April 1, 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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■■PARANITE." 



"Paranitc" rubber-covered wires and cables, made to meet all 

 requirements of new code specifications, are the specialty of 

 the Indiana Rubber and Insulated Wire Co., of Jonesboro, 

 Indiana, which, by the way, is one of the oldest and most 

 successfiil rubber mills of the iliddle West. The "Paranitc" 

 line includes underground, aerial, submarine cables and cables 

 for inside use ; telephone, telegraph, tire alarm, electric light and 

 power, wire and cables, all of recognized standard. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Hood tires — made by the Hood Rubber Co., of Watertown, 

 Massachusetts — are being distributed in Kansas City, Missouri, 

 by the Rubber Tire Repair Co., at 915 East Fifteenth street, this 

 company, under the management of H. A. Winter, having been 

 given the agency for Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. 



The American Rubber Co.. manufacturers of rubberized 

 clothing, have located at Bush Terminal Building No. 20, Brook- 

 lyn. New York, occupying a space in that building equal to 

 lO.C'OO .square feet. 



Plans have been accepted and contract awarded for the erec- 

 tion of a new plant at East Palestine, Ohio, for the National 

 Tire & Rubber Co., of that place. The building is to be of 

 reinforced concrete, and work on it is to be rushed with all 

 possible despatch. When finished this plant will represent the 

 highest art of Youngstown architects, engineers and builders, in 

 factory construction. 



The Schacht Rubber Co., located in Huntington, Indiana, is 

 one of the pro.;ressive rubber manufacturing organizations of 

 the Middle West. It started in a small way in 1909 and in five 

 years has achieved a remarkable growth. The Schacht product 

 include plumbers' supplies, marine valves, non-marring rubber 

 mallets and a general line of molded specialties. 



UNDERGKOUND TUNNEL SYSTEM. 



In connection with the completion of the Boston Woven IIosc 

 & Rubber Co.'s new mill room and power plant is included a 

 complete system of tunnels connecting all buildings. Electric 

 trucks carry both raw and finished materials under cover and 

 protected at all times, starting from cars on the raw materials 

 siding and ending in the shipping room. A complete system of 

 telephones and an auto, call recently installed make it possible 

 to reach any individual in any of the 16 buildings at any time. 



RUBBER MEN GIVE A MINSTREL SHOW, 



The employes of the Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., of 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently gave a highly creditable minstrel 

 show in one of the large theaters of that city. The performance 

 was attended by many of the prominent citizens of the city, and 



The Federal Co.'s Minstrel Men. 



the audience completely filled the house. The program contained 

 the usual features of the professional minstrel show and was 

 highly commended by the critics present. The company also has 

 baseball, football, basketball and bowling teams that give a very 



good account of themselves. These various associations are en- 

 couraged by the officers of the company, as they tend to give the 

 employes a certain esprit dc corfs. 



PRESENTS ITS EMPLOYES WITH BANK ACCOUNTS. 



An announcement has been made by the Detroit Insulated 

 Wire & Cable Co. that as a result of combined efforts the 

 company is able to make distribution of a portion of its 

 profits to its employes, as has been the custom for several 

 years. The amount is deposited in a savings bank and a pass 

 book with his share entered therein is handed to the employe. 

 The company aims in this way to emphasize its belief in the 

 mutual profit arising from continuity of service, the reward 

 being lor "faithful and continuous employment." 



NEW PLANT FOR RUBBERIZING FABRICS. 



The Mercury Rubber Co. is equipping a very complete plant 

 for rubberizing textiles in Bush Terminal building No. 20 in 

 Brooklyn. It is installing the latest machinery for this sort of 

 work and putting in such a complete mechanical, technical and 

 chemical equipment that it expects not only to produce a superior 

 article but to be able to do this in a very large volume. It is 

 expected that the plant will be in operation about May I. 



RUMSEY & GREUTERT INCORPORATE. 



Robert Rumsey and Henry J. Greutert, formerly connected 

 with Ed. Maurer, have started a crude rubber importing business 

 of their own at 25 Beaver street. Xew York, under the name 

 of Rumsey & Greutert Co., Inc. Mr. Rumsey is president, Mr. 

 Greutert. secretary and treasurer, and C. J. Weymer, vice-presi- 

 dent of the new corporation. 



RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTUHING CO. 



The annual meeting of stockholders of the Rubber Goods 

 Manufacturing Co. for the election of directors and for the 

 transaction of any other business which may properly be brought 

 before the meeting will be held at the principal office of the com- 

 pany. No. 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey, on 

 Thursday, April 9, 1914, at 12 o'clock noon. 



The transfer books will not be closed, but the New Jersey 

 Corporation Law will not allow to be voted at said meeting 

 any share of stock whicli shall have been transferred after 

 March 20, 1914. 



NEW BRANCHES FOR BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 

 COMMERCE. 



In addition to the branch office recently established by the 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in New N'ork 

 (room 315 United States Custom House), as mentioned on 

 page 249 of our February issue, similar branches have been 

 established at Chica.go (629 Federal Building), New Orleans 

 (Association of Commerce Building) and at San Francisco 

 (76-78 .Appraisers' Stores Building) ; and the suggestion is 

 made by the Department of Commerce that firms in these dis- 

 tricts avail themselves of the information on file at these 

 branches, time being saved by making application to them in- 

 stead of to the bureau at Washington. 



AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



The forty-ninth meeting of the .American Chemical Society 

 will take place at Cincinnati, from .April 7 to 10. 



Mr. F. W. Weissman is chairman of the Executive Commit- 

 tee, while the other subjects for administrative attention are 

 being dealt with by some nine other committees. Included 

 in the programme are visits to the American Rolling Mills, 

 Middletown. and the National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio. 



.A special section will deal with "India Rubber Chemistry" 

 and will be of marked interest. Mr. Doris Whipple, of the 

 Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co., Rayonne, New Jersey, 

 is the sectional secretary. It is expected that this will be the 

 largest spring meeting the society has ever had. 



