\"! ui 1. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



395 



AJAX-GRIEB RUBBER CO. LIVING UP TO AGREEMENTS. 



The Ajax Grieb Rubber Co., of Trenton, New Jersey, which 

 manufactures the- Ajax lire, has scut the following notice t < > its 

 tiro dealers, asking their co-operation- by livi the terms 



of the agreements under which rubber is now being purchased 

 in continuing the suspension of the British embai 



"As manufacturers we are obliged to rely upon the good 

 faith of our customers and their assurances that they will 

 not export any Ajax tires, excepting to Great Britain, a 

 British possession. France or Russia, and only to a European 

 neutral country by way of the United Kingdom, and should 

 any Ajax tires be exported to a non European country you 

 will gne to the British Consul in your district the detai 

 such shipments. 



"The continuation of rubber shipments from Great Britain 



depends entirely upon thi g I faith of the American rubber 



trade, and we ask your CO operation in this matter." 



HOW THEY DETECT RUBBER IN BALES OF COTTON. 



The attempt to export rubber secreted in bales of cotton 

 was described on pag< 314 of the March issue of this publication. 

 The rubber was 

 in the form of 

 sheets laid very 

 evenly inside of 

 the cotton bale-. 

 with a thickness 

 of several inches 

 oi cotton outside 

 tin- rubber. But 

 t h e X-rays to 

 which e x p o r t 

 goods are sub- 

 j e c t e d by the 

 British Secret 

 Service showed 

 that there was 

 si ime foreign 

 substance con- 

 cealed within the 

 cotton. The il- 

 lustration here- 

 with shows the 

 method of exam- 

 ining exports by 

 means of the X- 

 ray. In the pic- 

 ture a bale of 



cott i i • ing ted to the rays. The inspector, standing at 



the right, can deli he rays arc applied, any unevenness 



or peculiarity in the packagi befon him It will be noticed that 

 not only is his face protected, inn his whole body is covered with 

 a sheet of rubber and lead, so that the rays going through the 

 package may not have an injurious effect upon the inspector. 



THE MISHAWAKA COMPANY TO MAKE A NEW LIGHT RUBBER. 



The Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Co.. of Mishawaka, 

 Indiana, which manufactures the well-known "Mall Band" rub- 

 ber boots, arctics, wool boots, etc., has started work on a new 

 manufacturing and office addition to its plant. The new build- 

 ing will he 400 x 100 feet in size and will cost in the neighbor- 

 hood of $500,000. With the completion of this addition it is 

 expected that the company will increase the operating force 

 from the present 2,600 to about 3,(00. producing a new line of 

 light weight rubbers, on which deliveries are to begin next Jan- 

 uary. The office portion of the new building w ill be six stories 

 high and will be constructed with a view to "welfare" features 

 and all convenience-, fi r the offici staff of 200 person-.. The 

 factory portion will lie four stories high. 



I pi I raood, New ! 



British Secret Service Men- 



trade news notes. 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, is soon 

 to erect a brick building for its branch at Omaha, Xebraska, 

 of which I . C. Rudisell is manager. This building will be 

 37 \ No feet, three stories high, will cost approximately 

 $35,000 ami will be located on Furnian street. 



The Knight Tire & Rubber Co., of Canton, Ohio, has 

 established a branch at 716 Xorth Broad street, Philadelphia, 

 in charge of bred Harrington. 



\ rubber short 1 t. v.ool-lined. is the best footwear for 



tin soldier in tin- present war, where he spends so much 

 of his lime in the tren< In--. 



The Faultless Rubber Co., of Ashland, Ohio, is contem- 

 plating the addition to its plant of a two-story building 60 

 x 180 feet, also a two-story wing 50 x 50 feet. 



On \pril 1 the Detroit branch of the Pennsylvania Rubber 

 Co., of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, will remove to new and 

 larger quarters in the Edwin St. George building. 



C. Kuentzel, 

 formerly con- 

 nected with the 

 Goodyear Tire & 

 Rubber Co., of 

 Akron, Ohio, and 

 an inventor of 

 machinery for 

 use in rubber 

 manufacture, has 

 opened an office 

 in Akron, as 

 consulting engi- 

 neer. He will 

 devote special at- 

 tention to the 

 improvement and 

 design of ma- 

 chines suitable to 

 all branches of 

 rubber goods 

 manufacture. 



The annual 

 meeting of the 

 American Auto- 

 mobile Associa- 

 tion, for the year 

 IS and 19. 

 A'hich describe it as 



X-Raying Bales of Co: 



1915, will be held in Boston, May 



Chewing gum wrapped in labels 

 flavored with fruit when it is not actually so flavored will 

 hereafter be regarded as adulterated and misbranded within 

 the meaning oi thi Food and Drugs Act. 



The Society of Automobile Engineers will hold its summer 

 meeting from June 14 to 16, inclusive, in conjunction with an 

 excursion to Georgian Bay. starting from and returning to 

 Detroit, on the steamer "Noranic" of the Xorthern Naviga- 

 tion Co. line. 



Ingram & Son. of London. England, manufacturers of rub- 

 ber nipples, and said to be the first concern to produce a 

 practical transparent article of this nature, have recently in- 

 creased their manufacturing facilities by factory additions, so 

 that they are now in a position to fully meet trade demands. 

 Their representative in this country is Frmst Monnier, Boston. 



The Elgin road races, promoted by the Chicago Attti 

 bile Club, will be held this year August 20 and 21. 



GEORGE E. PELL MOVES TO LARGER OFFICES. 



Mr George I Pell opened an office about six months ago in 

 the Produce Exchange Annex. New York, as a broker in crude 

 rubber, but be has already outgrown his original quarters, and 

 late in March he moved to more capacious offices in the same 

 building. He is now to be found in rooms 4 and 5, floor L, 

 Annex. 



