July 1, 1919] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



571 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 





Albert L. Viles. 



GENERAL MANAGER AND SECRETARY OF THE 

 RUBBER ASSOCIATION. 



ALBERT L. VILES, who becomcs general manager and sec- 

 retary of The Rubber Association of America on July 1, is 

 of English ancestry, and was born at Orland, Maine, De- 

 cember 20, 1881, and here he passed his boyhood days. He 

 attended the country school in 

 that town, but his parents remov- 

 ing to Dover, New Hampshire, he 

 continued his education at the 

 Dover public schools. 



His first employment was in the 

 woolen mills, at Dover, and later 

 in Auburn, New York. But his 

 ambition was to be a railroad man, 

 and in 1901 he entered the employ 

 of the Lehigh Valley railroad as a 

 laborer. Determined to succeed, 

 he rose from one position to an- 

 other, becoming telegrapher, sta- 

 tion agent, accountant, assistant 

 chief clerk in superintendent's of- 

 fice, ticket agent and freight agent. 

 In 1910 he accepted the position 

 of investigator with the Official 

 Classification Committee of the railroad lines east of the Missis- 

 sippi river and subsequently became special agent and assistant to 

 the chairman, specializing in commercial analysis of all lines of 

 business throughout the Official Classification Territory in so far 

 as related to freight classification. He prepared, presented and 

 defended cases of the Interstate Commerce Commission and also 

 engaged in special investigation work for various member rail- 

 road lines in the Official Classification Territory. 



In August, 1918, he was called to become manager of the 

 Tariflf Division of The Rubber Association of America, Inc., 

 which position he filled most efficiently until last April, when he 

 resigned to become assistant manager of the Eastern Freight 

 Inspection Bureau, United States Railroad Administration, in 

 charge of freight inspection in Official Classification Territory. It 

 is this position which he relinquished to become genera! manager 

 and secretary of The Rubber Association. 



He is a member of the Transportation Club and the Traffic 

 Club, both of New York City, and also of the B. P. O. Elks. 



DIVIDENDS. 



E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware, man- 

 ufacturer of chemicals for the rubber trade, has declared a 

 quarterly dividend of 4H per cent, payable June 14, on stock 

 of record May 31. A quarterly dividend of V/: per cent has 

 also been declared on the company's debenture stock, payable 

 July 25, on stock of record July 10, 1919. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has declared 

 its quarterly dividends of $1.50 on its common stock, payable 

 June 20, on stock of record June 10, and of V/2 per cent on its 

 preferred stock, payable July 15 on stock of record July 1, 1919. 



The General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, has de- 

 clared a dividend of $2 a share and a further stock dividend of 

 2 per cent, both payable July 15 on stock of record June 7, 1919. 



Globe Rubber Tire Manufacturing Co., New York City, has 

 declared a quarterly dividend of 1^ per cent on its common 

 stock, payable June IS on stock of record May 31, 1919. 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City, has declared a 

 quarterly dividend of $1.50 on its 6 per cent preferred stock, 

 payable July 1 on stock of record June 16, 1919. 



The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland and East Pales- 

 tine, Ohio, declared its regular quarterly dividend of three per 

 cent on the outstanding common stock, payable June 1, 1919. 



The Plymouth Rubber Co., Canton, Massachusetts, has 

 declared its regular quarterly dividend of 1J4 per cent, payable 

 June 2 on preferred stock of record May 26, 1919. 



The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, has declared a quarterly dividend of $1, 

 payable July 31 on common stock and July IS on preferred. 



THE NEW MAYWALD LABORATORIES. 



For many years Dr. Austen, and later Dr. Maywald, oper- 

 ated laboratories at 89 Pine street, New York, chiefly for rubber 

 investigation. Changes in lower New York and the need of 

 more room has led Dr. Maywald to move to Newark, New 

 Jersey, which is actually almost as near in point of time from 

 uptown New York as is Pine street. 



The new office and chemical laboratory is at 86 Park Place, 

 two doors from the Public Service Terminal and two blocks 

 from the Hudson Tube station, and the experimental laboratory 

 is at Nutley, New Jersey. 



Here a modern, well-equipped rubber-testing and experi- 

 mental plant has been installed, including a washer, dryer, mix- 

 ing mill, calender, vulcanizer and the varied array of instru- 

 ments and devices for dissection, testing and analyzing rubber 

 products of every sort. Ample accommodations are afforded 

 for handling rubber research work and consultation practice, and 

 visitors are cordially invited to inspect the new laboratories. 



PRESIDENT-ELECT OF BRAZIL VISITS NEW YORK 



President-elect Pessoa, of Brazil, arrived in New York City 

 last month, en route to his own country, after serving as presi- 

 dent of the Brazilian delegation to the Peace Conference. Dur- 

 ing his stay in the United States, the Pan American Society of the 

 United States and government officials entertained Dr. Pessoa, 

 thus affording the Government and people of the United States 

 an opportunity of reciprocating the generous hospitality ex- 

 tended to ex-President Theodore Roosevelt and ex-Secretary of 

 State Root, when they visited Brazil. 



President-elect Pessoa has had a brilliant career in connection 

 with the government affairs of Brazil, and is thoroughly repre- 

 sentative of the new progressive generation that is coming 

 forward in that country and Latin America. He believes in 

 Pan Americanism which stands for real 

 between the United States and 



:id lasting friendship 

 sister American republics. 



VAIL RESIGNS AS TELEPHONE PRESIDENT 



^ Theodore N. Vail, a director of the United States Rubber Co. 

 since 1912, has resigned as president of the American Tele- 

 phone & Telegraph Co., an office which he has held since 1907. 

 He retires from this important position to be released from 

 many details, and to have more time for other interests. His 

 connection with the company dates back to 1878, when he be- 

 came general manager of the American Bell Telephone Co., 

 which position he filled until 1887, after which he spent several 

 years in travel, later going to Argentina to introduce electric 

 railways in several South American cities. When Frederic B. 

 Fish retired from the presidency of the great telephone com- 

 pany, Mr. Vail accepted the position and has filled it most ac- 

 ceptably ever since. 



Although in his 74th year, he is keen and active, and his 

 retirement from the presidency does not mean a severance from 

 the company as he is still chairman of the board of directors. 



