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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Activities of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. 



WAR SERVICES OF RUBBER ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED BY 

 WAR TRADE BOARD. 



THE War Trade Board adopted ihe following resolution of 

 thanks to Tlie Rubber Association of America for valuable 

 services rendered during the war : 

 Resolved, That the War Trade Board hereby extend their 

 thanks to the Rubber Association of America, and to its offi- 

 cers, members and employes, for the valuable services which 

 they have rendered to the War Trade Board during the war ; 

 and the War Trade Board do hereby further express their 

 full appreciation of the able, efficient and conscientious man- 

 ner in which said organization, its officers, members and em- 

 ployes, have cooperated with the Bureau of Imports in the 

 administration of the Import Regulations of the War Trade 

 Board ; 



Further Resolved. That the secretary of the Board is 

 hereby instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to 

 The Rubber Association of America. 



ADDITIONAL RUBBER MANUFACTURERS AGREE TO THE 

 CRUDE RUBBER CHARGE. 

 Supplementing the list published in our last issue, the following 



manufacturers have since signed the agreement to pay the Rubber 



Association three cents per 100 pounds on all crude rubber pur- 

 chased by them. 



Advance Rubber Co. Oak Rubber Co.. Tbe. 



Gregory Rubber Co.. Tbe. 0«en Tire & Rubber Co. 



Lion tire & Rubber Corp., The. I'orter Rubber Co., The. 



Western Reserve Rubber Co., The. 

 FIRM AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ELECTED. 

 At the meetiiig of the Executive Committee, held February 21, 



1919, the following members were elected: 



Firm Members and Representatives. 

 L H. Butcher Co., Inc., V. G. Thomas, 100 William street. New York 



City. 



The Roessler i Hassiacher Chemical Co., Phillip Schleussner, 100 



William street. New Y'ork City. 



Eureka Rubber Manufacturing Co., H. Y'ellin, 4th avenue and Sth street, 



College Poiut, New York. 



Brar.der & Currv. Inc., L. W. Brandcr, 30 East 4:nd street. New York 



City. 



Zee Zee Rubber Co., C. Francis Fisk, YardviUe, New Jersey. 



Pacific Trading Corporation of America, C. C. Hailing, 90 West street, 



New York City. 



Peninsular Trading Agency, Inc., H. P. Farrington, 31 Nassau street, 



New York City. 



W. Hammesfahr & Co., W. Ilammesfahr, 68 Broad street. New York 



Citv. 



Overman Cushion Tire Co.. Inc., M. C. Overman. 250 West 54th street, 



New York City. 



Oak Tire & Rubber Co.. Limited, F. Low, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

 Wilson Tire & Rubber Co., Tames W. McElvain 

 The F. E. Partridge Rubber Co., Limited, F 



Ontario, Canada. 



Ideal Tire & Rubber Co., I. R. Davies, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Vulcan Rubber Co.. Mr. Liebel, Erie, Pennsylvania. 



Surety Tiic & Rubber Co., William L. Burgess, St. Louis, M 



jpringfield, Illii 

 E. Partridge, 



Oh 



Cortland 'Tire" &"Rubber"Co.,"H!"v.' Har'dnianrBe"lfevili'e""':fv'ew "jerse'y. 



The Giant lire & Rubber Co., C. E. Hart, Findlay. Ohio. 



McCreary Tire & Rubber Co.. Harry McCreary, Indiana, Pennsylvani: 



Asscci.\TE Members. 



J. E. Bright. Uacine .\'.ito Tire Co., Racine, Wisconsin. 

 Charles R. Haynes, United States Rubber Co., Naugatuck. Connecticu 

 The following members were elected on March 20 : 

 Firm Members and Represent.\tives. 



The H. T. Adams Co., H. J. Adams. Akron, Ohio. 



Advance Ruober Co.. Louis Kaplan. Brooklyn, New Y'ork. 



The Akron Equipment Co., C. R. Quine, Akron. Ohio. 



Buffalo Foundry & Machine Co.. E. G. Rippel, Buffalo, New York. 



