THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT. 



IN ElECTIXO IIuMKK E. Sa\\ VER a 

 Association of America placed 

 everj detail of the manufacture of 



its pre.>ident, The Rubber 

 t its head one who knows 

 ubber from its crude state 

 to the finished prod- 

 •uct, and one who is 

 also a notably suc- 

 cessful executive. 



He began in the 

 factory of the Bos- 

 ton Rubber Shoe 

 Co. in Maiden, 

 Masssachusetts, at 

 the age of 19, just 

 after being gradu- 

 ated from the Eng- 

 lish High School in 

 Boston in 1885. 

 Working succes- 

 sively in each de- 

 partment, and mas- 

 tering all the details 

 of manufacture, he 

 was first appointed 

 assistant superin- 

 tendent, and in 1893 

 , , ,, „ was made general 



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selhng agent of the 

 company. This position he filled until 1901. 



In the meantime the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. had been ab- 

 sorbed by the United States Rubber Co., and in June of the 

 year mentioned Mr. Sawyer was elected manager of sales of the 

 latter company. Later he was elected a director and vice- 

 president in charge of footwear division. 



He is also' a director in several affiliated companies, among 

 them being the American Commerce Co. ; Canadian Consolidated 

 Ruober Co., Limited ; General Rubber Co. ; General Rubber Co. 

 of Brazil; Hastings Wool Boot Co.; United States Rubber 

 Plantations, Inc.; Netherland Langket Rubber Co.; Rubber Re- 

 generating Co. ; Shoe Hardware Co. ; United States Rubber Co., 

 Limited, London ; United States Rubber F,-xport Co., Limited ; 

 and United States Tire Co. 



Fond of out-door sports, Mr. Sawyer is a member of the 

 Westchester Country Club, St. Andrews Golf Club, and the 

 Racquet and Tennis Club, as well as of the Metropolitan, Union 

 League, and Lotos Clubs of New York City, and of the Detroit 

 Club, Detroit, Michigan. 



At his home on Park avenue. New York City, is an excellent 

 library where he spends a large part of such leisure time as his 

 business duties allow. Believing that "the proper study of man- 

 kind is man," his favorite reading is biography, and his library 

 is largely made up of the lite-stories of prominent men, not only 

 of .\merica, but of other countries. 



Deeply interested in the improvement of industrial conditions, 

 Mr. Sawyer has been chosen to represent the rubber industry in 

 the newly founded Inter-Racial Council, an association of busi- 

 ness men formed to promote a better understanding between 

 American employers and foreign-born employes. 



He is a man of rare executive ability, keen business judgment, 

 and quick perception, and to him is due, to a large extent, the 

 marked success of the footwear business of the great company 

 with which he is connected. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



J. W. Coulston and J. W. Bossert, the president and treas- 

 urer of Reichard-Coulston, Inc., New York City, importer and 

 dealer in rubber-makers' colors and chemicals, have returned 

 from Europe after two months spent in going over the com- 

 pany's property there and investigating trade conditions. 



J. C. Witwer has been appointed assistant superintendent in 

 charge of production for the International India Rubber Corp., 

 South Bend, Indiana. He was previously connected with the 

 Kelly-Springheld Tire Co. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 

 G. E. Habich has opened an office at 49 Liberty street. New 

 York City, as a broker in crude rubber. 



J. P. Cahoon has succeeded George A. Davidson as manager 

 of the Albany, New York, branch of the Kelly-Springfield Tire 

 Co., New York City. 



A. W. Barry is the new manager of the Rochester, New York, 

 depot of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City. He 

 succeeds F. T. Bailey. 



D. D. F. Yard, sales director of the export division of the 

 I'ennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, will visit 

 Honolulu en route to Australia, Straits Settlements, New Zea- 

 land, China, Japan, India, and South Africa in the interest of 

 the company, sailing from San Francisco about July 1, 1919. 



Frank L. Williams has been designated New York repre- 

 sentative of the Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Massachusetts, 

 under the authorization of the company to do business in the 

 State of New York, at 302 Broadway, New York City. Mr. 

 Williams has been with the Tyer company for thirty-four years 

 and manager of the New York City office for fifteen years. 



11. D. Palmer has been promoted to the position of manager 

 ot the New York City office of The Portage Rubber Co., 

 l-larberton and Akron, Ohio, with headquarters at 1924 Broad- 

 way. Mr. Palmer has been New York City salesman for the 

 Portage company since 1917. 



C. D. Studebaker has been appointed district manager for 

 the Firestone Tire & .Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, controlling its 

 four branches in New York City, Brooklyn, and Albany, New 

 Vork, and Newark, New Jersey. His headquarters will be at 

 18/"1 Broadway, the company's New York City office. 



H. L. Smith, until recently of the mechanical sales depart- 

 ment of The Republic Rubber Corp., Youngstown, Ohio, at its 

 branch in Detroit, Michigan, has been transferred to the Phila- 

 delphia district, with headquarters at 806 North Broad street, 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



A. S. Hetzel, who has won considerable recognition as a tire 

 sales executive in the past two years, as manager of the Cleve- 

 land branch, has been promoted by The Republic Rubber Corp., 

 Youngstown, Ohio, to district manager 

 of the Philadelphia branch. In his new- 

 position Mr. Hetzel will have charge of 

 one of the most important territories in 

 the country and will make his headquar- 

 ters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



L. N. Bartlett has been appointed man- 

 ager of the office of The Republic Rub- 

 ber Co.. Youngstown. Ohio, at 2018 

 ^^^"^ ^^M Locust street, St. Louis, Missouri. 

 |M|^B ^-^ ^^^M O. S. Tweedy, who recently resigned 



^^H^ ^^^H as vice-president of the L. A. Young 

 ^^f^^^^^^^H Industries, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, to 

 which he went in the spring of 1918, after 

 ten years with the Diamond Rubber Co., 

 Akron. Ohio, has been elected vice-pres- 

 Rubbcr Co., 1014 South Kildare avenue. 



A. S. Het/.e 



R. VV. Palm will make his second trip to South America for 

 itie Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeanette, Pennsylvania, leaving 

 this country July 1, 1919. 



idcnt of the Dryde 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



The following well-known men in the trade arrived in New 

 York City last month, from England : O. Shaw, managing di- 

 rector Francis Shaw & Co., Limited, Bradshaw, Manchester; 

 Thomas H. Hewlett, managing director, Joseph Anderson & 



