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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1919. 



A corporation has been formed lo take over the rubber sole 

 and heel business of the late C. J. Bailey. It is named the 

 Bailey Rubber Heel Co., Inc., with offices at 52 Chauncy street. 

 M. Shuman is president and D. F. Rice, treasurer. This com- 

 pany has purchased the patent rights and trade-marks for 

 the "Monkey Grip Won't Slip" rubber heels and soles, which 

 will be manufactured in black, tan and white rubber. The 

 heels and soles have been described in The India Rubber VVoRi.n 

 and are well known in the footwear trade. 

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Herbert T. Mason, recently with The Goodyear Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., is now treasurer, sales manager and director of the 

 ■Quabaug Rubber Co., North Brookfield, this state. This com- 

 pany is doing some extensive advertising of its "Armortrcd'' 

 soles and heels. 



f THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



: /I'y Our Rcgu-'iir Con-csf.nidcnl. 



THE RUBBER M.\NUF.\CTURiNG PLANTS throughout Rhode Island 

 are being operated on a capacity basis, so far as the help 

 situation will permit, although not to the full facilities of the 

 factories. The shorter week— practically all of the concerns 

 being operated on the 48-hours schedule— and the scarcity of 

 desirable help continuing to be serious handicaps to the manu- 

 facturers. 



With the easement from night and day work resulting fnmi 

 the closing of government contracts the factories for the lir^t 

 time in more than four years are returning to a nearer approach 

 to normal conditions. One evidence of this is to be seen in 

 the general shutdowns announced for the annual overhauling 

 of machinery, alteration, improvement and renovation of plants, 

 inventory of stocks and vacations of the employes. 



The Woonsocket Rubber Co. has announced a shut-down of 

 two weeks at the Woonsocket and Millville plants. The last 

 day of work at each mil! was on Thursday, July 31, and the 

 first day's work following the vacation will be on Monday, 

 .August 18. The two plants employ about 2,500 operatives, 

 1,700 at the Alice and 800 at the Millville factory. During the 

 vacation period repairs will be made at each plant. 



The factory of the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol has 

 closed down its shoe divisions for a summer vacation, the last 

 day for making up shoes being July 31, and operations^ will 

 be resumed on Monday, August 18. While the mill is closed 

 improvements are being made. 



The annual announcement of the assessments for the year 

 upon the corporate e-xcess of manufacturing, commercial, and 

 miscellaneous corporations in Rhode Island were made about the 

 middle of the month by the State Tax Commissioners. The 

 figures present an interesting study of business conditions and 

 show that the total valuation of corporate excess in the state 

 for the year is $270,366,059.22. In the list of corporations that 

 have a corporate excess of $10,000 or more are the following 

 that are connected, directly or indirectly, with the rubber in- 

 dustry: American Multiple Fabric Co., $128,399; American 

 Wringer Co., $1,061,936; Anchor Webbing Co., $175,289; Atlantic ■ 

 Tubing Co., $199,290; Blackstone Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.. 

 $42,136; Bourn Rubber Co., $230,335; Broadway Tire Exchange, 

 Inc.. $30,577; Collyer Insulated Wire Co., $405,056; Davol Rub- 

 ber Co., $220,569; Everlastik, Inc. (Boston), $351,081; The Fisk 

 Rubber Co. of New York (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts). 

 $37,600; Glendale Elastic Fabric Co. (Easthampton, Massa- 

 chusetts), $18,200; Goodby-Rankin Co., $99,840; The B. F. 

