rubber Cable .. 261 To Make Rubber Shoes in Munich 266 Ftcus eutniicn as a House Plant ' 2 n A Useful Rubber Code 22 Mr. Plerpont Morgan's Retort L-74 News of the American Rubber Trade 279 The Textile Goods Market 284 Review of the Crude Rubber Market 2S5 A MANUFACTURER of hard rubber goods, whether ■* * in Europe or America it does not matter, was moved to discharge a foreman not long since for incompetence. The man left breathing " threatenings and slaughter," and the day following, the goods under the buffing wheels in- stead of being a smooth glossy black were filled with minute red specks. It was not until hundreds of dol- lars' worth had been spoiled that it was found that the lampblack was the trouble, that being mixed with red vulcanite dust. Naturally the manufacturer blamed the foreman and most bitterly, but the evidence was purely circumstantial ami nothing could be done, nor could the sufferer himself be sure that his employer's suspicions were well founded. Were this the only such case on record it would not be worth mentioning in these pages, but the story throws a side light upon a temptation that often assails workmen who are otherwise perfectly honest. The desire to prove to a former employer that things cannot run smoothly without his presence is the foundation of it, and that im- pulse, reinforced by a desire for revenge for real or fan- cied injuries, causes the man to become a criminal. Such a course is unworthy and foolish, and can never be aught but a cause for self reproach to the one who yields to the temptation. The world is small and the story of such hap- penings will leak out and follow one for years. And just here comes in another phaze of the question that the manufacturer, although a sufferer, should in all honesty ponder. Rubber goods sometimes go wrong without any such aid. Were it to happen just after a man in charge of certain departments left, he might be sus- pected wrongfully and stay for the rest of his life under a cloud. All of which points to the importance to the worker of being so trusty as to be above suspicion, and to the manufacturer not to be unduly suspicious, and to employ men of character as well as ability. 26i A CRYING EVIL AND A FEW LONG FELT WANTS. PROM the beginning of time the world has been full of *■ "crying evils," and those who appreciated them have been equally conscious of " long felt wants," and as far as we are able to pierce the mists of the future such condi- tions will continue. It is of its application to the India- rubber trade, however, that we wish to speak — not, per- haps, to the trade as a whole, but specifically to that divis- ion embracing the manufacture of mechanical rubber goods. In this line the evil is that of " dating ahead," and the "want" pluralized is a group of manufacturers who will put a stop to it — not collectively, but individually. The dating ahead custom began some years ago in the marketing of 3-inch garden hose, and in certain instances it has reached the stage where shipments in February or March are dated the September or October following. Now, under the pressure from buyers, the same evil is creeping into the sale of belting and other staple mechan- icals. That this is not fair either to the manufacturer or 25a THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May 1903. to the purchaser ought to be patent to both. It certainly is not just that the manufacturer should furnish capital for a large jobber or retailer unless he have a share in his profits, and the shrewd buyer should know that in the long run the interest that he saves on the amount involved is bound to be taken out of the goods; nor can he enjoy gen- uinely friendly relations with a man from whom he de- mands everything in sight. In other words, the shrewdest buyer on earth cannot get something for nothing all the time. When dating ahead first began, conditions were some- what different, for manufacturers were able then to pur- chase crude materials on just as long a time as the jobbers of their finished product demanded. As this passed the burden beyond the rubber manufacturers they were con- tent, but even then it was not fair and was not good busi- l.'iliy mmiifacturers of raw materials, many of whom are in strong amalgamations, sell for " cash ten days," instead of on four months' time, and if the jobber doubts this, all he need to do is to try and buy cotton duck or litharge on time. The remedy for dating ahead lies not in concerted ac- tion, nor in a slight depreciation in the quality of goods sold, but rather in each individual manufacturer taking the initiative, as if he were alone in the world and doing what he knows to be right and wise. If he be at all doubtful about the wisdom of calling a halt he has only to study the policy of some of the strongest and most successful manufacturers in his own line, who have long since elimi- nated dating ahead in everything they manufacture. BUTTER AND RUBBER— A SUGGESTION. '"T'HOSE persons who are inclined to think lightly — if ■*■ they thinkjat all — of the possible value of intelligent governmental aid to a common everyday industry might find something worthy of their attention in the history of the dairy interest of Denmark. That country is not adapt- ed to the production of the great agricultural staples, and an important product of rural industry is butter. The limit of the local demand for this commodity having been reached years ago, the farmers essayed the exporting of their surplus, but at first without satisfactory results, for the reason that the butter lacked the firmness desirable for transportation over seas. The butter was good other- wise, however, and a scientific study was begun with a view to giving it greater firmness. This was a task beyond any one dairyman, and all the dairymen in Denmark work- ing in concert might not have been qualified to solve the problem, which, finally, was worked out by a government commission. The solution was reached by experimenting with food for cows, the results being made known widely, in consequence of which the product of Danish dairies commands a higher price than any other butter imported into Great Britain — the greatest European market for but- ter We do not know how much butter is exported from Denmark altogether, but Great Britain alone last year im- ported 190,739,584 pounds from that country, of the invoice value of 845,269,944, or 23.7 cents per pound, yielding about $18 per head for the whole population of Denmark, the area of which is a little larger than Maryland, in the United States. In every country where agriculture has progressed be- yond a primitive state its followers owe much to the fruits of scientific investigation, even though the individual farmer may consider his daily practice a matter of course, or something which has suggested itself naturally to his ancestors. Not that all successful farming is due to the work of governmental institutions. Besides the discover- ies resulting from the observations of individual intelligent agriculturists in every age, and communicated gradually to their fellows, there have been exceptional improve- ments in farming due to systematic study by exceptional men in this profession. England and the rest of the world owe much to the private agricultural experiment station at Rothamstead, in Hertford, where Sir John Lawes and Dr. Gilbert worked together for more than a half century in the study of plant foods and their absorption, leading to a new era of the understanding of the use of fertilizers. But two other such workers in this field may not appear again ; besides, quicker results are now obtained through the scientific institutions maintained in the interest of agri- culture in every civilized country. The United States, by the way, may be mentioned as being not behindhand in this field, with its sixty-two agricultural colleges, mostly with a public endowment, and its fifty- eight agricultural experiment stations, also supported chiefly at public ex- pense, engaged in investigations planned by their conduc- tors, and also offering their services to the farmers of their respective districts. The liberality of the government toward these institutions has not been paralleled in any other country, and the high standing of American agricul- ture is due in no small degree to the work that has been done in them The best kinds of grain and fruits and live stock have been discovered or developed, soils analyzed, new processes of culture introduced, and parasites studied and ways found to check their ravages. But why should the government confine its benefactions to agriculture ? This was natural while that remained our leading interest, but to-day it is largely exceeded in the money value of its products by manufactures. We hear, however, of no broad and general attempt on the part of the government to aid manufactures by scientific research. Manufacturers must still proceed empirically, guided only by their own experience and by what they can learn by chance of the experience of others. An ex- ception is to be noted in the case of highly organized in- dustries, like oil refining, where the consolidation of inter- ests makes possible scientific experiments on a large scale. Of how much value such experiments have proved to the Standard Oil Co. most men have a vague and general idea. But where competition prevails, leisure and capital for such experiments in a large way are lacking. Indus trial experiment stations, which would take the form of laboratories, might be established for all branches of manufacture that have reached a certain grade of import- ance, measured by the value of their product. The ex- penditure of thousands in this way might mean millions of May i, 1903 ] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 253 dollars in the increased efficiency of such industries as the leather, textile, or India-rubber manufactures. The chemistry of India-rubber forms one of the most complicated fields of applied science. One might count on his fingers all the men in the world who have made extensive scientific research in this field and much remains to be known about the chemical properties and possibili- ties of Caoutchouc. Of course, a large number of facts related to these problems are known to every competent rubber factory superintendent, but scores of problems re- main unsolved. If the government would establish a rubber laboratory with a competent head, its value to the trade, and so indirectly to all the people of the United States, might be very great. The rubber interest is surely large enough to be in a position to ask for such help from the government, and conditions are such that trade does not satisfactorily do the work for itself. This course would gradually substitute science for empiricism and cer- tainty for guess work, and no rubber man has been so uniformally successful that he should not welcome such a change. There is now being organized a new department of the government of the United States — that of Commerce and Labor, in charge of a secretary ranking as a member of the Cabinet— partly in recognition of a growing feeling among manufacturers that their interests were being slighted at Washington as compared with the attention given to the promotion of agriculture. While the first work of the new department shall be to consolidate and improve certain branches of statistical work carried on hitherto in various other departments, including the na- tional census, a study of the act creating the new branch of the government shows its head to be empowered " to foster, promote, and develop the various manufacturing industries," by gathering and making available "useful in- formation," and "by such other methods and means as v may be prescribed by the secretary or prescribed by law." It would thus seem to be within the province of the new department, in its "bureau of manufactures," ultimately to create experimental stations which should extend to manu- facturing interests such helps as the government now af- fords to agriculture. Under the generally broad author- ization of the law, the secretary of commerce and labor can do very much what he chooses to do — provided appro- priations are forthcoming. It is encouraging to hear that the new cabinet minister is desirous of making of his office something more than a mere statistical office, and doubt- less practical suggestions from manufacturers bearing upon their needs would be welcomed by him. THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND BUSINESS. pHE opening the other day of the new home of the A New York Stock Exchange, now the largest and most costly and sumptous bourse in the world, is a matter of interest not alone to the brokers who do business there and their clients. Those persons who conceive of the stock exchange only as a place for speculative buying or selling, or where prices of shares are " manipulated " by " insiders " at the expense of the unwary investor, see only an incidental side to an institution which exists only in an- swer to a wide and legitimate demand for a register of corporation values. The history of modern industrial de- velopment is the history of enterprise by means of joint stock companies, and the great readiness with which capi- tal has been invested in such undertakings has been due to the growing facility with which such investments can be realized on. With so much of the real wealth of the country held by corporations, large and small, the occasion is constant for buying and selling shares, just as the sale of real estate and other property individually owned is constant. And in order that every man who wants to buy or sell shares of a railway or manufacturing company may not be obliged to shop among his friends or even strangers for a chance to trade, ami in order that something like established prices may prevail, and, above all, honest dealing, a recog- nized snare market has become a necessity. But the importance of the stock exchange extends fur- ther. The many owners of shares who do not want to sell are no less interested in