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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1907. 



While many names have been added to our list of members, 

 which is steadily growing, many names have been erased, not 

 because they have lost interest in the Club and in its members, 

 not because they have tired of joining in our festivities, but as 

 the Scripture teaches, "they have gone before to prepare a place 

 for us." 



Since our last meeting of one year ago, several have passed 

 to the great beyond. The last of our members to be taken is 

 Mr. Edgar S. Hyatt, who died one week ago to-day, in Chicago — 

 a genial, affable gentleman, greatly mourned by his associates. 

 While we are gathered around this board indulging in the social 

 intercourse and pleasure usually entered into at this season, I do 

 not wish to turn your hour of jollification into one of mourning, 

 but I will ask you to stop one moment, all stand, and drink a 

 silent toast to our departed fellow members. 



Now, gentlemen, I will not detain you longer, but before 

 closing I wish to reiterate my thanks and appreciation of the 

 honor you have done me and pledge, if pledge be necessary, my 

 continued interest in, and fidelity to, the New England Rubber 

 Club, and my friends who are its members. 



We will now hear from the chairman of our Committee on 

 Sports, who will present the prizes. The members of that com- 

 mittee have been untiring in their efforts to give us the best 

 outing we have ever had, and I can truthfully say that they have 

 succeeded admirably. I take pleasure in introducing the silver- 

 tongued orator, Mr. Wilbur E. Farrington. 



The After Proceedings. 



Mr. Farrington then proceeded, with a few graceful remarks, 

 to present the golf prizes, as follows : Best gross, Frederick C. 

 Hood — prize, cut glass silver mounted jar; best net, David A. 

 Cutler — prize, glass decanter in engraved silver deposit; second 

 net, R. L. Chipman — prize, dozen gold balls ; best net among the 

 guests, F. S. Dane — prize, dozen golf balls. 



President Stedman announced that the memories of the ex- 

 ceedingly pleasant outing at Paddocks Island last year, when 

 the club was the guest of the army officers stationed at Fort 

 Andrews, were well worth living over again, and that as Major 

 H. C. Davis, Dr. Luke D. Peck and Lieutenant R. P. Winslow, 

 of Fort Andrews, were present as guests, the .:lub would be 

 delighted to hear from them. Each of these gentlemen spoke 

 briefly and interestingly, and they were followed by Mr. George 

 Puchta, of Cincinnati ; Mr. Joseph Davol, Mr. George E. Hall, 

 the club's treasurer, Mr. Fred H. Jones, and Mr. H. C. Pearson. 



Along the line of finances, the president said just here that 

 there were two unsettled bills that he wanted to call the atten- 

 tion of the Club to, one being "Bill" Barker, and the other "Bill" 

 Kelly, neither of whom was present, both of whom were missed, 

 and a statement in full demanded their presence at all future 

 outings. 



The club paid a very hearty tribute during the exercises to 

 President Stedman, when in response to the toast : "Our Presi- 

 dent — known to his friends as 'Steddy' — the most friendly, modest 

 and tactful of them all," the members rose in a body and gave 

 him three hearty cheers. 



Taken all in all, the outing was by far the most enjoyable 

 yet, and it is only fair that the Dinner, Sports and Entertainment 

 committees, and particularly the chairmen, should receive ample 

 credit for the success attained. 



The baseball game resulted in a score of 9 to 7 in favor of 

 the Importers. The players and the runs made were as follows : 

 Importers. Manufacturers. 



Chipman, p 3 Styles, ib 



Paine, ib 3 Hood. 2b. 



Farrington, c I 



Page, 2b o 



Cutler, 3b o 



Garrison, s.s i 



Wadbrook, l.f o 



Stedman, c.f o 



Dunbar, r.f i 



Glidden, s.s 



Duncan. 3b 



Peck, p 



Tyer, c 



Jones, l.f o 



Duval, c.f I 



Dane, r.f o 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^ FFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures of 

 ^^ india-rubber and gutta-percha for the month of April, 

 1907, and for the first ten months of five calendar years : 



Belting Boots All 



Months. Packing and Other Total, 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



April $126,284 $44,971 $350,925 $522,180 



July-March 914.276 962,9154 2,664,967 4,542,207 



Total $1,040,560 $1,007,935 $3,015,892 $5,064,387 



Total 1905-06. . . 1,035.705 1,360,346 2,369,480 4.765.531 



Total 1904-05... 794,256 1,100,093 2,064,066 3.958,415 



Total, 1903-04... 7.M.083 071.625 2,036,682 3,742,390 



Total, 1902-03... 680,147 983.044 1.881,773 3,544,964 



BRAZILIAN IMPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS. 



Official statement of values (in milreis), during four calen- 

 dar years. [These figures doubtless fail to include many articles 

 embracing more or less rubber, but classified under other head- 

 ings than manufactures of rubber.] 



From — 



1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 



Germany 873,250 797,664 657,826 s8l,45I 



United States 150.226 156,639 127,842 123,903 



France 289.371 275,602 271,886 240,161 



Great Britain 767,308 714,016 800,835 680,811 



Italy 189.872 218.164 252,156 136,501 



Other countries... 104,237 118,677 93.837 48,110 



Total 2,374.823 2,280,762 2,205,382 1,810,937 



Equivalent with exchange at 12 pence per the first two years 

 and about 15^2 pence in 1905 and 1906: 



1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 



U. S. gold $577,853.81 $554,966.41 $693.14000 $569,161.50 



Sterling ^118,74135 iii4,0382s £142,43083 £116,955 



The Brazilian figures, as might be expected, do not correspond 

 with the statistics of other countries of rubber goods to Brazil, 

 owing, if for no other reason, to differences in classification. 

 The United States report rubber goods exports to Brazil during 

 five fiscal years (ending June 30) in value as follows: 



1901-02 $17,922 1904-05 $51,333 



1902-03 27,797 1905-06 42,080 



1903-04 29,419. 



RUBBER SOLE PRESSING PAD. 



UNDER a new invention for which patents have been issued 

 to the United Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Boston), sole 

 pressing pads of sole laying machines are formed of yielding 

 elastic material having certain portions composed of harder 

 material than the remainder. In the illustration of the pad 



shown herewith the fore 

 lart (at the right) is of 

 soft rubber and the heel 

 part (at the left) of 

 harder rubber, the two parts preferably forming a continuous 

 integral pad. The heel part is shaped to present a raised surface 

 similar in shape to, but somewhat smaller than, the heel seat. 

 The pad is covered with a sheet of sole leather which has been 

 previously molded to shape. The holder for the pad is the same 

 as that used in the well known Goodyear sole laying machine. 



"Lead Eaters." — As is generally known, the first practical use 

 made of india-rubber in England was for erasing pencil marks, 

 and an early encyclopedia mentions the substance as being popu- 

 lary called "lead eater." A writer in the London Chronicle says 

 that "lead eater" was still a name in use in some places a half 

 centurv a.go. 



