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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



January 1, 1921 



The work of the health department of the company has also 

 been effective, and by its efforts lost time through ilhiess and 

 accident has been much reduced. 



BOSTON NOTES 



George Green, formerly associated for many years with Samuel 

 Grow, has returned as general sales manager of the George Grow 

 Tire Co., Boston, and director of the automobile end of this fast- 

 growing business. Mr. Green is well known throughout the New 

 England automobile and accessory trade. With Mr. Grow he 

 regards the enlargement of the Canton Junction plant to a capacity 

 of 800 tires a day as necessary to meet the Spring boom which 

 dealers here believe is certain to come. 



The Atlantic Rubber Co., formerly at Atlantic, Massachusetts, 

 has opened offices at 88 Broad street, Boston. A few more lines 

 of rubber goods are being added. 



Archer S. Pratt, for fourteen years associated with T. C. Ash- 

 ley & Co., 683 Atlantic avenue, Boston, manufacturers of rub- 

 ber substitutes, has retired from that firm, which will be contijiued 

 by Thomas A. Ashley. 



Some fifty prominent automobile dealers and other business 

 acquaintances at the Hotel Kenmore, Boston, recently tendered a 

 farewell banquet to W. E. Dermody, for three years Boston branch 

 manager of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., who has been 

 transferred to a more important position at the Akron, Ohio, fac- 

 tory. The dealers presented him witli a beautiful silver service, 

 while close associates gave him a platinum and gold watch chain. 

 Mr. Dermody was held in high esteem by many friends who, 

 while rejoicing in his well-earned advancement, regret his leaving. 



The C. C. C. Fire Hose Co., maker of fire hose and mechanical 

 rubber goods, 209 Washington street, Boston, Massachusetts, 

 at a recent meeting elected James J. Clifford president of the 

 company. Mr. Clifford was for three years president of the Plym- 

 outh Rubber Co., resigning from that office in July, 1920. Previ- 

 ously he had been for nine years connected with the Boston Woven 

 Hose & Rubber Co. Other officials of the C. C. C. Fire Hose 

 Co. are: Royal K. Abbott, vice-president and treasurer; William 

 J. Bingham, secretary; Charles M. Olcott, assistant treasurer. 

 The directorate includes, besides the officers mentioned, Horatio 

 Gilbert. Luther S. Xewell and W. Llovd Allen. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



THE YEAR 1920 comes to a close with practically every line of 

 industry at a low ebb for the first time since the beginning 

 of the World War in August, 1914. As a result of this general 

 business depression, which has apparently reached its lowest 

 point, there is the largest number of employes idle that has been 

 reported in many months. Whereas, since the summer of 1914 

 there has been a dearth of men to fill the jobs, there is now a 

 dearth of jobs for the men who are out of employment. In New 

 England the textile industry is one of the hardest hit and all 

 kinds of productions are affected, including the manufacture of 

 fabrics for automobile tires. In keeping with other lines of in- 

 dustry the rubber manufacturing plants have felt the influence 

 of the downward trend and most of them, especially those manu- 

 facturing footwear, have reduced their working forces, curtailed 

 the weekly schedule of production and several have been closed 

 down for varying periods during the past month. In consequence 

 of these curtailments the outlook was far from encouraging, 

 especially as the continued pleasant weather has had a tendency 

 to restrict sales of rubber footwear. 



Just after the middle of the month, however, a more optimistic 

 atmosphere began to prevail because of the brighter outlook for 

 the industry that was forecasted in the report that the United 

 States Rubber Co., the parent concern, was receiving large sea- 

 sonal orders for the products manufactured in its various plants 



in this State. These reports were that the company was receiving 

 daily substantial orders for rubbers and the lighter arctics, and 

 it is believed that these orders should materially assist in tiding 

 over the Rhode Island mills for the next few months and avert 

 any further shut-downs. During the month of December the 

 plants of the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol, the Alice 

 Mill of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. at Woonsocket, and the 

 Millville plant of the same concern at Millville were closed from 

 one week to three, and the Revere Rubber Co.'s plant in Provi- 

 dence was forced to lay off several hundred of its employes for 

 varying periods. At the American Wringer Co.'s plant at Woon- 

 socket, there was also a curtailment of working forces and a 

 partial shut-down. 



In- the course of a tour of inspection of New England fabric 

 mills that are furnishing fabric for Firestone tires, a party of 

 officials of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. arrived in Provi- 

 dence, December 2, and looked over the local Firestone branch 

 of which Harry J. Aitkcn is manager. In the party were H. S. 

 I'irestone, president; J. W. Thomas, vice-president in charge of 

 production; L. G. Fairbanks, vice-president in charge of sales, 

 and S. G. Carkhuff. The party were on their way from New 

 York to Boston. 



Suit brought against the Kokomo Tire Co., of 205 Hoppin 

 Homestead building, Providence, by Emile Bresse, of East Provi- 

 dence, for alleged broken promises, for which the original damage 

 of $200,000 was reduced by Justice Tanner, of the Superior Court 

 for Providence County, to $50,000, is expected to go to trial soon. 

 The plaintiff claims that the defendant agreed, in return for the 

 sole patent rights of a certain article, to pay the plaintiff $1,000 

 in cash, $5 weekly and a royalty of 50 cents each on not less 

 than 15,000 of the articles to be manufactured each year for at 

 least five years. The plaintiff claims the contract provides that 

 if the article was not satisfactory the contract was void. The 

 defendant contends that it did not make the agreement as repre- 

 sented by the plaintiff. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has entered suit in the Supe- 

 rior Court, Providence, against the International Truck Co. of 

 Rhode Island, Abraham Luff, and the Industrial Finance Cor- 

 poration, to recover the proceeds of five notes, each for $1,000. 

 The damage is placed at $10,000. The first note was made July 

 10, 1920, and was payable September 10, it is alleged, and by the 

 terms of each of the series of five notes, all became due imme- 

 diately after any one was defaulted. Mr. Luff and the Industrial 

 Corporation are indorsers on the notes. 



According to a statement filed with the Secretary of State last 

 month, the Joseph Banigan Rubber Co. of Woonsocket, a Rhode 

 Island corporation, has amended its charter, reducing its capital 

 stock from $1,250,000 to $1,000. In order to accomplish this 

 object, the company has voted to purchase at par and retire 

 12,490 shares of capital stock. This is one of the subsidiaries 

 of the United States Rubber Co. and Walter S. Ballou is presi- 

 dent. 



The Rubber Boot and Shoe Workers' Protective Association 

 of Providence, created for moral and social advancement, has 

 received a charter under the laws of Rhode Island. The in- 

 corporators are Edward E. Colebcrt, Emil Schall, A. Henry 

 Vincent, Mathew H. Brennan, James H. Liddy, Herman Carlson 

 and John Ginnette. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN OHIO 

 By Otir Regular Correspondent 



AKRON NOTES 



T piDER the refinancing plans of The Goodyear Tire & Rub- 

 vJ ber Co., approved at the postponed stockholders' meeting 

 December 24, the capitalization of the company was decreased 

 from $100,000,000 to $50,000,000, and the outstanding common 

 stock with a par value of $100 per share will be exchanged for 



