April 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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treasurer, and F. H. Craig, secretary and assistant treasurer. 

 R. H. Phillips, who resigned as sales manager of the auto- 

 mobile accessories and mechanical goods department of the 

 Essex Rubber Co., has been elected secretary and treasurer of the 

 National Tire Co., and the Reliable Tire & Rubber Co., Trenton, 

 succeeding Albert Numbers. Mr. Phillips had been connected 

 with the Essex company for more than twelve years. 



MISCELLAITEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES 



Samuel Dintenfass, trading as the Universal Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has instituted suit in the 

 United States District Court at Trenton against the Combina- 

 tion Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Bloomfield, for alleged failure 

 to hve up to an agreement in the manufacture of tires for the 

 complainant, it being alleged that they were not up to the 

 standard. The Combination company claims that it gave no 

 guarantee with the tires and that they were made according to 

 the regular formulas, also that it gives no guarantee with any 

 of its products. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, recently 

 obtained a judgment against Harry Kruvant, of Newark, in a 

 court at that place. The judgment was for $2,836.19. Kruvant, 

 it was claimed, promised to be responsible for the bills of Louis 

 Siegler and Albert J. Siegler, officers of the now bankrupt Ever 

 Ready Auto Supply Co., if the Goodyear company would extend 

 the Sieglers credit. Credit was extended to the amount sued for, 

 but the Sieglers did not pay. 



VVhitall Tatum Co., New York, has just completed the transfer 

 of its New York assembling department to the rubber works at 

 Keyport, New Jersey, where it will occupy a portion of the three- 

 story addition just completed. The company is also building an 

 experimental machine shop at its glass plant at Millville, New 

 Jersey. 



The plant of the Ewing Rubber Co., recently purchased from 

 Archibald F. Updike, and situated in Ewing township, on the 

 outskirts of Trenton, was destroyed by fire on March 16, result- 

 ing in a loss of several thousand dollars. All the finished stock 

 and the big supply of crude rubber was destroyed, together with 

 the office effects. The company manufactured automobile tubes 

 and patches. 



Seth R. Gark, formerly connected with the Republic Rubber 

 Co., Yoimgstown, Ohio, in charge of development work, is now 

 associated with the Braender Tire & Rubber Co., Rutherford, 

 New Jersey, as production manager. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



IN ATTRACTIVENESS, attendance and wealth of handsome cars to 

 choose from, the Automobile Show held at Mechanics' Build- 

 ing, Boston, from March 12 to 19, inclusive, lacked little of its 

 former apjieaL There were, however, more than ISO less ex- 

 hibitors than last year, and it is to be feared that sales generally 

 were not as satisfactory. None of the larger tire and rubber 

 companies exhibited directly, although the products of some 

 were noticeable in the numerous displays of accessory firms. 

 The Green & Swett Co. featured Miller and Amazon tires ; the 

 J. P. Harriman Co., Syra-Cord tires; the Central Automobile 

 Tire Co., tires and tubes of numerous popular makes. Special 

 exhibits of interest to the rubber trade included Sewell cushion 

 wheels and Lambert Troublpruf tires. 



A. Schrader's Son, Inc., showed pressure gages, tire valves 

 and accessories and the Harris Co., Inc., valve caps. L. J. Morse 

 demonstrated Magic Rubber Mend and other rubber specialties, 

 while tire paints and cements were displayed by the Boston 

 Blacking Co. and J. P. Harriman Co. Rim and tire tools were 

 featured by the Greb Co., Trexler Co. and Weaver Manufactur- 

 ing Co. Air compressors and sundries were shown by the 

 United States Air Compressor Co., C. A. Dickerson and the 



Curtis Pneumatic Machinery Co. Storage batteries were offered 

 by the American Storage Battery Co., Paul M. Marko & Co., 

 Inc., Willard Storage Battery Co., and Westinghouse batteries 

 were included by the Jackson Electric Co. Tire chains were 

 shown by the American Chain Co.; jacks by Edward V. Hart- 

 ford, Inc., tire and wheel carriers by the New Era Spring & 

 Specialty Co.; tire locks by the Alemite Lubricator Co. of New 

 England. 



MISCELLANEOUS MASSACHtTSETTS NOTES 

 A trade tour of Mexico in the interest of New England manu- 

 facturers is to be made under the auspices of the Associated In- 

 dustries of Massachusetts, leaving Boston March 12 and returning 

 April 4. The roster of the party consists of forty-four names 

 including R. Dunsford, treasurer of the Lowell Insulated Wire 

 Co.; William B. Laighton, export manager of the Hood Rubber 

 Products Co., Watertown ; James E. McGrath, foreign department 

 of the First National Bank of Boston. 



The Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, of Worcester, is co- 

 operating with the public school authorities in the work of immi- 

 grant education. English language classes have been organized for 

 foreign-born employes with a present enrollment of ISO 

 persons, including French-Canadians, Armenians, Greeks, Poles, 

 Turks, Assyrians and Italians. Qasses are held each working 

 day except Saturday at the employment bureau in charge of a 

 public school teacher who devotes her entire time to the work. 

 There are five classes, each having a daily session of one hour, 

 the first class starting at 11.30 a. m. and the last class closing 

 at 4.30 p. m. No time is deducted from the employes while at- 

 tending class. 



The February 26 issue of Industry, the weekly bulletin of 

 the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, contains a practical 

 article entitled "Selling Safety in the Factory," by H. T. Martin, 

 manager of the health and safety department of the Fisk Rubber 

 Co., Chicopee Falls. Mr. Martin draws an interesting parallel 

 between accident prevention work in the factory and a selling 

 campaign to market tlie factory product, and shows that to suc- 

 ceed the former must be conducted on practically the same prin- 

 ciples as the latter. 



The tire department of the Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, 

 has begun the production of heavy duty cord tubes equipped with 

 Whistler automatic safety tire valve gages. 



The Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridge, was the 

 lowest bidder on 2^-inch double jacket hose for the Boston fire 

 department. The price quoted was 71'A cents per foot, 10 days, 

 and a contract for 3,000 feet was awarded. 



After a two-weeks' sliutdown the footwear factory of the Con- 

 verse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, will resume operations on a 

 five-days-a-week basis, beginning April 4. This indicates a gain 

 in activity, since a four-day week has been in effect since early 

 in February. 



Motion pictures of all processes in the making of rubber foot- 

 wear have been taken recently at the factory of the Converse 

 Rubber Shoe Co. The films show in careful detail every step 

 in the making of various kinds of rubbers, from milling the 

 rubber to packing the finished product, and will be used for edu- 

 cational and publicity purposes. 



Converse Hall, a large three-story double house on Clifton 

 street, Maiden, purchased and remodeled at an expense of $25,000, 

 now provides home comforts for thirty-five girl employes of the 

 Converse Rubber Shoe Co. The lower floor is devoted to com- 

 fortable living and dining rooms and kitchen, the upper floors 

 to bed-chambers and bathrooms. A laundry in the basement 

 enables the girls to do their own washing. Board and room 

 costs only $7 a week, a figure below that of any commercial board- 

 ing house. 



The Athol Manufacturing Co., Athol, Massachusetts, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from 1,000,000 shares preferred to 

 1,500,000, and 10,000 shares common to 20,000 shares, no par 

 value. 



