THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[XoVEiMBER 1, 1919. 



Activities of The Rubber Association of America. 



TIKE Division. The joint Executive Committee of tlie Pneu- 

 matic and Solid Tire Manufacturers' Divisions held its reg- 

 ular monthly meeting at the Association offices, on October 

 16, there being an almost complete attendance. A docket con- 

 taining a number of important subjects was disposed of. 



Mechanical Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Division. On 

 October 21 the regular monthly meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Mechanical Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Division 

 was held at the Yale Club. 



Tr.\ffic Department. In keeping with the custom, since the 

 organization of the Traffic Division, to hold every third or 

 fourth meeting at Akron for the convenience of members in that 

 district, the Traffic Department held its regular meeting October 

 22 and 23 at the Akron City Club. The usual heavy docket, in- 

 cluding many timely and important subjects, was disposed of. 



Of particular interest is the completion of arrangements for 

 personal attention to the Association's traffic and commerce 

 questions by E. S. Ballard, an experienced commercial lawyer of 

 the firm of Butler, Lamb, Foster & Pope, Cleveland, Ohio. This 

 arrangement will provide a most satisfactory means for handling 

 the legal afifairs of the Association's traffic and commerce work. 



New Members. At a meeting of the Executive Committee on 

 September 26, the following named firms were elected to firm 

 membership in the Association: 



J. Aron & Co., Inc., 95 Wall street. New York City. 



Woven Steel Hose & Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey. 



Madison Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 30 East 42d street. New York. 



Reissue of the "Index to the Manufactures of the Products 

 OF the Rubber Industry." The work of securing a complete re- 

 sponse to the questionnaire sent to the industry to develop the 

 information upon which to base a reissue of the "Index to the 

 Manufacturers of tlie Products of the Rubber Industry," is pro- 

 gressing slowly but steadily, and the Association hopes to com- 

 plete the work within the very near future. 



Map Showing Location of Firm Members. Last spring the 

 Executive Committee authorized the preparation of a map to 

 show the location of firm members of the Association over the 

 United States, and the map is now in preparation and, when 

 ready, copies will be distributed to Association members. It is 

 the thought of the Executive Committee that a map of this sort 

 will make it possible for those who may be interested to visual- 

 ize quickly the rubber inudustry in the United States and Can- 

 ana, so far as centralization and geographic location are con- 

 cerned. 



A COMMUNICATION FROM THE RUBBER GROWERS- 

 ASSOCIATION, LIMITED. 



New York, October 2, 1919. 

 To the firm members of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. : 



There is attached a copy of a circular prepared by the Rubber 

 Growers' Association, Inc., London, respecting the Rubber Uses 

 Development Fund and the prize contest which that association 

 has in contemplation. The circular explains itself. 



The proposal of the Rubber Growers' Association was given 

 consideration by the Executive Committee of this organization 

 at a meeting on September 26, and I was directed to distribute 

 copy of the circular to the entire membership of this associa- 

 tion with tlie advice that if they found it convenient to make a 

 contribution to the fund they might do so through this or- 

 ganization, which will transmit the total of the contributions to 

 the Rubber Growers' Association with a statement of the donors 

 thereof. 



In the interest of ease and safety in handling the contributions 

 it is requested that checks be made payable to The Rubber As- 



sociation of America, with a statement of the purpose for which 

 they are intended, and this office will in turn make out a 

 check to the Rubber Growers' Association for the total. 



Additional copies of the circular may be had if desired and 

 you may be sure that this office will give every attention to any 

 of the detail which may develop in connection with the contri- 

 butions from our members to this fund. 



A. L. Viles, General Manager. 



the rubber GROWERS' ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED). 



38 Eastciieap, London, E. C. 3, July 23, 1919. 

 Rubber Uses Development Fund. 



Dear Sirfs): 



My Council have decidetl to open a "Rubber Uses Development Fund," 

 for the purpose of extending the present uses or encouraging new uses 

 of rubber, and invite contributions from members and others interested 

 in the production of rubber. 



It is desired that a mininiium of £10,000 should be raised, and in 

 the first place to inaugurate a prize scheme in the terms of the accom- 

 panying draft particulars. It is proposed to offer £5,000 in prizes: 

 to expend about £2,000 in advertisements, and, if necessary, a sum of 

 £3,000 upon the work entailed in receiving, investigating and adjudicat- 

 ing upon the suggestions sent in, and generally in any direction which 

 might be likely to increase substantially the economic demand for the 

 raw material. 



The continued success of the plantation rubber industry will depend 

 on the increasing demand for the commodity, and, having regard to the 

 size of the industry and the amount of British capital involved, my 

 council venture to express the hope that the proposals outlined above 

 will meet with liberal response from all interested in the future welfarf 

 of the industry. 



The following donations have been given or promised, subject to a 

 minimum of £10,000 being raised: 



The Rubber Growers' Association £1,000 



Messrs, Harrisons and Crosfield, Ltd 1,000 



Straits Rubber Group 1,000 



Messrs. Guthrie & Co., Ltd 230 



Messrs. Edward Boustcad & Co 200 



Colombo Commercial Co., Ltd 105 



Grand Central (Ceylon) Rubber Estates. Ltd 105 



London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Co 105 



Seafield Rubber Co., Ltd 100 



Rubber Estate Agency, Ltd 52 10 



Tangki.h Rubber Estate, Ltd 52 10 



Batu Caves Rubber Co.. Ltd 50 



Contributions or promises should be forwarded to the association as 

 soon as possible, so that the preliminary arrangements in connection 

 with the prize scheme can be made immediately. .\ny suggestions re- 

 lating to the scheme, which you may care to submit, will be welcomed 

 and will receive careful consideration. 



Frank G. Smith, Secretary. 



AND NOW TO CURB TIRE THEFTS. 



Stealing automobiles has become a profitable business through- 

 out the country and one that is carried on with far less risk than 

 other forms of thieving involving commensurate returns. 



In Massachusetts new laws to check this evil have recently be- 

 come eiifective. The punishment for stealing, receiving or con- 

 cealing motor vehicles has been made a State prison sentence 

 of five to ten years. The life history of every motor vehicle 

 owned in Massachusetts will now be recorded at the State House. 

 Motor vehicle dealers of all sorts are licensed and must report 

 all their transactions. Private owners must give to the police ad- 

 vance notice of intended sale. A clear title will henceforth be 

 required as in real estate transfers. So complete will be the 

 record and cross references that it will be extremely difficult 

 for a stolen car to be registered again without the fact of its 

 theft becoming known. 



Stealing tires is as common as stealing cars, and it is highly 

 profitable. Two new high-grade, non-skid, cord tires from a 

 large car are often worth $150 and pneumatic truck tires cost 

 from $120 each upward. So bold are tire thieves that they 

 often jack up a car and remove tires from the wheels. Relatively 

 few motorists keep a record of the serial numbers of their tires, 

 making recovery difficult. Moreover, the tires are often rebuilt 

 and identification marks destroyed. 



With tires averaging $25 each and running up to $175 or more; 

 with a car's complement of tires valued at $100 to $750 and 

 thefts rapidly increasing, when will special legislation be de- 

 vised to check this form of robbery? 



