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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1912. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.'S ISSUES. 



Tr.\nsactions on the New York Stock E.-^change for five 

 weeks, ending April 27 : 



Common Stock, $25,000,000. 



[The treasury of a subsidiary company holds $1,3.^4,000.] 

 Last Dividend, April 30, 1912—1%. 



Week March. 30. ..Sales 29.700 shares High 56 Low 52.^8 



Week April 6. ..Sales 17.400 shares High 56^ Low SAyi 



Week .'\pril 13. . .Sales 23,150 shares High 57>< Low 56 



Week April 20. ..Sales 9,605 shares High 56.ys Low 541,4 



Week April 27. . .Sales 25,300 shares High 6\'A Low 55>4 



•For the year— High, 61^. April 26; Low, 45^ 

 Last Year— High, 48;^; Low 30!^. 



February 1. 



First Preferred Stock, $39,824,400. 



Last Dividend, April 30, 1912—2%. 



Week March 30. ..Sales 1,500 shares High 114|4 Low 113^8 



Week April 6... Sales 1,245 shares High 114^ Low 1 1454 



Week April 13.. .Sales 1,905 shares High 11 5>^ Low 11454 



Week April 20. ..Sales 300 shares High 113^ Low 112 Ji 



Week April 27... Sales 1,450 shares High 114^ Low 112'/^ 



For the year — High. 115, April 11; Low, 109, January 30. 

 Last year— High, IISK; Low, 104. 



Second Preferred Stock, $9,965,000. 



Last Dividend, April 30, 1912— 1H%. 



Week March 30. . . Sales 2,300 shares High 79]^ Low 78 



Week April 6... Sales 700 shares High 79)4 Low 795^ 



Week .April 13... Sales 1,915 shares High 80^ Low 79y2 



Week April 20. ..Sales 500 shares High 79 Low 78^2 



Week April 27... Sales 2,000 shares High 80-)4 Low 79 



For the year— High, 80^, April 25; Low, 75, January 23. 

 Last year — High, 79; Low, 66. 



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



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



Week March 30. ..Sales 37 bonds High 104-5^ Low 104^4 



Week April 6... Sales 19 bonds High 104J4 Low 1043^ 



Week April 13... Sales 31 bonds High 104-5^ Low IO414 



Week April 20... Sales 66 bonds High 104K Low 104ys 



Week April 27... Sales 55 bonds High 10434 Low 104^ 



For the year — High, IDS, February 24; Low, 103J4. Januarv 6. 

 Last year — High, 105; Low, 101 J4. 



AH AEEONAHTICAL EXHIBITION. 



The first annual international aeronautical e.xhibition in .Amer- 

 ica will be held in the Grand Central Pahice in New York from 

 Maj' 9 to 18 next, under the auspices and control of the .Aero 

 Club -ct£ America. 



Notwithstanding the many aeroplane shows which have been 

 held during the past year — generally in connection with exhibits 

 in other lines — no comprehensive exhibition of aeronautics has 

 hitherto been undertaken in this country. The committee in 

 charge intends to conduct the show along the lines of the ex- 

 hibitions which have been held with such success in Paris. 



The exhibition will embrace the most modern aeroplanes, 

 spherical balloons and dirigibles of both European and American 

 manufacture, and will include specific craft which have won spe- 

 cial ho^iors. 



The Exhibits will also cover coinpleted apparatus for aerial 

 locomotion, including balloons, dirigibles and aeroplanes, while 

 interspersed with the aerial craft will be booths for the exhibit 

 of accessories for all methods of air travel. Space on the main 

 floor has also been allotted for the display of trophiesy-and the 

 historical e.xhibits will have a place on the mezzanine. The bal- 

 cony will be given over to accessories and to pictures and photo- 

 graphs. Besides the display of aeroplanes and accessories there 

 will be a display of models, designs and patents. A section of 

 the exhibition hall will be set apart for the display of plans, speci- 

 fications and drawings. Inventors will find this a fine oppor- 

 tunity to introduce their working designs to thosie interested in 

 aviation, as well as to the general public. 



