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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1913. 



THE MONATIQUOT RUBBER CO. 



Probably no branch nf tlu- rubber trade- has shown greater ad- 

 vance during the last five years than the reclaiming industry. 

 Several new enterprises have been launclied during this period 

 and remarkable growths have been attained. Prominent among 

 these is the Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., of South Braintree, 

 Massachusetts, which calls its product "Naturized Rubber." 



This company first began to manufacture in April, 1910, and 

 from the first, its brands (known as "The Four Good Indians") 

 were popular with the manufacturers. The demand has shown 

 continuous increase, rendering necessary substantial additions to 

 its plant during the past three years, especially during the last 

 twelve months. The company has found it necessary to erect three 

 newr buildings to take care of the healthy growtli of its trade; 

 so that the plant, as it stands today, is of entire brick construc- 

 tion and embodies three separate and distinct power plants. Dur- 

 ing this time a reinforced concrete dam on the Monatiquot River 

 was built, a third engine installed and extensive mechanical 

 equipments 

 were added. 



The company 

 has a 1,000- foot 



siding on the . •• 



Brockton Divi- 

 .sion of the \. 

 Y., N. II. & 

 H. R. R.. be- 

 sides being lo- 

 cated on the 

 Plymouth Divi- 

 sion; and con- 

 venient and 

 prompt ship- 

 ment of inanu- 

 factured prod- 

 uct is further 

 facilitated by 

 means of a 

 new p o w e r 

 truck, which 

 is used in the 

 ha n dl ing of 

 rush orders to the Boston freight terminals. 



The company's original method of making few rather than 

 many brands is still maintained and the wisdom of this policy is 

 reflected in the demand for the "Four Good Indians" — Squan- 

 tum, Monatiquot, Samoset, and Massasoit — who have recently 

 been joined by Wampatuck, now known as the "Fifth Good In- 

 dian." Each stock occupies a distinct field of its own, and the 

 processing of all is rigorously guarded so that there is no pos- 

 sibility of confusion. 



An eflfective organization, of which Robert C. Harlow is presi- 

 dent and James H. Stedman treasurer, has brought to the Mona- 

 tiquot Rubber Works a degree of success more than commensur- 

 ate with its three years of existence. 



DR. DANNERTH AND A CO-OPERATIVE LABORATORY. 



Dr. hVcdirick IJannerth, the rubber consulting chemist who 

 acted as honorary secretary at the Rubber Conference held in 

 coimection with the International Rubber Exposition last fall, is 

 interesting a number of rubber manufacturers in a co-operative 

 laboratory. He has prepared a list of twenty-three arguments 

 in favor of such an institution. He calls attention to the fact that 

 the larger corporations have finely appointed laboratories and 

 employ a large number of chemists who are at work constantly 

 on the solution of various rubber questions, in the interest of 

 these particular corporations. But the smaller manufacturers 

 are not able to compete with the large ones in this research 

 work, and, in his opinion, the only way in which they can en- 

 gage successfully in this laboratory competition is by co-opera- 

 tion. He believes that a co-operative laboratory could be 

 equipped at a cost not exceeding $5,000 and maintained at an 

 annual cost of about the saine amount. Such a laboratory would, 

 he believes, serve a vast number of useful purposes, not only 



to those com- 

 panies that 

 banded together 

 for this co-op- 

 erative work, 

 but to the trade 

 at large. It 

 could be used 

 as a central 

 bureau where 

 disputes regard- 

 ing crude rub- 

 ber and re- 

 claimed rubber 

 and manufac- 

 t u r e d articles 

 could be re- 

 ferred. 



Anyone in 

 the trade who 

 would like to 

 get the details 

 of this project 

 can do so bv 



MoN.\TinuoT Rubber Works Co., South Br.mntree, M.\ss..\chusetts. 



writing to Dr. Dannerth at Passaic, New Jersey. 



AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TIRES. 



One of the leading manufacturers of tires in America 

 stoutly champions the American tire against those of 

 European manufacture and believes that they will make their 

 way abroad against European brands even at the higher 

 prices which it is necessary to charge for them. His theory 

 is that as -American roads are not nearly as smooth as 

 European roads, and as the conditions here to which tires 

 are subjected are very much harder than those in Europe, 

 the American manufacturers make a stronger and tougher 

 tire to meet these severer conditions, and that the Europeans 

 are gradually finding out the better qualities of our tires. 



A FINE COMPLIMENT FOR MANHASSET FABRICS. 



The following letter has been received by the Manhasset 

 Manufacturing Co., producers of tire fabrics and yarns, with 

 mills at Putnam, Connecticut, and offices at 317 Howard Build- 

 ing, Providence. It is self-explanatory. 



Rutherford, N. J., June 3. 1913. 

 Manhasset Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I. Attention of Mr. Ballon. 



Dear Sir: Allow us to congratulate you on the clean construc- 

 tion of your duck. In tlie 3rd Annual Indianapolis Speed Race 

 we used your fabric which you constructed for us, being style 

 No. 1101 48" C. S. I. fabric and inarked special racing tire. 



These tires constructed with your duck by us went through 

 the hottest race on the hottest course and made the world's 

 record for endurance on any track, going the 500 miles without 

 a change of tires, and 11 laps, or 27j4 miles, on the day previous, 

 and still good for more mileage. These tires were the only four 

 tires to go through this great race without a change. 



We would like you to give us the construction of fabric used 

 in this roll of duck for our files and in ordering further material 

 of this sort so we may know exactly the way we wisli it, in 

 the event of your firm not knowing the exact construction. 



Mr. Mulford will use our tires in the 600-mile race at Tacoma, 

 Wash., and as soon as things are settled we will be in line for 

 another roll of this same duck. Wishing you success with your 

 fabric and hoping to have the pleasure of hearing from you, we 

 remain Yours truly, 



Br.\ender Rubber & Tire Co. 

 Fred L. Braexder, Mgr, 



