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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Januahy 1, 1921 



past year were made public, of which $9,396,912 represent net 

 profit after $8,151,749 have been charged olT as inventory shrink- 

 age. The volume of business done during the past year is 26 

 per cent over the business done during the previous year, in spite 

 of the business depression which has been felt in the tire in- 

 dustry during the past five months. Current assets are given 

 as $73,732,503 and total assets as $107,4{M,200. 



The Canadian plant was not completed during the past year 

 because of the inability of the company to obtain contractors to 

 do the work, but will be finished early next year. The rubber 

 preparation plant at Singapore is now in operation, and the steel 

 plant and the mechanical building in Akron will be put into 

 operation when business demands their use. 



H. S. Firestone, president of the company, is confident that the 

 ensuing year will see the company grow in strength and stability. 

 Regarding the rubber industry and its future, Mr. Firestone 

 said: "Our industry has become fundamentally sound through 

 its close affiliation to proven automotive transportation, and its 

 scope will broaden with nation-wide good roads projects finan- 

 cially assured through legislation." 



At a recent meeting of the industrial assembly of The 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, N. P. Woodward was 

 elected president of the senate by a vote of 11 to 3. J. P. 

 Long was reelected speaker of the house. A full membership 

 was present in the house and 19 members of the senate were 

 present. The Goodyear industrial republic was described in 

 The India Rubber World for November 1, 1920, page 124. 



Arthur Ostman has been appointed head of the testing 

 department of the motor division of the Wellman-Seaver- 

 Morgan Co., Akron. 



Arthur E. Warner was recently appointed chief chemist 

 of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. 



CLEVELAND NOTES 



The Safety Equipment Service Co. has moved from 215 St. 

 Clair avenue to its new building at East Eleventh street 

 and Hamilton avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. In its larger quar- 

 ters it will carry more stock and render a service adequate 

 to the needs of America's industrial safety requirements. 



The Ramsdell Bros. Co., formerly at 2102 Euclid avenue, 

 has removed to 3430 Superior avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. C. R. 

 Johnson, who was manager of the development department 

 of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has been elected 

 vice-president of the company, in charge of truck tire service. 

 MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, has appointed 

 J. J. Flynn purchasing agent, succeeding C. D. Rockwood, 

 and J. B. Paltz assistant purchasing agent. Mr. Flynn, who 

 has been assistant purchasing agent for the past fifteen 

 months is well equipped with experience, having been with 

 the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co., Akron, as acting 

 purchasing agent, where he also organized that company's 

 valuation department and operated the stores department. 

 Previously he was connected with the Cleveland Railway 

 Co.'s valuation department for about three years. Mr. Paltz 

 was formerly connected with the purchasing department but 

 for a number of months had been in charge of the salvage 

 department. 

 ■ The factory engineering department of The Mason Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, which was organized in August of 

 this year with H. W. Sidnell in charge, has made several 

 changes in personnel. D. D. Williams is now in charge of 

 raw materials, Lee Clough in charge of tire design, and E. B. 

 Harvey is at the head of the planning department. 



The Maumee Tire & Rubber Co., 70S Madison avenue, 

 Toledo, Ohio, has purchased fifty-one acres of land upon 

 which will be constructed a tire manufacturing plant with 

 facilities for the production of 5,000 tires a day. 



The Rotary Tire & Rubber Co., Zanesville, Ohio, has ap- 

 pointed as agents Courtland P. Ely, 1339 Linwood avenue, 

 and H. F. Van Etten, 194 North Oakley avenue, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



The Eclat Rubber Co., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, which spe- 

 cializes in rubber tubing, is now entering into production of 

 high quality red and gray automobile inner tubes made cir- 

 cular ring shape in sizes from 3 to 5 inches. 



The Toycraft Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio, which was in- 

 corporated September 26, 1919, with a capital of $25,000 to 

 manufacture and market toy balloons for the trade and also 

 for advertising purposes, has been operating at full capacity. 

 In its first year it has built up an excellent sales record and 

 earned the good will of some of the best trade in the country. 

 The officers are: Howard D. Winbigler, president; Charles 

 C. Spies, vice-president and sales manager; Ralph T. Scantle- 

 bury, secretary and treasurer. 



J. W. Eldred has resigned from his connection with The 

 Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, to become Ohio 

 representative of the Rubber Corporation of America, New York 

 City, with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. 



Edward J. Brown, of Trenton, New Jersey, formerly western 

 traveling salesman in the employ of the Acme .Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., Trenton, has been made general manager of the 

 branch of the Hood Rubber Products Co., Inc., at 227 Sheedy 

 avenue, East Liverpool, Ohio. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



""P HE Minneapolis branch of the Firestone Ship-by-Truck 

 •*• Bureau, Akron, Ohio, occupies spacious quarters in the new 

 building at 444 Stinson Boulevard on the Northwestern Termi-- 

 nal, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The terminal consists of a group 

 of modern industrial buildings, centrally located, especially 

 equipped for the economical handling of merchandise. Each 

 building has its own system of side tracks served by the con- 

 solidated service of all the nine railroads entering Minneapolis 

 and is connected by tunnel service with the only freight station 

 in the city served by all railroads. The Northwestern Terminal 

 represents the latest development in buildings devoted to trans- 

 portation. 



The Miller Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, has appointed 

 S. M. Barber manager of its branch at Grand Rapids, Michigan. 



The Ilg Electric Ventilating Co. has recently moved from its 

 old quarters at Whiting and Wells streets to its new modern 

 building at 2850 North Crawford avenue, Chicago. This com- 

 pany is profit-sharing and a large per cent of its employes are 

 large stockholders. Its officials are: S. W. Weis, president; 

 J. M. Frank, vice-president and general sales manager; Robert 

 A. Ilg, treasurer and general manager, from whom the company 

 takes its name. 



The Monroe Tire Corporation, 1825 South Michigan avenue, 

 Chicago, has recently been incorporated with Harold Samuels, 

 president, and. Leroy Eschner, treasurer. Both men are well 

 known in the tire sales trade and their experience fits them to 

 understand dealers' requirements. The company publishes each 

 month an illustrated catalog called "Tire Dealers' News," 

 which lists a variety of the best known makes of tires and also 

 gives a review of market conditions gathered from reliable 

 sources. 



The Blekre Tire & Rubber Co., Wabash and Vandalia 

 streets, St. Paul, Minnesota, was incorporated under the laws 

 of Iowa, October 7, 1917, to manufacture tires and tubes and 

 rubber goods. The officers are: E. O. Blekre, president; 

 S. E. Blekre, vice-president and treasurer; G. W. Wells, sec- 

 retary; B. A. Rheinstrom, vice-president and general sales 

 manager. G. O. Ludcke is advertising manager and W. E. 



