July 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



543 



Echoes of The Great War. 



BRITISH IMPORT RESTRICTIONS MODIFIED. 



THE War Trade Board announces for the information of ex- 

 porters in the United States that the following changes of 

 interest to the rubber and allied industries have been made 

 in the import restrictions of Great Britain. 



All restrictions have been removed affecting asphaltum, earth 

 colors, earth sienna, bone black, burnt sienna, carbon black, ochre 

 and umber. 



Litharge, ultramarine, blue white lead, lamp black and re- 

 claimed rubber will be licensed for import only exceptionally 

 when required. 



Toys and games (other than electric toys), including parts 

 thereof, are to be admitted at the rate of 20 per cent of the 1913 

 importations. 



The following articles are to be rationed for importation as 

 specified : 



Rubber faced hand dating and numbering stamps to be ad- 

 mitted at the rate of 33 1/3 per cent of the 1916 imports. 



Rubber bands for stationery purposes to be admitted at the 

 rate of 75 per cent of the 1916 imports in proportionate quar- 

 terly amounts. 



Fountain pens containing no gold to be admitted at the present 

 rate of 24 tons per annum distributed among importers. 



Insulating cloths and tapes to be admitted at the rate of 25 

 per cent of the 1913 imports. 



CITATIONS FOR TAKING BACK EMPLOYES. 



Employers who give assurance that they will gladly take 

 back their former employes who have served in the armed forces 

 of the United States are entitled to receive a citation issued 

 by the War and Navy Departments. On its receipt they are 

 authorized to place the United States shield as a symbol of 

 this upon the red border of their service flags, provided no 

 names of individuals or business firms appear upon the flags. 

 The shield should be placed at the top when a flag hangs 

 downward, as in a window ; otherwise on the border nearest 

 the mast. 



Applications for citations should be addressed to Colonel 

 Arthur Woods, chairman of the Emergency Employment Com- 

 mittee for Soldiers and Sailors, United States Council of Na- 

 tional Defense, Washington, D. C. 

 VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. 



To meet its obligation to reestablish disabled soldiers, sailors 

 and marines in civil life, the Government has authorized the; 

 Federal Board for Vocational Education and Congress has made 

 an appropriation for its maintenance under the direction of 

 Colonel Arthur Woods, assistant to the Secretary of War. Every 

 man who has been in the United States service, whether at home 

 or abroad, and who is considered by the Bureau of War Risk 

 Insurance to be as much as 10 per cent disabled is entitled to be 

 placed in an educational institution at government expense. A 

 disabled man so incapacitated that he cannot take up his old 

 occupation will be taught another in order that he may become 

 self-supporting. He may choose any occupation or trade which he 

 thinks he would like to follow, subject to the approval of the 

 Federal Board. This applies to demobilized men as well as those 

 still in service, and the Federal Board is making every possible 

 effort to get in touch with all men who were discharged before 

 it began to function. Meanwhile such men as wish to avail 

 themselves of this opportunity should make application to the 

 nearest of the fourteen district offices of the Federal Board for 

 Vocational Education, which are located in Boston, New York, 

 Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans, Cincinnati, 

 Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle 

 and Dallas. 



While in training a man receives an amount equal at least to the 

 base pay received during his last month's service in the Army, 

 Navy or Marine Corps, but in no case does he receive less than 

 $65 per month if a single man, less than $75 per month if living 

 with his dependents, nor less than $65 per month for himself if 

 living apart from his dependents— in addition to allowances to 

 his dependents if married and living apart from his wife during 

 the period of training. In all cases the wife receives $15, and 

 each minor child $10 per month. Men who have been blinded 

 in battle or who have lost both arms or both legs, or who as a 

 result of injuries incurred are permanently and totally disabled, 

 it may be noted, come under a special provision which allows 

 them $100 per month additional. 



THRIFTY WORKERS CUT DOWN PRODUCTION COSTS. 



Every business concern to-day faces the problem of cutting 

 down production costs. If the thought "Save!" can be brought 

 home to every employe every day for one year, it should be 

 possible to reduce expenses through economy in material and 

 time, moreover, personal thrift would also be encouraged and 

 the savings would be invested in War Savings Stamps. 



Numerous ways to launch a thrift campaign in any business 

 organization have been suggested. 



First, in each pay envelope enclose a blank bearing two ques- 

 tions, to be answered by every employe: 1. What can and will 

 you do to cut down the operating expense of the company? 

 2. What ways can you suggest by which others can cut down 

 expenses? 



Second, enclose a blank for stating weekly how the employe 

 was able to cut down operating expenses by some short cut to 

 the saving of material and time. 



Pay envelopes and house organs should contain practical econ- 

 omy talks by department heads, showing ways of saving, and 

 articles should also be published telling what individuals have 

 done along this line. 



In every work-room, stock-room, sales-room, department and 

 branch, posters should be put up making definite appeals for 

 economy of various costs, and these should be frequently 

 changed. 



Personal letters should be written by executives or depart- 

 ment heads, commending every employe who has done anything 

 worth while in the saving line, to let him or her know that such 

 effort is appreciated. 



Monthly results of saving in figures should be compiled and 

 published. 



Wherever savings can be put into figures— reduced costs, in- 

 creased profits and actual money — the savings should be shared 

 with employes in the form of prizes or bonuses. 



THRIFT AND SAVINGS STAMPS TO CONTINUE. 



War has taught the country some wholesome lessons in thrift 

 worthy of being perpetuated, for the peace-time needs of the 

 country, especially during the reconstruction period, are very 

 great and should inspire further effort. In order that the habits 

 of saving and the intelligent use of money may become one of 

 the lasting national activities of the American people, and par- 

 ticularly that a safe method of investment may be afforded, 

 the Treasury Department is continuing the sale of Savings and 

 Thrift Stamps. Churches, fraternal and social organizations, com- 

 mercial associations and business houses, are keeping the bene- 

 fits of thrift before their membership or employes by the con- 

 tinuation or organization of thrift clubs and savings societies. 

 Many rubber companies are interested because the movement 

 means better citizens, better communities, and a better country. 



