April 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN OHIO. 



By Our Special Correspondent. 



UNDER the direction of the Government during the last year 

 there has been a saving of $300,000,000, it is estimated, 

 accomplished through the reclaiming of rubber alone, and a pro- 

 portionate salvage of other materials. 



Ohio cities, among others all over the country, conducted cam- 

 paigns in connection with Red Cross work to induce their citizens 

 to save rubber. In Cincinnati, "Mt. Rubber" was built in Foun- 

 tain Square, composed of old automobile tires, inner tubes, and 

 rubber accessories of all kinds. The illustration shows only the 

 nucleus of the "mountain" that was afterward piled up, but the 

 truck was contributed tires and all, because its owners "could not 

 get the tires off," which was duly announced by the placard on 

 the side. The sale of the rubber thus collected netted the Red 

 Cross more than $2,000. 



In Akron, one of the big rubber companies announced in its 

 publicity matter that it had reclaimed waste rubber and other 

 materials to the amount of $3,000,000 during the year. 



In Denver, Colorado; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan, 

 and Providence, Rhode Island, 

 among other cities, the same 

 idea of soliciting waste rubber 

 goods from their citizens was 

 utilized in various campaigns, 

 some for the benefit of the Red 

 Cross, some for the sale of 

 War Savings Stamps. The 

 idea even went across the sea, 

 the British Ministry of Na- 

 tional Service issuing a similar 

 appeal for the benefit of the 

 Red Cross. 



Everywhere, throughout our 

 country, the spirit of thrift and 

 economy developed during the 

 war has brought about a reali- 

 zation of the value of so-called 

 waste matter which was for- 

 merly thrown away when it 

 had served its original purpose. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES. 



In order to meet its need 

 for tire fabric, The Mason Tire 



& Rubber Co., Kent, and the Mason Brothers Co., Cleveland, 

 have incorporated The ^lason Cotton Fabrics Co. and have had 

 plans prepared for a $3,000,000 mill to be built at Kent for spin- 

 ning and weaving cotton, to liave about 125,000 square feet of 

 floor space. It will be of steel and concrete construction and 

 will be equipped with modern machinery and apparatus so as 

 to attain the exact degree of humidity and other conditions essen- 

 tial for the manufacture of raw cotton into tire fabric. The new 

 plant will employ about 200 workmen. Both cord and flat tire 

 fabric will be manufactured. The officers of The Mason Cotton 

 Fabrics Co. are as follows: O. M. Mason, president; R. W. 

 MacKinnon, vice-president ; J. H. Diehl, vice-president ; D. M. 

 Mason, treasurer, and W. A. Cluff, secretary. 



Tlie Kniglit Tire and Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has 

 changed its name to The Canton-Blackstone Co. This is a sub- 

 sidiary of The Republic Rubber Corp. 

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R. J. Firestone, Akron, former vice-president of the Firestone 

 Tire & Rubber Co., has bought the old plant of The Standard 

 Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co., Willoughby, Ohio, which 

 was recently in the hands of a receiver. .A new company has 

 been organized under the name of the Standard Tire Co., with 

 the following officers : R. J. Firestone, president ; C. A. McCul- 



louch, vice-president; E. A. Tinnsman, second vice-president and 

 factory manager; Tom A. Palmer, secretary and treasurer. 



The Acme Rubber Heel & Sole Co., Elyria, Ohio, manufac- 

 turer of fibrous heels and soles, elected the following officers 

 at its stockholders' meeting on January 14, 1919: C. C. Mc- 

 Donald, president; A. J. Robson, vice-president; R. E. Griswold, 

 secretary; H. A. Crandall, treasurer; B. W. Rote, general man- 

 ager ; G. Kolinski and E. M. Brush, directors in addition to the 

 foregoing. This concern was incorporated in September, 1917, 

 but did not actively engage m business until June, 1918. In 

 January of the present year it opened a distributing station for 

 ".\cco" fiber products in Chicago, in charge of B. W. Elwert, at 

 room 400, 208 North Wells street. 

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The Chillicothe Tire & Rubber Co., Chillicothe, Ohio, has 

 purchased a factory building and is buying machinery for making 

 automobile tires. The company was incorporated in 1918. The 

 officers are: C. .\. Hertenstein, president; S. S. Wortley, Jr., 

 vice-president, and W. W. Boulger, secretary and treasurer. 



A, G, Snow, Paulding, Ohio, 

 lias been appointed state regis- 

 trar of automobiles for the cur- 

 rent year, succeeding W, A. 

 McCurdy, of Columbus, Mr. 

 Snow is at present chief drug 

 inspector in the drug and food 

 department of the State ,Agri- 

 cullural Department, 



.AKRON NOTES, 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 .\kron, Ohio, undertook to 

 reach its former employes over- 

 seas through their relatives and 

 families in order to let them 

 know that as soon as they re- 

 turn, there are positions wait- 

 ing for them in the Goodrich 

 organization. In almost every 

 case this plan has been suc- 

 cessful and the soldier or 

 sailor located. 

 Lieutenant C, D, Sperry, formerly in the railway sales de- 

 partment of The B, F, Goodrich Co., .Akron, Ohio, was recently 

 decorated at Vallender, on the Rhine, with a French war cross, 

 for his work in the Second Division in turning back the Germans 

 at Chateau-Thierry. 



W, O. Rutherford, one of the vice-presidents of The B, F. 

 Goodrich Co., ,\kron, Ohio, has been elected president of the Bet- 

 ler Letters Association. H. E. .\mmerman, with The Goodyear 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, is one of the directors. The organiza- 

 tion is national in scope and aims to make business correspond- 

 ence uniformly efficient by the elimination of unnecessary prac- 

 tices and an extensive educational campaign. 



H, T. Waller, organizer of the educational system of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co,. .Akron, Ohio, has been appointed general secretary 

 of the Akron Y. M. C, A, He will have particular charge of 

 work in connection with young men coming into the city ; broad- 

 ening the Americanization program ; and providing for the col- 

 ored young men of .Akron, During his two and one-half years 

 in charge of the Goodrich Bureau of Education, the department 

 has taught a working knowledge of English to more than 2,000 

 foreign employes. A farewell reception was given Mr. Waller 

 in the Goodrich cafeteria on February 28. The orchestra of 

 Department No. 2 and the Goodrich male quartet furnished 

 music. Refreshments were served after the speeches. 



ldn't Get Tires Off, So Donated Truck, 



