May 1, 1912.] 



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The same board of directors was re-elected, namely : 

 Anthony X. Brady, Charles A. Hunter. 



Samuel P, Colt, Arthur L. Kelley', 



Frank W. Eddy, Lester Leland, 



James B. Ford, Homer E. Sawyer, 



Ernest Hopkinson, Elisha S. Williams. 



At the first meeting of the new board, held on April 12, the 

 following officers were re-elected : 



President. — Elisha S. Williams. 



Vice-Presidents. — Lester Leland and Charles A. Hunter. 



Treasurer. — E. J. Hathorne. 



Assistant Treas^irer. — John D. Carberry. 



Secretary. — Samuel Norris. 



Assistant Secretary. — John D. C.\rberry. 



Executive Committee. — Elisha S. Williams, Lester Leland, 

 Anthony N. Brady, Samuel P. Colt, Ernest Hopkinson, Charles 

 A. Hiuiter and Homer E. Sawyer. 



The following record of the volume of net sales by the Rub- 

 ber Goods ]Manufacturing Co. and its subsidiary companies for 

 the past ten years is compiled from the company's annual re- 

 ports : 



OUR NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROWTH. 



The Statistical Abstract issued annually by the Department o£ 

 Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics, the thirty- 

 fourth number of which has just made its appearance, shows that 

 the money in circulation has increased from $12 per capita in 

 1850 to $34 per capita in 1911; the bank clearings, from 52 bil- 

 lion dollars in 1887, the first year for which an official record was 

 available, to 159 billions in 1911 ; the individual deposits in banks, 

 from 2 billion dollars in 1875, the earliest year for which figures 

 are available, to practically 16 billions in 1911 ; the number of de- 

 positors in savings banks, from 1 million in 1866, to 9^ million? 

 in 1911; the exports of domestic products, from a little over 100 

 million dollars in 1840 to over 2,000 millions in 1911; and the 

 value of manufactures produced in the country, from 1 billion 

 dollars in 1850 to 20^ billions in 1910. 



1902 $13,999,329.00 



1903 14,310,752.00 



1904, 14,556,289.00 



1905' 17.662.453.00 



19D6 19.737,120.81 



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1907 $21,473,823.28 



1908 18.491,987.90 



1909 ....1 25,629,592.71 



1910 35.188,^i.40 



1911 . ...i 34,Jg7,2le.l5 



DRY COSTS AT A GLANCE. 



With a view to simplifying calculations of the dry cost of 

 rubber at varying percentages of shrinkage, Mr. H. W. French, 

 crude rubber broker, of Akron, has issued a chart based on the 

 principle of intersecting lines. It includes 30 various percentages, 

 applied to crude costs, from 30 cents to $1.70, and giving the 

 equivalent in dry costs, ranging from 40 cents to $2. The table 

 is ingenious and would apparently shorten such calculations, 

 always a desideratum in these busy days. The chart is herewith 

 reproduced on a somewhat reduced scale. 



/?JiV COST 





DRY COST 



