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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1913. 



DON'T MAKE BALATA BELTING. 



In a paragrapli in the .August i.ssue of this publication on 

 balata belting, which gave the names of a few of the manufac- 

 turers of this belting in the United States, the Xew York Belt- 

 ing and Packing Co. was included, this information appearing to 

 come from reliable sources ; but a letter has since been received 

 from that company saying that this was an error and making 

 the statement: "We do not make balata belting, nor do we 

 recommend its use." 



MAKING BALATA BELTING IN MANHEIM. 



Mr. W. J. Glendenning, the works manager of the Manheim 

 Manufacturing and Belting Co.. of Manheim, Pennsylvania, 

 sailed for England on the 20th of .\ugust for a brief holiday, 

 expecting to return by the end of September. Mr. Glendenning 

 came to this country two years ago to start the Manheim works 

 in the manufacture of "Veelos" balata belting. The company 

 has been very successful in this sort of manufacture, and its 

 sales of balata belting have constantly increased. The presi- 

 dent of the company is Charles Bond, of Philadelphia, and the 

 general manager and treasurer is M. G. Hess, of Manheim. 



AMERICAN HANI) SEWED SHOE CO. 



The -\nierican Hand Sewed Shoe Co., of Omaha, Xeliraska, 

 has manufactured leather shoes for the last thirty years, and 

 in addition to this work it has been a large distributor of rubber 

 footwear. The "Omaha Xews," puljlished in that city, in its 

 issue of .\ugust 8 contained the following paragraph : 



"Damaged credit, due t<> unfortunate investments, close money 

 conditions, and the prolonged illness of .A. T. .\ustin, president 

 of the corporation, has forced the American Hand Sewed Shoe 

 Co. of Omaha into straitened financial circumstances. There 

 is some question as to whether the lirm will continue in business, 

 A. .\. McClure. the manager, stated. -A reorganization is sure 

 in any event. Mr. .\ustin will probably not continue as head of 

 the company. The largest creditor is the United States Rubber 

 Co. The .American Hand Sewed Shoe Co. was organized here 

 in 1884 by -A. T. Austin, the present head." 



Later advices from Oinaha state that Mr. R. F. Spencer, the 

 comptroller of the United States Rubber Co.. has spent quite a 

 good deal of time in that city trying to straighten out the shoe 

 company's affairs, and the information is added that if the com- 

 pany resumes business it will lie operated by the United States 

 Rubber Co. 



A THREE-DAYS' CONVENTION WITH SIXTY SPEAKERS. 



President H. M. Swetland of tlic Federation of Trade Press 

 Associations in the United States announces that the program 

 has been completed for the eighth annual convention at the Hotel 

 ' Astor, New York, September 18 to 20. Acceptances have been 

 received from over sixty speakers of national reputation in the 

 manufacturing, selling, advertising and publishing fields. There 

 will be fifty ten-minute addresses at the editorial, circulation, 

 advertising and publishing symposiums on vital questions affect- 

 ing all those who have dealings with the business press of 

 .America. 



Other features of the convention will be an exhibit of success- 

 ful class, technical and trade journal advertising campaigns, a 

 Inisiness meeting at which will be told the inside stories of 

 the big trade paper publishing successes and an "inspirational 

 mass-meeting" with addresses by representative business and 

 professional men on subjects of live interest to editors, publishers 

 and advertisers. All the regular sessions of the convention will 

 be opeh, but tickets must be secured for tlic "insjjirational mass- 

 meeting." These may be obtained from any member of the 

 Federation or from W. H. Ukers. chairman of the Committee on 

 Arrangements. 79 Wall street. Xew A'ork. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 

 .An ordinance wbicli has been passed by several .Alabama cities, 

 after some agitation by the local automobile clubs, makes liable 

 to a fine of from $25 to $100 anyone found guilty of placing in the 

 street any article that might do injury to automobile tires. 



The Knight Tire and Rubber Co. of Canton, Ohio, has recently 

 established a branch in St. Louis, Missouri, to handle its product 

 in that city and vicinity, under the name of The Knight Tire Co. 



The machinery of the Leicester Rubber Co., formerly of 

 Trenton, Xew Jersey, is being moved as rapidly as possible to 

 the company's new location at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, and 

 operation of the plant at this latter point is expected to com- 

 mence early in September. 



A new rubber industry is to be started at Regina, Saskatche- 

 wan, it being the intention of the Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. 

 Co., Ltd., of Toronto, Ontario, to open a branch in that city. If 

 arrangements satisfactory to the company can be consummated, it 

 purposes budding a new plant, and negotiations tending to this 

 end are now under way with the Mayor of the city. 



Certificate of incorporation has been issued to the Amazon 

 Rubber Co., under which it is authorized to engage in the busi- 

 ness of rubberizing cloth, manufacturing rubber goods, auto 

 supplies, rubber boots and shoes, rubber surgical supplies, etc. 

 The authorized capital stock of the company is $100,000, and 

 the incorporators, all of whom are residents of St. Louis, are: 

 \V. H. Schewe, Carl G. Schwarz. E. F. Schewe. H. F. Schewe, 

 and .Andrew Peterson. The company's plant located at Switzer 

 avenue and the Wabash Railway tracks, St. Louis, Missouri, 

 will be in operation by November. 



-An estimate of the quantity of tires that will be needed to equip 

 the 1913 output of the Ford factory places the number at 800.000. 

 This would indicate that the Ford people expect to market about 

 200,000 cars this year. 



Building contracts have been entered into for a number of 

 cottages at Hanover, Massachusetts, to be erected by the E. H. 

 Clapp Ruliljcr Co. of that place for occupancy by its factory 

 operatives and their families. The lack of suitable homes has 

 been a contributing element in the difficulty experienced in the 

 past by this concern in securing or retaining desirable employes, 

 and it is hoped _tilat by these building operations this condition 

 may be relieved. A number of the cottages are to be ready for 

 tenancy by September 1. 



The employes of the Tyer Rubber Co., of Andover, Massachu- 

 setts, held their annual outing this year on Saturday afternoon, 

 August 9, assembling in Boston and proceeding thence to Nan- 

 tasket. In addition to the usual features which go to make the 

 success of the average outing, one of special interest was afforded 

 in this case, on both the outgoing and return trips, l)y the spec- 

 tacle, off Governor's Island, of the burning of a steamboat. 



The Detroit Rubber Co.'s business in the city from which it 

 takes its name is now in charge of Mr. Louis K. Rittenhouse, 

 who for some time previously had held a position in the com- 

 pany's Boston branch. 



The management of the Philadelphia branch of the Republic 

 Rubber Co. — left open by the disappearance some time ago of 

 J. W. Lyman — has been filled by the appointment of B. C. Swine- 

 hart, former manager of the Cleveland division, to that post. 

 The bu-siness of this company in the northwest will hereafter be 

 taken care of from its station at 13th and Hennepin avenues, 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota, to which point it has moved from St. 

 Paul. 



Plans are 1)eing considered by the Ohio Seamless Tube Co.. 

 of Shelby, Ohio, for additions and extensions the cost of 

 which is approximated at $400,000, and for the opening of a 

 stock warehouse at Detroit, Michigan. This expansion is 

 planned with a view to securing automobile trade. 



