April 1. 1915.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN BOSTON. 



/'_\ i ,n I', . ulai • rrci ■ dent. 



"PXIxINi, all accounts, by an. I large, opinions are mosl op 



timistii i' turi prospects foi a good, bus) season. 



11m- ma' manufacturers saj this is to be tin greatest year in 



omobiling inci thi hoi eless carriagi became a practicable 



ness proposition. rhose making tires hereabouts reporl 



good ord. i - ooked, an. I more in prospect, while agents "i mauu- 



i ers in othi tates tell thi - ime st. .rj . 'I he rubber shoe 



factories an- all bus) The seas low closed has been a g I 



om and ordei m coming in remarkabl) well for March busi- 

 ness. There is Inn a moderate all Eor belting, Inn hose is in 

 demand in anticipation of the suburban summer call, while there 

 seems to be a better than normal demand for fire hose. The 

 call i. i special hose f oi vacuum cleaners is on a itead) im 



Druggists' ^ Is always go well ai this tin year, and the 



present demand is satisfactory, Rubber clothing makers are 

 reasonably busy, with the nun on the road hustling for business. 

 Trade in rubber heels ami soles is flourishing, ami it is a pretty 

 1 r month when no new concern starts in tin* line, 



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I lie Xee.lliam lire tie. which has just fitted up a factor} ai 

 1 Ii.ule Rivei Village, lias started operations with a capacity of 

 lttti tires a da) ami with sales guaranteed foi half thai number. 

 Messrs. Patterson, father ami son, who were with tin- Pattet u 

 'lire i'ii,, hi Lowell, an both at the factory, taking personal 

 charge of the manufacture, the distributors being J. 11. Sz G. L. 

 Atwood, "t 182 184 Friend street Needham tins an- of the 

 clincher, qui. : tachable ami straight-side types, with plain 

 and nun-skiii treads, the Eormei selling with a guarantee oi 



00 miles' service, ami the latter 5,000 miles. 



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News wa- received here early last in.. nth .if the death of 



Frank II. Dodge at Laurel. California. Mr. Dodge was formerly 

 superintendent of the Fells factor) oi the Boston Rubber Shoi 

 Co., retiring a few years ago, when In- went to Laurel and. with 

 his son, secured an orchard ami went into fruit raising. He had 

 many friends in Melrose, where he was for a number of years 

 a resident, ami where he was prominent in beneficiary ami fra- 

 ternal organizations, lie leaves a widow and a son, Robert, 

 who was associated in business with him in California. 



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Rubber, from the Ama on in the shoe store, was reccntl) ex- 

 plained to ill. class of the Slme ami Leathei < ontinuation 

 School b) Ge rge E. B Putnam, editor of thi rubbet depart- 

 ment oi 'h< ''Boot ami Shoe Recorder," who illustrated his talk 

 with lantern slides furnished b) the editor of I in India Ribber 

 World. Mr. Putnam repeated his lecture to the Bo) Scouts of 

 In- In me town. Xewton Centre, ami by invitation will entertain 

 his brother Masons with a similar talk on the same subject. 



There ma) lie ill-luck in the number 13, but certainly tin- has 

 not applied to the Automobile Show In hi in Boston last month. 

 which was the thirteenth annual exhibition of this nature. It is 

 not yet announced how many attended, but it was somewh. 

 near a quarter of a million people. Ever) day was a buyini 

 and mini} machine-, '.on sold, more than al an) previous 



how, with plenty "i "prospects' I Ice.l for future business. 



'I he outlook is foi i liu-_\ season in Mew England, with a pros 

 pective demand for tires and other rubber accessories which 

 will servi to keep the factories booming, even at a time when 

 pessimists are prone to report that times are hard in some 

 industries. 



Quite a number of tire concerns had exhibits, and all of them 

 appeared well satisfied with the attention given their di 

 and the -ale- they made 



Sterling Tires, made by the Rutherford (New Jerse) I Rubber 



Co w ere exhibited b) W, V] Cowdi tin all ma 

 Xew England. ["hen was a practical demonstration in the 

 ! I making tires, two tire- i , in full 



view ot the man> visitors who crowded around the booth to 

 watch the expert maker. 

