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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Al'cust 1, 1921 



AKRON RUBBER STOCK QUOTATIONS 



The following are closing quotations of July 19, supplied by 

 The App-IIillman Co., Second National Building,. Akron, Ohio: 



Bid 



Anu-ricau R. & T. Co., com 30 



Amazon Rubber Co., The 



l-"irc9tone T. & R. Co., com 58 



rirestone T. S R. Co.. 6% pfd 80 



Kircitonc T. & R. Co.. 7% pfd 64 



llcneral T. & R. Co., The, rora 



General T. & R. Co., The. 7% pfd 70 



Goodrich, B. F., Co., The, coni 30|4 



Goodrich, B. F., Co., The. pid 65 



Goodrich, B. F., The, nfd 65 



Goodrich, B. P., Co.. Th;. 5-yr. "% notes 89 



Goodyear T. & R. Co.. The, com 10!4 



(<)odyear T. & R Co.. The. 7% pfd 25 



Jndia T. & R. Co., com 



India T. & R. Co.. 7% pfd 60 



.Mas..n T. & R. Co.. Th.-, com 9% 



Mason T. & R. Co., The 7% pfd 47 



Marathon T. & U. Co.. con: 2}^ 



.Miller Rubber Co., The. com 50 



Miller Rubber Co., The, 8% pfd 60 



Mohawk Rubber Co., The 



Phoenix Rubber Co.. c >m 



Phoenix Rubber Co., pfd 



I*ortagc Rubber Co., Th?. com 3 



Portage Rubber Co.. The. 7% pfd. 



Republic Rubber Corporation, com 



Republic Rubber Corporalior,, 7% pfd.. 

 Republic Rubber Corporation, 8% pfd. 



Rubber Products Co., The 



Standard Tire Co., ccm 



Standard Tire Co., pfd 



Star Rubber Co., com 



Star Rubber Co., 8% pfd 



S«inehart T. & R. Co., com 



S«Hnehart T. & R. Co., 7% pfa 



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DIVIDENDS DECLARED 



Company Stock Rate 



Aetna Rubber Co Pfd. 1H% q 



Canadian General Electric Co., Limited.Com. 20% stk. 



Corn Products Refining Co Com. 1% q. 



Corn Products Refining Co Com. 1/2% 



Corn Products Refining Co Pfd. lii% 



Driver-Harris Co Pfd. 1H% 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co 6% Pfd. 1^5% 



General Tire & Rubber Co Pfd. 1H% 



B. F. GoT<i'ich Co.. The Pfd. lVi% 



Grace, W. R., Si Co Com. 4% s.a. 



Hodgman Rubber Co Pfd. 2% q. 



Hood Rubber Co Pfd.' lji% q. 



Kellv Springfield Tire Co Com. 3% stk. 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co 8% Pfd. 2% q. 



Mason Tire & Rubber Co., The Ffd. lji% q. 



New Jersey Zinc Co Com. 2% q. 



Philadelphia Insulated Wire Co Com. $2.00 s.a. 



United States Rubber Co 1st Pfd. 2% q. 



Pavabi-e 

 Tuly 1 

 .^ug. 1 

 Tuly 25 

 July 25 

 July 15 

 July I 

 July 15 



July 



Oct. 1 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 15 

 Aug. 15 

 Aug. 20 

 Aug. 10 



Aug. 5 

 July 30 



Asked 



40 



IS 



60 



87 



70 

 200 



80 



31 



70 



70 



90 



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70 

 70 

 11 

 50 



55 

 67 

 80 

 15 

 80 

 6 

 10 



9 



4 

 50 

 80 

 80 

 90 

 100 

 40 

 70 



Stock of 

 Record 

 June 25 

 July 15 

 July 5 

 July 5 

 July 5 

 June 21 

 July 1 

 June 20 

 Sept. 21 

 July 28 

 July 15 

 July 20 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1 

 June 30 

 July 30 

 July 30 

 July 15 



EASTERN AND SOUTHERN NOTES 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



THE New York Rubber Co., 84 Reade street, New York, N. Y., 

 with factories at Beacon, New York, has appointed the fol- 

 lowing officers: John Acken, president; Henry F. Hering, vice- 

 president and general manager ; Milton Loeb, treasurer, and 

 Walter E. Falmer, secretary. 



The Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., has appointed 

 F. M. Hoblitt general sales manager, succeeding F. E. Dayton, 

 who resigned to become an associated broker with the real estate 

 firm of Cross & Brown Co., and will specialize in the leasing of 

 the new building of The Fisk Rubber Co. at S7th street between 

 Broadway and Eighth avenue. 



President Harding accepted the invitation of Harvey S. Fire- 

 stone to join a camping party which was held last month in the 

 Cumberland mountains. Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford 

 were present. The three last-mentioned men, with the late John 

 Burroughs, the fainous naturalist, held similar excursions an- 

 nually. 



