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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1918. 



Medical and surgical Roods 

 liaKS 



Ice 



Politzer air 

 Bandages 

 Bottles, water 

 Bougies 

 Bulbs 



Dental 



Cajr^-' 



Test tube 

 Catheters 

 Cushions 



Invalid 

 Operating 

 Dam, dental 

 Disks, dental bellows 

 Douche, nasal bulb 

 Gloves, surgeons' 

 Gum, bandage 

 Gutta percha tissue 

 Irrigator, Turcks' stomach 

 Kipples 

 Pads 



Colostomy 



Truss, hard and soft 

 Pessaries 

 Plugs, antitoxin 

 Pumps, breast 

 Respirators 

 Sheeting 



Bed "^ 



Attachments 

 Hard rubber 

 Bulb 



Ear 



Fountain 



Nasal 



Surgeons' 



Ulcer 

 Tips, crutch 

 Tourniquets 



Nasal feeding 



Rectal 



Stethoscope 



Stomach 



Valentine 

 Tubing, syringe 

 Urinals 

 Vaporizers 

 Jings 



Fruil 



6, Cir. 24, P. D., V 

 Pneumatic tires, 6-inch 

 Solid motor truck 

 Solid vehicle (not motor d 

 Sundries (including repair ma- 

 Tubing (all kinds) 



75% per month of the average 



monthly 1917 production 



Wi 



iilated 



The production of articles 

 prohibited. 



L-d under this class is absolutely 



Specialties, advertising 

 Sprinklers, flower 

 Tips 



Billiard cue 



Chair 



Screw 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRODUCTION OF RUBBER PRODUCTS, ISSUE NO. 2, NOVEMBER 1, 1918. 



"T^HESE regulations are supplemental to War Industries Board 

 •I- Circular No. 24 and supersede War Service Comtnittee let- 

 ter of September 23. 1918, and Regulations Governing the Pro- 

 duction of Rubber Products, Issue No. 1, October 1, 1918. 



Issue No. 1 of Regulations Governing Production of Rubber 

 Products, dated October 1, 1918, provided for classification of 

 both uses and articles. Since that date the War Industries Board 

 has ruled that the main control shall be through articles, inas- 

 much as uses will be largely regulated by the Board. There will 

 be a number of exceptions to this general rule where certain 

 articles are considered essential for some purposes and non- 

 essential for other purposes. In determining the essential char- 

 acter of articles the War Industries Board endeavors wherever 

 possible to consider the needs of the producers of the articles 

 as well as the necessity for the articles themselves. The new 

 ruling creates a much simpler form of control, but at the same 

 time places a greater responsibility upon the industry. 



Under the new ruling former Class II is eliminated, leaving 

 only Classes I, III and IV, which will now be known as Classes 

 I, II and III. 



Class I remains as direct government orders. 



Class II becomes a list of articles which may be produced in 

 accordance with the following regulations : 



First. — .'\rticles which may be produced in sufficient quantities 

 to meet current needs. (These articles are listed without com- 

 ment.) 



Second. — Articles the production of which is curtailed and 

 which may be produced only to the extent indicated. 



Third. — Articles which may be produced only for specific pur- 

 poses or uses. (See page 75.) 



Class III now becomes a list of articles the production of 

 which is prohibited. Under this class are also Hsted articles 

 which may not be produced for specific purposes even though the 

 production of the same articles is allowed under Class II for 

 other specific purposes. (See page 76.) 



The War Industries Board has instructed the War Service 

 Committee of the Rubber Industry to issue the following regu- 

 lations for the purpose of defining the control program outlined 

 in Circular No. 24 Priorities Division of the War Industries 



Board. (See page 12, The In-di.\ Rubber World, October 1, 

 1918.) 



The production of all rubber products will be controlled under 

 three general classifications as to articles and their uses described 

 and listed in the following pages : 



1. These regulations supersede all previous regulations, in- 

 cluding War Service Committee letter of September 23, 1918, 

 and Issue No. 1 Regulations dated October 1, 1918, and are sup- 

 plemental to Circular No. 24 issued by the Priorities Division 

 of the War Industries Board, and the spirit of that circular is 

 to be appreciated and followed in applying the regulations and 

 restrictions herein contained. 



2. Manufacturers are cautioned to exercise great care in the 

 production of articles permitted for specific uses, and to obtain 

 rulings whenever the proposed use is not specifically authorized 

 or is not perfectly clear. 



3. After November 11, 1918, no article shall be produced ex- 

 cept as herein provided until a ruling has been obtained. Manu- 

 facturers producing articles other than those Hsted should im- 

 mediately request rulings upon the classifications under which 

 they may or may not be produced. 



4. The above paragraph is modified to the extent that goods 

 in process of manufucture may be completed to prevent actual 

 loss. Goods in prjccs, however, do not include compounds 

 which may be on hard especially prepared for specific purposes. 

 These compounr'.s should be worked over for the production of 

 essential articl;s. The control of production applies equally to 

 orders or cimmitments which may be in hand. Orders on 

 hand for rv n-essential articles may either'be cancelled or held in 

 abeyance subject to further instructions from the War Industries 

 Board. 



5. The volume or quantity of production when not specifically 

 limited to a definite amount must in no case exceed the normal 

 current demand, and it is incumbent upon manufacturers to satisfy 

 themselves that stocks will not accumulate, either with them- 

 selves, their dealers, jobbers or distributors, or ultimate con- 

 sumers. 



6. As it is obviously impossible to prepare at one time com- 

 plete lists of articles, the lists herein are subject to revision from 

 time to time by additions or reductions. 



