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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1912. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Hon. L. D. Apsley, president of the Apslcy Rubber Co., Hudson, 

 Massachusetts, has among his possessions a pair of child's cro- 

 quets, which were part of the first lot made by that company, 

 being the first pair removed from the first vulcanizer of foot- 

 wear. They bear the "Middlesex" brand, this company's seconds ; 

 yet after the lapse of a dozen or fifteen years they are still elastic 

 and resilient. 



Two very large Western manufacturers of shoes, who also 

 have been large jobbers of rubber footwear, The Peters Shoe 

 Co. and Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co., have consolidated 

 under the name of the International Shoe Co., and incorporated 

 with an authorized capital of $25,000,000. 



L. A. Hallcy, formerly with the Consolidated Tire Company, 

 has assumed the management of the Chicago branch of the Motz 

 Tire & Rubber Company. 



The paragraph that has been floating around the press of the 

 country to the effect that The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, 

 intended to open a branch factory in Spokane, Washington, is 

 an error, as the company has no intention of building a factory 

 at that point. The paragraph evidently arose from the fact that 

 the company is planning to open a service depot at Spokane, 

 which is quite a different matter. 



The Staunton Dielectric Rubber Co., ]\Iuskegon, Michigan, an- 

 nounces a change of name. Because of a possible confusion in 

 names, the company will hereafter be known as the Vulcanized 

 Products Co., and its dielectric material called Dielectrite, will be 

 renamed Gohmak. 



R. R. Drake, of the United States Tire Co., estimates that since 

 the beginning of 1907 the tire makers of America have marketed 

 in the neighborhood of 8,000,000 pneumatic tires, the yearly 

 output, according to his figures, being as follows : 1907. 900.000 ; 

 1908, 1,050,000; 1909, 1,350,000; . 1910, 1.800,000; 1911. 2,900,- 

 000; total, 8,000,000. His estimate for 1912 is 4,000,000 tires. 



A new rubber company called the Sanitary Reversible Syringe 

 Co. has been formed in Memphis, Tennessee, and intends soon to 

 establish a factory in that city for the purpose of manufacturing 

 sanitary reversible syringes, and probably other rubber goods. 

 The sanitary reversible syringe is one that can be turned wrong 

 side out, like a stocking, and used either way equally well. 



AN EXCELLENT HOSE REEL. 



The hose reel known as Wirt's W. & K. No. 2, made by the 

 Wirt & Knox Manufacturing Co., of Philadelphia, is an excep- 

 tionally complete and convenient affair. It is light, weighing 

 only 15 pounds when packed for shipment, and it is exceedingly 

 strong, as it is made entirely of metal, the 

 frame being constructed of the best tubu- 

 lar steel, the wheels of cast iron, the drum 

 of galvanized iron, and the drum arms of 

 solid steel. The drum, as will be no- 

 ticed from the cut, is corrugated. This 

 enables the air to get under the hose when 

 reeled and prevents mildewing. The 

 drum being 9 inches in diameter also pre- 

 vents the hose from being too tightly 

 wound. The cut also shows the little 

 catch towards the top of the frame, which 

 can be adjusted at any height; this holds 

 the nozzle when the hose is in use and 

 is a very convenient device. The reel is 

 quite handsome in appearance, with 

 enameled green frame, galvanized drum 

 and black wheels. It holds 100 feet of 

 J4-inch hose. 



UNITED STATES RtTBBER CO.'S ISSUES. 



Tk..\.\s ACTIONS on the Xew York Stock Exchange for five 

 weeks, ending January 27 : 



Common Stock, $25,000,000. 



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

 Last Dividend, Janunry 31, 1912— 19i. 



Week December 30 Sales 4,700 shares High 48 Low 47 



Week Januarv 6 Sales 7,100 shares High 49 Low 47^ 



Week January 13 Sales 3,500 shares High 487^ Low 47]^ 



Week January 20 Sales 600 shares High 47^4 Low 46J4 



Week January 27 Sales 900 shares High 47 Low 46j4 



For the year — High, 49, January 3; Low, 46^-^, January 16. 



