December 



1904.] 



IHE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



97 



AMERICAN RUBBER SHOES IN CANADA. 

 At a meeting of the Rubber Boot and Shoe Jobbers' Asso- 

 ciation held in Toronto since our last report [says The Cana- 

 dian Shoe and Leather Journall the matter of the members of 

 the association agreeing to handle Canadian rubbers only was 

 again discussed. The manufacturers had requested that the 

 members of the Jobbers' Association pass a resolution agree- 

 ing to confine themselves to the product of Canadian factories. 

 The concensus of opinion among the jobbers present at the 

 meeting was that they could without any disadvantage to 

 themselves agree to handle Canadian rubbers only. The one 

 or two firms who take exception to the proposal, while not de- 

 sirous of specializing on American lines nor handling them ex- 

 tensively as long as they can make more money out of the 

 Canadian product, have an eye to future possibilities. As one 

 jobber stated, " While it is not probable that it will ever be 

 more advantageous for us to handle American goods, there 

 may arise some unusual circumstance whereby the foreign 

 goods could be brought in and handled here at a greater profit 

 than our goods, and we want to be in a position to take ad- 

 vantage of it ; that's what we are in business for." The dis- 

 cussion resulted in the passing of a clause whereby the mem- 

 bers of the association have agreed to give Canadian goods the 

 preference. 



THE DIAMOND RUBBER CO. (aKRON, OHIO.) 

 This is a corporation organized under the laws of West Vir- 

 ginia. The statement which follows was filed November 4, 

 1904, with the commissioner of corporations of Massachusetts, 

 as required of foreign corporations, by the laws of that state, 

 in connection with which the corresponding details filed a year 

 ago are stated : 



ASSETS. 



1904. 1903. 



Real estate % 402,436.50 $ 506,278 



Machinery 520,571.83 577,335 



Merchandise 243,624.09 350,865 



Manufactures, materials, etc 372,727.39 192,915 



Cash and debts receivable 572,856.52 626,560 



Patent rights 52,00000 52,000 



Stocks in other corporations 256,100.00 6,100 



Total $2,420,316.33 $2,312,053 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital stock issued $1,701,000.00 $1,701,000 



Accounts payable 7,546.32 2,745 



Floating indebtedness 241,138.34 123,597 



Surplus... 128,600.00 477i972 



Pay roll to October I .... 6,739 



Profit and loss. 342,031.67 .... 



Total $2,420,316.33 $2,312,053 



A PROPOSED NEW CANADIAN FACTORY. 

 The Peterboro Rubber Co., Limited, has been registered in 

 Canada, with $500,000 capital, for the purpose of engaging in 

 the manufacture of hard and soft rubber goods at Peterboro — 

 a town which, on account of the water power available, is be- 

 coming an important manufacturing center. The incorporators 

 are: Louis T. Vance, of Marion, Indiana; H. E. Andress, Ak- 

 ron, Ohio ; Robert Bailey, Bowmanville, Ontario ; Edward Val- 

 lentyne and F. Cohen, Toronto. It is understood that the cap- 

 ital is to be supplied principally from Chicago and Peterboro, 

 and to some extent from Akron. Mr. Vance, who was former- 

 ly employed by The B. F. Goodrich Co., and was later super- 

 intendent of a rubber plant in Marion, Indiana, has been elected 

 president and treasurer, and Mr. Bailey, secretary. They form 

 the directorate, with the addition of F. M. Atterbolt, of Akron. 

 Mr. Andress is an Akron lawyer who has been active in con- 

 nection with the incorporation of the new company. 



RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURING CO. 

 At a meeting of the directors in New York on November 22, 

 the twenty-third regular quarterly dividend of 1}^ percent, on 

 the preferred shares of the company was declared, payable out 

 of current earnings, on December 15,10 holders of record ol 

 December 6, 1904. Checks will be mailed to registered ad- 

 dresses. 



PROSPECTIVE ADVANCE IN LEATHER BELTING. 

 The eighteenth annual convention of the Leather Belting 

 Manufacturers' Association was held on November 16, at the 

 Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. Twenty-five firms were rep- 

 resented. Several papers on topics of interest to the trade were 

 read and discussed, and in the evening there was a banquet. 

 The officers were reelected : Edward P. Alexander, of Philadel- 

 phia, president; Edward H. Ball, of Chicago, vice president; 

 George H. Blake, No. 28 Ferry street. New York, secretary and 

 treasurer. Mr. Blake has served continuously as secretary 

 since the Association was started. It was voted not to revise 

 the list prices on leather belting, which have been in force since 

 1901, though the sentiment of the meeting was that it would be 

 proper for belt manufacturers to secure an additional 5 or 10 

 per cent, on finished belting, on account of the higher prices 

 which they are paying for leather. Such advances as may be 

 made, therefore, will be obtained by changing discounts, by 

 manufacturers acting each for himself. 



RUMORED REDUCTIONS ON TABLE OILCLOTHS. 

 Ru.MORS have been current in thetradethat the independent 

 table oilcloth concerns would make a reduction of 20 cents per 

 yard on all table oilcloth on and after December i. The so 

 called independent concerns include Thomas Potter, Sons & 

 Co., the Trenton Oilcloth and Linoleum Co., The George W. 

 Blabon Co., and the United Oil Cloth Co. It is understood 

 that the Standard Table Oil Cloth Co. will announce new prices 

 after December i, but no intimation has been received as to the 

 nature of any change that may be involved. The present prices 

 of the latter company were announced March i, 1904. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Bottlehot Bag Co. (New York), November 11, 1904, under 

 New York laws; capital, $1000. Directors: H. D. Williams, 

 G. W. Witzell, C. B. Wever, all of New York city. Tne object 

 is to market sickroom requisites, including the " Bottlehot " 

 water bottle described in The India Rubber World, October 

 I, 1904 (page 17). 



=The New Haven Rubber Works, Incorporated, November 

 10, 1904, under Connecticut laws; capital $50,000. Incorporat- 

 ors: Frank E. Bradley, Moniclair, New Jersey; Ernest D. 

 Steer, New Haven, and George M. AUerton, Waterbury, Con- 

 necticut. The India Rubber World is advised : "The in- 

 corporators will organize early in 1905, at which time a pro- 

 spectus will be given. The company is not antagonistic but 

 friendly to the Seamless Rubber Co." 



= Parquetry Rubber Tile Co. (Jersey City), October 22, 1904, 

 under New Jersey laws ; capital, $300,000. To deal in rubber 

 tiles and other rubber goods. Incorporators: George B. Cov- 

 ington and Bernard G. Heyn, No. 135 Broadway, New York; 

 Nellie R. Green, Elizabeth, N.J. 



= Eagle Rubber Cement Co. (Trenton), November 17, 1904, 

 under New Jersey laws ; capital authorized $125,000. Incorpo- 

 rators: Adolph BuUer, Emil BuUer, Nevin J. Loos. It is pro- 

 posed to build a factory in Trenton for making rubber cement 

 and shoe dressing. 



= Lambert Snyder Vibrator Co., November 21, 1904, under 

 New Jersey laws; capital, $5000. Incorporators: Stephen G. 



