April I, I'd 5.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 





attended .1 convention al thi Morgan & Wrighl Factor} 

 distri 1 .1 l< managei 



Drivers di the jitnej buses which are so rapidlj growing in 

 in this section, speak in high terms of thi i [iven 



l.\ the 1 mi, ,1 States < hain 1 1' tire on these h 



claiming that thej afford effective protection againsl slip] 

 and skidding, to which cars 1 peciallj liable. 



Another tire that is meeting with favor in jitni i the 



Savage, made by the Savage Tin 1 0., ol San Diego, ( ali- 

 fornia Oni compan) operating a lim of these buses in and 

 about Los \hlt1, s states that this tire is now one ol the most 

 popular in the western market foi this kind ol service, having 

 given more than 10,000 miles' service in some in tances and 

 beii ' still good for further use 



An unusual record of tire mileage comes From the northern 

 section ol California, where the roads are notablj rough and 

 roi ky and where a tire that lasts foi 3,500 miles is considered 

 to have given good service. The tire in question, .1 Goodrich, 

 1 reported bj its ownei to have run 17,000 miles, on ,1 heavy 

 car, without having been off the rim, without a puncture and 

 "you might say with the original air still in the lire" 



The Republic Rubber Co., ol Ybungstown, Ohio, has estab- 

 lished a branch at Spokane, Washington, the [nter-State Rub- 

 be] I "i that i'H> having taken the Republic line for that 

 section The Inter State company will hereafter be operated 

 and known as the Spokane branch of the Republic Rubber 

 Co. oi 1 alifornia, and R. X. Church lias been made vice- 

 idem oi the new organization. The Republic Rubber Co. 

 ol ' alifornia, of which M. E. Murphy is president, has its 

 headquarters at San Francisco, with branches at Los Angeles, 

 Senile and Vancouver. 



I he Weinstock-Nichols Co., one of the largest tire jobbing 

 houses "ii this coast, has made arrangements with the Kelly- 

 Springfield Tire Co., of Akron, foi the handling of its line, 

 both .11 San Francisco and at Oakland, California, where it 

 has a branch store. 



The Ilanlmaii "Sure drip" nun skid tire, made by the Hard- 

 man [*in Si Rubber 1 leville, New Jersey, is being 

 distributed on the coast by The Costello-Lang Co., of San 

 Francisco, who are also distributors oi the Falls tire, made 

 by the Falls Rubber Co., of I uyahoga halls. < >hio. 



Among the exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific International 

 Exposition now being held at San Fran isco, are the L'nited 

 States Rubber Co. of San Francisco, who hav< a display ol 

 rubber heels, and the Rower- Rubber Work-, also of that city. 

 who -how a complete hose making plant in operation The dis- 

 play includes samples of crude Para and Ceylon smoked rub- 

 bei with warming mill and calender for rolling the rubber out 

 in sheets, a circular loom for weaving cotton fabric over rubber 

 tubing for 54-inch garden hose and a flat loom for making 

 underwriters 1 linen hose in sizes from 1(1 inches to 54-inch. 

 Various products manufactured by the company are also ex- 

 hibited, including dredger sleeves, concent ratoi belts, oil hose, 

 sheet and spiral piston packings, 



These exhibits will be found in the Pala Manufactures, 



liri group of eight exhibit palaces. 475 x 552 Feet 

 in size, with a floor area of 234,000 square feet, and erected at 

 a cosl of $341,069 



RUBBER BAND KILLS A PRIZE ROOSTER. 



A sign onspicuously displayed at the Poultrj and Pigeon Show- 

 recently held at Madison Square Garden, New York, warned 

 visitors against throwing rubber hand- about, as "the chicken- 

 take them for worms." The posting of this sign followed the 

 death of a valuable rooster as a result of mistaking for a worm 

 a rubber hand dropped, accidentally or otherwise, inside his cage. 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 

 IMPORTS OF RUBBER AND MANUFACTURES OF. 



Januai 1 



tiding 



''15. 



utity. 

 [ndia rubber, 1 



I nmanufactui ed — 



Batata pounds. 



1 tin 



1 



I. nil. 1 i 



India rubbci ... 

 India 



Total linn 



Value. Quantity. 



(103,236 



136,517 



19,136 



J, 131.094 

 8,291,198 



S40.7HJ 



$698,396 



14 75,003,407 34,691,730 

 18,710 6,847,288 I 



Manufactures i 

 Gu 1 1 

 [ndia rubbei 



nanufactui 



Substituti 1 . t i c < 



similar dutiable 



84,19 



- 





I 

 . 



$-'.401 



IMPOR rs m 1 RUDE RUBBER BY COUr 

 From 



Belgium 



1 



Gern i:\ 



Portugal 421 



I Inited Kingdom . . 



1 1 ntral Amei ican States and 



British Honduras 



Mexico 



Brazil 



■: iei South \" 1 ' 10.343 



I i-i [ndii - 5 



Oth unti ies 1,14 



$-'-'.503 



Total 



.7,960,482 $3,835,044 75,003,407 534,691,730 



3,379.915 



I Pi IR I i II \MERICAN RUBBER GO' IDS 

 [ndia rubber, manufacl in 



St i ap and old pounds 1 |M 



Ri i laimed 51 



Belting, hose and packing 



Boots and shoes 



Boots pairs 45,400 



Shoes 475,654 



Tires 



For automobile! 



All othei 



All othei manufactures of 236,669 



$14,898 

 115.311 



255.193 

 1,64 9 



Total $1,543,766 



EXPORTS Ol M rOMOBILI [TRES r.\ COUNTRIES. 



Tires for auti 



i Germany 



England 



Canada 



Mexico 



Phili] ids 



Othei 



Total 



$165,715 



41,317 



12.197 



25,079 



109.608 



$353,916 



7.199 



16 (,401 



1,095,519 



574. .133 

 1,753.717 



1,91'- 



1.593.110 



$7,739,344 



$6,090 

 891,660 

 358,066 



60,856 



466.724 



$1,908,557 



EXPORTS tEIGN MERCHANDISE. 



India rubber, eti isti 



ifactures 

 oi 

 Unmanul acl ured 



STERLING GUM CO. 



The balance o the Sterling Gum Co.. of New York, 



as of December 31 last, -hows liabilities $127,586 in excess of 

 assets, thi ing, respectivel; 313 and $5,874,727. 



1 1 is explained thai this apparent loss is more than covered 

 e expense incurred in building the business and in brand 

 values. The sales of the company in the l'nited States and 

 Canada for the 8 months it has been in operation are given as 

 $744,081. The board of director- was increased at the last 

 annual meeting to nim members and now includes Percival 

 S. Hill, president oi the American Tobacco Co., and A. L. 

 Sylvester, president of the American Cigar Co. 



