July 1, 1920] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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ing. 11th and Chestnut streets, Cleveland, Ohio, in order to 

 take care of increasing business in chemicals for the rubber trade. 

 JOHN MORGAN, PRESIDENT OF THE McGRAW TIRE & RUBBER CO. 



At a special meeting of ihe board of directors of the McCraw 

 Tir,- ^S: Kubhor Co.. F.ast Palestine, Ohio, on June 5, John Mor- 

 ga:\ :". rniirl) \ici president and treasurer, was unanimously 

 .dccted to the presidency, succeeding the 

 late Edwin C. McGraw, founder of the 

 /^M^^^\;. company, who died at his southern 



JP^^"*"''"* liome, Miami, Florida, on May 24. 1920. 



■ B Mr. Morgan will also continue to serve 



as treasurer. He has been associated 

 with the company almost since its incep- 

 tion ten years ago and has taken an 

 active part in shaping its policies. 



Mr. Morgan was born in London, 



England, in 1880, and in 1905 came to 



.America to introduce the Kempshall tire 



into the United States. He is a director 



JOHN . ORGAN. ^jf jjjg Rubber Association of .\merica. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES. 



C. D. Rockwood, purchasing agent of The Mason Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., Kent, Ohio, has returned from the Far East. In con- 

 nection with J. P. Mathews, the resident manager of the Mason 

 Rubber Plantations Co. at Singapore, he has been undertaking 

 negotiations for acquiring additional rubber plantations for the 

 company. 



Four men were killed and approximately fifty injured w^hen a 

 benzol tank exploded June 7 as the result of a fire in the spreader 

 room of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co. plant at Kent, Ohio. 



The Turner, Vaughn & Taylor Co., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has 

 changed its corporate name to "The Vaughn Machinery Co." 

 C. W. Vaughn is still president and L. A. \'aughn secretary and 

 gei:eral manager, and there will be no change in management, 

 while the complete line of \'aughn machinery will be manufac- 

 tured as heretofore. 



The Giant Tire & Rubber Co.'. Findlay, Ohio ; The I. J. Cooper 

 Rubber Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and The 

 Cooper Storage Battery Mfg. Co., have consolidated under the 

 name, "The Cooper Corporation," with headquarters at Eighth 

 and Main streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



The Republic Rubber Corporation, Youngstown, Ohio, has 

 elected the following officers and directors: William Wilms, 

 chairman of the board; E. F. Jones, president; C. H. Booth, L. T. 

 Petersen, H. J. Woodard and C. F. Garrison, vice-presidents ; 

 H. J. Stambaugh, treasurer; Arthur L. Irish, secretary. Direc- 

 tors— C. H. Booth, H. M. and Richard Garlick, Robert Bentley, 

 R. E. Cornelius, John T. Harrington, E. F. Jones, R. C. Steese, 

 John Tod, T. E. Borton and William Wilms. 



The Rubber Products Co., Barberton, Ohio, has elected the fol- 

 lowing officers: \V. A. Johnston, president; C. C. Schutz, vice- 

 president and general manager ; J. W. Blaser, treasurer ; E. J. 

 Schutz. assistant treasurer; J. M. Wylie, secretary; J. B. Chisncll, 

 assistant secretary. 



The Marion Tire & Rubber Co., Marion, Ohio, has elected the 

 following oflScers: L. B. Walters, president; W. E. Cameron, 

 vice-president; Sam F. Zilliox, treasurer; C. W. McLaughlin, 

 secretary; W. P. Haynes, assistant secretary and assistant treas- 

 urer. Directors— Allan F. Ayers, R. C. Ellsworth, S. F. Zilliox, 

 C. W. McLaughlin, L. B. Walters, R. D. Belden, W. E. Cameron, 

 W H. Holverstott, J. W. Jacoby and W. A. Patterson. 



The Rotary Tire and Rubber Co., Zanesville, Ohio, has ap- 

 pointed as its sales manager, with headquarters at Zanesville. 

 R. B. Ford, formerly special representative and branch manager 

 of The B. F. Goodrich Co. at L'tica and Syracuse, New York, 

 and at Columbus, Ohio. 



The Knox Tire & Rubber Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio, is building 

 a new factory for the manufacture of cord and fabric tires and 

 red and gray tubes. The latest machinery, including equipment 

 for making goods in millimeter sizes to take care of foreign busi- 

 ness, will be installed. The building will be three stories high, 

 100 by 225 feet, of concrete, brick, and steel construction. F. D. 

 Spencer is secretary-treasurer. 



The McW'ade Tire & Rubber Co., Garrettsville, Ohio, has pur- 

 chased a factory site on which it will build a plant to manufac- 

 ture a full line of cord and fabric tires and mechanical goods, 

 including a pneumatic inner tube that will not become deflated 

 when punctured. The officers are: J. H. McWade, president; 

 C. C. Cox, vice-president and general manager; H. G. Vincent, 

 secretarv and treasurer. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST. 



MID-WEST RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. 



THE RECENT BULLETINS of the Mid-West Rubber Manufacturers' 

 Association have contained much material of interest to mem- 

 bers ; the weekly review of the crude rubber market and the spe- 

 cial topics have been of timely interest. Some of these are: a 

 report on employment in the automobile industry, in April, 1920; 

 a plea for reduction of prices leading to an increase of business ; 

 a quotation from the bulletin of the First National Bank of Phila- 

 delphia, in which William A. Law, president of that institution, 

 points out the diiSculties of efficient banking to-day due to 

 the shortcomings of the postal system; and the decision of the 

 Council of National Defense not to urge early buying and storing 

 of coal, because of the existent difficulties of transportation. 



The next meeting of the Association will be held on July 13 

 in the Chicago Athletic Association Building, 12 South Michigan 

 avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 



The Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wiscon- 

 sin, and New York City, has removed its Chicago office from 

 the People's Gas Building to its own building at 323 North Michi- 

 gan avenue. H. L. Dawson is manager of the Chicago office, 

 which handles the business of nineteen states with sub-oiBces in 

 Cincinnati and Detroit. 



The Empire Zinc Co.'s new plant at Canon City, Colorado, 

 work on which was begun only four months ago, is already roast- 

 ing ore. The concern is a subsidiary of the New jersey Zinc 

 Co. The Canon City plant is modeled on the zinc oxide plants 

 of the company at Palmerton, Pennsylvania, and care will be 

 taken to keep the quality of the products uniform. The other por- 

 tions of the plant are nearly ready, the chief ground for uncer- 

 tainty being the railroad situation. It is believed that zinc oxide 

 will be produced at the plant much sooner than was expected. 



The Latex Tire & Rubber Co., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has 

 completed its new plant and office building, including the ma'n 

 factory building. 50 by 150 feet, two stories high, and the power 



Plant of Latex Tire & .Rubber Co. 



plant, 50 by 40 feet. The factory is located on East Scoii street 

 and is equipped with up-to-date machinery. It is planned on the 

 unit system and other units will be added as the business de- 

 velops. F. S. Danenberg is president of the company. 



