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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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" All prices and discounts are subject to change without notice," 

 and the discounts are not guaranteed. The Canadian Shoe and 

 Leather Journal points out that the new lists vary very little 

 from those of last season ; 26 lines are listed lower this year and 

 about the same number a little higher. The decreased prices 

 relate mainly to boots and lumbermen's goods, as isalso the case 

 in the new lists in the United States. The same journal men- 

 tions the fact that last year each of the rubber shoe factories in 

 the Dominion developed considerable new business, which it 

 regards as evidence of the marked development of the trade in 

 that branch, ft also proves that slaughter prices do not, as a 

 rule, induce trade. During the past few years, with staple shoe 

 prices, there has been a much larger gain in trade than in 

 former years when price conditions were less well regulated. 



PUSHING THE SALE OF GORED .SHOES. 



An educational campaign in the interest of shoes made with 

 elastic gores has been made recently in parts of New England by 

 representatives of the Elastic Goring Weavers Amalgamated 

 Association of America. Two members of the Brockton union 

 spoke at a recent meeting of the Lowell Trades and Labor 

 Council, and similar addresses have been made elsewhere. 

 Their intention is to have local dealers lay in stocks of the 

 rubber-gored shoes, and by advocating their merits among 

 working people work up a demand for them. Similar appeals 

 to the members of labor organizations have been made at vari- 

 ous times since the Elastic Goring Weavers first formed their 

 union, in 18S5. 



THE merchants' ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. 



This association, organized in 1S97, having for its fundamen- 

 tal object "To foster the trade and welfare of New York," has 

 now attained a membership of nearly 800, embracing represen- 

 tative houses in every important branch of New York com- 

 merce. The membership list embraces the following firms and 

 corporations connected with the rubber and allied trades : 

 American Hard Rubber Co. Hodgman Rubber Co. 



George Borgfeldt & Co. I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co. 



The Celluloid Co. New York Rubber Co. 



A. VV. Faber. Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 



Eberhard Faber. United States Rubber Co. 



The B. F. Go-drich Co. of New Vulcanized Rubber Co. 



York. Whitall Tatura Co. 



Goodyear's India-rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. 



The annual report of the association for 1904 refers to a wide 

 number of topics in relation to which investigations have been 

 made or movements put on foot to secure action by the munic- 

 ipal, state, or national authorities, with a view to benefiting 

 not only the merchants but the general public. A review of 

 this work indicates that the results accomplished have fully 

 justified the existence of the body, and afford a sound basis for 

 its call for a larger membership. 



FORTY YEARS IN THE RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



Mr. Warren A. Greene, manager of the Lambertville Rub- 

 ber Co. (Lambertville, New Jersey), recently completed the 

 fortieth year of his connection with that company. The busi- 

 ness was started in i860, but was closed for a time during the 

 civil war, on account of the parties chiefly interested having 

 gone into the army. The factory was reopened in 1865, since 

 which time it has experienced a steady growth, the number of 

 employes having increased from about 20 to over 450. In 

 response to a request from The India Rubber World for 

 some statement regarding the growth of the company Mr. 

 Greene said : 



" In the effort to achieve success we have kept two things 

 principally in view: First, to build up a reputation for goods 

 of the very best quality and to maintain that standard, ignoring 

 as far as possible the cheaper grades. Second, to establish a 



degree of harmony between employers and employes .that 

 tends to permanency in their relations and to assure prosperity 

 to both." 



AMERICAN ASBESTOS. 



The New York Commercial says ; " The American Asbestos 

 Co., of Bedford City, Virginia, recently made a shipment of 100 

 tons of fiberized asbestos to Hamburg, and another order for 

 40 tons to the same place is now being filled. The mines are 

 in Franklin County, Va., where the company has erected a 

 $40,000 plant." 



INTERNATIONAL A. & V. TIRE CO. — FIRE. 



REGARniNG a newspaper report of a fire in the plant of this 

 company, at Milltown, New Jersey, on March 21, the company 

 advise The India Rubber World : " The building destroyed 

 was a detached warehouse used for storage purposes only. No 

 manufacturing was done in this building, and in our main plant, 

 which consists of four large brick buildings with boiler plant 

 and fire room attached, not even a pane of glass was broken. 

 Our regular routine of manufacturing and shipping was not in- 

 terrupted for a moment." 



NEW PREMISES OF THE OHIO RUBBER CO. 



The Ohio Rubber Co. (Cleveland) are changing the location 

 of their business for the reason that, as at present situated, the 

 different departments are too much scattered, and they lack 

 sufficient room. Their wholesale business and general offices 

 will be removed about May i to Nos. 100-102 St. Clair street — 

 a five story building with basement, 40X120 feet, and equipped 

 with plant for furnishing light, heat, and power. The offices 

 will be on the ground floor. Their new retail store, at No. 348 

 Erie street, to be opened about April 10, is intended to be one 

 of the best retail establishments in their line in the whole 

 country. They will carry everything in rubber, making a spec- 

 ialty of automobile apparel, and also give particular attention 

 to golf and other sporting goods. 



THE DAYTON RUBBER CO — FACTORY FOR SALE. 



The assignees of The Dayton Rubber Co. (Dayton, Ohio) 

 offer lor sale the entire plant and equipment ol the company, 

 consisting ol boilers, engine, rubber machinery, and office fur- 

 niture, on Saturday, April 15. The plant is entirely new, the 

 same having never been operated, and has been valued by the 

 appraisers of the estate at $27,086,58. Two patents for tires, 

 owned by the company, are offered for sale separately. Further 

 details will be found in the advertising pages of this Journal. 

 =^^=In connection with the embarrassment of this company, 

 mention was made recently in these pages of suits brought 

 against certain subscribers to the stock of the company to com- 

 pel the payment of their subscriptions. Harrie N. Reynolds, 

 who is a defendant in such a suit, has filed an answer in a Cin- 

 cinnati court, stating that he knew the company's affairs were 

 soon to be wound up, and asking that before any shareholders 

 are required to pay, the assets be sold and the proceeds applied 

 to the indebtedness. 



INTERNATIONAL RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 

 William T. Baird, trustee of the estate of the Interna- 

 tional Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey), 

 in bankruptcy, has filed his final account, showing assets of 

 $22,170.60, which amount is applicable to the payment of ex- 

 penses of administering said estate, and the payment of divi- 

 dends, and a meeting of creditors has been called for April 3, 

 at 2 P. M., at the ofiice of Edwin A. S. Lewis, referee in bank- 

 ruptcy, at Hoboken, to pass upon said account and declare a 

 dividend upon the claims of the creditors. The company re- 

 ferred to was incorporated in New Jersey, September 29, 1902, 

 with an authorized capital of $100,000, and began the manu- 