knowing their real value than the much smaller number of owners who are sellers or buyers. Hence the daily reports of stock prices advertise to thou- sands and millions of people what each is worth in the way of corporation property, and, consciously or otherwise, own- ers of shares are thus influenced in their business plans, in the buying and selling of goods, in building for the future. The whole market cannot be influenced at once by manip- ulation, and a general decline in share values teaches con- servatism in the matter of new undertakings, just as a rise suggests general prosperity and encourages increased efforts to expand businesses and industries. As the pro- portion of the country's wealth held by corporations in- creases, the importance of rightly reading stock quotations as a business barometer becomes greater, while interest in the effect of a " raid " on this or that stock becomes less. The tendency of any stock exchange is gradually to re- quire a higher standard, so to speak, of character for the securities admitted to trading privileges, and to give greater publicity to the facts regarding the condition of the companies represented by such securities. These tendencies, together with that of constantly getting nearer the real values of the securities, point to a time when trading in stocks will no more suggest speculation or " gambling " than trading in commercial commodities. Already the shares of many railways have been removed from the speculative list, and the reorganization of some more overcapitalized " industrials " will result in their securities being regarded in a different light than at present. The growth of the N'ew York Stock Exchange, therefore, is worth considering as a factor in the com- mercial and industrial development of the country and the world, no matter if the opportunity does still exist in Wall street for the parting of the fool and his money. That was easy enough before stock exchanges were ever thought of. The forty million dollar bicycle trust has surprised no one by coming to grief. The financial world, by the way, 254 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May ■9°3- has not seen more kinds of failure comprised in the history of any large company based upon a legitimate industry. At one time a number of capable, forceful manufacturers, each a mas- ter of his trade, were making bicycles and selling them at a profit. There were also incapable men in the field, making bicycles and selling them at a loss. Then came a combination of practically the whole business, good and bad elements alike, in the hands of a board of directors and of high salaried offi- cers, who stood too far aloof from their business to win success in it, had they been never so well qualified for their positions. The result was not unlike what might be expected in the case of a blind man who insisted on riding a wheel near the brink of a precipice. It is not enough to attribute the failure of the big company to a decline in cycling, for the " trust " may have as- sisted in that decline. When the bicycle first came into use it was not in response to any existing demand. The demand was largely created through the efforts of such energetic pioneers as Colonel Albert A. Pope, who, having made a market, pro- ceeded to supply it and to reap a profit from so doing. Bicy- cles are like most other things, in that they will not sell them- selves. It is interesting to note that the gentleman named here, after having relinquished his business to the "trust," stands today in possession of what has been left from the wreck of the whole trade. And there is reason to hope that the substitution of intelligent individuality for irresponsible con- trol by a board will place the industry again upon a sound basis. The rubber trade can hardly fail to benefit from an in- creased demand, in years to come, for bicycle tires. The photographs of Mexican views used in illustrating the letter from the rubber planting district on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, printed in this issue, were supplied by C. B. Waite, a photographer in the City of Mexico, and are protected by copyright. RUBBER PLANTING ENTERPRISES. BADGER MEXICAN PLANTERS CO. [Plantation near San Juan Evangelista, state of Vera Cruz. Mexico. Office: Racine, Wisconsin.] INCORPORATED January 2, 1903, under Maine laws, to buy and cultivate for a second organization 10,000 acres of land on Trinidad river, to grow rubber and sugar. The land embraces a partially developed property, acquired from E. A. Dorman.and planted to rubber — now four years old — and coffee. A sugar mill will be erected this year, and consid- erable sugar will be planted. Tne officers are : William W.Allis, president Allis-Chalmers Co., president ; Frank K. Bull, presi- dent J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co., vice president; Charles R. ( arpenter, cashier Racine Commercial and Savings Bank, treasurer; Warren E. Fish, general auditor J. I. Case company, secretary. The other directors are Charles E. Tingley, Boston, Mass.; H. A. J. Upham, Milwaukee; Fred Carney, Jr., Mari- nette, Wis. ; E. A. James, Chicago. JOLIET TROPICAL PLANTATION CO. [Plantation at Tierra Blanca, state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Office: Joliet, II- • Iinois. See The India Rubber World, Kebruarvi, 1903— page 151.] The company announce that the sale of the 1200 shares first offered, beginning about September 15, 1902, was completed on February 12, 1903. Additional land having been purchased, 900 more shares were put on sale, making a total of 2100 shares, there being an undivided \yi acre to each share. The price of shares is $350. Development work began on January 1 last. The company hope to get 600 acres planted to rubber this year, with corn between the rows. Four sources of income are looked to for dividends while the rubber is maturing : (1) rent of labor- ers' houses; (2) rent of pasture lands; (3) profits from the company's store ; (4) proceeds of the corn crop. Two thousand acres of pasture land are now rented. The present price of corn, of which two crops per year are expected, is equal to 60 cents per bushel, gold. Shareholders are not encouraged, however, to expect quick dividends or very large ones at first. LA NUEVA PROVIDENCIA RUBBER CO. nation "La Nueva Providencia," department uf Escuintla, Guatemala. Office : Providence, Rhode Island.] Incorporated January 8, 1903, under Rhode Island laws; capital, $20,000. Own 2000 acres, on which there are some wild rubber trees which will be tapped, and are now planting rubber from nurseries. The officers, all financially interested, are: Edwin H.Stww (president), of the important printing house of Snow & Farnham, Providence; Leo F. A'adeau (vice president), fire insurance ; Clyde E.Gardner (general manager), rubber and lumber merchant, Guatemala, with sixteen years' experience three. UTAH-MEXICAN RUBBER CO. [Plantation on the Mescalapa river, state ol Tabasco, Mexico. Office : Salt Lake City, Utah.] Incorporated April 1 1, 1903, under the lawsof Utah;capital, $100,000. This company has been formed on the recommenda- tion of Noble Warrum, Jr., and Aquila Nebeker, after a visit of investigation to Mexico, where 10,000 acres have been pur- chased on a navigable river and near a railway. The purchase includes a large rubber nursery and it is stated that the first planting is now in progress. The officers are : John Henry Smith, president; W. S. McCornick, vice president and treas- urer; and John A. McAllister, secretary. The other directors are Joseph F. Smith, Thomas R. Cutler, Frank Knox, W. B. Preston, J. S. Bransford, B. F. Grant, and John P. Hammond. Mr. Grant some time ago wrote to The India Rubber World enthusiastically in regard to the rubber planting outlook, after a visit to Mexico. ROCHESTER-MEXICAN PLANTATION CO. [Plantation " Las Lomas," on the river Coatzacoalcas, state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Office: Granite building, Rochester, New York.] Incorporated November 27, 1901, under New York laws; capital $60,000. Purchased a plantation cleared and planted in 1899, to 1 20,000 coffee trees and 8000 rubber trees; 30,500 addi- tional rubber trees were planted in 1902. Officers : Charles H. Angel, president ; A S. Pendry (referred to as an expert tropi- cal planter), vice president ; John B. Snyder, secretary; John L. Zeeveld, treasurer. THE OBISPO RUBBER PLANTATION CO. [Plantation "San Silverio el Obispo," state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Office: No. 52 Broadway, New York.] The report of the annual inspection of this property, made by Captain W. B. Porter, of New York, dated March 30, 1903, mentions the satisfactory growth of the rubber planted in 1901 and 1902 and states that Mr. Maxwell Riddle, the resident manager of the plantation, was planning to put S50 acres addi- tional in rubber this season. * * * The Trinidad Rubber Co. (Los Angeles, California), hav- ing a plantation under development at San Juan Evangelista, in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, have filed a certificate of increase of capital stock under their California charter from Sioo.ooo to $200,000. May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 255 RUBBER PLANTING ON THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. Is Seen by the Editor of" Tin- India Rubber World." M FIRST I ETTER. Foreword — From New York to the Border — Over the Alkali Plains — N uive Food — Mexican Opals — The Nochistongo Canal— Arriv.il at Mexico City — Journev South of the < "apital — - Adventures at Achotal — On Horseback Over Forest Trails — The Demarest and Newmark Instates — Arrival at " I. a Ventura." Y journey to the Tierra Calient e, or " hot country," in Mexico, was taken with the sole object of seeing for myself cultivated rubber, planted by both individuals and stock companies. I selected typical plantations as far as I could, most of them in the state of Vera Cruz, on the isthmus of Tehuantepec. The states of Tabasco and much of Oaxaca and Chiapas I was forced to leave out of my itinerary, although they too have large and successful plantings, which I hope to visit later. I left New York quietly and alone, paid all my own expenses for the whole trip, and carefully avoided ex- ploiting either myself or those who have shares or land to mar- ket. This statement seems necessary, because, since my return. I have been asked in all serious- ness whether this or that company had me "under its wing" to use later for advertising purposes. 1 wish also to add a word of thanks for the courtesy, the generous hospitality, and the Irank, helpful cordiality extended to me by the I^^BKL planters whom it was my good fortune to visit. May I add that, / of the conclusions drawn from my / visit, while they prove to me that certain procedure in clearing, planting, care, etc., is vital in the localities under consideration, it SA- NATIVE HUl' IN THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ CANE FIBER RAINCOAT. does not follow that, given a dif- ferent locality, soil, and climatic conditions, other methods might not prove necessary. I have chosen the narrative style for the relation of my experiences, as it is the easiest way to transcribe my notes, and I would say further that imagination has not entered at all into this chronicle, as it is in every respect the record of facts as I saw them. In spite of an innate belief in my own preparedness for the Mexican pilgrimage, when ready to start I lost no time in consult- ing persons who had gone before as to material equipment for the journey. The advice received re- solved itself into the purchase of a broad brimmed soft hat. neglige shirts, light flannel underwear, a " navy bag " (a dress suit case on horseback being a source of worry and a constant temptation to landing on one's head), and a pair MY OUTFIT. of long legged moosehide " snake boots." To this was added, later, a Colts' revolver and holster, to be worn in the unsettled country south of the City of Mexico ; a rubber poncho coat that looked like a long tan colored nightshirt, a linen suit, and, for medicines, a box of cascarets, a bottle of chloranodyne, and a pint of two grain quinine pills. Had I appreciated the pertinac- ity of the Mexican flea I should have added a blower and a pound or two of Dalmatian powder. It was snowing when our train left Jersey City and started for the southland. Nor did winter really forsake us until we were well into the Indian Territory. As a matter of fact, I do not really think I realized that I was on my way to the land of the Castilloa until I awoke one morning and saw the dwarf cactus that grew by the side of the track, and further on, at San Antonio, Texas, began to note the picturesque Mexican costumes and the subtle differences in architecture, climate, and soil, that proclaimed our nearness to a land of strange peo- ples, customs, and language. Fi- nally we crossed the Kio Grande, drew up on Mexican soil, had our baggage examined by dark com- plexioned officials who were polite ;.;-,._ beyond belief, changed our money, I - - v getting I \ v " !"■ ea< h -1 oi 1 n< le Sam's currency, and were at length in the land of the Aztecs. The border town where we made our entry is known as Cuidad Por- firio Diaz — the first word meaning "city.' Here all was Spanish, or rather Mexican, the adobe houses, the half clad Indian children who begged softly "un centavo Seiior," and the placid care- free appear- ance of the railroad men, who had the air of having but little on their minds and no cause for hurry or worry— all 111 marked contrast to the hustling, bustling, atmosphere that is so much in evidence on this side of the bor- der. After pulling out of Diaz we retired, slept soundly, and waked to breakfast in Torreon, 3700 feet above the level of the sea. It was a real Mexican break- fast, although cooked and served by Chinese, and eaten in a leis- urely way that did not at all sug- gest a waiting train. To digress a moment, when I say we, I refer to myself and what- ever chance acquaintance I might at the moment be thrown with. As far as Torreon I had had three such — a sugar planter who left at St. Louis, an army officer home from the Philippines OVER THE BORDER. 