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information is available as to the total output of the Gehpyidg, Fin 
rubber manufacturers. A census of production of the tyre industry 77 pla 
is taken annually and the details given below regarding this branch” 
of the industry have been taken from the report of the census of 
1928 given in ‘‘ Wirtschaft und Statistik,” published by the 
German Statistical Department. 
In Germany there are some 400 factories engaged in all the 
various branches of the rubber manufacturing industry and the 
aumber of workpeople employed is 12,000 to 15,000. Some of the 
firms engaged in the rubber manufacturing industry represent very 
large units, and it is estimated that a dozen of them account for 
70 per cent. of the total weight of the goods produced. In recent 
years most of the German factories have been enlarged and recon- 
dilioned with new machinery and, though the capital stringency 
since the stabilisation of the currency has operated as a brake 
upon production, the German manufacturers have now passed the 
most critical post-war phase, and, aided by lower labour charges 
and efficient equipment, are competing keenly in the world markets. 
The manufacture of rubber insulated cables is very extensive 
and the manufacture of surgical and hygienic rubber goods has 
long been a speciality in Germany. Other miscellaneous rubber 
goods of all kinds are manufactured in Germany. German manu- 
facturers have been increasing their output and are paying special 
attention to the export trade. 
102. The principal German tyre manufacturers are :— 
Continental Caoutchouc & Gutta-Percha Co.. Hanover. 
Dunlop Co., Hanau. 
Harburger Gummiwarenfabrik Pheenix A.G., Hamburg. 
Peters Union A.G., Frankfurt. 
Vorwerk A.G., Barmen. 
Deka Pneumatik, Berlin. 
A. G. Metzler, Munich. 
The Continental company is the largest manufacturer and it is 
stated that the company has certain points of contact with the 
Goodrich company, from which it benefits in American manu- 
facturing methods. 
In addition, most large foreign manufacturing firms have agents 
in Germany for the sale of their tyres. 
103. The 1928 census of production which we have mentioned Production 
above, was compiled from returns supplied by 23 factories. The ©f tyres 
number of persons in the industry insured by their trade union 1928. 
was, in 1928, not as high as in the previous year. It was at its 
highest on the 1st April, 1928, when it was 10,400 compared with 
10,700 on the same date in the previous year. On the 1st July, 
1928, it was 9,000 whereas on the 1st July, 1927, it was 11,900. 
Wages and salaries paid during the census year 1928 reached a 
total of £950,000. The total value of the tyre production at the 
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