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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(Januakv 1. 1911. 



BEAUTIFUL SNOW. 



The current winter season opened favorably lor the rubber 

 footwear trade, in respect to the amount of snowfall. The first 

 snow in New York city occurred on December 5-6, amounting 

 to about 6 inches. The tirst regular "Snow and Ice Bulletin" 

 for the season, of the United States weather bureau, dated De- 

 cember 6, showed thai a large part of the country east of the 

 Rocky mountains was snowbound. The most southerly point 

 covered by the snow map was Little Rock, Arkansas. Generally 

 the line of snowfall followed the southern limits of the Oliio and 

 Missouri river valleys. It may be added that at the date referred 

 to the rubber shoe wearing area of the United States was for tht 

 most part covered, and that, compared with the same date of the 

 year before, there was a large area in the Ohio valley and the 

 middle Atlantic states covered, which were then bare. 



The following details of snowfall in Xew York are supplied 

 to The Ixpi.x Rubber World by the United States weather bu- 

 reau. The depths are stated in inches and tenths; T signilies 

 "trace": ,^j 



!905. 1906. 1907. 190S. 1909. 1910. 



Januarv 19.3 3.0 10.9 10.6 9..i 16.6 



Febru.irv 7.1 5.0 21.1 13.7 1.4 5.3 



March " 3.0 13.4 13.8 3.5 4.1 0.4 



.\pril T T 6.1 T T 0. 



November T T T 0.6 1.0 1" 



December 0.7 0.5 4.4 5.1 11.4 *6.5 



Total 30.2 21.9 56.3 33.5 27.4 28.S 



[•To December 9, 1910.] 



Totals by winters have been : 



1905-06 22.1 inches 1Q08-09 20.7 inches 



1906-07 52.4 inches 1909-10 34.7 inches 



1907-08 32.2 inches 1910-11 (to date) .. 6.5 inches 



GOODYEAR TIKES IN CANADA. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited, have 

 been mentioned [see The Inui.\ Rubber World, December 1, 

 1910 — page 95] as having acquired the factory of the Durham 

 Rubber Co., Limited, at Bowmanville, Ontario. Mr. F. A. Sei- 

 berling. of Akron, is president of the companj'. The officers in 

 Canada are L. C. \"an Bever, vice president, and C. H. Carlyle, 

 secretary, with F. D. Saylor manager of the mechanical goods 

 department. Branches are being established in Montreal, Van- 

 couver, Winnipeg. St. Johns, and Calgary. The Goodyear com- 

 pany have already done a good business in the Canadian tire 

 trade, and they were referred to recently as having in hand al- 

 ready orders for $500.0CO worth of tires for tlieir Canadian f;ic- 

 tory. 



ST. MUNGO COMPANY COMES TO AMERICA. 



The St. Mungo Manufacturing Co., an important firm in the 

 British golf ball trade, with a factory at Govan. Scotland, are 

 entering the trade in the United States in a large way. They 

 have formed for this purpose a corporation under the style St. 

 Mungo Manufacturing Co. of America, of which \. C. Wood is 

 president and treasurer and W. W. Mills secretary. Their fac- 

 tory is located at .Arlington, New Jersey, being the premises oc- 

 cupied at one time by the Kempshall Manufacturing Co., and 

 later by the succeeding firm, the .American Golf Ball Co. The 

 good will and business right of the last named has been acriuircd 

 by the St. Mungo company, who are placing upon the market 

 the "Colonel" ball, which has become so popular among British 

 golfer? 



MR, MATLACK JOINS THE A,TAX-GRIEB. 