Last year — High, 48 J4; Low, 30 J4. 



First Preferred Stock, $39,824,400. 



Last Dividend, January 31, 1912—2%. 



Week December 30 Sales 300 shares High 110}>^ Low IIOJ^ 



Week January 6 Sales 300 shares High llO'-i Low llO^i 



Week January 13 Sales 1,375 shares High 111 Low 110-)4 



Week January 20 Sales 700 shares High 111 Low 109J4 



Week January 27 Sales 100 shares High 110;4 Low 110J4 



For the year — High, 111, January 11; Low, 109)^, January 19. 



Last year — High, 115 J4; Low, 104. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 



Last Dividend, January 31, 1912 — 1;4%. 

 Week December 30 Sales 300 shares High 75j8 Low 75 

 Week January 6 Sales 200 shares High 76 Low 76 

 Week January 13 Sales 100 shares High 76j^ Low 76^ 

 Week January 20 Sales . . . shares High . . Low . . 

 Week January 27 Sales 300 shares High 75j4 Low 75 



For the year — High, 76!s, January 8; Low, 75, January 23. 



Last year — High, 79; Low, 66. 



Si.x Per Cent. Trllst Gold Bonds, $19,000,000. 



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



Week December 30 Sales 27 bonds High 104Ji Low 104^ 



Week January 6 Sales 55 bonds High 104.H Low 10354 



Week Januarv 13 Sales 47 bonds High 104.^ Low 104 



Week JanuarV 20 Sales 33 bonds High 104;j Low 103^ 



Week January 27 Sales 109 bonds High 104^ Low 104^ 



For tlie year — Higli, 104i4, Januarv 27; Low, 103H, January 6. 

 Last year — High, 105; Low, lOlJi.' 



Common Stock. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 



Shares sold.. 607,800 175,277 191,200 517,411 239,666 485,157 



Highest price. 59!4 52'A ilVi inA 52^ 48!4 



Lowest price. 38 13>4 MVi 27 27 30}4 

 Highest 1911, Dec. 16; lowest, Sept. 25; closing, 475^. 



First Preferred Stock. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 



Shares sold.. 123,760 120,108 94,400 199.512 91,849 46,327 

 Highest price. 115 109j^ 108 123;. 116^4 115!4 



Lowest price. 104^ 61 Ji 76 98 99 104 



Highest 1911, July 7; lowest, Sept. 25; closing, 110?^. 



Second Preferred Stock. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 



Shares sold.. 59,845 31,203 21,131 61,790 19,406 23,510 



Highest price. 87^4 78^4 75'/^ 89^4 84 79 



Lowest price. 75 39 42 bTA IV/i 66 



Highest 1911, Mar. 1; lowest. Sept 26; closing, 75. 



Six Per Cent. Trust Gold Bonds. 



1910. 1911. 



Bonds sold 3,631 2,437,000 



Highest price 104^/^ 105 



Lowest price ... lOlJi 101^ 



Highest 1911, April 28; lowest, Sept. 26; closing, 104'i. 



The board of directors of the United States Rubber Company 

 on January 4 declared from its net profits a quarterly dividend 

 of 2 per cent, on the first preferred stock ( including all out- 

 standing old "preferred" stock), a quarterly dividend of 1^4 per 

 cent, on the second preferred stock, and a quarterly dividend of 

 1 per cent, on the cotnmon stock of the company to stockholders 

 of record at 3 p. m. on Monday, January 15, 1912, payable with- 

 out closing of the transfer books, January 31, 1912. 



Wirt's W. &. K. No. 

 2 Hose Reel. 



Alfred C. Eggers and Ludwig T. Eg,gers, composing the firm 

 of Eggers Bros. & Co.. announce the closing of a co-partnership 

 with William S. Pounds. The business will hereafter be con- 

 ducted under the firm name of Egger Bros. & Pounds, importers 

 and brokers of crude rubber, gutta-percha and balata, at 16 

 Exchange place. New York. 



