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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1912. 



ceived Uierefor the first prize of $250; "Jason and the Golden 

 Fleece," by R. C. Chase of New York, who won $150 as the 

 second prize, and "The Blue Bird," by H. H. Parker, of Phila- 

 delphia, third prize, $100. The children will enjoy studying these 

 familiar subjects while waiting to avail themselves of the noble 

 charity instituted by the Forsyth family. 



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Walking down Congress street the other day with a friend. 

 The Ixdi.\ Rubber World correspondent noticed a wagonload of 

 discarded automobile tires in front of the storehouse of J. H. 

 Stedman & Co. Wishing to show off some of his technical 

 knowledge, the correspondent asked his friend if he knew where 

 all these bursted tires go to in the end. The answer was explicit, 

 immediate and emphatic. This friend said, "No, I'm not sure 

 where they go; but if they go where their owners consign them, 

 there must be a horrible smell of burning rubber in the hereafter." 



The Walpole Rubber Co. has opened a handsome new store in 

 "Automobile Row," at 757 Boylston street, where they are carry- 

 ing a full line of automobile tires and accessories. 



The walls of the office of a gentleman prominent in the rubber 

 business in this city are adorned with many large photographs, 

 each artistically framed. A vei-y large proportion of these photo- 

 graphs are of groups of members of the New England Rubber 

 Club and the Rubber Club of America, depicting them at the 

 summer outings or the mid-winter dinners. While commenting 

 upon these, the gentleman declared that he had made his last 

 purchase of a picture of this kind. He had covered his walls 

 and had room for no more. 



His remarks regarding the enterprise of photographers were in- 

 teresting, and one suggestion seems particularly sensible. He 

 said: "These pictures are entirely too large. Their first cost, 

 supplemented by the expense of framing, is too much, and they 

 require much wall space. Then their general sameness is such 

 that only one or two should be exhibited in a room as small as 

 this. I like to have such photographs as souvenirs. They contain 

 faces of my friends in the trade, some of whom are gone from 

 among us. I believe that the photographers would sell more 

 pictures li they made smaller ones and charged proportionately 

 less. If they made prints about 8 x 10 inches, instead of these 

 four times as large, the pictures could be pasted consecutively in 

 a scrap book, or could be mounted on thin cardboard and held 

 in a port-folio or binder, thus making a valuable record, easy to 

 handle and not so large as to prevent its being carefully kept and 

 frequently studied. I would like such a collection, but I'm done 

 buying these big pictures." 



The suggestion seems to have in it several grains of common 

 sense, and your correspondent echoes the sentiment. He also 

 suggests that anyone who may wish to prepare such an album 

 or folio may be enabled to do so by collecting the excellent half 

 tone engravings of these (and other) trade gatherings which ap- 

 pear in The India Rubber World, usually in the number im- 

 mediately following such meetings. 



REAL RUBBER NEWS FROM KANSAS. 



A recent issue of a Kansas daily contained some real rubber 

 news. It stated that "the first cost of crude rubber is about 75 

 cents a pound. By the time it reaches the world's market it is 

 worth $2.50 a pound." It will be seen from this that manufac- 

 turers who have recently been grumbling because fine Upriver 

 Para cost them $1.23 per pound are really in great luck, as they 

 are getting their rubber at less than half price. It then goes on 

 to state that there are 10 rubber trusts in the world, five of them 

 in the United States. If this is true, it would seem to indicate 

 that there is still work for Mr. Wickersham. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN CHICAGO. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



r^ EORGE p. SHEPARD, secretary of the E. F. Norton Co., 

 ^-^ 620 Orleans street, narrowly escaped injury in an automo- 

 bile accident on the occasion of the Birkenslein fire, which oc- 

 curred April 6. He was dining in the downtown district when 

 erroneously informed that the Norton company's establishment 

 was on fire. While making a hurried trip to the scene in his 

 automobile, the machine skidded while making the turn at Or- 

 leans and Indiana streets, throwing him to the street. Except 

 for a few bruises he escaped without injury. 



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General Manager Baldwin, of the Cincinnati Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., was a recent visitor in Chicago, calling on the trade. 

 He was more than pleased with business conditions in Chicago. 

 H. G. Prigge, local sales agent for the company, with headquar- 

 ters at West Jackson boulevard and Jefferson street, predicts a 

 record-breaking summer season for the irade in this city. 



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Chicago friends of John H. Kelly, for nine years manager of 

 the Chicago branch of the Republic Rubber Co., are congratulat- 

 ing him and wishing him success as sales manager of the com- 

 pany, to which office he was recently permanently appointed on 

 the death of L. J. Lomasney, former vice-president and sales 

 manager of the concern. Mr. Lomasney had been ill for several 

 months and Mr. Kelly was made acting sales manager. 



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The Sealo Tire Co., of Chicago, recently moved into new quar- 

 ters at 1409 Michigan avenue. N. L. Steinberg, president of the 

 company, announced that he is preparing to take care of an 

 unusually large amount of business this season. 



Because of the successful sale of the Dahl tire filler in Illinois, 

 the board of directors of the Punctureless Tire Co., of Illinois, 

 at a recent meeting concluded arrangements with the parent com- 

 pany whereby the local company takes over the entire State of 

 Indiana. General Manager C. J. Flagerling was enthusiastic 

 over the new step. 'T feel," he said, "that the highest tribute 

 that can be paid to the Dahl punctureless tires is the constantly 

 increasing number of sales we are making to prominent men, 

 who, after carefully considering the matter of tire troubles and 

 delays, have placed their orders for our tires." 



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E. B. McKay, Chicago manager for the Empire Tire Co., an- 

 nounces that there is to be no cut in prices so far as his company 

 is concerned. He said that under no circumstances would the 

 company sell direct to the consumer. "Our goods are staple the 

 world over," he said, "and our prices will be the same as they 

 have always been." ^ ^ ^ 



Returning from a three months' trip to the company's branches 

 throughout the Western and Northwestern States, H. B. Ball, 

 auditor of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., stopped long enough 

 in Chicago to give his opinion of the effect of the opening of the 

 Panama Canal on business in the far West. "It is looked forward 

 to by business men with enthusiasm," he said. "There exists a 

 friendly rivalry between Seattle, Portland and Tacoma as to 

 which city will make the best proposition to Eastern capitalists 

 for the building of immense new docks on the Pacific Coast. In 

 San Francisco open-air meetings are held almost nightly, and 

 lobbyists have been appointed to attend Congress and solicit 

 support of the bill for free tollage of American ships through 

 the canal, and the taxation of foreign vessels. Pacific Coast 

 merchants expect the West Coast to be the front rather than 

 the back door of the continent." 



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