256 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May 1903. who got off at San Antonio, and a young English mining engineer who was to establish himself permanently at. Zaca- tecas. The last named was a nice fellow, but very serious withal, and responded with extreme reluctance to any attempt- ed humor. For example, he had noted, as I had, the influx of Americans to the country, and said : By the way, those planters now, what do they raise? " I replied : " The older ones, who are settled down, raise pine- apples, cacao, and rubber. Most of the younger ones raise Cain." •■ But don't any of the older ones go into the sugar bn too ? " he inquired. The whole of the first day"s ride on Mexican soil wis through a lofty plateau, very bare first a nd dry, the MX. Chief Ve § e ' talion being the giant cactus. In spite of the closing of the car windows, the line alkali dust sifted in, coating every- thing.and making it quite diflicult to breathe. To- ward evening we reached the min- ing city of Zacate- cas, which is more than 8000 feet a- bove the sea level, and where we were told that we should have diffi- culty in breathing, because of the rarefied a t m o s - phere. As a mat- ter of fact, none of us suffered the slightest incon- venience. We did suffer a disap- pointment in not being able to see the city, which lies hundreds of feet below the railway, but night had fallen and we could only guess its location from the twinkiing lights far below us. The next morning we passed through Oueretara, where Maximilian was executed, and break fasted at Tula, a station some miles further on. Here we were in- troduced afresh to the staple articles of Mexican food, the tortilla and the frifo/e. The former is a flat cake of unleavened bread made of corn flour that tears like blotting paper and is about as palatable. It is made by the native women, who treat the corn first with a solution of lye to destroy the outer skin and then crush it on a little three legged stone table called a mutate, by means of a stone manoox rolling pin. This, mixed with water, is baked, and is apparently much prized by the natives. The frijoles or Mexican beans are of two kinds, negros and bianco. — OPALS. that is, black and white. To my palate the black ones are al- together the best, although I enjoyed both. The Mexicans are also very fond of meats which are cooked almost as soon as killed, and, therefore, apt to be tough. In their cooking they use a great deal of lard and make a greasy compound that a gringo stomach finds hard to digest. I ["HINK it was at Tula that we got a first sight of Mexican opals. It is well known that almost every visitor to the land of the Aztecs has a vision of the purchase of opals at an exceedingly low price, and the best of stones at that. It was here that we all had our chance. Several dark hued vendors showed packages of stones that were beauties. The asking piice was high, how- ever, and was low- ered only when the train began to move. We all knew what this meant. A hurried assent, the trans- fer of the coin and the package of opals, and the sub- sequent discovery that another pack- age of less valua- ble stones had been deftly substi- tuted. So we all refused to pur- chase. Did I say all? One shrewd Yankee watched his chance, made his purchase, and came back chuck- ling. " I fixed that tnozo," he said; " I gave him four big Mexican cents instead of as many quarters." When he opened his packet, however, his face fell, for it contained only common pebbles. A few miles south of this we had a fine view of the great Nochis- tongo canal, which in some parts is 600 feet wide and 200 feet deep, begun back in 1608, as a drainage canal for the valley of Mexico. The railroad runs for miles by the side of it, and when one appreciates the tact that every bit of the earth was taken out in baskets on the backs of peons, the magnitude of the work is appalling. The canal was never completed, as there was an error in the levels amounting to about 40 feet, over which the water refused to run. Soon after this the eternal snows of Popocatepetl and Ixtac- cihuatl sprang into sight, and although few of the AIN passengers pronounced either of the wordscorrect- snows. v * v Iy, all seemed to be sufficiently impressed. We M \Y '9°3-l THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 257 PRIMITIVE MEANS OB rRANSPORTATION, learned here thai the former of the two mountains had been pur- chased by the Standard Oil Co., who are to work the vast sul- phur deposits in the crater above the snows. The second volcano was exploited to us by a polite Mexican, who said that the Aztec name meant " the lady of the snows," and pointed out that the irregular peaks of this mountain, with their snowy mantle, took on the figure of a woman lying on her back with her arms folded. All the rest of the party said that the likeness was perfect, and to save trouble I agreed with them, but it really looked more like a couple of huge circus tents fresh from the laundry. Shortly after this we reached the City of Mexico, took a carriage, drove to a hotel that was built in a hollow square, and that had tiled floors, stuccoed walls, and rooms with- rfExico out baths, unpacked our traps, sent out and bought soap, and spent two hours in making alkaline solu- tions from the various strata of dust that had settled upon our editorial person. It was midday and hot, uncomfortably so in the sun, and just here I want to speak of the climate of the city, and then dis- miss the matter forever. It may be all that is claimed for it by guidebooks and railway folders, at certain seasons, but it struck me as far from perfect. At night it was so cool that a heavy suit and a light overcoat were necessary, while in the middle of the day one yearned for pajamas and sandals. When one gets really chilly there seem to be but two places to get warm ; one is the United States and the other the isthmus of Tehuantepec. There doesn't exist a fireplace, a stove, or any sort of heating apparatus in hotel or private house. Indeed the inhabitants ol the city claim that such are unhealthy, and the result is that every stranger courts pneumonia, unless exceedingly careful. The city itself is beautiful, and has a chocolate colored po- liceman at every corner, a polite little chap who appreciates a tip or a good cigar, and who will do anything in reason for the well behaved. I spent two days in the capital, and was very much impressed with its beauties. For a description of the buildings, customs, and places of interest, one need only turn to the many excel- lent guidebooks on sale everywhere. There are two points, however, which these publications do not touch upon. One is the very sincere and deserved admiration which visitors of every nation openly express for President Diaz, and another is the fact that American moneymakers, in a great variety of lines, are getting a very strong foothold in the city, to its marked benefit and to theirs. Like any other tenderfoot. I had brought with me a lot ol luggige which a closer view of conditions inthe7/>rr«j Caliente shoved to be unnecessary. Most of this I left in the City of STARTING SOUTH. Mexico, and started forth early one morning, clad in a summersuit, flannel shirt, broad-brimmed hat, with a Colt .38 strapped to my waist, and bear- ing for luggage a small bag and a Mexican blanket. I found the conditions on trains south of Mexico city radically different from those to the north. There were, for example, first, second, and third class cars, with no Pullmans. The first class car might have been a baggage car lor all the luggage that the passengers had, and it might have been a smoking car for the way in which both sexes smoked cigarettes; indeed, it might have been a barroom for the way that the train boy served native cognac and beer. Mysealmate, a powerful Swede, appreciated some of these Providences more than I did. As he was interested in rubber planting, and particularly as he un- derstood Spanish, we became quite friendly, and before I knew it he was taking my tup right out of my hands. He verbally hustled me through Mexico, and by this time would have had me in Patagonia had I not put on the brakes. The first part of the journey from the city, the road ran through enormous maguey plantations, from which Mexico's national drink, the pulgue, is drawn. Then after miles of dusty plain, the road (near Esperanza) runs close to the mountain side, disclosing, some 4000 (eet below, the little native village of Mal- trata. Zigzagging round the mountain, tunneling through pro- jecting rocks, clinging to the edge of awful precipices, the train curves and slides, until it finally gets down to the plain, and the powerful double headed locomotive which held it back stops with a veritable sigh of relief. Leaving Maltrata, the course still continues down hill, fol- lowing the windings of a mountain stream some hundreds of feet below, until we finally sight Orizaba, clothed in eternal snow, lifting its head high above all surrounding peaks, and to my mind far more beautiful and impressive than Popocatepetl or its sister summit, over which tourists rave. After a brief stop at the mountain hedged city ol Orizaba, we left the train at Cordoba, where the Spanish of my traveling companion was most helpful in securing accommodation at a little Mexican hotel where we had a really good dinner and comfortable beds. In the morning we took an early train over the Vera Cruz and Pacific road for Achotal, its terminus. Although the run unsettled > s not a ' on g one . ' l takes from 6 o'clock in the country, morning till 1 the following morning to make it. That we were getting into an unsettled country was much more apparent than ever before, the cars being guarded by rurales (the native military police), and the passengers, both Americans and Mexicans, having the free and easy demeanor which characterized the early days of the Far West. The con- ductors and train hands were Americans, as were many of the ■ MAGUEY PLANTATION NEAR MEXICO CITY. 258 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [M u i, 1903. LOOKING DOWN UPON MALTRA1A FROM THE TRAIN. passengers, all going south and most of them interested in plant- ing projects. As was natural, the Americans and English grav- itated together, and I heard many interesting facts concerning the country and much concerning rubber planting. The verdict of those who were not directly interested in the business seem- ed to be that there was nothing in it, and that rubber trees could never be grown. Indeed, one passenger said flatly that he had been in the country a number of years, had never seen a rubber tree, and didn't believe they could be grown anyhow. This did not seem to disturb the serenity of the planters, who didn't argue the matter at all, but let the others talk. We passed a rather wearisome day on the train, stopping occasionally for meals and getting them served more and more in pioneer fashion. I had intend- ed to stop ofT at Tierra Blanca, in the vicinity of which are large plantations, but learning that the men whom I most wished to see were absent, I left that (or a later visit. Finally, at 1 o'clock in the morning, we reached Achotal, the train re- turning at once and leaving us standing on the platform of the only frame building in the place, the depot, which was promptly locked. I am moved to tell of my experience at Achotal, not to deter the timid or comfort loving from venturing into this part of the country, but as a bit of history, for within a very few months it will cease to be a pioneer railroad terminal, with its tramps, its native workmen, its flourishing cantina, and will settle down as a safe, prosaic, Mexican way station. In fact this change was almost due when I was there, for track had been hastily laid and construction trains run down to Santa Lucretia, where it is to join with the National Tehuantepec railway. This construe tion train, by the way, we were to take some time about 6 o'clock in the morning, and after riding some 1 5 kilometers, I planned to stop at Santa Rosa, and thus reach a large private rubber lantation operated by an oldtime friend of mine. To be left in a town like Achotal at 1 o'clock in the morning with the knowledge that it would be hard work to get a ROUQHINQ (j e( j j s not a particularly cheerful prospect. One of my planter friends, Mr. W. L. Adams, of Ixtal. however, whom I shall always remember gratefully, piloted me across the muddy track, walked me over a narrow, springy plank which rested against a steep bank, and I saw fronting me the few palm thatched native huts which make up the town. En- MOUNTAIN CLIMBING ENGINE. tering one of these we found that there was no room at all, every available space being taken by canvas cots and conscientious snorers. Leading me further up the hill, however, he forced his way into another hut, roused the owner, and finally secured for me a cot. This I took possession of and prepared to make myself comfortable, as had a half dozen Mexicans, each of whom had a similar resting place. All were not asleep, however ; in fact my nearest neigh- bor, a muscular young mozo* was just disrobing. While he un- dressed, his hat, which lay on the cot, showed that it was pre- empted. Everything was peaceful, the snores of the sleepers, the stamping of the horses outside, the grunting of the pigs that had come in the open doorway and were seeking what they could devour, «nd the scratching of the flea tormented dogs, being the only sounds of life. Breaking in upon all this peace came the big Swede, with a very substantial "jag" and took possession of the mozo's cot, throwing his hat upon the floor, whereupon the native drew his knife preparatory to a pointed argument. Not that I cared particularly for the mozo, or for the Swede, but in the interests of fair play I interfered, telling the latter that if he insisted upon taking the cot, the