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THE INDIA RUBBER \A/ORLD 



fJULV I, 1906. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



RICHARD PRATT MARVIN, secretary of The H. F. 

 Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio), and a large stockliolder 

 in the company, died at his home. Portage Path, Perkins 

 Hill, near Akron, on Saturday morning, June 23. His 

 death, which followed an illness of two years, was the im- 

 mediate result of a stroke of paralj'sis which he suffered on 

 the preceding Tuesday. Mr. Marvin was born at Jamestown, 

 New York, May 30, 1848. He was the son of Judge Richard 

 P. Marvin, of the New York supreme court, and Isabella 

 Newland Marvin. 



Mr. Marvin was a graduate of Rochester University, in 

 the class of 1870. He studied law in Jamestown and, remov- 

 ing to Akron, was admitted to the bar in 1872, and after- 

 ward practiced law with the late Judge E. P. Green. He 

 was maj-or of .Vkron in 1874 and again in 1S78. Shortly 

 after being admitted to the bar Mr. Marvin became legal ad- 

 viser of the late Dr. B. F. Goodrich. In 1880 he became 

 .secretary of The B. F. Goodrich Co., which position he occu- 

 pied until his death, and was active in the management of 

 that large corporation. In 1S92 he married Jane, the daugh- 

 ter of the Hon. Lewis Miller. Mr. Marvin died in 1898. In 

 1900 Mr. Marvin married Mrs. Grace Perkins Lohraann, who 

 survives him. ;\Ir. Marvin for many years was active in the 

 Masonic fraternity, being both a Thirt\'-third degree Mason 

 and a Mystic Shriner. Funeral services were held on Mon- 

 day, June 25, the interment being in Glendale cemeterj', in 

 Akron. During the hours of the funeral the plant of the 

 Goodrich company was closed. 



Something over a \ear ago, on account of Mr. Marvin's 

 impaired health, the office of assistant secretary of the 

 Goodrich company was created, to relieve him from active 



charge of the office of secretary. 



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Otto G. M.vyer, of New York, who died on June 23, was 

 for a number of years connected in an important way with 

 the crude rubber trade. Born in 1852, at Mannheim. Ger- 

 many, he came to New York when about 20 jears of age to 

 enter the employ of Erwin Gompertz, a merchant engaged 

 in trade with Europe. Mr. Gompertz returning to Paris, his 

 business was continued by JIaterne & Mayer, and later by 

 Mr. Mayer alone, until 18S6. In that year he joined the 

 firm of De Long, Mayer & Co., successors to William Jex & 

 Co., importers of crude rubber and other Central American 

 products, the house of Jex having been long established. 

 Three years later, William A. De Long retiring, the firm of 

 Otto G. Mayer & Co. was established, continuing in the 

 rubber trade until 1902, when it was liquidated. After 

 spending two years in Europe for the benefit of his health, 

 Mr. Mayer returned to New York and became connected 

 with the firm of Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co. as manager 

 of their Pyrites department. Mr. Mayer is survived by a 



widow at West Orange, New Jersey. 



* * * 



Pierre T. Betts, w-ell known in the trade as a broker in 

 crude India-rubber and Gutta percha, at No. 43 Murray 

 street. New York, died at his home in New Jersey, on May 

 30, shortly after an attack of heart disease. He was born in 

 1859, in Brooklyn, New York, being the son of De Witt Clin- 

 ton Betts. An uncle James A. Betts, was for manj' vears 

 engaged in the rubber brokerage business, which may have 



influenced his nephew in the choice of a career. Pierre 

 Betts, about 18S6, entered the house of Robert Soltau & Co. 

 (New York), a German house engaged in handling crude 

 rubber and gutta, and also the manufacture of Gutta-percha 

 tissue. In time, after the death of Mr. Soltau, he became 

 manager of the house. In 1901 Mr. Betts engaged in busi- 

 ness on his own account, as broker and commission mer- 

 chant in the commodities above mentioned. He was suc- 

 cessful in business, and his many admirable qualities gained 

 a large circle of friends. About 14 years ago Mr. Betts 

 married Miss Annie E. Teets, of Connecticut, who survives 

 him. Mr. Betts was a brother of Mr. William C. Betts, of 

 the New York Commercial Co. 



CRUDE RUBBER AND PLANTING. 



'nr^HE Inca Rubber Trading Co., incorporated under the 

 -*■ laws of Maine, Maj' 29, 1906, with $5,000,000 capital 

 authorized, is the company referred to in a preliminary pro- 

 spectus reviewed in The Indi.\ Ruhber World, February 

 I, 1906 (page 143). The purpose is to consolidate certain 

 rubber exploiting interests in Peru. 



Mexican Crude Rubber Co. is the name of a companj- or- 

 ganized, with $300,000 capital, at Detroit, Michigan, to ex- 

 tract rubber from the Guayule plant in IMexico. Ralph M. 

 Djar is president ; W. C. McGraw, vice president ; H. C. 

 Bennett, secretary-, and Walter E. Parker, general manager, 

 and other Detroit business men are interested. 



The Castilloa Planters' Co., Rochester, N. Y., was incor- 

 porated June 6, 1906, under the laws of New York, with 

 $25,000 capital, Percy E. Snell, Gilbert F. Crump, and 

 Owen E. Jones. 



The United States Gold Dredging and Rubber Co. (Jersej' 

 City, New Jersey), in a prospectus dated May 10, in addi- 

 tion to gold dredging, points out the profits possible from 

 rubber planting, in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, to 

 which it is proposed to devote $50,000. 



LITERATURE OF INDIA-RUBBER. 



A compilation of notes on india-rubber and gitta pepcha. 



Department of the Interior — Bureau of Foresly. Bulletin No. 3. Manila: 

 Bureau of Printing. 1906. [8vo. Pp. 40 -^ map.] 



' I HIS pamphlet has been compiled by Captain George P. 

 Ahern, director of forestry in the Philippines, in ans- 

 wer to many requests from persons for information bearing 

 upon rubber culture. The first page mentions the prices 

 paid bj- Mr. John H. Cheever, a former leading manufac- 

 turer in New York for crude rubber, as compared with later 

 prices. This, by the way, and more than a dozen other 

 articles, are credited to The Indi.\ Rubber World, besides 

 which extracts appear from Mr. Pearson's "Crude Rubber 

 and Compounding Ingredients." 



IN CURRENT PERIODICALS. 



On the Life History of Tomes iCoptolertnes) Geslroi, Wasin. 

 The Hevea Rubber Termite. By E. P. Stebbing. [.\nts which 

 attack the Pari rubber tree in the Far East.] = 7)if Indian Fores- 

 ter, Allahabad. XXXII-3 (March, '06) Pp. 110-114 



Standardizing Rubber Covered Wires and Cables. By John 

 Langau. Proceedings of the .American Institute of Electrical En- 

 gineers, New York. XXV-4 (April, '06). Pp. iSg-202. 



Paper versus Rubber Insulation for Electric Cables. By W. I. 

 Tamlyn. [Relates to cables for three phase distribution. ]=£«^j- 

 neering News, New York. LV-i (Mar. 15 '06) P. 28. 