The Double Fabric Tire Co.. W. H. Willennan, Auburn, Indiana. 



The Electric Rubber Reclaimius; Co.. Toe S. Benner, Barberton. Ohic 



The Grcgoiy Rubber Co., T. M. Gregorv, Tr.. Akron, Ohio. 



The Kuhlke Machine Co.. M. D. Kulilke, Akron, Ohio. 



The Lincoln Rubber Co., Tohn Hadfield, Akron, Ohio. 



The Leo Meyer Co., L. Meyer, Akron. Ohio. 



The Oak Rubber Co., Paul E. Collettee. Ravenna, Ohio. 



X. W. Obalski & Co., Inc., X. W. Obalski. New York. 



The Owen Tire & Rubber Co., W. C. Owen. Bedford, Ohio. 



The Porter Rubber Co.. Grant Hill, Salem. Ohio. 



The Schacht Rubber Manufacturing Co., William Schacht. Iluntin.?! 



"swecney & Co.. Inc., Edward C. Sweeney, Jr., New York. 

 The Western Reserve Rubber Co., A. P. Whellen. .\kron. Ohio. 

 The Williams Foundry & Machine Co.. F. E. Holcombe, Akron. Ohic 



Associate Members. 



\V. H. Dickcrson. Mever & Brown. New Y^ork Citv. 



A. L Hopkins, Cnited' States Rubber Co., New York City. 



SPECIAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING FEDERAL EXCISE 

 TAXES. 



At a joint meeting of the Executive Committees of the Pneu- 

 matic and Solid-Tire Divisions held in New York City, the fol- 

 lowing conimiitee was appointed to investigate fully the pro- 

 visions of the new federal excise lax on tires, tubes, parts and 

 accessories : 



Chailes Neave, chairman, counsel of The Rubber Association 

 of America ; J. C. Weston, United States Tire Co. ; Kennedy M. 

 Thompson, United Stales Rubber Co.; Bernard M. Robinson, 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. ; F. C. Van Cleef, The B. F. Good- 

 rich Co. ; C. L. Landon, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and 

 W. B. Stratton, The Fisk Rubber Co. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES. 



The Outing Committee is working on the plans for the mid- 

 summer outing that will be held June 17, 1919. Details of the 

 program and place of meeting will be published later. 



Louis A'. Keeler has returned from the West after a successful 

 business (rip in (he interests of the -Association. 



The Government has thousands of motion-picture reels and 

 photographs taken during the war, covering every achievement 

 that led to victory. By means of a projection machine they may 

 be brought to every rubber mill and shown free to the people. 

 .\pply to the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C, for par- 

 ticulars. 



Eighty-five per cent of the firm members have signified their 

 willingness to support the plan, published in our last issue, for 

 collecting statistics of the rubber industry. 



The Traffic Division has sent out an important circular of the 

 United States Railroad Administration relating to the change in 

 the export and domestic seaboard terminal control of permits 

 which has superseded the former North Atlantic ports traffic 

 committee. 



A new circular has been issued by the Great Lakes Transit 

 Corp., respecting the opening of navigation and the establishment 

 of rates by this company. 



The general import license, known as PBF No. 36, effective 

 April 7, 1919, and covering the importation of many commodi- 

 ties into the United States from Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Santo 

 Domingo, and all countries of Central and South America, 

 except British and French possessions, does not include rubber. 

 As heretofore, rubber from these countries will be licensed 

 freely for import when the applications therefor are otherwise 

 in order. 



Importations from British and French possessions in Central 

 and South America are covered by General Import License 

 PBF Xo. 34. 



AMENDMENTS TO FREE LIST. 

 The War Trade Board announces, effective April 22, 1919, the 

 following amendments of the revised free list (W. T. B. R. 648, 

 March 15, 1919,) for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, European Hol- 

 land, Switzerland, Finland, Luxemburg, and the occupied Rhine 

 territory: The item beginnitig "Fancy goods of paper, ivory, 

 mother-of-pearl," etc., has been amended to include xylonite, 

 ebonite and vulcanite. 