mozo should have mine, whereupon he went out with some grum- bling, and wrapping myself in my blanket I went to sleep, feel- ing that I had done a good turn for a dark-skinned, downtrod- den brother. I was not to rest long, however, for I was awak- ened by the reentrance of the Swede, who came to inquire politely if the strangeness of my sur- roundings kept me from sleeping. I as- sured him they did not, and he depart- ed satisfied and I dropped off to sleep again. Suddenly, however, I was awak- ened by the feeling that some one was looking me in the face and opening my eyes I saw the mozo with his face about three inches from mine and his hand outstretched toward my breast pocket. I have forgotten just what I said to him, but it was most emphatic, and he went back and lay down, while I, wrapping my blanket tightly about me, dropped into another doze, but not for long. Back came the Swede, with more of a "jag "than ever, and sat on the side of my cot and wished aloud that he had a place to lie down, so I got up and gave him my cot and went and sat in the doorway and smoked and thought. * A common " hot country " appellation for an agricultural laborer. SNOW CAPPED ORIZABA. M\v i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 259 At 5 o'clock I succeeded in getting some coffee, which greatly refreshed me, and at 9 o'clock boarded the con- struction train, which was made up of a wood burning engine, a boxcar for passen- gers, and two flat cars loaded with railroad ties, mozos and negroes. We crept along at a snail's pace over the tempo- rary track, which was not bal- lasted and which had sunk al- most out of sight sonu times in the clayey mud and some- times slid a foot or two to right or left, threatening to overturn the car. That this latter was no idle dream was indi- cated by several boxcars which we saw which had been tipped off into ditches along the side. We finally reached Santa Rosa and disembarked — that is, I did, and my cheerful planter friend, Adams, while all the rest went on. Santa Rosa station is not a largeone, the only building there being a ruined hut of native build, that had been in use when the pioneer railway camp was there. On the opposite side of the track, however, the land had been cleared and planted to Castilloa, a part of the Demarest estate, my first sight of the cultivated trees. They rubber were growing on a well drained hillside, in a rich, TREES loamy soil, with a substratum of clay, and, although shedding their leaves, as they always do at the beginning of the dry season, they looked thrifty and healthy. My com- panion sent one of his men off through the forest to se- cure horses, and while he did that I drank in the beau- ties of that tropical scene. It was a glorious morning and everything possessed the charm of novelty. The huge forest trees, studded with orchids and epi- phytes, the marvelously dense growth where no clearing had been made, a growth of trees, vines, and climbers so thick that it would have been impossi- ble to go ten feet through it without cutting one's way, the parrots chatter- ing in the trees, the brilliant macaws flying to and fro, and the wealth of flowers big and little, held me spell- bound. I was awakened from my rev- ery by Mr. Adams, who led me up over the hill where lived the owner of the rubber trees, who welcomed us warmly, prepared an abundant meal and chatted most entertainingly about the country and its prospects. After a siesta, the horses having come, we mounted and trotted gaily away ; that is, Mr. Adams did, but as 1 had not been on horseback since I was ten years old, I felt anything but frivolous. A Mexican saddle, however, kept me within bounds, and very soon the trail entered the virgin forest and got so rough and muddy that the trot calmed down to a walk, much to my satisfaction. I don't think I shall ever forget one REET SCENE IN CORDi 1 particular place in that 1 >ad, where we had to cross a mud- dy ravine with steep, clayey banks on either side, or how I sat back as far as possible while the horse slid down to the bottom, and then suddenly reversed my position and got one hand tight in his mane while he scrambled up the other ; nor will I foiget how he tried to get out of the mud in the middle of the trail by walking close to the trees, and of my frantic efforts to keep him away from the spiney palms and numerous other bristling projections of the forest. We finally emerged into the open, however, and as we came out my companion asked me how I liked it. I had by that time gotten into the spirit of the thing and was thoroughly enjoying it, so that I could conscientiously say, "first rate." " Well, that's the worst trail around here," he replied; "1 thought you might as well have that at the beginning." The rest of the ride was through a magnificent stand of culti- vated Castilloa trees, planted on rolling ground, about nine feet apart, showing every evidence of intelligent care. a About half an hour later we drew up at Newmark's resting D ] antal j on which is known as " El Kitero," and is a PLACE. V . , private venture embracing some 400 acres ol land, on which are about 50,000 rubber trees planted four or five feet apart in the rows. They looked finely, and indeed the whole place, with its coffee, bananas, etc., appeared to be most flour- ishing. Here I was treated to a small red banana about the size of one's thumb, that was the most delicious bit of fruit one can imagine. I now parted from Mr. Adams, and, being taken in charge by Mr. Newmark, soon reached " La Ventura," and entered the house that was to be my head- quarters during my stay in the Trini- dad river district. I had not seen my friend Harvey, the founder of this tropical enterprise, since we dined together at the Lotos Club in New York four years before. He was then yearning to shake the snows of the north from his feet and hasten back to the land where winter was unknown. I doubt if he believed that I would ever redeem my promise given then to visit him, and it was not for some time that 1 learned the cause for this scepticism. It seems that many northerners come to the City of Mexico — some venture to 1 irizaba and points easy of access (urthersouth, but few get as far as Ach- otal. < )nly a short time previous a well known New York lawyer arrived there at one in the morning, saw what he was " up against," boarded the train and started back, though within 10 miles of his destination, and that was why my host ex- claimed: " By Jove, you are really here ! " FICUS BENJAMINA. 260 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [M \v i, 1903. THE INDIA-RUBBER TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN. By Our Regular Correspondent. '""I "* IlEtalkofthemomentisonthe forthcoming act ions which the Dunlop company are bringing against Moseley's and the North British for alleged infringement of the beaded tire tread. It is said by the Dunlop com- pany that the patent in question did not lapse early in March. as generally supposed, but that it forms part of the Welch patent, which runs until October, 1904. Up LITIGATION. ' . ... . 7 1 to now Moseley s have not made this tread, though they had an arrangement with Dunlop as to royalty should they have decided to make it; now they are making it and do not admit that any royalty is payable. A season's trade is evidently worth having, or one would hardly have thought that costly litigation would be justified in the case of a patent having little more than a year to run. The other day a professional man was making some very caustic remarks to me about the slackness of the British rubber manufacturer to develop new business. It a question seems tnat ne had required a special article made of of policy. n \ ... rubber and that the various shops he had gone to were not disposed to consider the business. "This is what they do and then they complain about bad trade," was his remark. After a time, however, I succeeded in convincing him that the rubber salesman and the works behind him probably knew their business best, and that it was only reasonable that they should not jump at putting themselves to the inconvenience and ex- pense of making one special article for which there was no general demand. I know one firm who made it a rule never to refuse an order of this kind, and I also know that other firms when approached on such business used to advise their customer to go to the firm who used to take up and lose on this class of order. Of course each case should be judged on its merits, but it certainly is very doubtful whether the policy of never refusing an order is in the long run justified by its results. Certainly as far as my experience goes the firms who leave odds and ends to their competitors have shown the best financial results. A FRIEND of mine who has visited the recent automobile ex- hibition at Berlin tells me that what struck him as the greatest novelty in tires was the Lins patent detachable tread. This is a sort of grooved arrangement by which the NOTES. , .,-,.,- 1 • , tread can be fitted easily into the cover without neces- sitating any solutioning or vulcanization. = = Mr. Perry's article in the March issue of Thr India Rubber World with regard to the general displacement of solid tires in Paris by pneumat- ics has occasioned some surprise to English manufacturers. But it seems to be largely a case of circumstances, although it is generally supposed that the solid stands rough roads better than the pneumatic; yet it seems to be the case that in Paris this is not so, the flint gravel of the Parisian streets acting more injuriously on the solid than on the pneumatic. I am assured by an English manufacturer that similar circumstances do not occur in England, and that the supremacy of the solid tire does not, at present at any rate, show signs of being assailed. == The New York Wheel and Rubber Tyre Co. having recently changed their title to the De Nevers Rubber Tyre Co., the warn- ing as to confusion of title with another firm of transatlantic origin has now no significance. = = I hear that the Manchester Wedge-Tyre Co., Limited, of Pollard street, Ancoats, Man- chester, have lately experienced an increased demand for their tires, which have now had a sufficient time to prove their value. The question of standard parts and sizes of machines has, I believe, long been settled affirmatively in the United States, and is now agitating our engineers. It has ali-o ' come to the fore in connection with electrical im- parts. struments, in which the vulcanite manufacturer is interested. An English maker of vulcanite goods tells me that the electric business would be much easier and more profitable if the system of standard parts were adopted, and says he has hopes that this desideratum will shortly be a matter of fact. My excuse for the perceptible shortness of this mor.th'scom- munication compared with what I usually write must be my ab- sence from England in France and Italy. When I say NOT^s that I am posting this from Monte Carlo, my readers will recognize that India rubber factories do not loom prominently in the geographical horizon and that the varied attractions of the place cannot be considered as incent- ives to scientific or technical writing. Of course there isagood deal of speculation in the purchase of raw rubber, but it is not exact y of the character associated with the lapis verb. Natur- ally, with the brilliant sunshine with which this spot is favored during so many months of the year, the macintosh is very little in demand, though rubber in the form rjf motorcar tires meets the eye at every point, cars of the most luxurious character be- ing met with in rather loo great numbers, considering the nar- rowness of the roads. Some two years ago I sent The India Rubber World some notes on rubber manufacturing in Italy and I have noth- ing much to add on the present occasion. The number of works has not been increased, Messrs. Pirelli & Co., of Milan, if we leave out of account two small concerns, having practi- cally the whole business in their hands. I had a pleasant con- versation with Engineer Emilio Invernizzi, of theelectrical staff of the Messrs. Pirelli, and he recalled the notice given in The India Rubber World of the firm's exhibit at the last Paris exhibition. The Institution of Electrical Engineers of London are visiting the works this week, the event being looked upon as of some importance. I was presented with a copy of the Italian edition of the descriptive booklet of the works specially prepared for the occasion, and I hope to give some extracts from it in my next correspondence. As far as I could judge by cursory glances at the shops ex- hibiting rubber goods in Venice and other towns, America is represented principally by the rubber boots and shoes of the Candee company, though I cannot say that I saw any of these g >ods in actual use. Turning from the particular to the gen- eral, there is abundant evidence everywhere in the north of Italy of the progress of manufactures and the increase of wealth, a necessary consequent of which must be a larger demand for rubber goods of all kinds. With, however, the protective tariffs imposed in accordance with Crispi's schemes for the progress of the country, there is not much chance of this pro- spective increase being satisfied by outside manufacturers, which is the same thing as prophesying yet further financial triumphs for the great Milan firm referred to above. Mr. H. H. Holland has been appointed manager of the European dep6t of the United States Rubber Co., in London, having gained no little knowledge of the trade through his as- sociation with the late John W. Knott, whom he succeeds. Mai '903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 261 GATHERING RUBBER UNDERGROUND. SOME experiments in rubber culture in progress in Africa may lead to the extensive growing of a class of rubbei plants which, while little has been known of thtti) hith- erto. are already of commercial importance. It now ap- pears that the Lando/phia climbers supply a smaller pi up ttii n of the African rubber output