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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1912. 



CHANGE OF NAME. 



The Staunton Dielectrite Rubber Co., Muskegon, Michigan, has 

 changed its name to the Vulcanized Products Co., and its 

 dielectric material, hitherto called "Dielectric," will hereafter be 

 known as "Gohmak." 



The Imperial Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., of Montreal, announces 

 that it has acc)uired the business of The Wire & Cable Co. The 

 new company will continue to operate in Montreal, under the 

 same management. 



GEORGE SCHLOSSER A TRIPLE SUPERINTENDENT. 



George Schlosser, who for several years past has been super- 

 intendent of the W'oonsocket Rubber Co.'s two mills, the "Alice" 

 at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and the boot mill at Millville, 

 Massachusetts, has now been appointed superintendent of the 

 Candee Rubber Co. mill at New Haven, Connecticut. As he 



George Schlosser. 



retains the siiperintendency of the other two mills, he occupies 

 the unique position of superintending three mills in three differ- 

 ent places simultaneously. 



This distinction did not come to Mr. Schlosser by chance but 

 purely by reason of his qualifications and equipment. Mr. 

 Schlosser is 47 years old, every one of these years having been 

 spent in a rubber atmosphere. He was born in Milltown, New 

 Jersey, close to the musical hum of a grinding mill and from 

 his earliest days he breathed the fine aroma of the Up-river 

 biscuit. It was natural, therefore, when he reached the ripe age 

 of 17 that he sliould go to work in a rubber mill. After some 

 twelve years' experience, which were twelve years of compre- 

 hensive education in rubber footwear manufacture, he was pro- 

 moted from his position in the factory at New Brunswick (of 

 which Milltown is a suburb) to the superintendency of the 

 National India Rubber Co., at Bristol, Rhode Island. In 1900 

 he became assistant superintendent of the "Alice" mill of the 

 Woonsocket Rubber Co. Later he was put in complete charge 

 of the company's Millville mill and soon after he succeeded that 

 master of rubber footwear construction, John Robson, as super- 

 intendent of the "Alice" mill, being given the title of general 

 superintendent and having full charge of both these mills, which 

 employ 2,000 people. Now with his extended superintendency 

 covering the Candee mill, he has 3,200 people under his control. 



There are two reasons why Mr. Schlosser occupies this unusual 

 position. One is that he understands perfectly how to make 

 rubber footwear, and the other is that he understands equally 

 well how to handle human beings. He is not only an efficient 

 manager but he is a popular "boss." 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. have 

 declared the regular quarterly dividend of $2.50 per share on the 

 common stock, payable March 15 to stock of record March 5. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., of New York, has recently closed a con- 

 tract for equipment with the Connecticut Taxicab Co. There are 

 now more than 1,000 taxicabs in New York City equipped with 

 the Fisk Bolted-On Tire and Fisk Removable Rim. 



The Wisconsin Rubber Co., Madison, Wisconsin, has increased 

 its capital to $1,500,000. 



The Manufactured Rubber Co. of Philadelphia has declared a 

 regular quarterly dividend of lyi per cent, on preferred, payable 

 March 1 to stock of record February 24. 



Options have been obtained on a manufacturing building with 

 railroad facilities by the Frontier Tire and Rubber Co., a new 

 Buffalo tire concern, which will take over the business of the 

 Frontier Rubber Co. Charles F. Benzing is president and man- 

 ager of the new company and Charles .\. Castor is superintendent. 

 The new company is expected to have a capacity of 1,500 auto- 

 mobile tires a day. 



The Goodrich company has arranged to open salesrooms at 

 110 Cedar street, Spokane, Washington, about March 15. This 

 agency will be in charge of R. H. Rowe, a practical factory man. 



The general manager of the Motz Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, states that one of the first sets of their cushion tires has 

 traveled 24,000 miles, and is still on the road. He adds that he 

 knows of several sets of their tires that have completed 20,000 

 miles, and are still in good condition. 



William Q. Cramp has been appointed manager of the new 

 branch opened by the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., at Buffalo, 

 New York, February 1. Mr. Cramp was an officer in the Seneca 

 Rubber Co. and moves into his new connection as a result of 

 the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. absorbing the Seneca Rubber Co. 



The Chrysolite Asbestos Company has filed papers with the 

 Secretary of the State of Vermont to mine, manufacture and ship 

 asbestos and its products from a mine or mines in Lowell and 

 vicinity. The capital is $2,000,000 witli 8,000 shares. The enter- 

 prise is given impetus by the proposed new railroad to connect 

 the mines in Lowell and Eden w-ith the markets. The papers 

 are signed by William G. Gallagher of Lowe!!, Frank A. Walker 

 and Willard Walker of Barre. 



A paragraph has been going the rounds of the daily press to the 

 effect that the United States Rubber Co. is about to put into 

 operation a profit-sharing plan somewhat similar to that adopted 

 by the United States Steel Co. It is quite true that the directors 

 of the rubber company have given considerable thought to such 

 a plan, but nothing definite has yet been decided upon, and no 

 announcement is likely to be made for a number of weeks. 



One of the daily papers, talking about the rubber situation, re- 

 fers to "the time when crude rubber sold up to $5 a pound." Just 

 what rubber this was and when it was sold is not stated. Evi- 

 dently it was some variety of synthetic rubber. 



The Springfield Tire and Rubber Co., Springfield, Ohio, on De- 

 cember 7, 1911, filed certificate increasing their capital stock from 

 $50,000 to $150,000. 



WANTS CLOGS AND FOOT HOLDS. 



-Ax American consul sends in a report (No. 7944) to the effect 

 that a merchant in a Mediterranean town is anxious to make 

 arrangements for the agency of a certain type of American 

 rubber shoe, which is not obtainable in his market. He describes 

 the men's shoe as being very low, with just sufficient edge to 

 hold to the leather shoe, and the women's shoe as very light in 

 weight and without heels. Obviously, this man wants low clogs 

 or Eversticks for men, and footholds for women, and it ought to 

 be quite easy to supply his wants. 



