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Activities of the Rubber Association of America, Inc. 



DECEMBER has been an eventful month for the rubber in- 

 dustry in the removal of manufactured rubber products 

 I from the export conservation list, the withdrawal of all 

 restrictions governing the production of rubber products, and the 

 removal of all restrictions relating to the imports of crude rub- 

 ber. Imports will continue to be consigned to The Rubber As- 

 sociation and the usual guarantees required. Members of the 

 Association were promptly informed of these and other events 

 of interest to the trade by the following communications from 

 The Rubber Association and the War Service Committee : 

 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS FREE OF EXPORT. 

 December 2, 1918. 

 To all rubber manufacturers: 



We quote herein a letter received from the Bureau of 

 Imports of the War Trade Board, under date of November 

 27, 1918: 



For your information we advise you that manufac- 

 tured rubber products have been removed from the 

 Export Conservation List, effective November 27, 1918. 

 This means that after that date it will not be necessary 

 for exporters to obtain their licenses for export ship- 

 ments of manufactured rubber products from the Bureau 

 of Exports in Washington, as heretofore. The branch 

 offices of that Bureau will issue the licenses in the future. 



TRAFFIC COMMITTEE'S VIEW OF TRANSPORTATION 

 PROBLEM. 



December 4, 1918. 

 To firm members of The Rubber Association of America: 



The Traffic Committee wishes to bring to the attention of the 

 members of this association what is believed by many to be the 

 most important transportation problem ever presented to the 

 American people, namely, the future operation of our transporta- 

 tion facilities through the medium of government ownership or 

 the restoration of the properties to their owners with continued 

 private control under reasonable governmental regulation. 



The committee believes that the cessation of the war has 

 brought about a very great change in the transportation needs of 

 the country and that the best interests of the shipping public can 

 be met only by private control and operation subject to reasonable 

 regulation by our Government, such regulation to permit efficient 

 competition. The committee realizes that undoubtedly many 

 methods formerly in vogue in connection with the operation of 

 our transportation system should not be used again and that any 

 of the benefits to the public that have been made possible by uni- 

 fied control should be retained. 



Please understand that the Traffic Committee has reached this 

 conclusion only after careful thought and investigation and the 

 committee's consideration was not subject to any influence other 

 than the desire to protect the transportation interests of the 

 industry. 



At the annual meeting of the Traffic Club of New York, held 

 on Tuesday, the 26th ultimo, those present were particularly for- 

 tunate to have the privilege of listening to a clear presentation of 

 the transportation problems by Lewis J. Spence, Director of Traf- 

 fic, Southern Pacific Co. Mr. Spence's views of the situation are 

 so clear and fundamentally sound that this committee believes 

 that every one interested in transportation matters should read 

 his address. 



We appreciate fully that with respect to a problem of this kind 

 the members may have reached a conclusion based on their ex- 

 perience with transportation conditions, but we respectfully sug- 

 gest that if the individual members can share the view of this 

 committee, the able presentation of the matter by Mr. Spence 

 should be placed in the hands of the congressmen and senators 

 of your congressional districts and states, accompanied by an ap- 

 peal for their support in reasonable and sane regulation of trans- 

 portation facilities, to the end that they may be returned to their 

 owners for operation with reasonable businesslike regulation by 

 our Government. 



PACIFIC COAST EXPORT BILLS OF LADING. 



December 10, 1918. 

 Tn firm members of The Rubber Association of America: 



Your attention is directed by the Traffic Committee to the fol- 

 lowing notice issued by Regional Directors A. H. Smith and C. 

 H. Markham of the Eastern and .Allegheny Regions, respectively, 



relating to the issuance of export bills of lading via Pacific Coast 

 ports: 



To All Concerned : 



For the purpose of issuing export bills of lading via Pacific 

 Coast ports, the Trans-Pacific Export Bill of Lading Agency 

 is hereby established as of December IS, 1918, located at 143 

 Liberty street, New York City, with C. H. Morehouse, Agent, 

 in charge. 



To minimize the work and facilitate the issuance of export 

 bills of lading, the following rules are prescribed : 



The exporter or shipper will be required to make all nec- 

 essary copies of bills of lading, showing thereon the export 

 license number and date 'of expiration ; the railroad permit 

 number, weight, measurement, rate, inland, ocean and State 

 toll charges. 



All bookings with steamship lines must be made by the 

 shipper or exporter through their own agencies. 



Railroad permits are required in all cases and may be ob- 

 tained by the exporter or shipper through their Pacific Coast 

 representative or by agent with whom the booking was made. 

 Such permits are issued by the North Pacific Export Com- 

 mittee at Seattle, Washington, and the California Export 

 Committee at San Francisco, California. 



Advices of clearances at ports of exit, when required, must 

 be obtained by exporters or shippers through the agency with 

 whom booking was made. 



The payment of all bills covering inland, ocean and State toll 

 charges must be made within the provisions of Director General's 

 Orders Nos. 25 and 2S-A. 



NOMINATING COMMITTEE'S REPORT. 



December 12, 1918. 

 To the firm members of The Rubber Association of America: 



Pursuant to article VI, section 2, paragraph (a) of the consti- 

 tution and by-laws of The Rubber Association of America, Inc., 

 the undersigned Committee on Nominations submit the follow- 

 ing list of nominations for four directors to succeed those whose 

 terms expire in January, 1919: 



James Newton Gunn, LInited States Tire Co.; John S. 

 Lowman, Philadelphia Rubber Works Co. ; A. D. Thoi'nton, 

 Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Ltd. ; Seneca G. Lewis, 

 Pennsylvania Rubber Co. 



These nominations are to be voted upon at the annual meeting 

 to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on January 16, 

 1919. 



In accordance with the amendment to the constitution and by- 

 laws adopted at the annual meeting of the Association in Jan- 

 uary, 1918, all directors of The Rubber Associations are now 

 elected for terms of three years. 



CALL FOR ANNUAL MEETING. 



December 16, 1918. 

 To the firm members of The Rubber Association of America: 



You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of The Rubber 

 -Association of America, Inc., will be held at the Waldorf-.Astoria, 

 New York, on Thursday, January 16, 1919, at 4 o'clock p. m., at 

 which meeting four directors to serve three years, to succeed 

 tliose whose terms expire at that time, will be elected, and the 

 reports of the officers submitted. 



The Board of Directors recommends that the constitution and 

 by-laws of the Association be amended so that elections to mem- 

 bership in the Association may be by vote of the Board of Direc- 

 tors, as well as by the Executive Committee; also that .Article 

 XII of the constitution and by-laws entitled "Entertainments" 

 be amended so that entertainments, and dinners of the Asso- 

 ciation may be held at the discretion of the Board of Directors or 

 the E.xecutive Committee, instead of at the discretion of the 

 Executive Committee alone, as it reads at present; also that Ar- 

 ticle XIV entitled "Expulsions or Suspensions" be amended so 

 that the Board of Directors will have equal authority with the 

 Executive Committee in such cases. 



Every firm member of the .Association is entitled to be repre- 

 sented at the annua! meeting by the registered firm representa- 

 tive, but the firm representative's voting power may he delegated 

 to some one in the employ of or acting for such member by giv- 

 ing a written proxy. Each firm member is entitled to one vote. 

 Should your firm representative he unable to attend the annual 

 meeting, he may execute the enclosed blank proxy and direct the 

 person in whose favor he executes such pro.xy to present the 

 same at the entrance to the meeting. 



