October 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



The Third International Rubber Conference. 



PROGRAMME OF EVENTS. 



THE Third International Rubber Conference will be Iield in 

 the Grand Central Palace, on Lexington avenue between 

 Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets, New York, from 

 September 24 to September 30, 1912. The Executive Committee 

 has made the following announcement, not only covering the 

 object of the Conference and its general organization, but giving 

 the schedule of the various meetings, together with the names of 

 iliose who will take part and the subjects which they w-ill dis- 

 cuss. Their announcement is as follows: 



Purpose of the Conference. — This Conference has been called 

 for the purpose of promoting knowledge of crude rubber and 

 rubber products. 



Membership. — Membershi|) in the Conference may lie obtained 



"Possible Rubber Producers in the Temperate Zone," by Mr. 

 Charles P. Fox, Akron. 



"Some Effects of Acclimatization Upon Guayule. Parthenium 

 Argentalum," by Francis E. Lloyd, Montreal, Canada. 



"The Smokeless Method for Coagulating of Rubber," by Dr. 

 Cerqueira Pinto. 



Wednesday, September 25, at 10 a. m. : 



•'Problems in Vacuum Drying," by Mr. J. P. Devine. 



"Manufacture of Dipped Goods," by Mr. T. W. Miller. 



"Physical Methods of Testing Rubber and Rubber Products," 

 by Mr. P. L. Wormcley, Bureau of Standards, Wasliington. 



"Factory Management and Organization Methods," by Mr. J. C. 



Jurgensen (President of the Institute of Operating Engineers), 

 and Mr. Frederic Dannerth (consulting chemist). 



J 'K. Frederic Daxnerth. 



Henry C. Pe.\rson. 



CVRIL E. S. B.WENDALE. 



liy registering with the secretary on or before September 24. 

 1912. Registration cards and numbers will be assigned in the 

 Exhibition Hall at the New Grand Central Palace on and after 

 September 23, 1912. All persons or corporations interested 

 in the production of crude rubber, the manufacture of rubber 

 goods, and the testing of these materials are eligible for member- 

 ship. Delegates are asked to announce their connections when 

 registering. 



Mectmgs. — Meetings will he lield in tl;e mornings beginning at 

 ten o'clock ; in the afternoons beginning at two o'clock, and in 

 the evenings at eight o'clock. The evening meetings will be held 

 in those cases where the afternoon business has remained un- 

 finished. 



Technical Committees. — The work of the Conference will be 

 done through committees who will be asked to present reports 

 and recommendations at the final meeting. 



SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS. 



Tuesday, September 24, at 2 p. m. — An address of welcome by 

 the president, Mr. Flenry C. Pearson. The topic for discussion 

 will be "Crude Rubber." Special papers : 



"Rubber Contracts," by Mr. Arthur W. Stedman. 



"The Plantation Industry," by Cyril E. S. Baxendale, Esq., of 

 the Federated Malay States. 



"Various Manihots Producing Rubber in the Central States of 

 Brazil," by Dr. J. Santiago Cardwell-Quinn, Commissioner. 



Thursday, September 26, at 10 a. m. : 



"A Brief History of Fire Hose Specifications," by E. A. Barrier. 



Topical discussion on specifications (mechanical rubber goods 

 for railroads, Federal and Municipal Governments), including as 

 sub-topics: Air brake hose, railroad steam hose, fire hose, navy 

 packings and steam packings. 



"The Commercial Possibilities of Synthetic Rubber," by Mi. 

 L. E. Weber, Boston, Mass. 



Friday, September 27, at 10 a. m, — A report of the transactions 

 of the Navy Conference at Washington, December, 1911, by Mr. 

 E. S. Land, U. S. N. Topical discussion on specifications: (a) 

 Materials for insulated wire; (b) Textile materials (sheeting, 

 duck and yarns). 



A preliminary report of activity by the "Railroad Committee" 

 on "Standard Methods of Testing Rubber Products." 



At this meeting the Rubber Section of the American Society 

 for Testing Materials will be represented by Mr. E. B. Tilt, of 

 Montreal, and the Rubber Section of the American Chemical 

 Society will be represented by Mr. D. A. Cutler, of New York. 



At 7 p. m. — Informal dinner for rubber chemists and engineers. 

 (Place to be announced Friday morning.) 



Saturday, September 28, 10 a. m.— Meeting for the presenta- 

 tion of resolutions and recommendation of official methods for 

 physical testing and chemical analysis of crude gum and manu- 

 factured rubber goods. 



