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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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united STATES RUBBER CO. S ISSUES. 

 nsactions on the New York Stock Exchange for 

 . en. liny September 25 : 



Com mux Stock, $25,000,000. 



[Le-.- $1.344. in treasury of a subsidiarj company.l 



Last Dividend, April 10, 1900^1%. 



AugusI 28.. Sales 40,800 shares High 



September 4 Sale.-. 15.775 -hares High 



September 11 Sales 11. 300 shares High 



September 18 Sales 20,850 shares High 



September 25 Sales 27,360 shares High 



the year — High, 57%, Aug. 19: Low, -7. Feb. 24. 

 year — High, 37}^; Low, iyVz. 



First Preferreh Stoi k. $36,263,000. 



Last Dividend, July 31, 1909 — 2', 

 W . August 28. . Sales 16,150 shares 

 Week September 4 Sales 3.210 shares 

 Week September 11 Sales 1.750 shares 

 \\ 1 ek September 18 Sales 2,600 shares 

 Week September 25 Sales 5.825 shares 



For tht- year — High, ;:.;_. Aug. 24: Low, 9 

 Last year — High, 108; Low, 76. 



Second Preferred Stock, S9.g65.00o. 

 Last Dividend, July 31, 1909 — i 1 -'- 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



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August 28. . Sales 



September 4 Sales 



September 1 1 Sales 



September 18 Sales 



September 25 Sales 



Augu-t 28. . . 

 September 4 

 September 1 1 

 September 18 

 September 25 



4,425 shares 



300 shares 



1,500 shares 



750 shares 

 2.590 shares 



the year — High, SgVz. Aug. 23: Low. 07' 2, Feb. 25. 

 year— High, 75'..; Low. 42. 



Six Per Cext Certificates, $20,000,000 

 $15,000,0011 issued. 

 Sales 59 certs. High 105 VL> 

 Sales 62 certs. High 105 '4 

 Sales 21 certs. High 105A6 

 Sales 97 certs. High 105J4S 

 Sale- 97 certs. High 105 



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NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



Union Rubber and Supply Co., August 6, 1909. under the 

 laws of Missouri; capital, $10,000. fully paid. Incorporator--: 

 Joseph S. Tracey (140 shares). Fred W. Brand (40 share-). 

 John Coughlin (.20 shares 1. Location, St. Louis. 



This business was organized in 1902 as a copartnership, under 

 the style, Union Supply Co.. by Joseph F. Tracy and J. Frank 

 M) rrison. The new corporation has these officers: Joseph F. 

 Tracy, president: John Coughlin. vice-president; Fred W. Brand, 

 secretary and treasurer. Location, No. 410 Market street. A 

 complete stock of mechanical rubber goods is carried, including 

 leather and canvas belting. 



Rubber Novelty Manufacturing Co.. July 12, 1909, under 

 Ohio laws; capital, $10,000. Incorporators: C. D. Httber, 

 George E. Gorz, F. O. Williams. Clarence A. Lindsay, and 

 H. A. Mykrantz. Location, Vshland, Ohio. 



Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co.. July 31, 1909, under 

 Xew Jersey laws; capital. $2,000. Incorporator-: Joseph O. 

 Stokes, William J. B. Stokes, and Francis C. Lowthrop. 

 Location, Trenton. Xew Jersey. The former Trenton Rub- 

 bei Manufacturing Co. recently adopted the name Thermoid 

 Rubber Co [see The India Rubber World, July 1. 1009 

 — page 370]. and the new- corporation has been formed by 

 the same interest for the sake of more fully protecting their 

 interest in the goodwill of the old corporation. 



