KMBKR 1, 1915. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



13.^ 



JOSEPH W. WORK. 



IT is a safe wager that a very large percentage of the rubber 

 footwear men of the world would recognize the accompany- 

 ing portrait as that of "Joe" Work. His familiarity with tlie in- 

 dustry, or at least one branch of it. footwear, has brought him in 

 touch with practically every manufacturer in that line, and 

 has thus broadened ;iut his acquaintance to many in either 

 branches of the rub- 

 ber trade. 



Joseph W. Work 

 was born in Xeu - 

 buryport, Massachu- 

 setts, May 20, KS,=;2. 

 The family is of the 

 o 1 d Presbyterian, 

 North of Ireh 

 type, the head ot 

 the family landing 

 on the Isle of 

 Shoals, off the New 

 Hampshire coast, in 

 the early colonial 

 days, and later set- 

 tling in Newbury- 

 port. H i s grand- 

 father was town 

 clerk there before it 

 became a city, and 

 was also sexton and 

 clerk of the histori- 

 cal Old South Joseph W. Work. 

 Church. It was then 



his duty to call or "cry" the marriage banns on three successive 

 Sundays before a marriage could be solemnized. 



Mr. Work received his education in the schools of his native 

 city, and then secured a minor position in the old Mechanics' 

 Bank there. Later he went to the Maverick Bank in Boston, 

 where for several years he held the position of cashier, which 

 he retained until the institution closed in 1892. For six months 

 thereafter he was associated with the receiver of the laank. 

 Then, as he expresses it, he drifted into the last business. 



Through the advice of E. .'\. Saunders, at that time promi- 

 nent in the management of the United States Rubber Co., he 

 formed the Middlesex Last Co., and purchased a last manu- 

 facturing plant. As manager of that concern he built up a most 

 successful business, producing lasts for rubber ami leather shoo 

 manufacturers. 



For years Mr. Work lived up to his name, and built up a 

 fine business, Vv-hich he controlled until this year, when, the op- 

 portunity presenting itself, he sold out to Taylor & Lander. Hut. 

 even with the change of ownership, he still has charge of those 

 customers who manufacture rubber footwear, though relinquisli- 

 ing the leather shoe end. 



Mr. Work has acquired every degree in Masonry, and has 

 fdlcd nearly every chair in the various bodies. He is treasurer 

 of six Masonic bodies, and also holds the same office in the 

 Mystic Shrine. He was treasurer of the entertainment committee 

 at the triennial meeting and election of officers of Northern Juris- 

 diction of the Supreme Council in Boston last September. 



Mr. Work is past president of the Point Shirley Club, and as 

 a member of the house committee has several times placed the 

 clubhouse at the disposal of the New England Rubber Club and 

 its successor, the Rubber Club of America. Inc.. on the occasions 

 of their summer outings. The banquets held there by the rub- 

 ber fraternity have never been excelled by those at outings held 

 elsewhere. .At all of them Mr. Work has been in evidence as a 

 courteous, genial host. 



SON OF DR. WATTS IK NEW YOBX. 



Charles T. Watts, son of Dr. Francis Watts, C.M.G., D. Sc.. 

 F.I.C., F.C.S., head of the Imperial Department of Agriculluie 

 for the West Indies, is now in New York. Mr. Watts has been 

 connected with the various experiment stations in the West In- 

 dian Islands, notably at Dominica and Jamaica, and did much 

 in experimental rubber planting. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



.\ hrm in Portugal desires samples and price lists of golden 

 -.ulpliide of antimony, pigments, etc. Report No. 18,866. 



.\ business man in Norway wishes to communicate with Amer- 

 ican manufacturers or exporters of vulcanized (stranded) cable. 

 Report No. 18,899. 



An English firm desires quotations on cheap fountain pens. 

 Report No. 18,934. 



•A New Zealand firm wishes to act as agent for the sale of 

 chewing gum. Report No. 18,938. 



.\ commission agent in Spain desires samples, catalogs, price 

 hsts. etc.. of .American rubber overshoes. Report No. 18,946. 



.An American consular officer in an insular possession states 

 that there is a market in his district for automobile tires. Re- 

 port No. 18,990. 



.A firm in South America, which has a ton or more of block 

 balata to dispose of weekly, seeks buyers. Report No. 19.007. 



.\ firm in India desires to be put in touch with American 

 manufacturers of rubber stamp making materials. Report No. 

 19.014. 



.\ Norwegian firm wishes to eommum'catc with .American deal- 

 ers in suspenders, elastic for hats, and other articles. Report 

 No. 19,015. • 



.A Swiss firm wishes to represent an .American manufacturer 

 of garters. Report No. 19,033. 



.A business man in Holland would like to establish connec- 

 tions with manufacturers of elastic cord, rubber pharmaceutical 

 .goods, and wearing apparel. Report No. 19,077. 



A representative of large plantations in the Dutch East Indies 

 is in the market for machinery for preparing crude rubber for 

 the market. Report No. 19,177. 



.A man in Spain desires catalogs, samples, prices and terms for 

 combs made of ebonite. Report No. 19,249. 



A Spanish company desires to communicate with mamifac- 

 turers of automobile tires. Report No. 19,252. 



A firm in Switzerland would like to establish commercial rela- 

 tions with American manufacturers of rubber balls used as toys. 

 Report No. 19,253. 



A firm in Italy desires to correspond with manufacturers of 

 erasers and other stationery articles. Report No. 19,279. 



A business man in Spain wishes to be placed in communication 

 with manufacturers of corset materials and equipment, elastic 

 webbing, rubber for garters, etc. Report No. 19,296. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



[137.1 -\n inquirer wants to buy toy lialloons and toy balloon 

 whistles. 



[138.] A subscriber wishes to be put in touch with a maker of 

 aprons used on compound mixing mills. 



[139.1 A dealer in rubber goods desires names of manufac- 

 turers of metal shut-offs for fountain syringes. 



[140.1 An inquiry has been received for the name of a manu- 

 facturer of tumbling barrels. 



[141.1 A correspondent desires the name and address of a 

 manufacturer of vulcanized fiber in sheets and rods. 



[142.1 A buyer wishes to be put in touch with makers of India 

 rulilier rain overcoatings, in piece goods, not finished coats. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers — Mr. Pear- 

 son's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



