THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Df.cf.mber 1, 1919. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



"DETERMINATION OF PERME.M?1LITV OF B.\LLOON FABRICS." 

 By .Tiinius David Edwards. Associate Chemist. Bureau of Standards, 

 rtovfriimcnt Priiiting OfBcf, VVasliinRton. D. C. 



T"" HI.-; is pamphlet No. 113 of the Technologic Papers of the Bu- 

 ■*• reau of Standards. The paper discusses the theory of the 

 permeability of balloon fabrics, methods of determination, stand- 

 ard test. optratinK directions and calculations. The bulletin is sold 

 by the Superintendent of Public Documents, Washington, D. C. 



by .Ace 

 Kormati 



lerator.s," and "Devulcanization of Rubber by the 

 ti of Hcxamclhylcne Tetratniiic in Rubber." 



"DIKECT DETEK.MIXATION OF rNI)I.\ RUBBEK BY THE NITRO- 

 site Method." Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards. No. 

 145. By John li. Tuttle and l,ouis Vurow. Issued October 22. 1919, 

 hy the Government Printing Office, Washington, U. C. 



This is the official publication of a paper read at Boston, Sep- 

 tember 12, 1919, at the meeting of the Rubber Section of the 

 American Chemical Society, and abstracted in The India Rub- 

 ber World. October I, 1919, page 17. 



•THE INDUSTRIAL REPUBLIC." BY PAUL VV. LITCHFIELD. 

 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. .M;ron, Ohio. d'apcr, 16 mo, 73 

 pages.) 

 With thinking persons everywhere giving serious attention to 

 the complex industrial and economic conditions existing through- 

 out the world, and with governments attempting to effect a work- 

 ing agreement between capital and labor, the appearance of this 

 little book is most opportune. It is written by a man who has 

 spent his life employing labor, and who as vice-president and 

 factory manager of one of the largest American rubber plants 

 has had opportunity to know the industrial situation from every 

 angle. 



Mr. Litchfield discusses frankly and freely the labor and 

 economic problems now confronting the United States and sug- 

 gests possible solutions. He traces the history of labor and in- 

 dustry and concludes that autocratic capitalism must come to 

 an end, just as autocratic political government is being 

 cast off. Harmony and justice to all, he believes, . will be 

 assured only through participation of labor in the manage- 

 ment and ownership of large industrial plants. The step recently 

 taken by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in creating a council of 

 industrial relations is a start in the direction that all big com- 

 panies will ultimately see their way to follow. 



Wages, he asserts, should be determined by the results of labor 

 rather than by the time consumed, since capital cannot sell 

 time but only the products of labor. 



As capital has taken all the risks of business it has been 

 customary for it to claim all the rewards except what was neces- 

 sary to pay for labor, materials and other charges. As a result of 

 this system two classes have grown up, one interested only in 

 profits and the other only in wages. This condition can be 

 overcome only by bringing about a community of interest. 



He declares that if labor has received the current wage and 

 capital the current rate of interest, then the profits which have 

 been produced are the result of both labor and capital and 

 should be divided between the two. 



In working this out Mr. Litchfield would give labor representa- 

 tion in the inanagement of the business, but until labor is in a 

 position to bear its share of the financial risks, capital must be 

 in control of the management. He advocates that employes be 

 given the fullest opportunity to invest in the securities of the 

 "ompany for which they work and as stockholders to share in the 

 distribution of profits as they are earned. 



Mr. Litchfield takes a daring stand regarding the respective 

 rights and duties of men and management, and the part to Ije 

 played by labor in the future development of American history. 

 He clears up numerous points not generally understood and pre- 

 sents many new and advanced ideas bearing on this vital issue 

 of the hour. Many big employers of labor may not altogether 

 agree with him, but his conclusions are bound to receive wide- 

 spread attention because of his long experience and high po- 

 sition in the industrial world. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



BL.\LK & Decker Manufacturing Co., Baltimore. Maryland^ is 

 sending out a beautiful illustrated price list and catalog of its 

 electric air-compressors and Lectrofiators for inflating tires, and 

 portable electric drills and valve grinders for use in tire factories, 

 garages and repair establishments. The cuts of these various 

 machines and tools show the details of construction most effi- 

 ciently. The book is handsomely printed in two colors and 

 tastefully bound, and the accompanying descriptions are full and 

 lucid. 



"Under Cover" is the title of .xn .\ttractive little 24-page 

 magazine published by the H. H. Robertson Co., Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, manufacturer of hydro-carbons and mineral rub- 

 ber. While the publication is intended primarily for distribution 

 among the employes of the company at its three manufacturing 

 plants and its sixteen offices and agencies, it contains some 

 bright snappy reading of general interest, and information re- 

 garding the company and its products. It is copiously illustrated 

 with exceptionally good pictures. 



-\ VERY handsome AND DIGNIFIED PORTFOLIO OF PL.\C.\RDS APPEAL- 



ing to the public to trust to the recommendations of dealers in 

 tires is issued by The Marathon Tire & Rubber Co., Cuyahoga 

 l-'alls, Ohio, with the general title "Building Good Will for You." 

 While the sheets bear the name of the Marathon company they 

 form part of a general advertising campaign designed to benefit 

 all tire dealers. 



This company also began recently to publish "Angles," an 

 eight-page pamphlet, as its official organ. This issues monthly 

 for the benefit of tire dealers. 



The Belden Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois, has 

 published a neat 20-page pamphlet describing its business, the 

 manufacture to order of articles molded from plastic materials 

 such as Condensite, Bakelite, etc., giving much information to 

 customers and prospective patrons. A large number of products 

 are pictured and described. 



"Weather and How It Is Manufactured" is the title of 

 a handsome 60-page brochure published by the Carrier En- 

 gineering Corp., New York City, explaining by halftone and 

 text the necessities for dry or humid air in many manufacturing 

 industries, and its various humidity and temperature-regulating 

 devices, by which it claims ability to suit the exacting require- 

 ments for best results in factories. The book abounds in excel- 

 lent illustrations of establishments where the concern's appa- 

 ratus is installed. Among these are shown the drying room 

 and the dehumidifying apparatus at the New York Belting & 

 Packing Co., at Passaic, New Jersey. The book is substantially 

 bound in board covers, with an attractive etching above the title. 



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This reprint from the "Rouen Industrial Society Bulletin" con- declines in the price of rubber, for the manager of the Kuala 

 sists of notes and papers by Andre Dubose on the "Destructive Selangor company reported that the output of 625,000 pounds had 

 Distillation of Vulcanized Rubber" ; "Devulcanization of Rubber cost Vyi pence a pound to produce. 



