THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



INOVEMUKR 1, 1915. 



On October 25 about 1,500 machinists employed by Akrun rub- 

 ber companies and allied industries, were notified that their 

 wages would be increased 15 per cent. The increase is made 

 xdluntarily liy employers. 



The l)owling league of 'I'lie 1!. !•'. (Joodrich Co. is in full 

 swing for the season, willi 11. W. 1 licks as president; Victor 

 A. Parker, vice-president: J. G. ICvans. treasurer, and L. B. 

 Kennedy, secretary. 



F. A. Seiberling. president of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co.. has given the new Akron field artillery battery an 

 armory site in East Akron, including a large tract for the 

 armory, parade and maneuver grounds. 



Mr. Seiberling was Akron's representative at the recent 

 directors' meeting of the national chamber of commerce at 

 Cleveland. 



ing the Peck company promises with a wagon load of tires. The 

 men leaped from tlie wagon and escaped amid a volley of shots. 



The Central Rubber & Tire Co. is the name of a new firm 

 which has just taken out incorporation papers at the office of the 

 state auditor. The company is incorporated for $150,000. The 

 incorporators are : Clinton S. Bailey, W. J. Carter and Israel S. 

 Berkman. The firm will make headquarters in this city. 



SOME RUBBER NOTES FROM CHICAGO. 



A'v Our Regular Correspondent. 



GE.VKR.KI. conditions in the rubber trade of Chicago appear to 

 have improved during the past few weeks, according to the 

 leading men in the business here. Mechanical rubber men without 

 exception declare themselves well satisfied with the volume of 

 orders now being received. The heavy grain harvest in the 

 west resulted in numerous rush orders for belting, and many ele- 

 vator proprietors, who a few weeks ago were resisting the efforts 

 of salesmen to sell them needfed belting, have been writing urgent 

 letters for goods. However, the local houses know the country 

 elevator trade well, and were prepared to make prompt ship- 

 ments on orders after the regular season, so that little distress 

 was caused. The rubber clothing people are having a better fall 

 than last year, owing to the fact that the wet weather started 

 earlier this year. Indeed, they are closing a remarkable summer, 

 during which many houses did a volume of business larger than 

 they ever thought possible. Rubber specialty houses report a 

 good trade, and while the holiday rush is not yet apparent, sales 

 to drug stores and the retail trade in general are quite satis- 

 factory. 



Rubber men who are members of the Illinois Manufacturers' 

 Association are much interested in the fight which is being made 

 by that organization on certain features of the factory inspection 

 laws, on the ground that they are worthless, as far as giving 

 protection to the employees is concerned. A dinner was held 

 last week at the Hotel La Salle at which a number of prominent 

 manufacturers in different lines were present. A plan for cor- 

 recting the objectionable features was outlined. It is claimed 

 that some manufacturers have been forced to spend as much as 

 $100,000 for improvements which have not done the workmen a 

 particle of good. The manufacturers have a suspicion that cer- 

 tain corporations are prospering at their expense, owing to what 

 is alleged to be 'inspired factory legislation. 



Great enthusiasm witnessed the departure early in the month 

 i.f the western representatives of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co. for .^kron for the purpose of attending the annual con- 

 vention of the company in that city. A special train was re- 

 quired. Only a few years ago thirty men were all that could 

 be mustered on a similar occasion. This year .it least three hun- 

 dred were on hand. 



The Peck Wheel Co., 4058 Princeton avenue, has been miss- 

 ing rubber automobile tires for some time, and it has become 

 apparent that the firm is one of those marked by the organized 

 band of tire thieves who have been preying on local supply houses 

 aiid freight yards for a number of months. Recently several 

 memliers of the band were stopped by officers as they were leav- 



PACIFIC COAST NOTES. 



C. A. Ellison and -A. H. Skinner, Jr., have formed a partner- 

 ship and opened a store in Tacoma for the sale of Knight tires. 

 Both men are well known in Tacoma business circles. Mr. Elli- 

 son was with the United States Rubber Co. for eleven years, 

 both in the sales division and in looking after tire stocks, cover- 

 ing the Northwest as traveling salesman out of Tacoma and 

 Portland. Mr. Skinner was recently connected with the Pacific 

 Auto Supply Co., Inc., of Seattle, in which he still retains a finan- 

 cial interest. 



The Stowe Rubber Co.. of Los Angeles, filed a certificate 

 of incorporation under the laws of California on September 

 24, with a capital stock of $20,000. The Company will deal 

 in automobile supplies and accessories; all kinds of rubber 

 and fabric goods, etc. The directors are: William J. Stowe, 

 Ada F. Stowe. and Perry W. Stowe — all of Los Angeles. 



The Savage Tire Co. has recently opened a branch store in 

 Los Angeles which, in common with all the other branches of 

 the company, is supplied with well-equipped service cars which 

 care for the tire troubles of all motorists, whether users of Savage 

 tires or not, within the city limits of the cities where branches 

 are located. Savage factory distributors, located in all the prin- 

 cipal traffic centers, give a like service. 



.\ remarkable record for the United States Tire Co.'s tires 

 was brought to the attention of Manager Wilkinson, of the Los 

 Angeles branch, in the travels of Harold L. Arnold's car, which 

 has been used in scientific work. The first trip was across 

 Death Valley and over the mesa of Western Nevada to Rhyolite 

 in search of ore. No tire trouble was experienced on this trip 

 of more than 2,000 miles across the sands, gravel washes and 

 great ridges which cut out tires quicker than any other sort of. 

 road. The car traveled 9,000 miles on one set of United States 

 tires. 



RUBBER EXHIBITS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION. 



Though the distance between the rubber manufacturing cen- 

 ters of the east and San Francisco is too considerable to expect 

 a large display at the San Francisco Fair of the products of 

 eastern manufacturers, at the same time rubber is by no means 

 absent from the list of attractions at this exposition. These 

 rubber displays are for the most iiart made by western com- 

 panies located near San Francisco. 



One of the most interesting displays in the Manufacturers' 

 Building is that of the Bowers Rubber Works of San Francisco. 

 This firm gives a complete demonstration of the manufacture of 

 garden hose. Para and Ceylon rubber is shown in the bulk, 

 and near at hand are workmen operating a loom for the purpose 

 of weaving fabric for the rubber-lined hose turned out by that 

 company. It is of interest to know that a record was made dur- 

 ing the summer by the firm, when 32.000 feet of this hose was 

 turned out without a single defect. 



The Gold Medal Waterproofing Co., manufacturers of water- 

 proof clothing of Oakland, California, has a fine display in the 

 same building, which gives something of an idea of what is 

 being done in ibe rul)ber clothing field by the western manu- 

 facturers. 



"Rubber Machinery," Mr. Pearson's newest book, tilled with 

 valuable information for rubber manufacturers, is now ready for 

 mailing. Price, $6. 



