THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, I9I8. 



War News of the Rubber Industry. 



War Re 



Rubber Footwear Production. Govemmc 

 Colors of Canvas Shoe Fabric Limited, 

 tries Board. Saves One Million Feet 



Liberty Day. October 12 The Fourth Liberty Loan and the Rainbow Div 



Courses in Employment Management. Manufacturers of Compounding Ingredi 

 .New Clothing Branch in the Quartermaster Corps. Textile Divi 



of Vacuum Cleaner Hose. From a Former Belgian Rubber Official. Coal Storage Limited. Stenographers and Typists Wanted 



by Government. Drive of $170,500,000 for Welfare Work. Rubber Gas Bombs Dropped Ov. 



proved Equipment Increases Number of Women Tire Workers. Waterproofers Organize 



Work. Skilled Mechanics for Air Service. Salvage of Rubber at the Front. Fixed-Pri 



Supplies. "Hypatia" to Aid Red Cross. Service Notes and Personals. Martyrs to tt 



American Trenches, 

 o Speed Up Governme 

 ■ Contracts for Army 



Cause of Liberty. 



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LIBERTY DAY. OCTOBER 12. 



BY Preiidential proclamation, October 12, the 426th anniver- 

 sary of the discovery of America, has been proclaimed as 

 Liberty Day in order to stimulate a generous response to 

 tlie Fourth Liberty Loan. Every community is urged to com- 

 memorate the day by patriotic addresses, parades, pageants, etc., 

 under the direction of the nearest Liberty Loan committee. 



THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN AND THE RAINBOW DIVISION. 

 The Fourth Liberty Loan drive began in New York on the 

 ■evening of September 27, although the sclicduled opening 

 of the drive proper was not until the following morning, 

 with the blowing of sirens and whistles as a preliminary to the 

 address of President Wilson at the Metropolitan Opera House. 

 Previous to this, however, the Rainbow Division of the Special 

 Liberty Loan Committee of the Rubber Trade of Greater New 

 York held a meeting in the afternoon at the Yale Club, pre- 

 sided over by F. E. Titus, the secretary of the committee. 

 Addresses were made by J. N. Gunn, chairman of the Tire 

 Division Committee; by Secretary of War Baker, and by 

 :Sachs. of Goldman, Sachs & Co. 



On the morning of September 28, flag-raising exerci 

 held at City Hall, while two parades started 

 Jlst street and the other north from Bowling Green. 



In the afternoon, a 12-passenger Caproni "bombed" the city 

 with a ton of circulars urging subscription to the Loan.^ 



The total amount for which the Fourth Loan is set is 

 % 000 000 000, as tentatively proposed, on which interest will be 

 paid at the rate of PA per cent. New York's quota for the 

 Fourth Libertv Loan is $1,800,000,000. or 30 per cent of the 

 entire amount.' Over $200,000,000 was subscribed the first day. 

 October 19 is the closing date for the receipt of subscriptions. 

 Books similar to the coupon books used in the Third Liberty 

 Loan drive will be used again in New York City, this time to 

 have $2-receipts affixed by the receiving banks when subscribers 

 make their pavments. Subscribers are also urged to buy reg- 

 istered bonds, for protection, and hold them until maturity. 



Further details of participation in the Fourth Liberty Loan 

 drive by organizations connected with the rubber industry will 

 appear in our November issue. 



AVAR REGULATION OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR PRODUCTION. 

 The Conservation Division of the War Industries Board in 

 <:onference with representatives of the manufacturers, has 

 authorized curtailment regulations and restrictions in the man- 

 ufacture of rubber and tennis footwear, to become effective 

 September 1, on tennis lines, and January 1, on rubber footwear. 

 The tennis lines had in a previous order been restricted to a 

 few colors of duck fabric, the fancy colors and some excessive 

 lieights of boots being eliminated. In rubber footwear, the new 

 schedule is claimed to eliminate, for the period of the war. 

