December 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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and a line of combined leather and rubber soles. Mr. Ryder 

 will probablj confine his activities, tor the present, to 



warding the sale of these special! 



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Rubber soles are being used 10 a greater extent than 

 before by Xe\\ I ngland shoe manufacturers. It is estimated 

 tliat one million pairs of rubbei soled shoes will be manu- 

 factured in Lynn alone thi ton, Haverhill, 

 Auburn and other leading shoe centres are using 

 ticn. illy large amounts of rubber soles, and manufacture) 

 these goods are rushing. There are also many soles used 

 which have rubber as a component , leather, etc., 



being used in greater or less proportions \ ng the recent 



additions to this class of manufactures is the "Comporub 

 Gum Fibre Sole," made by the Clark Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., of Franklin. Massachusetts. 



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Friends of N. Lincoln Greene of the American Rubber Co. 

 of Cambridge, are congratulating him on the advent of a 

 daughter, born Saturday the 14th of November. 



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X. P. James, of the Boston office of the Firestone Tire 

 and Rubber Co., is to wed Miss Freda Phillips, of Don he ter. 

 The en nt was formally announced last month. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 

 By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 '"Till, business of the Akron rubber companies seems to be in 

 ■*■ a healthy condition, and to have been less seriously af- 

 fected by the war than was at first anticipated. Several of the 

 larger concerns have lately declared dividends at the usual rate, 

 and others report that the past year has been one of uni 

 success. 



The Miller Rubber Co., for instance, whose annual meeting 

 of stockholders was held November 12. reports in a statement 

 of business for the fiscal year just ended: "It has been our 

 banner year. Sales were over two and a half million dollars, 

 and the net profits, after allowing col depreciation on buildings, 

 machinery and tools, and crude and finished material, together 

 with paying 7 per cent, dividend on the preferred stock, and 10 

 per cent, on the common stock, were increased to $528,000. The 

 net earnings were about double those of the previous year, or 

 40 per cent, on the average stock liability for the year. \\ e 

 adding 1,000 horse power to our power plant, and 75.000 addi- 

 tional feet of door space, which will give us a floor area oi 

 and niie-half acres." 



The following officers were re-elected : President, Jacob 

 Pfeiffer; vice-president, C. T. Grant; treasurer, F. B. Thei 

 secretary and assistant treasurer, William F. Pfeiffer. These 

 officers, with J. M. Doran, comprise the board of directors. 



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The manager of the truck tire sales department of The I!. F. 

 Goodrich Co., S. V. Norton, made an address at the Motor Truck 

 Convention held in Detroit recently, which was received with 

 much interest. The subject of this talk was "The Causes and 

 Effects of Overloading and Overspeeding in the Truck Tire 

 Field," being a discussion of tire abuses, their cause and their 

 effect on the wear and life of the tire. The Goodrich company 

 has prepared a list of folders dealing at length with the common 

 causes of tire abuse and with the remedies. These are intended 

 for free distribution either from the Akron office or branches. 



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A reorganization of the Star Rubber Co.. of this city, has been 

 effected, the entire assets of the business being purchased at re- 

 ceivers' sale and all obligations assumed by the new concern. 

 The officers of the company as reorganized are : P 

 George W. Carmichael ; vice-president, J. \V. Miller; treasurer, 

 \V. E. Wright ; secretary and general manager, E. M. Caldwell. 



The superintendent and sales manager, M. B. Clark and G. E. 

 Hall, were associated with the old organization, while Mr. Cald- 

 well, thi was for several years sales manager of the 



drug Mini- rtment of the Miller Rubber Co. The com- 



pany has arranged for a number of new distributing agencies in 

 the United States and abroad, and reports that, while general 



busini what dull, orders in hand are sufficient to keep 



ud that prospects an nally 



bright. 



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•nut has been raised for the relief of the 

 George D. Bab Fi i cond 



National Hank. is chairman of a committee of eight Akron busi- 

 ness men ami manufacturers engaged in raising funds for this 

 purpose. Three members of this committee are F. A. Seiberling, 

 ear Tire & Rubber Co.; C. B. Raymond, 



"i lli B. ] i inch Co., and A. Adamson, of the Adamson 



Machine I o I Ins committee came into being through the ac- 

 tivities of Mr. I rni i I Buckleton, president of the Northwestern 

 Rubber Co., of Liverpool, who has long been a personal friend of 

 Mr. Kates and who recently visited Akron in the interest of this 



fund. 



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Gregory Rubber Co., one of Akron's smaller but thriving 

 rubber concerns, which makes a specialty of toy balloons for ad- 

 vertising purposes, will move about December 1 to 144 North 

 Union street. The demands of increasing business have necessi- 

 tate, 1 tins move, and in its new home the company will have three 

 its former floor space, with double its old capacity. A line 

 oi rubber novelties for advertising, souvenir and premium pur- 

 is soon to be added to the factory output. 



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I lii G lyear ["in & Rubber Co. has just closed a very suc- 



1 season, its sales for the fiscal year just ended being re- 



porled as 35 per cent, in advance of those of the previous year. 



The sales convention held by this company from October 29 



1, and which ii' iii I brief mention in the November number 



of The India Rubber World, was attended by about 500 sales- 



and branch and district managers. Following the usual 



procedure in such events, visits were made to the factory and 



addresses were made and discussions entered into on subjects 



icularl ertinent to the promotion of sales. Among the 



at the convention were F. A. Seiberling, C. W. Seiber- 



Iing. W. E. Palmer, 11. S. Quine and W. D. Shilts— all officials 



of the company -C. H. Carlisle, of the G lyear Canadian com- 



and C. C. Hopkins, of Lord & H ma Three special 

 trains brought thesi lathes to Akron, and one feature 



of their visit which made a distinct impression upon the resi- 

 dents of the city was the parade from the hotel, across the city, 

 to the Goodyear plant. The California representatives brought 

 ■• as a mascot a real live bear, which attracted considerable 

 attention ambling along in the procession; the men from the 

 ii ago district were made up as minstrels, and the Southerners 

 were in costume suitable to the climate of the South. 



Of the 500 acres of land purchased two years ago by this 

 company for the purpose of building homes for its employes at 



i I, rati cost, about 100 acres have so far been improved, divided 



into 432 lots of 50x100 feet and over. The 111 homes built 

 about a year and a half ago have all been sold, building opera- 

 have been continued, and many lots have been purchased 

 for homes to be erected next year. A block of 5 acres is to be 

 ut for an athletic field, and another of about 28 acres is to 

 be devoted to a park system, probably to be later turned over to 

 the city. Schools and churches have also been provided for, and 

 the sale of intoxicating liquors within this district is forbidden. 



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The Akron Auto. Show will be held in the new O'Neil Build- 

 ing, at the corner of Church and South Main streets, from De- 

 cember 12 to 19. 



