May 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



427 



of the rubber trade to a plan which has worked out most 

 successfully with us, and which I believe could be tried by 

 other concerns with equally gratifying results. Last Feb- 

 ruary a meeting of all the salesmen, both in the city and 

 on the road, who represented our company, was held at the 

 Hotel La Salle. This meeting was so successful that it was 

 decided at that time to repeat it quarterly. We are now 

 preparing for our May meeting, which promises to be an 

 even greater success than the former one. The plan of these 

 meetings is not merely to get together and eat in a social 

 manner, altho that is one of the most pleasant features. The 

 purpose is for a general discussion of the many problems 

 which beset the rubber salesman in his daily work. Tlic 

 individual experiences of each member can be told, and ad- 

 vice and suggestions offered by the others which could be 

 secured in no other manner. Best of all, however, is the 

 opportunity which is given for mutual encouragement among 

 the salesmen. The social feature is important, but it is 

 subordinate to the business purpose. We have every inten- 

 tion of continuing these meetings, as they are without ques- 

 tion productive of much good, for the salesmen as well as 

 for the firm." 



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One of the most seasonable articles of footwear in the 

 Chicago market is the tango slipper. This was introduced 

 a short time after it was seen that the tango was slated for 

 popular favor. Thousands of pairs have been sold in the 

 city during the winter. Few dances are held where the tango 

 does not rule, and many are given where no other dance is 

 danced during the entire course of the evening. 



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The Chicago branch of the Motz Tire S: Rubber Co., of 

 Akron, has moved from its former location, 2023 Michigan 

 avenue, to its new quarters at 115 East Thirtieth street. This 

 change was necessitated by the rapid expansion of the 

 Chicago organization, which had entirely out-grown its 

 former facilities. 



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Mr. Ryerson, vice-president of the W. D. Allen Manufac- 

 turing Co., is now on a visit in the East, in the interest of 

 the company. He reports business booming, especially in 

 the fire hose rack equipment for interior protection. 



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George McChesney Syther, manager of the service depart- 

 ment of the United States Rubber Co. in this city, died on 

 March 30 of heart trouble, at the age of thirty-four years. 

 Mr. Syther came to Chicago from Akron, where he was 

 employed by the Goodrich company. He is survived by his 

 wife and two small children. His body was taken to .\kron 

 for interment. 



fore good confectioners make models of metal, which, in 

 turn, are pressed into flat beds of cornstarch or flour, making 

 molds for the candy itself. Into these molds the melted sugar 

 is poured and left to cool. Often, however, in pressing these 

 metal shapes into the cornstarch or flour one mold will dis- 



USING CANDY MOLDS OF RUBBER. 



By Our Cincinnati Correspondent. 

 r\OWN at the Woodward High School, in Cincinnati (ex- 

 '-^ President Taft's alma mater, by the way), an inventive 

 teacher in domestic science has contrived an interesting de- 

 vice for candy-making, which, being non-patented. lends itself 

 to imitation elsewhere. 



While the course of domestic science is, of course, intended 

 to help the young women of the Queen City to become 

 better able to wash and iron and cook and bake, still it is 

 recalled that husbands and children relish a tid-bit now and 

 then. As a result candy-making has become a feature of this 

 course and the young women make caramels and marshmal- 

 lows and taffy and what not. 



Candy is candy the world over, of course, but appearances 

 count a great deal. To pile up a lot of lumps of sweets would 

 not always serve to tempt the palate of the fastidious. Where- 



Scjiuui. GiKi.s M.\Ki.\n C,\Ni)v in RunnF.R Molds. 



turb another, so that the whole work has to be done over 

 again. But this would not be the case with a rubber mold 

 that would always keep its shape and not be so liable to 

 accidents as the unstable starch or the shifting flour. 



So the teacher got busy. She designed some eighty different 

 forms in which candies would look well. These, then, she 

 arranged in series, eight rows across by ten rows down. She 

 took her pattern to a great rubber factory and had a mat of 

 rubber embodying this series of forms made for her use. 



.•\nd now candy-making is indeed simple. You pour your 

 syrup into the neat rubber molds, let it cool and by and by draw 

 it out ; and a slight washing, w'ith luke warm water, makes the 

 mold ready for another batch of the sweets. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 COME of the rubber factories in tliis vicinity are booming, 

 *~^ altho others report a slight falling off in the volume of busi- 

 ness as compared with a month ago. Those concerns that are 

 making automobile tires and automobile accessories of all kinds 

 have enough orders on hand, it is reported, to keep them running 

 full time for the remainder of the summer and well into the fall. 

 The factories engaged in the manufacture of footwear, except- 

 ing such departments as are producing tennis and summer wear 

 shoes, arc not especially rushed at present. 

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With the idea of electrifjiiig the entire plant and practically 

 doubling the floor space, the Phillips Insulated Wire Co., of 

 Pawtucket, is having specifications and plans completed for a 

 three-story and basement brick building, 300 feet long and 210 

 feet wide, with power house, to be erected on Freeman street 

 and Mendon avenue, directly opposite the present plant. In an- 

 ticipation of the change a number of small buildings at present 

 located on the site are being removed and a large, new store- 

 house is in course of construction. 



The latter building will be used as a general storehouse and 

 will be of brick, 200 feet long and 80 feet wide, being a great 

 improvement over the former buildings used for the purpose. ' 

 The factory at present is being operated by steam power, but 

 when the new power house is completed the entire plant will be 

 operated by electricity, plans having been made for the installa- 



