THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1920. 



THE BASEBALL GAME. 



.\n impromptu ball game was arranged between tcam.s repre- 

 senting rubber manufacturers and rubber importers, umpired by 



Overlooking the Tennis Col'rts. 

 H. W. Jenkins, of the New York Insulated Wire Co. The bat- 

 tery for the manufacturers was: Flint, pitcher, and Scranton, 

 catcher. Utley and Millenthal pitched and Bouton caught for the 

 importers. The score was 9 to 7 in favor of the manufacturers. 



It was a tired and hungry, but happy, crowd that took places 

 in the banquet hall for the final entertainment of the day. The 

 menu was excellent, and the informal character of the dinner, 

 accompanied by jazzy music and chorus singing, inspired a happy 

 mood in everyone. The time for leaving came too soon and 

 members and guests, after the usual friendly salutations, departed 

 for home, while the orchestra played appropriate music In the 

 Italian garden in front of the hotel. 



The unqualified success of the outing was due to the efficient 



The Hotel Tea Garden. 

 work of the outing committee: A. H. Brown, George A. 

 Ludington and W. O. Neil ; the sub-committee, A. H. Brown and 

 R. L. Chipman for golf ; and Roger S. Hardy and Harold French 

 for tennis; and General Manager Viles and his competent 

 assistants. 



ACTIVITIES OF THE RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. 



BULLETINS. 



THE SUBJECTS relating to industrial relations covered by bulle- 

 tins sent to members of the association last month in- 

 clude: "Wages and Output," "Two Successful Profit Sharing 

 Plans," "Women Workers in Five Major Industries," "Incompe- 

 tence the Leading Cause in Business Failures," "Wage Increases 

 in ihe United States and in Great Britain," and "A Successful 

 Small Hospital Plan." 



WAGES AND OUTPUT. 



Tt is frequently asserted that to increase wages is a sure way 

 to secure increased output. That there is a point at which even 



so strong an influence as a' money incentive may not be able to 

 overcome technical conditions in production — a point of diminish- 

 ing returns beyond which increased wages do not result in propor- 

 tional increased production — is usually not recognized. For this 

 reason wage and output data obtained in the course of the 

 National Industrial Conference Board's investigations of the 

 hours of work problem are of interest. The Board found that 

 increased wages did not, except in some cases, result in increased 

 output, and that on the whole no definite relationship between 

 wages and changes in output could be traced. 



SMALL HOSPITAL PLAN. 



That first aid hospital service is a success in a plant of three to 

 four hundred employes, has been demonstrated by the Essex Rub- 

 ber Co., of Trenton, New Jersey. The management states that, 

 aside from the excellent medical assistance taken advantage of by 

 the workers at the plant, the reduction in liability insurance pre- 

 mium for one year, as a result of installing this service, offset the 

 cost of the equipment. 



It is not the purpose to render any aid that should properly be 

 subject to the attention of a physician, and it is necessary that 

 this phase of the service should be in accordance with the State 

 laws. An efficient nurse, and assistant, capable of administering 

 first aid, keep closely in touch with the factory workers and re- 

 port to the management each month — an example follows : 



Report of First ^Aid Work for Month Ended June 30, 1920. 



Medical CXses. 



Headache 27 



Cramps 8 



Faintness 2 



Indigestion 5 



Toothache 2 



Hives 2 



CussiF 

 'Press 



Specialty 

 Carpenter 

 Cutting . 

 Stock wei 

 Light wo 



Total 49 



Cl.\sstfied According to Depart- 



Abrasions wounds 

 Eye conditions . . 



Infectio 

 Blisters 

 Sprains 



Bee sting 1 



Stock 



Machin 



Yard 



Cutting 1 



Specialty 7 



Vulcan 8 



Office 



ppmg 4 



packing 5 



1 



Total 



78 



Total 



Total 



Foui 



dical and surgical 127 



ts 152 



dent insurance cases during the month included in the above. 



Of the 114 calls made during June, 87 were for the purpose of 

 investigation, 22 were sick and accident calls, and five were to 

 request applicants to report. The 87 home calls revealed the fol- 

 lowing reasons for absence: personal illness, 26; personal busi- 

 ness, 11; illness at home, 5; working elsewhere, 19; unsatisfactory 

 excuses, 17; nobody home, 9. 



Four of the applicants asked to report had taken other posi- 

 tions and only one reported to the Employment Office. 



H.^GEMEYER & Brunn, 82 Beaver street. New York, an old 

 arid respected firm of crude rubber importers, were not able to 

 meet their contracts last month and voluntarily requested the ap- 

 pointment of the following investigating committee : Edward 

 Maurer, Edward Maurer & Co., Inc., chairman; William E. 

 Bruyn. L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc.; A. H. Brown, Meyer & Brown, 

 Inc. ; C. R. Swaney, William J. Kelly, Poel & Kelly, and A. W. 

 Stedman, Arthur W. Stedman, Inc., secretary of the committee. 



