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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1915. 



given a member-elect of his election, and in default of pa\meiit 

 thereof, he shall be deemed to have declined membership. 



Section V. Members failing to pay their annual dues within 

 30 days may be subject to suspension from the privileges of the 

 association in the discretion of the Membership Committee. 



The question of classifying and standardizing the various 

 grades of crude rubber, and the necessity of a well-defined nomen- 

 clature that will be approved and recognized by the rubber trade, 

 was fully discussed. A committee will be appointed at the next 

 directors' meeting to further the project. 



The following were present : 



W. E. Bruyn, chairman. L. Littlejohn & Co.; Robert B. Baird, 

 Rubber Trading Co. ; F. Mullen, United Malaysian Rubber Co. ; 

 A. B. Beers, A. B. Beers ; H. A. Gould, Gould Commercial Co. ; 

 E. Maurer, E. Maurer Co., Inc.; F. H. Peaty, F. H. Peaty; W. G. 

 Ryckman, W. G. Ryckman; W. H. Stiles, W. H. Stiles; Karl 

 Schroder, Karl Schroder; L. M. Byles, L. M. Byles; George E. 

 Pell, Poll & Dumont; A. V. W. Tallman. A. V. W. Tallman; 

 George Muller, Muller, Schall Co.; A. B. MacNamara, A. B, 

 MacXamara Co., Inc. ; F. G. Gove, Gove & French ; F. R. Hender- 

 son, Henderson & Korn ; C. T. Wilson, C. T. Wilson Co., Inc. ; 

 M. Calvet, Pablo, Calvet & Co. ; R. L. Chipman, R. L. Chipman ; 

 H. De Lanie, Robinson & Co.; L. P. MacMichael. L. P. Mac- 

 Michael; H. S.- Hammesfahr, W. Hamraesfahr & Co.; R. W. 

 Earle, Earle Bros. ; W. Weber, Rubber & Guayule .\geiicy, Inc. 



THE ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURERS OF ELEC- 

 TRICAL SUPPLIES. 



D ECOGXIZING the necessity of active cooperation 

 ^^ throughout the electrical manufacturers' industry, the 

 manufacturers of electrical supplies appointed a committee to 

 report on a plan for the organization, and, by its adoption, the As- 

 sociated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies was formally or- 

 ganized. 



The objects of the organization, as stated in its constitu- 

 tion, are "to advance and protect the interests of the manu- 

 facturers of electrical supplies and of the materials entering 

 into electrical construction, in manufacturing, engineering, 

 safety and other problems, to promote the standardization of 

 electrical material, to collect and disseminate information and 

 to promote cooperation among the members." 



Following the adoption of the plan of organization and 

 constitution and by-laws submitted by the committee, the fol- 

 lowing officers were chosen: 



President— R. K. Sheppard, Simplex Wire & Cable Co., Bos- 

 ton, Massachusetts. 



Vice-President— }!{. B. Grouse, Crouse, Hinds & Co., Syracuse, 

 New York. 



Treasurer — J. W. Perry, H. W. Johns-Manville Co., New York. 



General Secretary— 0.\a.r\e:% E. Dustin, 62 Cedar street, New 

 York. 



GOVERNORS. 



A. W. Berresford, Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., Mil- 

 waukee, Wisconsin. 



Charles L. Blizard, Electric Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania. 



Le Roy Clark, Safety Insulated Wire & Cable Co., New York. 



H. B. Crouse, Crouse-Hinds Co., Syracuse. New York. 



D. C. Durland, Sprague Electric Works, General Electric Co , 

 New York. 



J. J. Gibson, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., PittN- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania. 



H. R. Holmes, R. Thomas & Sons Co., East Liverpool, Ohio. 



J. F. Kerlin, National Carbon Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



J. W. Perry, H. W. Johns-Manville Co., New York. 



W. C. Robinson, National Metal Moulding Co., Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania. 



Walter Robbins, Wagner Electrical Manufacturing Co., St. 

 Louis, Missouri. 



B. E. Salisbury, Pass & Seymour, Inc., Solvay, New York. 



R. K. Sheppard, Simplex Wire & Cable Co., Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts. 

 Thomas M. Debevoise, Counsel, New York. 

 In the short time of its existence the association has formed 



three sections that arc in active operation, with officers and 

 committees as follows; 



THE INTERIOR CONDUIT SECTION. 



Chairman — F. C. Hodkinson, Safety Armorite Conduit Co. 



Treasurer — D. H. Murphy, American Conduit & Manufactur- 

 ing Co. 



Secretary — Alexander Laughlin, Jr., Central Tube Co. 



Executive Committee — F. C. Hodkinson, chairman; D. H. 

 Murphv, .Mexander Laughlin, Jr., C. E. Corrigan, Russell Dart, 

 Oscar Hoppe, J. H. Trumbull. 



SUB COMMITTEES. 



Rigid Conduit Committee. 



Non-Metallic Flexible Conduit Committee. 



Metallic Flexible Conduit Committee. 



Metal Molding Committee. 



THE WIRE .\ND CABLE SECTION. 



Chairman — W. A. Connor, Standard Underground Cable Co. 



Secretary — W. S. Clark, General Electric Co. 



Treasurer — Edward Sawyer, Atlantic Insulated Wire and Cable 

 Co. 



Executive Committee — W. A. Connor, chairman ; F. J. New- 

 burg, W. F. Field, Everett Morss, R. E. Lucas. 



SUB COMMITTEES. 



Industrial Conference Committee (to act with underwriters). 



Committee on Special Specifications and Enquiries other than 

 those of the Industrial Conference Committee. 



The Rubber Covered Wire Engineers' Association, which 

 lias been 17 years "in existence and has been active in the 

 work of standardization, in cooperation with the Underwrit- 

 ers' Laboratories, has voted to transfer its activities to the 

 Wire and Cable Section of the association. 



Plans are being laid for five or more other sections, of 

 which due notice will be given. 



The Board of Governors will hold its next meeting on De- 

 cember 2, 1915, at 8 p. m., at the Hotel Biltmore. New York. 



WIZARDS IN A GROUP. 



Thomas A. Edison, the world's foremost inventive genius, 

 Henry Ford, who builds automobiles for all the world, and 

 Harvey S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire Co., Akron, 

 Ohio — friends of long standing, who had been "doing" the San 



A Group of Moderx Wiz.vrds. 



Francisco and San Diego fairs in companj — met Luther Burbank, 

 who does wonderful things with plants and fruits, at San Fran- 

 cisco, and were entertained by him at his experimental farm at 

 Santa Rosa. The illustration of the group of "wizards" shows, 

 left to right: Henry Ford. Thomas .\. Edison. Luther Burbank, 

 H. S. Firestone. 



