January i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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= The employes of the shipping room of the Boston Rubber 

 Shoe Co. (Maiden, Massachusetts), on the evening of Decem- 

 ber 2, enjoyed a concert and dance organized by a committee of 

 their department, which was attended by about 125 couples. 



=:Mr. Harrison C. Frost, formerly of the Kevere Rubber Co., 

 and one of the best known rubber men in the United States, is 

 now with The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, as manager of 

 the e.xtensive mechanical goods department of this company. 



= The business of Thomas E. Greacen, wholesale boots, shoes, 

 and rubbers. No. 144 Duane street. New York, has been 

 merged into that of Morse & Rogers, No. 134 Duane street. 

 Mr. Greacen, who entered the wholesale trade in 1871, will be 

 a shareholder in the corporation of Morse & Rogers, but will 

 have no active part in the management. 



= Progress is reported in the organization of the company 

 mentioned in the last India RuiiiiKK Woki.d as being formed 

 at Lawrence. Massachusetts, for the manufacture of rubber foot- 

 wear. The parties interested are not yet in a position to make 

 any public announcement, but it is understood that machinery 

 is being installed in the premises in Lawrence sometime occu- 

 pied by the American Woolen Co. 



= Mr. F. X. Pund has retired as vice president and withdrawn 

 from The Queen City Supply Co. (Puchta, Pund & Co.), of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, disposing of his interest to Mr. George Puchta, 

 under whose management as president the business will be con- 

 tinued as heretofore. 



= Mr. E. H. Paine, manager of sales of the United States 

 Rubber Co., gave a dinner to the selling agents of the com- 

 pany on the evening of December 21, at the Hotel Astor, New 

 York. It was a delightful dinner, handsomely served, and 

 thoroughly enjoyed. The president of the company, Colonel 

 Samuel P. Colt, was the guest of honor, and in an after-dinner 

 talk gave the guests an encouraging statement of the condition 

 of the company's affairs. 



= Up to the time of going to press with this issue no news has 

 been received at New York of the arrival at Pard of Commo- 

 dore E. C. Benedict and party, whose sailing from New York 

 on the steam yacht Virginia was reported in the last India 

 Rubber World. 



the munford rubber tire co. goes to law. 

 Two suits were filed in the United States circuit court at 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 24, by The Munford Rubber 

 Tire Co., of Atlanta, Georgia, in which the defendants named 

 are rubber tire manufacturers. The Munford Rubber Tire Co., 

 by the way, succeeded at one time to the interests of The Fin- 

 ley Rubber Tire Co., of Atlanta, selling agents originally of the 

 Rubber Tire Wheel Co., who were then owners of the Grant 

 patent for solid rubber tires. The result of some former litiga- 

 tion in which The Munford Rubber Tire Co. was involved was 

 reported in The India Rubber World July i, 1902 (page 

 320), a decision having been rendered in the United States cir- 

 cuit court at Atlanta sustaining— in that jurisdiction — the 

 Grant patent. The first of the two new suits alleges a violation 

 of the Sherman anti trust act, which was recently construed in 

 a decision of the United States supreme court in the celebrated 

 Northern Securities case. There are named as defendants the 

 Rubber Tire Wheel Co. and ten manufacturing companies en- 

 gaged in the production of rubber tires, it being alleged that 

 they formed a combination illegal under the Sherman act by 

 controlling the supply and raising the prices of rubber tires in 

 restraint of trade among the several states. The combination 

 referred to evidently is that made under the license agreement 

 of September i. 1903, which came to an end within one year 

 from that date. The second of the suits by the Munford com- 



pany is directed against the Rubber Tire Wheel Co., an Ohio 

 corporation, and the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., a New Jer- 

 sey corporation, doing business in Ohio, and claims damages in 

 the sum of $72,000 for alleged breach of contract. It is claimed 

 that the defendant companies made large sales of their tires in 

 the district which was reserved to the Munford company as 

 their selling agents. 



THE NEW RUBBER SHOE PRICES. 

 The United States Rubber Co. have issued their lists for the 

 season of 1905. to take effect from January 2. This is the usual 

 season for the issue of these lists, though last year they were 

 delayed until February i, on account of the uncertainty at the 

 beginning of the year in the crude rubber market. It cannot 

 be said that the crude rubber market is now devoid of uncer- 

 tainty, but it is to be presumed that the new policy of the com- 

 pany in relation to covering their requirements in rubber well 

 in advance has rendered them more independent than former- 

 ly of fluctuations in prices. Without going into detail, it may 

 be stated that the new lists are practically without change ficm 

 last year, except that in a few items of men's boots, perfections 

 lumbermen's goods, and some other heavy goods, a reduction 

 has been made — generally about 20cents per pair. The printed 

 discount sheet repeats the figures which have been in effect 

 since June i, 1904, these being the figures intended to serve for 

 the whole year. Contracts with jobbers, however, allow an ex- 

 tra 5 per cent, discount for early orders, in keeping with the 

 policy of the company for several years past. The discounts to 

 retailers are as follows : 



First quality (except Woonsocket and Meyer) 25 @ 3^ 



Woonsocket and Meyer brands 25 @ 5 @ 3^ 



Second r,uality (except Rhode Island) 25 @ 10 @ 3^ 



Rhode Island brand 25 @ 10 @ 5 @ 3^ 



Colonial brand Net prices. 



Catalogues and price lists have been received for the follow- 

 ing constituent companies of the United States Rubber Co. : 



American Rubber Co Canobridgeport, Mass. 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co Bovton , Mass. 



L. Candee & Co New Haven, Conn. 



Goodyear's India- Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co New York. 



Jersey Rubber Co New Brunswick, N. J. 



Meyer Rubber Co New Biunswick, N. J. 



Wales- Goodyear Shoe Co Naugatuck, Conn' 



Woonsocket Rubber Co Woonsocket. R. I. 



Separate lists have been received of the " Connecticut " and 

 " Rhode Island " brands and also the " Unlisted List," covering 

 a number of specialties marketed by the United States Rubber 

 Co. 



MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS PRICES. 



Although the question of making an advance on mechani- 

 cal rubber goods has been discussed to a considerable extent 

 of late, it does not appear that any concert of action has been 

 agreed upon by the manufacturers in this field. Some of the 

 manufacturers during the month have withdrawn all former 

 quotations, as preliminary to making an advance to be deter- 

 mined by the necessities of the situation, but no special rate of 

 advance seems to have been made even by these firms. Cer- 

 tain other firms report that, in view of advances made some 

 months ago, they do not feel any necessity at present for mak- 

 ing another advance. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Dr. Alberto Pirelli of Milan, Italy, whose visit to the 

 United States was reported recently in these columns, writes to 

 The India Rubber World from Mandos, Brazil, near which 

 place he has been observing the processes of produciug crude 

 rubber. He expected to return to Italy in December. 



