India rubber world . res with other milks, thatthere may be no mixture with earthy matter, and above allthat there may be no addition of farinaceous substances in themilk before hardening or coagulation and finally that the pro-duct may be no longer suspected and that it become what itwas in former years. OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF RUBBER. passed which contain such adulterants. In the illustrationsshown herewith, cut No. 1 shows a lump of Central Stripwhich to the outward view was all right. Upon cutting it open,however, almost the whole of the interior was found to be madeup of a lot of old rope,
India rubber world . res with other milks, thatthere may be no mixture with earthy matter, and above allthat there may be no addition of farinaceous substances in themilk before hardening or coagulation and finally that the pro-duct may be no longer suspected and that it become what itwas in former years. OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF RUBBER. passed which contain such adulterants. In the illustrationsshown herewith, cut No. 1 shows a lump of Central Stripwhich to the outward view was all right. Upon cutting it open,however, almost the whole of the interior was found to be madeup of a lot of old rope, which, to say the least, was not worth60 cents a pound. This sort of dishonesty is easy to detect, but there are adul-terations of both Para rubber and Gutta-percha which so farare discovered only when the gums are used in or not the general value of Pard rubber is less to-daythan it was thirty years ago is a question, and those experts inthe trade who have been interviewed seem to be about evenly. COIL OF ROPE FOUND IN RUBBER. divided on the subject. Apropos of this is an extract from aletter received by The India Rubber World from G. Lamy-Torrilhon, of Paris, in which he speaks of the experiences ofFrench manufacturers as follows: I would be interested in knowing if the American manufac-turers, like the French manufacturers, have observed, that theoriginal material (Para rubber) has been made fraudulent, orat least that the original material is no longer what it formerlywas. It is evident that Para is no longer now what it oncewas, and when we consider during a period of thirty years, andeven less, the difference between a piece of Para of to day andprevious to that time, we will find an enormous produces this difference? It is the result of different VALUE TO GERMANY OF EXPORT TRADE. AN improving tendency in German business conditions isnoted in a recent report by the United States consul gen-eral at Berlin, Mr. Frank H. Mason, who has bee
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