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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



June 1, 1921 



are made from recent designs and will stand hard usage. This 

 concern also builds experimental rubber mills and calenders 

 with 7 by 14-inch chilled iron rolls, steel friction gears, and all 

 other parts of semi-steel. In addition, the company builds special 

 machinery from drawings and designs machinery to order. 



Leo F. Joliat has been appointed Detroit branch manager of 

 The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. He had nine years 

 experience in the rubber business, seven years as salesman and 

 two years as branch manager before joining the sales organiza- 

 tion of the Detroit branch in June, 1920. As a salesman he 

 is well-known in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the 

 Southern Atlantic States. He says his favorite trade magazines 

 are The India Rubber World and Motor. 



The Lomer Armored Tire Co., New Castle, Indiana, is 

 now manufacturing 30 by 3j4-inch fabric tires in quantities, 

 and also 35 by 5 steel cord tires. Molds and cores will be 

 installed within the next few weeks, enabling it to manufac- 

 ture 36 by 6 and 40 by 8 steel cord tires. 



The Fort Wayne Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co., Fort 

 WajTie, Indiana, was adjudicated a bankrupt at a creditors' 

 meeting late in April. David S. Vesey of Fort Wayne, the 

 trustee in bankruptcy, offers to sell the property which consists 

 of two and one-half acres of land, a three-story main factory and 

 four one-story out-buildings. The machinery is of the latest 

 type; capacity 300 tires and tubes daily. 



Calvin Stitt, formerly manager of the Boston and Chicago 

 offices of the Katzenbach & Bulloch Co., has been made manager 

 of the heavy chemical, color and oil department of A. Daigger 

 & Co., 54 West Kinzie street, Chicago, Illinois. 



"TRAVEUIR" TIRE OF UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION 



A tire with a unique, flat inside construction is known as the 

 "Traveler" tire. It was designed to overcome the tendency of 

 a tire to flatten 

 in use, which 

 weakens the 

 side-walls by 

 excessive strain 

 and eventually 

 causes blow 

 outs. Thc"Trav- 

 eler" tire is so 

 constructed that 

 it is in a nor- 

 mal condition, 

 as it was built, 

 when it is run- 

 ning. When it 

 is inflated it is 

 rounded out 

 and the cross- 

 section is elon- 

 gated, but when 



the weight of the car is added it returns to its normal shape, flat 

 inside. The tread is very thick, the additional tread being applied 

 to the tire in the place where it is most needed. "Traveler" tires 

 have been on the market a number of years and the maker claims 

 the construction has been thoroughly tested from every angle. — 

 Traveler Rubber Co., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 



Traveler Tire in Cross-Section 



The life of a tire is the air it contains. The more air, or- 

 dinarily, the longer the life. Of course there are exceptions, but 

 it is a safe rule to start with 20 pounds air pressure to the cross- 

 section inch, and if more is needed to add it. Thus a ZYi-mch 

 tire will require 70 pounds and a 4-inch tire 80 pounds. Road, 

 load and speed are determining factors in the pressure required. — 

 Miller Netvs Service. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



A recent feature in the Pacific Coast rubber trade has been 

 a sharp demand for mechanical rubber supplies to meet the 

 marked revival of building operations. Some large dealers, 

 not having anticipated the active resumption, were soon relieved 

 of their small stocks, and were caused much anxiety in obtaining 

 supplies again in a hurry. Oddly enough, bath-room supplies 

 have lagged behind. This is explained by the fact that the rainy 

 season lingered longer this year than usual. 



Trade in tires is excellent, and the price cuts made by the big 

 companies have had a stimulating effect on buyers who had been 

 waiting for this move on the part of the manufacturers. While 

 many dealers were protected on guaranties, not a few were 

 caught with goods that had cost them from 15 to 20 per cent 

 more than present prices. One dealer remarked that the price 

 cuts mean a direct loss of $4,000 to him. Giant cushion and pneu- 

 matic truck tires are going well, several big dealers not being 

 able to get enough of them. 



An excellent business is being done in rubber sports shoes, and 

 the jobbers expect no let-up until September. Trade in druggists' 

 sundries and bathing caps is close to last season's mark, and in 

 rubber bathing suits, capes, etc., mostly novelties, is ahead of last 

 year. Belting keeps up well, although there has been a falling 

 off in demand from Arizona, New Mexico, and other sections 

 where the mining industry has temporarily shut down. 



Buyers of goods generally are purchasing much more cautiously 

 than a year ago, doubtless hoping that further price cuts may 

 be made. As the representative of one of the largest rubber con- 

 cerns in America remarked: "A year ago we were being chased 

 by buyers, 'lOw we are chasing them." 



LOS ANGELES AND VTCINITY. 



At the plant of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Cali- 

 fornia it was stated that things were picking up in good style, 

 the company's April business having been in excess of 

 $1,200,000. In the middle of May the working force had been 

 increased to 1,350 persons, the output of tires to 2,500 and that of 

 tubes to 2,200 daily, fairly approximating 1920's maximum. Mil- 

 ton Kelly, a certified accountant, has been appointed assistant 

 treasurer to succeed D. J. Koonce, who has gone into another 

 line of business. The refinancing plans of the parent Goodyear 

 company in Akron have made no change in the affairs of the 

 California concern. 



The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.'s branch at 946 Broadway, 

 Los Angeles, will be moved by September 1 to new quarters in 

 Building E, Terminal Building. The whole seventh floor will 

 be used, and a space of 80,000 square feet occupied, as compared 

 with the present 35,000 feet. 



W. F. Lynch has been promoted to the position of manager of 

 the Los .\ngelcs branch of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, 

 Ohio. For two years previous he was a salesman in the Cleve- 

 land branch, covering western New York and eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania. Prior to his connection with the Mason company, Mr. 

 Lynch was salesman for the Myers Rubber Co., Qeveland, for 

 three years. 



C. C. Case, general manager of the mechanical goods division 

 of the United States Rubber Co., with headquarters in New York, 

 has been visiting all the company's main branches on the Coast. 



F. H. Hearsch, formerly western district manager for the 

 Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., has accepted the position of general 

 sales manager of the Samson Tire & Rubber Corporation, Comp- 

 ton, California. 



The National Airless Tire Co. will shortly begin the construc- 

 tion of a factory in Norwalk, near Los Angeles, for making non- 

 puncturable, "Los Angeles Airless" tires, The company's of- 



