June 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



675 



bump and perhaps damage the heads ; loading tracks should be 

 well fastened to avoid upsetting loads ; track bridges should be 

 counterweighted if used to run cars from the floor level to the 

 heater. 



Wherever CO2 vulcanizing apparatus is used care must be 

 taken not to let the CO. drums drop; not to remove the top 

 caps of the drums when not charging; the valves between CO3 

 drums and tank should be opened, in charging the tank, before 

 the valve on top of the CO. drum is opened; care should be 

 taken to see that there are no leaks in the CO; tank or piping; 

 to bring pump vulcanizer to zero pressure before opening door; 

 to set all safety valves daily or during each heat ; to guard 

 against all leaks and to see that all old gas is discharged out- 

 doors where it cannot harm employes ; and to avoid letting the 

 full drum pressure extend to any connection, as the CO, drums 

 stand a much higher pressure than any pipe, tank, or fitting 

 connected with them. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD 

 FORMER DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 



CH.\Ri.ES AuGL-.-iTUs lluNTER, who retired from the directorate 

 of the United States Rubber Co. about five years ago, died 

 suddenly on May 3 at his home in North Bergen, New Jersey, 

 at the age of 56. 



Mr. Hunter was born in Mon- 

 roe, New York, in 1865, and was 

 educated in the public schools of 

 that town and of P'aterson, New 

 Jersey. He first engaged in the 

 grocery business in Paterson, his 

 brother joining him a few years 

 later and continuing with him 

 until, in 1891, Mr. Hunter entered 

 the employ of the Peerless Rubber 

 Co., of North Bergen, New 

 Jersey, as shipping clerk. 



Within a few years he had 

 worked his way up to superin- 

 tendent of the plant, and was later 

 made vice-president. Upon the 

 death of Charles H. Dale, in 1908, 

 he was elected president, a posi- 

 tion which he held until his retire- 

 ment from the rubber business. He was also vice-president of 

 the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., Mechanical Rubber Co., 

 New York Belting & Packing Co., Fabric Fire Hose Co., 

 Sawyer Belting Co., Stoughton Rubber Co., Chicago Rubber 

 Works, Hartford Rubber Works, Morgan & Wright, Indianapolis 

 Rubber Co., G. & J. Tire Co., Cleveland Rubber Co., Mechanical 

 Fabric Co., Sandy Hook Reclaiming Works and the India 

 Rubber Co. 



Following his retirement from the rubber trade he held the 

 positions of secretary and treasurer of the Herfort Co., manu- 

 facturers of hardware specialties, until his death. 



Mr. Hunter was well known in rubber circles throughout the 

 United States and his untimely passing is widely mourned. He 

 is survived by his widow and two sons. 



Charles A. Hunter 



WELL-KNOWN MID-WEST SALESMAN AND MANAGER 



David Shattuck, late manager of the Kansas City branch of 

 the Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, died in Kansas City 

 on March 3. He was born in Washington, Maine, December 2, 

 1869. In 1890 he went to work for the Pope Manufacturing Co., 

 Boston, rising to branch manager of the Chicago headquarters in 

 the thirteen years of his connection with them. In 1903 he became 

 sales representative for the Hartford Rubber Works, Hartford, 

 as the missionar\' salesman in the bicycle tire line throughout 



the Middle West. In 1911 Sliattuck became sole agent in Kansas 

 City and surrounding territory for the Federal Rubber Co., and 

 in 1916 was appointed manager of the new Kansas City warehouse 

 and sales offices, which position he held at the time of his death. 



INVENTOR AND RUBBER PIONEER 



Elisha Stout, formerly associated with the Lambertville Rub- 

 ber Co., died at his home at Asbury Park, New Jersey, May 8, 

 at the age of 83 years. The deceased was a pioneer rubber man 

 and was connected with the Lambertville company for a number 

 of years, having been patentee of the famous "Snag-Proof" 

 rubber boot. During the Civil War he served in the Navy. 

 He is survived by five daughters. Mr. Stout retired from the 

 rubber business some years ago. 



READJUSTMENT POLICIES OF THE NATIONAL 

 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 



AMEKic.\N busuicss. as represented in the membership of 

 the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, gets a 

 clearer view of its problems as a result of the ninth annual meet- 

 ing of the Chamber, held at Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 

 26 to 29. 



The most pressing questions facing business were taken up 

 earnestly by the delegates attending and out of the presentation 

 of views and the discussions there came a series of declarations 

 intended to point the way to means by which a termination of 

 the present period of business uncertainty may be facilitated. 



Because of the importance of the relationships of government 

 and business a general theme for the meeting was chosen in the 

 following phrase: "In the public interest — more business methods 

 in government ; less government management of business." 



Much of the work of the meeting was done in group sessions, 

 addressed by prominent speakers, where frank discussions took 

 place on the major phases of business problems. The groups 

 were formed to follow the main divisions of business, each group 

 representing a department of the Chamber. The groups were: 

 civic development, domestic distribution, fabricated production, 

 finance, foreign commerce, insurance, natural resources produc- 

 tion, railroads and shipping. 



DECLARATIONS OF THE CONVENTION 



Taxation was one of the principal topics taken up by the meet- 

 ing. Each division was given an opportunity to express views 

 regarding the sales tax, income taxes and further government 

 loans. The outcome was a resolution to submit the subject agair> 

 to referendum. The Chamber declared in favor of a court or 

 courts of tax appeals to be appointed by the President, independ- 

 ent of the Treasury Department, to adjudicate disputes between 

 taxpayers and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Through ref- 

 erendum the Chamber is formally committed to a distinction, for 

 purposes of Federal income tax, between gains realized from the 

 sale of capital assets and income derived from business or other 

 current activities, and it advocates less burdensome rates whert 

 properly defined than upon the latter. 



The report of progress of the Tariff Committee, suggesting a 

 tariff adjustment board to fix tariff rates within limitations to 

 be defined by statute, thus permitting limited changes in tariff 

 rates without a general revision of the tariff by Congress, will 

 undoubtedly become the basis of an early referendum. 



Manufacturers' problems taken up by the fabricated production 

 group included wages and their relation to production and sales; 

 treatment of overhead, in stabilizing prices, and the need of 

 statistics in industry. In this connection the Chamber declared 

 for individual initiative, equality of opportunity for all and a 

 w^holesome standard of living. It condemned avoidable strikes, 

 lockouts, and all combinations that needlessly limit output or 