Mr. j.\ME= L. M.\TL.\CK has been appointed secretary and gen- 

 eral manager of the .Ajax-Gricb Rubber Co., with headquarters 

 at the new executive offices of the company, Xo, 1986 Broadway, 

 Xew York. Mr. Matlack became prominent in the tire trade as 

 president of the International Rubber Co., at Milltown, X^ew Jer- 

 sey. When the Michelin Tire Co., of France, decided to become 

 established in .America, they took over the Milltown plant and 

 made Mr. Matlack first vice president and general manager, 

 which further extended his acquaintance with the trade. LTnder 



Mr. Matlack's direction the .Aja.x-Grieb company are inaugurat- 

 ing a most active selling campaign for 1911. The company's 

 new quarters in .Vew York are in larger and better equipped 

 premises than in the past. 



FORTY-THREE YEARS WITH THE WOONSOCKET COMPANY. 

 MRH.\tL W .\Lsii on Xoveniber 19 completed his forty-third 

 year as a watchman in the employ of the Woonsocket Rubber 

 Co. He was the first watchman ever employed by the company, 

 and when the "Alice" mill was built, in 1889, he was stationed 

 there, where he has since remained on duty. Mr. Walsh en- 

 joyed the friendship of the late Mr. Banigan, founder of the 

 company. He is nearly 80, but e.xpects to enjoy a good many 

 j'cars to come, particularly since his name will remain on the 

 company's payroll during the rest of his life. 



B & R RUBBER CO.— INCREASE OF CAPITAL. 



At a meeting of shareholders of the B & R Rubber Co. (Xorth 

 Brookheld, Massachusetts: December 16) it was voted to in- 

 crease the 7 per cent, cumulative preference capital from $120,000 

 to $160,000, by the issue of 400 shares of $100 each, 200 of these 

 shares to bear date January 1, 1911. The common stock re.r.ains 

 at $240,000, so that the total capital now arranged for will be 

 $400,000. There has been a steady growth in the business of the 

 company of late, and the increased capital will be used for the 

 introduction of new machinery and the making of other im- 

 provements. 



CHANGES IN FOREIGN TARIFFS. 



The initial number of a publication entitled Foreign Taritt 

 Xotes has been issued by the bureau of manufactures of the 

 Department of Commerce and Labor, at Washington. The 

 scope of the new pubHcation is a broad one, embracing changes 

 in rates of import and export duty in all the important coun- 

 tries of the w'orld ; notice of proposed or pending revisions of 

 foreign tariffs is also given, together with amendments of the 

 customs and consular regulations. The first number covers the 

 changes for the last five months, including a special chapter de- 

 scribing the regulations governing the admission of automobiles 

 in several countries. 



TIRE TRADE AT HOUSTON. TEXAS. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (,Akron, Ohio) are establishing 

 their southern distributing agency at Houston, Texas, where a 

 building especially adapted to their wants is being erected. It 

 is reported that the company will carry a S300.000 stock in 

 Houston. 



The Bering Tire and Rubber Co. has been organized at 

 Houston, being located at X'o. 511 Travis street, with Mr. .A. C. 

 Bering, Jr., as manager. They will act as Texas <listributing 

 agents for the Empire Tire Co. (Trenton, New Jersey), and in 

 addition conduct a jobbing trade in rubber goods generally. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co. have opened a branch in 

 Houston, Texas, at X'o. 1120 Texas avenue, under the manage- 

 ment of A. S. Baldwin. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The regular (juarterly dividend of IVj per cent, on the pre- 

 ferred stock of the Manufactured Rubber Co. (Philadelphia) 

 was payable on December 1. 



The factory of the Webster Felt and Rubber Co. (Webster, 

 Massachusetts) was started on the last day of November, and 

 has been in operation since. 



The Texas Rubber and Supply Co., of Houston, capitalized at 

 $100,000, have filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy following 

 llie filing of civil suits against them. J. X. Taiib was named as 

 trustee, under a bond of $50,000. 



The plant of the Rickaby Rubber Manufacturing Co. (South 

 Framingham, Massachusetts'), which recently went into liquida- 

 tion, was sold at auction, for $3,1(X) above an existing mortgage 

 of $8,.'00 and unpaid taxes. 



