JiLv 1. 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



607 



Readers of The India Rubber World doubtless remember 

 that the Forsyth Dental Infirmary in this city owes its estab- 

 lishment to the philanthropy of the Forsyth brothers of the 

 Boston Belting Co. It will therefore be of interest to state 

 that the trustees of this institution have established a course for 

 the instruction of dental surgeons for the Reserve Corps of the 

 United States Army. This course was given without charge by 

 highly qualified instructors, who patriotically volunteered their 

 services. Examinations for appointments are to be held later. 



with The B. F. Goodrich Co., -has been identified with sales pro-" 

 motion work in sporting goods in New York for ten years, with 

 Abbey & Imbrie, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., and as sales manager 

 for A. F. Mersselbach & Bro., of Newark, New Jersey. Mr. 

 Brown is an enthusiastic and skilful fisherman, and is well 

 known among the sportsmen's organizations. 



VV. O. Rutherford, general sales manager of the Goodrich com- 

 pany, delivered an address at the annual \\'orld's Salesmanship 

 Congress in Detroit, Michigan, last month. 



Honors continue to come to President Thomas A. Forsyth. 

 The University of Pittsburgh conferred upon him last month 

 the degree of Doctor of Laws. With a number of the directors 

 of the Infirmary he attended the commencement exercises at 

 the University at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In an address there 

 he reported that the 82 men of the graduating class of 84 in the 

 department of dentistry have enlisted in the dental reserve corps. 

 The two other graduates, women, will enter Red Cross work. 

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Elisha E. Converse, son of Harry E. Converse, president of 

 the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., and grandson and namesake of 

 Deacon Converse, the founder of that company, has enlisted in 

 the Xaval Reserve, and has received his commission as ensign. 



R. F. Foote, superintendent and general manager of the In- 

 dependent Rubber Co., Limited, Merritton, Ontario, Canada, was 

 in Boston early last month. During his sojourn here, he 

 visited the factories of the United States Rubber Co. in this 

 vicinity. Mr. Foote has many friends in the trade, not only 

 in Canada but in this country. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 'T'HF big athletic meet on Decoration Day, in which the 

 ■*■ employes of the Goodrich, Firestone and Goodyear facto- 

 ries participated in friendly rivalry, 

 was an even greater success than in 

 previous years, over 15,000 people 

 witnessing the different events. 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co. carried off 

 the highest honors, being awarded 

 the large cup shown in the illustra- 

 tion on the total number of points 

 scored in ^he meet, and also one of 

 the smaller cups for winning the 

 one-mile relay race. The other cup 

 was awarded to the Goodyear Tire 

 & Rubber Co. 



The following table indicates tlie 

 character of events and the points scored in the meet: 



Events. 



100-yard dash 



Shot put 



Mile run 



210-yard dash 



120-yard high hurd'.es. 



Pole vault 



4*J0-yard dash 



880-yard run 



Discus throw 



Five-mile run 



High jump 



Broad jump 



220-yard high hurdles. 



.Tavelin throw 



One-mile relay race . . . 



Goodrich. 

 3 

 3 

 6 



4 



Total points 



56 



Goodyear. 

 1 

 5 

 3 



n 



1 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 1 

 5 

 3 



42 



Firestone. 

 5 

 1 

 

 5 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 1 



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Some idea of the myriad tasks to which rubber is put may 

 be gathered from the knowledge that the molded goods depart- 

 ment of The B. F. Goodrich Co. employs approximately 50,000 

 molds in the manufacture of 25,000 different rubber articles. In 

 this department alone 1,000 rubber compounds are. iised. 



George Lippincott Brown, who has recently become connected 



The Portage Rubber Co. is now building two additions to its 

 plant in Barberton, each approximately 75 by 100 feet, three 

 stories high, of brick, steel and concrete construction. All of 

 the equipment is ordered, and it is expected that the new 

 additions will be in operation by next January, enabling an in- 

 crease in production of fully 800 more tires and 1.000 more 

 tubes per day. 



The Portage company recently distributed $45,000 in payment 

 of its quarterly dividend of 2yi per cent. 



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The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., up-to-date in all of its 

 methods, is insistent upon proper attention to the teeth of its 

 employes as an important factor in their health. No less than 

 20.000 cases are treated in the clinic annually, advice and service 

 being free to all employes. 



Edward S. Babcox, advertising manager of the Firestone com- 

 pany, has been elected vice-president of the Association of Na- 

 tional Advertisers. 



* * * 



The production of the .Amazon Rubber Co. has increased five- 

 fold within the last ten months, and plans are now being con- 

 sidered for a new five-story brick factory building, to be equipped 

 with the latest rubber machinery. 



L. J. Myers has been placed in charge of Amazon sales. 



* * * 



E. H. Barnhill has been appointed manager of the fabric de- 

 partment of the Gosidyear company, succeeding Theodore Wood. 



* * * 



The Loewenthal Co., of New York and Chicago, dealer in 

 rubber scrap, has opened a branch office in the Delaware Building, 

 Akron, Ohio, under the managership of H. C. Jones, formerly 

 in the salvage department of The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



""PHE census of manufacturers for 1914 issued about the middle 

 ■*■ of the past month by the Bureau of Census of the United 

 States Department of Commerce contains information of more 

 than usual interest to the rubber industry. Rhode Island ranks 

 nineteenth among the States in value of products of its manu- 

 facturing industries, and fourteenth in average number of wage 

 earners. 



During 1914 there was an average of 1,541 wage earners em- 

 ployed in the rubber industry, the total value of whose produc- 

 tion was $6,088,988, the value added by manufacture being 

 $2,026,579. 



A comparative summary for 1904, 1909 and 1914 is very inter- 

 esting and instructive, showing the following : In 1904 there were 

 9 establishments in the Rhode Island rubber industry, employing 

 991 persons, receiving wages that amounted to $417,000; using 

 material costing $1,636,000, the value of productions being $2,- 

 582,000. In 1909 there were only 5 establishments, employing 

 774 wage earners, using 1,075 primary horse power, earning $320,- 

 000 in w-ages, using materials costing $2,075,000 and producing 

 $3,143,000. In 1914 six establishments employing 1,541 used 3,350 

 primary horse power. Wages amounted to $821,000, the cost of 

 materials was $4,062,000 and the value of the production was 

 $6,089,000. 



