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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



July 1, 1921 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS 



June 22, l!*-'l 



High Low 



Ajax Rubber Co., loc 22 21}i 



The Kisk Kubbi-r Co \2'A IIH 



The B. F. Goodrich Co iO'A 29'A 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., pfd 66'/i 66yi 



KellySpringtield Tire Co 3/^i 31M 



Keystone T. & R. Co., Inc.. The 9^^ 9'A 



Lee R. & T. Corporation 48 47'A 



United St.iies Rubber Co 58 Ss'/i 



United States Rubber Co., 1st pfd 9J 9iH 



Last 

 22 

 12 

 30 

 66 >^ 

 36!^ 

 9y2 

 A7Vi 

 57 

 92 



SALES MANAGER, KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE CO. 



JOHN V.\iCH.\N MowE, general sales manager of the Kelly- 

 Springtield Tire Co., New York, N. Y., was born al Ocono- 

 mowoc, Wisconsin, in 1875. Following his graduation from high 

 school in 1893, he entered mercan- 

 tile business as stock>'ard repre- 

 sentative for a firm manufacturing 

 wooden ware. 



His first association with the 

 rubber industry was with the Fire- 

 stone Tire & Rubber Co., for 

 which firm he served eight years 

 as branch manager at Detroit, 

 Michigan, also traveling exten- 

 sively throughout the United 

 States and becoming well ac- 

 quainted with tire dealers. In 

 1913, he resigned to join the Good- 

 year sales force as special reprc- 

 sentative, doing special work 

 among the branches, and selling 

 to large manufacturers. Two 

 j'ears later, he was appointed as- 

 sistant general sales manager of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., 

 in which capacity he also traveled extensively, especially the west- 

 ern territory. Last year he was promoted to general sales man- 

 ager, succeeding Otis R. Cook, who continued with the company 

 as a director. 



Outdoor sports claim Mr. Mowe's spare moments, and his 

 clubs include the Lawrence Park Golf Club, Detroit Athletic Club 

 and Lotos Club of New York City. 



John V. Mowe 



SMITH CHEMICAL & COLOR CO., INC., MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS 



The Smith Chemical & Color Company, Inc., has removed from 

 116 Nassau street to 257-259 Water street. New York, N. Y., 

 where the enlarged offices and warehouses are located. Here the 

 company will be able to give more efficient service to users of 

 rubber chemicals, colors and pigments. A laboratory is now being 

 equipped in the new building, where all products will be tested, 

 matched and reported upon. 



Casper Smith, president and general manager of the company, 

 has been largely instrumental in promoting the development of 

 the company, and is very popular in the trade. 



A SWINDLER ANNOYS NEW YORK RUBBER TRADE 



An imposter purporting to be Osman Shaw, of Francis Shaw 

 & Co., Limited, Manchester, England, is operating in New York 

 City, and members of the rubber trade are warned to be on their 

 guard. The imposter does not call at the office of the intended 

 victim but telephones requesting a business meeting at some prom- 

 inent hotel. This being denied, considerable persistence is shown, 

 but the matter is dropped if a meeting at the hotel cannot be 

 arranged. Amcdee Spadone, assistant secretary of the Gutta 

 Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co., 126 Duane street, knew 

 that Mr. Shaw was in England, confirmed the fact by cable and 

 ignored the swindler. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 



By Our Kepular Correspondent 



NEW YOHK 



THE executive offices of the Powertown Tire Sales Co. have 

 been removed from Buffalo to 253-259 East avenue, 

 Rochester, New York. The Buffalo office, 955 Main street, is 

 being continued as a factory branch, with George H. Holmes as 

 manager. This company reports an encouraging growth in its 

 \olume of sales, each month this year showing an increase over 

 the previous month. N. D. Johnson is president. 



.■\t a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Hudson Tire & 

 Rubber Corporation, Yonkers, N. Y., the following officers were 

 elected ; William M. Doucette, president ; Harry B. Seymour, 

 vice-president and treasurer; Ulrich Wiesendanger, secretary. 

 The three directors of the company were reelected. The firm 

 was incorporated April 19, 1920, with a capitalization of $1,000,000. 

 New factory buildings, now under construction, will be completed 

 this summer. 



Because of increasing business the Hewitt Rubber Co., Buffalo, 

 N. Y., recently moved its eastern district branch from No. 

 245 to Nos. 236-238 West 55th street. New York, N, Y. At 

 this branch they intend to carry a larger stock, not only of tires, 

 but also of various mechanical goods. J. R. Benedict, eastern 

 district manager, will make his headquarters here. 



The Tropical Rubber Co., Inc., 365 Broadway, New York, 

 N. Y., has entered into contract to purchase a $100,000 bond 

 issue of the Smith Rubber & Tire Co. The recently completed 

 plant of the latter firm is located at Garfield, New Jersey. The 

 $100,000 issue in question is secured by a mortgage and deed of 

 trust on the plant, equipment and business of the Smith Rubber 

 & Tire Co. The officers of the Tropical Rubber Co. are : 

 George V. S. Williams, president; H. W. \'an Alcn, treasurer; 

 F. C. Woods, secretary. 



Instead of sales manager, as was recently stated, Lowell H. 

 Low has been appointed branch manager of the Swinehart Tire 

 & Rubber Co., 631 West 57th street, New York, N. Y. The 

 general offices of the company are at .^kron, Ohio. 



The New England Tire & Rubber Co., is now maintaining at 

 43 East 47th street. New York, N. Y., a factory branch, inider 

 the name of the Holyoke Cord Tire Co. The company claims 

 that its prospects for the future are excellent, judging from its 

 business of the last three months. S. R. Huntley is general 

 manager. 



The Nathan Novelty Manufacturing Co., incorporated as the 

 Nathan Anklet Support Co., has increased its capital from 

 $18,000 to $150,000. Edwin B. Nathan is president of the com- 

 pany. The offices are at 55 Fifth avenue. New York, N. Y. 



The New York office of Fred Waterhouse Co., Limited, at 82 

 Wall street, is in charge of J. C. Holmes as manager. The busi- 

 ness is entirely confined to crude rubber and is operated on a 

 commission basis. Mr. Waterhouse, who has been in this country 

 several weeks, left late in May for Singapore via Honolulu, 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Stephen M. Mullin, under the firm name of S. M. Mullin & 

 Co., has established a crude rublicr brokerage business at 35 

 Nassau street. New York, N. Y. Mr. Mullin is familiar with 

 all branches through fifteen years of active experience with 

 various large importers and dealers. For a time he acted as 

 New York agent for one of the foremost shippers in Amsterdam, 

 Holland, and subsequently managed the affairs of Hammesfahr 

 & Co., crude rubber brokers. 



John M. Ball, formerly chemical engineer with the Manhattan 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Passaic, New Jersey, has taken up 

 sales work with the R. T. Vanderbilt Co., 50 East 42nd street. 

 New York, N. Y., manufacturer of compounding ingredients for 

 tlie rubber trade. 



