March 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



345 



UNITED STATES RTTBBEH CO. CONSOLIDATES SITBSIDIARIES. 



.^.t a special meeting of the stockholders of the United States 

 Rubber Co., held at New Brunswick, New Jersey, on February 

 14, it was voted unanimously to authorize the carrying out of the 

 plans proposed. The vote was the largest ever held at a stock- 

 holders' meeting. Proxies of 83 per cent of every class of 

 stock outstanding were represented. 



One proposal was to acquire the real estate, plants and equip- 

 ment of the companies of which this company owns, or shall 

 own, substantially all of the common capital stock. The effect 

 of this vote is that the following plants will become part of the 

 parent company : Revere Rubber Co., Rubber Regenerating Co., 

 the Naugatuck Chemical Co., the Eureka Fire Hose Manufac- 

 turing Co., American Rubber Co., the Joseph Banigan Rubber 

 Co., Boston Rubber Shoe Co., L. Candee & Co., Goodyear's 

 India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co., The Goodyear's Me- 

 tallic Rubber Shoe Co., Hastings Wool Boot Co., National In- 

 dia Rubber Co.. Shoe Hardware Co. and Woonsocket Rubber 

 Co. 



A similar action by the General Rubber Co. stockholders added 

 the following: Morgan and Wright, Hartford Rubber Works Co., 

 G. & J. Tire Co., Mechanical Rubber Co., Mechanical Fabric Co., 

 New York Belting & Packing Co., Stoughton Rubber Co., Peer- 

 less .Rubber Manufacturing Co., Fabric Fire Hose Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Midgeley Manufacturing Co., Sawyer Belting Co. and 

 India Rubber Co. 



It was also unanimously voted to confirm the directors' plan 

 for a bond issue, all of which is included in the comprehensive 

 ized by the Secretary of State of Connecticut, where this asso- 



EDW. A. BARRIER. 



THE RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC., AUTHORIZED. 



Tlie change of name of The Rubber Club of America, Inc., to 

 The Rubber Association of America, Inc., has now been author- 

 ized by the Secretary of State of Connecticut where this asso- 

 ciation is incorporated. 



Members of the Association have been notified that shipments 

 of rubber goods may now be made direct to the Portuguese 

 islands of the Atlantic, namely the Azores, Cape Verde and 

 Madeira islands. In this connection the British Consul General 

 at New York states that the British War Trade Department 

 feels considerable apprehension lest the ports of Portugal rpay 

 come to be used for landing goods destined for Spain or else- 

 where. Members are urged to send no rubber goods to any 

 Portuguese ports not intended exclusively for consumption in 

 that country. 



Secretary Vorhis has sent the members a circular stating 

 that the embargo conditions are not relaxed in any way, with 

 the above exception, and advises that rubber manufacturers 

 again notify their export managers of the terms of their bonds 

 and guarantees so that all engaged in the export trade will be 

 fully informed regarding the situation, and cannot plead ignor- 

 ance, in the event of violations. 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



The New York Rubber Co. paid a regular dividend of 8 per 

 cent and an extra dividend of 2 per cent on February 1. 



The Hood Rubber Co. paid a regular quarterly dividend of 1% 

 per cent on preferred stock on February 1 to stocklinlders of 

 record January 27. 



The board of directors of The B. F. Goodrich Co. has de- 

 clared a dividend of 3J/2 per cent on preferred stock, payable 1% 

 per cent on April 2 to stockholders of record March 23. and \% 

 per cent on July 2 to stockholders of record June 22: also a 

 quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on common stock, payable May 

 15 to stockholders of record May 4. 



DORN and brought up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Edw. A. 

 ^ Barrier received his education in the Cambridge schools 

 and was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 in 1905. The rubber industry having appealed to him, he was 

 employed for a time by the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., 



Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts, in a num- 

 ber of different de- 

 partments with the 

 idea of learning the 

 business. He soon 

 went into teaching, 

 however, first as as- 

 sistant instructor in 

 analytical chemistry 

 at the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Tech- 

 nology and later as 

 instructor in analyti- 

 cal and metallurgi- 

 cal chemistry in the 

 University of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. 



In 1907 Mr. Bar- 

 rier became connect- 

 ed with the Inspec- 

 tion Department of 

 the Associated Fac- 

 tory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. as chemical engineer, 

 and established and organized a chemical laboratory for the 

 examination and testing of rubber and other products. This was 

 one of the first laboratories established in the country which 

 seriously took up the chemical examination of rubber from the 

 consumers' standpoint. As chairman of the Rubber Products 

 Committee, the Sub-Committee on Cold Water Hose and a mem- 

 ber of the Pump Valve Committee of the American Society for 

 Testing Materials, Mr. Barrier has played a considerable part 

 in the development of specifications for rubber products, having 

 conducted investigations along these lines, some of the results 

 of which have been published in various periodicals. 



E. A. B.VRRIER. 



RUBBER COMPANY SHARE QUOTATIONS. 



The following market quotations of shares of rubber manu- 

 facturing companies on February 24 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) <..... 69 72 



Firestone Tire & Rubh-er Co., common 144J^ 14754 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., preferred 107 109 



The B. F, Goodrich Co., comnioti 5554 56J4 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., preferre.! 108 110 



Goodyear Tire v*v Rubber Co., corhmn" 27154 27554 



Goodyear Tire Si Rubber Co., preferred 106 54 lOS'A 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., common 53 54 



Kelly-SpringHeld Tire Co.. preferred 90 93 



Miller Rubber Co., common 253 257 



Miller Riibber Co., preferred 105 106J4 



Portage Rubber Co 164 16854 



Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co 7954 85 5^ 



United States Rubber Co., common 53 5^ 5454 



United States Rubber Co., preferred 105 109 



CINCINNATI RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. MEETING. 



.'\t the annual meeting of the stockholders of The Cincinnati 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio., on February 13, the 

 following directors were elected : S. D. Baldwin, F. A. Geier, Jas. 

 A. Green, S. E. Hilles, Geo. McG. Morris, Casper H. Rowe, 

 Stanley M. Rowe, F. D. Scherl : and on reorganization of the 

 board, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

 S. D. Baldwin, president ; F. D. Scherl, vice-president and treas- 

 urer ; S. M. Rowe, secretary. The company has had a prosperous 

 year and the outlook for business the present year is favorable. 



