November 1, 1920 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



129 



Goodrich tires are made in millimeter sizes as well as in inches 

 as used in America, and are in great demand for British-made 

 vehicles. 



Other subjects of interest treated in the booklet are: A Stand- 

 ard for Recording the Operating Costs of Commercial Vehicles, 

 Lengthening the Life of the Motor Vehicle, Fifteen Helpful Sug- 

 gestions for the Fitting and Detaching of Solid Band Tires, and 

 Weights of Materials Commonly Hauled by Commercial Vehicles. 



"Markets of the World," published by the First National Bank 

 of Boston, Massachusetts, comprises a series of economic maps 

 and statistical abstracts of the principal countries of the world. 

 The book, which is entirely original in character, has been com- 

 piled by H. A Lyon of the bank's commercial service depart- 

 ment and is tastefully and conveniently bound in loose-leaf form 

 with black cloth covers stamped in gold. Owing to the special 

 value of the volume to organizations devoted to foreign trade 

 it has not been prepared for general distribution. 



EusHA S. Williams 



THE OBITUARY RECORD 

 VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY 



EUSHA Slade Converse Williams, vice-president in charge of 

 the mechanical goods division and a director of the United 

 States Rubber Co., New York, died October 8, at the Ossining 



Hospital, Ossining, N. Y., aged 

 47 years. His death was a great 

 shock and a profound sorrow to 

 the host of friends both in and out 

 of the organization, who knew and 

 loved Mr. Williams. Funeral serv- 

 ices at the Funeral Church, Broad- 

 way and Sixty-sixth street. New 

 York City, were conducted by the 

 Rev. George Caleb Moor, pastor of 

 the Madison Avenue Baptist 

 Church. Burial was made at 

 Maiden, Massachusetts, which was 

 Mr. Williams' former home. 



Mr. Williams was born in 1873, 

 and, a namesake of the late Elisha 

 S, Converse, began his career in 

 the rubber industry in 1891 with 

 the Revere Rubber Co., Chelsea, 

 Massachusetts. He was associated with this firm in various 

 capacities, including those of treasurer and general manager, 

 becoming a practical rubber manufacturer of exceptional execu- 

 tive ability. Under his management the firm's annual output 

 reached $6,000,000 in 1909, when the business was taken over by 

 the United States Rubber Co. 



Thereafter Mr. Williams was an important factor in the suc- 

 cessful growth of the United States Rubber Co. and its sub- 

 sidiaries. In 1910 he became president, a director and member 

 of the executive committee of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing 

 Co„ following the death of Charles H. Dale; a director and 

 member of the executive committee of the United States Rubber 

 Co. ; a director and member of the executive committee of the 

 General Rubber Co., and president of the Revere Rubber Co. 

 Since that time he has held several official positions in a number 

 of affiliated companies of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., 

 including the presidencies of the Mechanical Rubber Co. and 

 the Hartford Rubber Works Co. He was also a director of the 

 American Commerce Co. and the Eureka Fire Hose Manufac- 

 turing Co. 



In 1911 Mr. Williams was instrumental in organizing the 

 United States Tire Co., of which he was made president, to 

 market its entire production. The same year he went to Europe 

 and laid the foundation for the company's export tire trade. In 

 1915 he resigned this office to devote his exclusive attention to 



the mechanical rubber business of the United States Rubber 

 Co., of which he had for several years been in charge. 



As a member and for ten years a director of The Rubber 

 .-Association of America, Mr. Williams was prominent in its con- 

 structive work. When the War Service Committee of the Rubber 

 Industry was organized early in 1918, to act as a point of contact 

 between the industry and the Government, Mr. Williams was ap- 

 pointed chairman of the mechanical goods commercial division, 

 and under his leadership important recommendations were made 

 tending toward much needed standardization in this line of goods. 

 He was a member of the New York ."Xthlctic, Metropolitan, Union 

 League and other New York clubs. 



Mr. Williams was a keen judge of men, a natural organizer, 

 a business man to the core, yet possessed of a genuine but quiet 

 friendliness. His passing brings wide-spread sorrow. 



ALBERT STEIN 



Albert Siein, 54 years old, president and founder of A. Stein 

 & Co., manufacturers of elastic goods in Chicago, New York and 

 Toronto, died last month of pneumonia. Mr. Stein, who was 

 born in 1866 in Germany, tame to this country in 1884, and 

 three years later started business in Chicago. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES 



'I 'HE inquiries that follow liave already been answered; never- 

 ^ iheless they are of interest not only in shozmng the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility tliat additional in- 

 formation may be furnished by those who read them. Tlie editor 

 is therefore glad to Itave those interested communicate with him. 



(829) A manufacturer desires the address of a company 

 that regrinds calender rolls in the factory. 



(830) A correspondent asks where he can obtain "Glugloss 

 gelatin" in small quantities for investigative work in waterproof- 

 ing fabrics. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS 



Addresses may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce. Washington, D. C, or from the folloiiing 

 district or cooperative otfices. Requests for each address should 

 be on a separate sheet, and slate number: 



District Offices Cooperative Offices 



New York: 734 Customhouse. Cleveland: Chamber of Commerce. 



Boston: 1801 Customhouse. Cincinnati: Chamber of Commerce; 



Chicago: 504 Federal Building. General Freight Agent, Southern 



St. Louis: 402 Third National Bank Railway, 96 Ingalls Building. 



Building. Los .^URcles: Chamber of Commerce. 



New Orleans: 102O Hibernia Bank Philadelphia: Chamber of Commerce. 



Building. Portland. Oregon: Chamber of Com- 



San Francisco; 307 Customhouse. merce. 



Seattle: 848 Henry Building. Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Chamber of 



Commerce. 



(33,795) A merchant in Ceylon desires to purchase bicycle 

 lires and inner tubes. Quote c. i. f. Ceylon port. 



(33,819) An American firm which is the representative of 

 a manufacturer's agent in Colombia desires to get into communi- 

 cation with firms for the sale in that country of elastic webbing. 



(33,829) The representative in the United States of a manu- 

 facturers' agent in Colombia desires to secure an agency for the 

 sale of household and pharmaceutical rubber goods. 



(33,834) A commercial agent in Chile wishes to purchase 

 rubber overshoes from manufacturers. 



(33.838) An import and export agent in Jugoslavia desires 

 to establish commercial relations with firms handling rubber 

 goods. Correspondence may be in English. 



(33.839) An industrial firm in Belgium desires to secure the 

 agency for the sale of balata belting, and all industrial articles 

 for the manufacture of rubber goods, waterproof fabrics, etc. 

 Cash against documents. 



(33.843) The representative of a merchant in Haiti is in the 



