June 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



473 



Echoes of The Great War. 



EXCISE TAXES ON RUBBER GOODS. 



UNDER the last War Revenue Act passed by Congress and 

 approved February 24, 1919, the following excise taxes 

 on rubber manufacturers are now in effect. They apply to 

 articles sold or leased 

 by the manufacturer, 

 producer or importer, 

 the tax specified being 

 a percentage of the 

 price for which so sold 

 or leased: 



Automobile trucks 

 and automobile wagons 

 (including tires, inner 

 tubes, parts and acces- 

 sories therefor, sold on 

 or in connection there- 

 with or with the sale 

 thereof), 3 per centum. 



Other automobiles 

 and motorcycles (in- 

 cluding tires, inner 

 tubes, parts, and ac- 

 cessories therefor, sold 

 on or in connection 

 therewith or with the 

 sale thereof), except 

 tractors, 5 per centum. 



Tires, inner tubes, 

 parts or accessories, for 

 any of the articles 

 enumerated above, sold 

 to any person other 

 than a manufacturer or 

 producer of any of the 

 articles enumerated 

 above, 5 per centum. 



Baseball protectors, 

 foot-balls, tennis, golf 

 and lacrosse balls, 10 

 per centum. 



Chewing gum, 3 per 

 centum. 



THE VICTORY LIBERTY ^^ 



LOAN. y- —_ 



According to the 



final official figures, 

 subscriptions to the 

 Victory Liberty Loan 



amounted to $5,249,908,(X)0, an oversubscription of $749,908,3(X), 

 or 16.66 per cent over the quota of $4,500,000,000. The work 

 lagged somewhat during the early days of the drive, but there 

 was never any real doubt that the American people would 

 respond generously to "finish the job right."' Up to the last 

 day only 85.54 per cent of the total had been tabulated, yet the 

 last-day avalanche from coast to coast swept the country over 

 the top, with colors flying, and Treasury officials had prophesied 

 that the final figures would go very close to $6,000,000,000. Only 

 $4,500,000,000 will be accepted, however. New York district to- 

 taled $1,762,684,900, exceeding by $112,684,900 the estimate of the 

 managers that it would exceed its quota by $200,000,000, and most 

 of the other great cities of the country went over the top. 



THE DRIVE IN GREATER NEW YORK. 



Committees representing the various branches of the rubber 

 industry in Greater New York solicited the trade with thorough- 

 ness and enthusiasm, and a total of $5, 911, 5(X) was subscribed by 

 the various divisions of 

 the Central Committee 

 as follows : 



Crude rubber. $1,171,600 

 Tires 2,188,650 



Presented to 



In recognition ofpatrioticserPices for the 

 United States diiringtheperiodofitsnarticipa 

 /ion in the great war for UnixmalDemocmar 

 Tlicsplendidmoraleofdiepeopkuponwhidi 

 lestedtliesuccessoftheArmyandm'i/.nminno 

 small measure due to die co-operadon of die 

 advertising pro/ession. 



mmD STATES GOVERNMENT 



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GuVEkiN ME.\I,\L ApFRECI.MIO 



$5,911,550 

 The Crude Rubber 

 and Publicity Divisions 

 are to be especially con- 

 gratulated for the fact 

 that they went over the 

 tfip by about 65 and 60 

 per cent, respectively. 

 THE RESULT IN 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 

 In Massachusetts 65 

 rubber firms and their 

 employes subscribed 

 $2,648,075 and returns 

 have not yet been re- 

 ceived from many im- 

 portant concerns. Most 

 of the larger companies 

 reached their quota and 

 some exceeded it. 



The enthusiasm of 

 the employes of The 

 Fisk Rubber Co., 

 Chicopee Falls, was 

 particularly notable. 

 In twelve hours they 

 had exceeded their quota, total subscriptions at the end of the 

 first day being $300,000. .\t the close of the fifth day the final 

 total of $450,350 had been reached, making $1,569,250 subscribed 

 in the five loans. 



The Boston Federal Reserve District went over the top in the 

 Victory Liberty Loan drive by more than fifty millions of dollars. 

 Subscriptions to the Fifth Loan amounted to $425,159,950, an 

 oversubscription of $50,159,950, or 13.38 per cent over the quota 

 of $375,000,000. The Boston district finished third. New York 

 being first and Chicago second. The estimated number of 

 subscribers for Boston was 817,822. 



A list of subscriptions by firms, including all from whom re- 

 turns have been received, follows: 



