July 1, 1917.; 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



573 



Akron, Ohio, has enlisted in the infantry and is now in train- 

 ing at Fort Slocum, New York. 



Albert E. Plumb, B. C, has resigned from the laboratory 

 staff of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, 

 Montreal, Canada, to enlist in the United States Army. 



P. D. Jamieson, who was in charge of the footwear depart- 

 ment at the Halifax branch of the Canadian Consolidated 

 Rubber Co., Limited, is in training for overseas service at 

 St. John's, P. Q. 



INCRE.\SING THE FOOD SUPPLY. 



H. S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Akron, Ohio, is personally superintending the care of 

 350 war gardens, 50 by 100 feet, which have been established 

 by employes on 70 acres of land furnished by the company. 

 The company provides the seed, and in order to insure maxi- 

 mum production an expert gardener has been employed to 

 instruct the men in intensive farming. 



President Rieder of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., 

 Limited, Montreal. Canada, has announced that, notwith- 

 standing the fact that the company has orders on hand which 

 ■would keep all the factories busy throughout the summer, all 

 the factories would close one full week during the busy 

 harvest season, so that farmers can be provided with help 

 at that time. 



THE RED CROSS. 



The rubber industry is already responding generously to 

 the appeal of, this humanitarian cause. The customary Rubber 

 Club Outing has been abandoned, the money usually sub- 

 scribed for the purpose probably to be contributed to the 

 Red Cross. Leaders in the rubber industry in the several 

 centers have taken the initiative, encouraging participation 

 for employer and employe alike and conducting spirited, well- 

 organized campaigns, as did New England for the Liberty 

 Loan under the able leadership of Frederic C. Hood. 



As a result of a four days' campaign early in June 98 per 

 cent of the force of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, became members of the Red Cross. In all 17,865 new 

 members were enrolled and a like number of dollars were 

 contributed to the cause. This brings the total membership 

 of Akron up to 40,000, or about 35 per cent of the city's 

 population. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, was 

 among the early subscribers during Red Cross Week, having 

 contributed $10,000. 



By an overwhelming majority the employes of the Penn- 

 sylvania Rubber Co.. Jeannette, Pennsylvania, voted to aban- 

 don the annual outing provided by the company and to devote 

 the appropriation of $1,200 to the Red Cross. The company 

 regards this not as its own gift, but as a contribution from 

 its employes, whose generous and patriotic sentiment made 

 possible the offering to a deserving cause. 



A number of industrial corporations have declared special 

 dividends, which they recommended be turned over to the 

 Red Cross fund. Among these are the Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., 

 New York City, $14,200, and the Westinghouse Electric & 

 Manufacturing Co., $375,000. The General Electric Co. divi- 

 dend for this purpose was $1,000,000. 



AKRON H.\S A BIG PATRIOTIC DAY. 

 On May 28 the largest patriotic gathering ever held in 

 Akron, Ohio, occurred in connection with the raising of the 

 huge American flag which was purchased by popular sub- 

 scription among the employes of The B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 All of the officers of the company were present and Hon. 

 Myron T. Herrick, former Governor of Ohio and recently 

 Ambassador to France, was the speaker of the day. Homer 

 H. McKeehan, of Cleveland, Ohio, also delivered a stirring 

 address and a salute was fired by the firing squad of the 

 Eighth Ohio Regiment of the National Guard. 



The entire city took active part in the ceremonies, which 

 were preceded by a parade three miles long. Every fraternal, 

 civic, military and foreign organization was represented. For 

 the first time in their history the Knights Templars took part 

 in a public parade, wearing their full regalia. The Knights 

 of Pythias, Knights of Columbus and the Odd Fellows ap- 

 peared with their full uniformed ranks. A hundred thousand 

 men, women and children of Akron and surrounding towns 



Immense Fl.vg 



USED Bv Goodrich Workers. 



lined the route of march and 25,000 more filled the Goodrich 

 Field to its capacity. 



The most impressive scene during the parade was a division 

 of foreigners headed by a band. Twenty-four different na- 

 tionalities were represented in this division alone, and several 

 foreign societies had called out hundreds of their members, 

 who formed another division of their own. The impression 

 made by this great demonstration upon the foreign-born pop- 

 ulation of the city was particularly noteworthy. 



The Boy Scouts of .Akron exhibited wonderful efficiency in 

 aiding the city's police department in controlling the large 

 crowds along the line of march and at the field. 



COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. 



AS time passes it becomes increasingly evident that the Coun- 

 cil of National Defense, not Congress, is putting the country 

 on a war basis. Xon-political business efficiency characterizes its 

 every act, for the men composing it represent the best paid brains 

 of America — manufacturers, captains of industry, railroad heads, 

 labor leaders, professional men, experts of every sort whose 

 ordinary incomes range anywhere from $5,000 to $100,000, who 

 have placed their specialized ability at government service with- 

 out compensation and in most instances are not even presenting 

 expense bills. Such free tender of highly specialized service en- 

 ables them to demand practical patriotism from others, and when 

 they award contracts the plea for war profits goes unheeded. 

 The advent through them of system, cooperation, standardization, 

 adaptation of method to circumstance and introduction of rea- 

 soned order and priority into war tasks have wrought a veritable 

 revolution in our national government which augurs well for the 

 efficient conduct of the war. 



The Council of National Defense itself consists of only six 

 Cabinet members, while the Advisory Cor. mission includes seven 

 civilians, each a leader in his field. But so greatly have the Sec- 



