THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



423 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



SPECIALIZES IN RUBBER CUTTING KNIVES. 



IN every rubber factory arc likely to be found a variety of knives 

 bearing a tliamond-sbaped trade-mark enclosing the name, 

 I. P. Hyde. Mr. Hyde started the business of manufac- 

 turing shoe knives and shoe tools in Southbridge, Massachusetts. 

 nearly 40 years ago, and that little business has grown until the 

 plant of the Hyde Manufacturing Co., a picture of which is 

 shown here, employs 75 experts in this special branch of manu- 

 facture. While this company's product includes many varieties 

 of cutting tools for different trades, a very large proportion of 

 its business is devoted to knives for rubber cutting. Probably 

 this is the only concern in the country which issues a special 

 catalog of such tools for use in rubber factories. The large 

 business which i*; conducted by this company is the result of the 



M.\SSACHCSETTS. 



great care u.^^ed in the hardening and tempering of each article to 

 specially adapt it to the exacting requirements of the use for 

 which it is intended. 



CHANCES IN FISK ORCANIZATION. 



E. H. Broduell, vice-president of the Fisk Rubber Co., Chico- 

 pee Falls, Massachusetts, announces the following important 

 changes among the officials : 



J. A. .\nderson has been appointed factory manager and will 

 supervise the manufacturing departments. Mr. Anderson was 

 connected with the United States Rubber Co. for many years in 

 an executive position, joining the Fisk organization a year ago to 

 do special work. 



W. H. Whitlock continues as superintendent in charge of 

 production and George A. Ludington, who was elected vice- 

 president last fall, will devote his entire time to the buying of 

 crude materials. Mr. Ludington's life-long experience in the 

 rubber industry well qualifies him for this important service. 



John Kearns. also a vice-president, will take charge of a 

 newly created research department. Mr. Kearns is well known 

 as a ruljlier and compound expert, having had a comprehensive 

 experience both in this coimtry and abroad. 



MANTAU CHEMICAL CO. SUCCEEDS CAMDEN WHITE LEAD WORKS. 



Harrison Bros. & Co.. Inc., the old-established and well- 

 known i)aint, chemical and white lead manufacturers, of Phila- 

 delphia, ha\c purchased from the X. Z. Graves Corporation the 

 plant formerly known as the Camden White Lead Works, Cam- 

 den, Xew Jersey, where they manufactured lithopone and lead 

 I)roducts. and will continue the business, with offices at 3500 

 Gray's Ferry Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which will be 

 known as the Mantau Chemical Co.. although it is owned out- 

 right i'ud tiuirelv contmlled by Harrison Bros. & Co., Inc. 



UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.S NEW TRADE-MARK. 



The United States Rubber Co. has decided to use a "super 

 trade-mark" on all its goods, and to make it a point of honor 

 to market under this mark only the best product — one which, 

 in the words of the company, would mean as much in connec- 

 tion with rubber as the mark "sterling" means in connection with 



It consists of a ribbon appearing either on the article itself 

 or in the advertising about any given article of rubber for 

 which the company assumes responsibility. The ribbon is made 

 up of three equal stripes ; the centre stripe is white and the 

 other two are blue. Upon the ribbon is placed the United States 

 Rubber Co. seal or the trade-mark of one of the various sub- 

 sidiary companies of the United States Rubber System. This 

 ribbon carrying the seal or a merchandise trade-mark will be 

 used to distinguish cartons, tire wrappings, boxes, etc., in which 

 rubber products of known quality are packed. 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



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

 and a quarterly dividend of 1^ per cent on the second pre- 

 ferred stock of the United States Rubber Co., was paid April 

 29 to stockholders of record April 15. 



The directors of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. have declared 

 a quarterly dividend of 4 per cent on the common stock, payable 

 May 1 to stockholders of record April 15. This is an increase 

 of 1 per cent, the previous dividend having been 3 per cent. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. has declared a regular quarterly divi- 

 dend of 1 per cent., payable May 15 to stockholders of record 

 May 4. On April 26 another quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on 

 the common stock was declared, payable .\ugu5t 15 to stock- 

 holders of record August 4. 



RUBBER COMPANY SHARE aUOTATIONS. 



The following market quotations of shares of rubber manu- 

 facturing companies on April 25 are furnished by John Burn- 

 ham & Co., 115 Broadway, New York Citv, and 40 South La 

 Salle street, Chicago, Illinois: 

 >• ,, t.,, r~ , s Bid. Asked. 



.\ja.x Rubber Co. (new) (,(,ia ^yy 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., common 805 815 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., prefi-rred 114 . . 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., common 75i/ 75 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., preferred ', 114 115 



fjoodyear Tire & Rubber Co., common 392 400 



l.oodyear Tire & Rnlihcr Co., ,„, f,r, e,l 118 120 



Ke y-Sprni-hc. In. (;i. .n,,,,,,,,,, 7,5^ 72^^ 



Keii''t|!nl!^luli Tul i'/r s,"o!„'i" '?,'■',".''' "1 '^ '* 



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Portage Rubber Co., common 84 86 



Portage Rubber Co., preferred 108 110 



Kubber Goods Manufacturing Co.. preferred 



Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co 84 86 



l^iited States Rubber Co.. common 524^ 525^ 



Ignited States Rubber Co.. pret'errcd lO/j'S 108H 



SILVER KING GOLF BALL TRADEMARK CHANGED. 



John Wanamaker, exclusive distributor of the Silver King golt 

 ball, foimd that the colored dot used to designate the different 

 Silver King qualities, was trade-marked by A. G. Spalding & 

 Bros. This difficulty, however, was overcome by the latter firm 

 allowing this first shiptnent of infringing balls to be sold without 

 interference. In the future the Silver King will be marked with 

 a colored dash. red. green, etc., to denote the several grades. 



