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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[JuLV 1, 1917. 



The Rubber Association of America. 



TI ! E Rubber Association continues to broaden in scope and 

 usefulness. The beneficial influence of this organization on 

 present trade conditions is noteworthy. New divisions are 

 being formed and the membership roll is constantly increasing. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee iieUl May 31 in the 

 Association rooms, the following tirm members were elected : 

 FIRM MHMP.ERS. 



Albert E. Burr. .Albert E. Burr Co., New York City; J. i'ines, 

 Pines Rubber Co.. Inc.. Brooklyn, New York; S. I.. Warner, 

 The National Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio; J. A. 

 Duval, F. S. Carr Co., Framingham, Massachusetts. 



TRANSFERS FROM ASSOCIATF TO FIRM MEMBERSHIP. 



E. L. McGreen. Standard Underground Cable Co., Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania; O. A. Barnard, The O. .A. I'.arnard Co., Inc., 

 New York City. 



RUnrsER RECLAIMERS' DIVISION'. 



The Rubber Reclaimers Division has succeeded the Rubber 

 Reclaimers Club, founded by William T. Rodenbach, March 2S, 

 1900, and promises to be one of the most active divisions of the 

 Association. A mid-summer meeting will be held July 24. at the 

 Copley Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, followed by a shore din- 

 ner at the Point Shirley Club, Winthrop, Massachusetts. 



An important meeting was held June 12 and resulted in the 

 adoption of the following standard specifications relating to rub- 

 ber scrap, effected July 1, 1917. 

 STANDARDS OF SCRAP RrUBER SPECIFICATIONS AND PACKING. 



All goods bought or sold under the following specifications 

 are understood to consist only of Domestic or Canadian manu- 

 facture, unless otherwise stipulated. All grades of scrap rubber 

 >hall be bought and paid for net weight, mill weights to govern, 

 and no allowance for bagging or covering of any kind shall be 

 made, nor shall the same be returned to tlie seller. 



All shipments of scrap rubber must be contained in bags, bales, 



bundles, or other suitable containers, and if shipped loose a 



charge of % cent per pound shall be made for extra handling, 



except automobile tires and railroad hose which may be shipped 



loose. 



DELIVERY. 



\ — \ lyii ^iiaii mean 2.000 pounds, iinleps otiierwibe specified. In rela- 

 tion to Foreign Scrap Rubber a ton shall mean 2,240 pounds. Shipments 

 i>i less than a tun shall be accepted at l^c per pound reduction. 



E. — Should buyer claim that goods delivered on a contract are not up to 

 tlie proper standaid and the seller claim that they are a proper delivery 

 ilic matter shall be referred to the Arbitration Committee of The Rubber 

 Association of America, Inc.. who shall appoint sn equal number of 

 leclaimers and dealers who in turn shall select an umpire. 



C. — All scrap rubber of foreign manufacture shall be bought C.l.F. port 

 of entry as per weight determined by sworn weigher's certificate, seller 

 to bear expense of weighing, and shall be subject to same conditions as 

 irovern purchases of domestic manufacture. 



D. — REJECTIONS: Upon his request all rejections shall be returnable 

 to the seller within thirty days from the time notice of rejection is received 

 by him- and upon payment by him of jAc per pound to cover cost of sorting 

 riiid rebaling. If shipping instructions are not furnished within the above 

 mentioned thirty days the purchaser shall be at liberty to make such dis- 

 position of the material as he may see tit. The above does not apply if 

 rejected material is purchased by the mill. 



E. — Each grade of scrap rubber must be pa'cked separately, and if not 

 ^o packed a handling chirge of J-zC per pound will be made by the buyer. 



F.- — All scrap rubber must be dry and free from dirt. All scrap received 

 wet may be dried by the buyer, such shipments to be paid for on the dry 

 \\ eight as ascertained at the mill. 



G. — A purchase contract shall not be considered filled until the full 

 quantity within 2^4 per cent more or less net weight shall have been re- 

 ceived, any rejections to be replaced within thirty days of the da-te of 

 notice of rejection to the shipper. 



H, — If through embargo a delivery cannot be made at the time specified 

 the contract shall remain valid and shall be completed innnediately on the 

 'if ting of the embargo, and terms of said contract shall not be changed. 

 Notice of embargo must be served by seller. 



Code words appear in italics. 

 1. RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES iAcre). The deliveries of rubber 

 boots and shoes must consist of rubber boots and shoes of domestic or 

 Canadian manufacture. Red, \\hite, tan. and fancy colored shoes are not 

 a good d'j'.ivery. They must be dry and free from dirt. AH cloth top 

 *-hoes. trimmed or untrimmed. and soles or heels of rubber boots and shoes 

 from which the uppers have been .emoved shall not be accepted as a good 

 delivery. 



2. TRIMMElJ ARCTICS {Band). Must be closely trimmed and free 

 from leather nr any compoMte non-rubher bearing material such as fiber 

 inner soles, etc. 



fa) UNTRIMMED ARCTICS. Must be free from leather or any com- 

 posite non-rubber bearing material sucli as fiber inner soles, etc. 



3. TRIMMED TENNIS SHOES {Clam). Must be black; closely 

 trimmed ; free from molded soles and leather, or any composite non-rubber 

 bearin? material such as fibt-r inner -ioles, etc. 



(a) UNTR)MMED TENNIS SHOES. Must be free from leather and 

 molded soles, or any conii.'o^ite non-rubber bearing material such as fiber 

 inner soles, etc. 



