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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



December 1, 1920 



V. E. GUSTAFSON 



used in the rubber 



The Kansas City, Missouri, branch of the Rubber Corporation 

 of America has removed from 21st street and Grand avenue to 

 larger quarters at 717-719 Wyandotte street. The Rubber Cor- 

 poration of America is a consolidation of the sales and selling 

 organizations of the Sterling Tire Corporation, Rutherford, and 

 the Empire Rubber & Tire Corporation, Trenton, both in Xcw 

 Jersey, the two manufacturing companies remaining separate 

 and distinct. 



An appointment of inttrest to the rubber industry is that of 

 V. E. Gustafson as direct sales representative covering the 

 Middle West for the products of the mills controlled by Taylor, 

 .-\rmitagc & Eagles, Inc., and the Hunter 

 Manufacturing & Commission Co., both 

 of New York City. 



Mr. Gustafson is well known in the 

 motor and accessories industry, as he ha.i 

 been associated with the Firestone Tirr 

 & Rubber Co., Akron, as purchasing agent. 

 Previous to this connection he was for 

 many years secretary and sales manager 

 of the Woods Motor Vehicle Co., Chi- 

 cago. He will represent Taylor, Armi- 

 tagc & Eagles, Inc., in the sale of tire 

 fabrics and the Hunter Manufacturing & 

 Commission Co. in the sale of sheetings, 

 drills, Osnaburgs, and kindred fabrics 

 industry. 



Mr. Gustafson's pleasant manner and agreeable personality 

 have gained him a host of friends who predict success for him 

 in his important new connections. 



Sales representatives of the International India Rubber Cor- 

 poration, South Bend, Indiana, recently appointed, include H. D. 

 Brown, who will cover part of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, with headquarters at Wichita, Kansas; E. A. Bradley, 

 whose headquarters are at Lincoln, Nebraska, and whose terri- 

 tory embraces Northern Kansas, all of Nebraska and Western 

 Iowa, as well as a part of Missouri; Ray L. Hause, who has 

 been appointed sales representative to cover Northern Illinois 

 and the state of Wisconsin; and C. H. Fischer, who has been 

 with the company for some time and will continue to have head- 

 quarters in Chicago and cover Michigan, Northern Ohio, Western 

 Pennsylvania and Western New York. 



R. J. Fitzgerald, for some time special sales representative of 

 the International company, lias been appointed assistant sales 

 manager, succeeding C. H. Mayer, resigned. Mr. Fitzgerald was 

 at one time district sales manager for The McGraw Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 



The board of directors of (lie Haywood Tire & Equipment Co., 

 Indianapolis, Indiana, has increased the capitalization to $400,000, 

 and has authorized the sale of $100,000 worth of common stock. 

 This capital will be used to establish Haywood schools of tire 

 surgery in all sections of the country, these schools being also 

 agencies for the sale of Haywood equipment. 



The Marysville, Michigan, plant of the .\thol Manufactur- 

 ing Co., operating as a branch of the Massachusetts factory, 

 exemplifies the most modern ideas of factory buildings and 

 machine layout and ideal working conditions are said to be 

 provided. C. J. Strobcl is superintendent; T. G. Ralph, plant 

 engineer; Leslie Moulton, office manager; and H. H. Upton, 

 production and cost man. 



The manufacturer of the "Evervchild" rubber wading 

 bloomers described in our issue of August 1, is introducing the 

 "Everychild" baby pants, of sheet rubber vulcanized in one piece, 

 without stitching, strings, pins, or buttons.— -Arthur Frankensteni 

 & Co., 514 Broadway, New York City. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST 

 B\ Hnr Rejtular Corre>ponilenl 



LOS ANGELES NOTES 



THE temporary slowing up in the rubber trade throughout the 

 country has. perhaps, been remarked less on the Pacific 

 shipe than anywhere else. None of the mills just now is attempt- 

 ing peak production, but all are reported busy and employing 

 practically their full complement of workers. The mild weather 

 on the Coast and the presence of an unusual number of tourists, 

 especially in Southern California, have tended to keep up sales 

 of automobile tires, which have slackened elsewhere. A good, 

 steady 'demand for mechanical rubber goods is reported from the 

 dealers in the chief cities, and prices are well maintained. 



The coast manufacturers r.->.ther welcomed than opposed the 

 recent increase in transcontinental freight rates, as in some cases 

 it has acted as a protection against competition from the East 

 and Mid-West. On the other hand shipping interests are, 

 with some success, prevailing upon many manufacturers on the 

 .Atlantic coast to ignore the $6.55 rail rate and take the $3 

 rate from Xcw York and other eastern points via the Panama 

 Canal to Los .\ngcles in approximately eighteen days. Pacific 

 Coast rubber manufacturers are not disconcerted by this situa- 

 tion. They say that they will easily meet any competition, and 

 just now labor conditions are very favorable owing to the influx 

 of workmen from other parts of the country where industries 

 have slowed up. These workmen usually prefer to work for less 

 on the Pacific coast than elsewhere because of the more generally 

 favorable climate. 



Ground has been broken for the Pacific Coast plant of the 

 United States Compression Inner Tube Co., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 

 on its 12}/2-acre site in Burbank. Los .A.ngeles County, California. 

 The first spadeful of earth v. as turned by W. A. Blanchard, 

 mayor of Burbank. Many representative business men of South- 

 ern California witnessed the ceremony, as also A. J. Pennington, 

 general factory manager ; C. R. Privett, Pacific Coast distributor ; 

 and J. F. Scanlon, advertising manager. Mr. Pennington has 

 just completed a factory for the company at Kittanning, Pennsyl- 

 vania. The parent plant is at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Puncture- 

 proof inner tubes will be made exclusively at the Burbank plant. 



Good headway is being made in the erection of the plant of 

 the West Coast Asbestos Co. at Downey, California. The con- 

 cern, which is a subsidiary of the E. M. Smith Rubber Co., of 

 Los Angeles, will make rubber-asbestos articles and specialize in 

 heavy oil and fire hose. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of California, Los An- 

 geles, has curtailed production to 1,800 tires a day and the 

 operating staff has been reduced to 2,000. The pay-roll runs over 

 $50,000 a week, and two shifts are worked daily. Last month 

 the cost of tire production was 8 per cent less in Los Angeles 

 than in .-Xkron. It is believed that the report recently circulated 

 that the company was in financial <lifficulty was put out by stock- 

 jobbers to frighten some of the several thousand stockholders in 

 the southern California metropolis into parting with their shares 

 at bargain prices. Very little stock was dislodged, it is said, 

 although the quotation was forced down to about $80. 



A concern to be known as Edward Harris, Inc., has been or- 

 ganized with offices at 1243 South Olive street, Los Angeles, to 

 manufacture a full circle repair vulcanizer in which an air-bag is 

 used. It is claimed that the vulcanizer does in 45 minutes work 

 that ordinarily takes Syi hours, and virtually increases the ca- 

 pacity of a shop four-fold. The concern, of which Mr. Harris is 

 president, expects to have several hundred men at work in its 

 new factory by January 1. 



E. S. Firestone, branch manager of the Firestone Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., entertained the Los .Angeles Firestone tire dealers re- 

 cently at a banquet in the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Talks 



