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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1916. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Rubber Club of America, Inc., was represented in the 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, Preparedness Parade on June 24. Fifty thou- 

 sand people participated in the parade, and whlie the rubber in- 

 terest, from a manufacturing standpoint, is not extremely heavy 

 in that city, nevertheless, from the various branches of the trade, 

 100 men formed a company, and marched, headed by a banner 

 bearing the legend: "Rubber Club of America." 



The American Hard Rubber Co., 11 Mercer street. New York 

 City, has built several model four-family apartment houses at 

 College Point, Long Island, New York, for the use of their 

 employes. 



Heidman & Haynes, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is a relatively 

 new machinery concern specializing in experimental work for 

 rubber mills. 



The United States Rubber Co. of California has opened a fac- 

 tory branch at 906 Sixth street, Sacramento, which will handle 

 all territory to the Oregon line. R. J. Jones, who has been cov- 

 ering this territory for the past five years, will be manager. This 

 store will carry a full line of the United States Rubber Co.'s 

 products. 



F. Bierman & Sons Metal & Rubber Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 

 has increased its capital stock from $16,000 to $32,000. This com- 

 pany was formed to deal in all grades of rubber and metals, 

 succeeding the firm of F. Bierman & Son in the same line, and 

 was incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri in Oc- 

 tober, 1912. The incorporators are: F. Bierman and two sons, 

 Samuel L. Bierman and Isaac Bierman. 



Developments along the Mexican border recently have tested 

 the attitude of employers toward employes who have answered 

 the call to arms. The United States Rubber Co., New York City, 

 of which the United States Tire Co. is an associate, offers full 

 salary and protection of position during absence, the announce- 

 ment affecting the employes of i7 factories distributed through- 

 out the country and over one hundred branches and stores. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, will hold 

 positions open for employes belonging to the National Guard 

 while they are in service, both at camp and away, for the period 

 of one year. They will pay the married men or single men with 

 dependents three-quarters of their average salary and single 

 men without dependents one-half, and no deductions will be 

 made for the amount received by employes from the government. 

 Should any men now employed desire to enlist, this same rule 

 will apply, with the exception that such employes must have 

 been in the employ of the company for six months prior to this 

 date, this proviso being intended to prevent the employment of 

 men who have in mind enlisting. 



Jr., treasurer; Joseph Hummel, Jr., secretary. These, with F. 

 L. Perrin, Frederick Hertenstein and J. Edward Webb, com- 

 prise the board of directors. 



It is announced that the capital stock of the new company- 

 has been authorized at $10,000,000, of which $1,000,000 is pre- 

 ferred, $7,000,000 common, outstanding, and $2,000,000 common 

 in the treasury. It is not planned to offer the stock to the 

 public, but employes of the company will be given an oppor- 

 tunity to subscribe to $500,000 worth of the common stock at 

 par, upon easy payment terms. 



It is stated that the combined business of the two companies 

 amounts to more than $15,000,000 per year. The new company 

 will engage in the mining and manufacture of pig lead and 

 spelter, all lead products and pigments, plumbers' goods, etc. 

 The company has plants at Henryetta. Oklahoma; Galena, Kan- 

 sas; Joplin and Webb City, Missouri; Collinsville, Illinois; Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, and Newark, New Jersey. All present branches 

 will be maintained and a number of other district offices opened 

 in the near future. 



BEACON FALLS PLANT AT COLLEGE POINT. 



The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., Beacon Falls. Connecti- 

 cut, has leased 60,000 square feet of factory space at College 

 Point, Long Island, New York, in the one and two-story 

 modern factory buildings at Tenth street, running from Third 

 to Fourth avenues. The College Point plant will be used by 

 the Beacon Falls, company as a branch for the manufacture of 

 tennis shoes. Three hundred men and girls will he employed 

 at the start. 



LEAD COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE. 



The Eagle White Lead Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Picher 

 Lead Co., Joplin, Missouri, have united, and the new company is 

 to be known as the Eagle-Picher Lead Co. with general offices at 

 208 South La Salle street, Chicago, Illinois. 



John B. Swift, who has been president of the Eagle White 

 Lead Co., was elected chairman of the board and chairman of 

 the executive committee. O. S. Picher was elected president 

 and general manager; R. W. Evans, vice-president and general 

 sales manager; S. M. Evans, vice-president; Thomas S. Brown, 



LOWER PRICES IN ZINC OXIDE. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., New York City, announces the 

 following prices per pound on Florence brand, French process, 

 oxide of zinc, for shipment on contract, during the third three 

 months of 1916: 



Carloads. Less Carloads. 



White Seal 17 cents 17!^ cents 



Green Seal 16/j cents 16^ cents 



Red Seal 16 cents 165i cents 



The above prices are based upon shipments in barrels f. o. b. 

 shipping point, with freight allowance as heretofore on carload 

 lots only. 



The above prices are effective July 1, 1916, and are subject to 

 change without notice. 



SOME NEW KETONE SOLVENTS. 



One of the interesting developments of industrial chemistry 

 in the past few months is the production of Ketone solvents. 

 These materials are obtained as by-products in the manufacture 

 of a new series of dyes, and are characterized by their excep- 

 tional solvent properties. The research department of the 

 Rubber Trade Laboratory, which has succeeded in separating 

 this material into three distinct fractions, thus describes them: 



Ketone Solvent No. 1 has a specific gravity of 0.880 to 0.900— 

 and is entirely volatile below 100 degrees C. This solvent will 

 probably be used to a large extent to replace acetone. It has 

 also been tested out in the preparation of cements in the rubber 

 and celluloid industries, and the preliminary experiments indi- 

 cate that it can be used successfully for this purpose. 



Ketone Solvent No. 2 has a specific gravity of 0.900 to 0.950— 

 and has a boiling point of 100 to 150 degrees C. As a solvent, it 

 has been recommended as a substitute for toluol and xylol. 

 These latter materials have a boiling point of 111 and 138 degrees 

 C, respectively. 



Ketone Solvent No. 3 has a specific gravity of 0.94O to 0.970— 

 and boils at a temperature between ISO and 180 degrees C. This 

 is a high boiling product, and is likely to find extensive use 

 as an auxiliary material in the manufacture of reclaimed rubber. 



A material designated as "Yocarbon" has also been isolated 

 from the melt. This is a pitch-like substance having a melting 

 point of 250 degrees C. and a specific gravity of 1,100. 



A means to prevent accidents due to the slipping of belts on 

 pulleys and sudden starting of machines has been devised in the 

 form of a small wooden wedge, covered at its tapered end with 

 iheet rubber. To one side of the wooden strip — which is about 

 t foot long, four inches wide and an inch and a half thick — two 

 clips are attached, and when in use the rubber-covered wedge 

 is inserted between the belt and the pulley, these clips fastening 

 over the edge of the belt and holding it firmly in place. 



