March 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



311 



A FINE RUBBER WINDOW ON BROADWAY. 



The Rubber Exposition which was held in New York last Fall 

 naturally excited a great deal of interest in the rubber industry, 

 not only among those who visited the exhibition, but among the 

 hundreds of thousands who read more or less about it in the 

 daily print. One large manufacturing concern, at least, seized 

 upon this general awakening of interest to give the public some 

 further information regarding the industry. The Ilodgman 

 Rubber Co., at its large New York store on Broadway just North 

 of Eleventh street, devoted one of its spacious display windows 

 for several weeks preceding and during the holidays to an educa- 

 tional rubber display. As the window is 20 Icet wide and 12 or 

 15 feet high, it gave ample opportunity for a creditable exhibit. 



In the center of the window there were two large balls jf 



liad i>reviously been displayed at the exhibi- 



Para rubber which 

 t i o n , while .it 

 either side there 

 was an exhibit ot 

 plantation ruliber. 

 These exhibit" 

 were described 

 on large placards 

 hanging imme- 

 diately over 

 them, which told 

 what sort of rub- 

 ber they were, 

 and where they 

 came from. In 

 the background, 

 and filling the 

 rest of the win- 

 dow, were a 

 great many man- 

 ufactured articles 

 made by the com- 

 pany, including 

 their famous hot- 

 water bottles and 

 numerous r u b - 

 ber cushions, 

 rings and bags — 

 many of them 

 covered with silk 

 in attractive pat- 

 terns. The win- 

 dow told at a 

 glance the story 

 of rubber from 

 the crude product of the tree to the most finished product of the 

 factory ; and as the display was in the very heart of the down- 

 town shopping district, it is safe to say that 100,000 people, 

 probably more, stopped to look in this window and went away 

 with a much more intelligent idea of what rubber is, and the 

 uses to which it can be put, tlian they ever had before. 



INDICTMENTS ftUASHED. 



Judge Dodge in the United States District Court in Boston, on 

 February 6, quashed the indictment against Warren B. Wheeler, 

 Stillman B. Shaw and G. Alden Wittemore, who were connected 

 with Wheeler & Shaw, Inc.. charging them with using the mails 

 in a scheme to defraud in connectitm with the sale of stock of 

 the North .\merican Rubber Company. 



The court held that the averments in the indictment, w^hile 

 they set up a scheme to deceive, do not show a scheme to de- 

 fraud, and as it is only the latter that is prohibited by statute, no 

 criminal offense was charged. 



It is stated, however, that the government will seek a re- 

 indictment. 



THE HOUGMAN EDUCATIONAL RUBBER DISPLAY. 



THE FISK CO.'S NEW STOREHOUSE. 



The Fisk Rubber Co.. of Chicopee Falls, Mass., recently award- 

 ed the contract for the erection of a storehouse 240 feet long by 

 90 feet wide. The building will cost about $400,000 and will, 

 when completed, add approximately 385,000 square feet to the 

 present floor area of the concern, or nearly double the present 

 area. The building will be located parallel to the tracks of the 

 Boston & Maine Railroad and will be three stories high. 



This company has just opened at Winnipeg a completely 

 equipped branch house where it will carry a full line of Fisk 

 tires. 



THE HABMER RUBBER RECLAIMING WORKS RESUME. 



I'i:e liarmer Rubber Reclaiming Works, of East Millstone, 

 -Ww Jersey, will resume operation on or before March 10. 



On October 28, 

 1912, a fire, which 

 started in the 

 drying room de- 

 stroyed practical- 

 ly their entire 

 jilant. The plant 

 that was de- 

 stroyed has been 

 replaced by a 

 number of fine 

 fireproof build- 

 ings, the three 

 largest being 105 

 by 140 feet, 60 

 by 140 and 30 by 

 76. In addition 

 there are a num- 

 ber of smaller 

 buildings. 



The company 

 will have an 800- 

 horsepower plant 

 equ i p p e d with 

 new engines, and 

 with the latest 

 type rubber ma- 

 chinery, thus en- 

 abling them to 

 double their 

 former capacity. 

 Their shipping 

 facilities by both 

 water and rail 

 are good, as they have the Delaware and Raritan canal and the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad siding. 



Business will be resumed with orders booked ahead, and it is 

 expected that a night shift will have to be added in order to 

 make quick deliveries to their customers, who have patiently 

 waited during the course of reconstruction. Recently, Mr. Mar- 

 cus called on the Eastern trade and found all their customers 

 pleased to see him again ready for business. At a recent meeting 

 of the company, Mr. Laurie, president, and Mr. Marcus, secre- 

 tary and treasurer, were re-elected for the ensuing year. 



This company makes a special brand for supplying the insulat- 

 ing wire trade. It also has installed a separate department for 

 the making of White Shoddy exclusively. 



I. W. W. AFTER RUBBER RECRUITS. 



The organization known as The Industrial Workers of the 

 World, and generally referred to simply as "The I. W. W.," 

 has been extremely active during the last month among the 

 rubber and waterproof garment makers in Massachusetts, seek- 

 ing to enroll them among its membership. 