than has been supposed. What- the French call Caou/ kouc dts Aeries, and the Germans wursel- kautschuk (root rubber), is really what the natives in man) dis- tricts have been collecting for several years, in quantities not suspected until recently. The latest scientific investigation of the sources of African rubber, however, confirm casual state- ments made from time to time by explorers and traders about rubber being obtained underground. An English physician, visiting missionary stations in Angola (Portuguese West Africa twelve years ago, while on the Bihe plateau, inland from the seaport of Benguela. and among the headwaters of the Kwanza river, recorded in his notes :* Rubber has to be dug for with hoes only a small plant showing above ground , the roots, from which it is obtained, running along for many yards, about six inches below the surface, varying in size from a quarter inch to an inch and a half. These roots are beaten with wooden mallets and boiled in water; when the rubber dissolves out it is collected and formed into balls, mixed a good deal with woody fiber. The United States consul in Angola had already reported, in 1891,1 that about three years previously a new- source of rubber had been discovered in the Bihe country, and he was given to understand that the great increase in rubber shipments from the port of Bengue- la which followed had been due to this discov- ery. From a hundred landolphiathollonii. tons or so yearly, before [From Industrie et Commerce du Caoutchouc^ that per j of j, t h e Bengue- la exports continued to increase until amounting in a single year to 5,000,000 pounds. Mr. Frank Vincent, an American traveler,} next contributed a note on the subject : Governor Paula Cid told me that in the year 1887 the exports of Ben- guela took a sudden jump upwards, owing to the appearance in the markets of a new kind of India-rubber, which is extracted (rem the roots of a small shrub that grows spontaneously on the banks of certain rivers in the interior. The British consul at Loandi in 1899 reported : " Angola rubber is said to come very largely from a small creeper which struggles over sandy soil or desert places, incapable apparently of other productions." The above quotations state precisely what has been found to be true of rubber gathering, not only in Angola, but in parts of the Congo Free State, French Congo, and other districts in Africa. Years later the botanist Baum, traveling in the Ger- man possessions south of Angola, observed the collection of '• root rubber " on which he reported fully, with photographs * Reality versus Romance in South Central Africa. By James Johnson, m . n. New Vor k: r8o3 P 107. ^Special Consular Reports. India-Rubber Washington: 1892. P. 435. * Actual Africa ; or the Coming Continent New York : 1S95. P. 379. of the various operations involved *> —not for the interest of the curious, but to depict a considerable industry along the river Kunene. It is true that some of the earlier mentions of " root rubber " confused it with " Almeidina," a cheap gum exported in small quantities from the port of Mossamedes, in Angola, but not included in the customs returns of rubber shipments. The name " potato rubber," sometimes given to the latter, re- lated to the appearance of the balls into which it was formed, and not to its source, though it did lead to the impression that it was dug from the earth as tubers. The botanists are yet struggling with the nomenclature of this class of rubber plants, though agreed that they belong to the natural order Apocynaceie and are confined mainly to two genera — ' 'arpodinus and ( l/nandra. The ' 'arpodinus lanceo- /a/us is supposed to yield the greater part of the rubber known as "Benguela niggers" and Lower Congo "thimbles." Dr. D.ivid Morris says :* The interesting point is that these are neither trees nor shrubby climbers, as other rubber yielding plants in tropical Africa. They are described as low plants with slender, semi-herbaceous stems one to two feet high, and white aromatic flowers. They are iound in great abun- dance on the sandy expanses in the Kwango district south of Stanley Pool [on the Congo river], and from this region alone it is said that 500 tons of rubber are produced yearly. - - - Although the stems contain rubber, the larger share is at present obtained from the creeping under- ground stems (rhizomes). These are about an inch in diameter and the natives extract the rubber by rasping them in water and then boiling. In this way a large quantity of vegetable debris is taken up with the rubber and the quality is thereby impaired. - - - The discovery of these remarkable rubber plants shows how far we still are from knowing the full extent of the sources whence the valuable product may be ob- tained. It is possible that these new pknts may be available for < ulti- vation, and give returns earlier than other rubber plants. They could evidently be easily propagated by means of pieces of the rhizomes, and although it would be necessary to destroy many of the plants to obtain the rubber . there is a probability that nume ous pieces of the rhizomes could be left in the ground to carry on the cul- tivation. The native hab- itat of these plants is in certain wide stretches of coun- try in interior Af- rica, not covered with such luxur- iant forests as Sir Henry Stanley, for instance, has de- carpodinus lanceolatus. scribed on the up- [From K. de Wildeman's " Les Plantes Tropicales."] per Congo, and under a much less humid climate. Herr Baum wrote that the "root rubber" district in the Kunene country was so devoid § Da r> yvi' :,i»zer, IV Jahrg. Pp -tr^-tSo. •Cantor Lecrures on the Plants Yielding Commercial India- Rubber. London: 1898. P. 34. 262 1HE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [ M » i, 1903. of water that the natives going thither to work had to carry water with them, returning when the supply was exhausted. Herr Schlechter states that the plants grow near Stanley Pool on such sandy— and therefore unfertile — soil as nowhere exists in Kamerun. It would appear, therefore, that these plants are adapted to regions not suited to the growth of Castilloa or Hevea species, and the planting of them thus far in Africa has been done on the same estates with the Cearti rubber {Manikot Glaziovii). The latest business reports of several Belgian trading com- panies holding concessions in the Congo Free State allude to the rubber planting done by them. The company of the Plantations de la Lukulu report having planted 6000 Manikot trees and 8000 lianes (creepers), with 50,000 of the former and 12,000 of the latter still in nurseries. The Cie. Sucriere Euro- peenne et Coloniale report planting 22,171 fiiwMJand 748 Mani- kot trees, besides other species. The Plantations de La Luki had planted 16,584 lianes and specimens of nine different rub- ber trees, and had several thousand Manikot plants in nurser- ies. As to the lianes planted, on account of the local names being used, it is not clear what is the species. The first named company mention planting " malumbo," which, by reference to (iallier f would indicate some variety of Landolphia. The other two companies, however, report the planting of " lombo,'' t Ueber Kautschuklianen unci Andere Apocyneen. Hamburg: 1900. which suggests the Clitandra, a genus of " root rubber " plants. The companies referred to are operating in the Mayombe country, on the lower Congo — immediately north of the district in Angola previously referred to. It may be noted that all of the species of Landolphia are not of the giant creeper class, but some are included among the plants producing " Caoutchouc des herbes," or " root rubber." Such a plant is shown in the illustration, accompanying this article, of Landolpkia Tkollonii. The other illustration relates to Carpodinus lanceolatus. By the way, in the present confused state of the nomenclature of African rubber yielding species, the same plant is referred to as ' arpodinus by one writer and Clitandra by another, and possibly as Landolphia by a third. Herr I Iallier, in his monograph on the Apocynacece, after a comparison of all the data accessible, recognizes 21 established species of Carpodinus, 15 of Clitandra. and 20 of Landolphia. It need occasion no surprise, therefore, if different obseivets, under different conditions, should apply different designations to the same plant. It is plain that with the extensive production in the districts alluded to in this paper, the total exhaustion of " root rubber " — without replanting —is inevitable. In this connection the decline which has occurred already in the exports from Ben- guela is significant, the figures showing only 1,034,605 pounds for 1902, against 4,942,148 in 1898. RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURING CO. business, and Mr. Lewis D. Parker also president and manager of those companies manufacturing tires, and the sales for the three months ending March 31, 1903, are in excess of the corresponding period of last year. The financial statement is accompanied by a certificate from the company's auditors, Messrs. Bragg & Marin, chartered ac- countants, to the effect "that the various inventories of the constituent companies have been taken upon a proper and con- servative basis. That the bills and accounts receivable have, in every instance, been taken at a valuation which insures that at least the amount at which they are taken will be realized in the due course of business." BALANCE SHEET. [In the report as presented, all statements referred only to the last business year. But for convenience of comparison, the figures 1.1 the previous three years are here included, as shown in the respective annual reports. For a fuller understanding of the earlier figures, reference is made to Tup. Ism v Rt/BBBR Wori D of May I, 1002 — page 242 ] I^HE fourth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, was held on April 9, at the registered offices of the company in that state, No. 60 Grand street, Jersey City. The annual report of the president, Alden S. Swan, presented in printed form and read at the meeting, follows in full : It is with great pleasure that I report the results of the business of your company during the past year and as near as possible to March 31. They have proven the most satisfactory in the history of the company. One year ago this corporation was owing a large amount of bills and accounts payable amounting to about $ 1 , 100,- 000. This has all been liquidated and the company is entirely free from debt. By the auditor's report an- nexed, you will find that there has bi en charged off for maintenance, repairs, and depreciation the total of $685,830.28. This is con- siderably more than the three preceding years combined Ourallied companiesshow an increase in business up to the time of the Chicago strike, which lasted about three months. This inter- fered with our sales. Never- theless, the total results are very satisfactory and com- pare favorably with previous years. Mr. Charles II. I>ale has assumed the presidency and management of the com- panies doing a mechanical Cash Mortgage notes (for property sold) Accounts and bills receivable Treasury stock at cost Plants owned $120,000 00 Furniture owned 1,026.80 Net earnings of properties less amount received to date Investments, Stocks of allied companies M.i 1 $ 56,619 36 31,000 00 205,537.13 ASSETS. 121,026 So 24,808,279.69 Dec. 31, 1901. $ 74.323-07 15,000.00 876,856.83 292,443.00 110,856.05 24,928,646.83 Feb. 1, root. $425,746 42 Feb. 10, 1900. $318,246.72 45.5S5-I9 765.589-51 1,271,783.77 25.141,149 09 Total $25,222,462. $26,298,125.78 LIABILITIES. Mar. ■! . [90 . Pills payable (for money borrowed). . . . $ Accounts payable, to allied companies. . Accounts payable, to others Deposits by companies Preferred stock 8,051,40000 Common stock 16,941,700.00 Dec 31, 1901. $ 450,000 00 597,326 42 53.65744 $26,884,264.47 Feb. 1, 1901. 557,297.04 22,129,732.28 $23,770,865 55 Feb. 10, 1900. 8,051,400.00 16,941,700.00 405,3'7.33 8,051,400.00 16,941,700 OO 7.621,300.00 [ 5,134,000.00 Total $24,993, too. 00 Surplus $229,362.98 $26,094,083 86 $204,041.92 $25,398,417.33 $1,485,847.14 $22,755,900.00 $1,014,965.55 May i, 1903] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 263 INCOMES AND DISBURSEMENTS. Fiftken Months Ending Mahch jr, 1903. Balance brought over from 1901 $ 204,041.1)2 Income from dividends declared by allied companies for 15 months 1,570,40264 Total $1,774,444.56 Interest Account — Excess of payments over receipts for 15 months $47,482.77 Expenses paid for 15 months 142,67495 Charged off, loss on properties, contracts, guarantees, and for depreciation. .... 650,426.36 Total expenses, etc. 840,584.08 Net income $ 933,860.48 Five Dividends paid to March 31, 1903, Preferred 704,497.50 Balance of Income over Expenses and Dividends paid. .. $ 229 362.98 EARNINGS OF CONSTITUENT COMPANIES. Net Unapplied Earnings, as per previous report $661 To which add losses taken over and charged off by the Home Office 59 Net Earnings of the Companies for the year 1902 $2,252,954 45 Charged off : For Maintenance and Re- pair $149.57665 For Depreciation 536,25363 685.83028 317-58 865.12 $721,182.70 From the above there has been set aside for Sink- ing Fund : For Bonds $ 50,209.24 For Additions to Plant. . 67,16551 $1,567,124.17 H7.374-75 Leaving a Balance of 1,449 $2,170. Making a Total of . . Out of which Dividends have been declared for the period of 15 months, ending March 31, 1903. ......... 1,678 Net Unapplied Earnings, exclusive of operations of allied companies for the 3 months ending March 31, 1903. .$ 492 Less amount owned by Stockholders other than the Rub- ber Goods Mfg. Co 22 749 42 932.12 723 64 208. 4S 606.22 Net Unapplied Earnings belonging to the Rubber Goods Mfg. Co $ 469.60226 Of the above Dividends $1,678, There was paid to Stockholders other than the Rub- ber Goods Mfg. Co 108. ,723 64 .321.00 Balance paid to Rubber Goods Mfg. Co $[.570,402.64 The figures given in the preceding column are compared be- low with the corresponding details in the former three annual reports of the company : RUB1IKR GOODS MAM PAI I ' RING CO. Income from dividends declared by constituent companies : 1899 $ 644,624.83 1900 1,301,609.73 1901 1,362,824.00 1902 (to March 31, 1903) 1.570,402.64 Interest account : 1899 — Excess of receipts $37,880. 