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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1915. 



me'nl For the lifting of the embargo. A little later — in 

 February the Control Committee sent oul a circular 

 nol onl) in manufacturers but to all importers, dealers 

 and brokers, explaining the methods of procedure for 

 securing rubber under the guarantee; and in order that 

 nol even the smallest tire retailer should lack full infor- 

 mation in this matter the committee sent out another cir- 

 cular, on May 22, to every dealer in antomobiles and 

 automobile supplies in the country — sixty thousand all 

 told — repeating the terms of the guarantee and calling 

 attention in the necessity of strict adherence to its con- 

 dil ions. 



INDICTMENT OF THE HIDDEN RUBBER SHIPPERS. 



T? \ EF since the discovery on February IS of a large 

 — ' number of hales of cotton waste in which all told 

 about 50,000 pounds of rubber was concealed, intended 

 for shipment to Genoa, the rubber trade has been ex- 

 tremely anximis to learn all the facts of this interesting 

 episode. In commenting upon this occurrence Thk 

 I \i \ Rubber World in its March issue remarked: "The 

 alertness and energy shown by the Control Committee of 

 tin- Rubber Club in starting at once upon a thorough in- 

 vestigation of this matter convinced the British officials 

 thai the club would <1" everything in its power to main- 

 tain the reputation of the American rubber trade for 

 honest) and square dealing with the British govern- 

 ment." 



The L'nited States am! the British governments were 

 equally interested with the Rubber Club in identifying 

 the culprits and in ascertaining the motive back of this 

 attempt to smuggle rubber out of the country. The ef- 

 f irts ni' tlK' Federal authorities, in whose hands the neces- 

 ary action was Lodged, have been completely successful. 

 The whole story will be found on a later page of this 

 issue. Five men have been indicted on the charge of 

 conspiracj to defraud the government. One of these 

 men i- a lieutenant in the German army, another a Ger- 

 man rubber manufacturer, a third a member of a rubber 

 syndicate in Hungary; while the remaining two. though 

 Vmerican citizens, are related to the others and in sym- 

 pathy with the Teuton cause. 



Ibis publication ha- never believed that the attempt 

 in ship this hidden rubber was the work of anyone i" 

 the trade looking fur the profits that might accrue from 

 such a t ran -act ion. The facts which have now all been 

 brought to light prove that it was the work of Germans 

 \.ustrians — and their sympathizers — who hoped to 

 he able in supply the home industry with much needed 



material, and in that way to assist the home governments. 

 The rubber trade is to be congratulated that the mystery i- 

 so thoroughly solved, and solved in a wa\ that permits 

 no suggestion of suspicion to rest on any member of the 

 trade. And the Control Committee of the Rubber Club is 

 greatl) in be commended tor the valuable assistance it 

 was able to afford the Federal authorities ami for the 

 very satisfactory outcome of its work. 



RUBBER IN THE SUBMARINE. 



' I 'HERE were plenty of proofs before the 7th of May 

 of the terrific effectiveness of the submarine, but 

 the sinking of the "Lusitania" mi that date brought 

 home to the world as never before the appalling havoc 

 which these unseen fighters of the deep could accom- 

 plish. This issue of Tut: I mm a Rubber Would contains 

 a description — written by one who has studied this 

 type of craft not only when afloat and moving on the 

 surface, but when submerged to very great depths — 

 which shows the vital part that rubber plays in the 

 construction and operation of these sub-sea terrors. 

 It requires no technical knowledge to realize that ab- 

 solute and perfect tightness is the prime essential of 

 submarine construction, tightness not only against 

 the inrush of waters from without but against the 

 escape of gases and electrical power. The whole se- 

 cret of both the effectiveness and the safety of this 

 sort of craft lies in the total absence of leakage, even 

 of the most minute character. No other substance but 

 rubber would insure the necessary conditions. The 

 strung appeal that the submarine makes to universal 

 attention is not so much because of what it has already 

 accomplished — though its work (hiring the last six 

 months has startled the world — but rather because of 

 the promise its past performance has given of the 

 dominant place it will hold in the naval warfare of the 

 future. 



The article on another page will assuredly interest 

 every manufacturer of rubber, and particularly those 

 engaged in producing the type of mechanical rubber 

 goods so essential in submarine construction. 



AMERICAN ADVERTISEMENTS BARRED FROM 

 GERMAN PAPERS. 



GERMAN trade journals, by order of the Imperial 

 < iovernment, have discontinued the printing of ad- 

 vertisements coming from any foreign country — either 

 neutral or belligerent. An American manufacturer of 

 rubber machinery or rubber supplies of any sort can no 

 longer place his announcement in any rubber publication 

 printed in ( Jermany. The reason is said to lie in the possi- 



