April i, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE TRENTON RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



"The Rubber Industry of Trenton, New Jersey," is the title 

 ■of a "booklet" in a series which the Trenton (New Jersey) 

 Evening Times is publishing under the heading "Great Industries." 

 Trenton long has been a center of importance in the rubber in- 

 dustry, but latterly the growth of this interest there has been 

 especially marked. It is stated in this booklet that in ten years 

 the annual output of the business has increased more than 60 

 per cent. The author of this booklet is Mr. Frank Thompson, 

 of the staff of the newspaper named. He has with much pains 

 outlined the history of the rubber industry in Trenton from 

 its beginning, mentioning not only the various companies by 

 name, but most of the persons who have contributed to their 

 growth and success. 



WALPOLE TO MAKE RUBBER TIRES. 



The business of the Valveless Inner Tube Co., organized 

 recently in New York for the sale in America of an automobile 

 tire of French origin — "La Sans Valve" — has been acquired by 

 the Walpole Rubber Co. (Walpole, Massachusetts), who, it is 



Section of "Sans Valve" Tire. 



understood, intend engaging in it» manufacture on a large scale. 

 In noticing the exhibit of this tire at the French Automobile 

 Show in Paris. The India Rubber World (February I. 1909 — 

 page 179) spoke of it as a novelty there, "though its basic prin- 

 ciple was employed years ago in tire making in the United 

 States, ... it is a hose pipe cycle tire, the inner part of 

 which is a layer of unvulcanized rubber. Air is admitted by 

 puncturing the tire, with the idea that when the inflater is 

 withdrawn the puncture will heal at once, thus retaining the 

 air." The tire has since been developed for use on automobiles. 



THE HARD RUBBER INDUSTRY AT SEYMOUR. 



. One of the leading industrial enterprises of Seymour, Con- 

 necticut, is that of H. P. & E. Day, Inc.. who recently have 

 increased their plant to an important extent after having brought 

 up their capital stock last year from $40,000 to $200,000. The 

 company named are the manufacturers of special lines of pencils 

 and penholders, and of hard rubber goods generally. In addi- 

 tion to the goods marketed under their own name, the firm men- 

 tioned manufacture one of the most widely used lines of foun- 

 tain pen holders known to the world, under the name of the 

 patentee. The hard rubber industry at Seymour originated 

 sixty-seven years ago through the agency of the late Austin G. 

 Day, who, after having obtained a license under Nelson Good- 

 year's hard rubber patent to use the same in the manufacture of 

 stationers' articles, in 185S obtained a patent for an improved 

 process in the preparation of hard rubber. Mr. Day at first had 

 his hard rubber compounded at the factory of the Beacon Dam 

 Co., at Beacon Falls, Connecticut. He was the first in America 

 to treat successfully Assam rubber for factory use, and it is a 

 legend in the trade that in a single year the Boston Belting Co. 

 paid him enough in royalties on Assam rubber to pay for the 

 building of a factory of his own at Seymour. In 1867 Austin 

 G. Day patented his "Kerite" compound, and in 1872 he built an 

 insulated wire factory at Seymour, out of wdiich has grown an 

 important business in the electrical industry. These enterprises 



were apart from the hard rubber business mentioned at the be- 

 ginning of this article. The business in 1872 came into the 

 control of Henry P. Day and Edmund Day, brothers of the late 

 Austin G. Day. The business was continued as a copartnership 

 until December 31, 1901, when it became an incorporation under 

 the laws of Connecticut. H. P. Day is president, Edmund Day 

 treasurer, and Walter Randall secretary. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S ISSUES. 



Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange for five 

 weeks, ending March 26: 



Common Stock, $25,000,000. 



[Tlie treasury of a subsidiary company holds $1,344,000.] 

 Last Dividend, April 30, 1900 — 1%. 



Week February 26 Sales 5,700 shares High 4534 Low 43^ 



Week March 5 Sales 3,900 shares High 45% Low 43^/3 



Week March 12 Sales 13,000 shares High 4854 Low 4454 



Week March 19 Sales 4,800 shares High 47 Low 44 



Week March 26 Sales 1,900 shares High 45% Low 44 

 For the year — High, 52^2, Jan. 3; Low, 35, Feb. 7. 

 Last year — High, 57?s' Low, 27. 



First Preferred Stock, $39,824,400. 



Last Dividend, Jan. 31, 1910 — 2' ', . 

 Week February 26 Sales 2,000 shares Highli434 Low 113 

 Week March 5 Sales 2,700 shares High 115^ Low H4?4 

 Week March 12 Sales 3.100 shares High 116^2 Low 1154 

 Week March 19 Sales 1,030 shares High 1 157-8 Low n^Yi 

 Week March 26 Sales 719 shares High 115^2 L0WI143-4 



For the year — High, lib 1 .., Jan. 10; Low-, 108, Feb. 7. 



Last year — High, i--.- : _; Low. 98. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 

 Last Dividend, Jan. 31, 1910 — iVi%. 

 Week February 26 Sales .... shares High .... Low .... 

 Week March 5 Sales 500 Shares High 80% Low 80 

 Week March 12 Sales 1,600 shares High 8ij4 Low 8054 

 Week March 19 Sales 425 shares High 81 Low 80 

 Week March 26 Sales 175 shares High 80 Low* 80 

 For the year — High, 84, Jan. 3; Low. 76, Feb. 7. 

 Last year — High, 89^2 ; Low, 6y l /s. 



Six Per Cent. Trust Gold Bonds, $19,500,000. 

 Week February 26 Sales 103 bonds High 103 1 /^ Low 103 

 Week March 5 Sales 146 bonds High 1034 Low I02?4 



Week March 12 Sales 207 bonds High I03"g Low i03 I -'» 

 Week March 19 Sales 166 bonds High 103% Low 1027/6 

 Week March 26 Sales 62 bonds High io^/s Low 103^ 



For the year — High, 1045-2, Jan. 15; Low, 10234, March 5. 

 Last year — High, 106; Low, io:'. t . 



LESS SEA ISLAND COTTON THIS YEAR. 



The net receipts at Savannah from September I to March 24 

 were 49,458 bales, against 49,690 bales last year. The crop in 

 sight at all ports on March 24 was 88,525 bales, against 88,958 

 bales last year. John Malloch & Co. (Savannah), report stocks 

 on March 24, 1910, and at corresponding previous dates, as 

 follow-- : 



1908. 1909. 1910. 



Savannah 7,86i 11,392 4,701 



Charleston 2.455 '■-'-'! H7 



Total 10,316 12,616 5.1 18 



RUBBER FACTORY SUPPLIES. 



William H. Scheel, of New York, calls attention to the 

 fact that he is new carrying in store regularly chloride of 

 sulphur and tetrachloride of carbon, carefully packed in small 

 and large lots, to meet different demands from the trade. This 

 house now carries no less than 20 different grades of rubber 

 substitute — white, brown, and black — and is prepared to make 

 prompt shipments. 



SENECA RUBBER CO. (BUFFALO). 



The Seneca Rubber Co., organized recently at Buffalo, New 

 York, and since March 1 located at Xo. 01 _• Main street, are 

 manufacturers' agents in that territory for G & J tires, and for 

 tire accessories in general. Roswell Park, Jr., is president and 

 treasurer, and William O. Cramp is vice-president and secretary. 

 The latter was manager of the tire agency formerly maintained 

 by the G & J company in Buffalo. 



