November 1, 1918. | 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



TRADE NOTES. 

 John Royle & Sons, Paterson, New Jerse\, have purchased 

 the name, good-will, tools, patterns, etc., of the Clark tubing 

 machine from the estate of Edred W. Clark, Hartford, Connecti- 

 cut. 



The Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., 1877 Broadway, New York 

 City, elected the following directors at the annual meeting of its 

 stockholders : L. Walter Lissberger, Joel Jacobs, Sydney Bern- 

 heim, Nathan J. Miller, and Harry H. Jacobson. The capital 

 of the concern has been increased from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. 



The Victor Rubber Co., Springfield, Ohio, is completing a two- 

 story factory addition of tile and concrete construction, to be used 

 exclusively for making tires. Modern machinery and equipment 

 are being installed. 



G. Amsinck & Co., importers of crude rubber and other prod- 

 ucts, have removed from 6 Hanover street to 90-96 Wall street, 

 New York City. 



The Continental Tire & Rubber Co., 748 St. Charles street, 

 New Orleans, Louisiana, is planning the erection of a factory as 

 soon as permission can be obtained from the Government. It 

 will manufacture Continental tires. George A. Wood is presi- 

 dent. 



Charles B. Chrystal, importer of minerals, clays, and colors, 

 11 Cliflf street. New York City, has purchased a two-story ware- 

 house at Bishop and Canal streets, Jersey City, New Jersey, 

 to which he will remove as soon as alterations are completed. 

 The new location will give better facilities for handling increas- 

 ing business. 



The Schaefer Rubber Co., 16 East Fourth street, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, has increased its capital from $50,000 to $100,000. The 

 concern maintains a store at IS East Grand River street, Detroit, 

 also, and the increased capitalization is for the purpose of taking 

 care of its growing trade. 



The Sewell Cushion Wheel Co., Detroit, Michigan, has been 

 elected to membership in the Motor and Accessory Manufac- 

 turers Association. 



The Oriental Rubber and Supply Co., 1166 Bedford avenue, 

 Brooklyn, New York, has increased its capital stock from $10,000 

 to $25,000. 



The Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, is working on 

 a government gas mask contract on which more than 100 women 

 are employed. In other departments women are being trained 

 to take the places of men wherever possible. 



The Paralite Co. has removed from 609 to 416-417 Swetland 

 Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 



S. A. E. ADOPTS MOTORCYCLE TIRE SPECIFICATIONS 



The Tire and Rim Division of the S.A.E., at the Cleveland 



meeting, July 12, 1918, adopted the following motorcycle tire 



capacities and inflation pressures, these now being adopted by 



the society also : 



Corresponding 



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FORMER BOSTON TIRE MAN RETURNS TO THE HUB. 

 Thomas R. Burton has been appointed manager of the Boston 

 branch of the United States Tire Co. during the term of the 

 leave of absence granted E. P. Kidder, who is temporarily with 

 the Emergency Fleet Corp. Mr. Burton has been in the tire 

 business since 1900 when he became salesman in Boston for 

 Morgan & Wright. From 1908 until 1911 he was manager of the 

 Boston branch, then branch manager in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

 and later eastern district manager for the United States Tire 

 Co., which absorbed the Morgan & Wright company. For the 

 last four years he has been located at Atlanta, Georgia, as 



branch manager in charge of the business m the South. His 

 return to Boston brings him back among old friends, with whom 

 he is most popular. 



CANADIAN NOTES. < 



HP HE Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co., Limited, Toronto, 

 ••• Ontario, was one of the prominent exhibitors at the annual 

 Canadian National Exhibition recently held in that city. This 

 concern manufactures tires and inner tubes, rubber heels and 

 soles, mechanical belting and packing, hose, etc. Its various 

 products were extensively displayed in four different booths 

 and attracted merited attention at the exhibition. 



Scheuer, Normandin & Co., Montreal, Quebec, are handling in 

 Canada the "Leisure" line of rubber footwear manufactifred by 

 the Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, U. S. A. 



The ■ Miner Rubber Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario, has re- 

 moved its offices from 146 Wellington street West to 144 Front 

 street West, where it will occupy all of the ground floor, compris- 

 ing 12,500 square feet of space. 



Victor G. van der Linde, until recently development manager 

 of The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, U. S. A., has resigned 

 in order to take charge of the factory of the van der Linde 

 Rubber Co., Toronto, Ontario. This change has made necessary 

 the further resignation from the vice-chairmanship of the Air- 

 craft Committee of Tlie Rubber Association of America, Inc. 



C. H. Cooper, sales manager of the Lynn Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., Warren, Rhode Island, U. S. A., has been demon- 

 strating the company's foot comfort devices in Toronto recently, 

 at the Robert Simpson Co. store. 



Richard Hamer, with the Gutta Percha & Rubber Co., Ltd., 

 Toronto, Canada, holds a research scholarship under the Indus- 

 trial and Scientific Research Council, appointed by the Canadian 

 Government. The subject of his research was "Aging and 

 Decay of Rubber." The first report has just been completed 

 and deals specifically with "The Direct Examination of Colloidal 

 Rubber Solutions by the Aid of the Ultramicroscope." 



Canadian rubber manufacturers held a meeting in October at 

 Toronto, to consider the conservation of rubber by eliminating 

 certain styles of rubber footwear. Canadian manufacturers 

 have for several seasons been doing away with some of their 

 former models, and this and the fact that not as many styles 

 are made in Canada as in the States will lessen numerically the 

 number of styles to be eliminated, as compared with the large 

 number recently listed for elimination in the States. This action 

 is an independent one on the part of the manufacturers, and 

 merits particular commendation for that reason. Tlie changes 

 are to be listed and the final form submitted to the manufac- 

 turers first and subsequently to the Canadian War Trade Board 

 for approval. 



At a meeting of officials of the Canadian Government on 

 October 22, it was decided to proceed with the plans for raising 

 the Second Victory Loan, the Fifth War Loan, in spite of the 

 prevalence of influenza, it being remarked that the United States 

 had set a splendid example in oversubscribing her Fourth Liberty 

 Loan of $6,000,000,000 in spite of the great handicap suffered 

 from influenza while the drive was in progress in the States. 



The campaign for Canada's Second Victory Loan accordingly 

 began October 28, the amount to be raised having been set at 

 $500,000,000. Premier Borden bought the first bond but the 

 Duke of Devonshire was the first subscriber by letter. 



One of the posters being used shows the heads of the rulers of 

 the four enemy nations above the words : "4 reasons for Buying 

 Victory Bonds." Another reproduces the now famous picture of 

 three French women dragging a plow; above it are the wor<ls, 

 "They Serve France." Beneath is the question : "How can I serve 

 Canada?" followed by the convincing answer, "Buy Victory 

 Bonds." 



