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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1907. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The W'ooiisocket Rubber Co. (Woonsocket, Rhode Island) 

 have sold a tract of land on Fairmoinit street, adjoining their 

 plant, to Jules Desurmont ct tils, important hosiery manufac- 

 turers at Turcoing. France, who are erecting a factory on it. 

 The deeds transferring the property were signed on March 28, 

 covering 172,175 square feet of land. 



The sale of the "Ball Band" rubber fastener is controlled ex- 

 clusively by Dunham Brothers (Brattleboro, Vermont) in the 

 Xew England States, Greater Xew York and Canada, east of 

 the Ottawa river. 



The American Dunlop Tire Co. is seldom mentioned by 

 name now that it has become subsidiary to a larger company, 

 but that the corporation still exists is indicated by the record- 

 ing, in a New York court, of a judgment in its favor for $1,027. 



Messrs. James and Humphrey O'Sullivan, of the O'SuIlivan 

 Rubber Co. (Lowell, Massachusetts) started recently on a six 

 months' business tour of the country to extend as far as the 

 Pacific Coast. 



The Garlock Packing Co. (Elmira, New Y'ork) now have 

 offices in all the States in the Australian commonwealth. 



The "Bullet Proof" duck lumbermen's line of the American 

 Rubber Co., with the red label, has a great reputation for tough- 

 ness. 



E. Bers & Co. have discontinued their Western branch and 

 all their business in rubber scrap in future will be transacted 

 throu.^h the Philadelphia office. 



President Colt, of the Woonsocket Rubber Co., recently 

 sent a substantial check to the baseball team of the "Alice" 

 mill of that companj- — the team which last year won the cham- 

 pionship in the league of clubs representing the various factories 

 at Woonsocket. 



A feature of a recent "ladies' night" given by the Springfield 

 Automobile Club was a theater party. Those attending it were 

 invited, after the play, to a supper tendered by the Fisk Rubber 

 Co. at the Worby Hotel. The special theater program on this 

 occasion was an artistic production of the advertising depart- 

 ment of The Fisk Rubber Co. 



M. P. Fillingham. who has opened offices at No. 114 Liberty 

 street. New Y'ork, as consulting engineer to the india-rubber 

 trade — planning and reconstructing factories and designing ma- 

 chinery — brings to his new field a practical experience gained 

 through several years' connection with two of the most important 

 rubber machinery firms in the country. 



The Textile-Finishing Machinery Co. ( Providence. Rliodc Isl- 

 and) have removed their general offices to the Howard building. 

 Entrance room 321. 



An importation at New York of gallalith in sheets was assessed 

 for duty as 20 per cent ad valorem — the rate for "unenumerated 

 manufactured articles" — which was protested against, on the 

 ground that the rate should have been 10 per cent, as a raw 

 material not enumerated in the Tariff act. The appraisers held 

 that, while gallalith in blocks or sheets was the crudest form in 

 which it could be imported, it was properly dutiable at 20 per cent. 



Regarding the rubber rollers made by the American Wringer 

 Co. (New Y'ork) for rotary lithographic presses, the Brett Litho- 

 graphing Co. write : "Their printing qualities are quite as good 

 as the 'leather' rollers, and there are several distinct advantages, 

 the rollers being perfectly true, the ink is better distributed, the 

 fountain- is set more easily and quickly, and less color is used, 

 and much time is saved in washing up." 



William J. Sturgis has resigned the position of secretary of 

 the Seward Rubber Co. (Berlin, Connecticut). 



Every tire manufacturer is on the outlook for tires of his 

 production which have been run for long distances. The record 

 to date, it appears, is held by the Diamond Rubber Co., one of 



whose customers, in Rhode Island, claims to have used a tire 

 on 30,500 miles of road without any repairs. 



Mr. H. F. Siegrist, formerly treasurer of the Swinehart 

 Clincher Tire and Rubber Co', (.\kron, Ohio), has left the 

 concern and is succeeded by Mr. Frederick Boron. By the way, 

 Mr. James A. Swinehart, who has been in Europe for a month 

 or more, has just returned after having had a must successful 

 business trip so far as Swinehart tires are concerned. The 

 company are adding new machinery to their plant, which will 

 enable them to increase their output one-third. 



New Y'ork has still another place where tires may be repaired — 

 The Michelin Tire Repair Works, at No. 242 West Forty-first 

 street, run by Mr. F. D. Bable, an expert in tire manufacture 

 and repair. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Dr. Allen Holman Suggett, of California, has returned lately 

 from an extensive visit to the rubber plantations in Ceylon and 

 the Federated Malay States, preparatory to devoting his atten- 

 tion entirely in future to rubber planting in Mexico, where he 

 is a director in two companies — the Chiapas Rubber Plantation 

 Co. and the Rio Michel Rubber Plantation Co. Dr. Suggett 

 reports that in consequence of his observations abroad he is even 

 more hopeful of the rubber planting outlook in Mexico. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.— AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE. 



We have examined the books and accounts of the United 

 States Rubber Co. and its subsidiary companies for the year 

 ended March 31, 1907, and 



We hereby certify that the accompanying consolidated general 

 balance sheet and consolidated statement of income and profit 

 and loss agree with the books of the companies, and correctly 

 set forth the financial condition of the companies on March 31, 

 1907, and the results of their operations for the last fiscal 

 year, and 



That on that date the quick assets of the United States Rub- 

 ber Co. and its subsidiary companies, including inventories of 

 raw materials and manufactured goods on hand, exceeded all 

 the liabilities other than capital stock and surplus accounts to 

 the extent of $12,406,220.29. 



H.\SKIXS & SELLS. Certified Public .Accountants. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S SHARES. 



Tr.\ns.\ctions on the New York Stock Exchange for five 

 weeks, ending on the dates appearing in the table below : 



CoiiMDX Stock. 



Week .\pril 27 Sales 400 shares High 43 Low 42^ 



Week May 4 Sales 735 shares High 10^4 Low 102 



Week M.'iy 11 Sales 200 shares High ~2}i Low 72 



Week May 18 Sales lOlO shares High 41 Low 40 



Week May 25 Sales 4710 shares High 40 Low 37 

 For the year — High s^'A, Feb. i6; Low 36'^, Mar. 26. 



First Preferred Stock. 



Week .\pril 27 Sales 735 shares High 103'i Low 102 



Week May 4 Sales 510 shares High I02ji Low ioi'/.s 



Week May 11 Sales 3177 shares High I02j4 Low 995^2 



Week May 18 Sales 756 shares High 100^ Low lOO'A 



Week May 25 Sales 4108 shares High I00}4 Low 9914 



For the year — High io9?s, Jan. -; Low 99J4, Mar. 25. 



Second Preferred Stock. 



Week .\pril 27 Sales 200 shares High 72j4 Low 72 



Week May 4 Sales 735 shares High 72^ Low 71^ 



Week May 1 1 Sales 200 shares High 72^ Low 7254 



Week May 18 Sales 100 shares High 72^ Low 7254 



Week May 25 Sales 1400 shares High 71 7/^ Low 68 



For the year — High -SH, Jan. 7; Low 68, Mar. 25. 



.At the end of March. Professor Emilio A. Gceldi, ph.d., re- 

 tired from the position of director of the Museu Gceldi (the 

 state museum at Para), and returned to Europe. He has been 

 succeeded by Jacques Huber, PH.D., for many years chief of the 

 botanical section at the museum, and the author of a number of 

 contributions to our knowledge of the rubber species of the 

 Amazon regions. 



