Janu.\ry 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



221 



William T. Baird, 



President and Treasurer. 



RUBBER TRADING CO. ELECTS NEW OFFICERS. 



At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Rubber Trading 

 Co., Collier W. Baird and Robert L. Baird were elected directors, 

 and later at a directors' meeting, Collier W. Baird was elected 

 assistant treasurer, and Robert L. Baird was elected assistant 

 secretary. 



This company — 

 one of the most 

 important in the 

 crude rubber field 

 — had its inception 

 in March, 1902, 

 and since that pe- 

 riod has developed 

 to its present im- 

 portant growth. 



The Rubber 

 Trading Co. today 

 enjoys the confi- 

 dence and patron- 

 age of a very large 

 number of the rub- 

 ber manufacturers 

 of this country and 

 Canada, and has 

 through effective 

 methods and hon- 

 est management 

 established a most 

 lucrative and ex- 

 tensive business. 

 Its European connections are of a very desirable character and its 

 buying facilities excellent. 



The home offices are located at 38 Murray street, New York, 

 with connections in principal rubber centers. The company han- 

 dles practically every variety of crude rubber, and its offerings 

 are invariably regarded as dependable. 



The gentlemen comprising the executive staff of the Rubber 



Trading Co., at 

 this time are Mr. 

 William T. Baird, 

 president and 

 treasurer; Robert 

 B. Baird, vice- 

 president and sec- 

 retary; Collier W. 

 Baird, assistant 

 treasurer and Rob- 

 ert L. Baird, as- 

 sistant secretary. 

 Mr. William T. 

 Baird who from 

 1892 until 1902 was 

 prominently identi- 

 fied with The New 

 York Belting and 

 Packing Co., of 

 which he was — 

 during the latter 

 period of his con- 

 nection — the secre- 

 tary. Later he was 

 identified with the 

 Mechanical Rub- 

 ber Co., as secretary and treasurer ; so that when he came to the 

 Rubber Trading Co., he brought a wide experience which has 

 contributed in no little degree to the success of that organization, 

 and he is today recognized as one of the most effective credit 

 men in the rubber trade. 



Robert B. Baird, 



Vice-President and Secretary. 



Robert L. Baird, 



Assistant Secretary. 



The vice-president and secretary of the company is Robert B. 

 Baird, who from 1892 until 1899 was connected with The New 

 York Commercial Co , and George A. Alden & Co., and from 

 1899 until the start of the Rubber Trading Co., operated under 

 his own name. Mr. Baird conducts the selling end of his concern 



and it is a safe as- 

 sumption that 

 there is no more 

 successful, popu- 

 lar, or competent 

 crude rubber sales- 

 man in the trade 

 today, and the vol- 

 ume of business 

 which has resulted 

 from his efforts 

 may no doubt be 

 ascribed in a large 

 measure to his un- 

 usual energy, hon- 

 est representation, 

 and to "the smile 

 that won't come 

 off." 



Mr. Baird spends 

 a large proportion 

 of his time in trav- 

 eling through the 

 various rubber 

 centers of the 

 country, where he 

 is very well known, and where his presence is always welcome. 

 He is naturally of a very cheerful and helpful disposition, and 

 he has always had the confidence and respect — not only of his 

 customers but of competing rubber men as well. In 1911 Mr. 

 Baird went to London as the commissioner of the Rubber Qub 

 of America to the Second International Rubber and Allied Trades 

 Exhibition, and incidentally toured Europe with his family. 

 During his visit 

 he called on vari- 

 ous members of 

 the trade in Great 

 Britain and on the 

 Continent, cement- 

 ing many old 

 friendships and es- 

 tablishing a num- 

 ber of new and 

 profitable connec- 

 tions. 



Robert L. Baird, 

 son of Mr. Robert 

 B. Baird, and the 

 present assistant 

 secretary of the 

 Rubber Trading 

 Co., became iden- 

 tified with the com- 

 pany in 1907, and 

 at the present time 

 he is well and fa- 

 vorably known to 

 the rubber manu- 

 facturing trade. 



Collier W. Baird, who is now assistant treasurer of the com- 

 pany, is the son of Mr. William T. Baird, and is a graduate of 

 the Sheflield Scientific School of Yale. His connection with 

 the company commenced September 16, 1910. and he has already 

 shown remarkable aptitude in his department. 



Collier W. Baird, 

 Assistant Treasurer. 