1 1 1900 — Excess of receipts 25,561.80 1901 — Excess of payments 22,556.81 i902(l5mos) — Excess of payments 47,482.77 EARNINGS OF CONSTITUENT: COMPANIES, * Gross earnings, 1899 $1,652,901 09 Do 1900 2,083,049.75 Do 1901 1,898,96450 Do 1902 2.103,377.80 $7,738,293.14 Charged for depreciation of plants : 1899 $ 25,842.85 1900 198,921 78 1901 201,910.78 1902 536,253.63196292904 t Charged off for sinking fund : 1899 $-15,449-05 1900 50.737 99 1901 50,467.99 1902 50,20924 196,864.27 $1,159,79330 Net earnings for four years $6,578,499.84 From which there has been appropriated for additions to plants ■'93. 166.28 Leaving a balance of $5,785,333.56 Out of which dividends have been declared : 1899 $ 769,624.83 1900 i,434,693.73 1901 1,469,948.00 1902 (to March 31, 1903) 1,678,72364 5,352,990.20 Net unapplied earnings $432,343.36 To which add losses taken over and charged off by the Home Office 59,86512 Net unapplied earnings $492,20848 Less amount owned by stockholders other than the Rubber (ioods Mfg. Co 2260622 Net unapplied earnings belonging to the Rubber Goods Mfg. Co $469,602.26 [* After deducting cost of repairs and maintenance of plants, t For bonds of New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, and Mechanical Rubber Co ] fn the current report the total sales by the allied companies are reported at $13,364,090 for 1900; $14,348,048 for 1901 : and S'3-999-3 2 9 f t> r '9° 2 - THE NEW DIRECTORATE. The annual election foi directors resulted in the choice of the following, the first five named being reelected : Middi.eton S. Burrill. No. 49 Wall street, New York. Of Zabriskie, Burrill & Murrav. lawyers. Director United States Rubber Co. Henry Steers, No 147 Avenue D, New York. President Eleventh Ward Bank. Director Leather Manufacturers' Nati 'nal Bank. Director Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad . Director New York and Boston Dvewood Co. Edward Lacterbach, No. 22 William stnet. New York. Of Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson, l.iw\ crs. Vice president Manila Anchor Brewing I Director Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co. Director Third Avenue Railroad Co. Arthur I.. Kelly, Providence, Rhode Island. President Mechanical Fabric Co. Henry R. Wilkening. No. 30 Broad street, New York. Clerk of Talbot J. Taylor & Co. Direttnr Mechanica 1 Rubber Co. Director New York Eeltirg and Packing Co., Limited. TALBOT J. Taylor. No. 30 Wall street, New York. Of Talbot J. Taylor & Co , bankers. Vice president Mechanical Rubber Co. Vice president New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited. Director Goodson Graphotype_Co. James B. Taylor, No. 30 Wall street, New York. Of Talbot J. Taylor & Co., bankers Director Mechanical Rubber Co. Director New York Belling and Packing Co., Limited. Director Goodson Graphotype Co. I )irr ctor Jacques Cartier Walerpower Co. Director Robins Conveyor Belt Co. Harry Keene, No. 150 Broadway, New York. Director Mechanical Rubber Co. Director New York Belling and Packing Co., Limited. Vice president Patent Titleand Guarantee Co. Charles H. Dale, No. 16 Murray street. New York. President Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. President Mechanical Rubber Co. President New York Belling and Packing Co., Limited. President Fabric Fire Hose Co. President Sawyer Belting Co. Director Stoughton Rubber Co. Lewis D Parker, Hartford. Connecticut. President Hartford Rubber Works Co. President Morgan & Wright. President India Rubber Co. President Indianapolis Rubber Co. Frank W Eddy. Detroit. Michigan. Head of H. D Edwards & Co , the largest jobbers of mechanical rubber goods in the United States ; selling the products of the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. for 10 years past and for 29 years previously ol the New York Belting and PackingCo. 264 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May 1903. Ernest HopkINSON, No. 27 William street, New York. Director The Mol Charles A Hunter, New Durham, New Jersey. Assis ant to President ami General Managei ( New York Melting and Packing Co., Mechanical Rubber Co., and Peerless Rubber Manufac- turing Co., in charge of manufacturing departments. \ ice President Fabric Kire Hose Co. n New York Belling and Packing Co. Director Mechanical Rubber Co. William !'. Cole, No. 68 Murray street. New Yoik. ^cr and director Fabi ic Fire Hose Co. II. Carroll Winchester, No. 21 Park Row, New York. The ten directors retiring were Alden S. Swan, William A. Towner, Albah Trowbridge, W. R. K. Taylor, Arthur Y. Whit- man, J. Archibald Murray, H. W. Turnbull, Eugene Underhill, John B. Morris, and John Henry Hammond. Mr. Keene, who now enters the board, is a brother of James R. Keene, whose name has figured more prominently in the financial world, but the new director has won a reputation of his own (or ability in the financial management of corporation aiLiirs. Mr. Hopkin- son, another new director, is a patent attorney of recognized ability, and particularly as an expert in tire and automobile patent litigation. At a meeting of the directors on April 14 the following were elected officers of the company : President and Chairman Executive Committee— Charles H. Dai e First Vice President — Talbot J. Taylor. Second Vice President — Ernest HoPKINSON. Treasurer — James B.Taylor. Secretary — HARRY Keene. The general offices of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., from May 1, will be located in the Postal Telegraph building, No. 253 Broadway, thus being in a more convenient position as regards the offices and stores in New York of the constituent companies. The boards of the Mechanical Rubber Co. and the New York Belting and Packing Co. are now identical, consisting of Charles H. Dale (president), Talbot J. Taylor (vice president), Harry Keene, Charles A. Hunter, and Henry R, Wilkening. The secretary and treasurer of both companies is J. W. Mc- Coomb, formerly head accountant of the New York Belting and Packing Co. Mr. McCoomb is also treasurer of the Fabric Fire Hose Co. LAYING THE COMMERCIAL PACIFIC CABLE. THE cable steamers Anglia and Colonia, owned by the Tele- graph Construction and Maintenance Cc, Limited, sailed from London on April 8 to lay the remaining sections of the Commercial Pacific cable, which will connect Honolulu with the Philippine Islands. The U.ying of the section between San Francisco and Honolulu — 2413 miles in length, and made by the India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Co., Limited — was completed at the western end on January 1, 1903, and has since been in operation. The contract for the cable now to be laid was signed by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co. and Mr. John W. Mackay, as president of the Commercial Pacific Cable Co. in July, 1902, a day or two before Mr. Mackay 's death. The following are the distances (in nau- tical miles) covered by the cable route, though the length of cable is greater, to allow for slack in laying: San Francisco to Honolulu 2,100 Honolulu to Midway Islands 1,160 Midway Islands to Guam 2,280 Guam to Manila, via San Bernardiuo Straits 1.372 Total 6,912 It is expected that the cable will be laid to Manila by July 4, after which one more section will remain to be put down, to connect Manila with China, in accordance with the Commercial Pacific Cable Co.'s contract with the United States. The laying of the new cable will be begun at Manila — some time during this month, it is hoped — the steamer proceeding thence to Guam. The next station will be on Sand island, one of the Midway group. This is a barren spot, about ]/ z mile wide and % mile long, on which no living thing has ever been found. The cable company have sent there a staff of fifteen men, as the beginning of a colony, who will have to be supplied with food and drinking water from a distance. It is intended to convey a quantity of soil there, and ultimately to make Sand island one of the most beautiful spots in the Southern Pacific. The island will be fortified by the United States navy depart- ment. The final length of cable will be laid from this point to Honolulu. The United States government has consented to the landing on the island of Guam of the projected cable connecting the Dutch and German possessions in the Pacific, and thence to the existing cable systems of the Far East. With these con- nections, added to the Commercial cable, naval officers expect that the little island will ultimately become an important port of call. It looks as if there will not long beany remote islands in the Pacific. NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. THE New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, have issued a new illustrated descriptive and priced cat- alogue of Mechanical Rubber Goods, which is the best of the many good catalogues which have come from this long estab- lished firm. Beginning with some account of India-rubber and its sources, the book contains information of general interest re- garding the leading applications of rubber for mechanical pur- poses—machinery belting, steam hose, air brake hose, suction hose, fite hose, packings in many forms, tubing, rubber covered rolls, matting, tiling, and a long list of articles embraced under the heading of " mold work." The illustrations are particularly good, the anangement of the matter is convenient, and the book concludes with a serviceable index. [$'A" X 8^". 89 pages.] The same company issue a collection of prints, illustrating various applications of their Interlocking Rubber Tiling — for corridors of office buildings, steamships, banks, libraries, church aisles, kitchen floors, and so on — for each of which rubber pos- sesses some particular advantages as a flooring material. The plates, eighteen in number, are printed in colors, indicating that the rubber tiling can be made attractive as well as service- able. The number of classes of rubber goods that lend themselves to attractive advertising is constantly increasing. 1 9' X6".] The Dermatine Co, Limited (95 Neate street, London. S. E.) issue a 1903 edition of their Price List. In addition to cataloguing a very large number of applications of Dermatine, it gives a very full account of the properties of this material, and also a chapter on the sources and nature of India rubber and Gutta-percha, as a substitute for which Dermatine is in- tended to be used. The book contains a good portrait of Mr John Cooper, the managing director, who has been connected with the company for fourteen years, and the good arrangement of the publication recalls the former journalistic experience of this gentleman. [6" X 9J("- 50 pages.] Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. (New York) issue a book- let, rendered especially attractive by color printing, in which the Kelly-Springfield solid rubber vehicle tires are tersely but clearly described. Among other things, the book contains a compilation of the taking advertisements of this company that have appeared for some time past in the high clas>s magazines, [3*TX 6'A". 16 pages.] May «9°3 j THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 265 AUTOMATIC MKASURING OF RUBBER COATED FABRICS. T" 1 H E automatic measuring of fabrics of all sorts, and inci- dentally for use in rubber factories, bas been for some years a fruitful field of invention. The patents on measuring devices have averaged nearly one a month for the past five years, and apparently the end is not yet. It may seem invidious in such a multiplicity to single out one line for representation here, but reasons for such a choice will ap- pear before we are through. For some years the Curtis & Marble Machine Co. (Worces- ter, Massachusetts) have been giving attention to automatic measurers. In its simplest form the device consists of a meas- uring roll, either one- half yard or one yard in circumference, which by a worm and tooth device turns a dial attached to its support. A nip-roll pre- vents the cloth from slipping on the measuring roll. Figure i shows such a device as ar- ranged for attachment to the frames or top of a machine by flat feet. In this case the nip- roll is of wood. Another form, shown in Figure 2, works in F similar fashion, but has an iron nip-roll, and is arranged for attachment to upright posts. A third form, available when the nip-roll is for any reason objec- tionable, is shown in Figure 3. This device is especially used in woolen mills, where the goods to be measured are drawn through by hand. The measurer in this case is attached either to hangers or to posts. This form can be used not only where the goods are drawn through by hand, but also where power or a distant machine furnishes the propelling force. All these measures are made in a great variety of form, as to the point at which the dial is placed or the part of a machine where the device is attached. But all have the dials nicke plated, either single, measuring 60, 75. or rJt.