Ma^ 1. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 





mechanical rubber goods departn* 

 Rubber I i 



Cliff Mathewson, associated with the Paci i Coast work of the 

 Diamond Rubber Co. before its consolidation with the Goodrich, 

 is now associated with the sales force oi Hie Norwalk Tire & 

 Rubber Co., promoted bj W. B. Miller, former Diamond official. 



War orders for American auto trucks bas bad the effect of an 

 imp< in- i> i the mam lid aut< i tires bj \ : i 



panies. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN CHICAGO. 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 

 /"* ENERA1 conditions in the rubber trade here are much 

 ^-* more favorable than they were a few months ago, accord- 

 ing to the leading members id' the industry. In tin 

 chanical rubber line the demand i , belting and packing bas 

 picked nil considerably, due to the spring repairs which ari 

 carried out in the various mills and factories of the West and 

 also to a recent boom in western mining operatioi 



Practically all of the local tire firms report an excellent busi 

 ness, due to the early spring, bringing out hundreds of ears 

 which ordinarily do not appear until several week-- later. The 

 highways in the vicinity of Chicago, which are usually almost 

 impassable at this time of the year, are already in g I condi- 

 tion, motorists are enjoying countrj trips and, incidentally, con- 

 suming tires. 



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11 Muehlstein & ( o., dealers in scrap rubber, with offices in 

 New York, Akron and I hicago, have removed their headquarters 

 in the last-named city from -407 South Dearborn street to 114 

 West Van Buren street. 



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The Mills Novelty Co., which manufactures coin-operated 

 automatic instruments, announced last week that it would enter 

 the player piano field and would add a department at once for 

 the manufacture of these instruments. The entire piano, in- 

 cluding the action, will probably he built at the factory. The 

 company will therefore be in the market for large quantities of 

 rubber tubing in addition to the amount heretofore used in the 

 manufacture of automatic instruments. 



Rubber men of the city expect to lie called in the examination 

 which is being made by a sub-committee of the Illinois State 

 Legislature with a view to gathering evidence to be presented 

 in connection with the woman's eight-hour bill, which comes up 

 for passage in the near future. The plan of the committee is 

 to get the \ iew v of every employer of female labor in the city. 

 The employers who have testified thus far have taken the stand 

 that the present is a poor time to enact laws which means extra 

 expense on the part of the manufacturer. The Illinois Manufac- 

 turers' Association has gone on record as opposed to the bill. 

 and recently sent a large delegation to Springfield for the pur- 

 pose, of opposing the measure. Attacks on business at this time. 

 it w.is pointed out to the legislators, might result disastrously 

 for employers and employes as well, for any additional expense 

 might make necessary the closing of many plants. 



Marcus S. Hill, general foreign ambassador of the Illinois 

 Manufacturers' Association, was consulting with local rubber 

 men last week with a view to getting sonic prominent rubber 

 manufacturing company of this city to join in the plan on foot 

 to open general warerooms for the display of American goods 

 in the leading foreign cities. Mr. Hill will leave shortly for 

 London, where one of the branches is to be established. Petro- 

 grad, Melbourne, Sydney and Buenos Aires are other centers 

 mentiom d. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 

 By Our I dent. 



"~| * III mliliti | at least the demand for tires, which is 



*■ the chief Hem in the rubber trade of this section, will 

 probablj i - ment over pi 



conditions as a result of the wi rk i 

 done on Statt highways. This u - about 



[HNUKKI, and with its completion the farmers throughout the 

 u will undo;, tedlj take advantage of the quick. 

 enienl means afforded bj the automobile truck for the trans- 

 pi rtation oi theii product to buying centers; which means inter- 

 esting possibilities to distributors of truck tires. 



Transcontinental travel is also expected to be unusually hi 

 this \rar, don! ' ailing the renewal hi nany worn 



tires and : ei equi] ent. The American ' 



tion, up to \pril 1. had distributed touring information, on re- 

 quest, to 1,000 pet interested in making a trip to thi Pacific 

 coast — a number far in excess ol I 



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Western investors in tin La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co., 

 the La Zacualpa Plantation Co. and the Hidalgo Plantation & 

 Commercial Co have latel; received notice of the formation of 

 a new company, under the laws of Nevada ami known as La 

 Zacualpa-Hidalgo Rubber Co., which is ntually to 



take oxer the rubber acreage of these three plantations in Mex- 

 ico. For present acreage certificates, holders are - 

 shares of stock in tin new corporation. The notio ntains 



an announcement of the transfer of administration of the planta 

 tion in Mexico from O. Harrison, who promoted the original 

 companies, to < iraham M Kerr, representative of •: i nized 



concern, and also the statement that title to the properties will 

 be transferred to the new corporation as soon as political con- 

 ditions in Mexico are such that it can be legally done. The 

 officers of the new company are: K. R. Stackable, president; 

 E. J. Boyes, vice-president: John A. Bishop, secretary and treas- 

 urer: and the board of directors includes thesi three, together 

 with Robert Davics, F. E. Litchfield and L. A. Ward. 



A new tire is being manufactured in San Francisco, for sale 

 under a 10,000-mile guarantee against defects in material and 

 workmanship. This is made by the Wearpn Products 



Co., which agrees to repair free of charge any tire that fails to 

 give this amount of service. 



H. E. Hollenbeck, representative of the Michelin Tire Co. 

 on this coast, has made arrangements with the Turner-Snyder 

 Rubber Co.. of Tacoma, Washington, to handle in that section 

 the products of the Michelin factory at Milltown. N'ew Jersey. 



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The motorcycle race of April 4 at tin Venice track. California, 

 was both interesting and important in racing circles, the n 

 made, of 69 miles an hour for a distance of 301 miles, being 8 

 miles an hour faster than the automobile record over the same 

 track. The winning motorcycle, as also those taking third, 

 fourth and fifth places, was equipped with Fire-' 



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The Pacific coast branch and district managers of tin ( 

 year Tire & Rubber Co. recently attended a confi renc( 

 presided over by M. E, Morris, chief of the San Francisco 

 branch. Others who took part in the conference were: I 

 Reynolds, "f Tacoma; H. Jurgewitz, of Spokane: C. H. Will- 

 iams, of Portland: C. C. Miller, of Seattle, and W. J. McAllister, 

 who has chargi I tin truck tire business of the compan 



the coast. 



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The Macdonald Sales Co. has opened a -tore and service sta- 

 tion at 506-N Pico street. I. os \ngeles, for the sale of Wo idworth 

 treads. 



