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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



I October 1. 1918. 



Corporal Vincent Matthews Bowes, formerly a member of 

 the organization of the Sterling Tire Corp., Rutherford, New 

 Jersey, in Syracuse, New York, recently was killed in action in 

 France. He was with Company M, 104th Infantry. 



SALE OP BREWERS' RUBBER GOODS TO CEASE. 



On December 1, 19hS, twelve hundred breweries in tlie 

 United States, representing an investment of $2,000,000,000, 

 and employing 100,000 workers, will cease brewing operations 

 for at least the duration of the war. 



The list of rubber goods that will be affected by the Gov- 

 ernment's closing order is a large one and includes brewers' 

 hose, power and conveyor belting, solid tires, packing, special 

 gaskets, tubing, rubber boots and aprons, bottle brushes, 

 sealing plugs and electric insulation. As tires comprise the 

 largest item in this list, it is of interest to note that 3.600 

 trucks equipped with 21,600 solid rubber tires valued at 

 $1,620,000 are used in this industry. 



While the loss of brewers' business would appear to be 

 imminent, the fact that many brewing plants are to be turned 

 into cold storage plants requiring motor trucks and mechani- 

 cal rubber goods, is a redeeming feature. Moreover, tlie 

 eflfect of business loss will be mitigated by Government pri- 

 ority orders for solid tires and mechanical goods that are 

 keeping the manufacturers busy at present. 



SOLID TIRES AT THE FRONT. 



O.ASE depots, repair shops, anti-aircraft sections and work- 

 •*-' shops, and tire-press units are but a part of army transport 

 service at the front ; all are vital and must be kept going at all 

 costs if supplies and munition replenishments are to be effectively 

 distributed. This particularly applies when extensive battle 

 operations are imminent and during the progress of the attack. 

 In this connection it is well to call to mind the fact that motor 

 transports saved the city of Verdun. 



Of the most important sections are those for equipping vehicle 



ri. .\ppLYiNG A Single 



(C) British O0icial. 



British Military Tire Press at the Fro: 

 Solid Tire. 



wheels with new tires. As there are vast numbers of commercial 

 vehicles in active service, there are many units solely engaged on 

 this work. The length of life of rubber tires under the arduous 

 conditions of running experienced in the war areas is short. The 

 roads— for such they are called for want of a better name— play 

 havoc with tire surfaces ; and constant renewal is necessary. To 

 effect this, mobile tire-press units are employed. 



The illustrations included herewith will give some idea of the 

 stock of tires that is held, as well as the type of hydraulic press 



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them 



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utui/i-il lor rcmovmg worn lire: 

 ones. 



It may not be generally known that a Eriiisli concern in mak- 

 ing the tire presses used for the equipment of the motor transport 



(C) Bnlish OfTuial. 



Solid Tire^ 



Britisi 



France. 



branch of Uncle Sam's army. This particular press is like those 

 used in the United States, but is stronger in various parts. The 

 press is capable of giving 200 tons' pressure as against 150 tons 

 in the standard press. The frame is made of stififer material 

 and the table is fitted with substantial guides, while a runway 

 projecting from the center is fitted for lifting wheels and carry- 

 ing them direct into the press itself, thus saving labor. ("The 

 Commercial Motor,'' London.) 



W. E. PALMER. 



I7ROM a $50 a month clerk to treasurer oi the Goodyear Tire 

 ^ & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, a corporation whose sales for 

 the past year exceeded the $110,000,000 mark, is the record set 

 by W. E. Palmer, whose election to treas- 

 urer of the company was announced at 

 the last meeting of stockholders and di- 

 1 'I tors. He succeeds F. H. Adams, who 

 irtired from the office after long service 

 with the company but still remains a di- 

 rector. 



Unlike many men who have left their 

 native sections to seek their fortunes in 

 distant cities, Mr. Palmer achieved his 

 success in the county of his birth, for he 

 was born at Hudson, Ohio, a few miles 

 north of Akron. 



He entered the Goodyear organiza- 

 tion in 1898. Those were the days when President F. A. Seiber- 

 ling could often be found in the factory, superintending its 

 operations. Here Palmer found him bossing a gang of work- 

 men setting up a cutting table, and asked him for a job. He 

 was employed at a salary of $50 a month, and his duties em- 

 braced keeping books, billing, time-keeping, etc. 



Palmer worked himself step by step up the ladder of success. 

 In the words of president Seiberling, when announcing his elec- 

 tion at the stockholders' meeting, "Palmer has advanced from 

 $50-a-month clerkship to the position of treasurer by sheer merit 

 — without a pull, other than that of hard work and real ability." 



Mr. Palmer was recently notified of his election to receive 

 the 33d degree of Scottish Rite Masonry, the highest honor 

 that the Masonic fraternity can bestow. 



Palmer. 



