April 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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years has manufactured high quality automobile tires, of black 

 tread cord and fabric in non-skid, ribbed and plain tread designs. 

 Because of increased trade demand for Victor tires, it is said 

 that full factory capacity will be reached as soon as practicable. 

 The American Zinc Oxide Co., Windsor avenue, Columbus, 

 Ohio, a subsidiary of the .American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., 

 is marketing its products through the American Zinc Sales Co., 

 distributer, which has been incorporated in Maine and licensed 

 to do business in every state where offices are maintained. It is 

 owned and controlled by the American Zinc, Lead & Smelting 

 Co. and managed by the same officers. L. E. Wemple is manager 

 in Columbus. 



B. H. Loveless, 80 South Third street, Columbus, Ohio, has 

 been appointed receiver for The Rotary Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Zanesville, Ohio, in compliance with the application of the stock- 

 holders. It is stated that, in the opinion of the attorneys, claims 

 can be successfully defended to the end that there will be $3 in 

 assets to each $1 liability of the company. The receiver has 

 been appointed chiefly to protect the estate against claimants 

 whose positions are not legally tenable. Negotiations are now 

 pending looking to the operation of the plant in the very near 

 future. 



The Portage Country Club, the gathering place of rubber and 

 Akron business men, the scene of many gatherings which have 

 made history in the rubber industry, was recently badly dam- 

 aged by fire, the loss being placed at approximately $125,000. 

 It has not been decided w-hether to build an entirely new building 

 or repair the one that was damaged. A large unfinished apart- 

 ment house across the street from the club grounds will probably 

 be used as the temporary home of the club. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, at a recent stock- 

 holders' meeting reelected the following directors : O. M. Mason, 

 R. W. MacKinnon, William A. Clufl', W. ,R. Green, D. M. Mason, 

 John H. Diehl and E. G. Tillotson. 



Sales of this company showed about a 10 per cent increase in 

 February, 1921, over those of February, 1920. The entire plant 

 is said to have gone on a twenty-four-hour basis beginning March 

 14, in an effort to take care of the accumulating orders. The tex- 

 tile division, producing cord fabric, has been operating twenty- 

 four hours a day for some time. Tire sales during recent weeks 

 are showing very marked improvement. It is believed that con- 

 sumer demand between April 1 and July 1 will be one-third 

 greater than in any previous period. 



The Cincinnati office of The Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., 

 Milwaukee, will become a part of the central district, with R. I. 

 Maujer as branch manager. 



Fred Rufenacht, New Philadelphia, Ohio, has contracted for 

 the purchase of the entire properties of The Bucyrus Rubber Co. 

 After extensive repairs and additions to machinery and equip- 

 ment, Mr. Rufenacht will operate the plant under the name of 

 the Rufenacht Rubber Co. It is expected the plant will be in 

 operation at a very early date. A fabric tire in the 3^-inch size 

 will be made at first, and later a cord tire in all the popular sizes. 



At a recent stockholders' meeting of The AUsteel Ridewell Tire 

 & Rubber Co., Daj^on, Ohio, specializing in the manufacture of 

 "Artyr" sectional metal steam bags and collapsible endless metal 

 steam bags, the following were elected directors : A. Huetter, 

 Henry Knapp, Joseph Jakob, S. Habodasz, Joseph Novak, N. 

 Mikesell and R. O. Shank. The officers reelected were : A. 

 Huetter, president and general manager, and H. Knapp, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



At a meeting of the stockholders of The Eclat Rubber Co., 

 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in February, the old board of directors 

 were reelected. They are: W. H. Stillwell, C. C. Crumrine, C. 

 E. Reiss, J. A. Seabold, E. F. Ast, W. A. HeflFclman, S. W. 

 Sweet and W. E. Weldon. The officials elected were: W. H. 



Stillwell, president; J. A. Seabold, vice-president; C. C. Crum- 

 rine, treasurer, and E. F. Ast, secretary. 



The McKone Tire & Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, has purchased 

 tlie plant and equipment of The Forster Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Millersburg, Oiiio. Pending the time operations are commenced, 

 it is having its tires made by The Tuscan Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Carrollton, Ohio. 



EXCLUSIVE RUBBER GLOVE MANUFACTURER 



The Wilson Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, was incorporated under 

 the laws of Ohio, July 18, 1916, by Fred Wilson, John S. Willis 

 and Wendell Herbruck, with a capital of $40,000, that has been 

 successively increased to $75,000, $150,000 and on January 22, 1921, 

 to $500,000. The company manufactures rubber gloves for elec- 

 tricians, surgeons and household purposes, and it is said to be 

 tlie largest exclusive rubber glove manufacturer in the country. 



The company leased the plant formerly occupied by the Canton 

 Manufacturing Co., Canton, Ohio, when commencing business, 

 and in 1918 built a new factory on Garfield avenue, where an 



THE WILSON RUBBER CO., CANTON, OHIO 



addition 50 by lOO feet, three stories high, is now being constructed 

 with foundation strong enough to permit the addition of two 

 more stories if business justifies. The present addition will cost 

 $75,000, and a like amount will be required for equipment. 



It is reported that since the company began operations in 1917 

 there has not been a time when they were caught up on orders 

 and that it has been necessary to turn down all new business 

 during the past year. The new addition shown on the left of 

 the picture is expected to take care of this increased business. 



The following officers were reelected for this year: John S. 

 Willis, president ; F. J. Wilson, vice-president and general 

 manager ; and Wendell Herbruck, secretary and treasurer. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST 



By Our Regular Correspondent 



■-pHE Mid- West Rubber Manufacturers' Association has 



1 adopted a resolution calling the attention of the public to the 



detrimental efl^ect on the rubber industry that would result from 



any substantial curtailment of carbon black production. 



George J. Kirkgasser & Co., 1734 First National Bank Building, 

 Chicago, is handling the advertising for The Cutler-Hammer 

 Manufacturing Co., the Pawling & Harnischfeger Co., Wetmore 

 Reamer Co., and Frank D. Chase, Inc., industrial engineers. -M- 

 though specializing in work for industrial concerns, the agency 

 is not limiting itself entirely to technical fields. Services include 

 organization work, development of cooperation between selling and 

 advertising departments, advertising, merchandising and publicity. 



Mr. Kirkgasser was in the advertising department of Force 

 Food Co. for a year and a half; and with The Cutler-Hammer 

 Manufacturing Co. from 1910 to 1914 as assistant advertising 

 manager, then assuming the duties of advertising manager. He 



