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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 



1904. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



ONCE a year the members of the New England Rubber 

 Club get together to transact whatever business their 

 annual meeting may call for, and to have a dinner or 

 some sort of entertainment. 



Through the courtesy of the Massachusetts Automobile 

 Club, of Boston, their fine club house was given over to the 

 Rubber Club for the evening of April 18, the date of the fourth 

 annual meeting, and the main hall was crowded to overflowing, 

 the attendance being over two hundred — the largest gathering 

 in the history of the organization. 



At 7.45 President Apsley called the meeting to order, and 

 the following reports were read and accepted : 

 secretary's report. 



Mr. President, and Members of the New England Rubber 

 Club : The last annual meeting of our Club was held at the Exchange 

 Club, Boston, on the evening of May 15, being an adjourned meeting 

 from the third Monday in April. President L. D. Apsley was in the 

 chair. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and accept- 

 ed, and the following officers elected; 



President — L. D. Apsley. 



Vice President — Arthur W. Stedman. 



Secretary — HENRY C. Pearson. 



Treasurer — George P. Whitmore. 



Assistant Secretary — Elston E. WADBROOK. 



Directors — Costello C. Converse, Joseph Davol, Allen L. Comstock, 

 A. M. Paul, John H. Flint, George H. Forsyth. 



Reviewing briefly the year's record, it is pleasant to be able to report 

 [hat the Club has grown in numerical strength, the membership reaching 

 now to 179 members, divided as follows: 7 honorary members, 39 asso- 

 ciate members, 133 resident members. 



During the year past the Club has given three most successful din- 

 ners. First, the Mexican-American Fiesta, which followed the annual 

 meeting at the Exchange Club ; second, the Midsummer Outing at the 

 Country Club, Brookline ; and the third, a notable dinner at Hotel 

 Somerset. 



The object of the Club, that of social intercourse between members of 

 the great New England rubber manufacturing corporations, seems to be 

 fully realized, and the enthusiastic spirit with which the association was 

 inaugurated some four years ago, seems in no way diminished. 

 Respectfully submitted, henry c. Pearson, 



Secretary. 



treasurer's report. 



RECEIPTS. 



Bank Balance April 20, 1903 $1,324.56 



From Members for Initiation $ 70 00 



From Members for Dues 728.15 



From Members for Dinners 1,293.29 2,091.44 



Total $3,416.00 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Dinners, etc $1,891.15 



Flowers 88.40 



Music and Entertainment 41929 



Prizes and Sporting Goods 30.50 



Printing, Postage, etc 2826252,711.96 



Bank Balance and Cash on Hand April 18, 1904 704.04 



Total $3,416.00 



GEORGE P. WHITMORE, 



Treasurer. 

 Approved: J. Frank Dunbar, George P. Eustis, Auditors. 



On motion of Governor A. O. Bourn the secretary was in- 

 structed to cast one ballot for the election of the following 

 officers : 



President — L. D. Apsley. 



Vice President— Arthur W. Stedman. 



Treasurer — GEORGE P. WHITMORE. 

 Secretary — Henry C. Pearson. 

 Assistant Secretary — E. E. Wadbrook. 



Directors— Costello C. Converse. Joseph Davol, Allen L. Comstock, 

 A. M. Paul. John H. Flint, George H. Forsyth. 



The president then introduced Mr. Henry C. Pearson, who 

 described his recent journey to Ceylon and the Federated 

 Malay States to see the great plantations of Paia rubber that 

 are beginning to attract the attention of the rubber trade. 



The story was illustrated by stereopticon pictures, which 

 showed typical views of the cities, peoples, plantations, and 

 wilds that were visited. One hundred and twenty pictures 

 were shown, the lecture ending with a brief glimpse of Japan, 

 which country was visited on the homeward journey. 



At the close of the " Smoke Talk " the New England Rubber 

 Club unanimously voted its thanks to the club that had ex- 

 tended its hospitality to them, and then proceeded to enjoy 

 the eatables and drinkables that were served as a further evi- 

 dence of the care that the Automobile Club takes of its guests. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE India Rubber and Guttapercha Insulating Co. 

 (Yonkers, New York) issue an illustrated catalogue of 

 Habirshaw wires and cables, manufactured by them, which is 

 comprehensive and accurate as to the text, and helpfully illus- 

 trated with a liberal number of cuts, showing sections of the 

 various types of the Habirshaw cables. There are illustrations 

 also of devices peculiar to this company, including the "bus 

 bars" installed by them at Niagara Falls, and views of the in- 

 terior of the company's testing room. This is an unusually 

 handsomely got up trade publication, compiled by Mr. Freder- 

 ick J. Hall, and copyrighted. [8"Xio^". 23 pages ] 



The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co. (Providence, Rhode 

 Island) have issued their initial trade announcement, in the 

 shape of a net price list for 1904 of " The New Process Rubber 

 Footwear", being the machine made rubber shoes. This first 

 list shows cuts of a few of the lines of shoes manufactured by 

 the company, the same being well executed, and indicating 

 that an attractive line of goods is offered. The list includes 

 Hurons, lumberman's overs, Perfections, leather tops (crome 

 kip), wool boot combinations, heavy arctics, Omaha arctics, 

 light jersey arctics, croquet Alaskas, selfacting Alaskas, storm 

 Alaskas, men's selfacting overs, croquet overs, and storm overs. 

 Net prices are given, with an announcement that the same are 

 subject to change without notice. The trade will be interested 

 to note these prices are somewhat higher than for goods 

 offered under the same designations by the old companies. 

 [3 ; 4 X 6". 12 pages.] 



Banner Rubber Co. (successors to Monarch Rubber Co.. 

 Si. Louis) issue their 1904 illustrated catalogue of Boots and 

 Shoes under the title " A New Method of Buying," having ref- 

 erence to new policy of selling direct to the retail trade. Their 

 first quality goods are branded "Sunset" and their second 

 grade " Prairie Rubber Co." Prices are given on a special 

 list. [7' X9'- 2 8 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited=Interlocking Rubber 

 Tiling. List of places where it has been laid. 12 pages. 



The Pure Gum Specialty Co., Barberton, Ohio. = Price List [of Drug- 

 gists' Sundries ; prices blank]. 12 pages. 



