May i, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



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ably good. Money for big deals is still considered as tight, 

 and even collections are not as easy as could be wished. Every- 

 thing is still being done on a safe and conservative basis, but 

 conditions all along the coast are so favorable, big crops are so 

 well assured, and there is such confidence in the future that 

 the result is a more active business all around for the present, 



and an improved outlook. 



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At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. of California, on 

 April 2, Mr. J. E. French was elected president and manager, 

 succeeding Mr. L. L. Torrey, who had held this position since 

 the incorporation of the company, in October, 1907. This local 

 corporation was formed to cover the Pacific coast business of 

 the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Jeannette, Pa.). It is understood 

 that as soon as practicable the California corporation will be 

 dissolved and the business conducted as a branch of the parent 

 company. 



.Mr. French, as Pacific coast manager of the Pennsylvania 

 Rubber Co., will have headquarters at No. 512 Mission street, 

 San Francisco, from which place he will direct also the busi- 

 ness of the company at No. 930 South Main street, Los Angeles. 



In connection with the change above recorded, Mr. George 

 W. Shively, secretary of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., visited 

 San Francisco. He states that his company anticipate opening 

 branches in Portland, Seattle, and Spokane, so that the coast will 



be fully covered. 



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The Pacific Coast Rubber Manufacturers' Association holds its 

 monthly banquet and business meeting on April 20, at the St. 

 Francis Hotel. Here they will discuss matters of importance in 

 the regulation of abuses in the trade. At the meeting in 

 March several resolutions were passed regulating the sale of 

 fire hose. One of them was that no member would make a bid 

 for the sale of hose except under condition of a test pressure 

 of not more than 400 pounds to the square inch at the time of 

 delivery, a time guarantee of not more than three years, and 

 no subsequent test. The members are The Goodyear Rubber 

 Co., Bowers Rubber Works, Revere Rubber Co., Gorham Rub- 

 ber Co., Plant Rubber and Supply Co., Pacific Rubber Co., 

 American Rubber Manufacturing Co., Eureka Fire Hose Co., 

 The Diamond Rubber Co., Barton Packing and Rubber Co., 

 and Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. Meetings are held 

 once a month and a banquet is always given at the same time. 

 Mr. W. F. Bowers, of the Bowers Rubber Works, is president. 



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Mr. R. H. Pease, president, and Mr. A. B. Watson, assistant 

 treasurer, of the Goodyear Rubber Co., have returned from New 

 York. The firm reports that business is looking up. There has 

 been a slight advance on tennis shoes, and it has been taken 



kindly by the trade. 



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Mr. W. H. Sayen, Jr., of the Mercer Rubber Co. (Trenton, 

 New Jersey), is now at Del Monte, California, with his bride. 

 He writes that he will be in San Francisco within a few days. 



C. E. Mathewson, Pacific coast manager for The Diamond 

 Rubber Co., states that he has received, within three weeks nine 

 carloads of tires, the Los Angeles branch in the same time re- 

 ceived three carloads and the Seattle branch two cars, for the 

 spring requirements, and already F. O. Nelson, manager of the 

 Los Angeles branch, is in San Francisco to replenish his supply. 

 This gives an idea, Mr. Mathewson says, of the volume of 

 business that the rubber tire houses are doing on the coast. 



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Mr. W. F. Bowers, president of the Bowers Rubber Works, 

 states that business is good, and steadily showing improvement. 

 This is a growing and developing country, he said, and busi- 

 ness is now in shape to feel the improvement. The trouble on 

 the coast, however, especially here, is that there are too many 



establishments in proportion t<> the consumption of goods, which 

 keeps the dealers in a badly overstocked condition. The build- 

 ing at the reclaiming mill at their factory, which was injured 

 by fire, has been repaired; new machinery is installed and will 

 be again in operation next month. 



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The American Rubber Manufacturing Co., with a fa. 

 across the bay at Emeryville, is now handling the business end 

 from new headquarters, at No. 10 Beale street, San Francisco, 

 where Mr. H. C. Norton, the manager, has charge. This 

 company reports an active trade. 



Mr. Gregory, manager of the New York Belting and Parking 

 Co., Limited, says that conditions are improving, new prospects 

 are opening up, and the outlook is better for a good business. 



The Barton Rubber Co. are now turning out a lot of belt from 

 their new- factory. This is a new enterprise for them, and is 

 working very nicely. 



F. S. Winslow, manager of the Pacific Coast Rubber Co., states 

 that business is looking up considerably in mechanical lines, 



and in fact all around. 



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Demands are coming in from all quarters, showing new life 

 in the business, which the firms are glad to see starting. 



Frank Sargeant, manager for the Gorham Rubber Co.'s San 

 Francisco house, states that, in spite of the fact that rubber 

 is soaring, the volume of business is better than last year, and 

 they expect a busy season. Tires have been especially active. 



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Charles Hamilton, of the Apsley Rubber Co. (Hudson, Mas- 

 sachusetts), is due to arrive in San Francisco. 



Mr. O. C Tweedy, general sales manager of the Continental 

 Caoutchouc Co., is now visiting the trade. 



W. E. Barker, who has charge of the branches of the United 

 States Rubber Co., is in San Francisco. 



USES OF RUBBER IN THE LAUNDRY. 



RUBBER had little prominence at the Laundry Exhibition 

 held in London, at the Royal Agricultural Hall, April 2-9, 

 though it appeared incidentally in connection with many pieces 

 of apparatus shown. No rubber manufacturer was represented 

 by an exhibit, if exception be made of Gandy Belt Manufacturing 

 Co., Limited, who displayed a great variety of belts suited for 

 driving laundry machines, including their balata belts. Rubber 

 tired laundry wagons are shown, separate rubber tires, vacuum 

 cleaning apparatus with rubber equipment, wringing machines 

 with rubber rolls, rubber marking stamps, and so on. One ex- 

 hibit included raw rubber, as a material essential for wringer 



COMPETITION IN CANADA. 



"/COMPETITION is the best thing for any business." says 

 ^-' The Canadian Shoe and Leather Journal. "Canadian 

 made rubbers have proven this. During the last fifteen years 

 no Canadian industry has shown more advancement than that 

 of manufacturing rubber footwear. The battles fifteen years 

 ago of the Canadian, Gutta Percha, and Maple Leaf companies 

 worked wonders. Along came the Berlin Rubber Co., then the 

 Merchants, both adding new ideas. The town of Berlin "got 

 the habit" and the Kaufmann Rubber Co. started a year ago 

 selling to the retailer. This season the Miner Rubber Co. com- 

 mence operations in Granby, selling through district agents, and 

 the North British Rubber Co., a Scotch concern, are in the 

 field with, as yet, no announced selling plan. This continuous 

 addition of new manufacturers with new ideas could, on account 

 of the growth of the country, be only considered natural. There 

 is room for them all to do a nice business at a good profit.'' 



