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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1967. 



solid lire, some in very large sizes, single and "twin." A new 

 device is a chani resting in a channel all around the tire tread, 

 to prevent skidding and increase traction. A new Swinehart tir.; 

 in square sections has the tread molded with holes of J4 inch 

 diameter, designed to prevent skidding, besides which the resi- 

 lience of the tire is increased. The new feature has been de- 

 scribed as being the opposite of the Bailey idea, in which the 

 tread is provided with numerous projecting points of rubber. At 

 this stand was shown a new non skid tread brought out by The 

 Rempes Tread Co. (Akron, Ohio). The tread is marked with 

 deep set diamond shaped fret work. 



Represe.vtatives. — B. X. Swinehart, vice president and sales manager. 

 Branch managers; E. O. Hoopengarner, New York; R. A. Brine, Boston. 

 Salesmen: F, A. Brine, Boston; John Kelly, and A. L. Giegrist, New York. 



OTHER TIRES AND SOME ACCESSORIES. 



Ne\vm.\stic Tire Co. (New York). — Newmastic is an elastic, 

 resilient material, for replacing air in pneumatic tires, for pro- 

 tection against tire troubles. The company showed inner tubes 

 filled with this material, complete tires fitted with such tubes. 

 and the Parker quick detachable clincher rim, patented by Orrel 

 A. Parker, president of the Newmastic Tire Co. 



Represent.^tives. — Orrel A. Parker, president and treasurer; Robert H. 

 Hahn, secretary; Otto B. Schmidt, a director; Oliver Edick, demonstrator; 

 William L. \'on. New York foreman; William L. Ulyat, New York man- 

 ager; Charles Bromley, Brooklyn agent; Jefferson Everson, New Jersey 

 agent. 



Herz & Co. (New York). — The tires marketed in America as 

 the Herz tire and Herz's anti skidding tire, manufactured in Aus- 

 tria, by the Wien-Traiskirchener Gummiwaren-Fabrik Josef Mis- 

 kolczy & Co., of Vienna. The anti skidding tire is studded with 

 metal rivets. 



Representatives. — Gustav Reno, secretary and treasurer; Emil Schoen- 

 stein, engineer and foreman; Harry Weber, traveling salesman; Louis 

 Kunstler, New York salesman. 



Pneu l'Electric Co. (New York). — The pneumatic tires made 

 by the Societe Industrielle des Telephones of France, in American 

 and metric sizes. Also, "Samson" non skid leather covers. 

 Samples of the rubber insulated electric wires for automobile 

 purposes, by the same French company, appeared at this stand. 



Representatives. — L. E. Siegel, store salesman. Henry Weiss and 

 W. R. Coleman, New York salesmen. 



Leather Tire Goods Co. (Newton Upper Falls, Mass.). — The 

 Woodworth studded leather tread tire cover, the "Kant- Skid" 

 tire grips, and a leather tire tube. The 1908 leather tread differs 

 from former models in that the strength of the wearing portion 

 has been increased by the use of a two ply chrome leather lining. 

 The new tube offered is made of rubber, covered with chrome 

 leather tanned to give the strength and elasticity. 



Represe.ntatives. — C. B. Woodworth, president; A. P. Marshall, cor- 

 respondent; Fred Blumenfield, New York manager; C. L. Rhodes, travel- 

 ing salesman. 



He.'vly Leather Tire Co. (New York). — The standard leather 

 automobile tire which this company has been marketing for more 

 than a year past. 



Representatives. — Harry L. Graf, general sales manager; William G. 

 Hurtjig, Morristown branch manager; Albert Olson, New York salesman; 

 R. A. Williams, Brooklyn salesman. 



NoRRis AuTO Co. (Saginaw, Michigan). — The "standard" tire 

 protector, invented by W. T. Dorgan, superintendent of the com- 

 pany's factory. They purchase stock from a rubber manufacturer 

 and make up the goods at Saginaw. The protector fits over the 

 tread surface of the tire without any mechanical fastenings. 



