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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



lOclOHKK 1, 1913. 



one of the last annual banquet at the Waldorf and the other of 

 the midsummer outing in July, 1912. The pages devoted to the 

 necrology of the club show that 6 members have died since the 

 compilation of the previous book, viz.: Frank D. Balderston. 

 of The United States Rubber Co., and for some years secretary 

 of the club ; S. Lewis Gillette, of The .-American Rubber Co. ; 

 Edward R. Rice, of Tlie United States Rubber Co. ; Daniel S. 

 Pratt, of The I'oster Rubber Co. ; Edward Bcecher Kelley. of The 

 Mechanical Fabric Co., and Frederick M. Shepard. of The Good- 

 year Rubber Co. 



Every member of the club will lind tliis new Year P.ook lull 

 of interesting and vahiable information. 



SOME INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE ON RUB- 

 BER STEALING. 



"TPHE correspondence reproduced below, between The Davidson 

 ••• Rubber Co. and Mr. II. S. V'orhis, secretary of the Rubber 

 Club of America — acting for the "Committee on Rubber Steal- 

 ings'" — shows the alertness with which one company is prosecuting 

 the.se oflFcnders. If other manufacturers would use equal vigilance 

 and all work together for the common good, rubber stealing 

 would soon become a very uncomfortable occupation and be 

 rbandoned. It might be added that one of the most active work- 

 tjj'S in this cause is a very large concern dealing in scrap rubber. 

 and one of the firm members of the Rubber Club. 



Boston, September 12, 1913. 

 RiBiiER Cub of America, 



.Attention Mr. H. S. Vorhis. Secy.. 



354 Fourth avenue. New York City. 

 Dear Sir: 



In accordance with \our letter of July 23, 1913, to our 

 president. Mr. .A. M. Paul, it might be of "interest to members 

 in this vicinity to note that night press-man in our employ, 

 Martin Kenney, alias Thomas Kennedy, left his post at 2 a. rn. 

 this niorning, took 60 pounds of raw rubber with the probable 

 intentir.n of taking it to his room near by ; was arrested by 

 police on the local beat. In court he was found guilty and fined 

 ifSO, and in default of payment he was committed to jail. 



We shall investigate this matter further as we desire to dis- 

 cover where this rubber was to be disposed of. 

 Yours truly. 



D.winsnx Rlbber Comp.\.nv. 

 W. D. Yates, Superintendent. 



Boston, September 20, 1913. 

 I '. S. VoRHis, Secy., 



Rubber Club of America. 

 New ^'ork City. 

 Dear Sir: 



.Answering your favor of Septemlier 17 regarding Crude Ruli- 

 ber Theft: I have interviewed the man now serving three months 

 sentence because of inability to pay his fine of $.S0. 1 failed 

 to secure any further information. 



This particular lot of rubber was found intact and returned 

 to us before he had any chance to dispose of it. In truth. 1 

 consider our action was so prompt and decisive that it will tend 

 to prevent any further stealing from our plant. 



However, I have had some further intimation that goods could 

 be secured from other plants, but have not been able to secure- 

 any definite proof. 



Very trulv yours. 



D.AviDsoN Rubber Comp.v.w, 

 W. D. Yates, Superintendent. 



Boston, September 23, 1913. 

 H. S. Vorhis, Secy., 



Rubber Club of .America. 



354 Fourth avenue. Xew York City. 

 Dear Sir: 



■For your information we are enclosing copy of letter which 



we have just sent to all consumers of crude rubber in this vicinity. 



Yours very truly. 



D.winsoN Rlbber Comp.ajjv, 

 W. D. Yates, Superintendent. 



(Copy of the Davidson Circular.) 

 Gexti.e.mex : 



Will you kindly advise us if Juhn J. Collins is in your employ. 

 He is an experienced rubber pressman, subject to periodical 

 drinking sprees and has been concerned in a theft of rubber. .A 

 warrant for his arrest is in the hands of the local police. We 

 can describe him as being smooth face, medium complexion, 35 

 years old, weighs about 135 pounds, and has a slight Irish accent. 



If you have any information regarding him, please advise us 

 at once. 



We will appreciate your co-operation in this matter as we be- 

 lieve his arrest will probably break up a gang that has been 

 stealing rubber for a considerable period. One of the gang — 

 Martin Kenny (alias Thomas Kennedy), is now serving a three 

 months' sentence. 



Yours truly, 



(Signed) Davidson Rubber Co. 



A RESOLUTION REGARDING RUBBER THEFTS. 



The following resolution was passed by the Fxecutive Com- 

 mittee of the Rubber Club of .America at its regular quarterly 

 meeting held in New A'ork on September 23, 1913 : 



WHERE.AS, Complaint hi:;, been made that certain dealers in 

 rubber waste are in the habit cf purchasing crude rubber from 

 parties who are neither importers nor brokers, which transactions 

 are undoubtedly of a questionable nature, it is. therefore, 



RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee of the Rubber 

 Club of America take the following preliminary action : 



That each dealer in waste rubber be informed of the habit of 

 some rubber waste dealers ; 



That all be invited to cooperate with the Rubber Club of 

 America in stamping out rubber stealing : 



That all agree not to deal in crude rul)ber and to advise the 

 secretary of the Rubber Club of .America, 354 Fourth avenue. 

 Xew Y'ork, for the Rubber Stealings Committee, of any suspicious 

 lots of rubber that come under their observation. 



PROFESSOR LLOYD CORRECTS A COMPOSITOR. 



In the .August issue of The India Rlbber World there was 

 a very interesting paper by Professor Francis E. Lloyd of McGill 

 University, Montreal, on the Acclimatization and Cultivation of 

 the Guayule. In illustrating the statement that structural dif- 

 ferences in the relative thickness of the corte.x or "bark" were 

 attributalde to the amount of available water, he used a half- 

 tone cut showing cross sections cf guayule grown under three 

 different conditions of dryness. By an error — perhaps pardon- 

 al)le under the circumstances — the couiiiositor inserted the cut 

 upside down, so that the descriptions that came under the two 



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Stem of (;ood Kiei.d Stem of Gu.wi'le iKkiG.MED Gu.wule 



Guayule from from Isidro, from 



Zacatecas. Chihuahua. Zacatecas. 



[Same amount of wood in each stem.] 



sections at the sides of the cut were reversed. The illustration 

 is therefore herewith repeated, with the proper description under 

 each cross section of guayule. This shows the thin bark of the 

 irrigated guayule, the bark of medium thickness on a plant 

 from the semi-arid district of Chihuahua and the thick grow'h 

 of bark on guayule in its natural arid habitat. 