^l! 100 yards, or double, measuring 2600 or 5100 yards. A simple push is all that is necessary to set the pointer at zero at the end of each roll. A clock dial measuring 1000 yards is also fur- nished where de- sired. The data needed for the making of , FIG. 4. such a roll are as follows : Length of roll, circumference (% yard or yard), num- ber of yards to be registered, whether the dial is to be placed at the right or left end of the roll and above or below the shaft, whether the top of the roll turns toward or from a person facing the dial. Dials and worms are also obtainable to fit measuring rolls by giving in addition the size of the shaft to which the worm is to be fitted. It sometimes happens that the construction or situation of a machine makes any such arrangement of the dial im- practicable. In that case a pulley arrangement is availa- ble, with small belts to con- 2. nect the dial in almost any convenient position. When absolute accuracy is required, an adjustable device can be obtained in which the variable diam- eter of an expansion pulley makes accuracy possible. Figure 4 shows the way in which such a device is attached to a cal- ender rolling machine. This device is used in many factories where goods are sold by the piece without remeasuring. Sometimes it is desir- able to measure above 5000 yards at once. To meet this demand a counting register (Fig- ure 5) is attachable to measuring rolls. This register serves for meas- urements up to 100,000 yards. Elastic fabrics are dif- ficult to measure except by special machines that are fitted with adjust- able tension, two forms of which are shown in Figures 6 and 7. In the simpler form shown in Figure 6, the tension is regulated by friction rods. Guide collars keep the ends of the rolls even, and the machine is adjusted to wind upon boards from four to nine inches wide 266 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May '9°3 upon square bars, round rods or steel plates, which may be withdrawn when the roll is finished. The driving pulleys are eight inches in diameter, with a 2-inch face, and can be run at about 250 revolutions a minute, if desired. The register of measure- ment is on a dial set horizontally at the side of the machine and ope- rated by a worm on the shaft of the measuring roll. The standard sizes are two, for % and | goods. The former will take fabrics up to 27 inches in width, while the other serves from that width up to 36 inches. The more elaborate FIG. 6. machine shown in Figure 7 is needed for winding and measur- ing fine and light fabrics. The tension arrangement is similar to that of the other machine, and the measuring is done sub- stantially in the same way. A hand lever, re- . inforced by a weight, holds the jaws in place and automatically ad- justs them to any slight variations in the length of the boards. Jaws are obtainable fitted (or cardboards, paper tubes and all other devices in actual use. Machines of this type are built up to a width of 72 inches. The machines are so constructed that a plat- form containing the cloth to be measured and wound can be rolled underneath without preventing the operation of the treadle by which work is started and stopped. An unrolling frame, with a large apron is used in some cases where the fabric to be measured comes in large rolls. In that way the tension arrangement, of the machine has entire con- trol of the feeding. FIQ. 7. TO MAKE RUBBER SHOES IN MUNICH. THE Aktiengesellschaft Metzeler & Co. (Munich) have re- cently taken up the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes on a large scale. The product has been thorougly tested in their branch stores, as to fit and quality, during the past two years. The objective point, on entering into the shoe manu- facture, was to produce an article equal to the best imported brands. The large consumption of foreign made shoes is proof that a demand for German made goods of good quality exists in the market. The shoes made bv Metzeler & Co. are cheaper than those of Russian manufacture, and higher priced than the other German manufactures. The firm will certainly be supported^by the dealers in its endeavor to produce, at fair prices, shoes that can compete in every respect with foreign made goods. — Gummi-Zeitung. The Metzeler firm now make rubber technical goods and asbestos goods. "FICUS ELASTICA" AS A HOUSE PLANT. PHE story of the Texas man who tried to sell to a rubber A manufacturer a rubber plant which, on inquiry, proved to be located in the southwest cornsr of his parlor, has become a classic in the rubber trade. Nor was he alone in his belief that the ornamental plants that have become so common in houses have a commercial value. One often hears the owners of such plants speculating on the amount of rubber that could be se- cured by cutting into them. No doubt the supposition is com- mon that somewhere in the world little ten-foot shrubs are cut down and by a more or less mysterious process turned into rub- ber. Or, on the other hand, it may be supposed that the plant is named not because it produces rubber, but because its leaves are elastic and rubbery in appearance. Such ideas make rubber men smile, but even those who know most about rubber manufacturing and who can grade crude rubber with the greatest accuracy, have somewhat hazy ideas about our familiar friend, the house rubber plant. One of the leading rubber importers of the United States is willing to wa- ger a good round sum that the common rubber plant is not Ficus elastica but Ficus ausiralis. An investigation has been under- taken at various times and with various results, paragraphs hav- ing appeared stating that the plant is Ficus elastica, and that it is not. The only way to settle such a matter is to take it to the su- preme court and secure a definite statement of the characteris- tics which identify the species to botanists. A visit to the bo- tanical garden of Harvard University and consultation there of such works as Bailey's " Encyclopedia of Horticulture," the " Index Kewensis," and Curtis's Botanical Magazine gives the (ollowing results : Ficus ausiralis is a name not now recognized by botanists, the correct name of that species being Ficus Rubiginosa. The species is also called Ficus ferruginea. The tree is a native of Queensland, but the name ausiralis means "southern," and not "Australian." If the name had been intended to indicate its Australian habitat it would have been Auslraliensis, or per- haps Australia'. Rubiginosa means " reddish " and ferruginea, "rusty." Both names refer to the reddish down that covers the under side of the leaves when young and that can be seen on the nerves of even the oldest leaves. The leaves of Ficus rubiginosa are never much more than four inches long and are marked by veins — not more than eight or ten pairs — which start nearly at right angles with the midrib, but recurve toward the base and end before reaching the margin. This plant is somewhat cultivated in conservatories, having been introduced to England by Sir Joseph Banks in 1789. Ficus elastica has larger leaves than its cousin, glossy green all over on both sides. The leaves sometimes grow to the length of a foot. 'They are marked by many veins (fifty pairs or so) which run almost straight from midrib all the way to the margin, at right angles to the midrib. The leavestaper at the stem and have a sharp point at the tip, while those of Ficus rubiginosa have a rounded bottom and a blunt or even slightly indented tip. There is a variety of Ficus elastica (var. varie- gata) which has white or creamy edges. It is very beautiful, but is less popular than the standard variety because of its sus- ceptibility to attack by parasites. From what is written above it is evident that the rubber plant of our houses is the real thing, Ficus elastica — the rubber plant of India — modified by transference to the temperate zone. Here it does not grow to a height of 1 20 feet, and its aerial roots and stately habit must be left to the imagination ; but botani- cally it is thoroughly characteristic. May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 267 HOW RUBBER COMES FROM THE CONGO. WHY does so much India-rubber come out of the Congo Free State? In 1891, after the trade had been in ex- istence for several years, the output was only 179,696 pounds. In 1901, there arrived at Antwerp alone 11,918,303 pounds of Congo rubber— a sixty six-fold increase in ten years. The Con- go state has a large native population, but not of a character suited to the development of a great trade. The typical Con- golese are small sized, not especially strong or enduring, lacking vigor, and wearing out prematurely under their natural priva- tions and hardships ; in many respects mentally like white children eight or ten years old, and with no inclination and lit- tle capacity to learn anything new ; living in grass huts with- out furniture, going bareheaded and wearing only loin cloths, and with no thought of providing for to-morrow ; the men in- terested chiefly in warlike pursuits, leaving to their plural wives — obtained by barter — the greater part of any work to be done in providing habitations or food. Yet such as these — men, women, and children — ransack the dense forests of the Kasai and other great affluents of the Congo, to find here and there a Landolfthia vine, which they destroy to obtain rubber, without any knowledge of what it is for or of its real value to the foreigner. Certainly no small inducement would lead hundreds of thou- sands of these simple forest folk to neglect their fighting and fishing and overcome their natural apathy to toil, to take up the strange business of gathering rubber and carrying it to market. Furniture and clothes and the like, such as are made for civilized people, would hardly appeal to them, money of any kind they could not use, and there is no evidence that these things are given to the natives in exchange for their rubber. The Congo Free State in 1901 exported products (mostly rubber) valued at $10,- 097,680, and imported merchandise of the value of $4,620,410, the excess of exports being $5,477,270. That is, the exported commodities were worth more than twice as much as the goods sent up river to pay THE SUPPRESSED CONGO BOOK. reward of the rubber collectors must be very meager. Then why do the natives gather so much of the stud? The above considerations are not derived from a certain book now attracting attention in Europe,* but the book is noticed here because its authors assert so strongly and so circumstan- tially the truth of the rumors frequently heard in the past of atrocious cruelties practiced upon the natives by agents of the state and of the monopolistic concessionary companies. By way of introduction, the joint authors of this book. Captain Burrows and ex Lieutenant Canisius, point to their long service of the Congo state, and that of the latter subsequently with a trading company, both as a certificate of character and as proof of their opportunity for witnessing what they here describe. To sum up their testimony, the Congo natives do not " tumble over each other in their eagerness to bring in rubber," but it is "a question between death by slaughter or starvation." Canisius, who spent several years in the service of a Belgian trading company, gives a detailed account of the collection of rubber at one trading post, under a system which he asserts pre- vails throughout the slate, and from which the next paragraph is condensed : There were in the vicinity of the post of N'Dobo a dozen villages, the people of which were obliged to bring in rubber every fifteen days. On these occasions the natives crowded into the post, each village in charge of an armed headman— from some other tribe — whose duty it was to insure the collection of the amount of rubber demanded. The natives carried small baskets, supplied by the post, and supposed to be full of rubber. They were grouped according to their villages, when the trading company's agent, who had their names in a book, called the natives forward, first by villages, then individually. Each man had attached to his neck by a cord a zinc tag bearing a number corre- sponding with one in the agent's book. As each basket was presented, the agent inspected the quantity of rubber it con- tained and paid the bearer, in pieces of brass wire about six inches long. The writer estimated that the rubber was paid for at the rate of less than a penny a Those for them. But the imports included railway and telegraph ma- pound, though its value in Europe was 2 or 3 shillings terials, steamers and other boats, iron buildings for military natives who had brought in quantities which the agent deemed and trading stations, army and official supplies, and a lot of insufficient were ordered to one side, seized by native " soldiers" other things of no concern to the natives. For the latter there attached to the post, thrown to the ground, and soundly flogged were cheap cloths, beads, trinkets, and the like— of trifling commercial value, compared with the millions of dollars worth of rubber gathered. If evidence is wanted of the low price of Congo rubber" in first hands." it is suggested in the gossip of the Brussels bourse, where the shares of the Belgian companies operating on the Congo are tiaded in. In July, 1900, a finan- cial paper there estimated that one of the companies had mar- keted, during the preceding six months, about 800 tons of rub- ber, at an average profit of 4 francs per kilogram [ = 35 cents per pound]. At any rate, the company referred to made a profit that year (mostly on rubber) of 487 per cent, and its shares were quoted on the bourse at sixty times their par value. There have been operations planned on the Congo with the idea of realizing a profit on rubber of 6 francs per kilogram [ = 52^ cents per pound]. Considering the high rate of trans- portation, it is clear that, with such profits for the traders, the —25 or 50 or 100 lashes— with a heavy whip of hippopotamus hide. This proceeding was repeated until all the villages had been dealt with, when the natives started off for home, usually at a brisk trot, as if glad to escape with their lives. They, of course, carried with them their baskets and their brass wire, which they did not want but were forced to accept. The post manager had accumulated perhaps 1000 pounds of rubber, at a cost of about £4 [ = $20], including presents to the chiefs and headmen. Thus was rubber "gathered " twice each month at N'Dobo. So many brass wires for so much rubber; so many lashes for what might be lacking— and all governed by the agent's judg- *The Curse of Central Afri.a. By Captain Guy Burrows With Which is Incorporated A Campaign Amongst Cannibals, By Edgar Canisius, London: R. A. Everett & Co . Limited. 1903. [Cloth. 