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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1917. 



It might seem somewhat invidious to describe the many flag 

 raisings and patriotic doings at the various rul)ber factories in 

 and around Boston, but the two affairs at the plants of the Bos- 

 ton Rubber Shoe Co. present some variations from the usual 

 program, and aie therefore worthy of comment. At the Edge- 

 worth plant a beautiful 20 by 30-foot flag was purchased by the 

 employes. Major Ballard, the assistant treasurer, presided. 

 There was an address by the Mayor of Maiden, two women 

 cornetists accompanied, and another woman employe led the 

 singing. They were attired in patriotic costumes. The flag was 

 broken out by the oldest employe, Sherman Lynde, a Civil War 

 veteran, who had just passed his seventy-ninth birthday. When 

 the flag was unfurled confetti and miniature flags dropped upon 

 the company, the latter being eagerly seized as souvenirs of the 



occasion. 



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.\ similar celebration was held at the "Fells" factory of the 

 company, which was in charge of .Assistant Superintendent Law- 

 rence. Here, also, the flag was bought by voluntary contributions 

 of the workers, who also shared with the company in purchasing 

 and erecting the 80-foot flagpole. Mayor Adams, of Melrose, 

 delivered an eloquent patriotic address, and Principal A.lexander, 

 of the High School, also addressed the assemblage. When the 

 flag was unfurled, 300 miniature flags fluttered down, and then, 

 led by Mr. Lawrence, all present pledged allegiance to the flag. 

 Singing of the national hymns was under tlie leadership of Miss 

 Johnson, accompanied by cornetist Miss De Mont, both e.Ti- 



ployes of the company. 



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The bowling league of the Converse Rubber Shoe Co. held 

 its annual banquet at the Quincy House, in this city. May 12. 

 Addresses were made by Superintendent Bullock and President 

 Marquis M. Converse. Chester Emerson^ assistant superintend- 

 ent, awarded the trophies to the members of the winning team 

 and also individual prizes for high string and high three strings. 

 The "Triple Tread Quartet" (workers in the factory) furnished 



music for the occasion. 



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Irving B. Wells, formerly with the Converse Rubber Shoe Co., 

 of Maiden, has been appointed manager of footw-ear sales for 

 New England and the Maritime Provinces for The B. F. Good- 

 rich Co., with offices at the Eoylston street headquarters of the 



company in this city. 



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The Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, this state, is extremely busy, 

 with orders for clothing and footw-ear sufficient to employ all 

 available help. The company is also working on a large con- 

 tract for ponchos, or similar goods, for the Government. 



J. G. Budd, of the export department of the Fisk Rubber Co., 

 Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, has just returned from a- busi- 

 ness trip to the Far East. He reports a most encouraging out- 

 look for still further- increased business for the company in all 



sections visited. 



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The Consolidated Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, has 

 been appointed distributing agent for the Star Rubber Co., 

 Akron, Ohio. The Consolidated company, whose salesrooms 

 are at 167 Massachusetts avenue, will distribute Star tires 



throughout New England. 



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Sales Manager Turner, of the Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., 

 states that his company has fallen into line to enable its em- 

 ployes to escape the high cost of living. The company has 

 plowed, harrowed, and otherwise developed a portion of its 

 property at South Braintree which has been allotted to its em- 

 ployes for cultivation. In some instances the seed for such cul- 



tivation has been distributed free and in other instances fur- 

 nished the employes at reduced cost. 

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The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. is preparing plans for a four- 

 story brick addition to its Edgeworth plant. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



/)'_v Our Kciiular Corrcsf<on(iciit. 

 ""pilE rubber mills of Rhode Island continue to be operated 

 *■ at their utmost capacity, with sufficient orders ahead to 

 maintain the present conditions for an indefinite number of 

 mouths. Evidence that the Rhode Island rubber factories are 

 engaged upon Government contracts is shown in the list of 

 manufacturing concerns in the State wherein Government work 

 is being done, that the United States Marshall for this district 

 has recently made public under instructions from the Attorney- 

 General at Washington, and within a half-mile of which un- 

 naturalized Germans are forbidden to go after June 1 without a 

 special permit from the Marshal's office. Included in this list 

 are the following: 



Xarragansett Rubber Co., Wood street, Bristol ; National India 

 Rubber Co., Bristol; Alice Mill of the Woonsocket Rubber Co., 

 Fairmont street, Woonsocket ; Collyer Insulated Wire Co., 

 North Main street, Pawtucket ; Tubular Woven Fabric Co., Main 

 street, Pawtucket ; Washburn Wire Co., East Providence ; Davol 

 Rubber Co., Providence ; Revere Rubber Co., Providence ; 

 Mechanical Fabric Co., Providence ; New- England Butt Co., 

 Providence, and the O'Bannon Co., West Barrington. 



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At the plant of the Revere Rubber Co., Providence, a large 

 sand-blast mechanism is being installed. 



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The Joseph Banigan Rubber Co. and the Woonsocket Rubber 

 Co.. subsidiaries of the United States Rubber Co., have filed 

 certificates giving notice of substantial reductions in their cap- 

 ital stock. The Woonsocket Rubber Co.'s capital stock is re- 

 duced one-half, from $3,000,000 to $1,500,000. and The Joseph 

 Banigan Rubber Co. reduces its capitalization from $1,500,000 to 



$1,250,000. 



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The National India Rubber Co. at Bristol reports an un- 

 usually busy period, the operatives turning out an average of 

 47.000 pairs of rubber shoes a day. Increased freight and rail- 

 road facilities are being added to the local station to handle the 



additional product. 



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The International Rubber Co., at West Barrington, went on 

 day schedule the past month and expects to so continue in- 

 definitely. The concern is manufacturing carriage cloth, and 

 has been in operation on day and night shifts for several months. 

 The demand for carriage cloth, how-ever, is not so brisk at the 

 present time as it has been for more than a year, so that the 

 night shift has been discontinued. 



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The first outing and chicken dinner of the season under the 

 auspices of the F. O. B. Club of the Revere Rubber Co. was 

 held at Emery Park the early part of the past month, upwards 

 of 75 members and guests being in attendance. A baseball game 

 between the married and single men w-as a feature of the ath- 

 letic program, the former w-inning by a score of 7 to 3. Prizes 

 were aw-arded to the w-inners in the several sporting events and 

 vocal and instrumental music followed. 



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Tosephus Farron, Jr., for several years assistant in the labora- 

 tory of the Woonsocket Rubber Co.'s Alice Mill, has accepted a 

 position as assistant to State Chemist and Sanitary Engineer 

 Stephen De M. Gage, connected with the State Board of Health 



