l'EliRUAH\ 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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K A. Schenzinger, who had been with the Chicago office of the 

 Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co. for 22 years, recently became 

 a salesman for the VVishnick-Tumpeer Chemical Co., 365 East 

 Illinois street, Chicago. 



Arthur J. Straiicy, for many years district nuinascr of sales for 

 The B. I\ Goodrich Rubber Co., in Los Angeles, has been pro- 

 moted to take charge of the Indianapolis Goodrich branch. 



laSCELLAireOUS MID-WESTERN NOTES 



The Cutler-Hanmur Maiuitacuiriny C'j , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 has secured ofiices in the Railway Exchange Building, St. Louis, 

 Missouri. The new office is a branch of the Chicago district 

 office and has become necessary because of the increasing amount 

 of business in the St. Louis territory. Harold Phillips, formerly 

 office manager of the Chicago l)ranch, is in charge. 



New machinery and equipment in the factory of the R.icine 

 Rubber Co., Racine, Wisconsin, includes an increase to tlie 

 power house and the installation of a new General Electric tur- 

 bine of 1,250 kilowatt capacity, a 500 h.-p. boiler and a complete 

 economizer for the boiler room. The new building, which was 

 completed last summer, is four stories in height, 180 feet long 

 by SO feet wide. In the lower floor, which is an addition to thi 

 mill room, have been installed ten new mixini; mills, 22 by fiO 

 inches. 



The Latex Tire & Rubber Co.. I'ond dn Lac, Wisconsin, maker 

 of tires, tubes and rubber products, reports a very bright outlook 

 for the future. The company is erecting an additional three- 

 story iMiilding, 60 by 80 feet, to cost about $55,000, which will 

 be used for the manufacture of molded goods and tire sundries, 

 ami it is about to install new mills and calenders to cost in the 

 neighborhood of $75,000. 



The Jefferson Rubber Co., Jefferson, Wisconsin, is erecting a 

 modern factory, 80 by 320 feet, to be devoted to the manufacture 

 of super-quality products The building will be completed witliin 

 a short time. 



At the recent annual meeting, the board of directors of tin- 

 Inland Rubber Co., Chicago, elected E. B. McKay vice-president 

 and general manager. Mr. McKay has been associated with tlie 

 Inland Rubber Co. for about a year. Prior to this affiliation 

 he had been first vice-president of the Empire Tire & Rublier 

 Corporation, Trenton, Xew Jersey, with which he had been as- 

 soc'ated in executive capacities for a period of sixteen years. 

 Mr. McKay's long and varied experience has gained him a large 

 and friendly acquaintance in the rubber industry. 



\\ . D. Mcl.eish, formerly with the N'cw York branch of the 

 Gates Rubber Co., Denver, Colorado, has l)ecn appointed district 

 manager of the Chicago branch, with headquarters in that city. 



G O. Sebree has joined the inrcos of ihe Gates Rubber Co.. 

 Denver, Colorado, as advertising manager. Mr. Sebree has held 

 a similar position with eastern companies and until recently was 

 associated with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., .^kron, Ohio. 

 He is said to be especially active and energetic in handling na- 

 tional advertising campaigns. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



CAUTIOUS BUYING by tire dealers is reported <jn the Pacific 

 Coast, but there is also noted a marked depletion of retail 

 stocks which, on the first sign of renewed public interest, may 

 result in a flood of orders. lUiyers arc not yet convinced that 

 tire prices have touched bottom, although manufacturers declare 

 thai the next price revision will be more likely upward than 

 downward. A little better in(|uiry for repair stock has been le- 

 marked, while in mechanical rubber gocxls and druggists' sundries 

 dealers have of late been marking time, fearing to load up until 

 satisfied that prices have touched bottom. Here, as in other 



lines, retail stocks arc quite low, according to manufacturers' 

 advices. 



LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY 



T. W. McDevitt, president of the Pacific Cotton Exchange, Los 

 .\ngeles, and K. M. Turner, have been attending a con- 

 gressional committee hearing in Washington, D. C, on the proposi- 

 tion to grant Los Angeles official recognition as a long-staplj cot- 

 ton trading center. .'\s the United States Cotton Futures Act ante- 

 dates the development of long-staple cotton, there is no provision 

 for the handling of Pima futures in the sanu' manner as short- 

 staple futures. Los Angeles cotton men hope to have this omis- 

 sion corrected, and, if successful, they predict a big revival in the 

 cotton business in the Southwest, with Los Angeles as the main 

 trading center. Half a million acres last year yielded a crop of 

 ,'?7S,0(X1,000, and the potential acreage is estimated at 15,000,000. 

 During 1920 the shipments through the port of Los Angeles 

 (.where there is a high density compress) were 7,107 bales, as 

 compared with .^00 in 1919. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of California, Los 

 .Angeles, passed the dividend on its 7 per cent preferred stock on 

 December 31. The same action was taken by the directors of the 

 (ioodyear Textile Mills Company on the 7 per cent preferred 

 stock. While both concerns slowed down in production two 

 months ago, the management expects that by March 1 the "full 

 steam ahead" order will be given in both factories. 



The Samson Tire & Rubber Corporation, Compton, California, 

 !ias Ill-en running steadily on full time and for several weeks has 

 been working overtime six days a week, trying to catch up on 

 orders. Soon the company expects t<i piit c.n an all-night shift. 

 Plans are being made for further enlargement of the factory. 



(ieorge T. Hell, president of tlie 'lire Construction Co., 

 l.os Angeles, has bought out the interest of Edward Harris, secre- 

 tar\ -treasurer, and now owns the concern. The two started in 

 business in 1914. Robert Bruniier is the manager. 



Mapid progress is being made in the construction by the U. S. 

 ( niniiression Inner Tube Company's plant at Burbank, California. 

 Tlie new factory, it is said, will mean an investment of $1,000,000, 

 employ nearly 1,000 men, and be in operation in about three 

 months. 



Plans are being launched by P.o--ton and Los Angeles capitalists 

 lor manufacturing cord tire materials and plain tire fabrics on a 

 large scale at i\ed<mdo, California. The concern, to be known 

 as the Imperial Textile Co., contemplates an outlay of $7,0(X),000 

 .111 mills in which 33,000 spindles w'll be run aii<l on building 

 .1 company town of 200 houses, with stores, theatre, etc., and its 

 water works, electric plant, and drainage system. .Arrangements 

 have been made to take for several years the entire cotton crop 

 of the C. &■ M. ranch, one of the largest in California. 



The .\utoinobile Tire Co. of California has been incorporated 

 wiih .1 capital of $150,000 by Harry A. Demarest, Edgar W. 

 Demarest and Jacques .\. Leuthold. The concern, which has its 

 office and warerooms at 1006 South Broadway, Los Angeles, will 

 do a general tire merchandising business. 



Ked rubber tube making is a new line for the Bell Rubber Co., 

 Alameda and Seventh streets, Los Angeles, and several vulcaniz- 

 ers are being set np. The tube is laminated, and floats. The com- 

 pany also makes single ,iiul dual solid tires, and specializes on 

 solid tire repairs. 



An iniporraiit change is being arranged by The B. F. Goodrich 

 Kuliber Co. for housing its Los .\ngeles branch. It now occupies 

 a seven-story building on South Broadway, but within six months 

 it plans to move into a concrete structure, one of the units of the 

 Los .\iigeles Terminal Warehouse, that will afford 2;/. times more 

 space, direct railroad connection, elevators for loading supplies, a 

 private street, and other advai'taces to enpb'e it to band'e its 



