THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Activities of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. 



MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



THE Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors was held 

 at the Union League Club, New York City, May 9, 1919, 

 with the following attendance : 



Homer E. Sawyer, president. Directors : Harry T. Dunn, Sen- 

 eca G. Lewis, John Morgan, John A. Lambert, William J. Kelly, 

 John S. Lowman, Charles J. Davol, C. W. McLaughlin, G. W. 

 Henne. Former presidents: Henry C. Pearson. Frederic C. 

 Hood, George B. Hodgnian. Secretary, H. S. Vorhis. Also by 

 special invitation, Colonel H. Stuart Hotchkiss. 



It was voted to purchase $10,000 of Victory Loan notes and to 

 appropriate ?5,000 toward supporting the work of the National 

 Industrial Board, of which the Association is a member. 



The following firm and associate members were elected : 

 Firm Members and Representatives. 



The Archer Cord Tire & Rubber Co., W. F. Bigelow, Minneap- 

 olis, Minnesota. 



Curtis Tire & Rubber Co., Curtis R. Gray, Muskegon, Michigan. 



Lincoln Highway Tire Co., M. S. Ackles. Fulton, Illinois. 



Monarch Rubber Co., G. F. Kline, Canton, Ohio (factory at 

 Hartville, Ohio). 



Semple Rubber Co., C. H. Semple, Trenton, New Jersey 



Standard Tire Co., R. J. Firestone, or T. A. Palmer, Wil- 

 loughby, Ohio. 



Associate Members. 



W. A. Eden, Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, Mon- 

 treal, Quebec, Canada. 



The associate membership of E. O. Cummings was transferred 

 to firm membership in the name of W. H. Cummings and Sons, 

 60 Harrison street, New York City. 



ASSOCIATION REPRESENTED AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

 MEETING. 



The seventh annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of 

 the United States of America held at St. Louis, April 28 to May 

 1, 1919, brought together 2,500 business leaders from all parts of 

 the country and was one of the most important gatherings of 

 this nature ever held. Among other resolutions, the following 

 that is of particular interest was adopted : 



NO. 11— HIGHWAYS. 



That highways are an integral part of our nation's system of 

 transportation has been emphasized by the war, and an enormous 

 development is at hand, so important as to require a comprehen- 

 sive national policy, under which federal appropriations for high- 

 ways will be applied to national needs for interstate commerce, 

 agriculture, postal delivery, common defense and general welfare. 



Frank A. Seiberling is chairman of the Highways Copimittee, 

 which has given this question extended study. Mr. Seiberling 

 and Secretary Vorhis were delegated to represent the rubber 

 industry. 



NEW CLASSIFICATION OF RUBBER EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 



That the industry may be better informed concerning rubber 

 exports and imports, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce has adopted the following classification schedules for use 

 in the monthly summaries published by the Department of 

 Commerce : 



export schedttle. 

 40. Rubber and Rel.\ted Gums and Manufactures of. 

 Code No. Class and Commodity. 



401. Rubber, reclaimed, scrap and old, f5t only for manufacture. 



4011. Reclaimed. 



4012. Scrap and old. 

 403. Boots and Shoes. 



4031. Boots. 



4032. Shoes and overshoes. 



4039. Canvas shoes with rubber soles and all other rubber 



4064. 

 4065. 

 4067. 

 4068. 



4093. 

 4094. 

 4095. 

 4099. 



Drusgists' sundries and medical and surgical goods. (This 

 will include: air goods, including bed pans, beds, cushions 

 for invalids, operating cushions, life preservers and pil- 

 lows, water bottles and bags, fountain and bulb syringes, 

 sets and atomizers; sheets and sheeting, including hos- 

 pital sheeting, blankets, pillow cases, bandages, aprons, 

 basins, bath tubs; miscellaneous goods and catheters, 

 finger-cots, surgeons' gloves, pouches, sponges, stoppers, 

 torniquets, tubes, tubing, urinals.) 

 Hard rubber goods, including electrical supplies, combs, etc. 

 Battery jars and covers. 



Electrical supplies and other than battery jars. 

 Combs and other hair goods. 



AH other (sheet, moldings, pipe stems, rods and tubes). 

 Tires and tire tubes. 



Pneumatic casings for automobiles. 



Pneumatic casings, all other (bicycle, motorcycle and 

 aeroplane). 



Pneumatic tubes, all other (bicycle, motorcycle, airplane). 



Solid tires — automobile and motor truck tires. 



Solid tires— all other. 

 Waterproof cloth and clothing (rubberized). 



Waterproof cloth, including carriage cloth and auto top- 

 ping (rubberized). 



Waterproofed wearing apparel (rubberized). 



(For waterproof clothing not rubberized, see ''Textiles 

 20, 21, 26. 27.") 

 Other manufacturers of rubber. 



Belting, including transmission, conveyor and elevator 

 belting of rubber or balata. 



Hose, including braided, molded, cotton rubber-lined, 

 wire wound, air-brake, fire, garden, submarine, 

 vacuum, steam, suction, water, car-heating, and lining 

 or cotton jacket for cotton rubber-lined hose. 



Packing. 



Soles and heels. 



Rubber thread. 



AH other rubber goods (including brake linings, buffers, 

 cord, friction tape, gaskets and washers, gasket tub- 

 ing, splicing compound, mats, matting, mold work, 

 roll covering, rubber springs, tubing, valves, cables. 



import schedule. 



Rubber and Related Gums and Manufactures of. 



40500, 

 40600. 



(This will include: air goods, including bed pans, beds, 

 cushions for invalids, operating cushions, life pre- 

 servers and pillows; water bottles and bags, fountain 



eluding hospital sheetings, blankets, pillow cases, 

 bandages, aprons, basins, bath tubs; miscellaneous 

 goods and catheters, finger-cots, surgeons* gloves, 

 pouches, sponges, stoppers, tourniquets, tubes, tubingc 



rods and tubes. 



Tires and tire tubes. 

 Waterproof cloth and clothing (rubberized). 



Waterproof cloth, including carriage cloth and auto 

 topping (rubberized). 



Composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber of which 

 cotton is the material of chief value. 



Composed of silk, etc. 



Composed of wool or mohair, etc. 



Waterproof wearing apparel (rubberized). 



(For waterproof clothing not rubberized, see "Textiles.**) 



Composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber, or of which 

 cotton is the material of chief value. 



Composed of silk, etc. 



Composed of wool or mohair, etc. 



Composed of linen, hemp, or ramie. 

 Other manufactures of rubber. 



Belting, including transmission, conveyor and elevator 

 :ontaining rubber or balata. 

 jding braided, molded, cotton rubber-lined, 

 wire-wound, air-brake, fire, garden, pneumatic, sub- 

 marine, vacuum, steam, suction, w^ater, and lining or 

 cotton jacket for cotton rubber-lined hose. 



Packing. 



Soles and heels. 



Rubber thread. 



belting 



