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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1909. 



parent indifference of the members, the association disband, 

 and this resolution was thoroughly discussed and unanimously 

 carried. 



"We all remember the strenuous times that we passed through 

 during this period, and the efforts that were made to keep the 

 association together, but unfortunately, at that time, some of our 

 'weak' friends feared the competition of the associate members 

 and were lukewarm, which necessitated tlie disbandment of the 

 association. 



"I find on the records, also, that complimentary remarks were 

 made by Mr. Jones, Mr. George F. Hodgman and Mr. Davol on 

 the services rendered by the retiring president, Mr. H. C. Corson. 

 who had filled the position during the entire existence of the orig- 

 inal association. 



"I also find a vote of thanks extended to our present president, 

 Mr. H. C. Burton, for the untiring devotion to association mat- 

 ters which he so freely gave. He has not yet ceased in his devo- 

 tion to association matters, and I think you will all agree with 

 me that his election to-day was a substantial proof of apprecia- 

 tion on the part of the members of the value of his services. 



"The reorganization of the present association took place on 

 April 3, 1903. I had the honor, at that time, of calling the meet- 

 ing to order, and Mr. Raymond was temporarily elected chair- 

 man, and I promptly side-stepped to the temporary secretaryship. 

 Since the reorganization in 1903 I can cheerfully say that we 

 have been an exceedingly happy family. We have all profited by 

 being members of this association — have been in a position to 

 freely discuss matters of interest to all members of the associa- 

 tion, bettering conditions of business, and making competition 

 among ourselves a pleasure. 



".Associations of manufacturers in the same or kindred lines 

 of business have been extended until almost every branch of the 

 trade is associated in some shape or form for the benefit of all. 



"I believe you will agree with me that interchange of ideas on 

 a friendly basis, because of a membership in the Rubber Sundries 

 Manufacturers' Association has benefited all of us in the better- 

 ment of conditions in the handling of our sales departments, and 

 I hope will also be extended to our credit departments. 



"In passing, I would state that in the new association our first 

 president was Mr. Joseph Davol, who was reelected in 1904. He 

 was followed by that man whom we all loved and respected, the 

 late Mr. George F. Hodgman, in 1905, who was reelected in 1906. 

 Our strenuous friend, Mr. Howard E. Raymond, succeeded in 

 1907, but because of the great demands made upon him in the 

 various associations that his company is connected with, and the 

 honors that have been heaped upon him as either president or 

 vice-president of the various associations, in all of which he takes 

 a very personal interest, he declined the reelection which was 

 oflfered to him at the expiration of his terms, and our friend, 

 Mr. Henry C. Burton was elected to succeed him in 1908 and 

 again to-day. In spite of his infirmities, his interests in our 

 association is so great that he practically came from a sick 

 bed to attend the meeting to-day and to attend the annual 

 banquet." 



Following the speeches came a most excellent vaudeville show, 

 embracing sleight-of-hand exhibitions, songs, monologues, dia- 

 logues by specialty artists, and clever impersonations, ending with 

 a series of graphic moving pictures. 



After a vote of thanks to the entertainment committee — which, 

 as usual, consisted of Mr. George B. Hodgman and Mr. Edward 

 E. Huber — the diners departed unanimous in the opinion that the 

 banquet was the best yet. 



Each year some artistic souvenir is presented to the diners. 

 This time it was a beautiful bronze statuette of Abraham Lin- 

 coln, one of the works of art of the Gorham Manufacturing Co. 

 This being the Lincoln centennial year it was most appropriate. 

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The following is the guarantee oiificially adopted by the 

 Rubber Sundries Manufacturers' Association: 



"Any article which proves defective in workmanship or 

 material will be replaced or credited, but the manufacturer 

 will not assume responsibility for deterioration, nor for wear, 

 nor for injury resulting from age, accident or abuse. 



"No claims for defective goods can be considered unless 

 the articles in question are returned for examination with 

 transportation charges prepaid. On all goods so returned 

 and found to be defective, replacement or credit will be made, 

 and the transportation charges for their return will be in- 

 cluded in the amount allowed. 



"Neither credit nor replacement can be allowed except as 

 provided by the terms of this guarantee." 



A NEW AIR GAGE FOR TIRES. 



.\' a recently published article, Hiram Percy Ma.xim shows how 

 improper inflation of automobile tires is responsible for the 

 great majority of tire troubles, and In 

 concluding his article, says : "The only 

 way properly to inflate a tire is to use 

 a tire pressure gage to measure what 

 pressure is actually in the tire." 



Ordinarily the automobile user 

 "guesses" at his tire pressure, and almost 

 invariably the pressure is too small. 

 His tires, time, patience and pocketbook 

 suffer accordingly. The demand was for 

 a cheap simple device which should be 

 perfectly accurate and always available. 



What is claimed to be such a device is 

 supplied by the Twitchell air gage, in- 

 vented by C. R. Twitchell, Los Angeles, 

 California, and perfected and controlled 

 by the W.'D. Newerf Rubber Co., of the 

 same city. 



The accompany- 

 ing illustration 

 shows the Twitchell 

 gage closed, extend- 

 ed and applied to an 

 automobile tire. It 

 is only 3^ inches 

 long, can be carried 

 in the vest pocket, 

 and is always ready 

 for use. It can be 

 applied in two sec- 

 onds, and the regis- 

 tration is instan- 

 It can be applied at any 

 It will not get 



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Twitchell Air G.^ge. 



taneous and guaranteed to be correct, 



time and at any place, without inconvenience. 



out of order with any reasonable use. 



It is claimed that the Twitchell air gage will save the auto- 

 mobile owner many dollars by enabling him to keep the air in 

 his tires at the proper pressure ; that it will lengthen the life of 

 the tire and reduce susceptibility to injury to the minimum. The 

 proper air pressure, according to the Newerf company, is 50 

 pounds for 2'/2-inch tires; 60 pounds for 3-inches ; 70 pounds 

 for 3^-inches ; So pounds for 4-inches ; and 90 pounds for 43^. 



George Germane Cossitt, who died on Fdjruary 22 at Bar- 

 ranquilla, Colombia, aged about 65 years, was a nephew of Fred 

 Cossitt, a wealthy citizen of New York, and had spent many 

 years in promoting rubber planting plantations, the fine wood 

 trade, and mining, in Mexico and Central and South .America. 

 He was mentioned in The India Rubber World several years 

 ago as having a rubber plantation at Bluefields, Nicaragua, and 

 was one of the first to stimulate in the United States an interest 

 in rubber planting. 



