JanuarV 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Vol. 63 



JANUARY 1. 1921 



No. 4 



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The New Year 



A GAIX comes a Neti' Year nnth its opportunities^ 

 ■/a ambitions and promise. Our good zvishes n/oiUd 

 further them alL Looking fonvard, the coming year 

 bids fair to be the most notable in accomplishment that 

 the rubber industry has ever enjoyed. 



ACCURATE TIRE STATISTICS IMPERATIVE 



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^NE QUESTION which profoundly concerns all tire 

 manufacturers, and urgently seeks solution, is : 

 How may the industry fairly determine what is over- 

 production, and how shall it settle with reasonable 

 certainty what is underconsumption X In other words, is 

 it possible for the leaders by acting in concert to strike the 

 golden mean, and to so stabilize the industry that tire 

 making will easily, elastically, and in a sense automatic- 

 ally adapt itself to the ever-varying conditions of supply 

 CM and demand? 



■— One of the most practical steps taken thus far in the 

 ' direction of reaching this consummation is that of as- 



sembling statistics of the production, shipment, and in- 

 ventory of pneumatic tires, tubes and solid tires, as well 

 as the amount in pounds of cotton fabric and crude rubber 

 consumed in such production each month. In the opinion 

 of the 'I'irc Manufacturers' Division qf The Rubber Asso- 

 ciation of America, which has begun to collect such valua- 

 ble data from its members, this information will be of 

 vital benefit to every tire manufacturing concern in es- 

 timating how the demand for tires already made and un- 

 sold will be taken care of, and will go a long way in guid- 

 ing it toward normal production of tires at any time. 



Inasnmch as other great industries reap a considerable 

 advantage from similar statistical service, why should 

 not rubber manufacturers, methodical enough in the con- 

 duct of their own separate affairs, pursue a like course, 

 and thereby save themselves many missteps and much lost 

 motion ? 



Most tire manufacturers will be found very willing to 

 supply all the desired facts, for they are assured that the 

 utmost pains will be taken to prevent the misuse of this 

 confidential information. Each one will be given a code 

 number to insure secrecy, no names whatever being used 

 in the reports. The data supplied will be so well guarded 

 that even the smallest manufacturer need have no timidity 

 about supplying his share. In this way an aggregate 

 will be obtained that will be of great value to the trade. 

 Indeed, such an important undertaking is only possible 

 when conducted under the auspices of a great organiza- 

 tion which has no "ax to grind" and no ulterior purpose 

 to serve, but seeks only the utmost welfare for every 

 division of the rubber industry. 



SEASONAL RUBBER GOODS 



THE very excellent brief submitted to the Federal 

 Trade Connnission by George H. Mayo, John 

 Kearns and Charles Neave, for The Rubber Association 

 of America on price protection for seasonable rubber 

 goods, specifically footwear and tires, is an exceedingly 

 able arid convincing document. 



As one reviews the world's rubber products, the argu- 

 ments in this brief apply to many goods other than the two 

 lines mentioned. For example, in the mechanical rubber 

 goods line, there are garden hose, jar rings, thresher 

 belts, and a great variety of lesser rubber appliances that 

 go toward agricultural machinery' and that enter into the 

 canning and [jacking industries. 



In rubber clothing, there are also surface coats, mack- 

 intoshes, camping blankets, auto tops, bathing caps and 

 suits, and a variety of lesser articles. 



When one turns to sporting goods, there are golf balls, 

 football bladders, and a vast variety of lesser sporting 

 articles. 



The insulated wire industry is also interested through 

 the wiring used in automobiles. So, also, the hard rub- 

 ber industry, in the great volume of battery jars that are 

 made for automobiles. 



