November i, 1908. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



75 



for e>'elids and lips; (3) massage cup for eyeballs and face; 

 (5) superfluous flesh reducer; (6) nasal syringe; (7) ear 

 syringe; (8) nasal inhaler; (9) respirator or lung developer; 

 (10) blackhead extractor. 



■E-Z WAVE" HYGIENIC HAIR CURLER. 



This little uivelty, designed especially for making the ''French 

 wave" — whatever that may mean in hairdressing — is made wholly 

 of rubber. It is hence ,----«^ 



wholesome and easilv kept «siVKttiflK9K!^X^ 

 clean, besides being light, /f]^^^Pi|^ 

 in addition to the flex- j Jl V J\ Vy^^' , 

 ibility which renders its / [\^ /^{j \^m'^ 

 use comfortable. It is re- 

 ferred to as being a good 

 seller. [Hygienic Hair 

 Waver Co., New York.] 



"E-Z W.wr" Hair Curler. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



DV .\ RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



IN speaking of the conditions of business it is usual with men 

 in the rubber trade to begin by saying that conditions, espe- 

 cially in the mechanical lines, are very quiet, and then after a 

 little reflection they go on to say that on the whole business is 

 fairly active and getting steadily better. They are all confident 

 that the very quiet times are at an end and that, no matter how 

 slow it may appear at times, there is no danger whatever of 

 a repetition of the apathy which was so evident during some of 

 the months following the financial panic. As for the houses 

 which deal in rubber clothing and shoes, the season has opened up 

 with a few raifls, so that business is quite good, but the strictly 

 mechanical rubber houses find that business is slow and they do 

 not expect thirgs to become really flourishing until early spring. 

 Very little talk is directed towards the coming presidential elec- 

 tion, cither because people are certain of the outcome, or be- 

 cause less importance is attached to the outcome than has been 

 the case in former years, and the fact that the election time is 

 approaching is not given as a very important reason for times 

 being as quiet as they are. On the whole it may be said that 

 the rubber business on the coast is fairly good, and that there 

 has been a steady improvement during the past month, which 

 is not at all likely to suffer a relapse. 



Business with the Bowers Rubber Works is said to be very 

 favorable, and the factory is running full handed. This firm 

 has been shipping a goodly quantity of goods to the Orient. Mr. 

 C. O. Bowers, the present superintendent of the factory at Black 

 Diamond, has gone on East for a month's vacation trip. Mr. 

 H. A. Cushmau, the former superintendent of the works, died 

 recently. 



Mr. Gurr, representative of the W. D. Allen Manufacturing 

 Co. (Chicago), has been visiting the trade of the Coast, and 

 has recently spent a few days among the rubber merchants of 

 San Francisco. 



Mr. Jennings, representing the H, B. Sherman Manufacturing 

 Co., of Battle Creek, Michigan, is now making the rounds of 

 the local trade in the interests of his house. 



Mr. Mcllroy, Eastern traveling representative from the Lake 

 Shore Rubber Co. (Erie, Pennsylvania), is now in San Fran- 

 cisco, placing business for his firm. 



The report from the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., nn First street near Mission, is that business, though still 

 quiet in mechanical lines, is gradually moving forward, and 

 is now working up pretty well. C. H. Brow^n, of this company, 

 is now in the Northern territory in the interests of the firm. 



The Plant Rubber and Supply Co. report that they are wait- 

 ing for the spring business, and do not expect a very great 

 business before that time. Trade is quiet, but it has been much 

 worse than it is at the present time, and the (uitlook is favorable 

 for a good year after the first of January. 



Mr. R. H. Pease, president of the Goodyear Rubber Co., has 

 recently returned from an extended trip to Portland, Oregon, 

 where he found that business has been improving every week. 

 "The same can b.^ said of San Francisco." he said. "We are 

 waiting for the heavy rains, and if they will come early it will 

 give us a splendid business, as the retailers thr.;iig.iout the coun- 

 try are in a flourishing condition, the cnly trouble being that 

 they are now pretty heavily stocked up. and a few good rains 

 will enable them to sell off some so that they could increase their 

 orders. The mechanical business is improving and as soon as 

 there is enough water in the mountains to work the rnines we 

 look for a big increased business in that direction." 



Mr. H. C. Norton, of the Pacific Coast Rubber Co., at 418 

 .Mission street, states that business is increasing gradually and' 

 satisfactorily. He announces that on the first of November his. 

 firm will take over the lines of the Peerless Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., for the Pacific coa.^t, including the well-known "Rain- 

 bow" sheet packing. 



Mr. McNeilly, manager for the Barton Packing .'ind Rubber Co., 

 at No. 533 Howard street, states that this month has resulted 

 n a very good business; in fact, a big improvciuent. and if it 

 would only keep up, he would have no fault to find at all. 



The Phoeni.x Rubber Co. are now settled in their new loca- 

 tion on F'irst street, between Mission and Ho.vard, and very 

 commodious and convenient quarters they are. Mr. Kanzee, one 

 of the proprietors, is away for an extended trip in the Eastern 

 states, among the manufacturers. Mr. Ralph, his partner, is 

 away at the present time for a short trip in Santa Rosa, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Mr. Sargeant, local manager of the Gorham Rubber Co., re- 

 ports : "Our business is improving steadily, and we feel per- 

 fectly satisfied that by the beginning of the new year, not later 

 than February, the good old times will be revived. In fact, 

 nearly all of the rubber men are pinning their hopes on February 

 as the month which will see the biggest change for the better 

 of any we have \et had. Our collections are good and money 

 seems to be coming in better all round." Mr. Gorham is in Los 

 Angeles on business, and Mr. Parrish, sales manager, is still in 

 the Orient looking after trade. 



Mr. Perkins, of the Sterling Rubber Co., on Second street, 

 states that business is spasmodic, there being a w^eek or two of 

 goo^ business followed by almost a perfect vacuum. It is not 

 normal yet, he says, not as good as it should be at this time of 

 the year, and still it is much better than it has been, and is 

 getting better. Goods that can be used in the holiday trade are 

 having a big run and the holiday trade will be as good as in 

 tlie best of years. For the other rubber lines there will not be 

 much improvement until after the first of the year. 



L. L. Torrey, manager of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., is now 

 away on his Eastern trip, and is expected to return to this 

 city within two or three weeks. 



C. E. Mathcwson, Pacific coast manager of The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co., states that this firm will select a new location for its 

 uptown branch, now out on Golden Gate avenue. The branch 

 has for a long time been located in a temporary frame building, 

 but the new location, wdll also be out on Golden Gate or near 

 it. and in the vicinity of Van Ness avenue. Mr. Mathcwson is 

 preparing to take a run down to Los Angeles to look after the 

 branch store in that city. J. E. Argus, who has charge of the 

 firm's mechanical department, will also g" t" T f« \nijeles to 

 look after the mechanical lines there. 



.\utomobile tires are reaching such a state ot periection in the 

 marufacture, that whereas in automobile meets and races a cer- 

 tain large percentage of accidents were anticipated as a result of 

 defective tires, statistics show that no accident has happened on 

 this Coast this year during the racing season on account of faulty 

 tires. Attention may be called m this connection to the large 

 nunbcr of automobiles in this part cf the country in propor- 

 ti-n tn the population. 



