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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Aprjl 1, 1921 



previously did electrical engineering and inspection work in the 

 East. With him are associated F. C. Smith, previously connected 

 with the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. and the Manufacturers 

 Publicity Bureau, and Miss A. A. Buchholtz, formerly office man- 

 ager of the advertising department of The Cutler-Hammer Manu- 

 facturing Co. 



The Ardmore-Akron Tire & Rubber Co., Ardmore, Oklahoma, 

 has opened a factory branch at Springfield, Missouri, to care 

 for the southern Missouri trade. Shipments will be made to 

 Springtield in carload lots and distributed from there to dealers. 

 Barney Sittel is branch manager in charge. 



G. S. Crane, formerly manager of the Cleveland office of The 

 Cutler- Hammer Manufacturing Co., will become manager of 

 controller sales at the main office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 



The clutch department of The Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing 

 Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been moved from the main works 

 to a recently acquired plant in West Allis, about seven miles 

 away. The new plant increases the total f^oor space by 100,000 

 square feet. 



The Miller Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has opened direct 

 factory tire branches at 1405 Fourteenth street, N. W., Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and 1329 Union avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. 



The Black Hawk Tire & Rubber Co., Des Moines, Iowa, had 

 an attendance of about 200 stockholders at the second annual 

 stockholders' meeting on February IS. The following officers 

 and board of directors were reelected: William Moran, president ; 

 E. J. O'Malley, treasurer ; E. A. Lewis, secretary ; A. J. McColl, 

 John C. Kirby, Fred German and John L. Nedderson. It is the 

 present plan of this company to put out a new line of cord tires 

 to be known as the "Black Hawk Chief." Tube production has 

 increased 100 per cent, and in the near future tire output will be 

 doubled, it is expected. 



The Reed Motor Supply Co., St. Paul, Minnesota, has been 

 appointed distributer of Syra-Cord tires, manufactured by the 

 Syracuse Rubber Co., Inc., Syracuse, New York. The officers 

 of the Reed company are : Henry H. Orme, president, and Edgar 

 A. Reed, secretary-treasurer and general manager. 



The National Auto Supply Co., Chicago, Illinois, of which W. 

 C. Erkert is president, announces that it has been appointed the 

 exclusive sales rights in the Chicago territory for Syra-Cord 

 tires, a product of the Syracuse Rubber Co., Syracuse, New 

 York. 



Earl L. Woods has been elected a director and vice-president of 

 the Horse-Shoe Rubber Co., of Missouri, 1705 Grand avenue, Kan- 

 sas City, Missouri, and will direct the Kansas City branch. Before 

 going with the Horse-Shoe Rubber Co. he was a director of Wallis 

 Tractor Sales for the J. I. Case Plow Works Co., Racine, Wiscon- 

 sin, and sales manager for the Samson Tractor Co., of California. 



The India Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, announces that F. 

 W. Abbott, of Minneapolis, has been selected to look after its 

 interests in that district. The sales of the company are rapidly 

 picking up and during last month exceeded those of any other 

 month in the history of the company with the exception of one. 



The first annual meeting of the Barva Heel & Tire Factory, 

 Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana, was held recently at which the fol- 

 lowing directors were elected : B. R. Barva, F. T. Wichman, 

 J. B. Franke, Allen J. Vesey and M. A. Mason. Officers elected 

 were B. R. Barva, president; J. B. Franke, vice-president; and 

 P. T. Wichman, secretary and treasurer. 



The Armstrong Rubber Co., Garfield, New Jersey, has opened 

 a factory branch at 1414 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, 

 under the management of F. A. Winship, who was formerly 

 sales manager at the New York office, 2 West 61st street. A 

 model tire store is being fitted up in Chicago with everything 

 needed to make it up to date in every respect. 



A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TIRE DEAL^JtS 



The National Tire Dealers' Association was organized February 

 2 at a formative meeting held at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago, 

 Illinois. Cleveland, Ohio, was selected as the national head- 

 quarters and officers were elected as follows: President, Thomas 

 F. Whitehead, Chicago, Illinois; vice-president, R. F. Valentine, 

 Cleveland, Ohio; secretary, Phillip O. Deitsch, Cleveland, Ohio; 

 treasurer, H. O. Stenzel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The directors, 

 in addition to Messrs. Whitehead, Deitsch and Stenzel, are Ed- 

 ward P. Farley, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and A. B. Clark, Kansas 

 City, Missouri, for one year; Joseph Roberts, St. Louis, Missouri, 

 R. J. Walters, Balti:norc, Maryland, and R. R. Woolley, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, for two years. 



The purpose of the association, according to the constitution, 

 is to advance and safeguard the business interests of tire dealers 

 and to promote a cooperative relationship between the manufac- 

 turer, tire dealer and buying public. That an effort will be made 

 to place the retail tire trade on a higher ethical plane is evidenced 

 by two resolutions adopted at the organization meeting. The 

 first defines the legitimate tire dealer, one of the principal qualifica- 

 tions being policies not dictated by any manufacturers. The 

 second aims to stop fraudulent rebuilding of worn-out tires by 

 recommending that members cut in two all junk tires before 

 disposing of them to any one. Membership in the association 

 is composed of such local associations of ten or more members 

 as are recognized by the national association. 



The key-note of the entire organization session was the willing- 

 ness evidenced by the dealers to enlist the absolute cooperation 

 of the manufacturer, and executives of the large rubber companies 

 who attended the closing banquet declared that the new asso- 

 ciation would be an important factor in the advancement and 

 future governing policies of the tire industry. 



MUCH ZINC OXIDE IN SIGHT 



The recent blowing in of the first unit of the new zinc oxide 

 plant of the American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., which has 

 been under construction during the past year at Columbus, Ohio, 

 marks another milestone in the company's development. 



This company started business in 1899 as a small zinc ore 

 producer, with mines in Joplin, Missouri, and has progressively 

 developed, until today its properties consist of three large zinc 

 smelters, one lead smelter, extensive ore mines in Tennessee, 

 Wisconsin and Joplin, Missouri, and other assets totaling over 

 $18,000,000. The development of the mining properties in Ten- 

 nessee showing a large tonnage of lead-free zinc ore, led to the 



American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co.'s Columbus Plant 



decision five years ago to embark in the zinc oxide business, and 

 they erected the first plant adjacent to their large spelter and 

 , acid plant at Hillsboro, Illinois. 



Columbus, Ohio, was selected as the location for the new zinc 

 oxide plant because of the central location of the mines, the 

 abundant railroad facilities and nearness to the central consuming 

 markets. The latest improvements in metallurgical construction 

 and equipment for handling materials are embodied in this plant, 

 and thoroughly experienced men are in charge of operations. 



The plant consists of a 75 by 240- foot reinforced concrete and 

 steel furnace building, accommodating 24 furnaces. Close by is- 



