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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1908. 



ME. BKOWN MAKES A CHANGE. 



One of the best known of the younger men in crude rubber 

 lines is Mr. Andrew H. Brown, who something like a dozen 

 years ago came into the Boston office of the Boston Rubber Shoe 

 Co. under the late A. H. Yeomans, and w-as not only exceedingly 

 valuable but wonderfully liked as assistant in the purchasing 

 department. About six years ago he was transferred to the New 

 York office of the United States Rubber Co., where he very com- 

 petently filled the position of assistant treasurer for the Gen- 



Andrew H. Brown. 



eral Rubber Co. With the first of May, however, he resigned 

 that position, and as this issue goes to press will be connected 

 with the New York crude rubber firm of A. T. Morse & Co. 

 Very few young men in the trade have the following or the 

 knowledge that Mr. Brown has acquired, and it is a very safe 

 prediction that he will be successful in his new connection. By 

 the way, The India Rubber World some years ago published 

 a picture of Mr. Brown and Arthur W. Stedman taken at the 

 time of their trip up the Amazon in search of india-rubber 

 information. 



A CORRECTION. 



The Motz Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) advise The 

 India Rubber World that an error appeared in a reference to 

 them in the May i issue (page 269). They state: "No restrain- 

 ing order has issued out of any court of the United States 

 enjoining our company from manufacturing tires in the case. 

 We are still manufacturing all of our catalogued tires, and espe- 

 cially our new non skid cushion tire." 



A SFORTING GOODS DIRECTORY. 



The excellently edited Sporting Goods Dealer, of St. Louis, 

 has brought out a Directory of The Sporting Goods Trade, a 

 volume of 222 pages, in which are arranged under several hun- 

 dred headings the names and addresses of manufacturers of and 

 dealers in sporting goods of every class. This is the first at- 

 tempt at a publication of this kind, and while the editor modestly 

 disclaims completeness, no doubt most persons who see the 

 book will be surprised at the amount of information which 

 it contains. The price is $1. 



THE LATEST ELECTRIC SIGN. 



Many retail houses will appreciate a low priced, high grade, 

 electric sign for outdoor use. Such a sign is made by the Hart- 

 ford Electric Sign Co. (Hartford, Connecticut), which requires 

 only two electric lamps, one on each side, to light it brilliantly, 

 with interchangeable plates for face of sign, of white enameled 



iron, wliich can be replaced with extra ones with different read- 

 ing matter, when required. The frames are made of artistic 

 bent Venetian iron, with substantial cold bent steel har.ger and 

 bracket. It is artistic as well as practical. This style sign can 

 also be made non-electric, for use in places where electric cur- 

 rent is not available. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The number of shareholders in the United States Rubber Co. 

 on April 30, 1908, is reported to have been about 4900, a gain 

 of about 1200, compared with July, 1907. 



The demand for tennis shoes is reported to be very satis- 

 factory, and the factories making this line are running to full 

 capacity. 



The Hood Rubber Co. (Boston) are reported to be running a 

 daily ticket of 30,000 pairs at their factory at East Watertown, 

 with 2500 hands employed, which number it is expected will be 

 largely increased before midsummer. 



The Home Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) have sent to 

 the offices of many of their friends in the trade a very neat desk 

 accessory in the shape of a pad to go under an inkstand, made of 

 their celebrated "N. B. O." black packing. 



Owing to the death of Mr. R. H. Smith, president of the R. H. 

 Smith Manufacturing Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts), reported 

 on another page, the company have been reorganized by elect- 

 ing Henry M. Smith president, Arthur H. Rogers and Frank N. 

 Chapin vice presidents, Henry T. Lorimer treasurer, and Frank 

 A. Wakefield secretary. The company manufacture complete 

 outfits for making rubber stamps, and also the "Springfield" 

 motormeter. 



The Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City, 

 New Jersey) send out an attractive catalogue labeled "Big 

 Game," devoted to illustrated descriptions of unusually large 

 suction hose and other goods in this line. 



At the annual meeting of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., 

 on May 4, Harry E. Converse, C. C. Converse, Lester Le- 

 land, Samuel P. Colt, E. F. Bickford, John J. Watson, Jr., 

 and Homer E. Sawyer were elected directors. Harry E. 

 Converse was reelected president and Lester Leiand 

 treasurer. 



The property of the United States Graphite Co. (West Ches- 

 ter, Pennsylvania) was sold at public auction by the referee in 

 bankruptcy on May 7, for $31,000, the purchaser being an attor- 

 ney understood to represent T. Duncan Just, of No. 1215 Filbert 

 street, Philadelphia. 



The postmaster general has issued an order permitting the 

 puncturing or perforating of postage stamps, for the purpose of 

 identifying them, as has long 'been the practice of many British 

 firms as a check against the embezzlement of stamps by dishonest 

 employes and their theft by others. 'It is understood that this 

 new regulation is due to the efforts of The Merchants' Associa- 

 tion of New York, which has been Sgitating the matter for some 

 time. ■■" ■ '■ • '■ 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 

 have declared a semi-annual dividend of $3 per share on the pre- 

 ferred stock, payable June 15, 1908, to stockholders of record 

 June 5. 



The Niagara Rubber Co. (Lockport, New York), incorporated 

 October 23, and for some time engaged in the manufacture of 

 rubber tires and mechanical goods, have disposed of their ma- 

 chinery and for the present, at least, are not engaged in business. 



The Seamless Rubber Co., in addition to inner tubes for tires, 

 are making a number of other automobile accessories, including 

 rubber gloves for automobilists, horn bulbs, and rubber lamp 

 connections. 



Mr. G. Edward Habich, for some time connected with George 

 A. Alden & Co., has opened an office at No. 170 Summer street, 

 Boston, and will hereafter visit the trade as a crude rubber 

 broker. His many friends among the manufacturers will un- 

 doubtcdlv wish him the best of success. 



