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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1913. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Motz Tire and Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, which has 

 hitherto been represented in New England by an agency, has 

 now established a branch factory in Boston. 



The Bourne Rubber Co., of Providence, Rhode Island, has 

 commenced the manufacture of automobile tires, its product being 

 designated as the "Bourne-Goodyear" tire. It has, however, no 

 connection with any other tire company. 



The Tire Core Co., of America, New York, the Eastern dis- 

 tributor of the Dahl tire filler, has filed schedules in bankruptcy. 



Contracts have been awarded for the erection of a factory 

 building at Clermont and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn, by A. 

 Schrader's Sons, Inc., makers of the well known Schrader 

 valves and tire gages. 



The Etablissements Bergougnan, of Clermont-Ferrand, France, 

 the large tire makers, are preparing to open a branch selling 

 office in New York City, for the purpose of introducing their 

 tires in the American trade. They are said to contemplate sub- 

 sequently establishing a factory in America. 



The Seamless Rubber Co. have removed from 2007 Broadway, 

 to 250 West Fifty-fourth street. New York, from which address 

 the entire United States sales are now handled; the offices of 

 the company being also located there. 



The Atlas Tire Co., New York, has been registered to deal 

 in motor car tires. 



The Dayton .Airless Tire Co., of Dayton, Ohio, has recently 

 opened a branch at 803 Race street, Cincinnati. 



The McNauU Automobile Tire Co., of Toledo, Ohio, has in- 

 creased its capital from $50,000 to ?7S,000. 



The Detroit Puncturine Company, recently incorporated, is 

 making a compound intended to heal punctures in tires, and 

 cure in the envelope. 



A meeting of the stockholders of the McGraw Tire Co., of 

 Pittsburgh, is called for January 27, to consider a change in 

 the by-laws. 



The Dayton Airless Tire Sales Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, has 

 been incorporated to deal in automobile tires and supplies. 



For the cultivation of south western business, the Cutting 

 Motor Car Co., of Jackson, Michigan, is about to establish a 

 factory at Kansas City; from which point the trade of Missouri, 

 Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico will be handled. 



The L. & M. Co-operative Tire Association, Chicago, has been 

 registered under Illinois laws, to deal in motor car tires. 



Various changes are reported in the western staff of the 

 Diamond Rubber Co. H. M. Fauvre has been promoted from 

 the management of the Indianapolis branch to that of the Chicago 

 branch, being succeeded at the former point by O. C. Reavell, 

 from the Kansas City office. 



The Universal Wheel Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana, making punc- 

 tureless auto wheels, has let the contract for the erection of 

 its $150,000 plant. 



The Heilbron Rubber Co. has opened up premises at East 

 Union street, Pasadena, California, where "Gibraltar" tires will 

 be kept in stock. 



Ballon & Wright, the well-known Portland (Oregon) job- 

 bers, are about to open a branch store in Seattle, Washington, 

 under the management of A. J. Jones, former manager of the 

 United States Tire Co.'s branch at the latter point. 



The Mosher Rubber Co., of Los Angeles, has been purchased 

 by Franz O. Nelson, former branch manager of the Diamond 

 Rubber Co., and Frank T. Price, a Diamond tire adjuster. They 

 will deal in tires and perform vulcanizing work. 



RUBBER IMPORTS NOW AND TEN YEARS AGO. 



The value of manufacturers' materials imported into this 

 country during the year 1912 exceeded $900,000,000— or double 

 what it was ten years ago. Of this great importation about 

 $100,000,000 will represent the importation of crude rubber. The 

 figures for the entire year are not now at hand, but for the ten 

 months ending with October 31, the crude rubber imports 

 amounted to 97,000,000 pounds valued at $82,000,000 which would 

 bring the total for the year about 120,000,000 pounds with a 

 valuation close to the $100,000,000 mark. The figures for the 

 same ten months of 1902 were 41,000,000 pounds with a valu« 

 of $20,000,000. 



RUBBER LEADS IN RAW MATERIAL IMPORTS. 



.'Vccording to advance sheets of the statistics for the fiscal 

 year 1912, the imports of the principal raw materials for that 

 year were : 



India rubber, gutta percha and 



substitutes $105,034,556 



Hides and skins 102,371,585 



Silk ■ 69,796,848 



Chemicals, etc 58,167,903 



Tin 46,227,460 



Copper 45,045,222 



Wool 14.454,234 



Rubber thus takes the lead among industrial raw materials 

 imported; being with the exception of cofifee, the largest article 

 of import. 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE RUBBER. 



The total is given below of the imports of crude rubber into 

 the United States for the 12 months ending June 30, during the 

 last three years, and for the 10 months ending October 31, for 

 the same period. It will be noticed that the imports for 1911 

 were materially below those for 1910, but that the increase for 

 1912 carried the figure considerably beyond that for 1910. 



FOR FISCAL YE.'\RS ENDING JUNE 30. 



Pounds. 



1910 101,044,681 



1911 72,046,260 



1912 110,210,173 



FOR TEN MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER 31. 



Pounds. 



1910 77,691,446 



1911 66,334,189 



1912 97,308,544 



THE REPORT FROM PUTAMAYO. 



Consul Stuart Fuller, who was sent by the American govern^ 

 ment to investigate the atrocities in the Putamayo district in 

 Peru, and particularly to discover if — as has been stated by the 

 Peruvian government — these atrocities have been entirely stopped, 

 has returned to the United States with his report. He reached 

 Washington on December 23, and immediately conferred with 

 the officials of the State Department. The contents of his re- 

 port have not been made public, but there is ground for the sur- 

 mise that cruelty is still being practised upon the defenceless 

 natives in that unhappy country; and it is believed that the re- 

 port presents a very delicate problem for the State Department 

 to handle; especially as many of the rubber gathering interests 

 in that country are in the hands of British citizens. 



THE JANUARY AUTO SHOWS. 



As noted in The India Rubber World of December, the auto- 

 mobile manufacturers will hold their annual shows from Janu- 

 ary 11 to January 25. The two shows will take place concur- 

 rently in Madison Square Garden and at the Grand Central 

 Palace; the second week, beginning January 20, being specially 

 devoted to motor trucks, delivery wagons and accessories. The 

 Chicago show follows from February 1 to 8. 