The display of aeronautic accessories will include fabrics for 

 aeroplanes and dirigibles. This department will, of course, be of 

 special interest to rubber manufacturers. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Meyer Cohn, 2 Hudson street. New York, whose head offices 

 are in Hanover, Germany, importer of rubber factory supplies, 

 has lately been importing large quantities of talc and soapstone, 

 the talc being extremely white in color and the best quality ob- 

 tainable in Europe. He is prepared to deliver soapstone in pieces. 

 Another specialty is infusorial earth, of which he carries about 20 

 different grades. 



On April 4 the directors of the United States Rubber Co. de- 

 clared from net profits a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, on the 

 first preferred stock, a quarterly dividend of IJ-^ per cent, on the 

 second preferred stock, and a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on 

 the common stock of the company, to stockholders of record on 

 April 15, 1912; and these dividends were paid April 30. 



For the first time in the statistics of the American trade im- 

 ports and exports of aeroplanes have appeared during the last 

 year. Figures for the eight months ending with February last 

 show the number of aeroplanes iinported as 13, valued at $48,633, 

 the number exported as 26, valued at $99,796, of which 19, with 

 a value of $71,195, were of domestic manufacture. 



A fire did about $10,000 damage to the plant of the Buffalo 

 Foundry and Machine Co., Buffalo, New York, early in the morn- 

 ing of April 11. Because of its steel and glass construction the 

 building is practically fireproof excepting the roof, where the 

 greatest damage was done. The building is 145 x 320 feet and 

 contains 175,000 square feet of ribbed glass. The blaze started 

 in the coreroom and quickly spread to the roof which was in 

 flames when the first firemen arrived. Tlie work was hazardous 

 because of the breaking glass, and it was a most stubborn fire 

 to fight. No one was hurt,, and the plant was running as usual 

 the following Monday. 



The exportation of .American tires during the month of Feb- 

 ruary, 1912, amounted to a value of $267,036, as compared with 

 $179,047 in the same month of 1911, a gain of more than 45 per 

 cent. During the eight months ending with February, $1,641,373 

 worth of tires were shipped abroad, as against $1,194,720 worth 

 in the same period of the preceding year, an increase of almost 

 37 per cent. 



On May 1 the New York offices of the Underwriters' Labora- 

 tories were consolidated at No. 135 William street, in charge of 

 Mr. Dana Pierce, electrical engineer and agent at New York. 

 Mr. Pierce has been in charge of the electrical department of 

 the laboratories at the principal office in Chicago during the past 

 six years. A station for testing electrical appliances will be 

 operated in connection with the New York offices, and be used 

 chiefly in the service of inspections at factories and labeling. 

 Applications for tests of electrical fittings may be made either at 

 the principal offices and testing station at Chicago, or at the 

 offices in New York. 



It is reported that included in the vast volume of merchandise 

 lost with the sinking of the Titanic, the boat had on board 125 

 tons of rubber intended for various* consignees on this side. 

 Practically all of this rubber was covered by insurance. 



The fire that occurred on Saturday, .April 13, in the warehouse 

 of S. Birkenstein & Sons, scrap rubber dealers of 377 West On- 

 tario street, Chicago, Illinois, was not serious enough to interfere 

 in any way with the company's prompt delivery of customers' 

 orders. 



SALE OF CONTINENTAL TIRES. 



The Hub Cycle Co., of Boston, recently purchased the entire 

 stock of Continental tires from the Boston branch of the United 

 States Tire Co., and is offering them at an attractive reduction in 

 price. The tires will be adjusted on the regular 3.500 mile 

 basis for anv of the well-known makes of the United States Tire 

 Co. 



■■Rubber Tires and .AH About Them"— a book for everybody 

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