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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1915. 



We will not execute any orders for manufactured or partly manufactured rubber goods to be sent, either directly or indirectly, 

 to any country or Stati al war with Great Britain. _ _ 



We will not sell an) manufactured or partly manufactured rnl.lier g Is to any person in the United States without satisfying 



ourselves thai dure is no intention on Ins part to export, or resell the same for exportation, to any countries in Europe other than 

 t Britain, France, or Russia, otherwise than by shipping to the United Kingdom and reshipping from there, under licence to 



be obtained for export therein m. ,.. • , ~ , • • ™ ■ • t. 



If we export any manufactured or partly manufactured rubber goods to a destination outside Europe not being in a British 



i uiii prioi i • simultaneously with the shipment, give you particulars of the goods so shipped and their destination 



Ml rubber tyri 4 by us or sold by US for export shall bear a distinctive name or markvwhich we will communicate to 



pa to jdentifj th,era as being our manufacture. 



Date. 



facts will be noted in connection with these guarantees, 

 One is that all this rubber is shipped direct to the British Con- 

 sul General in New York, who alone has authority to release it. 

 The second interestfeg fact, as shown in the manufacturer's 

 guarantee^ is the obligation the manufacturer, the moment he 

 buys any robber from London, puis himself under regarding 

 riol onl) thai pamcul.it ruhhcr hut all the rubber, whether man- 

 ufactured or unmanufactured, that he may have on hand and 

 may dispose of during the continuance of the war. 



It is stated that a commission is to he appointed in London, 

 consisting of three men not connected with the rubber trade, who 

 shall regulate the operation of London shipments. It has been 

 stated in the press that this commisisioii is to consist of Lord 

 Balfour, Russell Rea and Henry Birchenough, but this state- 

 ment has not been officially confirmed. 



There may be a few members of the American rubber trade 

 who will look upon the stipulations of the required guarantees 

 as rather harsh, hut the general opinion is that the British 

 Government has done all that could be expected of it under the 

 circumstances Mr. Hodgman, of the Embargo Committee, is 

 quoted in a recent issue of the "New York Sun" as follows: 



"\\i have no fault to find with any of the stipulations in the 

 British announcement. We are willing to give whatever bonds 

 are required by the British authorities, and further, we are de- 

 ned to see to it that no other dealers violate the condi- 

 tions. We want the rubber for the manufacturers in this coun- 

 try. The local trade this year will be very large and there need 

 he no fear that the legitimate rubber trade of the country will 

 think of doing anything contrary to the express conditions of 

 the British announcement." 



Mr. Hodgman. in this interview, undoubtedly expressed the 

 general consensus of opinion. 



The first rubber shipped from London under this conditional 

 suspension of embargo consisted of 200 tons, which arrived on 

 the "Lusitania" January 23. It was expected that the "Meno- 

 minee," with 1,500 tons on board, and the "Minneapolis," with 

 1.000 tons, would sail during the last week of January, but both 

 of these boats have been temporarily detained at London by the 

 dockmen's strike. It is believed, however, that they will very 

 soon be released. 



The outlook for the American rubber trade is most encourag- 

 ing. The plantation product for the current year should amount 

 to 80.000 tons. In 1913 the Allies— England, France and Russia 

 — only consumed 38,000 tons. To be sure, with the gigantic 

 operations now going pri in tin field, there will probably he a 

 larger consumption of rubber on the part of these three couu 

 tries, notwithstanding the great falling off in many of the ordi- 

 nary uses of rubber in times of peace. But it is hardly -probable 

 tbat the Allies would need over half, or much more than half, 

 of the plantation yield — which would leave, let us say. 40,(KKI t,.n 

 for Vmefic'ari consumption during 1915; and this, with tin 

 South American supplies, will undoubtedly be ample. 



I lure is just one other point that may be mentioned, namely, 

 that the suspension of embargo is only during good behavior, 

 and if the British Government should discover any London- 

 shipped rubber making its way, either unmanufactured or manu- 

 factured, to' the enemy, the embargo would be put in force again 

 instantly. Undoubtedly during -November and December some 

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rubber, both in the crude and manufactured state, found its 

 way from American ports to Germany. It was smuggled out of 

 tin country under false manifests — not, it need hardly be said, by 

 any responsible and recognized member of the trade. The fact 

 that some rubber shipments have been made from United States 

 ports to German purchasers is generally conceded. But the 

 Rubber Club of America and the Rubber Trade Association have 

 determined to spare no efforts to assist the State Department 

 and the Treasury Department in preventing any such shipments 

 in the future, and it is exceedingly improbable that any further 

 rubber exports in any form will be made from this country to- 

 the enemies of the Allies. 



MEETINGS OF THE MOTOR AND ACCESSORY MANUFACTURERS. 



The twelfth annual meeting of the Motor & Accessory 

 Manufacturers was held in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria, 

 January 6. when, in addition to the transaction of other 

 business, directors were elected to succeed those whose terms 

 had expired. E. H. Broadwell, of the Fisk Rubber Co., 

 Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, was among those elected for 

 a three-year term. II. T. Dunn, of the same company, de- 

 clared himself unable to accept re-election. The meeting was 

 followed by a banquet. 



A meeting of the board of directors was held on January 7, 

 when the following officers were elected for a term of. one 

 year: President, F. H. Lovell, Jr., of the Lovell-McConnell 

 Manufacturing Co., Newark, New Jersey; first vice-president, 

 C. W. Stiger, of the Stromberg Motor Devices Co., Chicago; 

 second vice-president, C. E. Thompson, of The Electric Weld- 

 ing Products Co., Cleveland, Ohio: third vice-president, T. J. 

 Wetzel, of The Dyneto Electric Co., New York; treasurer, 

 L. M. Wainwright, of The Diamond Chain & Manufacturing 

 Co., Indianapolis; assistant treasurer and secretary. A. P. 

 Sloan, Jr., of the Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., Newark, New 

 Jersey. 



REPORT OF GUAYULE GROWING BY AKRON SYNDICATE NOT 

 CONFIRMED. 



Statements have frequently appeared in the daily press to 

 the effect that an Akron syndicate has made a twelve-year 

 contract with certain large ranch owners near Marathon, 

 Texas, for the right to grow guayule shrub upon their prop- 

 erties and that this shrub is intended to be shipped to Akron 

 for manufacture into crude rubber. The area thus leased is 

 given as several million acres. Inquiries fail to verify report 

 of organization or to identify capitalists described, Akron 

 rubber men regarding the story as part of the publicity pro- 

 gram of the land company's promotion Scheme. 



Work has been commenced on a. new ; factory for, the 

 Toledo Ford Tire Co. at Findlay, Ohio. The plans have been 

 drawn to permit of additions to the plant as they become 



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At the meeting of the Detroit section of the ' Society of 



Chemical Industry, held December IS," James H. 'Sogart rea'd 



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