THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



The Mid -West Rubber Manufacturers Association, 



First Annual Meeting and Banquet. 



First Annual Banquet or tiik Mi 



ST XrilBKR MaNUFACTURKRS ASSOCIATIII 



Chicago, Illinois, December 6, 1919. 



IE Chicago Athletic Club, 



THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET o£ the Mid-WeSt 

 Rubber Manufacturers Association took place at the Chi- 

 cago Athletic Club on Tuesday evening, December 9. The 

 business meeting was held at 2 P. m. on the same day and was" 

 well attended by members of the Association and their guests. 

 After the customary routine which included reading of the min- 

 utes, treasurer's report, etc., the chairman, John W. Maguire, 

 president of the Association, called upon several of the members 

 for remarks relating to the various industries which they rep- 

 resented. 



Thomas M. Gardner of the Brighton Mills spoke on the tire 

 fabric situation and incidentally said that every indication pointed 

 to a shortage of cord material, and advised that in the premises 

 it might be well for manufacturers to figure on providing for 

 other types on the ground that if an adequate supply of cord 

 tires could not be turned out, pneumatics of some other character 

 would naturally be substituted. He particularly inveighed against 

 t&e use of low-grade cord because of its effect on the finished 

 product. 



Charles T. Wilson of Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc.. said that it 

 was his opinion there would be at least a sufficient supply of 

 etude rubber to correspond with the amount of fabric available. 



Wesley E. Wilson of the Akron Rubber Mold & Machine 

 Co. spoke informingly on the subject of rubber molds. 



The next speaker, A. G. Ilanauer, president of the Washington 

 Tire & Rubber Co., gave an attractive description of the North- 

 west generally and Spokane specifically as a most available lo- 



He said that rmaoui- 

 labor, which was one 



cation for ruliber manufacturing 

 facturing conditions were ideal, includi: 

 hundred per cent .American. 



Ohio as a rubber manufacturing center was defended by W. 

 C. Owen of the Owen Tire & Rubber Co., who claimed that 

 because of shipping facilities and proximity of supplies there 

 was no superior location. W. W. Wuechter of the Nebraiska 

 Tire & Rubber Co., manifested a high regard for Omaha as a 

 rubber manufacturing point. 



The secretary read a paper on Industrial Relations from the 

 Rubber Club of America, suggesting the cooperation of the Mid- 

 West Association in that the combined organizations might act 

 as a unit in facilitating relations between employer and 

 employe. 



The following nominating committee was appointed by Mr. 

 Maguire : Clark H. Bennett, Featheredge Rubber Co., M. S. 

 Ackles, Lincoln Highway Tire Co., F. I. Chichester, Twin Tube 

 & Rubber Co., J. F. Benner, Electric Rubber Reclaiming Co., J. 

 B. Gabeline, Standard Four Tire Co., and the following direc- 

 tors were elected : 

 John W. Maguire, Portage Rubber Co., John T. Christy, Hawk- 

 eye Tire & Rubber Co., C. H. Wright, Racine Auto Tire Co., 

 George B. Dryden, Dryden Rubber Co., F. I. Chichester, Twin 

 Tube & Rubber Co., D. M. Mason, The Mason Tire & Rubber Co. 

 and W. W. Wuechter, Nebraska Tire & Rubber Co. 



The d'nner, which commenced at seven o'clock in the banquet 

 haU of the Chicago Athletic Club was one of the happiest func- 



