. India rubber world. blin, Belfast and Cork. REDUCED FREIGHT ON RUBBER. Advices from London state that the Eastern steamer lineshave reduced the freight on plantation rubber from 76s. ($)to 65s. ($) per ton of 50 cubic feet; this being the rate fromPort Swettenham to London. In connection with the reportedintention of the steam companies to improve their Eastern serv-ice, further reductions are exi)ected in the immediate future. C. Hirch & Co., rubber brokers, ol London, E. C, announce achange of address, being now locate at 21, Mincing Lane. The Rubber Growers .Association, of Lond
. India rubber world. blin, Belfast and Cork. REDUCED FREIGHT ON RUBBER. Advices from London state that the Eastern steamer lineshave reduced the freight on plantation rubber from 76s. ($)to 65s. ($) per ton of 50 cubic feet; this being the rate fromPort Swettenham to London. In connection with the reportedintention of the steam companies to improve their Eastern serv-ice, further reductions are exi)ected in the immediate future. C. Hirch & Co., rubber brokers, ol London, E. C, announce achange of address, being now locate at 21, Mincing Lane. The Rubber Growers .Association, of London, announces achange in its address, which is now 38 Eastchcap, London, E. C. February 1, 1914.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 265 Rubber at the Pans Automobile Salon. By a Special Correspondent. w there has iindoublcdly been progress of late years the European tire industry, it must be admitted thatsucli progress has been slow. .V good deal still has tobe (lone in that branch of the rubber industry. The aim of. Wrapimxc Machine. inventors was formerly to prevent the bursting andpuncturing of tires, in which endeavors they used sys-teins more or less of a complicated and expensivenature. All these inventions and systems have com-pletely ilisappcared. Today every one understandsthat the pneumatic tire should be light and. above resilient: the latter quality being the prin-cig^al reason for its existence. Tires formed the most interesting object as regardedrulibcr in the Fourteenth Automobile Salon, recentlyheld in Paris, but the exhibits included only standardtypes of pneumatic tires with anti-skid treads in roundor flat outlines, and with steel rivets upon foundationsof leather. This style of tire is the most popular inFrance, being preferred to one entirely of rubber, andbeing practically free from the risk of punctures, whilemaintaining a sufficient degree of resiliency. It wasbrought out in 1907 by Michelin & Co., and has since remained in favor, s
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