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May 1, 1921 



fcrred, before he complained of severe headaches, often lasting 

 two and three days. Within eleven months he noticed that his 

 gums bled freely after brushing his teeth. .^ month later, in 

 addition to spong>- gums, he remarked bluish-green spots on his 

 left thigh, followed in a few days with similar spots on his left 

 arm. Spots on other parts of his body soon appeared, and within 

 a couple of months he had to give up work on account of weak- 

 ness and shortness of breath. Severe nosebleeds followed, and he 

 was removed to a hospital. 



Ginical examination revealed a steady drop in the hemoglobin 

 percentage in tlie blood, and a particularly rapid drop in the 

 count of white blood corpuscules, as from 5,000 to 850 in nine 

 days, while the red count in the same period fell from 2,288,000 

 to 1,616,000. A transfusion of ten ounces of blood was made, 

 but this was succeeded by an uncontrollable nosebleed, headache, 

 vertigo, dizziness, restlessness, delirium, talkativeness, loss of 

 power of arms and legs and finally coma convulsions and death, 

 twenty-eight days after he had started to work in the tire- 

 building department. 



OTHER FATAL CASES 



Another man, forty years old, after working in other parts of 

 a rubber factory for ten years, was transferred to the tire-building 

 department. Severe weakness and shortness of breath began to 

 trouble him within six months. Then followed nosebleeds and 

 bloody stools, spongy gums, discoloration of arms and legs, finally 

 paralysis, delirium, and death within just one year. 



.■\ man. ihirty-tliree years old, after working in the tire-building 

 department of a rubber factory two years, developed "red spots" 

 on face and neck, then followed general weakness, loss of weight, 

 shortness of breath, rapid pulse, dry cough, anemia, persistent 

 nosebleed, brownish-yellow stains on both sides, and finally pneu- 

 monia and death, two years after working with benzol. 



In one non-fatal case, a worker, twenty years old, who had 

 been using benzol cement on cured tires developed anasymetry 

 of the face which he believed due to tooth extraction, with head- 

 ache, nausea, and general weakness. A blood count showed the 

 characteristic effects of benzol poisoning. 



In the case of another vv'orker, twenty-nine years old, who for 

 two years had been applying benzol to tire fabric, a pin-head 

 eruption appeared on his arms, feet, ears, and neck, and this de- 

 veloped into very itchy blebs with fever. He stated that about 

 eighteen others suffered similarly! but all symptoms disappeared 

 among the workers when naphtha was substituted for benzol. 



aUOTES MANY AUTHORITIES 



Dr. Quinby's conclusions were confirmed by the observations 

 of many investigators in America and abroad who have studied 

 the effects of benzol and related volatile hydrocarbons in the 

 rubber, painting, chemical, and other industries, as well as by the 

 reports of many health boards and trades unions in the United 

 States, Great Britain, France. Ciermany, Italy, and pther countries, 

 his references totaling forty-seven. But little information is as 

 yet available on this subject, he says, in medical te.xt books. 



Foreign Import Duties on Boots and Shoes 



THE FOLLOWING T,\BLE, Corrected to .\pril 16, 1921, by the 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, shows the 

 foreign import duties on rubber boots and shoes of all 

 descriptions, imported into the various countries from the United 

 States. 



Owing to the frequency of tariff changes the figures and infor- 

 mation given in this table should be periodically verified. It is 



also advised that small trial sliipmcnts be made in order to test 

 the rates prior to sending more extensive shipments. 



In the first column is given the country, while the next column 

 contains the articles with notes regarding surta.xes, basis of 

 rates, etc. The third column specifies whether the weight is to be 

 taken as gross or net, and the last gives the ad valorem duty or 

 the rate of specific duty in United States currency. 



Articles .\nd REMAr.Ks 



Countries 

 Europe: 



Austria-Hungary Shoemakers' wares, with textile goods, per lOO pounds 



Beleium Manufactures of india rubber, ad v.-^.k^rem 



Bulearia Ordinary rubber boots and shoes (galoshes), per lOO pounds (includes 20 per cent surtax) 



Other rubber boots and shoes, per 100 pounds (includes 20 per cent surtax) 



Denmark Rubber boots and shoes, with textiles, per 10" pounds — including inner packing 



Finland Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



France Rubber footwear lined with felt, wool, or any partly woolen cloth, per lOO ptAinds 



Rubber footwear lined with cotton, hemp, or flax cloth, per 100 pounds 



Footwear with solts of rubber, per pair 



Hermanv Footwear, with or without rubber S( !es — Unvarnished, per 100 pounds 



uennan> Varnished, per 100 pounds 



Great Britain Manufactures of rubber 



Greece (laloshes of rubber, per 1 00 pounris _ 



Italy .'.'.".'.'.'." Rubber footwear, lined or trimmed with fabrics, per lOO pairs 



Other rubber footwear, pi-r 100 pounds 



JuKO-Slavia Rubber footwear w ith or without textile materials, per 100 pounds 



Netherlands Rubber footwear, ad valorem 



Norway Rubber footwear, per lOO pounds 



Portugal Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



Rumania Rubber footwear, per lOO pound' 



Servia Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



Spain Rubber footwear, per lOO pounds 



Sweden Rubber footwear, per lOO poimds 



Switzerland Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



Turkey Articles not specified 



North America: 



Canada Rubber boots and shoes, ad valorem • • • ■ • ■ 



Imports of articles invoiced at prices less than the market value in the country from which 

 exported, are liable to a "dumping" duty if such articles are also made in Canada. 



Newfoundland F..otweai and all manufacture* in part or in whole of india rubber or gutta pcrcha, ad valorem, 



including 10 per cent surtax 



Central America: 



•Costa Rica Rubber footwear, per lOO pounds. 



Guatemala Boots and shoes, and overshoes of rubber or rubberized cloth, per 100 pounds 



'.Honduras Ruliber boots and shoes, per 100 pounds 



jjexico Footwear of rubber or cloth and rubber, including variable surtax taken as equivalent to 3 per 



cent of the duty, per lOO pounds 



Nicaragua Footwear of rubber such as wateri)rO(,f boots and shoes, per 100 pounds 



Panama Rubber footwear, ad valorem 



Salvador Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



West Indies: 



Cuba Rubber footwear with cotton fabrics, per 100 pounds 



Rubber footwear with woolen fabrics, per 100 pounds 



Dominican Republic Rubber footwear, per 100 pounds 



Haiti Rubl)er shoes or footwear with rubber soles, per dozen pairs 



St. Vincent Manufactures of rubber, ad valorem 



Virgin Islands Imports from the United States 



25% 



44% 