 Goodrich Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), $254,510; Good Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), $204,798; Hamilton Web Co., 

 $246,291; Hayward Rubber Co., Inc., $14,716; the Hill & La- 

 cross Co. (Cranston), $215,880; Hope Rubber Co., $56,724; 

 Hope Webbing Co. (Pawtucket), $1,592,510; Mechanical Fabric 

 Co., $543,867; Narragansett Rubber Co. (Bristol), $137,136; 



National India Rubber Co. (Bristol;, $1,891,236; O'Bannon 

 Corporation (Boston), $1,503,762; Phillips Wire Co., $2,264,- 

 042; Revere Rubber Co., $834,627; Shannock Narrow Fabric 

 Co., $90,460.; Sterl'ng Tire Corporation (Rutherford, New Jer- 

 sey), $45,828; Tubular Woven Fabric Co., $120,307; United 

 States Rubber Co. (New York), $2,045,574; United States Tire 

 Co. (New York), $81,341; Washburn Wire Co., $2,103,344; 

 Woonsocket Rubber Co. (Woonsocket), $499,898. 



At the Revere Rubber Co., where the new 48-hcnir-wcek 

 schedule has been in operation for more than a month, the 

 management announces that it is very gratifying to note that 

 the production has increased rather than diminished with 

 greater concentration of cfTorts on the part of the workers 

 since the company, when the working hours were curtailed, saw 

 to it that the wage schedule was adjusted so that the income of 

 the operatives would in no way suffer from the lessening of the 

 working hours. In fact, the wages of all piece and day workers 

 were raised about 12 per cent and a comparison, after the first 

 month under the new schedules, shows that the factory force is 

 making as much and in many cases more tlian <Jiey did under 

 the old 54 or 5S-hour schedule. 



About the first of last month 75 of the salesmen of the branch 

 stores of the United States Rubber Co., with a number of 

 oflicials of the United States Rubber Co., spent a day studying 

 the problems of rubber footwear manufacture at the factory of 

 the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol. They were enter- 

 tained by officials of the National company during their stay 

 in Bristol, the only drawback being the cold and rainy weather. 



The visiting salesmen were met at the depot by a delegation 

 from the National office and escorted to the factory, where the 

 forenoon was spent inspecting the making of shoes in detail 

 from beginning to the end. Luncheon was served at noon, 

 after which the young women of the company's office were 

 partners for the salesmen at the short season of dancing to 

 music by the factory orchestra. 



About 2 o'clock automobiles conveyed the visitors on a tour 

 of Ferry Hill, overlooking Mount Hope Bay, and the farm 

 of Colonel Samuel P. Colt, at Pappasquash. Here the party 

 inspected the big cattle barns with their herds of blooded stock. 

 Returning, the visiting Westerners assembled at the Hotel 

 Belvedere, where the salesmen listened to instructive talks by 

 .■\. W. Lawrence and W. F. Enright, on fabric footwear and 

 rubber shoes, respectively. 



Different groups of the men who visited Bristol had been 

 attending schools of salesmanship at the Boston Rubber Shoe 

 Co., Maiden, Massachusetts ; The Goodyear's Metallic Rubber 

 Shoe Co.. Naugatuck, Connecticut; the L. Candee Co., New 

 Haven, Connecticut; the American Rubber Shoe Co., Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts, and Woonsocket Rubber Co., Woon- 

 socket, during the preceding two weeks, and those who were 

 billetted in the latter city presented a large silver loving-cup, 

 engraved with the names of the donors, to George Schlosser, 

 general manager. The cup is for the management of the 

 Woonsocket Rubber Co., in recognition of the kindness be- 

 stowed on the salesmen during their stay in that city. Mr. 

 Schlosser responded with a short address of thanks. 



.After the Regent talk a sumptuous dinner was served at 

 the Belvedere, the dining room being elaborately decorated with 

 flags, while in the hallway was a large banner, reading, "Wel- 

 come Salesmen." The large picture over the mantel was 

 drawn by William Doran, and illustrated a group of salesmen 

 on the beach admiring fabric shoes on the feet of a sand bath- 

 ing-nymph. Led by the orchestra, the party sang popular and 

 patriotic songs and three cheers were given for "Mine Host" 

 Morrissey. 



-At 6 o'clock, despite the bad weather, a large number of 

 the visitors embarked on the chartered steamer "Sagamore" 



