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...Edith, widow of the late John Jacob Rogers, U. S. Congressman from the Massachusetts district, announced her candidacy to succeed her husband. She emulates two San Francisco women-Mrs. Mae Nolan, Mrs. Florence Kahn-who took their husbands' seats in Congress. Humphrey O'Sullivan (rubber heels) will run against her on the Democratic ticket. All Republican aspirants retired in her favor. Both Mrs. Kahn and Mrs. Rogers are widely known and well-liked at the Capital...
...Rubber-plating. The colloidal particles in the sap of the rubber tree and in artificial rubber solutions are electrically charged. It was found possible to immerse pieces of metal in a bath containing these particles, charge the metal with a current of opposite sign to the charge in the rubber, and "rubber plate" objects just as silverware is electroplated. Deposits of rubber a fifth of an inch thick were obtained. Vulcanized, the deposits were found to adhere more tightly than ever. It was predicted that fabrics could be similarly treated and the rubber-garment business revolutionized...
...Today," said Mr. Firestone, "rubber is about 43c. a pound−and the world is threatened with a shortage...
...Every ten-cent advance in the cost of crude rubber means an assessment of about $75,000,000 against America." Thus, in 1925, the Rubber Restriction Act of Great Britain is likely to take at least $100,000,000 out of U. S. pockets...
...inference, from Mr. Firestone's remarks is that, Nature willing, rubber must be grown in the U. S. Failing that, rubber plantations must be obtained in non-British territories. This, in fact, has in recent years been done. According to U. S. statistics, approximately $32,000,000 is invested in U. S. rubber plantations in the Far East, most of the large ones being located in Sumatra. The most extensive plantation is owned by the U. S. Rubber Co., which owns three in Sumatra and several smaller ones on the Malay Peninsula...