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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[August 1, 1911. 



THADE NE\VS NOTES. 



The interesting exhibit of the Continental Rubber Co., New 

 York, at the recent Rubber Exhibition in London, under the 

 management of Mr. \'an der Linde, was notably successful in 

 attracting the attention of practical visitors. 



W ith additions of 2.000 to the working force of the Goodyear 

 Tire and Rubber Co.. and 2,000 to the employes of the Firestone 

 Tire and Rubber Co.. it is easy to see where the ten-thousand 

 increase in the population of Akron, Ohio, comes from. 



The .Acushnet Rubber Co. has started, in Xew Bedford. Massa- 

 chusetts, to extract rubber from low-grade gums. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. is making a decided success of 

 the Polak solid tires for trucks. 



Ladders for high tapping on Castilloa trees were shown at the 

 London Rubber Exhibition by the inventor, Mr. Graves, of the 

 Mutual Rubber Production Co. Xo. 1, Chiapas. Tabasco, Mexico. 

 He was awarded special mention for his exhibit. 



Hot weather, the necessity for extensive repairs and improve- 

 ments, and— in some cases— shortage of orders, resulted in a 

 mere than usually prolonged shutdown of important rubber fac- 

 tories this summer. Among the plants affected may be mentioned 

 those of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., at Edgeworth and the 

 Fells. Massachusetts; the .Mice and Millville mills of the Woon- 

 socket Rubber Co. : the National India Rubljer Co., Bristol, Rhode 

 Island, and nearly all the factories at Xaugatuck. Connecticut. 



W. J. B. Stokes, president of the Home Rubber Co., Trenton, 

 Xew Jersey, is traveling in the West. 



The business of the Xewark Tire Repair Co., of 21 Camtield 

 street. Xewark. Xew Jersey, has been purchased by Dan H. 

 Smolk. who was connected with the Goodrich Tire Co. for the 

 last four years. He will continue the business and will carry 

 stock of all makes of tires; likewise doing vulcanizing and 

 repairing. 



W. F. Bass, vice-president and general manager of the General 

 Rubber Co., and W. H. Blackwell. treasurer of the same com- 

 pany, sailed for Europe on a bu.siness trip July 5. Mr. Blackwell 

 returned on the 28th. Mr. Bass is expected back about the 

 middle of August. 



.\. T. Holt, formerly superintendent of Whitall Tatum Co.'s 

 rubber sundries factory, is now located at Columbus, Ohio. 



The L. & M. Rubber Co., Carrollton, Ohio, have equipped a 

 plant for the manufacture of automobile tires and will do busi- 

 ness under the trade mark of the "Buckskin Brand." H. L 

 Miller, formerly with the Miller Rubber Co.. .Akron, Ohio, is 

 connected with the company. 



A new firm in Xew York as importers and brokers in crude 

 rubber are Eggers Brothers & Co., with an office at Xo. 16 

 Exchange place. The members of the firm are .-Mfred C. and 

 Ludwig T., both sons of Mr. Anton Eggers, of the Goodyear's 

 Rubber Glove Co. The company have excellent foreign connec- 

 tions and will handle everything in the line of crude rubber, 

 gutta percha, balata, etc. 



\V. C. Coleman, of the American Wax Co. (Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts), was not only successful in interesting many visitors 

 to the International Rubber Exhibition in "Amax," but secured 

 Heilbut Symons & Co. as sole agents for the United Kingdom. 



The Interstate Rubber Co., Cleveland. Ohio, organized to deal 

 in rubber surfaced and waterproof clothing, has for its officers 

 \V. J. Anderson, president, and A. E. Wurster, secretary and 

 treasurer. Both were formerly connected, in a selling capacity. 

 with the Ohio Rubber Co., of Cleveland. They have titted up 

 sample room, shipping and stock rooms at 1350 West .\inth 

 street, Cleveland. 



Rubber Heels, made in England, includirg revolving lucls. arc 

 on sale in Canada, as for example, the Wood-Milne heel. 



