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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



August 1, 1921 



and has many interesting features, including a complete dust- 

 exhausting and collecting system, connected with each machine 

 and planned to safeguard the health of the employes. 



The officers of the Stokes Asbestos Co. are: J. Oliver Stokes, 

 president; William J. B. Stokes, treasurer; Robert J. Stokes, 

 secretary and ::ssistant treasurer. William C. Aichele is super- 

 intendent and Edmund W. Craft is the purchasing agent. 



MISC?ELLANEOUS tfEW JERSEY NOTES 



Counsel for Elgin G. McBurney, receiver for the Indian Tire 

 & Rubber Co., New Brunswick, has filed a report showing total 

 receipts of $48,037.92 and disbursements aggregating $23,376.14, 

 leaving a balance of $24,661.78 available for the payment of allow- 

 ances, costs, etc., and claims aggregating $129,083.10. 



The Smith Rubber & Tire Co., Inc., Garfield, New Jersey, 

 plans to put a night shift at work to meet the increasing demand 

 for tires. At a special meeting, July 8, the concern was placed on 

 a monthly dividend-paying basis: the first dividend of one per 

 cent being payable -August 1. Winfield Clearwater is president 

 of the company. 



A statement which appeared in our last issue is herewith cor- 

 rected. The New Jersey Rubber Co., Lambertville, is not owned 

 by the E. H. Clapp Rubber Co., of Boston, the latter having no 

 interest in the former company 



The Eckrode Rubber Co., Viehmann Building, New Brunswick, 

 will conduct selling operations for the Eckrode Rubber Co., Inc., 

 Newark. E. A. Sattler, recently elected vice-president of 

 the corporation, will have charge of sales, assisted by 

 Theodore Weigele. Both men were formerly with the 

 Howe Rubber Corporation, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 as director of sales and assistant sales manager, respectively. 

 The Eckrode products at the present time include red inner tubes 

 and repair accessories, and national distribution is planned before 

 the end of the year. Sales have previously been confined largely 

 to the Eastern States. 



NEWARK FACTORY OF L. E. WATERMAN CO. 



The L. E. Waterman Co., New York. N. Y., fountain pen 

 manufacturer, late in the winter purchased the factory of the 

 General Phonograph Co., 140 to ISO Thomas street, Newark, New 

 Jersey, and took possession in the spring. It also took title to a 

 large area of land surrounding the factory, on which to lay out a 

 baseball park, tennis courts, playgrounds, and other equipment for 

 outdoor recreation and pleasure to benefit employes. 



The new building, of concrete and steel, contains 250,000 square 

 feet of floor space and is the largest of the company's five plants 



Largest Factory Where Waterman Pens Are Made 



in this country and Canada. It is equipped with the most up-to- 

 date machinery and will produce approximately 10,000,000 foun- 

 tain pens yearly. A private siding gives direct connection with 

 the Pennsylvania railroad. There is a separate power plant, of 

 600 h.p., and a 100,000-gallon water reservoir. 



The factory proper provides space and facilities for the manu- 



facture of the company's pens and ink ; for the ornamentation of 

 the metal work ; for packing, casing and shipping ; for an emer- 

 gency printing plant ; for making, combining, and shipping dealer 

 and window display material ; an employes' locker room, and a 

 completely equipped clinic in charge of a nurse. Other special fea- 

 tures for the benefit of employes include a cafeteria, rest rooms, 

 and an auditorium for meetings and entertainments. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



THE manufacturing rubber industry in Rhode Island during the 

 past month has been in a somewhat chaotic condition, in 

 fact so much so that any statement as to a general situation is 

 difficult and luisatis factory. The safest, most consistent state- 

 ment in this connection is that business is unsettled and the fu- 

 ture uncertain. 



At the same time the numerous textile factories throughout 

 Rhode Island that produce textile fabrics for tire purposes and 

 that have been idle for a considerable period, are showing evi- 

 dences of awakening. The resumption, however, is on a restricted 

 schedule. 



The Millville plant, a footwear division of the United States 

 Rubber Co.'s system, was closed December 10, 1920, and has re- 

 mained so ever since. The calender department started opera- 

 tions on the morning of July 11 and the employes of the cut- 

 ting room came in the following day. The first day's making, 

 however, was not until July 14, when the bootmakers returned, 

 the resumption thus taking place in one department after an- 

 other as usual, the packers being the last to strike in on July 

 IS. .-\bout 50 per cent of the employes, numbering approximately 

 4,000, have been called in. 



The "Keds" division of the National India Rubber Co. closed 

 July IS for an indefinite period. Three days later, on July 18, 

 the wire division of the plant resumed operations after having 

 been closed for a number of weeks. New orders for tennis goods 

 have been rather scarce so far this year and until a more prom- 

 ising outlook for the sale of these products presents itself, the 

 length of the present shut-down can not be determined. 



In order that the employes at the National factory may seek 

 employment in other localities, during the present slack period, 

 and still remain in a position to return to work for the company, 

 if they so desire, the announcement was made previous to the 

 shut-down as follows : "Leave of absence for a definite period 

 of any length up to one year, will be granted to anyone at present 

 in the employ of the company. Reemployment is guaranteed 

 provided the person on leave returns at the time which he 

 has specified. In most cases he or she will be returned to the 

 same type of work as that upon which they were working at the 

 time the leave was granted. When that is impossible, employ- 

 ment will be given at some other job with an equal class wage." 



The American Wringer Co.'s plant at Social street, Woon- 

 socket, Rhode Island, which some months ago was put in the 

 hands of the Industrial Trust Co. of this city, as receivers, 

 closed down July 15 for a two weeks' vacation. This shut- 

 flown affected the entire plant, with the exception of the me- 

 chanical roll department, employing about 60 hands. The fac- 

 tory in normal times employs about 800 hands, but only about 

 350 have been at work recently. Since the company went into 

 the hands of the receivers there has been a general curtailment 

 of operating expenses through consolidation of official duties 

 and concentration of efforts. 



Arthur Campbell resigned as assistant superintendent, after 

 being with the American Wringer Co. for ten years, first as head 

 of the stock department, later as production manager, and for the 

 last two years as assistant superintendent. William J. Meakin, for 



