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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1915. 



And speaking of advertising matter, Champion spark pi 

 were well exploited bj the distribution of red rubber ball 

 on which the name was printed in white letters. Several thou 

 sand of these balloons were distributed at the fair and, besides, 

 they were given to diners in the various fashionabli dining 

 rooms and cafes during the week of the show . 



The Standard Woven Fabrii i Framingham, Mass., had 



a notable exhibit oi Multibestos brake lining, friction tape and 

 other rubber and cloth Fa n mechanical purposes. This 



was in charge of M, 1). Davieson and R. I). Northrop, salesmen 

 for i : | any. 



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Not only is the factor) of the Boston Rubber Shoe ( o busy 

 on its standard lines of rubbei footwear, but it is turning out 

 an excellent quality of rubber soles, which are being sold quite 

 extensively to manufacturers of leather shoes. Besides this, a 

 department is kept busy in making the Knu-Shu, a canvas- 

 top, rubber-sole and heel working shoe which has attained a 

 remarkable popularity. 



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George Randall (son of C. W. Randall. London agent of the 

 Hood Rubber Co.), who came to this country to learn by prac- 

 tical experience in the Hood Rubber Co.'s factory the modus 

 operandi of making rubber goods, returning home a year or two 

 ago, was a member of one of the British regiments and went to 

 the front with his comrades. The many friends he made while 

 here will regret to learn of word having been received last 

 month that young Randall was killed in action in a recent battle. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN CHICAGO. 

 By Our Regular Correspondent, 



Till', past month in the local rubber trade has been the best 

 of the year thus far. The mechanical line has been the 

 subject of an especially brisk demand from all sections of the 

 Middle West and the West. Garden hose orders, which were 

 slow in January and early February, have been coming with a 

 rush for several weeks past, and a great deal of shipping on this 

 item alone has been done. The several rubber clothing men in- 

 terviewed declare that they have all the orders they can handle 

 and that it is a question of getting the goods out promptly rathei 

 than of getting the orders. 



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Buck & Raynor, the large drug firm which has always featured 

 rubber goods in the big store at the corner of State and Madison 

 streets, the "busiest corner in the world," has started the erection 

 of a fine new building two blocks farther south, at Adams and 

 State streets. The structure is to be modern in every respect 

 and a special department will be devoted to rubber specialties. 

 The window space is to be constantly at the disposal of the 

 rubber department, so that while the article- featured from 

 week to week will be different, nothing but rubber goods will be 

 placed in the windows. The company has offered a prize of $100 

 to the person submitting the most suitable name for the building. 



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The sub-basement sales of rubber goods in the department 

 stores here may become a thing of the past if certain legislation 

 which is now planned passes the city council. Commissioner of 

 Health Young has introduced a measure which calls for the 

 elimination of the sub-basement for trade purposes, and iron 

 present appearances it is extremely likely that it will pass. The 

 sub-basement sales have played an important part in the work- 

 of the department stores in the past, being widely advertised 

 to the foreign population. Mr. Young in a recent address stated 

 that he believes thirty feet below the level of the street to bi 



far down to take the public I iods. 



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Edward G. Leszynsky, president of the Asphalt & Rubber Co.. 

 died recently at St. I. tike's Hospital here after an operation for 



appendicitis. He was one of the best known and most popular 

 rubber men in the city. He had been ill only three days. He 

 was a native of California and a graduate of the University of 

 Heidelberg, Germany, and of Columbia University, New York, 

 lie leaves a widow a m daughter. The funeral was held at 



Racine, Wisconsin. He was 59 years old. 



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The Manufacturers' Rubier & Supplj Co. has incorporated for 

 $10,000 ;unl will conduct a business in this city, Automobile sup- 

 plies and rubber g Is in genera] will be handled. It is probable 



that a location at som< point along automobile row" will be 

 ted .i- headquarters. The incorporators of the company 

 an VV. E. Anderson, W. R. Anderson, and N. Johnson. The 

 company will carry some fine line of inner tubes for automobiles 

 and motorcycles and will also pay considerable attention to the 

 smaller rubber items of a practical nature. 



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Rubber linns that have been looking Ei i contracts for hose and 

 matting on some of the new buildings going up in the "loop" 

 district are much disappointed over the fact that a strike among 

 the lathers and wood finishers has tied up the work on a number 

 of the jobs and thus delayed the granting of contracts. How- 

 es er. there is every chance, according to recent reports, that the 

 labor trouble will be settled soon, and then the business will 

 probably be given out without further delay. 

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I he Consumers' Tire & Service Co. has incorporated in Chi- 

 cago to own, hire, repair and let automobiles, tires, etc. All ' 

 rubber accessories to automobiles will be handled. The incor- 

 porators are Lynn S. and Earl C. Snow, and Robert A. Stevens. 

 All of the incorporators are well experienced in the automobile 

 supply line, having worked with various concerns around the 



city. 



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About April 1 the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co. and the 

 American Belting Co., represented by Elmer E. Bast, at 168 W. 

 Randolph street, will move to handsome new quarters at 1229 

 S. Michigan avenue, occupying the entire first floor and basement 

 of one of the finest structures on "automobile row." 



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Another concern which is to move soon from present location 

 is the New York Belting & Packing Co. However, the company 

 will not move far, going from the present address at 130 W. 

 Lake street to the building immediately next door. Repairs are 

 now being made on the front of the building into which this 



company will move. 



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Five per cent, of the total gross sales of a commercial estab- 

 lishment is not too much to spend for advertising, according to 

 the statement of Henry C. Lytton. president of the "Hub," and 

 one of the oldest and most respected of the pioneer State street 

 merchants, in an address before the Illinois Retail Clothiers' As- 

 50' ition last week. Mr. Lytton said that as he grew in years and 

 i ience he would even feel inclined to increase this per cent. 



GOVERNMENT IN CONTROL OF PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BENZOL 

 AND TOLUOL. 



A process has been discovered, according to a report of 

 the Secretary of the Interior, by Dr. Rittman, a chemical 

 engineer employed by the Bureau of Mines, for the derivation 

 from crude petroleum of benzol and toluol, for use in making 

 high explosives and aniline dyes, and a co-operative arrange- 

 ment has been entered into between the Bureau and a com- 

 pany which manufactures explosives for the establishment at 

 Pittsburgh of a plant costing not less than $200,000 for carry- 

 ing on this work. Patents have been issued on the process 

 and under the contract all devices, improvements, etc., de- 

 iped at this experimental plant are to be "subject to 

 patent by the Bureau of Mines, for the benefit of the public." 