In his six-day trip from Hartford to Chicago. Mr. Suisnian. a 

 representative of the Hartford Rubber Works Co., purposely 

 came to Xew York city to try out its bad roads. 



ME. MINEES PEOPHECY FULFILLED. 



Just a year ago the late S. H. C. Miner commenting on the 

 high price of crude rubber said : 



"So they look for $3 rubber, and may be $4 ru1)ber, do they, 

 almost all of them? The great majority sadly predict continued 

 high prices? I'm glad they do, for majorities are usually wrong. 

 Personally I am just as sure of seeing dollar rubber again as I 

 am sure that I have ever seen it. All of this line Para that has 

 gone into automobile tires forms a huge sinking fund for us. 

 When we begin to spend it, crude rubber will accumulate; for 

 awhile big operators and wealthy manufacturers will stock up at 

 high prices, but they will soon tire of that, and then prices w-ill 

 tumble. Few appreciate what plantation rubber will do for us 

 in the ne.xt five years. Where we get 4,000 tons now, we will be 

 receiving 40,000 or 50,000 tons. Then, too, I see the beginning 

 of a greatly stimulated production of wild rubber. Tlie drop 

 won't come in a minute, but it will come, and dollar rubber 

 .some time in the future is a certainty." 



THE •■WIRE TRUST" IN COURT. 



Fixes aggregating $43,000 were imposed by Judge Archibald 

 on July 25, upon 37 out of the 83 individuals indicted in con- 

 nection with the Government's prosecution of the so-called 

 "Wire Trust.'' This result arose from the plea of "nolo con- 

 tendere," equivalent to pleaidng guilty. Amongst the parties 

 against whom indictments Iiad been issued were Ferdinand and 

 Carl Roebling, of the Roebling's Sons Company, Herbert L. 

 Satterlee, president of the Habirshaw Wire Company, and officers 

 of the American Steel and Wire Company. 



Ferdinand W. Roebling, who had been indicted under several 

 counts, was amongst those who pleaded and was fined $1,700, 

 the heaviest amount imposed. Mr. Satterlee was not present to 

 plead. The answers of other defendants are expected at an 

 early date. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



K. B. Baird faithfully attended every meeting of the various 

 important committees of which he was a member at the Rubber 

 Exhibition in London. 



Webster Xorris, formerly superintendent of the X'ew Y'ork 

 Rubber Co., is spending the summer at Christmas Cove, Maine. 



"15an" C. Swander, of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 

 Akron, is making a hit as a lecturer and writer on tire topics. 



Commodore E. C. Benedict, of the United States Rubber Co., 

 when last in Brazil presented the Mayor of Para with a copy of 

 ".\. Souvenir of Indian Harbor," in which he had inscribed: "His 

 Excellency Senator Antonio Lemos. This is simply a finger- 

 board, to direct you to my home, where a warm w-elcome awaits 

 you." 



When William T. Baird and Robert B. Baird, of the Rubber 

 Trading Co., X'ew York, desire to go to Europe, or off on long 

 motor trips, they have two excellent business proxies in their 

 sons, R. L. Baird and C. W. Baird. 



J. C. Stedman, m.d., physician to the Rubljer Club of America, 

 went to Europe August 1. 



A. W. Stedman, of the Xew York Commercial Co., golf en- 

 thusiast, played 36 holes at the Country Club, Brookline, Massa- 

 chusetts, on July 4, with the thermometer 104 in the shade. 



John K. Mitchell, of Philadelphia, president of the Philadelphia 

 Rubber Works Co., is in Europe. 



Hon. L. D. Apsley, president of the Apsley Rubber Co., Hud- 

 son, Massachusetts, is back from Europe. 



I'rederic C. Hood, treasurer of the Hood Rubber Co., Boston, 

 returned from Europe just in time to lake charge of the mid- 

 summer outing of the Rubber Club of .America and to take part 

 in the 25th anniversary of the class of '86. Harvard, of which 

 he was a member. 



George B. Hodgman. president of the Hodgman Rubber 

 Co. (Xew Yorkl goes on a long trip in the state of Maine 

 the middle of .August. 



