July I, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Francisco it was the same. Indeed tlie last words on the subject 

 spoken in Honolulu and later in San Francisco were by the 

 secretary of the Mansfield Rubber Co., who was just returning 

 from a visit to the rubber plantations in the Far East. His plan 

 was for the rubber and automobile companies to combine in own- 

 ing their own cargo carriers. They were to be wooden ships of 

 about 3,000 tons each, to carry any freight that seemed profitable 

 but to give preference to automobiles going out and rubber com- 



ALL EXPORTS UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. 



The Famous Colem.\n Cartoon. 



ing back. They were to be oil burning, costing some $400,000 

 each. The plan was to incorporate "The Rubber & Automobile 

 Freight Line," capitalized at $9,000,000. Of this $4,000,000 to be 

 6 per cent preferred stock, to be sold at par and to carry one 

 share of common as a bonus, leaving $1,000,000 in the treasury 

 for promotion purposes. A point was that each automobile or 

 rubber stockholder was to have a preference as to cargo space 

 proportioned to his stock holdings. 



Side lights on the Filipinos also were constantly being thrown 

 by what the passengers returning to the islands said. For in- 

 stance : 



"The Filipinos would be the worst scared bunch in the world 

 if Uncle Sam really let go," said one who knew. "They are as 

 independent to-day as are the natives of Massachusetts and they 

 know it. The leaders don't want it, and the mass of the people 

 would not have it. Only a few restless sore-heads wish it, so 

 that they could get a chance to graft and loot. Did you ever see 

 Coleman's cartoon of the war scare? That was what epitomized 

 the end of the independence movement. They woke up then, and 

 in a few years they will all be ardent Americans, indeed the mass 

 of them are to-day." 



{To be continued) 



""PHE Espionage Law with its embargo clause giving the 

 ■*• President power to control all exports, including crude 

 and manufactured rubber, effects the complete incorporation of. 

 the United States into the allied economic strength and gives 

 the alliance practical trade domination of the world. This law 

 prevents supplies from reaching the enemy through neutral 

 countries, conserves all American resources for .American and 

 allied use, and befriends neutrals agreeable to the alliance. It 

 also removes the necessity of the British blockade, as the 

 United States, with the aid of British machinery established 

 during the past three years, is in a position to see that neutrals 

 contiguous to Germany are supplied with just enough food and 

 materials for their own needs. The exercise of this new power 

 over exports will in turn force the release of much needed raw 

 materials controlled by the Allies which heretofore have been 

 permitted to come to America only in limited quantities. 



Fair control over shipping will result. As administered, the 

 act will require licenses for export cargoes and under this ar- 

 rangement the government can force neutral ships from harbors 

 where they have sought safety from submarine attack into service 

 to transport cargoes wanted by their home countries. American 

 and Allies' shipping, too, can be requested to carry cargoes to 

 the destinations the government considers should be supplied 

 for a proper conduct of the war. 



TRADE JOURNAL PUBLISHERS HELP ENLISTMENTS. 



The New York Business Publishers Association, which includes 

 in its membership the leading trade journals published in New 

 York City has been maintaining 45 recruiting stations securing 

 enlistments at the rate of 300 daily. Governor Whitman at a 

 meeting at the Yale Club, June 15, personally thanked the mem- 

 bers for their patriotism and activity. 



The trade press of New York City now has three members in 

 the War Economy Committee : Charles G. Phillips, of the Dry- 

 Goods Economist ; Louis Hahn, of IVomen's Wear, and Roger 

 W. Allen, of the American Hatter. These will report to the 

 Commerce Economy Board of the Council of National Defense. 



INSULATED WIRE AND CABLE MANUFACTURERS 

 FACILITATE GOVERNMENT ORDERS. 



RECENTLY when the Navy Department urgently required 

 1,000,000 feet of No. 14 Duplex leaded cable in 30 days' 

 time, the usual procedure of securing bids according to estab- 

 lished specifications was set aside, and the order was delivered 

 promptly. Representatives of the principal wire concerns were 

 called to Washington for a consultation, resulting in a unique 

 plan that fully provided for the exigencies of the occasion. A 

 Wire and Cable Committee of the Advisory Commission of the 

 National Council for Defense was appointed, consisting of 

 Le Roy Clark, Safety Insulated Wire & Cable Co., New York 

 City, chairman; Wallace S. Clark, General Electric Co.. Schenec- 

 tady, New Y'ork; Edward Sawyer, Atlantic Insulated Wire & 

 Cable Co., New Y'ork City. Schedules of Government require- 

 ments are submitted and the committee nominates the manu- 

 facturer and suggests the price for the goods. Thus the usual 

 red tape is for the time being eliminated and insulated wire and 

 cable supplies are being delivered to the Government without 

 delay. 



GOVERNMENT FOOTWEAR PROPOSALS. 



The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, of the Navy Depart- 

 ment, has received proposals for the supply of gy-mnasium shoes 

 and rubber boots as follows : 273,400 pairs of gymnasium shoes, 

 in accordance with specifications, John Wanamaker, New Y^ork 

 City, $0.97 per pair, and United States Rubber Co., New York 

 City, $1.03 per pair. Additional bids of $0.93 and $0.80 per 

 pair, as per samples, were received; 81,296 pairs of rubber 

 boots, in accordance with specifications. Hood Rubber Co., 

 Watertown, Massachusetts, sample No. 1, $178,451.52, sample 

 No. 2, $165,651.20, United States Rubber Co.. New York City, 

 $183,722.24 for amount as specified and additional bids in ac- 

 cordance with amended specifications $2.37 and $2.24 per pair, 

 and as per sample No. 1 $2.55, sample No. 2 $2.24, and sample 

 No. 3 $2.44 per pair. Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Co., 

 Mishawaka, Indiana, 9,410 pairs only at $26,217 as per sam- 

 ple ; The Southern Sales Co., Akron, Ohio, 24.000 pairs only 

 at $56,400. 



