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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1919. 



purpose ot misleading and deceiving purcliascrs into believing 

 the tires are new tires. 



The Commission points out that "it is the common belief and 

 impression among dealers and consumers and the purchasing 

 public generally, that automobile tires having the appearance 

 and sold as new tires, are manufactured from new and unused 

 material." The concerns, it is further charged, have "at all 

 times" concealed and wholly failed to disclose that their tires 

 are remade ; and have circulated advertising to the effect that 

 their tires are new and not made over. 



In addition, the complaints charge false representations in 

 advertising to the effect that the tires were guaranteed to run 

 4,000 miles, when "they well knew that said tires have been 

 worn and discarded before being coated with the thin film of 

 rubber or composition." 



E. P. Jones and S. A. Paul were cited to appear before the 

 Commission in Washington, March 11: the Mercury concern 

 was cited to appear April 3, and the Akron company April 4. 



GOODYEAR SALES I«ETHODS LEGAL. 



The methods of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. 

 Ohio, in doing business with its dealers and in refusing to sell 

 to those who will not maintain its resale prices, is legal, ac- 

 cording to a recent decision by Judge Augustus N. Hand, of 

 the United States Court for the Southern District of New York, 

 in which he sustained the demurrer filed by the Goodyear com- 

 pany in the suit filed against it by H. P. Baran, a Goodyear 

 dealer, claiming infringement of the Sherman and Clayton laws. 



The allegations of the plaintiff were substantially the same 

 as the complaint of the Federal Trade Commission, as published 

 on page 731 of The Indi.\ Rubber World of September 1, 1918. 



The Goodyear Company contended that its object was to pro- 

 tect the public and insure ma.ximum service from Goodyear 

 products. 



Judge Hand ruled that no decision of an Appellate Court "pre- 

 vents a single trader from rejecting a customer because he does 

 not like the prices at which the customer resold, or otherwise 

 disapproved of his mode of conduct," and found nothing to show 

 "how the alleged discrimination might substantially lessen com- 

 petition" or "tend to create a monopoly." 



This decision upholding the principle of price-fixing is par- 

 ticularly interesting for its far-reaching effect on the manner of 

 distributing manufactured products to the 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



rH F inquiries that follow have already been ansii\-red : never- 

 theless they are of interest not only in shoiviug the needs 

 of the trade, hnt because of the possibility that additional in- 

 formation may be furnished by those who read them. The editor 

 is therefore glad to have those interested communicate with him. 



{700.) A correspondent requests the names of manufacturers 

 of hand-operated machines for cutting rubber valves and washers. 



(701.) An inquiry has been received for the names of con- 

 cerns in the East that grind hard rubber dust for the trade. 



(702.) A request is made for addresses of concerns dealing 

 in white stainless rubber cement used in the millinery trade. 



(703.) A correspondent desires information concerning a 

 process for covering inner-tube poles with aluminum. 



(704.) .A manufacturer requests information concerning the 

 manufacture of tennis balls and tennis shoes. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



Addresses may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce or its district or cooperative officers. Re- 

 quest for each should be on a separate sheet, and state number. 



(28.431.) A Belgian importer in England desires an agency 

 for rubber soles. 



(2X,434.) .\n agency is desired for the sale in England and 

 France of waterproof textiles, etc. 



(28,449.) A firm in India desires to purchase and an agency 

 ioY the sale of tires, tubes, and accessories. 



(28,452.) A commercial agency in Honduras desires to rep- 

 resent sporting goods firms, f. o. b. American port. Corre- 

 spondence may be in English. 



(28,512.) A man in France desires an agency to sell rubber 

 articles. Correspondence in French. 



(28,518.) A man in France desires an agency and to estab- 

 lish a depot for the sale of asbestos, rubber, etc. Correspondence 

 in I^'rench. 



(28,564.) An Italian desires to represent American firms for 

 the sale of rubber goods, etc 



(28,572.) A firm in India desires an agency for the sale of 

 fountain pens. 



(28,585.) .\ lirm in Spain desires an agency for the sale of 

 belting. 



(28,601.) A man in France desires an agency for the sale of 

 mechanical rubber goods. 



(28,605.) Representative of an Australian firm, now in Amer- 

 ica, desires sole representation and to purchase rubber manu- 

 facturers' supplies. 



(28,612.) A man in France desires an agency for the sale 

 of rul)ber overshoes. Correspondence in French. 



(28,621.) Member of a New Zealand firm desires exclusive 

 agencies for sale of beltings, packing, etc. 



(28,624.) A Xorwegian concern desires agency for sale of 

 rubber and rubber goods. 



(28,636.) A man in Switzerland desires agency for sale of 

 dress shields, suspenders, etc. Correspondence in French. 



(28,642.) A man in Switzerland desires agency for sale of, 

 or to purchase, balata belting, etc. 



(28,656.) A Norwegian firm desires agency for sale of wire- 

 insulating materials, belling, packing, etc. 



(28,668.) -\ man in Italy desires to purchase or agency for 

 rubber heels. 



(28,680.) A Norwegian firm desires to purchase belting, as- 

 bestos and magnesia products, and rubber goods. Payment, 

 banker's confirmed credit in New York. Correspondence may 

 be in English. 



(28,683.) A wholesale dealer in France desires to purchase 

 and secure agency for sale of rubber and black-dyed caoutchouc 

 for surgery, industry, etc. Correspondence in French. 



(28,724.) A commercial agent in France desires agency for 

 sale of rubber heels. Correspondence in French. 



(28,727.) A commercial agent in France desires agency for 

 sale of automobile tires and accessories. 



(28.730.) A company in .Australia desires to purchase rubber 

 and composition floor-coverings, both in rolls and in art squares, 

 f. o. b. New York. Cash against documents, less discounts. 

 Correspondence may be in English. 



(28,749.) Member of New Zealand firm desires agency from 

 manufacturers only for sale of motor-vehicle tires. 



(28,756.) A man in Belgium desires agency for sale of rub- 

 ber. Correspondence may be in English. 



(28,773.) Italian firm desires agency for sale of rubber goods. 

 Correspondence may be in English. 



(28,781.) Head of American firm in South /\frica, now in 

 this country, desires exclusive agency for sale of rubber goods. 



(28,794.) A British Indian company, purchasing headquarters 

 in New York, desires to buy direct from manufacturers, water- 

 proofing materials. Payment against documents in New York. 



MONTEREY HAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

 An American chamber of commerce has been organized at 

 Monterey. Mexico, and desires the cooperation of similar bodies 

 in the United States. Wilbur T. Gracey is consul in that city. 



