March 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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000 to almost $115,000,000, an increase of almost $24,000,000, or 

 26 per cent. 



The Miller Rubber Co. sales show an increase of 21 per cent, 

 advancing from $28,000,000 to more than $32,000,000 during the 

 year. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. sales jumped from $169,- 

 000,000 in 1919 to approximately $205,000,000 in 1920, being an 

 increase of 20J/2 per cent, while The B. F. Goodrich Co. sales in- 

 creased approximately $8,600,000, or 6 per cent during the year. 



Firestone profits dwindled to $1,245,163 as compared with 1919 

 profits of $9,306,978 while Goodyear, instead of showing a profit 

 of $23,272,245 as in 1919, faced a deficit of not less than $34,000- 

 000. Goodrich with a smaller increase in sales than the other 

 companies, will show a larger net profit, which is estimated at 

 not more than $3,000,000 as compared with profits in 1919 amount- 

 ing to $17,304,813. Miller profits will probably be well sheared 

 down by the writing oflf of inventories. 



CLEVELAND NOTES 



A. E. Christensen has joined the organization of The Cleve- 

 land Rubber Mold Foiuidry & Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and 

 will have charge of production of the mold and core and rubber 

 machinery departments. Mr. Christensen has held similar posi- 

 tions with the Bridgewater Machine Co., the Vulcan Welding & 

 Machine Co., and The B. F. Goodrich Co., all of Akron, Ohio. 



John P. Haney, for some time eastern district manager of 

 United States Tire Co., with headquarters in Boston, has been 

 promoted to branch manager at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Haney 

 came to Boston as office manager some ten years ago, having 

 formerly been identified with the Morgan & Wright interests. 



The H. H. Robertson Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has ap- 

 pointed Benton Hopkins manager of its Cleveland office in the 

 Kirby Building. This oiifice is operated as a part of the Pitts- 

 burgh district office in charge of William R. Frazier, district 

 manager. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES 



The Allsteel Ridewell Tire & Rubber Co., Dayton, Ohio, was 

 recently incorporated with a capitalization of $250,000 to manu- 

 facture the Huetter metallic steam bag for curing tires, described 

 elsewhere in this issue. The officers and directors include Andrew 

 Huetter, a former industrial engineer with The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co. and the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Richard P. Burkhardl, 

 George F. Kramer, A. J. Pocock, and Henry Knapp. The com- 

 pany has adopted the name "Artyr" to serve as a trade mark 

 and a short company name as well. A new plant will be erected 

 in Artyr Park, a suburb of Dayton, and work will shortly be 

 started on ideal homes for employes as well as the new factory. 



The general offices of The Columbia Tire S: Rubber Co., maker 

 of automobile and motorcycle tires and tubes and tire accessories, 

 have been removed from Columbiana, Ohio, to 270 West Sixth 

 street, Mansfield, Ohio. 



The Ohio State Rubber Tire Co., Port Clinton, Ohio, has 

 elected the following officers : president, .Anthony Schroeder ; 

 vice-president, J. F. Langenau : treasurer, G. J. Daum; secretary, 

 C. E. Gerner. The board of directors includes also F. P. Reich- 

 ert and W. S. Lee. 



The Electric Rubber Reclaiming Co., of Barberton. has been 

 compelled to ask creditors to accept paper at 7 per cent because 

 of the crude rubber market which made the reclaiming of rubber 

 unprofitable. The company is now reorganizing for the manu- 

 facture of specialties. The reclaiming department is to be com- 

 pletely abandoned. 



The Marathon Rubber Co., Cuyahoga Falls, reelected last year's 

 officers for the ensuing year. W. H. Jenks remains president. 



