February 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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FINANCIAL STANDING OF TEN OF THE LARGEST RUBBER COMPANIES. AS OF 1S19 



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Assets 



United States Kiiblier C.i, ?319, 534,000 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co lJO,.'76,00O 



The B. F. Goodrich Co 175,716,000 



Keily-Springfiel.i Tire Co 23,796,000 



The Fisk Rubber Ccnipaiiy 53,389,000 



Ajax Rubber Comiany, Inc 15.650,000 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co 73,753,000 



Hood Rubber Company 16,067,000 



The Miller Rubber Co 18,287,000 



The McCraw Tire & Rubber Co 6,362,000 



Totals ; $822,830,000 



Net 



Year's 

 Operating 



Surplus 



$10,570,000 



17,973,000 



12,658,000 



2,120,000 



2,939,000 



1,168.000 



6,709".000 



933,000 



$55,070,000 



TABI-F. n 

 Statistics ok the Rusher Lssuns. November. 1')20 



Common Par 



Company Stcck Value 



Ajax Rubber Co., Inc $10,000,000 $50 



The Fisk Rublicr Co 12.254,000 25 



The B. F. Go. drich Rubber Co 600,0110 sh. No par 



The Goodvear Tire S: Rubber <"o 20,755,000 100 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Cr. 5,361.978 25 



Lee Tire S: Rubber Co 150.000 sh. No par 



United States Rubber Co 81,000,000 100 



JNot reported. 



tBefore taxes, but after deduction of preferred dividends. 

 *Plus stock dividends of 3 per cent quarterly. 

 Compiled by M. S. Wolfe Sr Co., New York City. 



the story of a dividend disbursement of $24,488,000 in that year 

 on a capital outstanding of $394,553,000, or an average of more 

 than 6 per cent, on all classes of stock. It lells the story of a 

 net income and an operating surplus amounting to $79,679,000 

 and $55,070,000, respectively. 



The operations of these ten compaiiios for the year 1919 are 

 summarized in table G. : 



Illustrating the value of the common stock of the rubber com- 

 panies whose shares are most active in the market, 1 introduce 

 the above table H, which relates to conditions as they existed 

 in November. 1920. ' 





200 7 ' T — 





ji I I II — , I I 



Incorpor 



The B.F Goodrich Company 

 3t-dlSi2 A Nine Year FinancialGnaph 



SELLING SAFETY IN THE FACTORY 



Methods of furthering the Safety First movement by "selling 

 safety" to every member of a maiiufacturin.g concern were aptly 

 described by H. T. Martin, manager of the Health and Safety 

 Department of The Fisk Rubber Co.. Chicopee F'alls, Massachu- 

 setts, in a paper read before the Rubber Division of the Ninth 

 Annual Safety Congress held last September in Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin. One of the best mediums, he found, for safety propa- 

 ganda was the factory house organ when made really interesting. 

 Readers at home, often more impressed than the operative, gen- 

 erally pressed the caution-first articles on his attention. Moving 

 pictures of safe and unsafe ways of working have been used with 

 success by larger concerns. Safety first meetings of workers, with 

 some "good time" features added, arc also helpful in arousing 

 interest and lessening accidents. 



Cumbersome general rule books often confuse a new operative, 

 when he would readily grasp a few simple, concise department 

 rules such as a foreman might outline, subject to approval of the 

 Safety Department. A No-Accident Day is also featured in some 

 big shops, the date being well advertised and scoreboards being 

 provided for all departments. On such days no accident counts 

 unless it re-^ults in loss of time. Some inducement is given for 

 the best score iji safety contests. Sometimes the workers them- 

 selves stake small amounts in a pool to be given the winning 

 department for a picnic or theatre party, the shop sometimes add- 

 ing to the stake to show interest. It is found advisable often to 

 induce workmen to take an active part in the accident prevention 

 program by putting the more intelligent on inspection committees. 



The victim of a shop accident is often a most cfl'cctive safety 

 first medium. The factory doctor, safety man, compensation in- 

 surance man and nur-^es can help to make an injured man return- 

 ing to work a very effective safety salesman. .X court of inquiry 

 on all serious accidents, conducted by the factory manager, usually 

 puts foremen on their mettle and they see to it, if possible, that 

 no worker is badly harmed while in their charge. To deeply 

 impress worker?. Mr. Martin says, instructions should be given 

 hrieflv and often. 



Tpik Xi-:thkki..\nds F:.\st Indies proper comprise the islands 

 of Java and Madura (Madoera) : other Netherlands possessions 

 in the Malay .Archipelago, including parts of Borneo, etc.. are 

 grouped generally as outlying possessions. 