4. STANDARD AT'TO TIRES (Dirk). Must be free from the follow- 

 ing: All unguaranteed tiies; heavy beatled tires; non-pneumatic or filled 

 tires. Must not coTitain any hard. o.\id!zed, burnt, single tube, motor 

 cycle, stripped or badly worn tires nor tires containing leather or metal, 



5. UNGUARANTEED TIRES {Earl). Must be free from heavy beaded 

 lires, hard or oxidized, stripped, badly worn tires with leather and metal. 



6. HEAVY HEADED TIRES (Farm). Must be free from hard or 

 o.xidized tires, stripped, badly worn and tires with leather and metal. 



7. BADLY WORN TIRES (Came). Must be free from hard or oxi- 

 dized tires, heavy beaded and tires with leather and iron. A reasonable 

 proportion of the tread must be on the tires. 



(a) STRIPPED TIRES. Must be free from hard or oxidized tires. 

 heavy beaded and tires with leatlier and iron. 



8. NO. 1. Al'TG TIRE PEELINGS (Hawk). Must be free from cloth, 

 metal ."nd leather. 



9. NO. 2. AX:T0 TIRE PEELINGS (Iced). Must consist of peelings 

 from auto tire treads only and must be free from metal, leather and stripped 

 auto tire fabric. 



10. BICYCLE TIRES (Jade). Must be free from hard or oxidized 

 tires, wire and beaded tires. 



11. SOLID WAGON AND CAB TIRES {Kite). Must be free from 

 meial and baby carriage tires. 



12. SOLID MOTOR TRUCK TIRES (Lamp). Tires must be over 

 2'/2 inches in diameter. Must be free from metal and tires with hard bases, 

 fiber bases and cloth bases. 



13. AIRBRAKE HOSE (Mask). Afust be free from metal, hard or 

 oxidized hose and steam hose. 



14. GARDEN HOSE (Nail). Must be V^ inch, or over in diameter 

 and free from metal, rags, rope and cotton covered hose. 



15. LARGE HOSE (Oven). Large hose must be one inch or over in 

 diameter. Must be free from metal, rags, rope, hard or oxidized hose and 

 all cotton covered hose. 



16. COTTON COVERED FIRE HOSE (Park). Must be rubber lined, 

 and free from hard or oxidized hose, double jacketed and extra heavy 

 single jacketed hose, and metal. 



17. NO. 1. AUTO INNER TUBES (Qiih). Must be strictly elastic 

 floating tubes, free from crusty tubes, cloth, metal, patches and valve seats. 



18. NO. 2. AUTO INNER TUBES (Race). (Known as Compounded 

 Tubes.) Must be standard tubes, free from crusty tubes, cloth and metal. 



19. NO. 1. BICYCLE INNER TUBES (Salt). Must be strictly elastic 

 floating tubes, free from crui-ty tubes, cloth, metal and valve seats. 



20. NO. 2. BICYCLE INNER TUBES (Train). (Known as Com- 

 pounded Inner Tubes.) Must be standard tubes, free from crusty tubes, 

 cloth and metal. 



21. RED AUTO INNER TUBES (I'tes). Must be standard tubes, free 

 from punchings, crusty tubes, cloth, metal and black patches. 



(a) WHITE AUTO INNER TUBES. Must be standard tubes, free 

 from crusty tubes, cloth, hard metal, and patches other than white. 



(b) WHITE BICYCLE INNER TUBES. Must be standard tubes, free 

 from crusty tubes, cloth, liard metal, and patches other than white. 



22. NO. 1. WHITE RI'BBER (I'ase). Must consist of strictly clean 

 white soft druggists' sundries and must be free from cloth and metal. 



23. NO. 2. WHITE RUBBER (IVard). Must consist of white horse 

 shoe pads, white toys, white mechanical goods, and to be free from cloth, 

 metal, ciusty. hard or oxidized material. 



24. NO. 3. WHITE RUBBER (IVarc). Must consist of painted white 

 iubl>er balls or toys from which the paint has been removed, and to be 

 free from cloth, oainted wainsc^ting, metal and hard or o.xidized rubber. 



NO. 4. WHITE RUBBER. Must consist of white jar rings and be 

 tree from cloth, metal and hard or oxidized rubber. 



25. WHITE WRINGER RUBBER (Wren). Must be strictly white soft 

 rubber, free from yellow wringer rubber, hard or oxidized wringer rubber, 

 clotli and metal. 



26. YELLOW WRINGER RUBBER (Xray). Must be f i ee from cloth, 

 metal and hard rubber. 



27. MINED BLACK RL'BPER (Yoke). Must be free from cloth, 

 metal, crusty, hard or oxidized material, packing, stripped matting, tiling, 

 baby carriage tires and molded soles. 



28. MATTING AND PACKING (Zero). Must be free from Garlock. 

 Cramiall, and piston packing. l>elting and similar material, metal and hard 

 or oxidized stock. 



29. NO. 1. RED RUBBER (Venst). Must consist of soft red druggists' 

 sundries, free from maroon, chocolate, and other dark shades, also free 

 from cloth and metal. 



30. NO. 3. RED RUBBER (Vazvl). Must consist of material such as 

 red toys, balls, mechanical red. Must be free from jar rings, soles, packing, 

 hard or v^xidizcd rubber, cloth and metal. 



31. RED P.\CKING (Yarit). Must be free from hard or oxidized rub- 

 lier. cluth and metal, and fli^colored rubber. 