H. M. Cook has been appointed manager of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, branch of the I. J. Cooper Rubber Co., Cincinnati, dis- 

 tributers of tires, accessories, batteries, vulcanizing equipment, 

 etc. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST 



MID-WEST RUBBER MANUFACTUBEHS' ASSOCIATION 



THE regular monthly luncheon and meeting of the Mid-West 

 Rubber Manufacturers' Association was held at the Chicago 

 Athletic Association, February 15. A large number of the mem- 

 bers were in attendance, and after tlie luncheon interesting re- 

 marks and suggestions were made by the following members : 



Charles F. H. Johnson, Brighton Mills, Passaic, New Jersey, 

 spoke on guaranteed mileage of tires. Thomas F. Whitehead, 

 president of the National Tire Dealers' Association, Chicago, Illi- 

 nois, made a suggestion that manufacturers should make and sell 

 to dealers only standard make of tires, and junk the seconds, in 

 order to prevent the "gyp" tire dealer from putting such defective 

 tires on the market. S. P. Woodard, president of the Gillette 

 Ruliber Co., Eau Claire. Wisconsin, submitted a report of the 

 meeting of the Committee on Cooperation, which was held 

 previous to the regular meeting. 



The above remarks and suggestions were listened to with great 

 interest and appeared to meet the hearty approval of all present. 

 A note of optimism was evident in what nearly all of the speakers 

 said, the apparent feeling being that business in the tire industry 

 was on a firmer basis and that demand was increasing among the 

 dealers. It is believed by all those present that there will be a 

 shortage of tires by mid-summer. 



H. S. Vorhis has resigned as secretary and general manager, 

 and C. S. Sutherland is acting general manager of the association. 



MISCELLANEOUS MID-WESTERN NOTES 



The Iowa branch of the Hood Rubber Products Co., Inc., has 

 been moved from Davenport to 206-210 West Eleventh street, 

 Des Moines, Iowa. A. J. Wylie, who has been manager of the 

 Davenport branch will move to Des Moines and continue in 

 charge. 



The Rub-Tex Products, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, at its annual 

 meeting of stockholders, January 10, 1921, elected the following 

 officers: Edwin H. Emrick, president; L. E. Klug, vice-president 

 in charge of production ; George E. Goble, 2d vice-president ; 

 Everett L. Deuprce, treasurer; Scott C. Legge, secretary and 

 assistant treasurer. These ofl^cers also constitute the board of 

 directors. The company specializes in mechanical and molded 

 rubber goods. It was organized early in 1920, and purchased the 

 machinery and equipment of the Everwear Rubber Company of 

 Milwaukee, which it moved to Indianapolis in September, 1920. 



L. A. Brown, formerly district manager for the United States 

 Rubber Co., has been elected president of the Grand Rapids Tire 

 & Rubber Corporation, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Brown 

 is well known among tire dealers and distributers, who will be 

 interested to hear of his appointment. The plant of the Grand 

 Rapids Tire & Rubber Corporation will be under production by 

 April 1, 1921, and has a capacity of 1,000 tires and 5,000 heavy 

 gray tubes a day. The company will manufacture cord tires ex- 

 clusively, which it will market under the trade name "Corduroy 

 Cord." 



The receiver appointed by the Allen County Circuit Court, Fort 

 Wayne, Indiana, for the Fort Wayne Tire & Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co. has been removed by the United States Court, sitting 

 in Indianapolis, on the ground that the appointment of the re- 

 ceiver was improvidently made, and the property was returned to 

 the company. J. C. Brown and L. E. Kraft, former officers and 

 directors of the company, have resigned, and Albert E. Thomas 

 and C. M. Billings have been appointed to the board of directors. 

 Plans have been formulated for financing the company through 

 the stockholders, and the campaign is reported to be progressing 

 very well. It is predicted that in a short time the company will 

 be on a solid manufacturing basis. 



E. B. McKay, formerly vice-president of the Empire Tire & 

 Rubber Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey, has been elected vice- 

 president and general manager of the Inland Rubber Co., 146 

 West Twenty-seventh street, Chicago, Illinois. 



