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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Febrvarv 1, 1916. 



HUBBEK COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



A quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on the first preferred stock 

 and a quarterly dividend of V/z per cent on the second preferred 

 stock of the United States Rubber Co. was paid January 31, 1916, 

 to stockholders of record January 15, 1916. 



A quarterly dividend of Ui per cent on the preferred stock of 

 the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. was paid 

 January 15, 1916, and a dividend of I'/i per cent on the common 

 stock. January 31, 1916, both to stockholders of record December 

 31, 1915. 



The directors of the Ajax Rubber Co. have declared a quarterly 

 dividend of 3 per cent on the common stock of the company, 

 payable February 1, 1916, to stockholders of record January 

 15,' 1916. 



A quarterly dividend of 3 per cent on tlic cummon stock of 

 tlic Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. has been declared, payable 

 Fd)ruary 1, 1916, to stockholders of record January 15. 1916. 



THE NEW SHIPPERS' EXPORT DECLARATION. 



Attention has been called by the Department of Commerce to 

 the "Shippers' Export Declaration and Export Procedure," is- 

 sued December 14, 1915, containing regulations superseding those 

 issued on September 15, 1915. The new order becomes effective 

 February 1, 1916, instead of January 1, as originally planned, 

 and as mentioned in The Indi.v Rubber World of December, 

 1915. As this pamphlet gives complete instructions and samples 

 of blank forms for export shipments, it is important that all rub- 

 ber manufacturers doing export business should have a copy, 

 thus avoiding inconveniences and delay. Copies may be obtained 

 from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, on application. 



CRUDE CHICLE. 



The Board of United States General .Appraisers sustained the 

 protests of Schutte, Bunemann & Co., New York City, and the 

 .American Chicle Company, St. Louis, Missouri, claiming that cer- 

 tain importations of chicle, which were returned as "refined 

 chicle" should have been classified as "crude chicle." The mer- 

 chandise was returned at 20 cents per pound under the provision 

 in paragraph 36, act of 1913, providing for "chicle, refined or 

 advanced in value by drying, straining, or any other process or 

 treatment whatever beyond that essential to the proper packing." 

 Under the same paragraph, it is claimed to be dutiable at 15 

 cents per pound as "crude chicle." 



CHANGES IN AMERICAN CHICLE CO. 



At the annual meeting of the American Chicle Co., Darwin R. 

 James, Jr., C. D. Smithers, Warren C. Hayden, Silas B. Adams, 

 -Adam P. Leighton and George H. Worthington were elected 

 directors. Mr. James was chosen president and Mr. Adams, vice- 

 president. 



TIRE REPAIR MATERIALS. 



"Rie-Nie" is a new self-vulcanizing rubber compound for use 

 on tire tubes, rubber footwear, etc., which is said to be an im- 

 provement on the customary patch. It is tough, strong, elastic 

 and when it dries becomes a part of the rubber. [Durkee- 

 Atwood Co., Minneapolis, Alinnesota.J 



Another new repair material is "Jovo," a tire seal claimed to 

 preserve the rubber of the tire while preventing punctures. It is 

 injected into the tube, the motion of which distributes it over the 

 inner surface, and when a puncture occurs the air in the tube 

 forces Jovo into the hole, as a sort of plug. .A $2 can is supposed 

 to be sufficient for a 3^ to 4K>-inch tube. [Joseph A. Vogel Co., 

 Wilmington, Delaware.] 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Theodore Hofeller, president of Theodore Hofeller & Co., 

 Buffalo, New York, accompanied by Mrs. Hofeller, is spending 

 the winter in Pasadena, California. Their son, Eugene D. 

 Mofeller, is looking after his father's interests in the waste ma- 

 terial business and also in the New Columbus Buggy Co., the 

 BufTalo Electric Vehicle Co., and the WellsviUe & Buffalo Rail- 

 road Corporation. 



E. E. Wadbrook. of the firm of .\rnold & Zeiss. New York 

 City, has gone to Pinehurst and will spend his winter vacation 

 golfing. 



Kenneth El well, formerly with the Walpole Tire & Rubber 

 Co., has accepted the position of factory manager of the Me- 

 chanical Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois. 



Freeman Carey has been appointed manager of the rubber de- 

 partment of The Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, New York. 

 He will have charge of the manufacture of vulcanite emery 

 wheels. 



The trade will Ije glad to knov^' that C, H. .Arnold, of the firm 

 of Arnold & Zeiss, who for some months has been exceedingly ill, 

 has recovered and is again at the Boston office. 



S. P. Woodward has been promoted from the position of man- 

 ager of the tire department of the New Jersey Car Spring & 

 Rubber Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, to that of general manager. 



Harry D. Dean, formerly assistant purchasing agent of the 

 Davol Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island, resigned on Jan- 

 uary 1 to become purchasing agent of the Davidson Rubber Co., 

 Charlestown, Massachusetts. 



F. W. Dunbar, manager of .Aldens' Successors, Ltd., New York 

 City offices, spent a short vacation last month in the mountains 

 of South Carolina. 



Dr. L. H. Baekeland, on January 11. was awarded the Perkin 

 medal for applied chemistry, by the New York Section of the 

 Society of Chemical Industry. 



H. B. Niblette has resigned his position as general manager 

 of the Buffalo, New York, branch of The F. B. Goodrich Co., 

 .Akron, Ohio, with whicli company he was connected for seven- 

 teen years. 



E. Stevenson, managing director of Aldens' Successors. Ltd., 

 returned to London last month after a short business trip to 

 New York. 



A. H. Sommers, formerly with the New Jersey Car Spring & 

 Rubber Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, has become associated 

 with the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co., New York City, as 

 its representative in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, .Ala- 

 bama, Kentucky and Missouri, with headquarters at Memphis, 

 Tennessee. 



Charles W. Harris has been appointed Western manager, with 

 offices in the Hearst Building. San Francisco. California, for the 

 Perfection Tire & Rubber Co.. Chicago, 111., and has resigned as 

 district sales manager for the Seattle branch of the Kelly-Spring- 

 field Motor Truck Co. to re-enter the rubber trade, with which 

 he was formerly connected for 18 years. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, announces 

 the appointment of William Jameson as power superintendent. 

 Mr. Jameson has been with the company since its inception. 



R. F. Valentine has been appointed sales manager of the Stand- 

 ard Tire and Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Roger Hardy, New York salesman for .A. G. Spalding & Bros.. 

 has had a good deal of practical experience in the rubber busi- 

 ness, from plantation to factory, a decided advantage in sell- 

 ing rubber sporting goods specialties. 



