April I, 19201 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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rubber heels and fiber soles. Edwin H. Emrick is president and 

 Scott C. Leggc treasurer. 



WESTERN MANAGER. GLOBE RUBBER TIRE MANUFACTURING CO. 



Another seasoned executive was 

 added to the staff of the Globe Rub- 

 ber Tire Manufacturing Co., when 

 R. B. Tracy recently assumed the 

 duties of western manager, follow- 

 ing more than fifteen years' associa- 

 tion with the Michelin Tire Co. 



Mr. Tracy's connection with the 

 tire industry dates back about twen- 

 ty years when he became connected 

 with the Pope Manufacturing Co., 

 Hartford. Connecticut. Upon join- 

 ing the Michelin forces he started as 

 manager of the Cleveland, Ohio, 

 branch. Four years later he was 

 promoted to management of the 

 Chicago branch, which included su- 

 pervision over the Minneapolis, St. 

 Louis, Des Moines, Cleveland and Kansas City branches. In 1915 

 he was appointed factory representative, with all branches west 

 of Philadelphia under his direction. 



Mr. Tracy has an extensive acquaintance and many friends 

 throughout the Mfddle West that should prove valuable assets in 

 promoting the sale of Globe tires in that territory. 



R. B. Tr.\cv. 



Mr. Magruire responded to what had come as a total surprise 

 to him, with words of thanks to the donors. He told of how 

 a few of the manufacturers had organized in January, 1919, the 

 association which now gave promise of a successful career, at 

 the same time disclaiming any special credit for himself. His 

 efforts, assisted by those associated with him, were to meet a 

 situation that confronted them. Nevertheless, he was more than 

 grateful to his friends who had thought his efforts worthy of 

 this handsome testimonial. 



During the meeting it was decided to create the office of sec- 

 ond vice-president and the dual office of general manager and 

 secretary. VV. W. Wuchter, president of the Nebraska Tire & 

 Rubber Co., who had been serving as secretary, was elected 

 second vice-president, and H. S. Vorhis general manager and 

 secretary. 



The following new members were elected : 



SEGULAR MEUBERS. 



Black Hawk Tire & Rubber Co., Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Century Rubber Works, Chicago, Illinois. 

 Johnstone Tire & Rubber Co., La Porte, Indiana. 

 The Overland Tire & Rubber Co., Omaha. Nebraska. 

 Surety Tire & Rubber Co., St. Louis, Missouri. 



ASSOCIATED MEMBERS. 



Duffy & Sears. Xew York Citv. 



W. E. Byles, New York City. 



Gove & French, Xew York City. 



Bennett Day & Co., New \'ork City. 



The Rex-Hide Manufacturing Co., East Brady, Pennsylvania. 



MID-WEST RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



THE M.\RCH MEEiiNG of the Mid-West Rubber Manufacturers' 

 Association was held in Chicago, Illinois, March 9, at the 

 Chicago Athletic Association, and was the most largely attended 

 of any of these monthly meetings. Fifty-one members were 

 present and the opinion was voiced by all that the gatherings of 

 the Association were of increasing interest and most beneficial. 



John T. Christie, president of the Association, called on a 

 number of the members to express themselves regarding trade 

 conditions for the benefit of those present. 



An incident of the meeting that awakened enthusiasm was 

 the presentation of a handsome silver loving cup to John W. 

 Maguire, vice-president 

 and general manager of 

 The Portage Rubber 

 Co.. Barberion. Ohio, 

 and the first president of 

 the Mid-West Associa- 

 tion, in recognition of his 

 services in organizing 

 and guiding the .\ssocia- 

 tion through its first 

 year. 



It had been intended 

 to present the cup at the 

 February meeting, but 

 Mr. Maguire had been 

 unable to be present. 



The presentation 



speech was made by 



Fred J. Horn, Akron 



representative of Fred 



Presented 



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City, who spoke of the ^^■"''Te^Iu""' n??95)."'°''' 



great need of a center 



for rubber activities in the mid-western states and the satis- 

 factory manner in which Mr. Maguire had succeeded in antic- 

 ipating that necessity. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



A PIONEER CALIFORNIA RUBBER FACTORY. 



•"Phe Pioneer Rubber Mills, the name assumed by the Bowers 

 •*• Rubber Works, is greatly increasing its plant at Pittsburg in 

 Contra Costa Counr>', California. First started by W. F. Bow- 

 ers forty years ago as the Pacific Coast branch of the Gutta 



The Pioneer Rubber Mills, Pittsburg, C.\lifornl\. 



Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co., as W. F. Bowers & Co., 

 then as the Bowers Rubber Co. and the Bowers Rubber Works, 

 it has taken a leading part in developing the rubber industry of 

 the Pacific coast. It was the first company to import crude 

 rubber directly into California and still keeps up the practice 

 by drawing the raw materia! from the rubber plantations of the 

 East Indies straight to its wharves at Pittsburg. 



The plant covers about twenty acres of ground and a good 

 sized town near it houses its large working forces. The com- 

 pany devotes its attention to mechanical rubber goods such as 

 "Skookum" piston rod packing, "Copper Queen" rubber trans- 

 mission belting, "Sunset" elevator and conveyor belting, "Owl" 

 pneumatic hose and "Victor" fire hose. 



All compounding, mixing, and working up of the crude rubber 

 are done at the Pittsburg plant. There the company is now build- 

 ing for the reclaiming plant a two-story reinforced concrete 

 building, covering 50 feet by 115. It plans to increase and ex- 

 pand its mechanical rubber capacity to more than double its 

 present capacity, being driven to this by the fact that for three 



