February 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 



RUBBER INDUSTRY HAS FAVORABLE OUTLOOK. 



COL. SAMUEL P. COLT, in a timely interview in the "New 

 York Journal of Commerce," makes the following points : 

 The past year has been prosperous, the business of the 

 United States Rubber Co. exceeding $200,000,000 ; profits, without 

 considering the Federal income tax, satisfactory; inventories, 

 due to the sudden ending of the war, very large; goods in stock 

 under the inflated prices for materials constitute a danger; out- 

 look for 1919 excellent; wages to be maintained as far as pos- 

 sible until cost of living diminishes; no increase in cost of crude 

 rubber anticipated ; freights believed to continue high ; ship- 

 ping to return to normal before long ; great increase in tire 

 business looked for; tire prices to be reduced only when cost 

 of cotton and other commodities is materially reduced. 



NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. HAS SEVEN-STORY BUILDING. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co. has moved into its new seven-story 

 building at 160 Front street, New York City. The company 

 manufactures lithopone and well-known brands of American 

 and French process zinc oxides used by the rubber industry. 

 In the construction 

 of this modern edi- 

 fice zinc materials 

 were largely used. 

 On entering the build' 

 ing, a carved horse's 

 head, the company's 

 trade-mark, may be 

 seen over the doors. 

 The entrance and 

 vestibule doors are 

 constructed of sheet 

 zinc rolled on wood. 

 Zinc -plated door 

 checks, frames and 

 window sashes are 

 used. Flushin,gs, 

 gutters and all other 

 outside work are 

 made of rolled zinc, 

 and the knobs and 

 locks throughout are 

 of zinc plate. The 

 side walls of the ele- 

 vators are of zinc construction, while their doors and bell plates 

 are zinc-coated, giving a rich satin finish. The grilles for the 

 registers were first stamped and then zinc-plated. The lighting 

 and hardware fixtures are likewise zinc-plated. Paint, enamel 

 and tints include zinc oxide and lithopone, the latter being con- 

 tained in even the window shades. 



THE S. A. E. WINTER MEETING. 



The winter meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers 

 to be held at 29 West 39th street. New York City, February 

 4-6, 1919, will be devoted to the reconstruction problems facing 

 the automotive industry. The annual banquet, to be held Feb- 

 ruary 6, at the Hotel Astor, will take the form of a Victory 

 dinner. About 2,000 members and guests are expected to attend. 

 Prominent men have been invited to discuss the domestic and 

 foreign future of the industry. The speakers at the professional 

 sessions will be men in close touch with the automotive war 

 program, who will now be permitted to give freely of the im- 

 mense store of information collected by the Government. The 

 report of the Standards Committee of the society will include 

 important proposed standards. 



New Jersey Zinc Co.'s New Home. 



DIVIDENDS. 



The Corn Products Refining Co., New York City, has de- 

 clared its quarterly dividend of 1^4 per cent, on preferred stock, 

 payable January IS on stock of record January 6, 1919. 



The Eagle-Picher Lead Co., Chicago, Illinois, declared its reg- 

 ular quarterly dividend of lj< per cent on its preferred stock, 

 payable January IS on stock of record January 6, 1919. 



The Empire Rubber & Tire Co., Trenton, New Jersey, has de- 

 clared from its surplus earnings a quarterly dividend of 1J4 per 

 cent on its preferred stock, payable January 10 on stock of record 

 January 1, 1919. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, declared its 

 regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on its second preferred 

 stock, payable February 1 to stock of record January IS, 1919. 



The Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, declared its 

 regular quarterly dividend of 1^ per cent on its preferred stock, 

 payable February 1 to stock of record January 20, 1919. 



The Lynn Rubber Manufacturing Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, 

 paid a 7 per cent annual dividend on January 2, 1919. 



The Manufactured Rubber Co., Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 

 declared a dividend of 3 per cent on its preferred stock, payable 

 January 27, 1919. This concern paid 6 per cent annual dividends 

 from 1908 to 1912, but discontinued them before the end of 1913. 



The Na-Peer Tire Co., Akron, Ohio, declared a dividend of 

 US per cent on its common stock and a semi-annual dividend 

 of 3^ per cent on its preferred stock, both of record Decem- 

 ber 31, 1918. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., New York City, has declared a 

 quarterly dividend of 4 per cent, payable February 10 on stock 

 of record January 31, 1919. 



The Sterling Tire Corp., Rutlierford, New Jersey, declared its 

 regular quarterly dividends of 4 per cent per annum on its 

 common stock and 7 per cent per annum on its preferred stock 

 for the period of three months ended December 31, 1918, pay- 

 able January 15, 1919. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, has declared 

 from its net profits a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on its first 

 preferred stock, payable January 28 on stock of record Janu- 

 ary IS, 1919. 



The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, has declared its regular quarterly dividend 

 of 1^ per cent on preferred and common stock, payable Janu- 

 ary 15 and 31, 1919, respectively, on stock of record December 

 31, 1918. 



AMERICAN WEBBING MANUFACTURING EXPORT CORP. 



A group of the largest manufacturers of webbing of all kinds 

 in the United States, having an aggregate invested capital of 

 nearly $9,000,000, has organized the American Webbing Manu- 

 facturing Export Corp. to promote and handle foreign busi- 

 ness. Some of the larger companies concerned are : Ever- 

 lastik. Inc.; American Mills Co.; Ansonia O. & C. Co.; Conant, 

 Houghton & Co. ; George S. Colton Elastic Web Co., and the 

 San ford Narrow Fabric Co. 



W. B. Spencer, general manager of Everlastik, Inc., is presi- 

 dent of the new organization. Mr. Chambers, of the .A,nierican 

 Mills Co., is vice-president; F. L. Brigham, Conant, Houghton 

 & Co., treasurer ; C. R. Richmond, George S. Colton Elastic Web 

 Co., secretary ; Mr. Judd, foreign department of the Guarantee 

 Trust Co. of New York, general manager ; L. R. Brown, Ever- 

 lastik, Inc., merchandise manager. The advisory committee con- 

 sists of Charles Stretch, F. L. Brigham, A. F. Terrill and 

 Mr. Sutcliff. 



