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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLi 



[November 1, 1918. 



donated a double-page spread and "The Publishers' Page" to the 

 same worthy cause. 



Forty-two representative members of the rubber trade of New 

 York City, including The India Rubber World, contributed full 

 pages in leading daily newspapers to assist the Liberty Loan 

 Committee of the Second Federal Reserve District. 



THE LIBERTY LOAN IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



In Massachusetts 80 rubber lirms subscribed $2,998,000 and 

 20,818 employes subscribed $1,847,400, making a total of $4,845,400, 

 or nearly double the corresponding subscription to the previ- 

 ous loan. The 100 per cent firms were the Acushnet Process 

 Co., Aetna Rubber Co., Ajax Rubber Co., Akron Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Athol Manufacturing Co., Atlantic Rubber Co., A. S. Brock 

 Rubber Co., Eastern Rubber Co., Easthampton Rubber Thread 

 Co., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Globe Rubber Works, The B. 

 F. Goodrich Co., Worcester, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Spring- 



field, Haverhill Rubber Co., Oliver R. Howe, Lawrence Rub- 

 ber Co., Mayflower Rubber Works, Monatiquot Rubber Works 

 Co., Needham Tire Co., Panther Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 Para Rubber Co., Lewis E. Tracy. 



The F'isk Rubber Co. employes made a remarkable record of 

 98.4 per cent, 3,037 out of 3,085 employes subscribing $346,850. 

 When the influenza epidemic made it impossible to hold meetings 

 to promote the bond-selling campaign, this important work was 

 taken up by the weekly "Fisk Bulletin," and a daily edition was 

 published. 



Other firms having large working forces, whose employes made 

 especially high records were the Converse Rubber Co., 93.6 per 

 cent ; Standard Woven Fabric Co., 93.3 per cent ; Boston Rubber 

 Shoe Co., 90.4 per cent; Hood Rubber Co., 85.1 per cent; 

 Revere Rubber Co., Ill per cent; Plymouth Rubber Co., 74.1 

 per cent.; American Rubber Co., 81.9 per cent. 



FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS OF THE RUBBER INDUSTRY OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Acushnet Process Co $25,500 



Aetna Rubber Co 500 



Ajax Rubber Co., Inc 8,050 



Akron Tire & Rubber Co 800 



.\merican Rubber Co 179,600 



Alden Rubber Co 300 



Appleton & Son, F. H 



Apsley Rubber Co 



Archer Rubber Co 



Archer-Strauss Rubber Co 



Athol Manufacturing Co 



Atlantic Rubber Co 



Avon Sole Co 



11,500 

 66,SO0 

 39,000 

 24,400 



Back Bay Tire Co 



Boston Blacking Co 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co 



Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. 

 Brock Rubber Co., A. S 



17.500 

 204,400 

 300,000 



Eastern Rubber Co. 

 Easthampton Rubber 



Elastic Tip Co 



Ellis Cement Co. .. 

 Everlastik, Inc 



5,450 

 81,500 

 1,550 



iMrestone Tire 



field) 



Fisk Rubber Co.. The. 

 Franklin Rubber Co.. 



ing 

 Woi 



rks 



Goodrich Co., The : 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubt 



(Sprinsfield) 



Gutta Percha & Rubber 



Co 



Co., The 

 nufacturing 



Cambridge Rubber Co 



Carr Co., F. S 



Carton Belting Co 



C. C. C. Fire Hose Co 



Clapp Rubber Co., E. W 



Clifton Manufacturing Co 



Colton Elastic Webbing Co., Geo. S 



Converse Rubber Shoe 220,250 



Crandall Packing Co ^O" 



Crocker Rubber Co 150 



Danversport Rubber Co. 

 Davidson Rubber Co.... 



25,000 

 39,350 

 42,000 

 4,200 

 53,650 

 25,000 

 25,000 



Hale Rubber Co., Alfred 



H.itch Co.. H. S 



Hauthawav & Sons, C. L 

 Haverhill' Rubber Co... 



Hazen-Brown Co 



Hood Rubber Co 



2,200 

 1,400 

 1,500 



2,750 

 5,000 

 13,150 



Olii 



Mason, Joseph 



Mayflower Rubber Works 

 Mayo Co., Wm. F 



Ideal Sta 



Sanford Mills 



Simplex Wire & Cable Co... 

 Standard Tire & Rubber Co. 

 Standard Woven Fabric Co.. 



Stoughton Rubber Co 



Stowe & Woodward 



18.350 

 18.300 



st 1.500 



J 114,100 



Co 1,000 



Co 2.900 



11,100 



2,000 



10,850 



850 



50,000 



54,850 

 10,000 

 55,000 

 5,300 

 5,000 



26,500 

 25,000 

 10,600 

 29,350 

 28,900 



Panther Rubber Manufacturing Co. 



Para Rubber Co 



Plymouth Rubber Co 



; Rubber Manufacturing Co 



c Rubber Co 



Rubber Co 



Bla 



Co. 



Taunton Rubber Co. 



Tracy, Lewis E 



Tyer Rubber Co 



United States Rubber Co. (Boston). 



United States Rubber Co. (New I 



land) 



United States Rubber Co. (Mechan 



United States Rubber Co. (Springfield). 



United States Tire Co. (Boston) 



United States Tire Co. (Worcester) 



Wood Elasi 

 Total . 



24,050 

 13.000 

 28.500 

 2,850 



Webbing Co., J. W.. 



GOVERNMENT OfFICIALS IN CHARGE OF RUBBER MATTERS. 



The following list of government officials having to do with 

 rubber control has been compiled by the secretary for the 1918 

 Year Book of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. 



WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. 



Bernard M. Baruch, Chairman. 



Judge Edwin B. Parker, Priorities Commissioner and Chair- 

 man of Priorities Coinmittee. 



George N. Peek, Commissioner of Finished Products. 



Textile Division. 

 John W. Scott, director. 



Rubber and Rubber Goods Section. 

 Harry T. Dunn, Chief. 



Assistants— J- W. Rowland, H. E. Joy, J. C. Matlack, G. E. 

 C. Kelly. 



Cotton Goods Section. 

 Spencer Turner, Chief. 



Conservation Division. 

 A. W. Shaw, Chairman. 

 Melvin T. Copeland, Executive Secretary. 



Chemicals Division. 

 Charles H. MacDowell, Director. 



Sulphur and Pyrites Section. 

 Wm. G. Wool folk. Director. 



Electric Wire and Cable Section. 

 LeRoy Clark, Director. 



Medical Section. 

 Lt. Col. F. F. Simpson, Director. 



Resources and Contorsion Section. 

 Chas. A. Otis, Director. 



WAR TRADE BOARD. 



Clarence M. Woolley, Representative of the Secretary of Com- 

 merce. 



Edwin F. Gay, Representative of the United States Shipping 

 Board. 



Bureau of Imports. 



Frederick B. Peterson, Director. 



William E. Bruyn, Commercial Adviser. 



Walter H. Dickerson, Trade Adviser for Rubber and Kindred 

 Products. 



E. B. Wilson, Counsel. 



Bureau of Exports. 



C. A. Richards, Director. 



