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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1917. 



Amazon rubber regions in 1894, where he tapped trees, gathered 

 latex and smoked the rubber, and he wrote an entertaining ac- 

 count of this which appeared in The India Rubber Worlu, June 

 15, 1894. He had a large acquaintance and a host of friends in 

 the rubber trade, not only in this country but in Europe. 



A LEADING RUBBER GOODS DISTKIBUTEK. 



Warren M. Salisbury, one of the original incorporators of W. 

 H. Salisbury & Co., the well-known rubber distributing concern, 

 Chicago. Illinois, and its first president, died at the Presbyterian 

 Hospital in that city February 5 at the age of 58. Tlie business 

 dates from 1855, and was named for his father, W. H. Salisbury, 

 who was its active liead from 1874 until his death in 1902. The 

 business was incorporated in 1904, and is one of the leading houses 

 in the west for the distribution of mechanical rubber goods and 

 leather belting. 



Warren M. Salisbury was born in Augusta, Georgia, and came 

 to Chicago in 1877. His entire business life was spent with the 

 above named company, but he was also a director in the W. W. 

 Kimball Piano Co. and the Rockwood Sprinkler Co. of Chicago. 

 He is survived by his widow, and one son, Kimball M. Salisbury. 



JUDICIAL DECISIONS. 



PROMINENT IN THE TIRE FABRIC INDUSTRY. 



William B. Fittz, formerly general manager and secretary of 

 the Connecticut Mills Co., Danielson, Connecticut, died at Brook- 

 line, Massachusetts, February 12, aged nearly 61 years. 



Mr. Fittz was identified with the textile industry during his 

 entire business life. He was superintendent of the West Boylston 

 Manufacturing Co. at Oakdale, Massachusetts, and it was under 

 his supervision that the entire plant was transferred to East- 

 hampton, Massachusetts, in record time. In October, 1911, he 

 started the Connecticut Mills Co. enterprise at Danielson to manu- 

 facture tire fabric. Under his management, the little six-loom mill 

 grew to its present proportions. Meanwhile, he established the 

 Canadian Connecticut Cotton Mills, Limited, at Sherbrooke, 

 Quebec, to supply the Canadian demand for the company's prod- 

 uct. Mr. Fittz resigned as secretary and general manager in 

 October, 1914. and devoted his time to travel. 



His first wife died seven years ago. He married, in June, 1916, 

 Miss Bertha Field, who survives him. The wedding trip was to 

 Japan and other countries of the Orient. Returning to America 

 last October, he resided in Brookline, Massachusetts. 



A FORMER RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURER. 



James K. Stewart, for many years a prominent manufacturer 

 of rubber stamps in Cincinnati, Ohio, died suddenly at his home 

 in that city on January 26. He was an active and energetic 

 member of the International Stamp Manufacturers' Association, 

 and was a member of its board of directors. Through his efforts 

 the Cincinnati Stamp Club was formed, and he was elected 

 president, which position he resigned when he withdrew from the 

 stamp business. He was engaged in the stationery trade at the 

 time of his death. 



FIRESTONE SALES MANAGER. 



F. C. Blanchard, sales manager to motor car makers, of the 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, died at the City 

 Hospital there February 12, following an operation. Mr. Blan- 

 chard was born in Akron and his business career began with the 

 Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co. at the age of 17. Develop- 

 ing rapidly, he became an efficient salesman and about six years 

 ago joined the Firestone organization as assistant sales manager, 

 to take special charge of the sales to manufacturers, and for one 

 year, during the absence of R. J. Firestone, he acted as genera! 

 sales manager. 



Mr. Blanchard had a wide acquaintance among the automobile 

 manufacturers throughout the country and was very popular, 

 having hundreds of friends in the industry. He was a member 

 ■of the Portage Country Club, the Akron City Club and the 

 •Rotary Club. He leaves a widow and two children. 



CAT.\R.\cT Rubber Co., Emerson et .\l. v. Castor et al. 

 In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Cataract Rubber Co., 

 which maintains and operates a plant for the manufacture of 

 rubber tires at Wooster, Ohio, Robert S. Emerson, as trustee in 

 bankruptcy and receiver of the bankrupt and another, instituted 

 proceedings for the recovery of property against which Charles 

 A. Castor and others asserted liens and priorities, and appealed 

 from a decree upholding the liens. The decree was reversed and 

 remanded, with directions for modification. [The Federal Re- 

 porter, Vol. 236, page 31.] 



Slama Tire Protector Co. v. Ritchie et al. The action by 

 the company against J. A. Ritchie and another, partners as Ritchie 

 & Heriot, was for breach of contract. Tlie plaintiff's appeal from 

 an adverse judgment was affirmed. [The Pacific Reporter, Vol. 

 161, page 25.] 



Thermoid Robber Co. v. Brictson. In an action of the Ther- 

 moid Rubber Company against O. A. Brictson, trading under the 

 name of the Brictson Manufacturing Co., the plaintiff appealed 

 from an order overruling the demurrer to the defendant's 

 counter claim. The appeal was perfected July 7, 1916. No briefs 

 had been filed in the Supreme Court of South Dakota, nor had 

 any stipulation been filed, extending the time for such filing. The 

 appeals were therefore deemed abandoned, and the order appealed 

 from was affirmed. [The Northern Reporter, Vol. 159, page 872.] 



United St.\tes Rubber Co. v. Bernard Silverstein. The action 

 was brought to recover a guaranty for the payment of goods 

 sold to the defendant's sons which the court pronounced am- 

 biguous, being based upon grammatical errors. The motion for 

 a new trial was denied. [The New York Supplement, Vol. 161, 

 No. 3, page 369.] 



DAYLIGHT SAVING. 



""PHE movement to turn all clocks in the country one hour 

 •*■ ahead of the present standard time during the summer 

 months has taken on great impetus as a result of the recent 

 National Daylight Saving Convention in New York City and 

 President Wilson's endorsement of the plan. The matter was 

 also under consideration at the fifth annual meeting of the 

 Chamber of Commerce of the LTnited States at Washington, 

 District of Columbia, a special committee having recom- 

 mended congressional action to authorize the change through- 

 out the year. While the directors agree that the plan should 

 be adopted during the summer months, they are not .prepared 

 to advocate its adoption for the whole year, and the matter 

 will probably be referred to the membership through a mail 

 referendum. 



American manufacturers of rubber as well as other goods 

 are fully alive to the manifest physiological, economic and so- 

 cial advantages of the daylight saving plan, as demonstrated 

 last summer in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Portugal, 

 Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, where clocks were 

 uniformly turned forward. Progressive men among them be- 

 lieve the project offers a measure of relief particularly desir- 

 able during the present feverish activity in most factories of 

 the country. No argument is needed to the eflect that a cool 

 morning working hour, instead of a hot one in the afternoon, 

 together with increased, daylight during the hours of greatest 

 fatigue, ^vill increase opportunities for beneficial recreation 

 with consequent greater personal efficiency, will reduce indus- 

 trial accidents, lessen the tuberculosis tendency and reduce 

 eye strain. The advantages of having the transportation 

 "rush" hour occur before nightfall are apparent, and the total 

 direct savings in fuel for artificial light would be tremendous. 



