THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



MANUFACTURERS OF COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS ASK 

 PRIORITY. 



I he War Conference Committee of the Paint, Varnish and 

 Allied Industries is presenting a memorial to the War Industries 

 Board setting forth the claims of these industries to the right 

 to be considered essential and thus be granted priority prefer- 

 ence in fuel, labor and freight. Among the members of this com- 

 mittee well known to the rubber trade may be mentioned H. 

 Gates for R. W. Evans of the Eagle-Picher Lead Co., Chicago, 

 Illinois, representing the lead pigment industry ; C. K. Williams 

 of C. K. Williams & Co., Easton, Pennsylvania, and Henry C. 

 Stewart of the Westmoreland Chemical & Color Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, representing the dry paint and pigments industry ; 

 E. V. Peters of the New Jersey Zinc Co., New York City, repre- 

 senting the zinc oxide industry; C. L. Krebs of the Krebs Pig- 

 ment & Chemical Co., Newport, Delaware, and S. B. Wood- 

 bridge of E. I. dii Pont de Nemours & Co., New York Citj', rep- 

 resenting the lithopnne industry. 



COLORS OF CANVAS SHOE FABRIC LIMITED. 



The War Industries Board has decided after October 1 to 

 limit the colors of dark fabrics for canvas shoes to the follow- 

 ing, as represented on the Standard Color Card of America : 



Olive-brown, S-48S6, cable No. 107, which represents the dark 

 brown or tan. 



Ecru, S-3183, cable No. 29 which represents the medium 

 brown or tan. 



All finished stocks of duck fabrics in the hands of fabric 

 manufacturers and shoe manufacturers may be disprised of in 

 the ordinary course of business. But on and after this date 

 fabric manufacturers should produce for canvas shoes duck 

 fabrics of only the colors recommended. 

 NEW CLOTHING BRANCH IN THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS. 



The Quartermaster Corps announces the establishment of a 

 new branch in tlie clothing and equipage division, which is to 

 be known as the research and specifications branch. It will con- 

 nect the procurement of supplies with their consumption and 

 actual use, and wilh also pass on all specifications submitted by 

 procurem.ent officers. No departure from specifications in case 

 of emergency will be made without the approval of the research 

 and specifications branch. 



The establishment of this branch is expected to prove of great 

 vahie. not only to the Quartermaster Corps but also to the manu- 

 facturers and contractors who are supplying equipment for the 



What was formerly known as the supplies section of the 

 Textile Division of the War Industries Board has been replaced 

 by eleven sections. Following is a list of those of interest to the 

 rubber industry, with their addresses in Washington, District of 

 Columbia: 



Rubber section, E. A. Saunders (advisory) ; 



Rubber goods section, A. W. Lawrence, chief, room 411, 

 Quartermaster Corps Building; 



Cotton goods section, Spencer Turner, chief, room 39, Annex; 



Knit goods section, Lincoln Cromwell, chief, room 41, Quarter- 

 master Corps Building. 



SAVES ONE MILLION FEET OF VACUUM CLEANER HOSE. 



Manufacturers of power-driven portable vacmim cleaners 

 are cooperating with the Conservation Division of the War 

 Industries Board by limiting their lines to not more than 

 two models or sizes, by discountinuing less essential equip- 

 ment, and by substituting other tnaterial for metal where the 

 latter is not absolute necessary. It is estimated that these 

 measures will result in the saving annually of 100 tons of 

 steel, 125 tons of aluminum, five tons of brass, and 1,000,000 

 feet of rubber hose. 



FROM A FORMER BELGIAN RUBBER OFFICIAL. 



Major Leon Osterreith, formerly a prominent rubber mer- 

 chant in Antwerp and delegate from Belgium to the Interna- 

 tional Rubber and Allied Trades Exhibitions of 1911 and 1914, 

 now Belgian military attache and chief of the Belgian military 

 mission to this country, speaks with confidence and enthusiasm 

 regarding the complete reorganization of the Belgian army while 

 holding its line under fire at the front. Said he: 



Without going into details, the Belgian Army has up-to-date 

 mfantry, cavalry and artillery; schools for officers and training 

 camps for soldiers, as well as bombing, sniping, machine-gun, 

 aviation, signaling and trench-mortar instruction centers. 



The present Belgian Army, composed of six divisions one 

 cavalry corps, very powerful artillery of all caliber, numerous 

 machme guns and up-to-date trench material and splendid flying 

 corps IS stronger than ever, and impatiently awaits the order 

 to advance. 



COAL STORAGE LIMITED. 



Tlie tremendously increasing demand for coal for special war 

 purposes in the eastern part of the country has made it neces- 

 sary for the Fuel Administration to limit the amount of coal 

 that industrial plants may carry on hand in storage in most 

 states east of the Mississippi. That part of the bituminous 

 steam coal schedule of particular interest to the rubber and 

 allied non-preferred industries follows: Massachusetts, north- 

 ern New York, 30 days; Rhode Island, Connecticut, eastern 

 Ohio, lower Michigan, 20 days; southern New York, New Jer- 

 sey, Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, western Ohio, 15 days. 

 State fuel administrators have authority to grant increased sup- 

 plies in particular cases requiring special treatment, however. 

 STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPISTS WANTED BY GOVERNMENT. 



Many stenographers and typists are still needed in the Gov- 

 ernment Ofiices at Washington, District of Columbia. Rubber 

 companies can perform a patriotic service by making this known 

 to their employes; by encouraging apt young women without 

 the required training to undergo instruction at once, and, if 

 possible, by assisting them in this. Full information and ap- 

 plication blanks may be obtained from the secretary of the 

 local board of Civil Service Examiners at the postoffice or 

 customhouse in any important city. 



DRIVE OF $170,500,000 FOR WELFARE WORK. 



With the approval of the War Department a combined non- 

 sectarian drive for a war fund of $170,500,000 for use in sup- 

 port of the seven organizations engaged in welfare work with 

 the American expeditionary forces will begin the week of No- 

 vember 11. This sum will be divided according to the needs 

 of each organization as follows: Young Men's Christian As- 

 sociation, $100,000,000; Young Women's Christian Association, 

 $15,000,000; National Catholic War Council (including the 

 Knights of Columbus and special activities for women), $30,- 

 000,000; Jewish Welfare Board, $3,500,000; American Library 

 Association, $3,500,000; War Camp Community Service. $15,- 

 000,000; Salvation Army, $3,500,000. 



With the entire country behind this beneficent movement, the 

 success of the drive may be confidently anticipated, and as in 

 the past the rubber industry will do its full share. 

 RUBBER GAS BOMBS DROPPED OVER AMERICAN TRENCHES. 



Interesting news items from the American army in France 

 mention a German airplane flying over the sector north- 

 west of Toul as having dropped rubber balls eighteen inches in 

 diameter and filled with liquefied mustard gas. The effect of the 

 gas was not serious, but the American troops were enraged by 

 what they termed the "dirty warfare." These were probably 

 ilie rubber-based bouncing bombs described in The India Rub- 

 ber World of January 1, 1918, or a modification of them. Leather 

 and rope were relied upon fully as much as rubber for the 

 resiliency of the first of these German bombs, and the rubber 

 used was, of course, either reclaimed, or synthetic and pro- 



