January 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



215 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



A VERY FINE POETRAIT OF GOODYEAR. 



EVERYBODY familiar with Boston remembers the Good- 

 year Rubber House on School street. It was there for 

 many years and was one of the landmarks of the older city. 

 The proprietor of that rubber house was Robert Jossclyn, and he 

 had among his most prized possessions an old photograph of 

 Charles (joodycar, bearing his signature. A niece of Mr. Jos- 

 selyn, Miss Frances Chambcrlin, is a portrait painter of distinc- 

 tion, and she has reproduced a large portrait in oils from this 

 old photograph. The illustration below is a small reproduction 

 of this oil painting. 

 While this cut, of 

 course, gives but an 

 inadequate idea of the 

 painting, at the same 

 time it conveys at 

 least a suggestion of 

 the excellence with 

 which the work has 

 been done. Not only 

 is the face full of 

 character, but it is 

 unquestionably one of 

 the best likenesses ex- 

 tant of the famous 

 old rubber pioneer. 



TISE EXPORTS INCREASING. 



Tire exports from the United States show a substantial in- 

 crease for the year just passed over the preceding year. The 

 value of the exports for the first nine months of 1912 amounted 

 to $3,025,736 as against $2,375,268 for the same period in the 

 preceding year — being an increase of over 30 per cent. 



RUBBER IN CONGRESS. 



An appeal was re- 

 cently introduced in 

 Congress by Repre- 

 sentative Raker of 

 California, providing 

 for the appropriation 

 of $5,000 for the in- 

 vestigation and study 

 of the methods of 

 growing and testing 

 sage-brush and 

 grease-wood for the 

 production of rubber, 

 alcohol and acetic 

 acid. $5,000 will not 

 cover the normal ex- 

 penses of a large 

 number of inspectors 

 over a protracted 

 period of time, but 

 still, if the bill is 

 passed, it would be an 

 official recognition of 



the possibility of producing rubber from plants indigenous to the 

 United States. 



ITNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S FOOTWEAR PRICES, 1918. 



The United States Rubber Co. has issued its new gross price 

 list on Rubber Footwear, which goes into effect on January 1, 

 1913. The discounts are the same as those announced on 

 February 1, 1912, which include a premium of 5 per cent, for 

 early orders. 



Where certain styles are packed both in bulk and in cartons, 

 a common gross price has been made, which is the carton gross 

 price. This change vv'as made at the request of the wholesale 

 and retail trade of this country. 



A New Portrait of Goodyear. 



THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MFG. CO., OF TORONTO, LTD., TO Br 

 REORGANIZED. 



There is to be a reorganization of The Gutta Percha & Rubber 



Manufacturing Co. of 

 Toronto. Limited, 

 whose factories are 

 located in Toronto 

 (Parkdale). The re- 

 organization will take 

 effect as of January 

 1, 1913. The company 

 has carried on an ex- 

 tensive business 

 throughout Canada, 

 and by export to 

 various parts of the 

 world for over a 

 quarter of a century, 

 having been incor- 

 porated as a purely 

 Canadian industry 

 under the Ontario 

 Joint Stock Compan- 

 ies' Act in 1887. 



As the business of 

 the company grevr, it 

 became necessary to 

 open branches in 

 many places. At 

 some points these 

 branches were oper- 

 ated under the name 

 of "The Gutta Percha 

 & Rubber Mfg. Co. of 

 Toronto, Ltd.," but in 

 the Prairie P r o v- 

 inces the business has 

 been conducted at 

 Winnipeg and Cal- 

 gary through a sub- 

 sidiary company. The 

 Winnipeg Rubber 

 Co., Ltd., and in 

 British Columbia 

 through another subsidiary company, the Vancouver Rubber 

 Co., Ltd. The directors and shareholders of the company 

 have now decided to operate in all its branches under one name 

 and at the same time adequately care for and develop its very 

 large and constantly increasing business. To this end, appli- 

 cation has been made for a Dominion charter under the name 

 "Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited," with an authorized capital 

 of $6,000,000. The new company will be controlled by the same 

 interests and be under the same management as the old. It will 

 acquire all the trade-marks, patents, properties and good-will 

 of the old company and. as heretofore, will be an entirely in- 

 dependent concern without connection or affiliation with any 

 other company in or out of Canada. 



