April 1, 1920.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



439 



MACHINE SHOP FOREMAN OF THE AMERICAN RUBBER CO. 



Michael F. Murphy, foreman of tlie machine shop of the 

 American Rubber Co., East Cambridge, Massachusetts, died Jan- 

 uary 4, 1920, at his home, 49 Thomdyke street, Brookline, aged 

 69 years. 



Mr. Murphy was born in South Boston April 2, 1850, and his 

 association with the rubber business began many years ago in 

 the employ of the late Robert D. Evans. He went to the Ameri- 

 can Rubber Co. on March 26, 1886. He is survived by a widow 

 and nine children. 



A VETERAN EMPLOYE OF W. H. SAUSBURY & CO. 



Lharles Frederick Luders, who was connected for over half 



a century with W. H. Salisbury & Co., 



Inc., of Chicago, the well-known dis- 



^■^ tributer and manufacturer of rubber 



W^» goods, died in Chicago January 31, 1920, 



WM °f heart failure. Mr. Luders was born 



J^C^^ in Wismar, Germany, February 24, 1850, 



^^^^^^^ 3"d had therefore nearly attained his 



^^^^^^^B seventieth year. He came to Chicago 



^^Hjj^^^^H when six years of age and entered the 



j^^^^^^^^M of W. H. Salisbury & Co. as er- 



^^^^^^^^BH rand boy in 1864. He worked his way up 



^^^^H|^^^^l till he became general manager. Mr. 



Luders was obliged to retire some years 



Ch.\rles F. Ludeks. ago as cataracts formed on both his eyes 

 from which he could not obtain relief. 

 He leaves his widow and three children, Fred, Etta and Elmer 

 Luders. 



Mrs. Fannie E. Thomas, widow of the late David E. 

 and mother of John W. Thomas, vice-president, and Edwin T. 

 Thomas, Minneapolis manager of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co., died in Tallmadge, Ohio, January 6, 1920, at the age of 75 

 years. She was born in Pembrokeshire in Wales, December 27. 

 1844, and in 1848 was brought to the United States by her par- 

 ents who settled in Tallmadge. She was one of a family of 

 eleven children and was the mother of eight, seven of whom 

 survive her, two daughters and five sons. 



Samuel Kraus, vice-president of the Eagle Pencil Co., New 

 York City, died January 3, 1920, in his sixty-ninth year. He 

 was connected with the pencil company and its predecessors from 

 the time he was fourteen years of age, becoming in time super- 

 intendent and later vice-president in charge of the manufacturing 

 departments. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



'7 HE inquiries that follow have already been answered; never- 

 theless they are of interest not only in showing the needs of 

 the trade, but because of the possibility that additional informa- 

 tion may be furnished by those who read them. The editor is 

 therefore glad to have those interested communicate with him. 



(783.) A reader asks for the addresses of concerns which 

 have to sell scrap rubber belting suitable for cutting into soles. 



(784.) An inquiry has been received for the addresses of manu- 

 facturers of machinery for making bathing caps. 



(785.) A correspondent requests the addresses of concerns 

 manufacturing tire half-soles. 



(786.) A reader desires the addresses of makers of embossed 

 metal plates for branding tires. 



(787.) Request is made for the addresses of manufacturers 

 of flexible or semi-flexible rubber that will withstand repeated 

 boiling in water and retain its vitality. 



(788.) A manufacturer asks for the addresses of the concern 

 making the Bragg or any other automatic rubber mixer. 



(789.) A rubber manufacturer asks whether there is manu- 

 factured at the present time a mixing mill with a cover which 

 will prevent carbon black from flying about in the mill-room ; if 

 so, the manufacturer's address is desired. 



(790.) Request is made for the addresses of manufacturers of 

 golf ball molds. 



(791.) A correspondent desires to have rubber spraying bulbs 

 made in thousand lots. He has the molds. 



(792.) An inquiry has been received for the addresses of the 

 manufacturer who can supply policemen's clubs made of rubber. 



(793.) A correspondent asks for formulas for making rubber 

 or vulcanite grinding wheels. 



(794) Request is made for the addresses of manufacturers of 

 forms for making toy balloons. 



(795.) A reader asks for the percentage of antimony and tin 

 melted together by the average hard-rubber manufacturer for 

 casting molds for hard-rubber goods. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



Addresses may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Do7nesfic Commerce, Washington, D. C, or from the following 

 district or cooperative of/ices. Requests for each address should 

 be on a separate sheet, and state number. 



District Offices. CooPER.^TIVE Offices. 



New York: 734 Customhouse. 

 Boston: 1801 Customhouse. 

 Chicago: 504 Federal Building. 

 St. Louis: 402 Third National Bank 



Building. 

 New Orleans: 1020 Hiberni 



Building. 

 San Francisco: 307 Custo 

 Seattle: 848 Henry Build: 



Cleveland: Chamber of Commerce-. 

 Cincinnati: Chamber of Commerce; 

 General Freight .^gcnt, Southern 

 Railway, 96 Ingalls Building. 

 Los Angeles: Chamber of Commerce. 

 p,„t Philadelphia: Chamber of Commerce. 

 ^^^ PortlanJ, Oregon: Chamber of Corn- 

 house. Dayton,' Ohio: Dayton Chamber of 



Jayti 

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(32,060.) President of commercial organization in Bulgaria 

 desires to secure an agency for rubber shoes. Correspondence 

 may be in English. 



(32,086.) A merchant in Italy desires to secure an agency 

 for rubber articles, bandages, and tires for automobiles and bi- 

 cycles. Quotations f. o. b. Italian port. Correspondence may 

 be in English. 



(32,111.) Firm in the Netheriands holding interests in rub- 

 ber plantations desires to purchase and secure an agency for 

 machinery and tools in general for Dutch East Indian rubber 

 plantations. Quote c. i. f. Netherlands ports and f. o. b. San 

 Francisco for Dutch East Indies. Payment against documents. 

 (32,138.) A mechanical engineer from Switzerland desires 

 to secure an agency in that country for belting, automobiles and 

 accessories and tires. 



(32,146.) A company of electrical goods dealers in Czecho- 

 slovakia wishes to purchase and secure an agency for insulated 

 wires, and rubber for technical purposes. Catalogs requested. 

 Cash, United States currency. Correspondence in Czech or 

 German. 



(32,158.) A commercial chemist in England desires to secure 

 an agency for medicated rubber adhesive plasters and similar 

 articles of druggists' sundries. 



(32,162.) Commercial agent in Italy wishes an agency for 

 the sale of pneumatics and automobile and motorcycle acces- 

 sories. Quote c.i.f. Geneva or Naples. Payment against docu- 

 ments. Correspondence may be in English. 



(32,194.) Merchant in Belgium wishes to purchase or to 

 secure an agency for the sale of men's india rubber collars. Cor- 

 respondence and catalogs should be in French. 



(32,262.) A manufacturer in South .Africa desires to purchase 

 waterproof canvas for coaches. Quote f.o.b. New York. Pay- 

 ment through bank against documents. 



(32,274.) A company in Greece wishes to buy dental rubber. 

 Correspondence in French or modern Greek. 



