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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



February 1, 1921 



Kr.y I-owler. Inc., Octobfr 29. lO.'O (Massachusclls), $25,000. C. Kay, 

 G. K. Merrill, both of Gloucester; L. V. Fowler, Kockland — both in Massa- 

 chusetts. Principal office, Boston, Massachusetts. To buy and sell leather, 

 rubber and canvas goods. 



King Tire Co., Inc., January U. 1921 (New York), $50,000. Jos. and 

 Louis Wertheimcr, both of 214 West 69th street; P. Turk. 215 West 68«h 

 street — both in New York City. 



Liberty Airless Tire Corp., January -4, 1921 (Delaware), $2,000,000. A. 

 J. Kingsbury, L. B. Phillips, D. D. Wharton — all of Dover, Delaware. To 

 manufacture tires and tubes. 



Mason & Keldman Mfg. Co.. Inc , January 17. 1921 (New York), $10,000. 

 Jacob and Kannie Mason. L Feldman — all of 2854 West 24th street, Brook- 

 lyn, New Yi*rk. To manufacture wood and rubber heels. 



Norfolk Corp., The, August 28. 1920 (Massachusetts). $50,000. R. A. 

 Kcppler, 427 Grove street. Brooklyn. New York; M. C. Baker, 407 Hunt- 

 ington avenue. Boston; B. W. Flanders, Monponsett; P. N. Fitzpatrick, 210 

 Maiden street. Maiden; R. W. Baldwin, 11 Mayo street. Ncedham — all 

 in Massachusetts. Principal office. Boston, Massachusetts. To manufacture, 

 buy and sell rubber goods. 



Raymond Rubber Co.. Sciitembcr 9. 1920 (Rhode Island), $10,000. R. 

 Rodgers. R. S. Wilbcr, J. A. Bennett — all of Providence, Rhode Island. 

 Principal office. Providence. Rhode Island. To buy, sell and manufacture 

 all kinds of automobile tires, etc. 



Rosa Tire Sales Co.. Inc.. January 21. 1921 (New York), $10,000. K. 

 Rosa, 2243 Arthur avenue, Bronx; J. B. Finkelstcin, H. Lenitz, both of 38 

 Park Row — both in New York City. 



Rubber Process Co.. November 16. 1920 (California), $200,000. II. Hill. 

 R. H. Hubbcll, F. H. PZvcrs. II. W. French, W. D. Smith — all of San 

 Francisco, California. 



Schlesinger Tire & Supply Co.. Inc., January 21, 1921 (New York), $5,000. 

 C. Mellcn, 2150 East 19th street, Brooklyn; R. C. Schlesinger, 835 River- 

 side Drive; R. S. Lazarowitz. 240 West 35th street. New York City— both 

 in New York. To deal in automobile supplies, etc. 



Sledman Products Co.. December 16, 1920 (Massachusetts). $50,000. H. 

 Ayer, W. G. Brooks, both of South Braintree; J. 11. Stedman. Cedar street; 

 M. A. Turener. May avenue; .\. N. Hunt. 29 \inc street, all of Braintree — 

 both in Massachusetts. To manufacture and deal in rubber goods, etc. 



Stokes Asbestos Co., December 20, 1920 (New Jersey), $1,000,000. Wil- 

 liam J. B. and Joseph Oliver Stokes, both of Trenton; R. J. Stokes, Prince- 

 ton— both in New Jersey. Principal office, Hamilton Township, Mercer 

 County, New Jersey, .\gent in charge, Robert J. Stokes. To manufacture, 

 buy and sell rubber and asbestos, etc. 



Tire Fusing Corp., December 24, 1920 (New York), $10,000. J. Zito. 

 3200 Broadway, New York City; D. Klein, 963 Kelly avenue; C. Selnik, 

 1042 Southern Boulevard, both of Bronx — both in New York. To deal in 

 tires. 



Universal Tire Co., January 7. 1921 (Delaware). $7,500,000. M. M. 

 Lucey, M. B. Reese. L. S. Dorsey— all of Wilmington, Delaware. To manu- 

 facture tires, etc. 



Virginia-Carolina Rubber Co.. Inc.. April 28. 1920 (Virginia), $200,000. 

 R. J. Bell, president; T. Bell, treasurer; C. L. Shackelford, secretary. 

 Principal office. Richmond. Virginia. To manufacture autiiuol.ile tires and 



by-products. ^ 



PERSONAL MENTION 



A. ?.. Jones, vice-president of The B. 1'. Goodrich Co.. has re- 

 signed from the -executive board, but will continue as an official 

 of the company. His resignation was accepted at a meeting of 

 the board of directors held in New York City on January 19, 

 1921. Mr. Jones recently returned from an eight months' trip 

 abroad, during which he visited the rubber-producing areas at tlic 

 Straits Settlements, China, Japan, Egypt and practically all Euro- 

 pean countries. During the world war he was in charge of 

 transportation for the .American Red Cross in France. 



