January 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Greer, superintendent. The Automobile Tire Owners' Tire 

 Corporation, a $3,000,000 corporation having the same officers 

 as the Blekre company, is building in the Midway district the 

 first tire factory in St. Paul, for the manufacture of the 

 Blekre tire. This factory will employ 250 men and it is ex- 

 pected that it will be ready for operation about January 1. 

 It will produce cord and fabric tires and inner tubes and have 

 a capacity of 2,000 tires daily. 



The Progressive Shoe Machinery Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 manufacturer of shoe machinery, is now manufacturing tire 

 repair shop equipment including vulcanizers, under the name of 

 the P. S. M. Co., at 3116 Snelling avenue, Minneapolis. The 

 officers of the company are : J. H. Martin, president ; L. J. 

 Bedard, vice-president; A. C. Bedard, secretary, and S. O. 

 Abrams, treasurer. 



The Minneapolis Tire Dealers Association, Minneapolis, Min- 

 nesota, organized a short time ago, has the following officers : 

 E. P. Farley, president ; F. W. Van Sant, vice-president, and 

 H. F. Lundberg, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Lundberg is with 

 the J. N. Johnson Co., Inc., 1018 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis, 

 jobber and wholesaler of rubber tires, supplies, fire department 

 equipment, hose, and mechanical rubber goods. 



James E. Johnson and Harry Blackman have purchased the 

 interest of W. F. Richley and James F. Brown in the Har- 

 mon Rubber & Manufacturing Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 and will continue the business as a partnership under the 



name of the Harmon Tire & Repair Co. Mr. Johnson has 

 been an interested and active member of the company since 

 191S. 



The Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, has ap- 

 pointed J. J. Williams production manager. 



T. J. Hennessy, formerly manager of the accessory and 

 mechanical goods department at the Firestone plant, and A. H. 

 Nellen, formerly chemist and compounder for the accessory 

 and mechanical goods repair materials, arc now connected 

 with the Premier Tire & Rubber Co., Montgall and Nicholson 

 avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, as general manager and assistant 

 manager, respectively. R. I.. Stealey, recently foreman in the 

 heel press-room of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, now holds a similar position with the Premier Tire & 

 Rubber Co., which manufactures Premier Supertires and 

 tubes, and rubber specialties. 



The Aja.x Rubber Co., 218-222 West 57th street. New York 

 City, has appointed L. M. Van Riper western sales manager, 

 with headquarters at Chicago. Mr. Van Riper is well known 

 in midwestern tire circles, as he has been district manager at 

 Detroit in charge of Ajax business in Michigan. He is a 

 man of pleasing personality and well qualified to handle the 

 business of the organization. 



The India Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has appointed 

 F. W. Abbott distributer for the Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 territory of the company. Mr. Abbott's contract covers a 

 period of years and involves a large amount of business. 



The Mid -West Rubber Manufacturers' Association 



Second Annual Meeting and Banquet 



THE BANQUET 



ABOUT 100 members and guests attended the banquet of the 

 Mid-West Rubber Manufacturers' Association that was 

 held in the evening, December 14, at the Chicago Athletic 

 Association, Chicago, Illinois. In the absence of John T. Christie, 

 the president, John W. Maguire, the former president, occupied 

 the chair. Mr. Christie, however, arrived later in the evening 

 and addressed the assemblage. The principal speaker of the 

 evening was Albert N. Eastman, a Chicago lawyer, who gave an 

 interesting talk on the subject of cooperation in general. A high- 

 class vaudeville enlivened the evening and all departed feeling 

 that they had been well repaid for coming. 



THE MEETING 



A luncheon was held at noon at the Chicago Athletic Associa- 

 tion, followed by the annual meeting at which the following 

 directors were elected under the newly adopted by-laws, increas- 

 ing the number from seven to twelve, to serve terms of one, two 

 and three years : 



Terms Expire 1924 



D. M. Mason, The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio. 



George B. Dryden, Dryden Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois. 



Paul P. Parker, president, Parker Tire & Rubber Co., Indian- 

 apolis, Indiana. 



W. W. Wuchter, Nebraska Tire & Rubber Co., Omaha, 

 Nebraska. 



Terms Expire 1923 



Harry J. Smith, president, Achilles Tire & Rubber Co., Bing- 

 hamton, New York. 



M. J. Flynn, treasurer. Inland Tire & Rubber Co., Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



D. L. Spraker, Kokomo Rubber Co., Kokomo, Indiana. 



Thomas Follen, president, Lion Tire & Rubber Co., La 

 Fayette, Indiana. 



Terms Expire 1922 



J. B. Gabeline, president, Standard-Four Tire Co., Keokuk, 

 Iowa. 



Charles J. Venn, president, Century Rubber Works, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. 



Walter R. Denman, general manager, Denman-Myers Cord 

 Tire Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Julius Balke, 2nd vice-president, Brunswick-Balke-CoUender 

 Co., Chicago, Illinois. 



Among those who addressed the meeting were : H. R. White- 

 head, textile division. The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio; 

 Edward S. Babcox, vice-president, India Rubber Review, Akron, 

 Ohio; Dr. S. P. Woodard, president, Gillette Rubber Co., Eau 

 Claire, Wisconsin; J. E. Grady, general manager, Archer Tire 

 & Rubber Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota. 



The report presented by H. S. Vorliis, secretary and general 

 manager, was as follows : 



As secretary of the Association I wish to report briefly 

 regarding the work of the past year. The first annual meet- 

 ing and dinner of the Association was held at the Chicago 

 Athletic Association on December 9, 1919, which brought to 

 a close what might well be called the organization year. You 

 all know the service our first president, John W. Maguire, 

 performed during the first formative year, which was instru- 

 mental in launching the organization on what is confidently 

 hoped will be a career of usefulness. The dinner last Decem- 

 ber was attended by 83 members and their guests, and a thor- 

 oughly good time was enjoyed by all. At that time there 

 were 38 regular members and 38 associate members — a total 

 of 76 members. 



At the January meeting of the Board of Directors, the 

 writer was invited to come to Chicago as secretary and gen- 

 eral manager of the Association, an arrangement which went 

 into effect February 1, 1920. Up to July 1 it was possible to 

 increase the membership of the Association in quite a satis- 

 factory manner, but since that time it has been up-hill work, 

 especially as the trade has fallen on such difficult times. In 

 spite of the condition of the trade, however, our membership 

 has increased to 69 regular members and 84 associate mem- 

 bers — a total membership of 153 firms— an increase of 31 

 regular members, or a total of 77 new members. I believe 

 that under ordinary normal conditions it would have been 

 possible to more than double our membership. 



