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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



May 1, 1921 



Acti\ ities of The Rubber Association of America 



MEETINGS 



THE Technical Committee of the Tire Manufacturers' Divi- 

 sion held a meeting in the Association rooms on April 14, to 

 consider in detail the tentative specification of the Bureau of 

 Standards for pneumatic tires. A number of technical representa- 

 tives of tire manufacturers, not represented on the Teclmical 

 Committee, also participated in the conference, the work of 

 wliich was completed at a meeting in Cleveland on April 26 

 and 27. 



An engineering sub-committvc of the Mechanical Rubber Goods 

 Manufacturers' Division met at the Association rooms on April 14, 

 to consider the subject of the standardizing of rubber belt and 

 pulley sizes. The subject w-as thoroughly discussed in a general 

 way and an outline prepared for treating the various phases in 

 detail. Members of the sub-committee are studying the problems 

 preparatory to another meeting of the committee. 



The customary monthly meeting of the Executive Committee, 

 Tire Manufacturers' Division, was held in the Association rooms 

 on April 20. The disposition of a number of routine matters 

 required the attention of the committee until late in the after- 

 noon. 



The development of the plans for the compilation of monthly 

 statistics covering mechanical rubber goods was the principal 

 subject of discussion at the usual monthly meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee of the Mechanical Rubber Goods Manufacturers' 

 Division, held at the Yale Club on April 26. 



The Traffic Committee held its .-Kpril meeting in the .Association 

 rooms on April 18. and devoted the entire day to routine matters. 

 Several members of the committee left that evening for Baltimore, 

 to inspect the harbor and terminal facilities in that city, for 

 handling shipments of rubber goods via the Panama Canal to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



The Board of Directors met at the Union League Club at 1 

 o'clock on April 29. in accordance with the schedule arranged for 

 regular meetings. 



PUBLICITY COMMITTEE OF EIXECUTIVES APPOINTED 



The Association will undertake educational work (publicity) on 

 behalf of the rubber industry; a committee will be constituted of 

 representatives to be designated by the following named firm 

 members from the personnel of their several executive staffs : 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Hewitt 

 Rubber Co., Hood Rubber Co., The B. F. Goodrich Co., United 

 & Globe Rubber Co., Hodgman Rubber Co., Kelly-Springfield 

 Tire Co., The General Tire & Rubber Co., L. Littlejohn & Co. 



FOREIGN TRADE BUREAU 



In accordance witli resolutions adopted by the E.\ecutive Com- 

 mittee of the Foreign Trade Division, a Foreign Trade Bureau 

 has been added to the .Association, under the management of P. L. 

 Palmcrton, who will devote his present attention to the following: 

 Information bureau, information bulletins, rubber exporters' hand- 

 book, straight-side tire promotion, translation of rubber goods 

 terms, employment bureau, collection of credit data, listing of 

 desirable forwarders, and others. 



It is intended to enlarge this program with other services as 

 they may be requested or as the facilities of the bunau may 

 permit. 



The present membership of the Foreign Trade Division includes 

 all members who are devoting much attention to export trade. 

 However, the division extends an invitation to other firm members 

 to become enrolled in the division. The manager of the Foreign 

 Trade Bureau will, upon request, be glad to handle the details of 

 enrollment of firms and recognition of representatives. 



The meetings of the Executive Committee of the Foreign Trade 

 Division are regarded as "open,'' and a welcome will be extended 

 to a representative of any member of the division. Also, the 

 division will appreciate the privilege of including in its docket, 

 subjects of export interest that any member wishes to suggest. 

 The executive committee has selected the third Friday of each 

 month as its regular meeting date. 



COST ACCOUNTING FOR RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURERS 



A study of the cost acci muting problems of rubber gtpods manu- 

 facturers with the object eventually of outlining cost accounting 

 methods for various branches of the industry will be undertaken 

 by a cost accounting committee of experienced accounting execu- 

 tives from the staflfs of the following named companies : The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. United States Rubber 

 Co., Hood Rubber Co., Ajax Rubber Co.. Inc., The Fisk Rubber 

 Co., Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., The Miller Rub'oer Co., 

 Star Rubber Co., Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. (and one to be desig- 

 nated by the Rubber Manufacturers' .Association of New Jersey 

 — Trenton Association). 



STATISTICS COMPILED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES NOS. 1»3 AND 104. 

 COVERING THE YEAR 1920- 



Repnrled 



bv Mami- 



faclurers 



Wli.) Also 



Reclaim 



Reclaime<l rubber produced ^ 



from raw and cured 



scrap pounds 77.920,594 102,059.654 179,980,248 



Scrap rubber (incUl'Mnp raw Y 1 lb. : 



and cured scrap) con- 

 sumed in production of 

 reclaimed rubber. . ./lofoirfj 100,659,857 134.786,740 235,446.597. 



Number of Pounds of Crite Rupber Consumed in ihe MANUr.\ciuRE op 

 Rubber Products and Total Sale.s Value of Shipments of 



>[anufactuked Rubbfr Ppoducts 



Total Sales \'alue 



Number ot" of Shipments 



Povmds Cnlde of Manufactured 



Product Rubber C^onsurred Rubber Products 

 Tires and tire sundries 



Automobile and motor truck casings 204,852,163 $315,367,820 



Automobile and motor truck tubes 51,025,392 42.148.440 



Solid tires 26.482,247 18,441.402 



Other tires and tire sundries 10,075,927 17,004,388 



=Total— Tires and tire sundries 292.435,729 



392,962,050 



Other rubber products 



Mechanical "oods 28,592,490 



Bo.ijts and shoes 32.610.547 



Other products 16.250,905 



-Total— Other rubber products 77,453,942 



Grand total— -Ml products 369.889.671 



82,240.087 

 61.707.773 

 61,809.742 



$205,757,602 



$598,719,652 



^The number of manufacturers reporting statistics for the first half of 

 1920 was 142; for the second half. 143. The number ci reclaimers reporting 

 for the first h.ilf was 7; for the second half, 8. The average total daily 

 number ri employes reported for the first half of 1920 was 199.750. and for 

 the second half, 189,^62. 



-It should be noted that the above totals of "Tires and tire sundries" and 

 "Other rubber products" include some fiRures which are not shown under 

 the various items, which is due to the f.ict that some of the reports received 

 were n^t itemized: fo.'- the same reason, under "Tires and tire sundries," in 

 a few instances, the data submitted by individi-.al merribers coverinp ".-Xuto- 

 mobile and motor truck tubes" have been' assigned to "Automobile and motor 

 trucl. casinps," wherever it has appeared desirable to do so. with respect to 

 both the number of pounds of crude rubber consumed and the total sales 

 value of shipments of manufactured rubber products. 



Attention is directed to the fact that the totals shown above ore the result 

 of a compilation of statistic-, furnished by individual rubber matuifacturers 

 and reclaimers in the United States, and do not include figures of manufac- 

 turing firms located in Canada, as did the "Statistics Compiled from Ques- 

 tionnaires Nos. 101 and 102," covering the year 1919. 