Morgan & Wright, a corporation of Michigan, have quali- 

 fied to do business in Illinois as a foreign corporation, under 

 date of June 2^,. 1909. Charles J. Butler is president and 

 J. P. Weston secretary, both of Detroit, Michigan. 



West American Rubber Co., September I, 1900. under the 

 laws of California; capital authorized. $50,000. Directors: 

 V. C. Benjamin, William T. Gotbed, Caroline A. Benjamin, 

 John D. Works, Lewis R. Works. Location. Los Ang 

 California. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



■ I ' HE following is an official satement of value of exports of 

 *■ manufactures of india-rubber and gutta-percha from the 

 United States ior ten fiscal years, ending June 30: 



Belting, 

 Ye \k- Packing 



and Hose. 



1908-09 $1,498,445 



1907-0S L347-775 



1906-07 1,253,369 



1905-106 1.221,159 



All 

 and 1 )ther 



Shoes. Rubber. 



$1,292,673 $3,823,956 

 1,614,290 3,743,040 



1904-05 .. 

 1903-04 . . 

 1902-03 . 

 1901-02 . . 

 1900-01 . . 

 1890-1900 



994,100 

 879,476 

 819,085 

 634,146 

 565-7-26 

 =4 1 ,830 



1,231,898 

 1,505,082 

 1,214,342 

 1,086,364 

 1,056,491 

 1,046,315 

 7-4-015 

 420,746 



3,729,643 



2,966,144 



2,572,375 



2.4H9.750 

 2,299,875 

 1. 78 1. 94 1 

 [,727,527 

 1.405.2 1 2 



Total 



$6,615,074 

 6,705,105 

 6,214,910 

 5,692,385 

 4,780,817 

 4.435.590 

 4,176,351 

 3,462,402 

 3,017,268 

 2,367,788 



The exports for the last fiscal year compare with the previous 

 i ear as follows : 



Decrease in boots and shoes 



Increase in belting, etc. . . . '. $150,670 



Increase in miscellaneous 80,916 



$321,617 



23 1. 5S6 



Net decrease $90,031 



Exports of rubber boots and shoes (in pairs) have been as fol- 

 low-, by fiscal years ended June 30:: 



1001 1.459,100 1904 2,310,808 1907 2,310,420 



1902 2,594,7,08 1905 2,300.539 1908 3,080,253 



1903 2,307,401 1906 2,693.670 1909 2,397,435 



Exports 1 in value) of reclaimed rubber and of w-aste rubber 

 have been as follows : 



Reclaimed. Waste 



[908-og $414,861 $402,897 



1007-08 418,738 449.727 



1906-07 665, iog 548.6g5 



[905-06 511.843 339.507 



1904-05 ■ 522,902 204.945 



IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



Years. India-rubber. Gutta-percha. 



igoS-og $i,39,i,77P ?7i,8ig 



1907-08 1.956,590 93,545 



1906-07 2.262,783 191.064 



1905-06 1,992,413 208.172 



1904-05 1,389,064 1 17-735 



1903-04 821,562 335.480 



1902-03 665,972 225,198 



1901-02 449-756 127,780 



1900-01 478,663 163,337 



i8gg-igco -04.088 254.332 



SHIPMENTS TO NON-CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 



For the fiscal year ended June 30, igog: 



Belting. 

 Territories Packing. 



and Hose. 

 Alaska $g6,gog 



I law.iii 45,031 



Porto Rico 0.277 



Philippine- 39,6gi 



Total. 



$1,463,589 



2,050.135 



2,453,847 



2,200.585 



1.506,799 



1,157.042 



891,170 



577.536 



642,000 



818,420 



Total $190,908 



Ti tal, 1007-08 162.602 



Total, [906-07 197.508 



1 otal, [905-06 164,606 



Total, 1904-05 107.350 



It is nearly four years since motor fire appliances were first 

 introduced in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and a recent United 

 Slat.-- consular report state- that "the results have been so 

 -in -factory, from everj point of view, that it is the intenion 

 1 1 graduallj substitute motor lire vehicle- for steam fire engines, 

 ;o that ultimatelj horse and -team power will be entirely dis- 

 pensed w ith " 



