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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1916. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



PROMINENT IN RUBBER CHEMISTRY. 



pERCV C.AKTHR BELL, president of tin- Carter Bell Maiui- 

 ^ facturing Co., New York City, died at his residence at East 

 Orange, New Jersey, August 23, aged 4P years. Mr. Bell was 

 born at Manchester, England, .August 28, 1867. He was the s^n 

 of J. Carter Ikll. an eminent chemist, and chose his father's pro- 

 fession, graduating 

 with honors from 

 Victoria University. 

 Choosing the manu- 

 facture of rubber for 

 a special field he se- 

 cured employ ment 

 with prominent con- 

 cerns in that line in 

 England. He came 

 to .America about 25 

 years ago. and after 

 a year in the chem- 

 ical department of 

 the New York Belt- 

 ing & Packing Co., 

 he opened a tech- 

 nical laboratory in 

 New York City in 

 1893, devoting him- 

 self as analytical and 

 consulting chemist for 



„ _ .-, the rubber trade. 



Percy C,\rter Bell. 



In 1894 he formed 



a partnership with Curtis P. Smith to manufacture chem- 

 ically pure chloride of sulphur, and also a rubber substi- 

 tute of his invention. This concern was incorporated three 

 years later as the P. Carter Bell Co. and in 1903 the present con- 

 cern, the Carter Bell Manufacturing Co., was incorporated. 



Mr. Bell some years ago contributed to the columns of The 

 \sn.\ Rubber World, his articles on the effect of various chem- 

 icals and materials on caoutchouc being specially instructive. He 

 was a most companionable man and had a host of friends in the 

 rnliber and chemical industries. 



Mr. Bell was prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being a 

 past master of the lodge at East Orange. He leaves a widow. 



aUEBEC'S RUBBER SCRAP EXPORTS AND GOODS IMPORTS. 



.\ccording to the Annual Report for 1915 by the American 

 (.'onsul at Quebec, Canada, $122,356 of rubber scrap was ex- 

 ported to the United States, as against $117,017 in 1914: show- 

 ing an increase of $5,339. 



During 1915 the Province of Quebec imported $27,623 of 

 manufactures of rubber and gutta percha, of which $17,667 

 was from the United States. The previous year these im- 

 ports amounted to $32,348, of which $11,448 was from the 

 I'nited States; showing that, while the total imports of rub- 

 ber and gutta percha gOtods increased by $4,725, the imports 

 of the same merchandise from the United States decreased 

 to the e-xtcnt of $6,219. 



The crude rubber sausage has always hekl its place in the 

 world of raw rubber, but the rubber sausage as a more or less 

 dainty edible is an innovation, again reflecting German ingenuity. 

 Word comes from Berlin to the efifect that a certain Hamburg 

 merchant has been fined 2,000 marks for a unique violation of 

 the pure food laws. The ofTense committed by this enterprising 

 purveyor of delicatessen consisted in the selling of a commodity 

 purporting to be liver sausage for 2 marks and 20 pfennigs a 

 pound, which proved on analysis to contain macerated rubber, 

 finely ground hair and gelatine. It was absolutely guiltless of 

 liver, otlier flesh or fats. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



/I'y Our Regular Correspondent. 



'T'RUE sportmanship is shown by The B. F. Goodrich Co. in 

 •*■ the conditions governing its award of the hammered silver 

 trophy cup shown in the accompan.ving illustration. Although 

 the Goodrich com- 

 pany is a maker of 

 bicycle tires, among 

 which is the famous 

 Palmer tire used by 

 many racers, it is 

 expressly stated that 

 riders contesting for 

 this trophy may use 

 any make of tire 

 they wish. The bi- 

 cycle club team 

 scoring the highest 

 number of points in 

 open road competi- 

 tion during 1916 will 

 win the cup. It is 

 valued at over $400, 

 and, as will be seen, 

 is of graceful, chaste 

 design, with clear-cut 

 explanatory letter- 

 ing under the space 

 left for the winner's 

 name. Bicyclists and 

 cycle fans are all 

 anxious to see this unusually handsome trophy, and the com- 

 pany is therefore sending it on tour to the larger cities, while 

 in other cities full size reproductions are being displayed as 

 hangers. In order to have the points count, all races must be 

 sanctioned by the National Cycling Association and conducted 

 under its rules. 



The Goodrich company is also making things interesting in 

 the driving competitions for 1916, by announcing $10,000 in 

 awards to racing champions during the year, the rules govern- 

 ing the competition to be determined by the American Auto- 

 mobile Association, based on the length of each contest, the field 

 of starters and the character of the race. Although the Good- 

 rich Silvertown cord tire is deservedly popular in speed contests, 

 no stipulation is made as to the make of tire to be used by the 

 contestants. The money will be awarded as follows: $5,000 for 

 the champion: $3,000 for second in number of points, and $2,000 

 for third. 



On Goodrich outing day, held during the past month, $15,000 

 was distributed to employes, each employe being given one dol- 

 lar to spend as he desired. Manj- of them attended the great 

 Akron factory picnic at Cedar Point, arranged by the Whitman- 

 Barnes relief association and the Brotherhood of Railway Train- 

 men. 



C. O. Littlefield, who has been in the employ of the Goodrich 

 company less than two years, has recently been promoted to 

 a responsible position in the Trade Record department at the 

 Akron office. 



The Goodrich .Athletic Association has sent a challenge to the 

 Goodyear and Firestone athletic associations for a triangular 

 track and field meet on the new Goodrich athletic field in Octo- 

 ber. The field will be opened on Labor Day by the employes of 

 the Goodrich company by a big field and track meet for which 

 300 entries have been received from the Goodrich forces. The 

 athletic contest betw^een the three rival tire companies of Akron 

 will take place in October. 



