May 1, lyi3.J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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A GREAT CALL FOR TIRES. 

 The statistician <■[ tlic I'nitcd Slates Tire Co., estimates that 

 (UiriiiK the present .vear 5,(KX),0(K) pnemiiatic tires will he neces- 

 sary for automobiles, and that in acklition there are 50,000 motor 

 trucks that will require tiring, and 250.000 motorcycles. Assum- 

 ing that the motor trucks will require six tires each, that will 

 make a total of 300.000 truck tires; and allowing only a pair of 

 tires for the motorcycle, they would require a half million tires, 

 Ijringing the total number of tires for the year in the vicinity of 

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THE CALENDER ROOM OF THE REPUBLIC RUBBER 00. 



The cut above shows the calender room of the Re|)ublic Rubber 

 Co., f)f Youngstown, Ohio, as it appears in tlie new rolling mill 

 of this plant. The company refers to this as "the biggest calender 

 room in the world." The reproduction below shows that it is 



TRUCK TIRE PRICES TO COME DOWN. 



C. W. Martin, manager of the motor truck tire department 

 of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., .Vkron, ( )hio, is authority 

 for the statement that there will be another 10 per cent, reduc- 

 tion in truck tire prices. "This cut will lake place immediate- 

 ly," he remarks, "ami is the second cut which has occurred since 

 the first of the year. This reduction is made possible not only 

 by reason of our increased manufacturing facilities, but also 

 by the recent drop in the price of crude rubber. 



"Now that the truck has proved itself a prime factor in 

 economic transportation, it seems safe to say tliat within four 

 years the truck tire business of the country will exceed the 

 automobile tire industry by far, for the truck represents the 

 actual utilitarian reason for the existence of the motor driven 

 vehicle." 



RF.i'ini.ic Rubber Co.'s Nf,w C.m.f.ndf,r Room. 



certainly a very large and well equipped calender department. 

 It is here that the famous "Staggard" tread tires arc made. 



OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES IN CHEHICAL TRADES. 



A committee on occupational diseases in the chemical trades 

 was recently appointed by the New York Section of the American 

 Chemical Society. The objects of the committee may be spe- 

 cifically stated as follows: 



1. To hold itself ready to advise the legislatures of the states of 

 New York and New Jersey in reference to matters pertaining to 

 occupational diseases in the chemical trades. 



2. To study various bills presented in the legislatures in an 

 efifort to avoid unwise legislation; especially that which might be 

 inoperative or ineffective from one or many reasons resulting 

 from lack of technical knowledge at the time of writing the laws. 



3. To inaugurate and superintend such investigations as might 

 be decided upon which look toward improvement of conditions of 

 labor in the chemical trades. 



Dr. Charles Baskcrvillc, Professor of Chemistry and Director 

 of the Laboratory, College City of New York, is chairman of the 

 committee. 



TIRE MAKING IN THE SOUTH. 



The citizens of Jacksonville, Florida, or at least some of 

 them, are very enthusiastic on the subject of tire manufacture 

 in that city. The Seminole Rubber Co has recently been 

 formed and has purchased the site of a former tannery on the 

 banks of the St. John's River. One of the Florida papers takes 

 the following very optimistic view of the outlook: 



"As 72 per cent, of a finished tire consists of long staple Sea 

 Island cottxjn, this will be the only industry enjoying the many 

 advantages of having the chief raw material right at its doors. 



"Owing to the saving in freight rates on raw material and 

 other advantages, a standard tire, with one extra layer of fabric 

 and a real 5,000 mile guarantee, will be retailed at 10 per cent. 

 below the present price. It is believed this will result in keep- 

 ing a large part of the $20,000,000, that annually leaves the 

 South for buying auto tires, for home circulation." 



The consumption of tires in the South is of course very con- 

 siderable and ought to increase rapidly, as motoring can be 

 carried on in many parts of that section during the entire win- 

 ter. There seems to be no reason why at least a certain per- 

 centage of the tires consumed in that section should not be 

 constructed there. 



