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THE INDIA. RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, 1905. 



THE RUBBER SUNDRIES MEN DINE. 



VERY select and exclusive is the Rubber Sundries Manu- 

 facturers' Association, and in the past no one not a 

 member has been bidden to its annual banquets. This year, 

 however, an exception was made, and Colonel Samuel P. Colt 

 and Henry C. Pearson were invited as guests of honor at the 

 banquet on the evening of April 12, in New York. The former 

 was unable to be present, but the Editor of The India Rub- 

 ber World got there early and staid until the last gun was 

 fired. A business meeting of the Association was held at the 

 Hotel Astor in the afternoon, when the following officers were 

 elected : 



/V/i/<(>«/— George F. Hodhmav, Hodgman Rubber Co , New ^■o^k. 



Vice Fr<si,Unl—H. E. Raymond. The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron. 



Treasurer— F. H. Jones, Tyer Rubber Co., lioston. 



Secretary — E. E. IIur.F.R, Eberhard Faber, New York. 



At 7 o'clock the company gathered at Delmonico's, and 

 were ushered into the " red room," where the banquet was 

 given. One half of the great room was occupied by a magnifi- 

 cent round table, on which covers were laid for forty. This 

 table, its center a mass of primroses, shot through with tiny 

 electric lights, its circumference fringed 

 with bouquets of roses, was a veritable ar- 

 tistic triumph. The menu, bound in a 

 dainty white fabric, decorated by hand 

 with narcissis and roses, in each case was 

 lettered in gold with the name of the 

 guest before whom it was placed. 



After the cotTee the nexvly elected presi- 

 dent, Mr. George F. Hodgman, rose and 

 paid a graceful tribute to Mr. Joseph 

 Davol, the former incumbent of the office, 

 and then introduced Mr. H. E. Raymond 

 as toastmaster for the evening. The latter 

 took hold of the business in hand, in char- 

 acteristic' breezy fashion, by introducing 

 the Editor of The India Rubber World, 

 as a rubber man whose hand stretched 

 around the world in search of rubber. 



The speaker gave twenty minutes to a 

 review of matters in which the Sundries 

 men are vitally interested, and was fol- 

 lowed by Messrs. H. H. Shepard (the for- qeorqe f 

 n,ENU mer vice president)- 

 Canapes Moscowitz Frederick H. Jones, H. 

 5„„A C. Burton, E. E. Menges, 

 Green Turtle and W. H. Lockwood. 

 Side Dishes The speeches were e.\- 

 Radishes Olives Celery ^g„g„^_ ^^^^ enlivened 



Brook Trouf Meuniere ''V ^ood stories, and had 



Cucuinhers Laureite Potatoes an excellent setting in 



Remove the bright introductions 



Saddle of Yearling l.amb Colbert Sauce a .. . r 



Stuffed Tomatoes =*"^ «""y comments of 



Entrees \.)^e, toastmaster. So 



Terrapin Baltimore good indeed were some 



New Asparagus Hollandaise Sauce of the things said that 



the unwritten rule of 

 the Association ought 

 Koast really to be broken and 



Boned Squab the ^^ade as a whole al- 



lowed to read, if not to 



session of the tiny stage at the other end of the room and 

 showed a marvelous series of coin and card tricks. He was 

 followed by an artist in crayons who did wonders with a few 

 sweeping strokes. One of his hits was a ten second sketch of 

 the late Hon. E. S. Converse. He was also a rare imitator and 

 ventriloquist, and free from the cheap stage tricks that that 

 sort of artist usually effects. Then came a young Irish-Amer- 

 ican who told a series of " Hogan " stories in dialect that 

 brought down the house. 



The trend of thought of those present was trade unity, with 

 an occasional reference to the high price of crude rubber, well 

 illustrated by the accompanying illustration that adorned the 

 dainty box in which the ice cream was served. 



Those present at the banquet were : 



G. F. Hodgman. Herbert V. Hardman. F. A. Hodgman. 



H. C. Pearson. F. C. H. Hardman. A. W. Warren. 



R. H. Pease. James A. Murrey. H. C. Burton. 



S. T. Hodgman. E. E. Menges. Weldon Roberts. 



R. H. Pease, Jr. R. A. Kincaid. E. E. Huber. 



J. A. Ackerman. W. I). Shattuck. E. Faber. 



J. II. C. Richmond. W. G. Brewer. T. H. Flint. 



W. L. Pitcher. F. L. Williams. W. N. Lockwood. 



Jamts Hardman, Jr. F. H. Jones. G. B. Hodgman, 



J. Harry Hardman. II. D. Archer. 



II. H. Shepard. F. W. Stewart. 



R. G. Lockwood. H. E. Raymond. 



C. Van Vliet. J. M Kelley. 

 Edgar Park. 



EXPLOITATION OF GUAYULE. 



JUAN FRITZ, manager of the factory 

 of the Compania Explotadora de 

 Caucho Mexicano at Jimulco (Coahuila), 

 Mexico, is reported to have obtained no 

 fewer than 30 Mexican patents covering 

 processes for the extraction of rubber 

 from Guayule. The Monterey Xtivs men- 

 tions that the Jimulco mill has been in 

 operation for over a year, and at present 

 is producing two tons of rubber per day, 

 employing 150 men. Mention is made of 

 the installation 

 o f additiona 

 machinery, 

 with a view to 



SIlERliKT WITH KIRSCII 



Lorenu Salad 

 Sweets 



Moulded Ice Cream listen, to them. 

 Assorted Cakes Cheese The Speaking being 



Sauternes O^er, a good looking 



Pol Roger, 'gS young man took pos- 



Coflee 



doubling the capacity of the mill. 

 Mr. Fritz is writing a history of the 

 Guayule interest. 



Oton Katterfeldt, of San Luis 

 Potosi, Mexico, is mentioned in the 

 Torreon Enterprise as having pur- 

 chased and paid for land in Gomez 

 Palacio, in the state of Du- 

 rango, on which he will 

 build, at his own expense, 

 a factory for obtaining 

 rubber from the Guayule 

 plant. It is stated that 

 machinery for the works 

 has been bought, and that 

 Mr. Katterfeldt ownsample 

 capital for carrying out his 

 plans. Gomez Palacio is 

 across the border line from 

 Torreon, in the state of 

 Coahuila, and has become 

 an important town. 



FROM THE COVER OF THE ICE CREAM BOXES 

 AT THE RUBBER MEN'S DINNER. 



