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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 1903. 



of their boots and shoes, and you know they have not cheapened their 

 compounds as the price of rubber advanced. 



Secondly, but by no means second in importance, is the fact that you, 

 our employes, have put the work into the making of the shoes. Your 

 faithfulness and intelligence have gone into the work, and as a result of 

 these two all important factors, our goods have given splendid service, 

 which accounts for our ability to increase the business and thus give you 



the steady employment 

 you have had. So, let 

 us resolve to continue in 

 the same wise course, 

 the Company on their 

 part keeping up the qual- 

 ity, and You keeping up 

 your interest, and if pos- 

 sible put an extra roll in 

 when making the goods, 

 knowing that it means 

 success to this business 

 and permanent work for 

 you, and in a short time 

 we will outgrow this ad- 

 dition and will be want- 

 ing more room. 



As stated in the be- 

 ginning, you, one and 

 all, have our best wishes. 

 After the applause 

 that followed his re- 



PRESENTATION BANNER. 



(With Portrait of Mr. Apsley ] marks, Mr. Milton T. 



Bailey arose and, on behalf of the employes, addressed Presi- 

 dent Apsley, recalling the unusually kind consideration which 

 the Apsley Rubber Co. had always shown to its employes, and 

 saying how much the latter had appreciated the same. He re- 

 called that, fourteen years ago, when the completion of the 

 mackintosh factory building was celebrated by a banquet and 

 ball, he had the pleasure of expressing to Mr. Apsley on behalf 

 of the employes their sentiments of respect and regard for 

 their employer, at which time they placed a clock in the office, 

 the faithful ticking of which might be a constant reminder of 

 the pleasant relations then existing. He had now, on behalf 

 of a larger force, the honor to ask Mr. Apsley 's acceptance of 

 a banner now to be unfurled. 



At the close of the speech, at a signal, a magnificent banner 

 was unveiled, upon which appeared a portrait of the founder of 

 the company. Although taken completely by surprise, and 

 much touched, Mr. Apsley accepted it, responding in a few well 

 chosen words. At the close of the banquet those who desired 



to dance did so, while others took part in the great variety of 

 games that had been provided for. The festivities of the 

 evening were kept up until a late hour — to allow for which 

 the factory was not to open until a late hour the next morn- 

 ing — and all present were enthusiastic in their apprecia- 

 tion of the day's unalloyed pleasure. Mr. Apsley remained 

 until the end of the program, but Mrs. Apsley, who had been 

 present at the banquet and the dancing, with a party of 

 friends, left a little earlier. 



In handling all the details of the exercises day and evening, 

 there were some twenty committees employed, the moving and 

 active head being Mr. Apsley, his efforts being most intelligen- 

 tly seconded by Messrs. William B. Laighton, H. C. Wagner, 

 and Milton T. Bailey. All of the local newspapers were repre- 

 sented among the guests as well as Boston papers. There were 

 also present : E. S. Giles, of the Chicago Shoe Trade Journal ; 

 George E. B. Putnam, Boot and Shoe Recorder, Boston ; Wen- 

 dell Gammons, Shoe Retailer ; and the Editor of The India 

 Rubber World. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures 

 of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, for the month of July, 

 1903, and for the first seven months of the calendar year, for 

 four years : 



SEVEN MONTHS FOR LAST TWO YEARS COMPARED. 



Gain in belting, packing, and hose $ 88,579 



Gain in " All other rubber" 343,396 $431,975 



13.300 



Loss in boots and shoes. 



Net gain in 1903 $418,675 



CANADA. 

 Official statement of values of dutiable imports of manu- 

 factures of India-rubber and Gutta-percha for three fiscal 

 years [July 1 to June 30] : 



From— 1900-01. 1901-02. 1902-03. 



Great Britain §155.384 $217,477 $393, 32t 



United States 432,649 521.963 571,687 



Other countries 21,858 3198b 25.054 



Total $609,891 $771,426 $990,062 



The value of imports of crude India-rubber and Gutta-percha 

 reclaimed rubber, and rubber substitutes, is given at $[,986,913 

 for 1900 01 ; at $1,656,275 for 1901-02; and $1,824,705 for 

 1902 03. 



Imports of Waterproof Clothing for the last fiscal year 

 amounted in value: From Great Britain, $357,130; from the 

 United States, $54,386; from other countries, $86; total, $411,- 

 602. Imports of Mackintosh Cloth amounted to 465.380 yards, 

 of the value of $92,285. 



THE APSLEY RUBBER SHOE FACTORY. 

 [The new six story addition in the foreground. 



So much has been said regarding the heavy cost of automo- 

 bile tires, said to be equal to 4 or 5 cents per mile, that it is 

 most satisfactory to hear from Charles J. Glidden, the first au- 

 tomobilist to cross the Arctic circle, who in writing lately from 

 Kommis, Sweden, gives his total mileage as 3596, with one 

 puncture only, and no expense for repairs at all. 



