Jl'ly 1, 1913.. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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of goods, a few of which may bo mentioned : — rubber clothing, On Saturday, the 28th of June, the Hodgman company held a 



mackintoshes, rain coats, air goods, articles for the bath and for great celebration in commemoration of its seventy-fifth anniver- 



A. W'. Warren, 

 Secretary and General Manager. 



George B. Hodgm.xn. 

 President. 



Theodore Hodg.man, 

 Treasurer. 



the hospital; sporting goods, water bottles, syringes and othtr 

 druggists' sundries; auto-top material, many kinds of tubing, and 

 moulded goods. 



The present chief ex- 

 ecutive of the company, 

 Mr. George B. H o d g - 

 man, is maintaining the 

 high traditions of his 

 ancestors. How he is 

 generally regarded in the 

 trade may be shown from 

 the fact that he is presi- 

 dent of the Rubber Club 

 of America, the first man 

 outside of New England 

 to receive that honor. 

 And the big company 

 over which he presides 

 never displayed more 

 vitality or more promise 

 for uninterrupted prog- 

 ress than it does today. 



The finances of the 

 company are in the ca- 

 pable hands of Mr. S. T. 

 Hodgman, who has been 

 active in its affairs 

 for twenty years. The 

 secretary and general 

 manager. Mr. A. \\". 

 Warren, has been with 

 the company for nearly 

 fifteen years and has done much to bring it to its present im- 

 portant and enviable position. 



Incidentally, mention should certainly be made of Mr. Frank 

 De Frate, great uncle of the president and of the treasurer, who 

 has been connected with this company since 1846, 67 years ago. 

 He is now, at the age of 89, daily at the factory. As the Hodg- 

 man company is undoubtedly the oldest rubber company in the 

 country, it is equally safe to say that Mr. De Frate is the oldest 

 man, both in years and in service, connected with any .American 

 rubber manufacturing plant. 



sary and had a famous outing, where 1,500 of its employes and 

 their friends were present. But that is a story all by itself. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



0['"FICI.\L statement of values of exports of manufactures of 

 india-rubber and- gutta percha for the month of March, 

 U'13. and for the first nine montlis of five fiscal vears, beginning 

 July 1 : 



Belting, 

 Packing 

 Months. and Hose. 



March. 1913 $200,573 



July-February 1,766,066 



Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total. 

 Total, 



1912-13 $1,966,639 



1911-12 1,710,395 



1910-11 1,511,975 



1909-10 1,416,655 



1908-09 1,053,758 



Boots 

 and 

 Shoes. 

 $100,939 

 1,077,329 



$1,178,268 

 1.232.428 

 1.801.977 

 1,499,770 

 1,071,489 



All 



Other 

 Rubber. 



$854,230 

 5,339,773 



$6,194,003 

 5,330.999 

 4,485.644 

 3.510.618 

 2.805,914 

 for the 



Total. 



$1,155,742 



8,183,168 



$9,338,910 

 8.273.822 

 7.799.596 

 6.427.(M3 

 4.931,161 



month of 



The above heading, "All Other Rubber 

 March, 1913, and for the first nine months of three fiscal years, 

 lieginning July 1, includes the following details relating to tires: 



For 

 Months. - Automobiles. 



Januarv, 1913 values $273,519 



February. 1913 276,253 



March. 1913 482,821 



July-December 1,777,324 



Total, 1912-13 $2,809,917 



Total, 1911-12 l,8f)9,471 



Total, 1910-11 1.325,903 



All 



Other. 



$50,409 



44.130 



34.935 



316.352 



$445,826 

 393.920 

 411.801 



i OTAL. 



$323,928 

 320.383 

 517.756 



2,093.676 



$3,255,743 

 2.263 391 

 1.737,704 



a fortv-niner in his rubber 

 Outfit. 



OLD ANDREW JACKSON AS A RUBBER ADV. 



The United States Rubber Co. makes a brand of particularly 

 tough rubber boots called the "Hickory" brand — a very proper 

 name. To advertise this brand the company has recently issued 

 a striking cut-out. a foot wide, standing about 20 inches high. 

 It shows the figure, or at least the upper half thereof, of that 

 sterling old American warrior, Andrew Jackson, known at his 

 time and ever since as "Old Hickory." He is holding one of 

 these "Hickory" boots in his hands while beneath a placard calls 

 attention to the brand. This cut-out is printed in seven or eight 

 colors and gives an excellent representation of the hero of New 

 Orleans, as well as making an attractive advertisement. 



