February 1, 1919. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN OHIO. 



By Our Special Correspondent. 

 •yHE Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, reports increasing 

 business in its footwear sales. This branch of the business 

 was started only a year and a half ago, but has grown rapidly. 

 Fourteen new salesmen have recently been added to the force, 

 which is now four times the original number. A convention for 

 salesmen was held during the first week in January, the principal 

 feature being a training school dealing with selling principles 

 and policies. The total sales in the footwear department during 

 1918 amounted to $2,216,000, as compared with $715,000 in 1917. 

 The present output of light footwear is 2,500 pairs daily, and 

 several new lines have been added. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has paid to its em- 

 ployes since September 12, 1918, when it inaugurated its plan 

 for group insurance, $15,000. The amounts going to families 

 and dependents of deceased employes ranged from $500 to $1,000, 

 and included 26 cases where the deceased had been in the employ 

 of the company longer than 30 days, while one had been em- 

 ployed more than eight years. 



The Firestone Steel Products Co., Akron, manufacturer of 

 solid and pneumatic tire rims and S. A. E. bands, has added 

 three new representatives to its force: A. D. Droeger, manufac- 

 turers' representative; C. W. Flick, Eastern representative; J. C. 

 Bailey, Western representative. 



A band of 50 pieces has been organized among the employes of 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, under the direction of Clark 

 Miller, former leader of the Eighth Regiment Ohio National 

 Guards Band. The officers are: Edward Connelly, president; 

 William Overholser, vice-president ; and L. F. Riley, secretary. 



The 25 per cent bonus recently paid employes of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Akron, throughout the country, amounted to 

 $2,000,000. 



Tlie Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co., Cleveland, has opened a 

 San Francisco office at 415-417 Rialto building, in charge of Nor- 

 man S. Ross. The territory covered will include California, 

 Nevada west of the 115th meridian, Lower California, and the 

 counties of Josephine, Jackson and Klamath, Oregon. 



Horace N. Trumbull has been appointed advertising manager 

 of the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co., Cleveland. Mr. Trumbull 

 has recently been discharged from the Engineers Officers' Train- 

 ing School at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Virginia. 



Tlie stockholders of The General Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 have approved action of the board of directors with reference 

 to increasing the capital stock of the company from $1,000,000 to 

 $2,500,000. The additional capitalization is for new buildings and 

 machinery. 



The following directors were elected : M. O'Neil, W. O'Neil, 

 T. F. O'Neil, W. E. Fouse, G. F. Burkhardt, W. L. Beckley and 

 J. A. Diebolt. The officers were reelected as follows : M. O'Neil, 

 president ; W. O'Neil, vice-president ; Charles Herberich, 

 treasurer, and W. E. Fouse, secretary. 



The L. H. Butcher Co., Inc., dealers in colors, chemicals, min- 

 erals and industrial ores, 100 William street. New York City, 

 have opened an office in the People's Savings and Trust building, 

 Akron, in charge of George H. Jacobs, where a stock of standard 

 materials will be carried. 



G. P. Blackiston has been appointed head of the cooperative 

 and advertising department of The American Rubber & Tire Co., 

 Akron. He has been advertising manager of the Packard Elec- 

 tric Co., Central Steel Co., etc., and is an enthusiastic auto- 

 mobilist. 



The Mohawk Rubber Co., Akron, recently recognized the effi- 

 ciency of its salaried employes throughout its branches as well as 

 in the home office, by a 10 per cent bonus. 

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 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, recently announced 

 that the company will not follow the plan of many concerns and 

 give bonuses, but will recognize deserving employes by a salary 

 increase. 



George Spalding in charge of the solid tire department of the 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, was recently awarded a 

 20-year service pin. 



Major William Ryan, the only Akron air ace, who served two 

 years with the Australian Flying Corps overseas, has returned 

 to the employ of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, as an 

 instructor in the factory school. 



Lieutenant C. V. Newbold, former attorney of the accounting 

 department of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, was 

 killed in the battle of Soissons. His widow has been given the 

 Distinguished Service Medal awarded for gallant conduct. 

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 The India Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, originally incorporated 

 under the laws of the State of Ohio as "The India Rubber Com- 

 pany," on December 1, 1916, has now changed to the longer 

 name. Its factory is at Mogadore, a suburb of Akron, where 

 the company owns 19 acres of land with waterpower rights. The 

 factory building proper is two stories high, with basement 60 by 

 232 feet, besides an "L" of the same height, 40 by 80 feet, of 

 steel, brick and concrete construction. Until recently the concern 

 has manufactured fabric tires, but it is now making cord tires. 

 The directors are: J. M. Alderfer, J. K. Williams, D. A. 

 Grubb, Paul C. Searls, A. T. Kingsbury, J. W. Chamberlain, H. 

 Lloyd Williams, C. C. Fenton, G. W. Santee, E. A. Armstrong 

 and J. S. Fishburn. The company is capitalized at $400,000 com- 

 mon stock and $100,000 preferred, of which $375,000 of the com- 

 mon stock has been sold at par. 



The Republic Rubber Corp., Youngstown, has elected Harvey 

 J. Woodard and Mark W. Roe vice-presidents, the former to- 

 have charge of sales and the latter to be in charge of the plant. 



The Oak Rubber Co., Ravenna, has purchased a brick factory 

 building three stories in height, 50 by 100 feet, with a floor space 

 of 25,000 square feet. There are several smaller buildings on the 

 site. New equipment is being installed for an increased produc- 

 tion of toy balloons, the company's specialty. 



The Victory Rubber Co., Springfield, has added four new men 

 to its force. L. H. Cooke is to be in the capital financial depart- 

 ment; Ira A. Stowe has been appointed district sales manager in 

 Southern territory; E. D. Valentine has been placed in charge 

 of installing new rubber-working machinery in the engineering 

 department, and Frank X. Lothschuetz will cover the Ohio ter- 

 ritory as a salesman. 



The company recently completed a two-story building of 

 brick and concrete, which is being used exclusively for pneu- 

 matic tire production. The new "Victor" cord tire will soon be 

 ready for the trade. Preliminary tests are said to be very 

 gratifying. 



The company is to organize an export department which will 

 include direct representation in Europe and South America. 



The Premier Rubber & Insulation Co., Dayton, has increased' 

 its capitalization from $100,000 to $150,000 and has enlarged its 

 factory floor space by the addition of a three-story factory. The 

 concern makes insulation products of hard rubber, Bakclite^ 



