Mav 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



469 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. 



THE following cable correspondence between British rubber 

 associations and The Rubber Association of America, Inc., 

 will be read with interest : 



London, April 17, 1917. 

 President Firestone, Rubber Association of America, New York City: 



The committee of the Rubber Trade Association of London, on behalf 

 of all members, extend to you, your executive and memljers, cordial and 

 sincere greetings on the active participation of the United States in the 

 defense of the free peoples. William Hendrev, Chairman. 



New York, .■\pril 23, 1917. 

 William Hendrey, Chairman, Rubber Trade Association of London, Lon- 

 don, England. : 

 Olticers, directors and members of Rubber .Association of .America unite 

 in reciprocating your greetings. The United States stands ready to make 

 every sacrifice, and we welcome and are proud of the opportunity to figlit 

 for our common ideals of humanity and civilization. 



Firestone, President, Rubber .Association of America. 



London, April 20, 1917. 

 Firestone, President, Rubber Association .-Xinerica, New \ ork City: 



Council of Rubber Cirowers' Association tenders, on -America Day, fra- 

 ternal greetings Rubber Association of America on entry of United States 

 into struggle for preservation of civilization. 



RosLiNG, Chairman. 



New York, -April 23, 1917. 

 Rosling, Chairman, Rubber Growers' Association, London, England: 



Officers, directors and members of Rubber Association of America imited 

 in reciprocating your fraternal greetings. England and -America have com- 

 mon ideals, and the LJnited States stands ready to make every sacrifice 

 for the preservation of our civilization. 



Firestone, President, Rubber -Association of -America. 



New MEMBERS.---At the E.xecutive Committee meeting held 

 April 5, one associate and eight firm members were elected. 



FIRM MEMBERS. 



Corona Rubber Reclaiming Co., Gerraantown, Pennsylvania. Represen- 

 tative, R. B, Caverly. 



Stockton Rubber Co., Stockton, New Jersey. Representative, D. G. 

 Price or E. K. Price. 



Gillette Safety Tire Co., Eail Claire, Wisconsin, Representative, S. P. 

 Woodard. 



The Barrett Co., New York City. Representative, F. J. Barber. 



Industrial Chemical Co., New Y'ork City. Representative, J. Wrench. 



Gaston, Williams & Wigraore, New York City. Representative, D. 

 Gonzales. 



Hawkeye Tire & Rubber Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Representative, Tohn 

 T. Christie. 



-Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., New Y'ork City. Representative, C, -A. 

 Dann. 



ASSOCIATE MEMBER. 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New Y'ork City. Representative Frederick 

 A. Seaman or Otis R. Cook. 



Legislative Co.mmittee. — George B. Hodgman, Hodgman Rub- 

 ber Co., Tuckahoe, New York, volunteered to act as the third 

 member of the Legislative Committee. This committee, the other 

 members of which are Frederic C. Hood, chairman, and H. 

 Stuart Hotchkiss, is actively opposing the proposed tax on crude 

 rubber. As a result of its efforts there is every reason to lielieve 

 that the war revenue bill will not include crude rubber in the 

 list of materials proposed for taxation. 



Rubber Reclaimers Division. — At the meeting held --^pril 11, 

 the circular, "Standards of Scrap Rubber Specifications and 

 Packing" was approved and will be presented for adoption at 

 a conference of the Classification and Conference Committee of 

 the Scrap Rubber Division of the National Association of Waste 

 Material Dealers, and the Reclaimers' Division of the Rubber 

 Association, to be held on May 2. 



Rubber Sundries Division. — The Rubber Sundries Manufac- 

 turers' Division met March 30 and voted to establish an "Open 

 Price Exchange Bureau" for the purpose of distributing price 

 information to the members. It is reported that the Bureau will 

 be in operation May 1. A meeting will be held May 4, and in the 

 future such meetings will be held on the first Friday of each 

 month. 



Exporters Division.— This division will meet May 4, when the 

 Committee on By-Laws and the Committee on Nominations will 

 present their respective reports. 



Proposed Proofers Division. — A meeting was held on March 

 26 and preliminary action taken to effect a permanent organi- 

 zation at the meeting held on April 25. 



