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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1916. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



SEAMLESS RUBBER CO. SALESMEN CONVENE. 



TllK scllint; force of llie Seamless Rubber Co., Xtw Haven, 

 Connecticiil, recently held a convention in tliat city which, 

 for enthusiasm and real business planning was most sue- • 

 cessful. The meetings lasted several days and were presided 

 over by President James A. Murray, who informed the sales- 

 men of the policy of broadening the field of operations by ex- 

 tended advertising in the national magazines and urfjed their co- 

 operation. Each day was devoted to some special subject, the 

 first being the plans for an aggressive campaign, the second for 

 the discussion of methods of improving sales, a sample of every 

 article made by the company being mounted on large screen 

 frames for the salesmen's inspection, while sales arguments were 

 formulated and discussed. One day was devoted tu a demonstra- 

 tion and lecture on window trimming by Charles C. Stewart, 

 of the Lee Advertising Service of New Haven, a temporary show 

 window having been erected in which to illustrate the points of 

 the lecture. The advertising campaign was explained by Frank 

 L. Little, of the George Batten Advertising Agency of New York 

 City. Various points regarding the coordination of the adver- 

 tising and selling plans were given. The salesmen made their 

 headquarters at the Hotel Taft, and the convention was fittingly 

 rounded out by a banciuet on the final evening. 



WASTE MATERIAL DEALERS MEET. 



A regular meeting of the National Association .jf Waste 

 Material Dealers will be held September 19 and 20 at the 

 Bellevue-Stratford liotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I'.esides 

 the regular business of the association, it is expected that a con- 

 siderable amount of time will be devoted to recreation, including 

 automobile trips to places of interest in Philadelphia, excursions 

 to Atlantic City, and a cabaret dinner. The committee having 

 charge of the arrangements are Messrs. Murphy, Weil. White 

 and Mcfiarrity. 



NEW CORPORATION WITH INCREASED CAPITAL. 



The Vulcanized Rubber Co., Morrisville, Pennsylvania,, which 

 was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey in 1901, has sold 

 and transferred all its property, assets, etc., to a new company 

 bearing the same name, incorporated June 20, 1916, under the 

 laws of Maine with a capital stock of $1..=;00.000 ($500,000-8 pvr 

 cent cumulative preferred and $1,000,000 common) and a meeting 

 of the stockholders has been called to dissolve the former com- 

 pany. The stockholders are to receive one share of preferred 

 stock and one share of common stock in the new company for 

 each share held in the older company. 



THE S. & W. RUBBER MANUFACIURING CO., INC. 



The S. &-W. Rubber Manufacturing Co.. Inc. (Sec list of in- 

 corporations in this issue ) is erecting a modern brick factory at 

 Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue. College Point, New York. 

 The officers are; .\rthur C. Squires, president; George Jeuch, 

 secretary; John E. Wainwright, treasurer. Inner tubes, dental 

 rubber, dental dam, toilet and bath sponges, bathing caps, rubber 

 heels and other molded goods will be made. An experimental 

 laboratory completely equipped with miniature rubber machinery 

 will be installed for the purpose of instructing and demonstrat- 

 ing the art of manufacturing all kinds of rubber goods. Ex- 

 perimental work will be done and inventors of rubber articles 

 assisted in perfecting their ideas. This department will be under 

 the personal direction of Arthur C. Squires, who is amply quali- 

 fied for the position by long and varied experience. 



WILSON RUBBER CO. PROMISES WELL. 

 Tile Wilson Rubber Co.. Canton. Ohio, notice of whose 

 incorjiuration appears elsewhere in this issue, has leased the 

 plant formerly occupied by the Canton Rubber Co. and will 

 make a specialty at the outset of electricians' and household 

 gloves, and transparent nipples and pacifiers. It is stated 

 that Fred Wilson, general manager of the new company, has 

 secured from a man prominent in the rubber business in 

 Germany a process for making a perfectly clear and trans- 

 parent rubber, which will be used in future products of the 

 company. Mr. Wilson has had nearly 25 years' experience 

 in the rubber business and for the past ten years has been 

 superintendent and factory manager of the Canton Rubber 

 Co. In the management of the factory he will be assisted 

 by John C. Moore and George W. Kocher, both of whom 

 have had wide experience in the manufacturing of dipped 

 goods. 



PERFECTION RUBBER COMPANY PLANS LARGE OUTPUT. 



The Perfection Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, notice of 

 whose incorporation appears elsewhere in this issue, is in- 

 stalling machinery and equipment for an output of 4,000 

 gross toy balloons and 200 gross household gloves per month, 

 and expects to add considerably to that capacity within a 

 short time. L. J. Johnson, formerly with the Faultless Rub- 

 ber Co. and the Miller Rubber Co., is head of the manufar- 

 turing department. A. D. Wismar, of Cleveland, will have 

 charge of the business end, as secretary of the company. 

 Messrs. Johnson and Wismar, together with S. Korach, B. 

 W. Korach and H. J. Barham, of the S. Korach Co., of 

 Cleveland, form the directorate of the Perfection company. 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



The Hood Rubber Co. paid a regular quarterly dividend c f 

 1 ^4 per cent, on the preferred stock on August 1 to stockholder- 

 oi record July 28. 



The Lee Rubber & Tire Corporation has declared a regular 

 quarterly dividend of 50 cents and an extra dividend of 25 cents, 

 both payable September 1 to stockholders of record August 15. 



The directors of the Ajax Rubber Co. have declared the usual 

 quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share, payable September 15 to 

 stockholders of record August 31. 



RUBBER COMPANY SHARE aUOTATlONS. 



The following market quotations of shares of rubber manu- 

 facturing companies on August 25 are furnished by John Burn- 

 ham & Co., 115 Broadway, New York City, and 41 South La 

 Salle street, Chicago, Illinois: 



Bid. Asked. 



.\jAx Rubber Co. (new) 63 66 



Fiie.stoiie Tire & Rubber Co., common 930 9W 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. preferred 112 114. 



The I'.. F. r.oodrich Co., common 71}4 72Vi 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., preferred 113^ IKH 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. ccnmion 235 239 ; 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., preferred 106}4 T07.VJ 



KellySpiiugileld Tire Co., common 73H 74!4 



Kellv-Springfield Tire Co., 1st preferred 95 9" 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., 2nd preferred . . ' 



llilkr Rubber Co., common 220 226 



Miller Rubber Co., preferred 105 106 



Portage Rubber Co., commnn 130 135 



lortagc Rubber Co., preferred 130 135 



.Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co 95 100 



T-nited States Rubber Co.. common S6'A 57'.4 



fiiitcd Stales Rubber Co.. preferred n\'A 112 



