Show ROPE SUPERIOR TO LEATHER fibrous material supplant naj belting in american and euro J acan mills and factories f t j ita or 20 icara there lias been an anh creasing ue in this country of maella rope for power in and factories in place of leather belt in in factories ropes super ceded betting long ago and their use Is nearly un hersal in the United 1 states the change that has talen place began alth the acquisition of the ahll islands chere as everybody knows the hemp the fiber of this hemp varies in length from G to 12 feet and at bains a length of 18 feet it lr bald to possess greater tensile strength than any kotlier fiber known exceed ing pounds per quare inch hope arto as transmission are called possess the advantage 0 none leso nesb owing to their flexibility aud ta the eil stence of an air passage ln the grooves luween alie rope and the sheath |