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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1914. 



months ago and since that time had been compelled to relinquish 

 .ictive business cares. He was much esteemed among his asso- 

 ciates, because oi his straightforward and honorable character, 

 ;ind was generally popular in the rubber trade of England. 



GEORGE WESTIMGHOUSE. 



Probably not one of the ten thousand daily papers publislied 

 in the United States failed to print a more or less extended 

 reference to George Westinghouse. the inventor of the air brake, 

 who died on March 12, in his 68th year; for this one invention 

 — to say nothing of the many others of which he was the author 

 — added incalculably to the welfare of the human race. During 

 the last thirty years he contributed a great variety of new ideas 

 to the development of many industries, particularly in the direc- 

 tion of utilizing electrical power. But he was always best known 

 by reason of the air brake, which he invented when only 21 

 years of age and which after many failures he finally succeeded 

 in getting a railroad to try. It was originally tested on a minor 

 branch of the Pennsylvania system. It proved its great value 

 at the first trial and was immediately adopted by all the great 

 railway systems. He is said to have left a fortune of between 

 §20,000,000 and $30,000,000, but this is a very small incident in 

 the life of such a man as Westinghouse, who long since took 

 his place among the great benefactors of mankind. 



He was born near Schenectady. New York, October 6. 1846, 

 and died at his home in New- York City. His wife and one son, 

 Cuori;!- Wfitinghouse, Jr., survive him. 



■waLUAM B. Mcelroy. 



William B. McElroy, for a number of years identified with 

 the manufacture of rubber footwear, died at his home in Provi- 

 dence. Rhode Island, on March 8, after a protracted illness, 



Mr. McElroy was born in Providence June 9, 1854. In No- 

 vember, 1882, he married the daughter of Joseph Banigan, at 

 that time president of the Woonsocket Rubber Co., and often 

 referred to as the "Rubber King." Mr. McElroy became closely 

 identified with many Banigan interests, and was made super- 

 intendent of the Hayward Rubber Co. at Colchester, Connecticut, 

 later becoming identified with the Woonsocket Rubber Co,, con- 

 tinuing that connection until this company was bought by the 

 United States Rubber Co., in 1893. 



In 1899 Mr. McElroy's health began to fail and he retired from 

 active business interests and devoted the rest of his life quite 

 largely to travel. His wife, two sons and two daughters survive 

 him. 



JOHN D. LINDSEY. 



John D, Lindsey, St. Louis manager of the Kelly-Springfield 

 Tire Co., died in the Deaconess Hospital of that city on 

 March 4, of typhoid fever, Tho associated with the Kelly- 

 Springfield company for some time, he had represented them 

 in Missouri only since last September, having been trans- 

 ferred to this point from Cleveland, Ohio. He was 34 years 

 old and is survived by his wife and a young daughter. 



PROPOSALS FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES. 



'!"hc Bureau of Supplies and .Accounts, Navy Department, 

 Washington, will receive bids until April 7 for furnishing the 

 following: Schedule 6,517, wash deck hose; schedule 6,518, 

 flexible copper hose and composition unions. Tenders are also 

 invhed until .April 14, under schedule 6,514, for cotton and 

 rubber insulating tape. 



Bids will be received until .\pril 14 by the Bureau of Supplies 

 and Accounts, Navy Department, Washington, under schedule 

 6,529, for furnishing conveyor belt. Report No. 1,693. 



Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be received at the office 

 of the General Purchasing Officer of the Isthmian Canal Com- 

 mission, Washington, until April 3, for furnishing supplies, 

 among which are included hose and rubber bands, (Circular 

 X... 835.) 



FOREIGN TRADE OPPORTUNllTES. 



In calling attention to the market for motor car tires in his 

 district, an American consul states that American manufacturers 

 must pay strict attention to the requirements if their products 

 arc to be successfully marketed. He states that if good agents 

 are secured, and the manufacturers are willing to help advertise 

 their goods, there should be a largely increased market for 

 tires. Copy of the complete report, and a list of dealers in 

 automobiles and accessories, may be obtained from the Bureau 

 of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Report No. 12,639. 



-An American consular officer reports that a resident of a 

 European country is interested in hospital and sanitary ap- 

 paratus, perfumery, surgical instruments, material for dressing 

 wounds, cotton gauze, bandages, etc. Correspondence is desired 

 with American manufacturers of these articles. Bank refer- 

 ences are furnished. Report No. 12,647. 



-\ report from an American consular officer in Canada states 

 that a firm in his district desires to receive from .American manu- 

 facturers and exporters catalogs and price lists of lire-fighting 

 apparatus of all kinds, including fire engines (both horse 

 and motor), hook and ladder trucks, hand extinguishers and 

 fire hose. Prices may be quoted f. o. b. appropriate ports. 

 Report No. 12,7(H. 



A dealer in automobiles and accessories in France informs an 

 American consul that he desires to be put in touch with Ameri- 

 can manufacturers of automobiles and accessories, with a view 

 to representing them in the city in which he is located. Report 

 No. 12,724. 



A report from an American consul in Great Britain states that 

 a town council in his district has decided to spend about $7,500 

 in acquiring a fire engine and equipment. .American manufac- 

 turers should communicate with either the town clerk or the 

 superintendent of the fire brigade. Report No. 12,779. 



RECENT CUSTOMS RULINGS. 



According to the ruling of the Board of United States General 

 Appraisers — later confirmed by Judge Smith of the United States 

 Court of Customs .Appeals — leather strips of a form and size 

 adaptable for conversion into automobile treads of different 

 lengths and widths are subject to an import duty of 5 per cent., as 

 leather belting, as prescribed in the first part of paragraph 451, 

 with an additional 10 per cent, as being cut into forms. This de- 

 cision was reached after an appeal by the Michelin Tire Co., 

 which clanned a flat rate of 5 per cent, on imports of this nature 

 as against the duty taken by Collector Malone of 15 per cent, ad 

 valorem, under paragraph 451 of the old law — leather not spe- 

 cially provided for — together with an additional 10 per cent, for 

 leather cut mto form for manufacturing purposes. 



The protest of J. Einstein and F. L. Kraemer & Co. against 

 a recent assessment on waterproof cloth has been sustained by 

 the board. The cloth — which consists of a fabric composed of 

 two pieces of cotton, one knitted and the other woven, and 

 cemented on gutta percha, with the gutta percha between the 

 pieces of cotton — is intended for use in shoe uppers. It was 

 classified for duty as manufactures of cotton at 45 per cent, ad 

 valorem under paragraph 332 of the 1909 tariff. The importers 

 claimed the goods to be dutiable as waterproof cloth, under 

 paragraph 347, in which claim they were upheld, the rate under 

 this classification being 10 cents per square yard and 20 per 

 cent, ad valorem. 



The protest of Gallagher & Ascher, of Chicago, against the 

 assessment at 45 per cent, under paragraph 468 of the tariff 

 act, on circular phonograph records composed of vulcanized india 

 rubber, was overruled by the Board of United States General 

 Appraisers. The importers claimed these articles to be dutiable 

 at 35 per cent, ad valorem under paragraph 464 of the 1909 

 tariff act, or at 20 per cent, under paragraph 480, but the as- 

 sessment bv the Collector was affirmed. 



