May 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



593 



"Our earnings for the year 1920 showed about $10,000,000 over 

 and above all dividend requirements and we have made our 

 regular dividends of 8 per cent upon both preferred and common 

 stocks. It is not that, however, that we feel so proud of, as the 

 fact that every bill has been paid on the day it was due. 



"Now it is always somewhat risky to predict as to the future, 

 but I do feel satisfied that we have seen the worst of the depres- 

 sion and that from now on business is going to be on the 

 mend — our business is on the mend in its various departments 

 today. The tire trade, which during the blue days was pre- 

 dicted would never return, has almost reached normal, and I 

 still believe and predict that the number of tires used in the year 

 1921 will be greater than in 1919 or 1920, or in any previous year 

 in the history of the world, and our company is going to get its 

 fair share of the tire business and, therefore, my message is 

 one of encouragement and confidence in the future." 



to June, 1914, the latter as one hundred per cent basis shows em- 

 ployes 116 and total wages 234. The percentage of distribution 

 of employes reported in February was 0.8. 



A WELL-KNOWN RUBBER RECLAIMER 



CL.^RK W. Harrison, president and treasurer of the Blooming- 

 dale Rubber Co., New York, N. Y., was born in Glasgow, 

 Missouri, ill ]><()i<. lie received his education at Pritchett Col- 

 lege, Glasgijvv, and Washington 

 L'nivcrsity. St. Louis, Missouri, 

 sjraduating in 1888. 



His first business connection 

 was with the Shickle, Harrison & 

 Howard Iron Co., St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, cast iron pipe founders. In 

 1891 he was made secretary and 

 treasurer of the Howard, Harri- 

 son Iron Co., Bessemer, Alabama; 

 in 1894, vice-president and man- 

 ager of the South Pittsburg Pipe 

 Works, Tennessee; in 1899, for- 

 eign salvs manager of the United 

 States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry 

 Co. with headquarters in London. 

 England : in 1906. waterworks en- 

 .gineer in London, England, and 

 in 1911 became identified with the 

 rubber industry as treasurer and manager of the Bloomingdale 

 Rubber Co., rubber reclaimers, New York, N. Y. In 1919 he was 

 elected president in addition to the office of treasurer. 



Mr. Harrison is a member of Thi2 Rubber Association of 

 .•\merica, Inc., in which he holds the office of vice-chairman of 

 the Reclaimers' Division, His clubs are the Engineers' Club, 

 New York, N. Y., Wykag>d Golf Cbab. New Rochelle, N. Y., 

 and Governors Island Club, New York, N. Y. 



Underwood t^ i'nder'C'Od, A'. Y. 



Ci.ARK W. Harrison 



NEW YORK RUBBER INDUSTRIES INCREASE EWPLOYMENT 



According to the Bureau of Statistics and Information of the 

 New York State Industrial Commission, which has drawn its 

 conclusion from reports by 1,648 firnvs with over 475,000 em- 

 ployes, more than one-third of the factory workers in the state, 

 and a weekly pay-roll of over $12.500,0fO, the fur, leather and 

 rubber goods group of industries shows a si.x per cent increase 

 in working forces in February. Among the gains rejjorted are 

 five per cent in rubber goods, and three per cent in boots and 

 shoes. 



The percentage of change in the New York State rubber and 

 gutta pcrcha goods industry in employes from December, 1920, to 

 January, 1921. was — 9.2; from January, 1921. to Feliruary, 1921, 

 was -|-4.9; in total wages from December, 1920, to January, 1921, 

 was — 15 8; from January, 1921. to February, 1921, was -|-0.9; 

 in employes from January, 1920. to January, 1921, was — 34.6; 

 for February, 1920. to February, 1921, was — 29,7; in total wages 

 from January, 1920, to January, 1921, was — 39,6; from February, 

 1920, to February, 1921, was —31.6. The ratio of February, 1921, 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



NEW YOHK 



ALBERT V. W. Tallman, broker in crude rubber, etc., will 

 occupy new offices at 35 Stone street. New York, N. Y., to 

 which the business will be removed from 280 Broadway on 

 May 1. 



G. E. Habich, dealing in crude rubber, is now located at 

 24 Stone street. New York. 



On May 1, Richard H. Toeplitz, dealer in crude rubber, will 

 consolidate his business with the Crude Rubber Brokerage Co., 

 inc., 198 Broadway, conducting the business of both concerns 

 under the name of the Crude Rubber Brokerage Co., Inc., with 

 offices at 99 Water street. New York, N. Y. 



J. Frank Dunbar Co., Inc., dealer in crude rubber, on April 

 18 moved from 82 Beaver street to 113-115 Broad street. New 

 York, N. Y. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s eight-story and basement 

 building- located at the northeast corner of Jackson avenue and 

 1 [oneywell street. Long Island City, was purchased by \\', C. 

 Durant for the use of the Durant Motor Co., of New York. The 

 transaction is reported to have involved $2,000,000. 



John S. Lamson & Bro., Inc., successor to Reese, Lamson & 

 Buckley, Inc., importer and dealer in manganese, asphaltum, 

 pitch, waxes and chemicals, and eastern and foreign selling 

 agent for Robertson process "M-R" mineral rubber, formerly at 

 347 Madison avenue, expects to occupy its new offices at 100 

 John street. New York, on May 1. The entire building has been 

 taken and the basement and first floor will be used for ware- 

 housing stock, including a number of items used by the rubber 

 trade. 



The Prospect Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 735 Main street, 

 Buffalo, New York, which was incorporated March 18. 1919, 

 under the laws of Delaware, with a capital of $500,000, to 

 manufacture cord tires and acquire property for tlie plant- 

 ing, cultivation and growing of rubber trees, has elected the fol- 

 lowing officers and directors for the current year : J. T. Barnes, 

 president; J. H. Prendergast, vice-president; J. L. Rosenblatt, 

 general manager and treasurer; F. E. Grubb, secretary; D. Rosen- 

 blatt, assistant treasurer ; and H. Mathias, superintendent. 

 For the time being. Prospect cord tires will be manufac- 

 tured by reliable tire manufacturers, according to specifica- 

 tions and from equipment belonging to the company. Origi- 

 nal intentions were to build a factory at Prospect, New York, 

 but now the purchase of a factory in Bufifalo is being con- 

 sidered. 



The Master-Craft Fountain Pen Corporation was incor- 

 porated at Albany, New York, on February 8, 1921, with a 

 capital stock of $250,000. The executive offices are at 59 

 Park Place, New York. 



PENNSYLVANIA 



The Hydro-United Tire Co., 10th street and Columbia .Avenue, 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of the toronized tire, 

 has increased its capital stock from $1,000,000 to $100,000,000. 



The Link-Belt Building & Loan Association, capitalized at $2,- 

 000,000, has been incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania 

 by the employes of the Link-Belt Company, under the building 

 association laws of the state and of the banking comriissinner. 

 It has the endorsement and support but is not a subsidiary of 

 the Link-Belt Co., the management I)eiiig entirely in the hands 

 of the employees. 



Meyer Davis has l)egun a trip of over 20,000 miles as the 

 first representative of the H. H, Robertson Co., Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, to visit Chinese, Japanese, Philippine and other 



