February 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



249 



"Entries must be addressed to the Awards Committee, Exiiibi- 

 tion Offices, 75, Chancery Lane (Holborn), London. W. C, whom 

 they must reach not later than the 1st May, 1914. Competitors 

 have the privilege, if they wish, of explaining or demonstrating 

 their process before the Judges. 



"The winning and the second and third best Essays will he 

 read at the International Rubber Conference, and they will be 

 duly published in The India Rubber World, New York, and in 

 the official records of the Exhibition. The Exhibition Committee 

 will present engraved Certificates to the first, second and third 

 successful competitors. 



'"It is to be understood that entries are only accepted on the 

 understanding that the Judges' decision will be final and without 

 appeal. The Cup will be the absolute property of the winner. 

 There will be no entrance fee. Entries close 1st May, 1914." 



THE RUBBER CLUB GATHERING STATISTICS. 



A NVONE who has been interested in the statistics of the 

 '*■ rul)ber industry of the United States and has sought to get 

 accurate information as to the output and value of diflferent 

 rubber articles has learned how difficult it is to get this informa- 

 tion in exact and detailed classified form. The Rubber Club of 

 America, following its policy of being useful commercially as 

 well as agreeable socially, has started on the quest of correct 

 rubber statistics, and with this in view has recently sent out the 

 two circulars reproduced below ; one asking the manufacturer 

 for information as to the number of people connected with his 

 business, and its volume and value, and the other supplying him 

 with a form to be used in furnishing this information. 



CIRCULAR SENT TO RUBBER MANUFACTURERS. 



Rubber Club of America, 



354 Fourth Avenue, 



New York. 



January 23, 1914. 

 To the Rubber Manufacturers of the United States : 



The manufacture of india-rubber goods in recent years has 

 reached such large proportions as to be classed among the most 

 prominent industries of the United States, but up to the present 

 time no reliable statistics have been compiled from which au- 

 thentic information can be obtained showing its relative impor- 

 tance. The figures published by the Census Bureau at long in- 

 tervals are frequently incomplete. The Rubber Club of America, 

 which is a national organization comprizing in its memliership 

 representatives of all branches of the industry, proposes to make 

 the effort to secure these statistics (taking for this purpose the 

 business of the year 1912) ; and this plan has received the ap- 

 proval of the executive committee of the club. 



With this end in view, we enclose herewith a blank, which we 

 would be pleased to have you fill out at your convenience and re- 

 turn. Please note that this blank bears a number, so that YOL'R 

 NAME WILL NOT APPEAR ON YOUR REPORT. This is 

 done for the purpose of making tlie information furnished abso- 

 lutely confidential, as it will pass only into the hands nf the 

 secretary of the club, who is not connected with the rubber in- 

 dustry in any other capacity. The numbers are to be identified by 

 names on a separate index, and after the information has been 

 collected and tabulated the original reports will be destroyed. 



It is hoped that this method will obviate any possible hesitancy 

 on the part of manufacturers in furnishing the desired in- 

 formation. 



Upon request we will be pleased to furnish you with a copy of 

 these statistics when compiled. 



\\'e trust you will co-operate with the club in tliis important 

 undertaking. Yours very truly, 



Rubber Club of .\merica. 



H. S. VoRHis, Secretary. 



FORM ON WHICH INFORMATION IS TO BE 

 RETURNED. 



No 



Information Requested for Statistical Report of the Rubber 



Industry of the United States. 



To Be Compiled by the 



Rubber Club of America, 



354 Fourth Avenue, 



New York. 



For the Year Ending December 31, 1912. 



It Is Guaranteed That -Ml Information Given Will Be Held 



Strictly Confidential. 

 GENERAL 



Number of employes engaged in manufacture for year 



ending December 31. 1912 



Number of employes in office, administration, selling, 



etc., for year ending December 31. 1912 



PRODUCT 



Give answers in value of product manufactured in each of the 

 following general divisions at factory sales prices : 



Mechanical Goods $ 



Tires $ 



Boots and Shoes $ 



Insulated Wire and Insulating Compounds. $ 



Druggists' and Stationers' Sundries $ 



Waterproof Fabrics (Carriage Cloth, Hos- 

 pital Sheetings, etc. ) $ 



Clothing (Single and Double Texture).... $ 



Hard Rubber Goods $ 



Reclaimed Rubber $ 



Miscellaneous (not included in any of the 



above schedules) $ 



Total Production $ 



Please fill out this blank and return without signature to 



H. S. VoRHis, Secretary, Rubber Club of America, 

 354 Fourth Avenue, New York. 



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN 



TRADE. 



The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the De- 

 partment of Commerce, Washington, has opened an office in the 

 Custom House, New York, where publications of the bureau will 

 be on file and an experienced member of the stafif will be in 

 char,ge to give information concerning the work of the bureau 

 and to assist merchants and manufacturers in the development 

 of foreign trade. Consuls in this country on leave of absence 

 will visit this new office as convenience permits, meeting repre- 

 sentatives of houses desiring to cultivate business in their par- 

 ticular foreign fields, and advance notices of these visits will he 

 given through the daily Consular and Trade Reports, through 

 notices to business houses which may have filed their names with 

 the bureau as interested in special foreign fields, and through 

 advices sent to local trade organizations. Another feature of 

 the work of the bureau is that its commercial agents on their 

 return to the United States will attend trade conferences or 

 conventions of persons or organizations interested in special 

 lines, for the purpose of personally informing merchants and 

 manufacturers of the result of their studies on such lines in the 

 foreign field. 



THE FEDERAL WATERPROOFING CO. 



The Federal Waterproofing Co., formerly of Akron, and now 

 located at Asbury Park, New Jersey, is producing an attrac- 

 tive line of ponchas, capes and surface clothing, especially 

 adapted for army use. This company also makes hygienic 

 sheets and hospital sheeting, and is said to have in contempla- 

 tion a more elaborate line of waterproof garments. William 

 Keyes, for many years prominently indentified with waterproof 

 clothing interests, is now connected with this company, 



