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THE INDIA- 



-RUBBER 



WORLD 



November 1, 1914 



city, lit had a particular interest in these races, .1- two of the 

 leading„drivers, Bob Burnian and Ralph De Palma, used "Nas- 

 sau" tins on their machines. Mr. I )<■ Palma won the race at 

 Indianapolis, which is one o) the big sporting events of the West, 

 with these tires, while Bob Burman has used them for two years. 

 winning in many of the events he has entered. Mr. Duffield be- 

 lieves that there is great advertising value in auto races. "Noth- 

 ing calls the attentii n of the people to tires like the from page 

 newspaper accounts of auto races," he- said, "for it is upon tires 

 thai a race largely depends. Without the proper sort of rubber 



iu tires, trouble is certain to come." 



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1.. L Bucklew, who was recently appointed special representa- 

 tive of the Department of Commerce of the United States Gov- 

 ernment, was in the city last week talking with a number of the 

 leading rubber men. He leaves in a few days to spend a year tor 

 more in the study of commercial conditions in South America. 

 Local rubber men told him. as well as they could, just what it 

 was that they wanted to learn. I'pon his return Mr. Bucklew 

 will file his report with the government, and the result of his 

 lahors will he made public. Rubber manufacturers here are all 

 the more interested in Mr. Bucklew's mission owing to the fact 

 that an all- water route from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico will 

 soon be a tact. It requires only the dttpening of 60 miles of 

 canal which forms the connecting link between the Chicago river 

 and the head-waters of the Illinois river. 



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W. 11. Salisbury & Co., Inc.. have just entered upon the sixtieth 

 year of their career as rubber merchants in this city. This com- 

 pany has been continuously in business since its establishment in 

 1855, though many changes have of course occurred in its per- 

 sonnel. A folder recently distributed by the company, calling at- 

 tention to tilt various lines of rubbtr goods— hose and acces- 

 sories, belting, packing, tiling, drug and hospital supplies, molded 

 goods, etc.— carried in stock, announces that the company is 

 "59 years old and proud of it. Not just proud of years, but of 

 the fact that we have so long enjoyed the confidence of the 

 trade," and states that they propose to round out their sixtieth 

 year with nothing left undone for the good of their customers. 



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Ross White, formerly manager of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co. branch at Columbus, Ohio, has been transferred to Chicago 

 as manager of the branch in this city; while C. M. McCreery, 

 former Chicago manager, has been promoted to the position of 

 assistant to H. P. Ziegler, manager of the Western district. 



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I. W. Penniman has been appointed Western sales manager of 

 the Walpole Tire & Rubber Co.. of Walpole. Massachusetts, with 

 headquarters in the Brooks building, this city. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



By Our Regular Correspondent 

 HE tire manufacturing industry on the Pacific Coast is 



at 725 South C street, Tacoin.i. Washington. This branch i> 

 in charge of C. 11. Underberg, who was formerly manager of 

 the San Francisco office. 



The year 1915 will probably sec a larger number of visitors 

 111 the West than c\cr before and it is the aim of the l'isk 

 company, through its various branches, to be in a position to 

 supplj all the requisites of the automobiling tourists as well 

 as information regarding routes, road conditions, etc. The 

 resorts along the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad to Big 

 1 iick. Kings River Canyon and General Grant Park, as well 

 as the north fork of the San Joaquin, are said to be attracting 

 large numbers of motorists, and the views to be seen from the 

 roadways on tin- sides of the mountains are described as 

 magnificent. 



In support of his claim that the automobile is not only an 

 efficient, but an economical means of transportation. Mi 

 II. B. Pratt, Pacific Coast manager for the Fisk company, cites 

 an instance where a jury in a certain ease being tried in 

 Seattle, and a number of witnesses were ordered taken from 

 ih. court room to inspect a road a mile and a half long not 

 far from the city. The exptnse of such a trip by hired auto- 

 mobiles would have been $79.5(1. hut a similar previous trip 

 having been criticised, this one was made by street car. at 



a cost of $205.50. 



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John S. Weise. for several years manager of the United 

 States Tire Co.'s Los Angeles branch, has been appointed 

 sales manager of the local factory "of the Winton Motor 



Car Co. 



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The Jones Auto Supply Co., of Oakland, California, has taken 

 an agency for Repuhlic tires. The products of the Republic 

 Rubber Co. have until now been handled exclusively in this city 

 by the Imperial Garage & Supply Co., but as the interest in 

 motoring increases it becomes necessary also to increase dis- 

 tributing facilities for tires and other accessories. 



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soon to be extended by the addition of another factory- 

 competing for the business of this territory. The Halliwell 

 Co., formerly agent for the Knight Tire & Rubber Co., of 

 Canton, Ohio, has decided to go into the manufacturing end 

 of the business, making a line of motor vehicle tires but 

 specializing in sizes for Ford cars. D. W. McElligott, man- 

 ager of the company in San Francisco, states that it is for 

 the purpose of developing home industry and at the same 

 time keeping a big share of the tire business on this coast 

 that the company has made plans to manufacture Halliwell 



tire- here. 



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The Fisk Rubber Co.. of Chicopee Falls. Massachusetts, 

 early in October opened its tenth store on the Pacific Coast. 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



HERE has been comparatively little change noted in the 

 rubber industry in this state during the past month, the va- 

 rious plants, according to the lines of goods produced, experienc- 

 ing diversified conditions. There is a very optimistic feeling 

 among the managers of the local plants, however, that there 

 will be a general reawakening of business within a short time that 

 will start up the idle machinery that is to be found in some of 

 the plants. The rubber shot workers are running full time, with 

 orders ahead, and there has been a slight improvement in the 

 wire departments. The automobile accessory makers are still 

 behind normal, but are looking for an early improvement. The 

 makers of special surgical and druggists' supplies are reported 

 as being very busy, with some orders coming in from abroad 

 that will keep them going for the rest of this year, at least. 

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Materially interested in everything that pertains to the settle- 

 ment of the difficulties of the Walpole Tire and Rubber Co. be- 

 cause of the close affiliation of the affairs of this concern with 

 those of the Atlantic Xational Bank, of this city, and the Con- 

 sumers' Rubber Co., of Bristol, the action of the Federal Court, 

 at Boston, on October 19, in again postponing the sale of the 

 Walpole plant, is generally commended. 



The matter of fixing the date for the sale of the Walpole com- 

 pany property was put forward, upon the recommendation of the 

 receivers, in concurrence with counsel of the stockholders, to 

 January 4, 1915. Leave was granted to interested parties to 

 bring the matter before the court on ten days' notice. The 



