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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1913. 



It has had several other meetings during the year. 



"While a small Executive Committee is wise for the execution 

 of business, we all feel that it would be advisable to have more 

 frequent meetings of the Board of Directors, so that they would 

 also feel the responsibilities of the club and more fully under- 

 stand its problems. 



■'Two years ago the club was a social organization. There has 

 been added to the sociability a large number of business duties, 

 and these two years have been practically a period of transition 

 from a purely social into a live club, for the purpose of profitably 

 solving our common problems. 



"The paper read by your president at the annual dinner last 

 January mentioned several topics that should be properly dis- 

 cussed here — the tariff, the nomenclature of rubber, the clarifying 

 of crude rubber dealings, the stopping of stealings of crude rub- 

 ber (which really should be included in the last subject, as the 

 way to stop stealings of crude rubber is to stop the market for 

 it and to catch the purchaser of it.) What other agency is there 

 to undertake the solving of any of these problems except this 

 Rubber Club? 



''Within two months we expect to have a firm membership of 

 eighty. We are already assured of sixty firm members, which, 

 with the dues from the active and associate memberships, will 

 give the club an income of over three thousand dollars. What 

 this money will be used for is a question several members have 

 asked. There is the cost of the meetings of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, without railroad fares ; there is the postage and station- 

 ery, and printing; the clerical work; and there is an attorney's 

 bill for tariff and other briefs. But to my mind the most im- 

 portant expenditure that can be made is the expenditure for a 

 paid secretary. 



"The old adage, 'If you want a thing done, get a man who has 

 all he can do,' applies to an executive in the sense of making 

 decisions, but the lesson that has been learned this last year is 

 that no president can find the time to give to the detail work of 

 the club. And the pioneer work requires a man of ability and 

 discretion. 



"At this time I desire to formally thank the members of the 

 Executive Committee and the members of this club for the many 

 considerations and kindnesses shown me during my term as 

 president." 



THE treasurer's REPORT. 



Statement — Rubber Club of America, as of April 1, 1913: 

 Receipts. 



Bank balance as of April 1, 1912 $405.44 



Received for dues to April 1, 1913, from mem- 

 bers 1,396.25 



Received for initiations — new members 165.00 



Received from members for banquets, outings, 

 etc 2,351.61 



$4,318.30 



Payments. 



Expenses for banquets, outings, etc $3,012.43 



Sundry printing 142.05 



Sundry postage 33.98 



Bank collections 2.10 



Death resolutions and flowers — H. C. Morse, 



F. D. Balderston 36.00 



Clerical work 100.00 



Expenses a/c. meeting Executive Committee. 76.17 



Telephone calls 16.75 



Legal expenses, S. S. Meyers, "Tariff Brief". . 300.00 

 Expenses a/c. Messrs. G. B. Hodgman and F. 

 C. Hood's trip to Washington in connection 



with tariff matter ; 67.85 



Bank balance, April 1, 1913 530.97 



$4,31830 



THE SECRETARY S REPORT. 



Boston, Mass., April 1, 1913. 



On the above date we completed our thirteenth year, and I 

 believe that the work inaugurated during the period just closed, 

 if properly followed up, will accomplish much good to the rubber 

 trade as a whole. 



Under the new classification, our membership today stands as 

 follows: 59 Firm, 216 Active, 63 Associate, and 5 Honorary, a 

 total of 343. or a net gain of 43 during the year. This member- 

 ship will insure us an approximate income of $2,700, with which 

 your Executive Committee can start systematic work. 



This committee has deemed the club business of sufficient im- 

 portance to hold regular quarterly meetings in New York, and 

 these meetings have been well attended. 



During the year we have lost four members by death — Messrs. 

 F. D. Balderston, S. Lewis Gillette, E. R. Rice, and D. S. Pratt; 

 12 have resigned, and 7 have been dropped for non-payment of 

 dues. 



Your committee thought it wise on September 24 last to resign 

 from the Massachusetts State Board of Trade, as they could see 

 no benefit to be derived from membership in a purely local 

 organization. 



The summer outing was attended by 148 enthusiastic members 

 and guests, who were united in their praise of the Rhode Island 

 clambake and other attractions. The annual dinner in New 

 York was of the usual high standard, and seemed to be thor- 

 oughly enjoyed by those fortunate enough to attend. 



The following is a list of the officers, honorary vice-presidents, 

 board of directors, and committees of the club for the year 1913: 



OFFICERS. 



George B. Hodgman, president, 806 Broadway, New York City. 

 Frederick H. Jones, vice-president, Andover, Massachusetts. 

 J. Frank Dunbar, treasurer, Geo. A. Alden & Co., Boston. 

 Harold P. Fuller, secretary, 49 Federal street, Boston. 

 John P. Lyons, assistant secretary, 15 West 38th street. New 

 York. 



HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



L. Dewart Apsley, Augustus O. Bourn, John M. Flint, Alexan- 

 der M. Paul, Henry C. Pearson, Arthur W. Stedman, Frederic 

 C. Hood. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Henry Spadone, Gutta Percha & Rubber Co., New York. 

 George B. Hodgman, Hodgman Rubber Co., New York. 

 J. Frank Dunbar, Geo. A. Alden & Co., Boston. 

 Harold P. Fuller, E. H. Clapp Rubber Co., Boston. 

 L. Dewart Apsley, Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts. 

 Augustus O. Bourn, Bourn Rubber Co., Providence. 

 John H. Flint, Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Massachusetts. 

 Frederic C. Hood, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown. 

 Alexander ^I. Paul, Davidson Rubber Co., Charlestown. 

 Henry C. Pearson, India Rubber World, New York. 

 Arthur W. Stedman, New York Commercial Co., New York. 

 Homer E. Sawyer, L^nited States Rubber Co., New York. 

 Elisha S. Williams, Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., New York. 

 H. E. Ra3mond, B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron. 

 Francis H. Appleton, F. H. Appleton & Son, Boston. 

 Frederick H. Jones, Tyer Rubber Co., Andover. 

 George E. Hall, Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cam- 

 bridgeport. 



Alien L. Comstock, American Rubber Co., Cambridgeport. 



Albert Zeiss, Arnold & Zeiss, New Y'ork. 



H. S. Firestone, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. 