The Automobile Utilities Co. (Boston). — The Shaw self 

 sealing inner tube. The self sealing feature is a layer of com- 

 pound composed of melted rubber and asbestos fiber, outside the 

 air tube of the tire, the whole being wrapped with canvas. 



Representatives. — A. B. Shaw, the inventor; Mr. Hall, president; Na- 

 thaniel B. Wales, treasurer. C. A. Fultz and Frank D. Brannan were in 

 charge of the exhibit. 



Arthur H. Middleton (Philadelphia). — Showed the Hubbard 

 patent tire, of solid rubber, in sections, for commercial vehicles. 



Accessories. — Traver Blowout Patch Co. (New York), pat- 

 ented blowout patches for tires; Auto Improvement Co. (New 

 York), "Ever Ready" tire tool; Weed Chain Tire Grip Co. (New 

 York), chain tire grips; Hopewell Brothers (Cambridge, Mass.), 

 waterproof tire case; The L J. Mutty Co. (Boston), waterproof 

 fabrics for automobile tops; Ed. Dubied & Co. (Couvet, Switzer- 

 land — represented by Ch. H. Dien, New York), rivets for anti 

 skid tires; The Gilbert Manufacturing Co. (New Haven, Conn.), 

 automobile fabric supplies; C. A. Shaler Co. (Waupun. Wis- 

 consin), electric vulcanizers for tire repairs. 



CHICAGO automobile SHOW. 



The seventh annual automobile show at Chicago is in progress, 

 having opened on the evening of Noveinber 30, to continue 

 until December 7. It is housed, as last year, in the 

 Coliseum building and in the armory of the First Regiment. 

 It is participated in by the National Association of AutomoWre 

 Manufacturers, Inc., the Association of Licensed Automobile 

 Manufacturers, the American Motor Car Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, and the Motor and Accessories Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Inc., making it representative of the whole American 

 automobile industry. During the same dates the first annual 

 exhibition of commercial cars will be open in the Seventh Regi- 

 ment armory. The various tire manufacturers who exhibited at 

 New York have displays at Chicago. 



EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



The sixth International Motor Exhibition of The Society of 

 Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Limited, of Great Britain, 

 was held at Olympia. London, on November 11-23. This show 

 is officially recognized by the Royal Automobile Club and is 

 under the patronage of the King. There were about 140 makes 

 of automobiles on display, and the tire trade was very fullj 

 represented. 



The thirty-first annual Stanley Show, at Royal Agricultural 

 Hall, London, which has become more important as an ex- 

 hibition of motor cars than of bicycles, was held November 22-30. 



The tenth Exposition Internationale de I'Autoniobile, du 

 Cycle, et des Sports, at the Grand Palais, Paris, was held on No- 

 vember I2-December i. The French tire trade, as usual, was 

 strongly represented. 



In Germany, the Internationalen Automobile-Austellung will be 

 held in Berlin, on December 5-22. 



The Brussels exhibition is scheduled for December 21-January 

 I, and the Italian exhibition, at Turin, to begin on January 18. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^ FFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures 

 ^-^ of india-rubber and gutta-percha from the United States 

 for the month of September, 1907, and for the first nine months 

 of five calendar years : 



Belting Boots All 



Months. Packing and Other Tot.\l. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



September, 1907 $131,188 $305,552 $295,038 $731-778 



January to August... 920,715 908,440 2,702,777 4,531,932 



Total $1,051,903 $1,213,992 $2,997,815 $5,263,710 



Total, 1906 895,296 936.350 2,361,917 4,193.563 



Total, 1905 856,493 941,858 2,129,936 3,928.287 



Total, 1904 647,245 844,802 x.779,256 3.271.303 



Total, 1903 633,744 628,592 1,855,756 3,1 18,092 



The discovery of asbestos is reported in several places near 

 Dawson (Alaska), and elsewhere in the Klondike region. Rich 

 asbestos deposits have also been reported lately in the moun- 

 tains of northern Luzon, in the Philippines. 



