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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



January 1, 1921 



bers five dollars ($5) per annum payable in advance on January 

 1 in each year. The annual dues for linn members shall include 

 a basic fee of fifty dollars ($50) per annum payable in advance on 

 January 1 in each year and for all manufacturing firm members 

 an additional pro raia annual fee based upon the amount of crude 

 rubber purchased by each of such members. The rate upon which 

 such pro rata fee shall be based for each year or any portion there- 

 of and the time and method of payment of such fee shall be de- 

 termined by the Association at its annual meeting or at any special 

 meeting duly called for that purpose. Members elected after 

 January 1 in each year shall pay a proportion of the annual dues 

 for the balance of that year beginning with the first of the month 

 following election. Members who fail to pay their entrance fees, 

 annual dues or other indebtedness within thirty days after the same 

 become due, shall be notified by the treasurer, and if payment is 

 not made within the next succeeding thirty days, shall be reported 

 to the E.xecutive Commitlee as in arrears, and may, at the discre- 

 tion of the Executive Committee, be dropped from the member- 

 ship rolls. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES 



For convenicucc in accounting, menibersliip in the Association 

 will be for the calendar year instead of the year from the first 

 of the month following the date of election. To make this rule 

 effective January 1, 1921, bills rendered will be for an amount 

 which represents that portion of the membership dues earned 

 during 1920; thus, if a membership account is due on April 1, 

 bill will be rendered for an amount which represents the propor- 

 tion which nine months bears to one year, or $37.50. Accounts 

 due at other times during the year will be billed proportionately, 

 so that on January 1, 1921, all membership accounts may be 

 billed for the full membership dues for one year from that date. 



The proposal of Secretary Houston, of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment, for a revision of the excise tax should not disturb tire 

 manufacturers at this time, for the Tax Committee of the As- 

 sociation is closely in touch with the situation. 



The Rubber Association will contribute $10,000 to the support 

 of the Highway & Highway Transport Education Committee, 

 ■with the understanding, however, that it is to cover the year 1921 

 and that the Association is not obligated to any greater extent 

 than that. 



The following members were elected November 30, 1920 : 

 Firm member, Raymond Rubber Co., R. N. Agnew, firm repre- 

 sentative, Titusville, New Jersey. Associate members : P. Law- 

 rence Munch, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts ; 

 Fred B. Peterson, Chas. T. Wilson Co., Inc., 59 Pine street. 

 New York. 



of one film shows what happens to the tires, springs, frame, 

 body and load when a truck traveling at high speed hits an 

 obstruction and rebounds on the level road. 



NEW YORK HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SHOW 



The New York Highway Transportation Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Motor Truck Association of America, 

 Inc., in the Twelfth Regiment .'Armory, 62nd street and Columbus 

 avenue, and the First Field Artillery Armory, 68th street and 

 Broadway, New York City, from January 3 to 8, inclusive, the 

 week preceding the New York Automobile Show. The show 

 will be conducted by motor truck people for motor truck users, 

 and not only to sell motor trucks and accessories, but to educate 

 the public in the economic advantages of motor truck transport 

 and to demonstrate the necessity for a national highway system. 



The leading motor trucks and commercial vehicles will be on 

 exhibit, together with trailers and accessories, including tires. 

 There wil) be numerous educational exhibits, and a continuous 

 tableau depicting the evolution of transportation in all lands ; 

 also model truck terminals and trafiic control. 



The program will be as follows : Monday, "Opening Day" ; 

 Tuesday, "Army Day" ; Wednesday, "Motor Accident Prevention 

 Day"; Thursday, "Highway Transportation Day"; Friday, 

 "Farmers' Day" ; Saturday, "Motor Truck Association Day." 

 There will be prize contests, educational addresses by transporta- 

 tion authorities, and motion pictures showing the advantages of 

 motor trucks, the abuses of pneumatic and solid tites, and the 

 methods of overcoming such abuses. A slow-moving sectioR 



GOOD ROADS CONGRESS AND SHOW AT CHICAGO 



The American Road Builders' Association, which includes in 

 its membership tlie highway and street officials, engineers and 

 contractors, together with the manufacturers of road machinery, 

 materials and transportation equipment throughout the United 

 States and Canada, will hold its Eighteenth Annual Convention, 

 Eleventh American Good Roads Congress, and Twelfth National 

 Good Roads Show at the Coliseum, Chicago, February 9 to 12. 



More than 40,000 square feet- of floor space will be devoted to 

 the exhibits which many manufacturers of road materials, road 

 building machinery and highway transportation equipment are 

 preparing to send. A large attendance is assured, including gov- 

 ernment, state and municipal authorities, together with road, 

 automotive and chemical engineers, contractors, agriculturists, 

 motorists and large users of trucks, tractors and other highway 

 transportation equipment. 



INVOICE FORMS STANDARDIZED 



After two years of intensive work in cooperation with asso- 

 ciations, trade papers and leading business houses, a standard 

 form of invoices has been adopted by the National Association 

 of Purchasing Agents that will avoid the need of private forms, 

 the use of rubber stamps to provide special spaces, and will 

 greatly simplify the work of purchasing agents and auditors. 

 The basic size is 8^ by 7 inches, the same as the standardized 

 voucher, to facilitate filing together, and the same width as the 

 standardized Syi by Syi inch check. The invoice may, however, 

 be from 7 to 14 inches from top to bottom, anything over 7 

 inches being folded back on a dotted or ruled line for filing. 

 The paper stock used is 17 by 22 or 17 by 28 and a tolerance 

 of J'^-inch is allowed so that invoices when padded can be 

 trimmed. 



STANDARD OCEAN BILL OF LADING NEEDED 



Owing to the great losses and hardships which have been in- 

 curred by its members engaged in import trade, through improper 

 handling of merchandise by steamship companies, the National 

 Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., has taken the 

 initiative in a movement looking toward standardization of ocean 

 bills of lading which promises to gain the support of trade or- 

 ganizations throughout the country. 



A circular letter issued by the association includes numerous 

 extracts from ocean bills of lading to show the arbitrary atti- 

 tude of many steamship lines which ignore the rights of shipper 

 and consignee, and points out the need of a standard bill of 

 lading comparable to that used by the railroads, also congres- 

 sional action to frame harbor laws equitable to all parties con- 

 cerned. 



Harbor laws are favored tliat clearly set forth the duties 

 of ocean carriers, consignees and local carriers in connection 

 with loading, unloading, segregating and removing goods from 

 the pier. The obligation of the carrier to deliver in good con- 

 dition the identical goods received is specially emphasized be- 

 cause the average merchant draws and accepts drafts with an 

 ocean bill of lading as security. It is recognized that varying 

 port conditions in certain countries or in certain harbors may 

 render one uniform ocean bill of lading impracticable and 

 that several standard forms may be necessary. 



It would seem that in the long run steamship companies as 

 well as merchants would benefit by a clean-cut code of procedure 

 avoiding the misunderstandings, shortages and litigation bound 

 •o follow in the wake of present methods. 



