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PREPAREDNESS AND THE RUBBER TRADE. 



■"pill'. rubber manufacturers of the United States, 

 •*■ through the action and intelhgent work of the 

 Preparedness Committee of the Rubber Club, are rap- 

 idly getting- into line for a most vigorous and practical 

 campaign. They have not been side-tracked by such 

 questions a.^ how maii\ atomizers could be mobilized for 

 hospital use in the event of war. The_\' are driving 

 straight at the mark, which is men, munitions, in fact, 

 the real factors of national defense. 



The first committee of four, Messrs. Price, Work, 



Mitchell and Colonel Townsend, has been expanded until 



it takes in all of the firm members of the Rubber Chil). 



President Firestone, e.x-President Hodgman and Sec- 



tO retary \'orhis with the Preparedness Committee, are 



CD hard at work organizing a campaign that shall be so 



I comi)rehensive, forceful and sane that it will appeal to 



^^ ever\- true .\merican. 



To quote from one of the big rubber companies : "The 

 safety of America depends upon the part which the busi- 

 ness world plays in the immediate future in achieving 

 industrial mobilization, and assisting the government 

 towards a more business-like administration." 



THE AMERICAN RUBBER EXPORTS IN 1915. 



I 'llli year 1915 broke all records for American ex- 

 ports, the value of which amounted to $3,550,- 

 915,393, against $2,113,624,050 for 1914, and $2,484,- 

 018,292 for 1913. It is, however, hardly fair to judge 

 the volume of tiie 1''15 exports by their money value, as 

 many of the products were sold at "war prices," ma- 

 terially in advance of those obtainable in normal times. 



Exports of rubber goods in 1915 were made on an ex- 

 tensive scale according to official reports that have just 

 come to hand. They amounted to $24,415,906, more than 

 double those of 1914, and nearly double those of each 

 of the three previous )ears. An examination of the 

 statistics, published elsewhere in this issue, exhibits some 

 interesting comparisons. 



The increased exports of automobile tires in 1915 is 

 really stupendous. During last year $11,415,481 worth 

 was shipped, against $3,315,116 in 1914 and $3,910,688 in 

 1913. A comparison of the destination of these tires is 

 interesting. England bought $6,689,584 worth against 

 $1,458,777 the year previous; Canada received one-third 

 more than in 1914 and Mexico and the Philippines twice 

 as much. Tires valued at $920,542 were exported to 

 Cuba and Australia in 1915. The statistics for 1914 show 

 no exports of tires to these countries. In 1914 Germany 

 and Belgium received $82,218 worth of tires, but none 

 are shown for 1915. To other countries not enumerated 

 the report shows exports of $2,165,112 in 1915 against 

 $674,306 in 1914. 



'I'he above represent only automobile tires. Exports of 

 all other tires, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, etc., in 1915, 

 amounted to $1,995,319 or over four times that of the 

 prc\-ious year. 



Spectacular increase was also e.xhihited in rubber boots 

 wliich were exjiorted in 1915 to the value of $1,228,681. 

 practically twice the 1914 value of $616,602, and more 

 than four times that of 1913. when $282,598 represented 

 the exports. 



The value of rubber shoes slightly exceeded that of 

 previous years, the exports being $1,475,697 in 1915, 

 $1,402,503 in 1914 and $1,008,167 in 1913. 