 The Enterprise Rubbet Co., 'of thi cploited the G. & J. 



ih. which was in charge of R. E Jackson, man- 

 age] ' iminent in this e> hi 



ing sign showing thi big seal of thi I nited States Rubber 

 i ., 



"Imperial" nie- wen- shown by the American Motor Equip- 

 ment I l \ an \ o. rhis, the president of the latter company 



taking personal charge ol the exhibit. These tires an mad. 

 :' , McGraw ["ire & Rubbet Co oi I as) Palestine, I 



\Y. T. Underwood, branch mai filler on. cure 



wrapped tread tires, made by the Miller Rubber Co., of Akron, 

 ' 'In, 



Mohawk I in al i made in Akron, by the Mohawk Rubber 

 ' I., w.i. shown b) the Green ett t ol Boston, Russell 



I Green of that firm being in chai , Mr. 



Green gave a continuous demonstration of the Sampson repair 



plug for mm 'i lull.--. 



VV. \. bills, of the llli- Ward Co.. waxed eloquent in talking 

 Reliable tires and al i Port ige tires, which the company ban 



Sab-man Duffie, who covers the Middle States a- traveling 

 representative for the Midgley Tire X Rubber Co., oi I an 

 Ohio, arranged an attractive exhibit of the steel wire embi 

 tires made by that company. 



I lie Dujardin Rubber Co., of New York, -em its factor) rep- 

 resentative, J. II. Parsons, to install an exhibit and to extol the 

 merits of the Economy tube to prevent blow outs Mr. Parsons 

 was kept busy explaining ami demonstrating to automobile 

 owners, who were interested listeners ami investigal 



Another blow-out preventive wa- shown b) I. Flexner, of 

 Flexner & Gylling, New England agents for the inner tube ar- 

 mor made bv the Interstate Manufacturing Co., of Mt. Clemens, 

 M ichigan 



Mr. Everett ami Mr, Newcomb, of the Dayton Tire Co. of 

 New England, were in alien. lance ai the exhibit of Marathon 

 tires mail.- at Cuyahoga I all-. Ohio, by the Marathon lire & 

 Rubber Co. 



V. J. Mulherin, Xew England distributer for the product of 

 the Howe Rubber Co., of Xew Brunswick, Xew Jersey, proved 

 elf an efficient demonstrator ami salesman. 



Much interest was manifested in the exhibit of the I riplex 



pneumatic inner tube, which to all intents and purposes enables 



the motorist In have on each tire three inner tubes, thus allowing 



for lhree punctures, blowouts or similar trouble , , it is 



-arv to remove and rem 



Harry Braender, vici president of the Braender lire & Rub- 

 ber Co., "I Rutherford, New ferse) and F. E. Kelly, eastern 

 ii, Mil... c-.en .,n dut) exhibiting the tires bearing the 

 Braendei name, and explaining their claim- for superiority. 



\ crowd wa- to be seen at all times surrounding the booth 



v, .In re Sewell i ushion wheels were being shown and their in- 



- construction explained. These wheels for motor trucks 



,nle In the Sewell Cushion Wheel I o., Detroit. Mich., and 



their exhibit at the -how was managed by E. II. Milliken, Bos- 



i .ii lepri sentative. 



The Dreadnaught I in & Rubbet i of Baltimore, was 



represented b) C. C. Fox, Xew England manager. At this 

 own several tires with remarkable records, among 

 them one which had given a service of 11,328 miles, by ( ieorge 

 II. Robertson, the well-known racer, and which Mr. Fox con- 

 sidered capable of a thousand more miles. At this booth were 

 distributed -nine very ingenious miniature models of Dread- 

 naught vacuum tires to which straps were attached, making 

 them applicable for watch-fobs, a decidedly novel idea. 



