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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Jii.v 1. 1921 



(885) A reader asks for the addresses of manufacturers of 

 calendered cloth used in the manufacture of dress-shields. 



(886) A correspondent inquiries where bathing-cap or toy-bal- 

 loon rubber can be obtained by the yard. 



(887) Inquir>- is made for the addresses of manufacturers of 

 sponge rubber. 



(888) .\ reader desires the address of the manufacturer of a 

 machine for trimming off the overflow on molded nipples. 



(889) A correspondent requests the address of the manufac- 

 turer of Day's rubber protector for trousers. 



(890) A manufacturer desires the address of manufacturers of 

 doubling calenders used for uniting rubber sheets. 



(891) A manufacturer of rubber nipples asks liow to make 

 them bloom. 



(892) Information is requested concerning the source of sup- 

 ply of "Wasatch," said to be a compounding ingredient. 



FINAL DECLARATION OF THE EIGHTH NATIONAL 

 FOREIGN TRADE CONVENTION 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS 



Addresses may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C, or from the following, 

 district or cooperati'e offices. Requests for each address should 

 be on a separate sheet and state number. 



District Offices. 

 New York: 734 Customhouse. 

 Boston: 1801 Customhouse. 

 Chicago: 504 Federal Building. 

 St. Louis: 402 Third National Bank 



Building. 

 New Orleans: 1020 Hihernia Hank 



Building. 

 San Francisco: .107 Customhouse. 

 Seattle: 848 Henry Building. 



Cooperative Offices. 

 Cleveland: Chamhei of Commerce. 

 Cincinnati: Chamber of Commeice; 



General Freight Agent, Southern 



Railway. 96 Ingalls Building. 

 Dayton. Ohio: Dayton Chamber of 



Commerce. 

 Los Angeles: Chamber of Commerce. 

 Philadelphia: Chamber ofCommcrce. 

 Portland. Oregon: Chamber of 



Commerce. 



(34,9+1) A merchant in Sweden desires to communicate with 

 firms dealing in automobiles, motorcycles, and accessories. Cata- 

 logs requested. 



(34,947) A commercial agent in Ireland desires agency or 

 commission for the sale of druggists' sundries. 



(35,037) A mercantile firm in Denmark desires to secure ar 

 agency for the sale in the Scandinavian countries of both pneu- 

 matic and solid tires for automobiles and trucks. 



(35,046) A commercial agent in Spain desires to secure th( 

 representation of firms for the sale of rubbers. 



CURBING TIRE "SECONDS" SALES 

 Tire dealers in California who sell only "firsts" may soon in- 

 voke the aid of the courts in enforcing a new state law (Senate 

 No. 917) to curb the activities of unscrupulous second-hand tire 

 men who are said to palm off a great many repainted tires as new. 

 While the law is designed to cover all kinds of dealings in second- 

 hand, defective, or imperfect merchandise, and requires all such 

 goods to be properly branded, tire dealers claim that in spirit 

 and letter it especially protects "straight-shooters" in their line 

 from fraudulent operators who have cut considerably into legit- 

 imate business in all the large cities on the Coast. The measure 

 was actively supported by the advertising clubs of the state, 

 which claim that California is the first of the forty-eight states 

 to enact such legislation for the safeguarding of buyers. 



BANKRUPTCY SALE OF THE FORT WAYNE TIRE & RUBBER 

 MANUFACTURING CO. 



The I'ort Wayne Tire & Kublier Manufacturing Co., Fort 

 Wayne, Indiana, that went into voluntary bankruptcy last 

 April, will be sold at private sale on July 5 to the best bidder. 

 The factory occupies Z'/z acres adjoining the New York Cen- 

 tral railroad and the Fort Wayne and Northwestern Inter- 

 urban Line. The plant comprises a three-story pressed brick 

 building and three one-story out-buildings, equipped with 

 machinery for the production of 300 to 500 tires and tubes a 

 day. The property is appraised at present values as follows: 

 land $16,400; buildings, $137,500; machinery, equipment and 

 inventory, $110,000. 



■^HE National Foreign Trade Council is directed by the best 

 A business minds of the country in the advancement of .Ameri- 

 can trade in foreign markets. The rubber industry is alilv repre- 

 sented on the coun- 

 cil by E. H. Hux- 

 ley, president of 

 the .United States 

 Export Co., New 

 York, N. Y. 



-At the meetin.s; 

 held in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, May 4-7, 

 1921, a national 

 program far 

 American trade 

 during the coming 

 year was adopted, 

 the special features 

 of which are as 

 follows : 



1. Increased 

 imports into 

 the United 

 States. 



2. The 

 drawing up- 

 on surplus 

 .American in- 



yestm e n t g p^ Huxley, Me.mber of the X.\tion.-\l 



funds in or- „ ^, 



der to fur- Foreign 1 r.\de Counxil 



nish 1 o n g - 



term credits to foreign buyers. 



3. Immediate creation of financial institutions under tlic 

 Edge Law to extend such long-term credits. 



4. Pending the revival of world commerce, tlic laying up 

 of such of our government-owned inercliant marine as cannot 

 be chartered on a bare-boat basis or on time charter to pri- 

 vate operators. 



5. Revision of our shipping laws, which subject .American 

 vessels to a competitive disadvantage estimated at 5 per cent 

 on the capital investment. 



6. Uniformity of state laws affecting marine insurance 

 companies. 



7. Adequate international machinery for the enforcement of 

 awards of commercial arbitration ; and application of stand- 

 ardization to products not already so protected. 



8. Adoption of revised and uniform commercial letters of 

 credit and ocean bills of lading. 



9. Maintenance of interest in .American foreign trade, even 

 though it shows no profit for the moment ; and remembrance 

 that in many cases it will cost much more to regain in the 

 future a business lost now through lack of courage and 

 foresight. 



10. A bargaining tariff. 



11. A reorganization of the foreign service of our govern- 

 ment, which will provide for unified control, and a permanent 

 career to be started at a National Foreign .Service Training 

 Academy, 



12. The passage of the China Trade Act, which will permit 

 the formation of American companies to trade in China on a 

 plane of tax equality with competitors of other nationalities. 



13. The change in our taxation laws which will free 

 .Americans living aliroad from paying ta.xes upon income de- 

 rived from within the foreign country of residence. 



14. Adequate support for those departments of the gov- 

 ernment which participate in ihe development of our foreign 

 trade. 



15. The revision of our revenue laws necessary to permit 

 the negotiation of a parcel post convention with Cuba. 



16. The wider use of foreign trade news by our press. 



17. The expansion of systems of international telegraphic 

 communication under American control and operation. 



