June 1, 1913.; 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY. 



The following table showing the amount of net prolits of 

 the United States Rubhcr Co. and the amounts disbursed in 

 dividends since the organization of the company, has been com- 

 piled from the printed reports of the successive treasurers of the 

 corporation : 



Ye.xr Ending — • Net Profits. Dividends. 



March 31, 1893 ) iv^pkii ii 



March 31, 1894 } 1"^°' Published.] 



March 31, 1895 $2,716,370.00 $2,056,190.00 



March 31, 1896 2,339,790.60 2,056,190.00 



March 31, 1897 1,999,611.34 1.552,040.00 



March 31, 1898 2,070.750.41 1,164,030.00 



March 31, 1899 3,226,513.46 1,882,040.00 



March 31, 1<;00 3,007,887.54 2.828,680.00 



March 31, 1901 62,605.57 705,765.00 



March 31, 1902 deficit none 



March 31, 1903 1,594,908.16 none 



March 31, ic»4 1,575,641.29 none 



March 31, 1905 3,761,922.63 1,882,040.00 



March 31, 1906 3,881.270.23 2,846.092.00 



March 31, 1907 4,590,382.72 3,485,956.00 



March 31. 1908 3.553,556.14 3,495,448.00 



March 31 , 1 ',;09 4,507,655.39 3,498,940.00 



March 31, 1910 5,535.163.15 3,574,205.00 



March 31, 191 1 4.349,825.73 3,800,000.00 



March 31, 1912 5,376,306.86 4,550,000.00 



M-cl.31, 1913 7,544,217.675 ^SS 



•Common stock dividend. 



THE ANNUAL ELECTION. 



At the annual meeting, on May 20, the entire board of directors 

 was reelected. All of these directors have served for some time 

 with the e.xception of Mr. Price, who was elected in February 

 last, in place of Mr. E. R. Rice, deceased. They are as follows : 



1. W.-M.TER S. B.\LL0u, Providence, Rhode Island. 



2. E. C. Benedict, Greenwich, Connecticut. 



3. Anthony N. Br.\dy, Albany, New York. 



4. S.\MUEL P. Colt, Providence, Rhode Island. 



5. H.SRRY E. Converse, Boston, Massachusetts. 



6. J.-\mes Deshler, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 



7. J.vmes B. Ford, New York City. 



8. J. How..\rd Ford, New Y'ork City. 



9. Fr.^nk S. Hastings, New York City. 



10. Fr.\ncis L. Hine, New York City. 



11. Henry L. Hotchkiss, New Haven, Connecticut. 



12. Arthur L. Kelley, Providence, Rhode Island. 



13. Lester Lel.\nd, Boston, Massachusetts. 



14. D. LoRNE McGibbon, Montreal, Canada. 



15. R.\ymond B. Price, New Y'ork City. 



16. HoJiER E. Sawyer, New Y'ork City. 



17. Frederick M. Shepard, East Orange, New Jersey. 



18. William H. Truesdale, Greenwich, Connecticut. 



19. Theodore N. Vail, Boston, Massachusetts. 



20. John D. Vermeule, New York City. 



21. Elisha S. Williams, Nahant, Massachusetts. 



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OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 



At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the United States 

 Rubber Co. for organization, held at the office of the company, 

 1790 Broadway, New York, May 23, 1913, the following officers 

 were duly elected for the ensuing year : Samuel P. Colt, presi- 

 dent; James B. Ford, vice-president; Lester Leland, second vice- 

 president; W. G. Parsons, treasurer; E. J. Hathorne, assistant 

 treasurer; Samuel Norris, secretary; John D. Carberry. assistant 

 secretary ; Homer E. Sawyer, general manager footwear business 

 both manufacturing and selling; Elisha S. Williams, general man- 

 ager tire, mechanical and miscellaneous business, both manufac- 

 turing and selling; and Raymond B. Price, general manager de- 

 velopment department. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Samuel P. Colt, James B. Ford, Lester Leland, Walter S. 

 Ballou, Anthony N. Brady. Elisha S. Williams, Homer E. Sawyer. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN BOSTON. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



EPORTS differ as to business conditions, and manufacturers 

 making similar lines are not entirely agreed regarding the 

 state of trade. A review of the leaders here in the rubber in- 

 dustry, however, seems to show that while there is a moderately 

 active business the orders appear to be conservatively small, 

 seeming to indicate the policy on the part of customers to be 

 safe rather than sorry. In clothing there is a good business 

 doing in the finer qualities, while in the cheaper grades trade is 

 far less active. In druggists' goods a rather lively demand is 

 noted, many of the chain drug stores as well as the department 

 stores doing extensive advertising and reaping the benefit of 

 their publicity. The boot and shoe business is very far from 

 satisfactory. The natural disposition has been to hang back and 

 to delay ordering as long as possible without losing the benefit 

 of the extra live per cent, for early orders. The rubber com- 

 panies offered this extra discount on all orders coming into their 

 hands prior to July 1, and on May 15 they notified their customers 

 that this time limit would be extended — with the result that many 

 customers are likely to procrastinate still further. The one really 

 satisfactory branch of the rubber manufacturing business is tires, 

 the demand for which is sufficient to keep every factory working 

 over-time. 



* * * 



Speaking of the tire business reminds your correspondent that 

 in front of the main office of the Tyer Rubber Co., at Andover, 

 is a sign "Tires pumped here free." As this factory is on a 

 main, traveled road, where thousands of automobiles pass, the 

 sign brings many machines to a stand-still, and right there, 

 outside the doorway, is a case containing a handsome, snow-white 

 Tyrian Tire, conspicuously labeled. This case is strongly illu- 

 minated at night, and not only becomes a standing advertise- 

 ment for these tires, but is also a prominent land-mark from 

 which to compute distances and identify location. 



* * * 



Jenkins Brothers, manufacturers of the "Jenarco" sheet joint- 

 ing and packing, are finding that their newly fitted up store and 

 warehouse at 524 Atlantic avenue is none too large for the 

 added business which has come to them since their removal to 

 that address a few months ago. Manager Stiles wears a smil- 

 ing face these days and presents to his customers a series of 

 illustrated blotters, bearing the Jenarco trade-mark, and pictures 

 of youthful base-ballists which bring back memories of boyhood 

 days. 



* * * 



The Walpole Tire and Rubber Co. are removing their offices, 

 which have for some years been in the Brown Building, corner 

 of Sumner street and .Atlantic avenue, where they occupied the 

 entire fifth floor. The business headquarters will be located at 

 the store opened a few months ago at 757 Boylston street, right 

 in the heart of the automobile supply trade, and therefore 

 especially beneficial to their tire business. The shoe supply 

 department, however, will still be located in the shoe district, 

 in the vicinity of Sumner and Lincoln streets. 



* * * 



J. W. Fcnner, formerly with the W. Brigham Co., Cleveland, 

 spent a portion of his pleasure trip east in this city last month, 

 and while here called on many of his friends in the trade. 



* * * 



Hon. L. D. Apsley, president of the Apsley Rubber Co., with 

 Mrs. Apsley, sailed on the Canopic from this port April 26, for 

 a tour of Europe. Reports of their safe arrival and thorough 

 enjoyment of their vacation have been received. 



* * * 



Charles A. Coe, eastern selling agent of the United States 

 Rubber Co.. has moved his family to Annisquam, where he has 