W. G. Loney has been appointed Buffalo sales agent of the 

 Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co., whose main offices 

 are at 126-128 Dtiane street. New York, N. Y. Mr. Loney suc- 

 ceeds C. P. Joslyn, who recently retired from the managership 

 of the Buffalo office. 



In a recent issue of Greater New York, a weekly bulletin 

 issued by The Merchants' Association of New York, the follow- 

 ing item was noted in the list of names of those lately added to 

 the membership of the .\ssociation's committee on industrial re- 



lations : "C. S. Ching, United States Rubber Co., has been 

 appointed supervisor of industrial relations." 



The Beacon Tire Co., Inc., Beacon, New York, is adding about 

 10.000 square feet of floor space to its factory, to be used for tire 

 building and vulcanizing. It is expected that this addition will 

 be completed by September 1 and will bring the factory capacity 

 up to about 800 cord tires daily. 



The Pines Rubber Co., Brooklyn, New York, incorporated 

 December 16. 1914, with a capital of $75,000. to manufacture 

 rubberized fabrics, has increased its capital to $200,000. Actively 

 interested in the company as its incorporators were the follow- 

 ing : Joseph -Pines, No. 260 Ocean Parkway ; David Pines, No. 

 828 Eastern Parkway; and Morris Pines, 1524 St. Mark's avenue 

 — all in Brooklyn, New York. 



Ernest F. Kling has been appointed factory manager of the 

 Batavia Rubber Co., Batavia. N. Y. Mr. Kling was formerly 

 chief analytical chemist with Morgan & Wright, Detroit, Michi- 

 gan, and assistant factory manager of a branch factory of the 

 Fiat Automobile Works, having been overseas from 1915 to 1919. 

 Early in 1920 he became connected with the Batavia Rubber Co., 

 first in the capacity of chemist, later being placed in charge of 

 construction and compounds. 



The Goodyear Cotton Mills, Inc., Goodyear, Connecticut, re- 

 sumed operations July 5, on a one-shift basis. The present pro- 

 duction is approximately 40,000 pounds weekly, while 175 people 

 are employed. Last year the output was 160,000 pounds weekly 

 on a three-shift basis. The company expects production to re- 

 main on the present basis for the remainder of the year. 



PENNSYLVANIA NOTES 



The East End Tire Co., Inc., incorporated in Pennsylvania 

 four years ago, is capitalized at $45,700. Its only office is at 

 5901 Penn avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and its present 

 officers are: F. W. Fischlein, president; W. E. Ireland, vice- 

 president ; H. C. Grubbs, secretary and treasurer ; and M. A. 

 Hillard, assistant treasurer. 



The McCreary Tire & Rubber Co., Indiana, Pennsylvania, has 

 appointed Homer C. Steffen sales manager. The company manu- 

 factures McCreary tires and tubes. 



J. H. McGachan, formerly with The Portage Rubber Co., Bar- 

 berton, Ohio, and later chief chemist of the Mason Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., Kent, Ohio, is now a member of the organization of the 

 Re.K-Hide Rubber Manufacturing Co., East Brady, Pennsylvania. 

 Mr. McGachan has had a wide experience along tire-manufac- 

 turing lines. 



The Southern Carbon Co., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, incor- 

 porated under the laws of Delaware February 5, 1917, with a 

 capital of $1,000,000 fully paid in, is a subsidiary of the Colum- 

 bian Carbon Co., of the same city. The company was organized 

 to produce natural gas and manufacture gas carbon black and 

 gasoline. The officers are : G. L. Bubb, president ; F. F. Curtze, 

 vice-president ; N. B. Bubb, treasurer ; and R. L. Carr, secretary. 



SOUTHERN NOTES 



The Eastern Rubber Products Co., 361 North Calvert street, 

 Baltimore, Maryland, was incorporated under the laws of that 

 state on November 26, 1920, to purchase and deal in all forms 

 of rubber. The capital stock consisted of 800 shares of preferred 

 stock, par value $50; 60O shares common, without par value. 

 The company is now planning to install rubber-working ma- 

 chinery in its new plant. Charles B. Kcgarice is secretary and 

 treasurer and the other incorporators included Charles M. Wyatt 

 and Charles F. Black, both of Baltimore. 



The Diamond Holfast Rubber Co., .Atlanta, Georgia, has 

 elected the following officers : H. I. Diamond, president and 

 treasurer: Ilerinan Ditt, secretary; H. I. Diamond. Herman Ditt, 

 Gadsden K. Russell, George W. White, S. B. Turman, C. A. 

 Tappan and W. W. Griffin, directors. The company has recently 

 purchased a new factory site of 11 acres on which to build a 