 5,500 styles of rubber footwear, but the only way in which 

 such a number can be reached is by counting duplicate lines 

 known under different names by the competing manufacturers, 

 and by counting each size and width as a "style." 



The order restricts the introduction of new lasts other than 

 as required by the Government or to meet changes in leather 

 footwear styles. The manufacture of men's hip and sporting 

 Tubber boots is to be restricted to one grade only, and all duck 

 ■boots to be discontinued as far as possible. Leather insoles 

 in all boots will be discontinued. Women's, boys' and youths' 



The 



liip and sporting boots will not be manufactured at all. 

 manufacture of knee boots will be discontinued. 



Reductions in styles include the limiting of rolled-edge arctics 

 and gaiters to men's sizes ; and discontinuance of first-quality 

 all-rubber gaiters, "Omaha" arctics and excluders, misses' and 

 children'.s snow excluders, boys' and youths' jersey-cloth arctics; 

 motormen's gaiters for men ; plow shoes ; lumbermen's high-lace 

 duck vamp with gum uppers; all two-buckle jersey cloth gaiters; 

 men's one-strap (instep) sandals; all plain sandals and self- 

 acting sandals and "croquet" with fleece lining (storm patterns 

 not included) ; self-acting storm patterns; Russian rubbers, low 

 vamp Alaskas (not storm patterns); boys' and youths' Alaskas; 

 clogs ; youths' self-acting sandals ; all self-acting Alaskas. 



Buckle gaiters are not to be made higher than the present 

 4-buckle height in men's, boys' and youths', and the 3-buckle height 

 in women's, misses' and children's. The manufacture of jersey- 

 cloth gaiters and Alaskas authorized is to be restricted to first 

 and extra quality. Use of flour starch or similar finish is greatly 

 restricted ; cashmerettes or so-called heavy arctics or gaiters and 

 canvas rubber-soled shoes are not to be varnished; dyed linings, 

 except where fleece-lined, are to be discontinued. All use of 

 caustic soda in the manufacture of rubber footwear is to stop. 



It is estimated by the Conservation Division that this program 

 will conserve, among other things, 29,012,600 cartons; 5,245,300 

 square feet of lumber; 1,526,493 square feet of shipping and 

 storage space; 10.742.517 pounds of weight (freight) or 4,795 

 tons; 2,250.272 pounds of material that will not have to be dyed; 

 74,750 pounds of flour starch ; 30,380 gallons of varnish ; 125,300 

 pounds of tissue paper; 49,617 days' labor that may be diverted 

 to more essential work. 



GOVERNMENT COURSES IN EMPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT. 

 Tlie Government has found it necessary to enter the field of 

 industrial education on a large scale. War Emergency Courses 

 in Employment Management, conducted by the Employment 

 Management Division of the War Industries Board, under the 

 auspices of five governmental departments, have been arranged 

 for in nine leading universities in various parts of the country. 

 These courses are designed to train men and women, who 

 already have a basic experience of at least three years in in- 

 dustrial life and factory methods, and have therefore come in 

 actual contact with shop problems. In these days every laborer 

 must do the thing for which he is best fitted, and it has been 

 proved that an experienced employment manager, in charge of 

 all hiring and firing, comes very near to solving the labor 

 problem. Manufacturers are expected to make the best use 

 of the labor with which they are supplied, and it is through 

 standardization of the services of an efficient central employment 

 department that this is being accomplished in large plants. 

 Employers of labor, particularly those having war contracts, are 

 urged to suggest men or women from their own organizations as 

 candidates. The courses run from six to eight weeks, and 

 there are no charges, except the outlay for living expenses and 

 about $15 for books and supplies. Complete information may be 

 obtained by addressing Captain Boj'd Fisher, 717 Thirteenth 

 street. N. W.. Washington, District of Columbia. 



The Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts ; United 

 States Rubber Co., New York City, and The Goodyear's Metallic 

 Rubber Shoe Co.. Naugatuck, Connecticut, were represented by 

 students in previous courses, and among miscellaneous industries 

 represented may be mentioned The Barrett Co., New York City, 

 and the General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York. 



