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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 19 io. 



HARTFORD TIRE MEN IN CONFERENCE. 



TIIK Harltriril Rublicr Works Co. ( 1 larlli>ru, Connecticut), as 

 usual, t!iii year had as their guests the company's branch 

 managers and salesmen from different parts of the United 

 States. For 15 years past it has been the policy of the com- 

 pany to bring together annually at the factory their representa- 

 tives from all ovi-r the country to enable them to become more 

 closely acquainted with the manufacture of tires and the 

 methods of the home office. The conference was in session 

 daily from September 15 to September 19, the days being given 

 up to different meetings, which began at 8 a. m., lunch being 

 served in the officers' dining room at the factory. 



The general policy of the company for the coming year \vcre 

 outlined to the men, selling campaigns planned, advertising 

 methods discussed, and in fact all points of interest covering 

 the manufacture and merchandising of Hartford tires were 

 dwelt upon. Those in attendance were as follows, the figures 

 against eacli name referring to the numbers on the pictured 

 group : 



OFFICI.XL BO.XRn .VXD HARTFORD ST.\FF. 



1. 1>. An'Icr* >i 1 I 1, i>rcsir1fiit. 



H. E. Kk*M \2[. vice piesif'.ent. 



t. S. Bcrscn is), secretary. 



J. P Kr,>gti 1 4). trcis-.irer. 



D. \V. Pinney (61, assislsnt trcis'.irer. 



Charles B. WhilteUcy I5I. factory superintendent. 



1'. Kcsscr [7I. s:ile^ m.inager. 



^[. C. Stokes I.-0I. m>torcycle deparlmtn:. 



C Clark I34I. automobile tire (leiiavlnient. 



A. E. Martel f;Sl and W. If R-.-fi U=l. solid motor tire department. 



Guy Turner, repair departtnent. 

 ]■'. .\ppIelon. shipp-ns (!ep'.;r1n"ent. 

 .1. SitcJr, master nie.hanic. Ci. S. Huiings i4iil. 



BRANCH MANAGERS. 

 New York— E. S. Roe [17]. Pliilad;Iuliia— W. R. Rariics I30I. 



Chicago — W. T. Powell I39]. 

 Buffalo — O. S. Johnson I35I. 

 Cleveland— P. H. Goodall [11]. 



Detroit — II. C. Severance (loi. 

 Moston — Chase Lanpiraid I41]. 

 -\tlant.-i— .A. \V. Kirk (38I. 



SALESMEN. 



Chicago— G. R. Noble 18], 11. E. Smith I15I, P. B Simmons \tf\, 

 A. W. Clark I37I. <'■ H. Wright [m] 



Buffalo.— S. N. Keller I9I, R. M. Barrett Ur). 



Cleveland— II. U .\lcliito>h (i.'], T .McClntg I33]. 



Philadelphia— J. Hoffman I14]. E. I.. UuHcc [16], H. V. Koons U'l], 

 E. II. Johansen [^4], (iarlield List l-*9l. 



Connecticut — E. S. Edwards |i8|, James .Morgan l.i3l, C. Townc 1 13]. 



r.oston— L. C. Havener [19J, L. l-rohock [zb], G. D. Nilcs l32|. 



New .York— W. R. Brown U^], E. II. Ealiy [23I. A D. Cudtii l-'rl, 

 II. F. Snyder [44 1- 



Detroit — J. J. Tompkins [31]. 



On Saturday automobiles took the party to the Shorehani, at 

 Morris Cove, Connecticut, where dinner w-as served and the 

 afternoon devoted to athletic sports. The menu card was an 

 artistic piece of work — in keeping with the viands served — 

 embellished with a number of comic sketches, each relating to 

 some one of the guests at the diiuier, and having as a general 

 text the motto "Bv their faults ve shall know them.'' 



It is stated that whereas the .Austrian rubber trade has been 

 brisk during the past year as far as home markets are con- 

 cerned, the export trade has been extremely difficult, owing to 

 foreign competition. Although a good trade has been done by 

 home manufacturers of tires, the import of goods in this branch 

 amounted within a year to 5,346,000 kroner [ = $1,085,238]. 

 England, Russia, Germany and the United States continue to 

 export large quantities of rubber shoes to .<\ustria and Hungary. 

 Austrian firms have now taken up the manufacture of balloon 

 fabrics. 



ANNl'.M. I DNi'KKI'.Nt K l)l-' I I IK 1 1 AK T 11 )RI 1 KUUHKR WOiUvS C(J. 