8vo. Pp. mm i~(, | w hi. Price 268 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May 1903. merit, without anything being weighed. At some posts, it is asserted, the agents have entrusted to the headmen merchandise to be exchanged for rubber, but the headmen usually appro- priated the goods to their own use, taking the rubber without any payment whatever. Some such headmen had thus become able to own dozens of wives and many slaves. According to the same author, the victims of this system have to search far and wide for the rubber vines. One having been found, the native first attacks it near the ground, and after no more sap can be gained there, he climbs into the supporting trees, often remaining on the lofty perches all day, and sometimes sleeping and falling to the ground, with a fatal result. Too fre- quent tapping soon kills the vines, when the natives of one dis- trict invade another, the people of which may be themselves hard pressed to find rubber, causing constant quarrels and worse disturbances. As a result of the enforced labor — every village being required to supply definite amounts of rubber — it is asserted that in many places the natives have ceased to grow any food, for the lack of time, but now live " like wild beasts in the forest, subsisting on roots, and ants and other insects." But half of the horrors in this book are not even hinted at above — how refractory natives are tortured, mutilated, and even put to death, and whole villages destroyed, for no better reason than that their people have not brought in enough rubber. For this whole condition of affairs the authors of " The Curse of Central Africa*' indict the Belgian government— the real power in the Congo Free State — under whose rule the best rub- ber districts are completely monopolized. " Neither in the Domaine Privi" says this book, " which includes nearly all the rubber producing regions n t gifted away, for considerations, to the concessionaires, nor in the territories handed over to the latter, can an independent trader buy a pound of rubber or an ounce of ivory, or sell a spoonful of beads or an ounce of brass wire. The state fixes the prices of the products which the na- tives are compelled, at the mouth of the Albini [rifle], to bring to its posts ; and it is scarcely necessary to add that the price so fixed is absurdly near to nothing. The close relation of the state to the companies is shown in the fact that the former holds half the shares in many of the latter, sharing in the large profits. Besides, the natives must pay a head tax " in kind," which makes the government itself a large handler of rubber.* The statements in this book are stoutly denied in Belgium. Before it was printed in London steps were taken by certain persons mentioned in the manuscript to prevent their names from appearing in the book, and already libel suits against the authors and publishers are pending in the English courts. It may be, therefore, that the facts will thus be brought to light. Meanwhile the book has been withdrawn from the trade. As for the authors, they take pains to prove that they were not discharged by the Congo state, but served their full enlisted terms, and even entertained suggestions with regard to con- tinuing in the service. It would have been better for their reputations as men, if, after such experiences as they report, they had resigned their offices. Their book would then have commanded more respect. * The budget of the Congo Free State for 1003 includes an item of 16,440,000 francs \ =$3, 172,920] of taxes to be paid by ihe natives " in kind," most of which will be rubber, LITERATURE OF INDIA-RUBBER. Octave J. A. Collet writes to the Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale reporting the recent shipment from Borneo of 60,- 000 Gutta-percha plants, of which 20,000 were for Dr. Preuss, director of the German botanic garden at Victoria, in Kamerun, and the remainder for the Belgian companies " Abir," " Lo- mani," " Luki," and " Lukula " for planting in the Congo state. IN a previous mention of the Brussels journal, Industrie et < ommerce et du Gutta Percha, it was referred to as the second of its class to appear in the French language, whereas it really was first to become public. This is a handsome appearing journal, published each month, and, in addition to practical articles on the industries indicated by its title, it contains much original matter of merit relating to the sources of the raw material, particularly in the countries in which Belgian and French capital is interested. The March issue treats of a new vulcanizing press, rubber reclaiming pro- cesses, the drying of washed rubber, and a technical description of an important Landolphia species, besides minor articles and a full review of the crude rubber market. Many of these arti- cles are credited to other journals, but they appear here for the first time in a form available for those whose reading is con- fined to French. No. 3 of Le Moniteur du Caoutchouc (Brussels) is devoted mainly to topics bearing upon raw Caoutchouc and its sources, of which the one which will appeal most to manufacturers is a table of shrinkages of Congo sorts, by the conductor of the journal, M. Van den Kerchhove. The first installment appears of an article on rubber collection on the Kasai river, in the Congo state. IN CURRENT PERIODICALS. Note sur les Lianes du Laos. By Dr. C. Spire. =Bulletin £conom- ique, Hanoi. V-12 (December, 1902.) Pp. 853-861. La Culture des Plantes a Caoutchouc en Nouvelle Guinee. By. W. Kolbe. [From Der Tropenpflanzer. Vl\-2] = Revue des Cultures Colon- iales, Paris. XII-I2I (March 20, 1903 ) Pp. 1 76- 179. Ule's Expedition nach den Kautschuk Gebieten des Amazonstromes. By Ernst Ule. [Third installment; relates to Hevea species on the river Jurua ~\—Notizblatt des Kimigliche Botanischen Gartens und Mu- seums zu Berlin. III-30 (March 15, 1903). Pp. 224 237. Rendement de X Hevea sur le Rio Beni. By PaulCibot. [Continued ; details of yield from tapping in various quarters ~\=Journal J Agricul- ture Tropicale, Paris. III-2I (March 31, 1903.) Pp. 67 70. Le Funtumia elastica ou "Silk Rubber" du Lagos. By Emil De Wildeman. [Considerations favorable to its culture in West Africa.] =Revue des Cultures Coloniales, Paris. XII-122 (April 5, 1903.) Pp. 193 196. Landolphia Klainei (Pierre). By Kmil De Wildeman, [Description of an interesting rubber yielding species found in the Congo Free State.] ^Industrie et Commerce du Caoutchouc et la Guttapercha, Brussels. I-3, March, 1903. Pp. 57 60. OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. HAND HOOK OF THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. Compiled by H. Conwav Belfield, British Resident at Selangor. London: Edward Stan- ford, [1903-] [8vo. Pp. iv+t7o+plates and maps. Price, 2 shillings 6 pence.] A very practical work, full of information for all classes likely to be interested in the progress of and the opportunities for work and investment in a region, the great development of which, under British rule, was referred to in this journal last month, in an article on rubber cultivation. Numerous refer- ences to India-rubber and Guttapercha appear in the book. There are maps of the Federated States as a whole and of the states separately, and several good views from photographs. A HANDBOOK OF PERU FOR INVESTORS AND IMMIGRANTS. WITH a Description of the Central Route (region of the Pichis.) [umo. Pp. 54+ plates and maps.] This is a translation into English, from an official publication issued at Lima, by Seiior F. A. Pezet, secretary of the Peruvian legation at Washington, where copies can be obtained on ap- plication. It treats in part of the rubber resources of Peru, with photographs of rubber extracting processes, and includes the regulations governing concessions of rubber lands. May i, 1903.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 269 RECENT RUBBER PATENTS. THK UNITED STATES PATENT RECORD. Issued March 3, 1903. NO. 721,7:2. Stopper [and nipple combined] for nursing bottles. William H. Morton, Portland, Maine. 721,8:3. Life preserver. Icilius W. Maccolini, Long Island, New- York. 721,948. Doll [of elastic and inllatable material, with sound producing device]. William A. (lay, Terryville, Connecticut. 721,963. [Hollow rubber] pad for hernial belts. Florentin Matuchet, Paris, France. 721, 9S5. Hose coupling. Absalom B. Wells, Washington, D. C. 722,013. Fountain pen. Robert A. Hamilton, Brooklyn, New Voik. 722,164. Fastening device for [solid rubber] vehicle tires. Frank P. Stone, Chicago. Illinois. Issued March 10, 1903. 722,337. Elastic tread horseshoe. Herbert D. Traveller, Chicago, Il- linois. 722.334. Protecting band for pneumatic tires [inserted between air tube and outer cover], John Wheeldon, Sheffield, Engbnd. 722,350. Teething nipple [consisting of an elastic bulb, elongated at one end], Frank B. Anderson, Davenport, Iowa. 722,352. Weather strip. Leo A. Bartel, Sidney, Ohio. 722.376. Pneumatic tire. Joseph G. Moomy, Erie, Pennsylvania, 722.377. Pneumatic tire. Joseph G. Moomy, Erie, Pennsylvania. 722,459. Tire for vehicles [Made by applying to a mandrel in the (orrn of a closed ring alternate layers of unvulcanized rubber and a suit- able braided fabric, and vulcanizirjg the whole.] Oscar Schaefcr. London, England. 722,596. Bottle stopper head [involving a rubber gasketj. George Limbach, New York city. 722,600. Pneumatic tire. Edwin Midgley, London, England. 722,612. Tire for wheels of road vehicles Berne Nadall, Kingston- upon Thames, England. Issued March 17, 1903,. 722,819. Syringe. William M. Decker, Buffalo, New York. 722.822. Mechanism for manufacturing rubber shoes. Henry J. Doughty, Providence, Rhode Island, assignor to Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co., Trenton, New Jersey. 722.823. Foxing for rubber boots and shoes. Henry J. Doughty, Providence, Rhode Island. 722.944. Process of devulcanizing gums [by dissolving the same in vacuo in phenol and distilling the phenol]. Paul H. J. Chautard and Henri Kessler, Paris, France. 723,042. Valve for syringes, atomizers, etc. Silas Schwerin, Belle- ville, New Jersey, assignor to Hardman Rubber Co. 723,057. Method of manufacturing pneumatic tires. Uzziel P. Smith, Chicago, Illinois, assignor to Frank A. Seiberling, Akron, Ohio. 723.112. Fountain pen. Paul E. Wirt, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. 723.113. Fountain pen. Paul E. Wirt, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Issued March 24, 1903. 723,292. Toy [of inflatable material, with sound producing device]. Herman Metzger, Chicago, Illinois. 723,299. Armor for pneumatic tires. Harry Parsons, London, Eng- land. 723,301. Seamless rubber glove. Jacob Pfeiffer, Akron, Ohio. 723,316. Tire fastener. George E. Rumiill, Carrollton, Illinois. 723,366. Vehicle tire [pneumatic, with metal protector]. William Clapp, Valparaiso, Indiana. 723,442. Foot pad [for horses]. William J. Conway, Chicago, Il- linois. 723,606. Foot ball. William S. Jacobs, assignor to one half to Wil- liam E. Waterman, both of Maiden. Massachusetts. 723,726. Fountain pen . George W. Perks and Frederick C. Thacker, Birmingham, England. 723,735- Massage appliance [with cup shaped rubbers of elastic mate- rial]. Torsten Schillberg, Glasgow, Scotland. Issued March 31, 1903. 723,876. Rubber fabric for heels or the like. Michael A. Kennedy, Boston, Massachusetts. 723,938. Golf ball. Anson R. Spear, St. Paul, Minnesota. 723,945. Pneumatic tire. [A tire sheath with attaching beads and a rim adapted therefor ] Pardon W. Tillinghast, Cranston, Rhode Island. 724,122. Horseshoe. Thomas C. Octigan and William Peacock, Chi. cago, Illinois. 724,157. Tire detacher. Alva W. Blanchard, assignor to one half to William H. C. Leverich, both of New York city. 724,289. Hot water bag. John H. Holt, Washington, D, C. 724,295. Pneumatic tire cover. Lewis Johnstone. Prestwich, assignor to the Radax Pneumatic Tyre Co . , Limited, Warrington, England. 724,324. Hose coupling [for tire hose.] Edward T. Parsons, Louis- ville. Kentucky. [N'otk. — Printed copies of specifications of United States patents may be or dered from Tiik India Rubbkr World offices at 10 cents each, postpaid.] THE BRITISH PATENT RECORD. [* Denotes Applications from the United States.] Applications — 1903. 1,743. T. Percival and J. Smith, Liverpool. Elastic tire and apparatus for attaching the same. Jan. 26. 1,799. E. A. Stretton, Birmingham. Pneumatic tire for motors and cycles. Jan. 26, 1,802. J. Lees, Manchester. Tire for motor cars. Jan. 26. 1,848. J. E Spagoletti, London. Electrical insulators. Jan. 26. I.8S2. W. G. Brett, Parkstone, Dorset. Tire for vehicles and cycles. Jan. 27. 1,914. Marie Manuel, Glasgow. Pneumatic tire for cycles and vehicles. Jan. 27. 1,951. J. D. Roots. York road, London. Rubber tire. Jan. 27. 1,970. A. J. Moseley, Southampton buildings, London. Tire for ve- hicles. Jan. 27. 2,022. S. J. Lilley and T. P. Bucton, Leicester. Method of construc- tion of cushion and solid rubber tires. Jan. 28. 2 041. A. E. Moore and A. Darch, 55, Chancery lane, London. Re- silient tire. Jan. 28. 2 049. A. B. Dexter, 15. Seething lane, London. Rubber cored golf ball. Jan. 28. 2,073. A. Prinzhorn, Finsbury, London. Pneumatic tire for motor. (Continental Caoutchouc- und Guttapercha Compagnie, Hanover, Germany.) Jan. 28. 2,058. E. J. Cleburne, 55, Chancery lane, London. Pneumatic tire. Jan 28. 2,129. H. Rudge and W. Cook, St. Helens. Pneumatic tire. Jan. 29. 2,165. C. II. Gray, in, Hatton garden, London. Golf ball. Jan. 29. 2,181. E. Midgley, 173 Fleet street, London. Non slipping bands for pneumatic tires. Jan. 29. 2,313. A. Castle and W. E. Gray, 27, Chancery lane, London. Golf ball. Jan. 30. 2,345. J. Stungo, Glasgow. Method of securing rubber tires to wheels. Jan. 31. 2,351. H. Markus and E. T. Whitelow, Manchester. Improvement in the manufacture of insulating material for wires. Jan. 31. 2,383. E. Duerr, Southampton buildings, London. Elastic tire for vehicles. Jan. 31. 2.398. C T. Kingzett, Southampton buildings, London. Method of making golf balls. Jan. 31. 2,409. H. Seddon. Manchester. Pneumatic tire. Feb. 2. 2,593. Rt. Hon. Hubert John, Earl Cairns, Lincolrr's Inn Fields, Lon- don. Pneumatic tire. Feb. 3. *2.6o3. H. J. Haddan, Stra