1, 1918.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



65 



War News of the Rubber Industry. 



The Fourth Liberty Loan. The Fourth Liberty Loan in Greater New York. Liberty Loan Publicity by tbe Rubber Industry. The Liberty 



Loan in Massachusetts. Government Officials in Charge of Rubber Matters. Quartermaster's Department Orders 1,305,6«0 Pairs o.f Rubber 



Boots. Limited Cargo Space for Exports to Russia. The Government Requests Nut-shells for Gas-mask Carbon. Details of 



Rubber Button Manufacture. The Bicycle Is Coming Back. Waterproof Garments Seized by the Government. S€T^■ice 



Notes and Persoxxals. Martyrs to the Cause of Liberty. Letters from the Front. New Genera! License Does Net 



Affect Rubber. Procedure Governing Exports 



THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. 

 Final official totals of the Fourth Liberty Loan are not yet 

 availalilc, but Treasury Department estimate.-i indicate that the 

 22,1)00,000 or more individual subscriptions will probably aggre- 

 gate some $250,000,000 in excess of the $6,000,000,000 set as the 

 amount of the loan. This result, coming as it has at a time when 

 Allied victories everywhere and the peace overtures of the Cen- 

 tral Powers are engaging the thought of the world, and when 

 the epidemic of so-called Spanish influenza has discouraged pub- 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



New York City 



Brooklyn. By New York Committee... 

 Coupon books 



i.OlO 

 1,600 

 1.550 



MEDICAL GOODS. 



New York City 



Brooklyn. By New York Committee 



Coupon books 



Thk (iooiiRK h ('hmi>.\nv's New ^'uRK Cnv W'imkiw Displav. 



lie gatherings in many of the eastern states and in several cities 

 closed theatres, churches, halls and schools throughout the drive, 

 indicates more clearly than has any other loan the high resolve, 

 united purpose, and inflexible determination of the American 

 people that the world shall have freedom, justice, and an end of 

 decisions by the sword. Most communities throughout the coun- 

 try "went over the top" with their quotas, and the rubber manu- 

 facturing centers are among those proudly flying their honor 

 flags. The rubber industry as a whole took up its share of the 

 task with the same whole-hearted spirit that has characterized 

 its previous efforts, and to the generosity and enthusiasm of 

 rubber companies, officials and employes alike, is due in no small 

 measure the notable results achieved in New York, Ohio, New 

 England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and elsewhere. 



THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN IN GREATER NEW YORK. 



The rubber industry of Greater New York demonstrated its 

 behef in liberty's cause by a subscription of $10,775,050 to the 

 Fourth Liberty Loan. 



The success of this campaign is largely due to the organization 

 created by the Liberty Loan Committee of the Rubber Industry 

 comprising a Central Committee and Divisions, representing 

 branches of the rubber industry. The following is a list of the 

 li'tal sul)Scriptions and the accredited divisions: 

 TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

 TIRE DIVISION. 



New York City $5,832,018 



Brooklyn. By New York Committee 15,350 



Coupon books 90,850 $5,938,218 



CRUDE RUBBER. 



New York City 1,266.800 



Brooklyn. By New York Committee 5,700 



Coupon books 1,450 1,273,950 



MECHANICAL RUBBER GOOrS. 



New York City 1, 



Brooklyn. By New ^'ork Committee 



Coupon books 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



York Citv dml 



Cew York Cit> 



,452,266 

 263,650* 



H.'iRD RUBBEr. 



PUBLICITY. 



490,650 

 12.850 



Brooklyn (direct 

 Grand total . . . 



$10,515,350 

 259,700 



Window Dispi 



OF THE United States Ri 

 New York City. 



LIBERTY LOAN PUBLICITY BY THE RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



Much valuable publicity was donated by the rubber industry 

 I iironinte the Fourth Liberty Loan. Several patriotic adver- 

 sers devoted space in the October issue of this journal to an 

 ipctl to buv bonds tn the utmost. The Lvdia Rubber Worliv 



