September 1, 1920.1 



THE INDIA RUJBBER WORLD 



819 



Activities of The Rubber Association of America. 



THERE was very little activity in Association affairs during QUESTIONNAIRE NO. 102. 



the past month other than the usual routine matters. New York, August 6, 1920. 



Division meetings were deferred until after the vacation T'' rubber manufacturers: 



period, and for that reason there is nothing to report at this time. Questionnaire No. 102, in duplicate, is enclosed wi^th the 



^ urgent request that it be given attention and the data called for 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR FIRST HALF OF 1919. f'f'^i" be supplied to this office at the earliest opportunity The 



information desired is that covering the second six months of 1919, 



New York, August 0, VJlQ. ,,^ supplement the information compiled from Questionnaire No. 



To firm members: 101, which covered the first six months of 1919, the results of 



There are enclosed two copies of the statement embodying a ibat questionnaire being distributed concurrently with this, 



su-nmary of the returns made by rubber manufacturers and re- Wc have frequently directed attention to the desirability of 



claimers to Questionnaire No. 101, covering the first six months there being available accurate and comprehensive statistics cov- 



q£ 1919 ering the industry, and in view of present general conditions we 



The information presented represents totals for the number of believe that the value of data of this character and of the more 



manufacturers and reclaimers reporting the data for their com- f'^'^''^^/"''' to which we hope this statistical work may be ex- 



^an"es and is submitted as an entirety without any attempt to make 'ended during the coming year, will be obvious to everyone, 



an estimate as to the approximate totals for all firms to whom the , ^^ ^'^^ to emphasize again the fact that there is no cause or 



ail coiiiimic oj L^, I 1 1 i^ ;= hesitaHcy upon the part of any member in supplying the data called 



questionnaire was sent. ., , , „ ,. for by this questionnaire, because under the arrangement with the 



In this connection, we are much gratified to be able to direct Guaranty Trust Company, by which the work of compilation is 



attention to the fact that the response to Questionnaire No. 101, jone, none but the total figures are available to anv member of 



while slower than we hope it will be m the future, is finally (he Association or its staff and there is no likelihood of the data 



considerably more complete than was the response to the previous f^^ an individual member becoming known to others 



Questionnaire, No. 100, the exact figures being 153 returns to The questionnaire covering the first six months of 1920 will 



Questionnaire No. 101 vs. 103 to Questionnaire No 100, both fnHo^ this in a few days, and we wish to suggest that at this time 



out of a total of approximately 270 firms to whom each question- the compilation of data is especially important and we hope, 



naire was sent. tlierefore, that each of our members will find it possible to give 



A new questionnaire. No. 102, covering the latter half of the the necessary attention to the preparation and transmittal of in- 



year 1919 is being sent you at this time, and we wish to take this formation which will enable the total figures to be distributed 



opportun-ty of urging that the response to this questionnaire be as within the next six weeks. 



prompt and complete as is possible, in order that information for A. L. Viles, General Manager, 



the entire year may be available in the very near future. 



A. L. Viles, General Manager. NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.. STATISTICS COMPILED 



FROM aUESTIONNAIHE NO. 101, COVERING THE FIRST SIX T"" HE APbI.EY RuBBER Co., HuDSON, MASSACHUSETTS, HAS ISSUED 



MONTHS OF 1919. 1 its new price-lists of canvas footwear, including both its 



This questionnaire was sent to 273 firms of which 163 responded regular lines of tennis and its Ap-Sole line of summer footwear, 



and 153 reported statistics. The lists are dated August 2, 1920, and are subject to change 



Average Total Daily Number or Employes. 166,103. without notice. 



Approximate ThE CARTOON IN ADVERTISING IS PROVING A V^ERY EFFECTIVE ME- 



Repcrtedby ™°"u'sed'^pef i^'"'" of pleasant publicity. Rubber and other firms have used 



^^^who^aur" R^^cfalmlr^ Reclaimed '"^^''toons extensively in printed advertising, but it remained for 



Reclaim (18). Solely (10). Totals, Produced. The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, to apply the idea 



^duccd'from raw nnrt '° motion pictures. These amusing cartoon episodes of Goodrich 



cured scrap.. /.<.r-«<fj 25.86!,34.S 57,515.312 83,376,657 ^ ^^ ^ ^^ tires put the audience in an uproar, and the next instant the 



Scrap rubber (including ' dealer's name and address flashes on the screen. It is the kind 



consumcdTn proSic' of advertising that brings comment as well as results. 



tion of reclaimed ^ t, -r^ ^ 



rubber pounds 31,928,556 80.922.149 112,850,705 The BOSTON BelTING Co., 80 tLMWOOD STREET, BosTON, MasSA- 



' chusetts, has issued a good-looking booklet in two colors, de- 



NuMBER OF Pounds of Crude Ruehee Consumed in the Manufacture of „,_;i,.- „ t • ; ■ _ „c _. ui i t,_i.._ u_i.:_„ i - 



_ _ „ _ ,, _ scribing and giving prices oi rubber and balata belting, nose. 



Rubber Products and Total Sales Value of Shipments . '^ , '^ , . , , , , , ^, , . 



OF Manufactured Rubber Products. matting and mats, packing and molded goods. The cover design 

 Total Sales 's especially interesting as it is a reproduction of an original 

 „ . , „ J '^^1",%°^ Shipments print that was designed prior to the Civil War. 

 Number of Pounds of Manufactured ' » *' 

 Tires a^d tire' sundries. ^™''' ^"^''" Consumed. Rubber Products. i,j^^^ Journal OF THE RoYAL SOCIETY OF Arts" (London, EnO 

 '*"ruTk'''Msfn'i ""'""' 103 926 192 $94 329 257 i.and), issues of February 20th and 27th, 1920, contain a very in- 

 Automobile and motor ' ' ' ' teresting paper by Sir Francis Watts, K. C. M. G., D. Sc. Imperial 

 Snlir'tires''"..: :::::.■ llilljl? ^7;889;94l commissioner of Agriculture for the British West Indies, en- 

 Other tires and tire ,' ,' ^ J .,'., titled "Tropical Departments of Agriculture With Special Ref- 



sundries 0,5<2o,7io 6,466,243 -r ,• ,, i • , < • e 



•Total — tires and tire ereiice to the West Indies, which was read at a meeting of 



OtherTublVr products" 145.538,745 $307,403,497 ^^^ Colonial Section of the Society held on February 3, 1920. 



Mechanical goi.ds. . . . 10.053,317 $45,042,163 ,, .,,, ^ ^^ ^, 



Poots and shoes 14.301,480 46,617,582 MaRTINUS NiJHOFF, BOOKSELLER AT TlIE HAGUE, HOLLAND, 



•T°'al--ot'rr'^"rubher'pro. *•*"•'" 27,888,645 celebrates the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Batavia by 



<l"<''s 31,159.0 03 $127.756.611 issuing a catalog of publications on the Dutch East Indies, No. 



Orandtotal— all products. 176.697.748 $435,160,108 454, "Histoirc Naturelle, Cultures, Medecine et Anthropologic des 



Indes Orientalcs Necrlandaises." This includes 44 publications 



sunTn^-Jnd' •%'!her''%ure'r' p'r'ol,?^?. i^h?de''so^e''U?e's"wh'i"c11 fr'a On rubber and gutta percha, The same house has issued recently 



not shown under the various items._ which is due to the fact that some catalogs on the Dutch in the Orient before and after 1800. It also 

 of the reports received were not itemized. 