William C. Potter has been elected chairman of the board of 

 directors of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, to suc- 

 ceed Alexander J. Hemphill, who died December 28, 1920. Mr. 

 Potter is well known for his mining and inetallurgical operations 

 and has been for several years actively connected with the Gug- 

 genheim interests. He has also been associated as director with 

 many companies, among them the Continental-Mexican Rubber 

 Co., the Intercontinental Rubber Co.. and the Continental Rubber 

 Co. In 1911 he became president of the Intercontinental Rubber 

 Co. Mr. Potter will withdraw from other executive activities 

 and will devote all his time to his new duties as chairman of the 

 board of the Guaranty Trust Company. 



F. W. Potts, for several years northwestern district manager 

 for The Republic Rubber Co., with headquarters at Minneapolis, 

 has resigned, effective January l.S. No announcement has been 

 made of his future plans. 



H. J. Mover, who has represented Yarnall-Waring Co. and 

 Nelson Valve Co. in the Chicago territory for several years, will 

 in future represent the Yarnall-Waring Co. exclusively in that 

 licld. as district manager, with offices at 58 West Washington 

 street, Chicago. 



H. H. Clark, of the C. Kenyon Co., Brooklyn, New York, man- 

 ufacturer of waterproof clothing, tires, etc., was elected presi- 

 dent of the .Advertising Club of the Brooklyn Chamber of Com- 

 merce when it was organized with seventv members on January 

 12, 1921. 



COLONEL COLT PREDICTS PROSPEROUS RUBBEJl YEAR 



Colonel Samuel P. Colt, cliairman of the United States Rubber 

 Co.,- who has exceptional facilities for gauging the currents of 

 general trade, lakes issue in a recent review of the rubber in- 

 dustry with those who can sec only hard times ahead. "We know 

 from experience," he said, "that the pendulum swings too far in 

 each direction, and I believe that the rubber business along with 

 other lines will gradually reach a healthy plane which will be 

 satisfactory to both producer and consumer." 



,\fter pointing out that in no other line were movements of 

 prices and volume of business more inixed in 1920 than in the 

 rubber industry, that with the curtailment of manufacturing in 

 the United States and the inability of Central and Eastern Europe 

 to absorb a noriual amount of crude rubber, the price of the latter 

 had dropped within the year from a high of 55 cents a pound to 

 1614 cents for fir.st crepe, resulting in a large surplus of crude 

 rubber, which excess was tending to restrict planting, he found, 

 nevertheless, many encouraging conditions. 



The capacity of the plants producing rubber footwear was ab- 

 sorbed during 1920 without undue accumulation of stocks ; and, 

 with ordinarily favorable weather conditions, Colonel Colt said, 

 the volume of 1921 footwear business is likely to be at least nor- 

 mal. Overstocking with mechanical rubber goods will, he be- 

 lieves, correct itself early this year, and then a good demand will 

 set in. He notices already an improvement, which he is sure will 

 soon expand, in the manufacturing of pneumatic tires, of which 

 there had been over-production, and predicts that more tires will 

 be consumed in 1921 Ihan in 1920 While realizing all the diffi- 

 culties now handicapping the exporter, he is confident, however, 

 that the selling of American goods in foreign countries will be- 

 come increasingly easier through the estahl'shment of new levels 

 of exchange, which though far from normal will at least be rea- 

 sonably steadv. 



AMERICAN DUNLOP ENTERPRISE HALTED 



A letter from the directors of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Limited, 

 to The Piiwiiiial Times, London, states some interesting facts 

 concerning the linances of the .American branch of the Dunlop 

 company, the stil).stancc of which follows: 



"Within the past few weeks the company has been called upon 

 to a.ssumc the responsibility of providing the additional finance 

 required to place the American Dunlop company in a position to 

 complete the construction and installation of its factory and to 

 provide sufficient working capital to enable that comjiany to carry 

 out its first year's trading program. .' . 



"While the Dunlop Rubber Co. is under no liability to provide 

 tliis additional linance. the board recognizes that it is in the in- 

 terests of the company that the .American enterprise should he 

 carried on. and in accordance with the statement made at the 

 last meeting of shareholders held on September 10 last, the 

 greater part of the sum of il.0(X),()0O has been remitted di'iring 

 the last few weeks. 



"The directors, however, feel, very strongly that the .American 

 company should now take steps on its own initiative to provide 

 tin- further funds required to bring tlie undertaking to completion, 

 and important negotiations, in which this company is assisting, 

 are now pending for this purpose." 



This letter should do much to quiet the wildly exaggerated 

 rumors in connection with the Dunlop rubber and cotton commit- 



