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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1911. 



San Francisco and Los Angeles, and other California cities. 

 Mr. .Anderson was formerly president of the Hartford Rubber 

 Works Co. This is his first trip West since taking up his present 

 position with the United States Tire Co. The firm's many 

 branches on the coast are all doing well. The new store in San 

 Francisco, now being erected at Golden Gate and Van Ness ave- 

 nues, and soon to be ready for occupancy, will be one of the finest 



of all. 



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The W. D, Newerf Rubber Co. lias secured the agency for the 

 Miller tires, manufactured by the Miller Rubber Co., of .Akron, 



Ohio. 



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The Batavia tire, made by the Batavia Rubber Co., of Batavia, 

 New York, is now represented on the coast for the first time by 

 F. W. Burgers, of San Francisco, who has just returned from a 

 six weeks' visit to the tire factories in the East. Mr. Burgers has 

 been identified with a number of local rubber houses and has 

 only recently decided to go into business for himself. He has 



opened a store at 409 Golden Gate avenue. 



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The Michelin Tire Co. has established wholesale quarters in 

 Los Angeles at 749 South San Pedro street. It has no retail 

 branch there and in this respect has made a decided innovation. 

 J. M. Cummings, the Pacific coast manager, explains this method 

 as being the way the business will be handled in the future by 

 all tire manufacturers, and they are only anticipating condi- 

 tions. He says that tires are simply accessories to automobiles 

 and the proper method of distribution is through the automobile 

 and accessory houses. All that a tire factory needs to establish 

 is a jobbing branch. The new establishment will be managed b\ 

 J. R. Wells, who comes from the San Francisco branch. L H, 

 Saddler, from the Seattle branch, has taken the position left 

 vacant by Mr. Wells, and E. J. Hawke has been sent from San 

 Francisco to take the management in Seattle. 



A REMARKABLE FLOW OF LATEX IN BOSTON. 



Low 106 

 Low 10714 

 Low 109 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.S ISSUES. 



Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange for five weeks, 

 ending November 25 : 



Common Stock, $25,000,000. 



[The treasury of a subsidiary company holds $1,334,000.] 

 Last Dividend, October 31, 1911—1%. 



Week November 4 Sales 11,700 shares High 44-5-^ Low 42 

 Week November 11 Sales 16,395 shares High 46^/^ Low AAyi 

 Week November 18 Sales 17,020 shares High 47.J4 Low 46^ 

 Week November 25 Sales 4,600 shares High 475^8 Low 46j,-8 



For the year — High, 47 Jg, March 1; Low, iOyi, September 25. 



Last year — High, 52J^; Low, 27. 



First Preferred Stock, $39,824,400 



Last Dividend, October 31, 1911— 2%. 



Week November 4 Sales 900 shares High 107 



Week November 11 Sales 1,000 shares High 109 



Week November 18 Sales 700 shares High 110 



Week November 25 Sales 685 shares High 109"/^ Low 108^^8 



For the year — High. 115^2, July 7; Low, 104, September 25. 

 Last year — High. 1165^; Low, 99. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 



Last Dividend, October 31, i9ll—l'A%. 



Week November 4 Sales 300 shares High 73 Low 72 



Week November 11 Sales 1,200 shares High 76 Low 74 



Week November 18 Sales 1,000 shares High 76}4 Low 75^4 



Week November 25 Sales 200 shares High 75 Low 75 



For the year — High, 79, March 1 ; Low, 66. September 26. 



Last year — High, 84; Low, 59;4. 



Six Per Cent. Trust Gold Bonds, $19,000,000. 



Outstanding of the 1908 issue of $20,000,000. 



-Week November 4 Sales 41 bonds High 103^ Low 103.>^ 



Week November 11 Sales 36 bonds High 104 Low 1037,^ 



Week November 18 Sales 32 bonds High 104 Low 1037^ 



Week November 25 Sales 29 bonds High 104 Low 103-5'^ 



For the year— High, 105, July 15; Low, 101 }4. September 30. 

 Last year— High, 106; Low, 102J^. 



""PHF. Chinese rubber tree, in the Arnold Arboretum, in 

 •* Jamaica Plain, a suburb of Boston, has excited consider- 

 able comment, but the discussion to which it has given rise does 

 not compare with that occasioned by the extraordinary rubber 

 tree which was displayed in the Hood rubber exhibit at the 

 Educational and Industrial Exposition recently held in that city. 

 Hitherto, it has been considered necessary to take a trip of at 

 least 2,500 miles down to Para and up the Amazon in order to 

 see the Hevea Brasiliciisis giving forth its valuable contents, but 

 here was a specimen of Hcvea right in the heart of Boston, giving 

 out a fine, full, free flow of latex several times a day. 



The tree was visited by a large number of people. A pains- 

 taking mathematician, after some very careful calculations, con- 

 cluded that, at the rate of this daily flow, the tree ought to 

 produce about two tons of the finest Para annually. The tapping 

 was done by the familiar half herring-bone system, and the 



"El.\STIC floODENSIS." 



advocates of this system found very much to corroborate them 

 in their belief in the generous results attained in this particular 

 instance. 



This remarkable rubber tree was particularly interesting to the 

 botanists, for while in many of its aspects it appeared to belong 

 to the Hevea Brasiliensis family, there were some marked differ- 

 ences. It was finally determined that it was an entirely new 

 species, namely, the Hoodcnsis Elastica. 



The accompanying illustration shows a small section nf the 

 tree — from the ground to a distance of five or six feet — which 

 gives a fair conception of its appearance, but conveys very little 

 idea of the great amount of attention it received. 



Mention was made in our November issue of a guessing con- 

 test carried on at the display of the Hood Rubber Co. at the New 

 England Industrial and Educational Exposition in Boston. A 

 half biscuit of rubber was displayed and visitors were invited to 

 guess its weight. There were 18,000 guesses recorded. The 

 weight was 67 pounds 9.)4 ounces. Six of the guesses came 

 within a quarter of an ounce, with 67 pounds 10 ounces, and 

 four came within three-quarters of an ounce, with 67 pounds 9 

 ounces. These ten fortunate guessers were rewarded by presents 

 of footwear made by the company. 



