August 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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forty years an employe of the company, and for 25 years fore- 

 man of the tool room, in charge of the erection of the large 

 mangles and the large tobacco wringers, has resigned his position. 

 Percy A. Greenwood, foreman of the finishing department, has 

 also resigned. He has been with the company for the past fifteen 

 years. 



iMembers of the Davol Rubber Company Mutual Benefit Asso- 

 ciation recently gave a minstrel show to mark the opening of the 

 new recreation rooms provided by the company. No admission 

 was charged, but the attendance was limited to members of the 

 Association. The circle was made up entirely of young women, 

 the "end men" and chorus numbering nearly forty of the women 

 employes. Next winter it is intended to hold a series of socials, 

 entertainments, dances and other social features. 



Harold De Blois Rice, who for the past two years has been 

 chief chemist of the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol, Rhode 

 Island, and Miss Madeline Ives Goddard were married July 7. 

 After a wedding trip to New York and Maine they will live in 

 Bristol. 



The Providence Rubber Co., Providence, has reduced its cap- 

 ital stock from $500,000 to $100,000, according to the filing of an 

 amendment to its charter at the office of Secretary of State 

 Parker under the laws of Rhode Island, the papers being signed 

 by Samuel P. Colt as president and Clarence H. Guild as secre- 

 tary. The original charter was granted by the General As- 

 sembly of Rhode Island at the May session, 1892, and a few 

 years later was changed to the Marine Rubber Co. which at 

 the January session, 1921, was changed to the Providence Rubber 

 ■Co., and the capital stock increased to $500,000. 



The fourth annual outing of the Tubular Woven Fabric Co., 

 Pavvtucket, Rhode Island, took place July 16, at the Warwick 

 Club on the west shore of Narragansett Bay, where the employes 

 were conveyed by special electric cars. After luncheon a long 

 list of sports and field games afforded amusement for both 

 ■participants and onlookers. The first event was the baseball 

 game between the Weavers and Duras, in which the former. 

 having the most runs to their credit, were awarded the prize. 

 Next in order on the program was the clambake, which was 

 served at 3.30 o'clock. Paper hats and toy balloons were dis- 

 iributed among the diners and throughout the dinner merriment 

 and good cheer were not lacking. Music was furnished by the 

 orchestra during the dinner hour, as well as for dancing. Late 

 in the evening the return journey was made. 



The Ellingwood Tire Co., 112 Fountain street, Providence, has 

 Ijeen succeeded by the Schieber Rubber Co. 



The Narragansett Vulcanizing Works, 271 Richmond street. 

 Providence, is owned and conducted by Charles S. McCuUum 

 and Harry A. Davis, according to their statements filed at the 

 city clerk's office. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. has given up its Providence 

 branch at 143 Broad street, and the Belcher & Loomis Hardware 

 Co., 83 Wcybosset street, has taken over the local agency. 



PROVIDENCE RUBBER CO. TO MAKE U. S. TIRES 



J. N. Gunn, vice-president of the United States Rubber Co. 

 and president of the United States Tire Co., announces that the 

 Providence Rubber Co. has been organized to take over tire 

 manufacturing operations at Providence heretofore conducted 

 under the name of the Revere Rubber Co., Colt Plant, Providence, 

 Rhode Island. The local officers of the company are John J. Shea, 

 vice-president and factory manager, A. P. Delahunt, assistant 

 secretary and assistant treasurer. This plant will continue to 

 be known as the Colt plant. The Revere Rubber Co. will con- 

 tinue to operate its large mechanical plant, located near the 

 Colt plant, as heretofore. 



Replete with inform.ation for rubbf.r m.\nufacturers — H. C. 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients," also 

 ■"Rubber Machinery." 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



TIRE demand and consequent production continue to improve, 

 with most plants operating at 75 per cent capacity or better. 

 Increasing general business, the vacation season and the influence 

 of lower tire and gasoline prices on those who motor chiefly for 

 pleasure have helped to stimulate tire buying. The mechanical 

 rubber goods situation remains unchanged and waits upon increas- 

 ing industrial activity. Manufacturers of druggists' and station- 

 ers' sundries report about 75 per cent of normal business with 

 little prospect of betterment before autumn. A little improve- 

 ment is being felt in the proofing branch of the trade, increasing 

 automobile sales calling for more top material. Orders for rain- 

 coat materials are fairly good and business in rubber heels and 

 soles continues satisfactory. The reclaim market remains feature- 

 less with output greatly curtailed, and despite the slightly higher 

 crude rubber prices which have ruled of late, little rubber is be- 

 ing sold ; due not solely to lack of demand but partly to the fact 

 that holders of rubber are selling only in case of absolute neces- 

 sity. 



Rubber footwear orders have been but partial and late in ar- 

 rival, with the result that most manufacturers now have on hand 

 sufficient orders for all they can produce during the remainder of 

 the season, and after their customary summer shut-downs will be 

 operating very near capacity. As the mills have found it expe- 

 dient to make up rubber footwear on order only, a shortage this 

 coming winter is not improbable. 



Many reorders are reported on canvas footwear, for which the 

 demand promises to be good for the remainder of the summer. 

 This year, in deference to the suggestion of retail merchants, the 

 announcement of the new tennis prices will be postponed until 

 after September 1, it having been found that the earlier announce- 

 ments of the past have interfered with retail business in the mid- 

 dle of the selling season. 



BOSTON notes 



The National Shoe and Leather Exposition and Style Show, 

 held in Mechanics' Building, Boston, from July 12 to 14 inclusive, 

 was pronounced the greatest ever held, and buying was regarded 

 as fair considering existing conditions. Rubber and canvas foot- 

 wear formed a notable feature of the show. Bathing and outing 

 girls exhibited the many kinds of rubber and fiber soled canvas 

 shoes for sports wear, while men in hunting costume and lumber- 

 jacks displayed heavy rubber footwear for hard service. The 

 "Rubber Girl" of the United States Rubber Co., in a rubber bath- 

 ing costume of brilliant hue, and white bathing shoes, was one of 

 the belles in a galaxy of models. The Hood Rubber Products 

 Co., Inc., was a notable participant in the big street parade on 

 July 12. 



Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, was the guest of 

 honor, and his message, briefly stated, was to the effect that Amer- 

 ica has already turned the corner in business, but that unless the 

 buying power of many thousands is to remain curtailed, foreign 

 markets must be thrown open to some of our great industries. 



Several new types of soles with rubber plugs for golfing were 

 exhibited at the Style Show, the idea being to produce golf shoes 

 which will not cut up the golf course or scratch the club-room 

 floors. For example, a sport shoe with two rubber plugs on the 

 sole and two on the heel, the latter two being reinforced by a 

 crescent set into the leather, has been brought out by the English 

 firm of Church, Northampton. The rubber plugs give a firm 

 tread on the golf grounds or tennis court and eliminate the dam- 

 aging metal spikes. The plug attachments can be bought sep- 

 arately from the shoe. 



Everett Morss, president of the Simplex Wire & Cable Co., 

 Simplex Electric Heating Co., and the Morss & Whyte Co., wire 

 manufacturers, was recently elected president of the Boston 

 Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Morss is chairman of the executive 



