March 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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valves. The celebrated black and "Jenarco" rubber packing and 

 the valve discs are also sorted out for instant filling of orders. 

 Mr. Stiles has been with this house 25 years, and manager of 

 the Boston store 16 jears, being for most of this time a director 

 in the Jenkins Bros, corporation and the Jenkins Rubber Co., of 

 Elizabeth, New Jersey. 



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Next door, at 520, the Arco Rubber Co. has opened a jobbing 

 house for the distribution in New England of the clothing and 

 footwear manufactured by the Apsley Rubber Co., of Hudson. 

 Massachusetts. This store is a commodious one, well lighted 

 both in front and rear. It is fitted up in oak, conveniently ar- 

 ranged with ofHces and sample rooms at the front, while the main 

 part of the floor and basement is arranged to carry, sorted out, 

 all the lines represented in the catalogs of the company. The 

 store is in charge of Mr. H. G. Cressinger, who has been con- 

 nected with the Apsley interests for some years. This jobbing 

 house will cover New England by means of a corps of salesmen, 

 who will undoubtedly still further extend the sale of the well 

 known lines of rubber clothing and the various brands of rubber 



boots and shoes made by the Apsley company. 



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The New England Leather and Shoe Finders' Association 

 held its annual business meeting and banquet at the American 

 House on the 13th ultimo. Among those who participated in the 

 meeting or attended the banquet which followed were quite a 

 number of gentlemen connected with the rubber heel business, 

 which is becoming quite an industry. The Foster Rubber Co., 

 with its usual enterprise, furnished the cigars for the banquet 

 and these were distributed in envelopes emblazoned with the 

 cat trade mark of the house. The White Rock Water and the 

 champagne were furnished with the compliments of Mr. F. W. 

 Whitcher, of the company bearing his name, manufacturers of 

 the Velvet rubber heel. The O'Sullivan Rubber Co. distributed 

 to each guest a neat silver key chain with a number tag to be 

 registered so that if the keys are lost they can be returned. 



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The new reinforced concrete building of the United States 

 Tire Co., at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Beacon 

 street, is nearly completed and already the sign of the company 

 is emblazoned on both fronts. The building is somewhat wedge- 

 shaped and not very wide at the junction of the two avenues; 

 and with the large plate-glass windows will be one of the best 

 lighted establishments of the kind in the city. It is also one of 

 the best situated at the very beginning or entrance to that sec- 

 tion which is fast becoming the recognized automobile centre of 

 the city. 



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The Fisk Rubber Co., of Chicopee Falls, in this State, which 

 late last fall gave up its Delaware charter as a $5,000,000 corpora- 

 tion, and reincorporated under Massachusetts laws with an 

 authorized capital of $10,000,000, is now Iiaving constructed a 

 new storage house, 240 by 90 feet, three stories and basement, of 

 steel, brick and concrete, to be completed by June or July. This 

 building, which is to cost $400,000, will be parallel to the tracks 

 of the Boston and Maine Railroad and a new siding will be built, 

 giving facilities for loading ten or twelve cars at one time. Their 

 mill No. 7 is being enlarged by the addition of two more stories, 

 thus enabling the company to materially increase its manufactur- 

 ing facilities — a necessary measure with the present steadily in- 

 creasing demand. 



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Hon. L. D. Apsley, president of the .\psley Rubber Co., was 

 tendered a banquet recently by the Progressive Committee of 

 the town of Hudson and the Progressive Glee Club, which did 

 active duty during the last political campaign. Mr. Apsley, dur- 

 ing his term in Congress and ever since has been a close personal 

 friend of e.x-President Roosevelt and he was a strong advocate 

 for the principles of the Progressive party ; but he is reported to 



have positively declined to allow his name to be used in con- 

 nection with any political office, preferring to remain a private 

 citizen and confine his activities to his own steadily growing 

 manufacturing and mercantile business. 



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The Boston Chamber of Commerce has planned a most im- 

 portant and interesting trip to and across South America, start- 

 ing from Boston April 25 and lasting until July 30, during which 

 eighteen important cities will be visited in six South American 

 countries. It will give the tourists an opportunity to study at 

 close range the possibilities of increased trade between the United 

 States and tlicse countries. Prominent in the committee in 

 charge is William H. Gleason, of the Revere Rubber Co., who is 

 doing his full share of the work of securing recognition for those 

 who w-ill take the tour, among the representative business or- 

 ganizations in the various cities visited. Letters have been re- 

 ceived from the officials of the various South American govern- 

 ments promising most hospitable welcome. 



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The strike of the garment w-orkers last month in this city has 

 hit the rubber trade. The raincoat makers' union of the I. W. W. 

 announced a strike and a number of concerns had the experience 

 of seeing their workmen and workwomen walk out. Up to the 

 present time but few of the large producers have had any very- 

 serious trouble with their help. 



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The Monatiquot Rubber Works Co. is to build a two-story 

 store house near its factory at South Braintree, Massachusetts. 

 In digging for the cellar a fine quality of granite was discovered 

 and this incipient quarry has been drawn upon for stone for the 

 foundation of the building. The structure will be 70 feet wide 

 and extend 140 feet along the railroad siding, thus facilitating the 

 shipment of goods. 



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The Boston Retail Shoe Merchants' Association at its regular 

 monthly meeting on February 13 held a rubber shoe night, 

 when the members were addressed by Geo. H. Mayo, of the 

 Hubmark Rubber Co.; A. S. Foster, formerly of Lamkin & 

 Foster, now in charge of the rubber department of Winch 

 Brothers Co.; George Hutchinson, of Clark-Hutchinson Co., and 

 Fred F. Schafler, superintendent of the Goodyear India Rubber 

 Glove Co.'s factory at Naugatuck, who told the retail shoe 

 dealers a heap of facts about rubber boots and shoes, which were 

 of interest. The question of multiplicity of styles, the necessity 

 of fit, and the methods of manufacture were the main topics 

 considered. 



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The steady and continued increase of business in the clothing 

 department of the Enterprise Rubber Co., of this city, has com- 

 pelled the enlargement of their sample room devoted to this line 

 of goods. This has been accomplished by moving their sample 

 lines of druggists' hard rubber goods to another location and 

 throwing the space thus secured into the garment sample room, 

 which is now double its former size. This allows for a much 

 better display of the lines and adds greatly to the convenience of 

 their customers. 



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Some foreigners are thrifty. A man named Hagop Hadjulian, 

 who works in the Hood Rubber Co.'s factory, charged a fellow- 

 countryman ten dollars for getting him a job in that factory. 

 Later Judge Luce charged Hagop twenty-five dollars for the 

 affair, and Hagop wept. 



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The Republic Rubber Co., of Youngstown, Ohio, manufac- 

 turers of Republic automobile tires, are making arrangements 

 for opening more adequate quarters for stockrooms, salesrooms 

 and general offices in this city. W. S. Carleton, who has been in 

 charge of the New York office of the company for several years 

 will be in charge. 



