Aprii, I, 11J08.J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



231 



Hon. Eben S. Draper 



[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.] 



Arthur W. Stedman. 



(President of the New England Rubber Club.] 



Gen. Ch.\ri.es H. Taylor 



[Editor of the Boston Globe.] 



The New England Rubber Club's ''Best Dinner." 



THE annual banquet of the New England Rubber Club, held 

 at the Algonquin Club, Boston, on the evening of March 

 II, adds one more to the series of successful functions of 

 which the association has an unbroken list. There were about 

 200 present, and after a half hour's social they gathered in the 

 beautifully decorated banquet hall and enjoyed one of the best 

 dinners that the Algonquin has ever served. 



Before introducing the first speaker, President Arthur W. 

 Stedman spoke as follows : 



"We are assembled here this evening to celebrate the addition 

 of a New Year to the life of our association, the New England 

 Rubber Club. Our organization was born with the new century, 

 and began with less than 100 members. We came together pri- 

 marily for the purpose, as pointed out in our constitution : "For 

 the promotion of social intercourse among gentlemen connected 

 with the rubber industry, especially those residing in New Eng- 

 land.' 



"In the eight 

 years of our ex- 

 istence we have 

 grown to a mem- 

 bership of 230. 

 and are steadily 

 growing in num- 

 bers. We have 

 extended our 

 membership far 

 beyond the bord- 

 ers of New Eng- 

 land, so that our 

 list of members 

 includes repre- 

 sentatives from 

 every state in 

 the Union where 

 the rubber in- 

 dustry is carried 

 Hon. Louis A. Frothingham on and from 



[Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Represen- /^ _ „ 1 ^ o ^r,^ 



tatives.] uanaaa, ana 



from Europe. Our Club has proved to be what might be termed 

 a silent arbitrator between competitors. It has brought together 

 warring factions, and without the necessity of explanation or 

 discussion, has settled by a handshake misunderstandings among 

 men who have found each other good fellows after all, even if 

 they are competitors. Thus, to this extent our Club has fulfilled 

 its mission, and has warranted the enthusiastic support it has 

 received. 



"With the future opf)ortunities opened to us through affiliations 

 with older trade organizations, we have the promise before us 

 of a far broader field of usefulness. 



"During the few years of our life, we have had the support 

 of many distinguished gentlemen, who by their presence at our 

 banquets, and who by their eloquence, have encouraged us in 

 the work of our organization. To-night we are again fortunate 

 in having with us to encourage us, some of New England's 

 most distinguish- 

 ed son s. Of 

 these I have the 

 great honor of 

 introducing the 

 Hon. Eben S. 

 Draper, a gentle- 

 man, who like 

 ourselves, is still 

 burdened with 

 the cares of busi- 

 ness, but who, 

 unlike many of 

 us, is yet in the 

 harness not be- 

 cause of the ne- 

 cessity of further 

 accumulation of 

 the 'mighty dol- 

 lar,' but because 

 of his vital in- 

 terest in the 

 thousands of 



Hon. George A. Hibbard 



[Mayor of Boston.] 



