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TvHE -INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[X-OYKVIBiR I, 1414. 



MR." C' Ei- SIEGFRIED. 



Mr ( E. Siegfried; who, as stated in cur October issue, 

 has. become the Akron representative of Charles E'. Wood. 

 the crude rubber 

 broker of New 

 York, lias had quite 

 in extended experi- 

 ni the rubber 

 industry. For eighl 

 years he was con- 

 nected with t h e 

 * ii 'I idyear Tire & 

 Rubber Co., being 



for three years ill 



charge of their 

 molded gi >ods sales 

 department. 1 1 e 

 lias also had charge 

 of the same depart- 

 ment in the Miller 

 Rubber Co.. I It- 

 has traveled ex- 

 tensively in : h c 

 West, where he is 

 w ell acquainted with 

 the rubber trade. 



C. E. Siegfried. 



EXHIBITORS AT THE AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 

 At the automobile shows to be held by the National Automo- 

 bile Chamber of Commerce in New York and Chicago, under 

 dates of January 2-9 and January 23-30, respectively, the fol- 

 lowing accessory manufacturers will have exhibits : Double 

 Fabric Tire Co., Auburn, Indiana; Voorhees Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co.. Jersey City; A. Schrader's Son, Inc., Brooklyn; 

 C. A. Shaler Co., Waupun, Wisconsin; F. S. Carr Co., Boston; 

 Leather Tire Goods Co., Niagara Falls, and the Pantasote Co., 

 New York. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



W. T. Kyle has joined the sales force of The Okonite Co. at the 

 company's general office, 253 Broadway, New York City. Mr. 

 Kyle has been for the past six years connected with the Duplex 

 Metals Co., as district sales manager. 



A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed on October 19 by 

 the National Insulate Co., of Springfield, Massachusetts, with 

 liabilities $13,839; assets $7,610. 



The Revere Rubber Co., of Providence, Rhode Island, has re- 

 ceived a large order for solid tires to equip trucks being made 

 for the French and Russian governments. 



The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a 

 decree of the District Court in an opinion handed down in the 

 suit of the Haskell Golf Ball Co. against the Sporting Goods 

 Sales Co., for infringement of Patent No. 622,834. issued April 

 11. 1889, to Work & Haskell, on a golf ball. The court finds 

 the patent of the complainant was valid and was infringed by 

 the defendant. The patent covers a composite ball of rubber, 

 the golf ball used for fifty years prior to that time having been 

 made of gutta percha. 



The Allen Auto Specialty Co., of New York, has brought suit 

 against E. G. Baker, of the same place, for infringement of the . 

 Nathan tire case patent No. 799,622 owned by that company. «, 

 Mr. Baker is the New York representative of the Gilbert Mann-' 

 facturing Co., of New Haven. Connecticut, which manufactures 

 tire covers, fleece-lined rubber covers and other accessories. 



The Ruhberset Co., Ltd.. has been incorporated at Toronto, 

 Ontario, with a capital stock of $40,000 to manufacture rubber 

 goods. Among the incorporators are J. W. Pickup. James 

 Aitchison and Duncan McArthur. 



The Chester Rubber Tire & Tube Co., of Chester, West \ ir- 

 ginia. has purchased additional ground and will enlarge its plant. 



The F. O. Small Co. has been incorporated in Boston with a 

 capital stock of $25,000 to manufacture and deal in rubber pulp. 



leather, etc. 



The Atlas Rubber & Belting Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $1,000 to $10,000. 



The II. Phillips Rubber Co., of New York, has been petitioned 

 intC bankruptcy, with liabilities of $12,!i0l), and assets valued at 

 $8,000. 



\i a meeting of the consuls general in New York of Latin 

 American republics, the Latin American Consular Association i 

 New York was formed, the aim of which is to promote trade 

 between the L'nited States and the countries represented. Fif- 

 teen of the twenty Latin American consuls general in New York 

 are members of this new association. 



Employes of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, have 

 contributed $68 to the Red Cross Fund for the aid of the Euro- 

 pean war sufferers. 



The Avon Tire Co., of Lynn, which recently purchased and 

 moved into the plant formerly occupied by the Sagamore Rubber 

 Co. at East Saugus, Massachusetts, is now operating, with a 

 force of about 100 employes, turning out a line of solid tires. 



The American Steel & Wire Co., which manufactures rubber 

 covered and other wires, is planning the erection of a.'ohe-ston 

 building at the north works of its plant at Worcester, Massa- 

 chusetts. This building will be 72x108 feet in area, and will 

 be used tor storage purposes. 



A cable from London on October 1 stated that the embargo 

 on the exportation of aniline oil had been raised. 



In a recent address by the buyer for a prominent Boston shoe 

 concern, manufacturers and retailers were jointly advised to 

 make an effort to continue rubber soles and to push felt soles 

 to the front "as a fad for the faddists who can afford them.'' It 

 was stated that if 10,000.000 pairs of rubber or felt sole shoes 

 could be sold next season it would greatly relieve the pressure 

 on sole leather. 



The Livingston-Hinkle Rubber Co. has been formed at Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, by G. E. Livingston, former manager of the B. F. 

 Goodrich Co.'s branch in that city. The new company will deal 

 in automobile tires and accessories. 



The Boston Rubber Shoe Co., of 1 . Maiden, Massachusetts, is 

 about to open" a carriage cloth department, which will turn out 

 a specially high grade*.of " rubber ducks and dfjlls, having ample 

 facilities for manufacturing large quantities at short notice. 



The Detroit Insulated Wire Co.: of Detroit, Michigan, is en- 

 larging its manufacturing facilities by the erection of two new 

 buildings} respectively, 57x138 and 35x50 feet in area. The gen- 

 eral offices' of the company will be located in one of these addi- 

 tions, while the present office quarters will be used for factory 

 purposes. Additional machinery equipment for the new build- 

 ings has been arranged for. 



The Consumers' Accessories Co.. of Indianapolis; has placed 

 on the ,tnarket a tire built exclusively for Ford cars. This is 

 known'Ss an over-size tire, the reason given being that', the 

 fabric •fcnd tread are 25 per cent, heavier than the ordinary tire 

 of this type. It is made in two sizes only — 30x3 and 30x3.5 inches 

 — specialization in these two sizes minimizing cost. 



The Parsons Non-Skid Co. and the Weed Chain Tire Grip 

 Co., of New York, have secured an interlocutory decree against 

 the Leather Tire Goods Co., also of New York, to restrain the 

 latter company from marketing a device held to be an infringe- 

 ment of the Weed patents. 



