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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 

 By 0u> Regulat I on espondent. 



THERE has been a gradual but on the whole a substantial 

 improvement in the condition of business among the rub- 

 ber factories in this vicinitj during the month. While appreciat- 

 ing the possibilities of the European embargo on rubber, the 

 local manufacturers bave continued optimistic and have con 

 .hutiil their plants along conservative Inns with hopes oi a 

 modification before their stocks of crude material should be- 

 come exhausted. 



There art evidences on all sides oi an increased volume of 

 business. The factories making boots and shoes have been fa 

 vored by the weather conditions so far. Other Inns of the in 

 dustrj have also enjoyed encouraging activity, and all anticipate 

 steady employment for some time to come. 



who was con I with the former management foi .1 long time 



and later was receiver of the Consumers' company, i operal 

 ing Ins plant to capacity ami. it is understood, has orders on 

 bis books sufficient in keep '! engaged on full time- for si 



weeks I me Mi' increased activity in the plant has called 



for an increase of help in the office departments. 

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The big plan! ol the American Wringer I o., on Social street, 

 Woonsocket, resumed operations on Januarj 4 aftei a ten days 

 shut-down for the purpose oi taking tin- annual account of 

 ami to make an overhauling ami repairing of machinery, boilers, 

 engines, etc While the plant was closed ,),,■ boilers were 

 given especial attention General Manager M. M. llvnn siatcs 

 that the plant has resumed operations with encouraging pros 

 pects for stead) work for some months to conic. 



A trial is now being conducted before Judge Arthur 1.. Brown, 

 in the United States District Court in this city, of Edward P. 

 Metcalf, former president of the suspended Atlantic National 

 Bank, and others, for alleged misapplication of the funds of the 

 bank At the tune the Walpole Tire & Rubber Co. was forced 

 into the hands of a receiver, following the suspension of the 

 Atlantic National Hank, it was stated that the financial difficul- 

 ties of the bank had entered materially into the embarrassments 

 of the Walpole company. The affairs of the Walpole company 

 have progressed slowly to the point of selling the plant and 

 business, hut the date of sale has been repeatedly postponed 

 from time to time, and recently was again set for March 10. at 

 11 :30 a. m. 



Business has been rather quiet in some of the departments of 

 the Washburn Wire Co.'s plant at Phillipsdale, ami advantage 

 has been taken for overhauling, repairing and general improve- 

 ments. The waste heat boilers recently installed in the open 

 hearth department are undergoing thorough fists 



Charles R. Remington, general manager of the company, was 

 confined to his home in North Seekonk, Massachusetts, for some 

 time the past month by severe illness. 



The factor) of the National India Rubber Co., at Bristol, re- 

 sumed operations on Monday, January 4, with sufficient orders 

 for footwear on the hooks to give steady work to at least 2.000 

 employes during the remainder of the winter. I luring the shut- 

 down the main portion of the plant underwent thorough and 

 extensive repairs, and a tine system of stop levers was installed. 

 under the direction of Vice-President LeBaron C. ("oil. to pre- 

 vent accident to the employes at the calenders and grinders. 



tine of the most important changes was the removal of all 

 the sewing machines — numbering over 300 — to a room in 

 the building which was formerlj used for a store house. There 

 are also being installed 140 additional sewing machines, winch 

 will make a total of 440 ill use. When everything is completed 

 the company will employ a larger number of hands and turn 

 out more rubber footwear than ever in its history 



Superintendent .lames W. F.ranklin, of the National companj 

 was pleasantly remembered Christmas by the employes of the 

 silo- department, when he was given a large and handsome cut 



■Mass punch howl 



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The plant of the International Rubber Co. at Harrington has 

 been working with double shifts in most of its departments fot 

 several weeks, and there are orders enough on hand to keep up 

 the present pace for some time to come. 



Terrence McCarthy is carrying on an active business in the 

 manufacture of tennis shoes and arctics at his factory — for- 

 nurlv the Consumers' Rubber Co. — at Bristol. Mr. McCarthy, 



The plant of the Davol Rubber Co., on Point street. Provi- 

 dence, has been gradually resuming a full-time schedule in its 

 numerous departments during the past few weeks, so that ill. 

 entire establishment is now running practically to its capacity. 

 It is reported thai the company has recently been in receipt of 

 several large orders lor surgical goods which are to he used by 

 the Allies in their field hospitals. 



FEDERAL COURT HOLDS STATE TIRE CORE 

 PATENT INVALID. 



A DECISION of great importance to manufacturers of detach- 

 able tires, and tire core manufacturers, has just been ren- 

 dered by Judge Dodge of the United States District Court for 

 the District of Massachusetts, in the case of tin Goodyear I ire S 

 Rubber Co. vs. the Hood Rubber Co., holding invalid all oi tin- 

 claims of United States patent 865,064, granted September 3, 1907. 

 to Will C. State, and now owned by the Goodyear companj 



This patent covers the core shown in the accompanying illus- 

 tration. It is made with a plurality of segments that abut 

 against each other. It has headed inner 

 flanges and two rings channeled to lit them. 

 The sections are assembled and bolted firmly 

 together by the rings. 



It was asserted bj the plaintiff in the suit 

 that the State patent covered all types of 

 cores, used in the manufacture of detachable 

 tires, having substantially non-extensible 

 edges and comprising a plurality of inde- 

 pendent sections held in ring formation by 

 one or more rings overlapping the inner 

 portions of the sections. 



The court found that, prior to the inven- 

 tion of this core by Slate, substantially the 

 same construction bad been in commercial 

 use at the plant of The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 of Akron, Ohio, and had also been in general use by the Fisk 

 Rubber Co., of Chicopee halls, Massachusetts, in the manufac- 

 ture of detachable tires, having substantially non-extensible 

 edges 



The suit just decided was tiled December 5. 1910. Another 

 suit on the same patent brought by the Goodyear Tire .\ Rub 

 ber Co. against the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., of Trenton. New 

 Jersey, is now pending in the United States District Court fbr 

 the District of New Jersey. 



A — Core. 

 B — Readed Flange?. 

 C — Clamping Rings. 



The Taunton Rubber Co.. Taunton. Massachusetts, has m 

 nit" its new factory on Easi Whitehill street. J. L. Cifford. sales 

 manager, is very optimistic over the future prospect- of tl,e 

 business. 