Special Meeting. — .A. special meeting of the firm members was 

 held -April 26 and changes in the certain amendments to the 

 constitution and by-laws were made to facilitate the work of the 

 Committee on .Arbitration. 



National Defense.— -At a joint meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee and Rubber Advisory Committee, April S, a committee 

 consisting of H. Stuart Hotchkiss, Arthur H. Marks and Frederic 

 C. Hood was appointed to represent The Rubber Association of 

 -America, Inc., and to offer to the United States Government, 

 through the Advisory Commission of the Council of National De- 

 fense, the services of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Tow^ar Cotton Mills, Inc., Niles, Michigan, is contem- 

 plating the enlargement of its mill for the purpose of manufac- 

 turing tire fabrics. The mill is now running to capacity on 

 heavy duck, and the company is considering the installation of 

 40 automatic' wide looms, designed especially for weaving tire 

 duck. Scott Towar, of Chicago, Illinois, is president. 



The Ellert Rubber Co., F. I. Ellert proprietor and manager, is 

 now located at 1307 Sutter street, San Francisco, California, 

 where a complete stock of automobile tires, tubes and accessories 

 is carried. 



The Saginaw Tire Co., Saginaw, Michigan, is equipped for 

 retreading old tires and also carries new tires and tubes. F. C. 

 Louden is general manager. 



The Para Auto Tire Co., Chicago, Illinois, distributer for the 

 Vacuum Cup automobile tires of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., 

 has been awarded a contract by the City of Chicago, Depart- 

 ment of Police, for their entire requirements in pneumatic tires 

 for the year 1917; also for the Frank Parmelee Co., and, in 

 addition, the Para company is furnishing these tires as regular 

 equipment to the Marshall Field Co., Mandel Brothers, and 

 other large corporations and commercial houses in that city. 



The capital stock of the Dunlop Tire Sales Co., Inc., New York 

 City, has been increased to $250,000. 



The C. A. Shaler Co., Waupun, Wisconsin, maker of vul- 

 canizing apparatus, tire tools and accessories, will add two stories, 

 SO by SO feet, to its present one-story nickel-plating shop. 



The Turner Tire Co., St. Louis, Missouri, incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $13,000 by F. E. Turner, Muskogee, Oklahoma; 

 Charles Neimeyer, Little Rock, -Arkansas, and N. W. McLeod, 

 H. V. Stevens and S. T. G. Smith, to manufacture vehicle tires, 

 has been dissolved. 



The property of the Alliance Rubber Co., -Alliance, Ohio, was 

 sold at public auction by H. C. Koehler, receiver, on April 14. 

 The purchaser was the Sioux City Tire & Rubber Co., and the 

 price paid was $45,000, a figure in excess of the appraised value. 

 The Sioux City company expects to remove the machinery and 

 equipment to its new plant in Sioux City, Missouri. The real 

 estate will be sold. 



Fire recently damaged the plant and stock of the McFall Rub- 

 ber Co.. Kansas City. Missouri, to the extent of $40,000, about 

 $35,000 worth of tires and accessories being consumed. 



The Colorado Tire & Leather Co., Denver, Colorado, is com- 

 pletmg two additional units to its plant, with complete calender, 

 mill and tire equipment. This company is now manufacturing 

 a full line of tires and various rubber accessories for the auto- 

 mobile trade, including fan belts, emergency boots, cement, repair 

 materials, etc., and the new units will enlarge the capacity of the 

 plant approximately SO per cent. 



The Sterns Tire & Tube Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has taken 

 over the $1,000,000 company of the Efficiency Oil Corp., the name 

 of the latter concern being changed to Sterns Tire & Tube Co. 

 on December 6, 1916. 



-\. D. Pliillips, formerly general eastern agent of the Western 

 Maryland Railw^ay, is now traffic manager of The Fisk Rubber 

 Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, with entire charge of the 

 company's shipping and rating. 



E. C. Merkel, formerly branch manager for the Knight Tire 

 & Rubber Co., in Chicago, Illinois, recently resigned to take 

 charge of sales for the Chicago branch of the Federal Rubber 

 Co. 



