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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



August 1, 1921 



THE OBITUARY RECORD 

 PROMINENT RUBBER JOURNALIST AND PLANTING AUTHORITY 



THE career of William F. de Bois Maclaren, of Armadale, Scot- 

 land, Dumbartonshire, recently terminated at the age of 64, 

 was notable for scope and accomplishment. Although known 

 generally as a financial pioneer of the rubber planting industry, 

 Mr. Maclaren first made his mark in the field of trade journalism. 

 He successfully developed a small printing office into a publishing 

 company of international character, establishing one by one a 

 series of successful trade journals, among them The India-Rub- 

 ber Journal, of London. 



He was among the first to see the possibilities of the rubber 

 plantation industry, to the development of which he devoted much 

 skill and direction. To him and others this industry owes a tradi- 

 tion of clean finance and skilled management. He made him- 

 self an authority on rubber planting and his views on the subject 

 were highly esteemed. As a business man he is credited as cau- 

 tious, yet courageous. He was versatile in attainments, full of 

 wit and humor, a ready speaker and a kind-hearted man. 



POPULAR IN THE WEST 

 Charles Measure, formerly connected with The Goodyear Tire 

 & Rubber Co., and more recently with the Federal Rubber Co., 

 Cudahy, Wisconsin, died June 27 at his home in Milwaukee, after 

 a brief illness. !Mr. Measure had devoted his entire business 

 career to the rubber industry, and was a salesman of wide 

 acquaintance and experience. He became associated with the 

 Federal Rubber Co. in 1912, and at the time of his death was 

 manager of mechanical rubber goods sales. Mr. Measure 

 is survived by his widow, one son and a daughter. 



EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE 



"INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE BETTER BOSS." By 

 James Cooncr Lawrence, director of branch operations of The H. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Reprinted from "Administration— The 

 Journal of Business Analysis and Control," New York City. Fifteen 

 pages, 4 by 6 inches. Distributed gratis by The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



A COMMON-SENSE view of labor conditions, and an explanation of 

 the underlying motive of the widespread unrest among many 

 workers in large industries. The author recognizes in the worker 

 a natural craving for leadership exemplified in labor organizations, 

 but ignored in their various "industrial democracy" schemes, despite 

 the fact that leadership has proved itself indispensable in all human 

 activities. It is not merely a voice in the management that the 

 worker really needs so much as capable leadership, which will in- 

 sure him good working conditions, good wages, and a good home. 

 The author sees in the present era of slackened production tlic 

 chance of a generation to purge from industrial organizations 

 leaders who have proved their inability not merely to get results 

 for a plant but to handle fairly the operatives over whom they 

 are placed. He notes with satisfaction the tendency of many 

 corporations to encourage the sale of common stock. The em- 

 ployes thus share in the ownership of the business. 



'TRADE TESTS, THE SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT OF TRADE 

 Proficiency." By J. Crosby Chapman, H.A., D.Sc, Ph.D., with the 

 a&-iistance of Daisy Rogers Chapman, M. A. Henry Holt & Co.. New 

 York, 1921. Cloth. 435 pages, S'/i by &'/, inches. 



This book treats of trade test methods developed by the Com- 

 mittee on Classification of Personnel, Army Trade Test Division. 

 The trade test is the instrument devised and constructed to make 

 it possible for a trained examiner, unskilled in any particular 

 trade, to measure in objective terms the trade standing of any 

 recruit claiming skill in any of the several hundred trades neces- 

 sary to the work of the Army. 



The construction and application of the oral, picture, perfonn- 

 a-ce and written tests are detailed. The place of the trade 

 test in industry is discussed at lengfth, followed by a bibliography 

 and index. 



•AMICKICAN CHEMISTRY; A RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT THE 

 Basis for Fvitnre Proiiress." By Harrisrn Hale. Ph.D., head ^ of De- 

 partment of Chemistry, University of -Xrkansas. D. Van Nostrand 

 Co., 8 Warren Mreet, '"lew York, N. Y. Qoth, 215 pages, 4 by S^S 

 inches. 



In the preface to this volume attention is called to the steadily 

 increasing importance of a knowledge of chemistry, because 

 of the connection this subject has with matters of every-day life. 

 The record of the American chemist, the author believes, is one 

 of achievement, with encouraging prospects for still further prog- 

 ress. In the volume under consideration a chapter is devoted to 

 briefly describing rubber from source to finished product, while 

 several illustrations serve to give the subject an added interest. 

 .■\ brief bibliography appears at the end of the chapter. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS 



IN THE INTROUL'CTION TO THE RECE.VT C.\TAIX)C ISSUED BY FR.A.NCIS 

 Shaw & Co., Limited, Bradford, Manchester, England, the fol- 

 lowing sentence is significant : "As the leading makers in Great 

 Britain of rubber machinery our designs can be relied on to in- 

 clude all up-to-date improvements and labor-saving devices." 



The catalog at hand is divided into several sections, each 

 dealing with some division of the rubber industry. More ex- 

 haustive treatment, however, of the subjects mentioned can be 

 found in other circulars published by the same company under 

 the titles of: "Rubber Plantation Machinery"; "Machinery .for 

 the Manufacture of Solid and Pneumatic Tires" ; "Fine Cut 

 Sheet Machinery" ; and "Vacuum Drying and Impregnating 

 Machinery." 



The most important sections of the present catalog deal with 

 types of rubber plantation machinery and machines for making 

 tires, belting, hose, and many kinds of mechanical goods. De- 

 scriptions of machinery used in vulcanizing are also given an 

 important place. Many illustrations serve to give added interest 

 to this catalog. 



The Fisher Governor Co., M.\rshalltown, Iowa, in its 

 recently issued Bulletin Xo. 210 sets forth the advantages of 

 the series No. 90 pressure regulator, manufactured by this firm. 

 The single-.seated self-contained pressure regulator in question 

 is particularly adapted to vulcanizing, and can be used where 

 lack of space prevents use of lever and weight type of valve. 

 The mechanism is of especial value, it is claimed, in controlling 

 the vulcanizing steam pressure and is being used in many plants 

 devoted to the maiuifnCture of rubber products. 



The .Adams-Barre Co., 1242-1244 North High Street, 

 Columbus, Ohio, in its Catalog No. 21, recently issued, calls at- 

 tention to the advantages of its tire repair equipments. A com- 

 prehensive list of vulcanizin.g tools and supplies is one of the 

 iinportant features of this catalog. 



The firm of Toch Brothers, 320 Fifth avenue. New York, 

 N. Y., publishes numerous catalogs descriptive of the company's 

 various "RIW" protective products. The rubber colors which 

 this company manufactures include blacks, reds, yellows, blues, 

 greens, etc., of use for coloring tiles, hot-water bottles, automo- 

 bile tubes, toy balloons, and rubber goods of all kinds. 



In AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE USE OF THE MOTOR TRUCK AS 



an indispensable factor in modern transportation, the Firestone 

 Ship-by-Truck Bureau, Firestone Park, .\kron, Ohio, has issued 

 a series of bulletins devoted to this subject. The most recent of 

 these. Bulletin No. 8, is entitled "Marketing Live Stock by Motor 

 Truck." By means of photographs, charts, and statistical tables 

 an investigation covering movements into Omaha, St. Joseph, Kan- 

 sas City, Denver, Fort Worth, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, East St. 

 Louis and other cities, has been reported. The bulletin aims to 

 show the part that the truck has been and is playing in the market- 

 ing of live stock, and to point out some of the benefits resulting 

 to the farmer from its use. 



