THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS ON LAST PAGE OF READING. 

 AS TO STRIKES AND UNREST. 



TiiEKK NEVER WA.s .\ TIME in the nieniar\- of man when 

 so much thought was put upon industrial condi- 

 tions as at the present. Pamphlets by the ton are sent 

 broadcast, by Government, by banks, by individuals. 

 Profit sharing, shop parliaments, workingmen's coun- 

 cils, pension plans, beneficent legislation, are but a few 

 of the panaceas earnestly advocated. Most, if not all of 

 them, have been tried, and more during the past year 

 than in any previous year. And the number of labor 

 rows has been the greatest yet. It is only fair to say, 

 however, that the benefits above enumerated were not 

 responsible for the labor unrest. That was largely a 

 war aftermath. 



There .■should be some sane basis upon which indus- 

 tries could be run which would obviate unrest and 

 strikes. As we ponder the subject, it occurs to us that 

 the Standard Oil Company, of all the big corporations, 

 does not seem to be strike stricken. If that is so, what 

 is the secret? John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who speaks 

 wisely and well, recently said: 



"The Lommunity's right to representation in the con- 

 trol of industry and in the shaping of industrial policies 

 is similar to that of the other parties" (namely, Capital, 

 Management, and Labor). "Were it not for the Com- 

 munity's contribution, in maintaining law and order, in 

 providing agencies of transportation and communica- 

 tion, in furnishing systems of money and credit and in 

 rendering other services — all involving enormous out- 

 lays — the operation of Capital, Management and Labor 

 would be enormously hampered, if not rendered well 

 nigh impossible. 



"The Community, furthermore, is the consumer of the 

 product of industry, and the money which it pays for the 

 product reimburses Capital for its advances, and ulti- 

 mately provides the wages, salaries and profits that are 

 distributed among the other parties." 



That is good talk, even if gasoline is high. But 

 exactly how does the S O C O deal with the walking 

 delegate and the agent of the Soviet? Is it not possi- 

 ble that the industrial giants who founded the greatest 

 of American enterprises have solved the problem and 

 are perhaps themselves unaware of it? 



THE RUBBER CORED GOLF BALL. 



TALK OF STANDARDIZING GOLF BALLS, and even of a 

 return to the solid gutta ball is in the air. It is all 

 because of the far flying rubber cored ball. From the 

 day of its advent it very much upset oldtime golfers. 

 That a Yankee should produce a ball that made the "gut- 

 tie" seem like a lump of inert dough was unbelievable. 

 And that this golfing world should accept it with prompt 

 enthusiasm was almost criminal. 



So the rulers in golfdom ponder and plot to stay the 

 long flights and to get back to the ancient one hundred 

 and fifty yard drive. Of course it cannot be done. Pro- 

 fessional, amateur and dub yearn for distance. If a half- 

 mile ball appears it will be eagerly bought and universally 

 used. 



Standardization spells the end of experiment and the 

 death of progress. Better "bide a wee." 



RUBBER MACHINERY TRIUMPHS. 



FKOM THE BEGINNING of rubber manufacture, in the 

 forties, the machinery was of the simplest, washers, 

 mixers and calenders, together with chums and spread- 

 ers and for curing, dry heaters, steam vulcanizers, and 

 presses comprised the usual equipment. From time to 

 time some minor machine, usually borrowed from some 

 other industry, was installed and its presence kept secret 

 as long as possible. For years the only notable change 

 was in the line of improvement of existing machines. This 

 resulted in huge washers and mixers, mammoth cal- 

 enders, gigantic presses and a great variety of spreaders. 

 To be sure, an occasional invention appeared as in the 

 sole cutting, hose making, and ball making machines. 



