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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



March i, 1907. 



Mr. Powers lias recently become a railroad president, and felt 

 proud of his new honor. The railroad is a trolley line which 

 never paid a dividend, and the road cannot be discontinued or 

 given away. But even under these adverse circumstances Mr. 

 Powers was happy and genial and prolific of good anecdotes. 

 Once only did he relapse into a stale of prosternation and this 

 was his wail : 



"I used to take pride in living on a line of road where every 

 stockholder was a New Englander and every officer lived along 

 the line. Now, even the name of Boston has been erased from 

 the running stock, and the railroad is run with New York capi- 

 tal. I cannot take a trolley line without patronizing one that is 

 said to be owned in Wall street. I cannot telegraph without 

 helping Xew York capitalists. [ cannot talk through the tele- 

 phone without adding to th** wealth of capitalists." 



Mr. Powers called attention to the wonderful increase in popu- 

 lation and wealth of the comitry. In 1855 the population of the 

 United States was 23,000,000 and the wealth $14,000,000,000. To- 

 day, the population is 87,000,000 and the wealth of the countr\ 

 $100,000,000,000, and before the end of this century there will bo 

 200,000.000 people in the country and the wealth will be at least 

 $500,000,000,000. Interstate commerce m the time of our grand- 

 children, he predicted, will be twenty times what it is to-day, and 



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the railroads have not foreseen and provided fur tlic tremendous 

 increase which must come to them. The people have invested 

 in the railroads one-twelfth of the entire wealth of the coimtry. 

 We need have no fear of cfovcrnmental ownership of the rail- 

 roads. 



He advised the public to oonperate witli the railroads that 

 they may grow with the growth of the ,.'ountry, and that they 

 may share in its prosperity, for this nation will, within the pre?:ent 

 century, control the destinies of the entire world. 

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President P.xci spoke of the advantages of organization and 

 concerted effort. He gave some account of the benefits which 

 had come to industrial and commercial New England, and then 

 introduced .Mr. Charles E. .^dams, president of the Massachu- 

 setts State Board of Trade, whose subject was "The Usefulness 

 of and Necessity for Mercantile Organisations." 



Mr. Adams gave rome account of the formation and work of 

 his own association. He stated that the national department of 

 commerce and labor was the result of a movement initiated in 

 Boston ; that the present state corporation laws are the result of 

 the work of this organization; that this board petitioned and 

 strongly urged legislation for municipal auditing and returns to 

 the state in the same manner as is now required of private cor- 



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MENU 



(-ape Oysicr.s 



i Cockti-ils Olives 



R.tdishes 



Cream of Celery aux Souffles 



Consomme Imperial 



Zinfandcl Sauterne 



Fried Boneless Smelts, Tartar Sauce 



Pomm: 5 Saute 



Saddle of Southdown .\funon 



arte Blanche _ Delmonico Potatoes 



Strtngless Beans 



Lobster a la Newburg on Caises 



ROMAN PUNCH 



i'ancy Assorted Cake 



Roast Black Duck 

 Lettuce Salad 



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rruit 



Ilarle()uin Icp Cream 

 Cheese 



■porations, with the result that laws have been passed in part 

 covering this policy. 



In the matters of national legislation regarding postal laws, 

 a marine subsidy, irrproved consular service, the enactment of 

 pure food laws and other important national questions this asso- 

 ciation has cooperated with other kindred organizations in urging 

 the passage of the pure food law ; and another important measure 

 was the passage of the following resolution : 



That in the judgment of the Massachusetts State Board of Trade the time 

 has now come when by treaty, i eutral zones should be established between 

 the ports of North America and the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, and 

 the continent of Europe, within such zones steamships and sailing vessels 

 in the conduct of lawful commerce shall be free to pass without stizure 

 or interruption. 



This resolution has been widely approved by business organiza- 

 tions in different countries, and President Roosevelt has been 

 asked to have them iresented to the Hague conference this year. 



Mr. Adams advocates the formation of a body composed of 

 associations representing each state in the Union, as an auxiliary 

 to the department of commerce and labor in the presentation to 

 congress of the commercial and industrial needs of a great 

 people. 



.•\t the conclusion of Mr. Adams' speech. President Paul said 

 he believed that it would be advisable for the New England 

 Rubber Club to identify with the organization represented by 

 Mr. ,\dams. llie question had been considered by the executive 

 committee, and the president asked that a vote be taken to see 

 what was the general sentiment. It was voted to be the senti- 

 ment of those present that the New England Rubber Club should 

 be identified with the Massachusetts State Board of Trade. 

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The discussion of these weighty questions finished, Frank 

 Lincoln, a popular humorist, delighted all present with his 

 clever imitations and impersonations, besides telling side-splitting 

 stories, capping all these by sitting at the piano and giving a 

 burlesque selection from grand opera. 



The governor of Massachusetts, the Hon. Curtis Guild, Jr. 

 sent an autograph letter which was read, explaining that an en- 

 gagement of long standing prevented his being present. Letters 

 were read also from Captain Kilbourne and Weyke, of the United 

 States army, who were the hosts at the Club's summer outing. 



The meeting was now declared adjourned, but it was a much 

 later hour before the last members and guests had departed, 

 declaring that it was the best midwinter meeting in the history of 

 the Club. H. F. c. 



The tennis shoe business of the United States Rubber Co. has 

 increased every year since the company embarked upon this line 

 of goods. It is said to be over 100 per cent larger now than 

 three years ago. The new "Champion" shoe this year, with the 

 high foxing, is a particularly strong and popular shoe. There 

 has been a very great demand among the retailers for the hand- 

 some "Champion" banner. The company issued a large edition, 

 assuming it would be enough to satisfy all requests, but the first 

 edition had not been out two weeks before it was found neces- 

 sary to order a second and larger edition. 



