June 1, 19J0.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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president ; Frank E. Teachout, vice-president and general man- 

 ager; and Harlow P. Steinbrenner, secretary and treasurer. 

 The new factory of the company at Noblesville, Indiana, is of 

 reinforced concrete throughout and has a floor space of 66,000 

 square feet. It is three stories high. 



The Sewell Cushion Wheel Co., Detroit, Michigan, has pur- 

 chased property at 2711-2717 South Wabash avenue, Chicago, 

 80 by 190 feet, on which it will erect a one-story building with 

 a foundation to carry a second story. A portion of this struc- 

 ture will be used for Chicago service and the balance for manu- 

 facturing and assembling. The total investment, including 

 machinery, will be $75,000. 



At the annual meeting of the .American Zinc Institute, in 

 Chicago, where Charles M. Schwab, who has become interested 

 in zinc, was a speaker, the following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: president, E. H. Wolff, of the Illinois Zinc 

 Co., Peru, Illinois; first vice-president, J. L. Bruce, of the Daly 

 Travis Copper Co., Butte, Montana ; second vice-president, 

 Edgar Palmer, of the New Jersey Zinc Co., Inc., New York; 

 third vice-president, F. C. Wallower, of Joplin, Missouri. The 

 next meeting will be held in St. Louis. 



The National Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., 

 notifies its members that the classifications covering rubber ex- 

 pire July 1, and new ones become effective for one year from 

 that date. Members are requested to notify the secretary of 

 any changes they wish to have considered at the j'une meetings. 



The Wishnick-Tumpeer Chemical Co., North Pier Terminal, 

 365 East Illinois street, Chicago, was incorporated May 4, 1920, 

 under the laws of that State, with a capitalization of $100,000, 

 to conduct a business as importer of and dealer in chemicals, 

 oils and colors, specializing in rubber compounding ingredients. 

 Stocks of standardized materials will be carried for the con- 

 venience of rubber manufacturers in the West and Mid-West. 

 The officers are: .Robert I. Wishnick, president and treasurer; 

 Julius Tumpeer, vice-president; David Tumpeer, secretary. The 

 company will be able to handle carload shipments on its own 

 private switch and make freight shipments direct from its 

 terminal through the tunnel system. 



Reichel & Drews, formerly at 559 West Lake street, Chicago, 

 Illinois, manufacturers of fabric-cutting machinery, have re- 

 moved to their new factory at 452-456 North Ashland avenue, 

 Chicago. 



Thomas E. Wilson & Co., Chicago, Illinois, sporting goods 

 manufacturer, has taken over the Chicago Sporting Goods Man- 

 ufacturing Co. Fred J. Ratsch, formerly the head of the latter 

 concern, will be director of the jobbers' division of the Wilson 

 company. The large new factory Mr. Ratsch was building at 

 Powell and Charleston streets, included in the transaction, will 

 give the Wilson company 100,000 additional square feet of man- 

 ufacturing space. 



O. E. Truesdell has been appointed district manufacturers' 

 representative for the F'irestone Steel Products Co., Akron, 

 with headquarters in Indianapolis. He will take over portions 

 of the territory heretofore handled by L. W. Enos and .^. B. 

 Droeger from Chicago and Detroit, respectively. 



The Double Fabric Tire Co., Auburn, Indiana, maker of 

 .\uburn tires and tubes, attaches a tag stating the percentage of 

 pure Para rubber used in each Auburn certified tire. 



The International India Rubber Corporation, South Bend, 

 Indiana, has appointed F. A. Rendon manager of its export 

 department. He was formerly with the Pirelli Company, Italy, 

 and the Lee Rubber & Tire Corporation, New York City. 



The Quality Tire & Rubber Co., Anderson, Indiana, recently 

 absorbed by The Long-Wear Tire & Rubber Co., has reduced 

 its capital stock from $4,700,000 to $4,150,000 common, and 

 $500,000 second preferred has been created. 



The Fort Wayne Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co., Fort 

 Wayne, Indiana, has increased its capital from $1,000,000 to 

 $2,500,000. J. C. Brown is president of the company. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



LOS ANGELES NOTES. 



'T'he Pacific Coast debut of the rubber bathing suit, the 

 ■*■ rubber beach cloak, and the rubber bathing hat was made 

 but a fortnight ago in Los Angeles. That these newest styles 

 struck popular fancy was evidenced by the admiring comments 

 made among the forty thousand people who viewed these novel 

 costumes at the Venice beach parade held on May 16. 



Some 300 attractive girls, many of them noted screen stars 

 from the nearby Hollywood film studios, were the primary 

 attraction. They were garbed in every conceivable kind of 

 modish garments suitable for actual and near-bathing; and while 

 most of the cloth creations worn were undeniably pleasing to 

 the eye and some of them strikingly artistic, the rubber novelties 

 made a distinct hit. The general verdict was that they would 

 have been equally appreciated even though they were not dis- 

 played by rather pretty mermaids. 



The United States Rubber Co., which had a short time before 

 shown the hats, capes and suits on living models at the Hotel 

 Alexandria, Los Angeles, to buyers from many stores, had a 

 special rubber exhibit. The advantages of the all-rubber bathing 

 suit are that it quickly sheds water, dries in a few moments, 

 and, unlike the damp cloth garments, can be carried about com- 

 fortably. There is a promising field for rubber bathing apparel 

 on the Pacific Coast, as the mild climate permits bathing prac- 

 tically the year around on its numerous fine beaches. 



The West American Rubber Co., 400-432 North Avenue 19. 

 Los Angeles, announces the appointment of C. Lamb as superin- 

 tendent. Mr. Lamb was formerly connected with the Cincinnati 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Another big tire factory may soon be established in Los 

 Angeles to serve the West Coast trade. Preston E. Roberts, 

 president and general manager of the Perfection Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Fort Madison, Iowa, has been in Southern California in 

 conference with Guasti, House & Guilli, Inc., and W. L. Bartlett, 

 distributers of Perfection tires. In order to overcome the trans- 

 portation handicap between the Mid-West and the Coast, and 

 to expedite distribution, Mr. Roberts feels that a factory here 

 is indispensible. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. recently broke all records 

 of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce by applying for lOO 

 memberships for members of its new factory force, and bringing 

 the roster of the local trade board up to the 6,200 mark. 



The Goodyear company has, through its subsidiary, the South- 

 west Cotton Co., acquired the 7,000-acre Marienette ranch of 

 R. P. Davie to add to its 25,000-acre holdings of prime cotton- 

 growing land in Arizona. The price of the 7,000 acres is put 

 at $1,000,000. Pima cotton grown here has brought as high as 

 $1.25 a pound on a $19,000 purchase. A dollar a pound is guar- 

 anteed to growers on the next crop. 



Work has been started at El Segundo, a beach town close 

 to Los Angeles, on a $2,000,000 plant for the General Chemical 

 Co., New York City. 



Practically all the leading tire makers and jobbers of Los 

 .Angeles are members of the recently reorganized Automobile 

 Tire Manufacturers' and Jobbers' Association, of which Frank 

 R. Price, of Nelson & Price, is president. The association will 



