October 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



63 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S ISSUES. 



Trans.\ction.s on the Xcw York Stock Exchange for 

 weeks, ending September 14; 



Co.M.Mox Stock, $25,000,000. 



[The treasury of a subsidiary company holds $1,334,000.] 

 Last Dividend (special), .July 8, 1912 — 20%. 

 Week Aug. 31 Sales 3,475 shares IliKh 51J4 Low 

 Week Sept. 7 Sales 3,400 share.^ High 51 ;X Low 

 Week Sept. 14 Sales 2,500 shares High 51;'8 Low 

 For the year — High, 67^8, May 21; Low, 45^, February 1. 

 Last year— High, 4S'/i; Low, iO'A. 



I'lRST Preferred Stock, $39,824,400. 



Last Dividend, April 30, 1912—2%. 

 Week .'\ug. 31 Sales 430 shares Higli lOS's 

 Week Sept. 7 Sales 600 shares Hisli 1087^ 

 Week Sept. 14 Sales 510 shares High 108'';; 



For the year- High. 116, May 20; Low, 105 H. Ju'y 25. 



Last year — High, HSyi; Low. 104. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000 



Last Dividend, April 30, 1912— 1J^%. 

 Week Aug 31 Sales 100 shares Higli 79 

 Week Se[)t. 7 Sales .... shares 

 Week Sept. 14 Sales .... shares 



For the year — High. 85 K, May 21; Low 

 Last year — High, 79; Low, 66. 



Six Per Cent. Trist Gold Bonds, $18,000,000. 

 Outstanding of the 1908 issue of $20,000,000. 

 Week Aug. 31 Sales 38 bonds High 104.i'g Low 



Week Sept. 7 Sales 7 bonds Higli 104'.^ Low 



Week Sept. 14 Sales 38 bonds High 104'/i Low 



For the vcar— High, 105, February 24; Low, 103.>i, January 6. 

 Last year^High, 105; Low. 101-)4. 



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AN ENGLISH MARKET FOR AMERICAN TIRES. 



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the GOODYEAR TIRE COMPANY MAKING COATS. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has re- 

 cently embarked upon the manufacture of rubberized clothing 



and is now placing on the 

 market a variety of rubber 

 coats, one of which is 

 shown in the accompanying 

 illustration. The fabric, 

 which is imported, is thor- 

 oughly impregnated with 

 rubber, and this is done in 

 .-■uch a way that the mate- 

 rial does not stifTen, even 

 ;ifter the coat has been long 

 exposed to a pelting storm 

 and is thoroughly wet. 



TO KEEP AUTO-BUSSES FROM 

 SPLASHING. 



In London they are e.x- 

 perimenting with a splash- 

 guard to keep the heavy 

 auto-busses that run 

 through their sometimes 

 muddy streets from dis- 

 liguring- pedestrians on 

 adjacent sidewalks. These 

 splash guards consist of a 

 .screen made of a steel 

 mesh that is hung on the 

 hub of the wheel and 

 drops close to the ground. 

 The mud that is thrown up by the wheel, instead of going off 

 into space to hit any target, human or otherwise, that may 

 be at hand, strikes against the screen and does no damage. 

 Where mud-holes prevail in the roadways of a city, these 

 or siinilar guards are certainly desirable, but the absence of 

 mud-holes seems even a better and simpler solution of the 

 problem. 



Coat A1.\de by Goodyear Tire 

 AND Rubber Co. 



jV/IR. ALFRED HALSTEAD, American consul at Birming- 

 ^^'^ ham. England, made some interesting observations on 

 England as a tire market for American manufactures, in a re- 

 port which he recently sent to the State Department. In Mr. 

 Halstcad's opinion, there is an excellent market in the British 

 Isles for -American automobile tires, but it will take a crowbar 

 of gold to pry it open. Here's what he says : 



"The rapid growth of the automobile industry, the enorm'.nis 

 development in the manufacture of motorcycles, and the con- 

 tinued British use of the ordinary bicycle have made the United 

 Kingdom as good a market as there is for rubber tires of all 

 kinds as well as for other articles made of rubber that are re- 

 quired in these industries. There are, naturally, great British 

 linns that make rubber tires of all kinds, and they have also 

 been very successfully introduced by prominent continental 

 makers. 



Despite the large sales of American automobiles here, Amer- 

 ican tires have not been introduced into the United Kingdom to 

 the degree that might have been expected, especially as it is 

 stated that there is more actual rubber in the .American article 

 than there is in the British or European product, in which, it is 

 said, there is not more than 7 to 10 per cent, of rubber in the 

 outer casing and 35 per cent, in the inner tube, rubber substitutes 

 and filters being extensively used. If the trade in tires is to be 

 successfully cultivated by United States manufacturers, heavy 

 expenditure for advertising and other introductory measures 

 will be necessary, but should be preceded by investigations as to 

 the exact requirements of the market. American exporters may 

 not understand how important a part in the introduction of tires 

 and motor parts is played by hill-climbing and other tests and 

 races. Every such success is regarded as the best possible ad- 

 vertisement, and it is quite customary for drivers of automobiles 

 or riders of motorcycles to be in the employ of various firms and 

 to be paid a bonus for each win they make. 



"If tires are to be introduced by American firms, it will be 

 absolutely necessary for a trained organization to be created in 

 England, and the tactics pursued by British and other inakers 

 followed, with such modifications as American sales ingenuity 

 may deem desirable. The thorough introduction of tires by any 

 .American company will cost an immense amount of money for 

 advertising, racing expenses, etc.. and for many months there 

 would be no return ; but if the American tires are as good as 

 they are said to be. and prices right, success, when it comes, will 

 be great, even though delayed by the strong hold of British and 

 foreign tires on this market." 



DETROIT'S 1913 PRODUCTION OF MOTOR CARS. 



The Detroit makers of automobiles expect to add a third of 

 a million motor vehicles in 1913 to the number already in ex- 

 istence. A conference was recently held between representatives 

 of the various Detroit manufacturers and representatives of 

 the railroads, with a view to ascertaining how large a freight- 

 car equipment they would have to furnish. .After hearing that 

 the automobile makers expected to produce 330.000 automobiles 

 the representatives of the railroads decided that the 1913 Detroit 

 output would require over 100.000 freight cars. 



A record for TIRE ECONOMY. 



According to the Nebraska papers, there is a certain owner 

 of an automobile who lives in Norfolk in that state, who has 

 driven a car for four years at a total tire expense, covering all 

 repairs, of $2.70. Of this amount, $2.35 was caused by a puncture 

 made by a nail. If it had not been for that nail, the four years' 

 tire expense would have been 35 cents, or less than 9 cents a 

 year; and yet so much is said about the high cost of living. 



