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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1917. 



War News of the Rubber Industry. 



THROUGHOUT the country the rubber industry is an- 

 swering nobly to the nation's call in a great emergency. 

 Many of its young men, including heads of coinpanies, 

 have voluntarily enlisted in various branches of military 

 service, and thousands more will respond proudly to the 

 selective draft. Leaders of the rubber trade are devoting 

 their time, energy and expert knowledge without stint or 

 compensation to the grave problems concerning the main- 

 tenance of the industry, the immediate and constant supply 

 of government needs, and the care of war dependents. Con- 

 cerns, large and small, and individuals whose duty lies in 

 continuing their usual daily tasks with redoubled zest and 

 efficiency have, even to the humblest worker, subscribed to 

 the Liberty Loan and contributed to the Red Cross with 

 eagerness and generosity. Thriving Akron, Ohio, with its 

 large and growing foreign population has gone on record 

 for a higher honor than that of merely being the rubber 

 city of the United States. 



Would that press dispatches made possible a complete state- 

 ment of what has already been accomplished, but it is hoped 

 that the editorial request for facts on another page of this 

 issue will meet with wide response in order that this per- 

 manent monthly record of honor may leave unmentioned no 

 act of loyalty and patriotism, corporate or individual, that 

 will tend to maintain the present enthusiasm for the ultimate 

 victory of the democratic peoples of the world, whatever 

 sacrifices and hardships may intervene. 



THE LIRERTY LOAN. 



The rubber concerns of the country looked upon the float- 

 ing of the Liberty Loan as at once a duty and a privilege. 

 Several of them invested heavily and practically all did some- 

 thing. Many also negotiated bonds for their employes on a 

 deferred payment plan to enable them to participate in the 

 loan as a form of weekly savings. The appended list records 

 only such instances as have come to our attention through 

 letters and the daily press. It is far from complete and it 

 would be a pleasure to list the total subscription for every 

 firm in the industry. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, heads the 

 list with a total subscription of $2,400,000, of which $1,000,000 

 was taken by the firm and the balance by employes in the 

 various factories and sales offices in different parts of the 

 country. 



Akron, Ohio, raised approximately $4,000,000, or $300,000 

 more than her quota, and outranks Cleveland and all other 

 Ohio cities in per capita subscriptions. There are 40.000 sub- 

 scribers, which means that one in every three persons con- 

 tributed to the purchase of the bonds and that virtually every 

 family of this cosmopolitan city is represented. It is esti- 

 mated that close to 1,500 foreigners have contributed to the 

 Liberty Loan Bonds. 



Reports show that 7.000 employes of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co. took about $750,000 worth of bonds. 



Not less than 11,000 persons in the employ of The Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co. became bond buyers, the total sub- 

 scription being about $675,000. 



Only five men of the 300 employes of the Mohawk Tire 

 & Rubber Co. had not subscribed on June 14, and it is prob- 

 able that they did so the last day, making a 100 per cent 

 record for this firm. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. encouraged every em- 

 ploye to subscribe to the extent of his ability and arranged 



lor payment at the rate of $1 per week for those not able 

 to comply with the government's terms. 



F. VV. Plant, president of the Plant Rubber Co., Min- 

 neapolis, Minnesota, served on a special committee to pro- 

 mote the sale of Liberty Bonds. Among the rubber jobbers 

 who subscribed were the Plant Rubber Co., $10,000; W. S. 

 Nott Co., $10,000, and the Minnesota Rubber Co., $500. The 

 employes of the Plant Rubber Co. subscribed $3,000 on a 

 deferred payment plan. 



The Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, took a large 

 block of bonds and worked out a plan whereby even the 

 humblest worker might become the possessor of at least 

 one bond. 



The Simple.x Wire & Cable Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 

 bought $50,000 worth of bonds and enabled their employes 

 to subscribe at the rate of $1 a week without charging any 

 extra interest. 



The Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York City, subscribed 

 $100,000 on its own account in addition to between $300,000 

 and $400,000 bought by employes. 



The Republic Rubber Co. employes, Youngstown, Ohio, 

 took advantage of the firm's deferred payment plan and sub- 

 scribed generously. 



Nearly 500 employes of The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee 

 Falls, Massachusetts, bought over $85,000 worth of bonds on 

 a deferred payment plan of $1 per week for each $50. 



On June 7 the employes of the Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, 

 Massachusetts, liad subscribed over $16,000, some depart- 

 ments making records of 100 per cent. 



The Davol Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island, sub- 

 scribed for $25,000 of the bonds, which have been sold to its 

 employes on the weekly payment plan. 



The Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., South Braintree, Mas- 

 sachusetts, oiTered its employes an opportunity to buy bonds 

 on convenient terms, and the result was a subscription of $60 

 per capita. 



The staff of The I.xni.k Rubber World subscribed $11,560. 



ALLIED INDUSTRIES .\CTIVE. 



Forty thousand employes of the General Electric Co. sub- 

 scribed $2,955,550. This total includes the subscriptions of 

 general offices, district offices, the works at Schenectady, 

 Lynn, Pittsfield, Erie and Fort Wayne, the Edison lamp 

 works, Sprague works and National lamp works. 



The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. also nego- 

 tiated bonds for all employes wishing to subscribe on monthly 

 and semi-monthly instalments. 



RUBBER MEN IN MILITARY SERVICE. 



H. Wilfred du Puy, president and treasurer, and Charles 

 M. du Puy, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., 

 Jeannette, Pennsylvania, are in active service and now sta- 

 tioned at Fort Niagara. 



One hundred and twenty-five men have left The Goodyear 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, to enter Federal service; a 

 part of them are members of the Guard of West Virginia. 

 .\n even larger number will leave in July, when the Ohio 

 National Guard will be called to the colors. 



Fifteen men in the employ of F. H. Appleton & Son, Bos- 

 ton, Massachusetts, have enlisted, ten of them in Captain 

 /\ppleton's own company. 



Harold H. Everett, Mansfield, Massachusetts, for some time 

 connected with the Boston office of The B. F. Goodrich Co., 



