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FEBRUARY 1, 1915. 



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THE EMBARGO COMMITTEE. 



THE Embargo Committee,, in expressive American 

 phraseology, "made good." From its inception 

 the membership was full of promise. Headed by the, 

 capable and energetic president of the Rubber Club, 

 Mr. Hodgman, an able second was found in the presi- 

 dent of the Rubber Association. Mr. Bruyn is some- 

 what new in rubber, but his firm, Littlejohn & Co., for 

 years have been factors in other Ceylon products and 

 knew every condition in New York, London and the 

 Far East. Then, too, Mr. Marks long ago proved 

 himself a far-seeing and brilliant forecaster of rubber 

 events, with a genius for action at exactly the psycho- 

 logical moment. Mr. Hotchkiss, although new to rub- 

 ber committees, fitted into the delicate and arduous 

 work with an ease that bespoke the natural diplomat. 

 Nor would it be fair, in viewing the personnel of this 

 important body, to forget the quiet, effective worker 

 who furnished the world with the news of the cora- 



lf3 jnittee's progress — Secretary Vorhis. The Rubber 

 2 Club is to be congratulated in having the timber from 



i which to build such an efficient committee. 



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THE RUBBER TRADE ON GUARD. 



n"" 1 1 IK serious manner in which the rubber manu 



turers have taken up the obligation to play fair 

 with England in the matter of crude rubber is in every 

 way admirable The great majority not only have 

 pledged themselves not to resell or reship rubber re- 

 ceived under the lifted embargo, but they have gone 

 further. The special committee which has been 

 formed to detect and report upon any attempts at a 

 violation even of the spirit of the agreement with 

 Britain has not only a minute knowledge of rubber 

 export and import conditions, but is abundantly sup- 

 plied with just the sort of assistance that the circum- 

 stances require. With the reputable manufacturers 

 and importers thus standing together and on the alert, 

 it will be difficult for any to break the compact— if in- 

 deed there are any so disposed. 



ENGLAND NEED NOT FEAR SENDING TOO MUCH 

 RUBBER. 



TF our English friends have been afraid to ship us rub- 

 ber lest we get too much and yield to the temptation 

 of re-shipment to the enemy, they can quiet their fears at 

 once, for there is no possibility of such a contingency. 

 We can use all the rubber that they can spare us. Last 

 year the manufacturers of the United States consumed 

 about 60,000 tons' of crude rubber, one-half of this large 

 volume coming from the East. In all probability the 

 present year will see an increased consumption — provided 

 we can get the rubber— of at least 15 per cent., or a 

 total of about 70,000 tons. Assuming that the Eastern 

 production reaches 70,000 tons during the current 

 twelve months, we will doubtless be able to use one-half 

 of it, or more. 



To illustrate, there is the tire industry. There are 

 now in operation in this country 1,600,000 motor ve- 

 hicles of one sort or another, and it is a fair estimate to 

 say that they will need between now and next January 

 an average of six tires each, which means a consumption 

 of nearly 10,000,000 tires. It is quite true that many- 

 people who had hoped to own a pleasure car may have 

 to forego that ambition for another year because of gen- 

 eral financial conditions, but as against that the motor 

 car will be used. this year more than ever before for 

 purely utilitarian purposes. The farmer, for instance, 

 has found that his automobile is quite as necessary as 

 his team of horses. 



Again, the demand for rubber from the footwear man- 

 ufacturers will be unusually large — not that up to the 



