February 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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the past few weeks they have been making up for lost time. 

 They are also coming in with some payments which in some 

 cases have been long past due. They always prefer to do busi- 

 ness on the jobbers' capital if possible. Consequently the job- 

 bers feel that conditions are much better than ihcy were a few 

 weeks ago, and that the outlook is favorable. 



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The Gorham-Reverc Rubber Co. held a big gathering of Pa- 

 cific Coast salesmen at San I'rancisco on the 20th and 21st of 

 last month. There were 65 men in attendance and it was the 

 largest gathering of its kind ever attempted on the Pacitic Coast. 

 There were salesmen from the company's branch stores at Spo- 

 kane, Seattle, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Portland and other points ; 

 including one salesman each from Australia and Alaska. C. C. 

 Case, vice-president of the Revere Rubber Co., attended the 

 meeting and addressed the men. 



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The Cradley Rubber Supply Co. has moved from the store at 

 the foot of California street to a new and better location at 315 

 Market street. Here the firm is looking more to the retail trade 

 than before, owing to the prominence of the location, and many 

 lines of handy retail articles have been added to the stock, 'in- 

 cluding rubber boots and shoes. 



W. E. Grithths. the secretary of the American Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., died on Saturday, the 11th of January, very sud- 

 denly and unexpectedly. He was a very popular man in the 

 trade and his death is greatly regretted by all who knew him. 



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Mr. R. H. Pease, senior, president of the Goodyear Rubber 

 Co., and Mr. Watson, the treasurer of the company, started last 

 week for Portland to make their regular winter tour of inspec- 

 tion. Mr. R. H. Pease, Jr., reports that the present rains will 

 make a big difference in the boot and shoe business for this year. 



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W. T. Powell, Pacific Coast district manager for the Goodyear 

 Tire and Rubber Co., has returned to San Francisco from his 

 business trip through the Northwest territory. He reports that 

 the branches located in Portland, Seattle and Spokane are enjoy- 

 ing a flourishing business. His company has four branch houses 

 in California. "We expect to soon open branches in Fresno and 

 Sacramento also," he said, "and this will give us a larger number 

 of agencies in active operation than any other tire company on 

 the coast." 



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The Chanselor & Lyons Co., a well known automobile supply 

 house, has recently incorporated with a capital stock of $200,- 

 000.00. The incorporators are W. G. Chanselor, W. A. Avery, 

 P. H. Lyons and H. D. McCoy. 



* * * 



Henry Auger of the Chanselor & Lyons Co., has left with his 

 wife for a trip to the manufacturing centers of the east. Mr. 

 Auger was recently made the head of the purchasing department 

 of this company, and the fact that the company has incorporated 

 for the purpose of centralizing its business management in San 

 Francisco for all of the branch stores, makes this position all 

 the more important. 



* * * 



The Fire Commissioners of San Francisco have accepted the 

 bid of the Bowers Rubber Works of this city for 20,000 feet of 

 2^ inch hose, the total cost being about $17,000.00. 



* * * 



The Diamond Rubber Co. is making an important advertising 

 feature of the immense new electric sign which the company has 

 recently erected on the top of the Hughes Building on Market 

 street. Th advertisement shows a great revolving wheel, and 

 advertises the non-skid qualities of the Diamond tire. Then in 



the Sunday papers the company has taken full pages showing a 

 photograph of the electric sign standing high in the air. To 

 further draw attention to the tires an offer of $100.00 cash is 

 made to the person who can guess the number of electric lights 

 actually used in the display. 



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The statement was made in this column in the December 

 issue that Mr. Henry Byrne was no longer connected with 

 the Quaker City Rubber Co., having recently accepted a posi- 

 tion with the Plant Rubber and Supply Co. Mr. Byrne writes 

 from Los Angeles that the only change that has been made 

 in the Squire & Byrne Rubber Co. is this: that Mr. Squire 

 has taken charge of the San Francisco office, while Mr. Byrne 

 has taken the management of the Los Angeles branch. The 

 lirm still represent the Quaker City Rubber Co., in California. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By a Resident Corresfondent. 

 pRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON'S statement anent "Big Busi- 

 ^ ness" at a recent dinner in Chicago, and his later utterances 

 against Wall street, have not had any material effect on the rub- 

 ber industry according to the declarations of local manufacturers 

 who, now that the anxiety attendant upon a Presidential election 

 has subsided, have settled down to business in earnest. The 

 opinion prevails that the year will be fully as prosperous for the 

 local rubber industries as was 1912, and many of the factories are 

 reaching out for trade in new and untried foreign territory. 

 Practically all of the local plants are running full-handed and 

 many are working day and night shifts of operatives. The Ther- 

 moid Rubber, United and Globe Rubber, Woven Hose Co., Em- 

 pire Rubber and Tire Co., Essex Rubber Co., Home Rubber Co. 

 and Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. are working day and night to 



keep abreast of the volume of orders. 



* * * 



Representatives of the Department of Labor at Washington 

 who made inspection of the local manufacturing plants recently, 

 declared through the newspapers that the factory laws as regards 

 sanitation, blowers and employment of boys and girls were 

 obeyed more closely in this city than in most manufacturing 

 centers. 



In practically all of the local plants much attention is given 

 to sanitation and safety of the operatives. The Employers' 

 Liability Law, which has been in force in this State the past year, 

 has caused many concerns to exercise great care in the safe- 

 guarding of the employees. The majority of the plants have 

 installed lunch rooms for the operatives and provided other ac- 

 commodations which are appreciated by the employees. 



* * * 



The Empire Rubber and Tire Co. has marketed a new tire 

 which bids fair to be a tremendous seller. The factory managers 

 have been working to perfect this new tire for the past six 

 months, and hard road tests have convinced the designers that 

 the tire is a success in every particular. Much favorable com- 

 ment on it was heard at the recent Garden Show. 



The large number of orders booked for this new make of auto 

 tire will engage the running capacity of the local plant for some 

 months to come, and with the orders for other makes of tires 

 and accessories means a solid year's work ahead for the opera- 

 tives, it being necessary to work day and night shifts in some 

 of the departments to get out the orders for early delivery. 



In the manufacture of the new "Red Tire" the Empire com- 

 pany adopted the same compound that made the "Imperial Em- 

 pire Tire" famous in the auto w'orld. While the new tire com- 

 mands something like 15 per cent, above the price asked for 

 ordinary tires, the demand for the "Red Tire" gives the company 

 the impression that the trade is perfectly willing to pay the ad- 

 ditional cost ; realizing that the durability of the tire warrants the 

 additional outlay. 



