September 1, 1920.' 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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entirely for the manufacture of molded hose. It will be of con- 

 crete and steel construction and the company hopes to occupy it 

 by November 1. 



Capitalization of the Joseph Stokes Rubber Co., of Tren- 

 ton. New Jersey, has been increased from $300,000 to $5,050,- 

 000 by the filing of a certilicate with the Secretary of State 

 amending the charier of the company. This increase in the capi- 

 tal of the Stokes company is in line with expansion of the busi- 

 ness, which has grown tremendously in the last few years. The 

 company recently purchased several properties on Taylor street 

 for eventual plant extension. A modern office building is now be- 

 ing erected. 



Harry Weida, vice-president of the India Rubber Co., 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey, recently entertained the members 

 of the office force with a motor trip to Asbury Park and other 

 points along the New Jersey coast. The guests also enjoyed a 

 shore dinner and a motor boat trip up the Shrewsbury River. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JEESET NOTES. 



The Braender Rubber & Tire Co., Rutherford, New Jersey, has 

 completed its new factory and is running at full production. 



A. R. de Santos, of the Braender Rubber & Tire Co., has 

 returned from a nine months' trip through Spain, Italy, Switzer- 

 land, Germany, France, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. 



The Compound Belting Co., Nutley, New Jersey, has changed 

 its name to the Maywald Rubber Co. 



Dr. W. F. Zimmerli is now the chemist of the Howe Rubber 

 Co., New Brunswick, New Jersey, devoting all his time to this 

 organization. 



The Michelin Tire Co., of Millto-.vn, New Jersey, has pro- 

 tested to the town authorities about the proposed tax on jitneys 

 carrying employes from their hom'S to the plant. The com- 

 pany carries nearly 1,000 persons daily in the jilneys and pro- 

 tests against paying a fee for each bus. 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



By Our Rr::u!iir Correspondent. 



BOSTON NOTES. 



•BBER COMPANIES Were Well represented at the National 

 Shoe and Leather Exposition and Style Show held in Bos- 

 ton recently. The United States Rubber Co. showed Uskside 

 soles and top lifts, also Spring Step heels. The booth was in 

 charge H. A. Derry, and Miss Betty Marquis, a model, wore 

 shoes of leading manufacturers on the style runway with Uskside 

 and Spring Step products. 



The Hood Rubber Co. booth was in charge of Mr. Shepard, 

 and "The Red Man" and woman, models which were replicas 

 of the well-known Hood sign boards, displayed a variety of 

 rubber and fabric footwear, including a man's walking shoe of 

 brown canvas ; a military-heel house-shoe ; a molded-sole basket- 

 ball shoe ; a one-strap shoe ; a cross-strap shoe in brown ; a white 

 Flexipac shoe for coal miners ; a pressure-cured black rubber 

 boot with fabric lining made to withstand the action of acids 

 and oils ; and the Society gaiter with five eyelets, ribbon laced, 

 of Jersey cloth in black with high heel. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. showed Neolin soles and 

 Wingfoot heels, while the Wids Co. and the Foster Rubber Co., 

 with William P. Noll in charge of the Cat's-Paw heel exhibit, 

 were well represented. 



The Converse Rubber Shoe Co. featured its Big Nine shoe for 

 hard, everyday use. athletic sports and camping. 



The Portage Tire Co. has moved to larger and better quarters 

 at 805 Beacon street, Boston, the former Boylston street branch 

 having proved inadequate to handle the increasing business in 

 Skidlock tires. C. E. Aldridge is New England manager. 



The B. F. Goo'drich Rubber Co. recently removed its offices to 



larger and more spacious quarters in the firm's handsome fire- 

 proof building at 867 Boylston street. The Boston tire division 

 is located on the first floor, with the administration offices on. 

 the second. The office of the district manager, F. T. Moore, is 

 on the sixth floor, and surrounding him there, and on the fifth 

 are the offices of the district sales executives. The fourth and 

 third floors are occupied by the credit, bookkeeping and general 

 operating departments. 



The Davidson Rubber Co., Boston, in line with its policy of 

 maiuifacturing only a few specialties of high grade, is featuring 

 its hne of rubber gloves, for the manufacture of which it main- 

 tains a complete dipped goods plant with modern equipment 

 for making high-class goods. 



F. H. Appleton & Son, Inc., Boston, has changed the name of 

 the organization to Appleton Rubber Co. F.' H. Appleton is 

 president. 



The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland and East Palestine, 

 Ohio, has appointed W. P. McGlynn its Boston representative, 

 succeeding R. I. Winterringer, transferred to Cleveland. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, has promoted 

 J. P. Haney, formerly branch manager at Boston, to the position 

 of district manager, and H. E. Crocker, formerly branch manager 

 at Providence, to succeed Mr. Haney as Boston branch manager. 



MISCELLANEOtrS MASSACHUSETTS NOTES. 



A two-day institute on industrial Americanization, conducted 

 under the joint auspices of the Harvard Summer School and 

 the Associated Industries of Massachusetts was held in Cam- 

 bridge late in July. Members having, or contemplating, classes 

 in English for alien employes, sent representatives and much of 

 value in solving this great problem was developed by talks and 

 discussions. Among the speakers were J. F. Tinsley, general 

 manager, Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester, who 

 spoke on "Methods and Achievements" ; E. A. Fiesinger, edu- 

 cational director, Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, New York, who 

 talked on industrial Americanization in the Empire State, and 

 Miss Rose O'Toole, director of factory classes, United States 

 Rubber Co., whose subject was "Factory Classes in Boston." 



Owing to the impossibility of securing enough stitchers in 

 Maiden, the Converse Rubber Shoe Co. has established a stitch- 

 ing room at Concord, where 40 to 50 young women are now 

 turning out better than 1,100 pairs of leather-trimmed tennis 

 tops a day. The tops leave the Maiden factory all cemented and 

 go back from Concord completely stitched and eyeleted, ready 

 to be lasted on. A regular truck service is maintained between 

 the two places. 



Among the Massachusetts industrial concerns which give their 

 employes a week's vacation with pay are the Boston Rubber 

 Shoe Co. and the Converse Rubber Shoe Co., both of Maiden. 



To relieve the New England coal situation manufacturers are 

 being encouraged to use anthracite coal screenings mixed with 

 bituminous coal. The Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cam- 

 bridge, has gone one better and is burning 200 tons per week of 

 wharf screenings mixed with bituminous coal. By utilizing this 

 fuel the company has been able to haul the tonnage in trucks 

 without resorting to open-top railroad cars. 



The Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., reclaimer and manufac- 

 turer of "naturized" rubber. South Braintree, has completed a 

 second siding on the east side of its extensive property, which 

 will open it up for development. In addition, the company has 

 storage space for one or two years' supply of coal. This is an 

 insurance against a repetition of last winter's state of affairs when 

 New England manufacturers were confronted with the danger of 

 having to close down their plants because of lack of coal. The 

 company now has al! its executive and clerical offices installed 

 in the new office building at South Braintree. 



E. S. Kochkersperger. of the Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, 

 has been nominated a member of the executive committee of the 



