April 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



369 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



THE PICHEH LEAD CO. HOLDS ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



ABOUT the middle of March an annual convention, whicli 

 lasted three day,s. was held liy representatives and sales- 

 men of the Picher Lead Co. at the plant at Joplin, 

 Missouri. This company, which was established in 1889 and is 

 claimed to lie now the largest concern of the l<ind in tlie United 

 States, had an output last year amounting to 30.000 tons, con- 

 sisting principally of pig lead and white lead for use in tlie 

 manufacture of rubber goods. The lead ore used in the manu- 

 facture of these products comes from Missouri, Arkansas and 

 Washington, most of the crude material being mined in Jasper 

 County, Mis.souri. In addition to the factory at Joplin — whicli 

 employs 500 men and has been in constant operation, day and 

 night, for the past two years — the company has well established 

 sales branches in Xew York, Chicago and Pittslnirgh. with ware- 

 houses in fourteen of the principal cities of the United States. 

 The annual conventions bring together the sales and manufac- 

 turing forces with the officers of the company, who review the 

 work of the past year and prepare plans for the future. While 

 the volume of business for 1913 was the largest in the history of 

 the company, it is expected that this will be exceeded in 1914. 

 due to additions and improvements made during the year. 

 Among these are included increased facilities in the oxide pul- 

 verizing and red lead departments, the erection of a pig lead 

 refinery and a two-story lal)oratory (where seven chemists, each 

 a specialist in some particular branch of the industry, are em- 

 ployed), also a two-story reinforced concrete welfare building 

 for the accommodation of the factory employes — in conjunction 

 with which and in addition to the usual welfare advantages 

 medical treatment is provided, physical tests being made at time 

 of employment and each week thereafter in the case of each 

 employe. 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



On March 4 the board of directors of the l\.ul)ber Goods 

 Manufacturing Co. declared from the net earnings of the 

 company the sixtieth regular quarterly dividend of IM P^r 

 cent, on the preferred stock and a dividend of 3 per cent, on 

 the coinmon stock — both payable March 16. 1914. 



The Batavia Rubber Co. has declared a regular quarterly divi- 

 dend of \'/2 per cent, on its preferred stock; also a regular quar- 

 terly dividend of 1 per cent., with an additional dividend of -ji 

 of 1 per cent, on its common stock — botli payable .\pril 1 to 

 stockholders of record on March 16. 



The Portage Rubber Co. on March 18 declared a quarterly 

 dividend of 1J4 per cent, on its preferred capital stock — payable 

 April 1 to stockholders of record on March 1. 



The B. & R. Rubber Co. has declared a regular quarterly divi- 

 dend of 1J4 per cent, on its preferred stock, payable .\pril 1 to 

 stockholders of record on March 27. 



A common stock dividend of 20 per cent, was declared on 

 March 12 by the directors of the Goodyear Tire & Rublier Co. 



The Lee Tire & Rubber Co. has declared a quarterly divi- 

 dend of IM per cent., payable April 10 to stockholders of record 

 on March 20. 



The Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. has declared a regular 

 quarterly dividend of Ifi per cent, on preferred stock, payable 

 .April 1 to stockholders of record March 23. 



CAPITAL INCREASE 



Notice has been filed by the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., Dayton. Ohio, of an increase of its capital from $150,000 

 to $1,000,000. 



MANHASSET FABRIC MAKES MORE RACE RECORDS. 



The product of the Manhassct Manufacturing Co. of Provi- 

 dence made further records for endurance in automobile road 

 racing in the Vanderbilt Cup Race recently held at Santa 

 Monica, California. Tires built of their regular stock Sea Island 

 fabric carried DePalma to victory without a stop, establishing a 

 new record of 75.5 miles per hour for this event. The second, 

 third and fourth cars to linish also had tires made up of the 

 same fabric. The Mason car. linishing in third place, had no 

 tire change, and the Stulz linishing in fourth i)lace bad oidy 

 one change. 



This enviable exijerience of the Manhasset product is a sequel 

 to the reputation gained last season in racing tires. Starting 

 with the Indianapolis Speedway event on May 30, in which the 

 tires carrying Mulford's Mercedes established a new world's 

 record for endurance, going 500 miles at terrilic speed without 

 a change, a long series of wonderful tire records were made. 



All these tires contained the regular stock fabric of the 

 Manhasset concern. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE RUBBER CLUB. 



The annual meeting of The Rubber Club of Ainerica, for the 

 election of officers and other business that may come before it. 

 will be held in Boston on April 21. The nominations made for 

 the various offices by the Nominating Committee, to be voted on 

 at that meeting, are as follows: President, George B. Hodgman ; 

 vice-president, Frederick H. Jones ; treasurer, J. Frank Junbar ; 

 secretary, H. S. Vorhis ; honorary vice-presidents, Augustus O 

 Bourn. L. Dewart .\psley, John H. Flint, Alexander M. Paul. 

 Arthur W. Stedman, Henry C. Pearson, Frederick C. Hood; 

 directors, Francis H. -Appleton, H. T. Dunn, H. S. Firestone, 

 George F. Hall, Howard R. Raymond, Homer E. Sawyer, Henry 

 Spadone, Klisha S. Williams, .\Ibert Zeiss. 



Immediately after the business meeting, and beginning at 7 

 o'clock sharp, there will be an informal dinner (to cost $2.50 per 

 plate), the business meeting and the dinner both being held at 

 the Art CUib. It is expected that there will be several good 

 speakers. .Among them will be Col. Henry L. Kincaide, who had 

 charge of the recent Boston Chamber of Commerce excursion to 

 South .Xmcrica, and who will describe what he saw- on that 

 memoral)le trip. 



New^ firm members were elected at the last meeting of the 

 Executive Committee as follows : F. H. .Appleton & Son, Boston, 

 Francis H. Appleton, representative ; The Quaker City Rubber 

 Co.. Philadelphii. Charles A. Daniel, representative ; The I. B. 

 Kleinert Rubber Co., New York, Colonel H. .A. Guinzberg, repre- 

 sentative : The Easthampton Rubber Thread Co.. Easthampton. 

 Massachusetts, W. L. Pitcher, representative. Theodore Mofel- 

 ler, of Buffalo, was elected an associate inember. 



CHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES RUBBER BRANCH STORES. 



The branch store department of the United States Rubber Co. 

 on March 14 announced the following appointments: Edward T. 

 Smith, assistant manager branch stores ; S. H. Jones, president 

 Goodyear's India Rubber Selling Co., Xew York; W. H. Porter, 

 president and treasurer Enterprise Rubber Co., Boston ; W. .\. 

 North, president and treasurer Pittsburgh Rubber Co., Pitts- 

 burgh ; Benjamin Robinson, president Maryland Rubber Co., 

 Baltimore; J. S. Hallahan, president Banigan Rubber Co., Balti- 

 more ; William Webster, president and treasurer Columbus Rub- 

 ber Co., Columbus. 



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