NOVEMBFR 1, 1919.' 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, declared its quarterly dividends of two per 

 cent, payable October IS and 31st, respectively, on preferred and 

 common stock of record October 3. 1919. 



RUBBER COMPANY SHARE QUOTATIONS. 



The f(fllovving rubber stock quotations on October 18, 1919, 



are furnished by John Burnham & Co., 41 South La Salle street! 

 Chicago, Illinois: 



Ajax Rubber Co.. Inc ^95^ •'''gli 



BrunswickBalkeCoIlender Co., preferred .' .' 103 



Du Pont de Nemours & Co., E I., common .. IK iin 



Du Pont de Nemours & Co.. E. I., debentures ■ ■•■ ■'„^, ■'^" 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co . common ! .' 1 78 180 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co, preferred 0« inn 



Fiik Rubber Co., The, common. 51 53 



Fisk Rubber Co., The (new), first preferred '.'. 98 101 



Fisk Rubber Co., The, 2nd preferred 190 ?no 



Goodrich, B. F., Rubber Co., The, common ! . . . .' .' .' ! 82/. 83!^ 



Goodrich, B. F., Rubber Co., The, preferred 103j| 104^ 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. The, common 395 40' 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The. first preferred 109 lU 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., common 153 134 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., first preferred 95 97 



Lee Tire & Rubber Co 29'A 30>/2 



Marathon Ti-.e & Rubber Co 55 



Miller Rubber Co., The. common 188 195 



Miller Rubber Co.. The. preferred 103 106 



Rubber Products Co.. The, common 135 140 



Portage Rubber Co., The, common 136 141 



Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co 87 90 



United States Rubber Co.. common 12254 12354 



United States Rubber Co., preferred 11654 lUH 



RUBBER INDUSTRIES ATHLETIC LEAGUE BASKET-BALL 



TOURNAMENT. 



Since the close of the baseball season the Rubber Industries 

 Athletic League has turned its attention to basket ball to which 

 it will devote Friday evenings throughout the winter. 



It is the intention of the League ofificials to put on the floor 

 a team which will compare favorably with any team that ever 

 passed a ball. Only one team will be formed from the entire 

 league membership which will represent the League as a body. 

 The line-up will include such well-known stars as Ruckert and 

 Studebaker of Firestone, Reich and Dreyfus of United States and 

 Belsky of Ajax. 



The court at Savage's Gymnasium on 60th street near Broad- 

 way, in the heart of the rubber district of New York, has been 

 secured for each Friday evening during the season, beginning 

 November 21. 



WINNERS OF THE WATCH FOBS. 

 The baseball players, whose individual records during the sea- 

 son won for them the watch fobs presented by A. G. Spalding & 

 Brother were: A. J. Savarcse, Ajax Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.; 

 L. A. Mayborn, Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., W. Ruckert and C. 

 D. Studebaker, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. ; L. Abbott and H. 

 Knox, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ; E. Head, E. Reich, J. 

 Walsh, and J. Savage, United States Rubber Co. ; and J. Gray, P. 

 Teed, and G. Scott, The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



GAS MASKS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE. 



The gas mask is rapidly finding its proper place in the indus- 

 tries. Experience has shown that it has a wide application in 

 protecting workmen from the noxious gases and fumes given 

 off in many chemical operations. In rubber factories gas masks 

 could be used around volatile solvents, such as carbon disulphide, 

 carbon tetrachloride, sulphur chloride and certain organic accel- 

 erators. In allied chemical plants they give good protection in 

 pyrite smelting and roasting operations wherever sulphur dioxide 

 or oxides of nitrogen are encountered. The war gave great im- 

 petus to the development of better gas masks, and now the 

 Bureau of Mines has established a gas mask department at the 

 Pittsburgh Experiment Station, where masks of the ariny type 

 will be developed for industrial use. 



AMERICAN ZINC, LEAD & SMELTING CO.'S NEW PLANT. 



The American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., of St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, having found its zinc oxide plant at Hillsboro, Illinois, 

 too small to fill the growing demands for its output, has de- 

 cided lo build a new plant at Columbus, Ohio, on a 40-acre tract 

 of land bordering on the Akron division of the Pennsylvania 

 railroad. Construction will be pushed, and it is hoped to have 

 the works ready for operation by January 1, 1920. 



At this plant will be manufactured the Azo ZZZ brand of zinc 

 oxide, and zinc ores free from lead for making this grade will 

 be shipped from the company's mines at Mascot, Tennessee. The 

 company has other mines at Joplin, Missouri, and Platteville, 

 Wisconsin, and smelters at East St. Louis and Hillsboro, Illinois : 

 Caney, Kansas ; and Granby, Missouri. 



WILLIAM D. ANDERSON HEADS BIBB MANUFACTURING CO. 



At the recent annual meeting of the Bibb Manufacturing Co., 

 maker of tire fabrics, Macon, Georgia, William D. Anderson 

 was elected president ; E. T. Comer, chairman of the board of 

 trustees; J. H. Porter, vice-president; J. I. Comer, second vice- 

 president; Charles H. Williams, secretary and treasurer, and A. 

 A. Drake, assistant treasurer. John A. Porter continues as gen- 

 eral superintendent of the four mills at Macon, two at Porterdale, 

 one at Columbus and another at Reynolds. 



Extensive improvements are being made at Columbus and in 

 one of the Macon mills, and an auditorium and other community 

 features are to be built in each of the mill villages in Macon. 

 Bonuses have been paid to faithful employes according to period 

 of service from three to ten years. The usual dividends were 

 declared at the annual meeting. 



NEW EXPRESS PACKING RULES. 



Effective December 10 the use of paper wrapping for express 

 packages weighing over 25 pounds will not be permitted. 

 Ordinary paper boxes, wrapped or unwrapped, are also for- 

 bidden. For shipments over 25 pounds, wooden containers, or 

 containers of fiberboard, pulpboard or corrugated strawboard 

 material are required. The cartons must be made of materials 

 of specified "test strengths," similar to those required for the 

 freight service, and the containers must bear the stamp of the 

 manufacturers certifying that the material used is of strength 

 required for the weight of the shipment carried in it, as called 

 for in the rules. Shippers are requested to study Supplement 

 No. 5 to Express Classification No. 26, in which these rules are 

 embodied, and copies of which may be secured at any express 

 ofl^ce. 



STANDARDIZATION OF GOLF BALLS. 



At its first meeting since 1914 the British Golf Rules Committee 

 resolved to submit to the association a new rule standardizing 

 golf balls. Changes in rules by the English authorities are usual- 

 ly followed in America, and golf ball standardization will hardly 

 be an exception. Such an innovation, it is believed, would pave 

 the way for a firmer foundation for international play. With plans 

 in the making in both England and the United States, and entries 

 being booked for the 1920 championships next season may witness 

 all titular play with a standard golf ball. 



RUBBER STAMPS AID ARCHITECTS AND DRAFTSMEN. 



Rubber stamps are being made that represent interior fittings, 

 such as bath tubs, kitchen sinks with the faucets and so on, which 

 should be convenient for architects and draftsmen who have to 

 draw the same thing over and over again in different parts of a 

 plan. The stamp prints the outline drawn to standard scale, and 

 the impression can be touched up as required. Though only used 

 for plumbing fixtures at present, the stamp offers possibilities for 

 much wider application to parts of drawings that must be re- 

 pealed frequently.— ("Popular Mechanics.") 



