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COL. COLT CONDEMNS UNNECESSARY HOARDING. 



President Samuel 1'. Colt, in commenting upon the action of 

 tin.' hoard of directors of tin- United States Rubbei ( o in de- 

 claring the regulai quarterly dividends upon the preferred and 

 common stocks "i the company early in October, said : 



."The dividends having been amply earned ami the finances ol 

 ih. company being in easj condi- 

 tion with $8,000,000 of cash on 

 hand I think the action m| the 

 board nol onlj conservative, but 

 one that is entitled to commenda- 



i in these times of war and finan- 



i ial ■ -.tress. The di\ isi< m i I 

 $1,700,000 at this time among the 

 15,000 stockholders of the company 

 will. I am satisfied, do much good 

 and he most thankfully received." 



President Colt also condemned 

 the unnecessary hoarding of monej 

 by either banks or other corpora- 

 ii. >ns 



THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE THERMOID. 



MR. FERREIRA VISITS NEW YORK. 



Mr. Adelino A. Ferreira, repre- 

 senting Leite & Co., Inc.. a promi- 

 nent rubber house of Para, Brazil, 

 made a two weeks' visit to Xew 

 York during the latter half of Oc- 

 tober. The purpose of this visit 

 was the promotion of trade facili- 

 ties between Para and New York 

 through the establishment in the 

 former city of New York bank 

 representation, and negotiations 

 tending toward such arrangements 

 are understood to be now under 

 way as a result of Mr. Ferreira's 

 representations to prominent New 

 York bankers. 



Robert J. Stokes. 



Till Stokes family of three and n lerations back were 



iron men; first in England and later in the United Si 

 Of them the most widelj known was the late Joseph Stoke-, who 



for years directed tin destinies of the great New Jersey Steel i\ 



Iron Co. and its five thousand 

 men. Today the descendants oi 



the "ii • 'ii iM.i-o-r" are rubber men. 

 ami it is one b'f them who is the 



Mibjcct* oi this sketch. 



Mr Robert J. Stokes, man 

 of the" Thermoid Rubber < o 

 grandsi n oi Josi ph Stokes and 

 son of William J. B. Stokes, was 

 b< irn in Trenton, New J( I 

 thirty-one years ago. After at- 

 tending the St.ii> \l.i,|. I si I Is 



in., his native .city he entered 

 Princeton ( ollege, graduating 

 with honor- in 1904. With a d< 

 cided taste for mechanics, a g I 



knowledge of chemistry and 



possessing in a marked degree thi 



family trail oi organization, it was 

 natural that he should turn toward 

 rubber manufacture. He there- 

 fore entered the Thermoid fac- 

 tory, learned the business from 

 the ground up. became foreman, 

 superintendent and general man- 

 ager. In 1908 he married the 

 daughter of' the late Judge Jon- 

 athan Dixon, of Jersey City. 



Mr. Stokes is a genial, athletic, 

 popular,-, six-footer, enthusiastic in 

 iiis work and, in addition, is more 

 than excellent in such sports as 

 tennis and golf. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. A. Terry, of A. Terry & Co., 8 Haydon street, Minories, 

 London, F. C, who was agent' for large Austrian and German 

 concerns in mechanical rubber goods, druggists' sundries and 

 waterproofing, is looking for suitable American connections. He 

 visjted the United States the latter part of October and made 

 two connections in other important lines and now desires to 

 correspond with manufacturers in those named above. 



Mr. Ernest F. Buckleton. president and general manager of 

 the North Western Rubber Co., Ltd., is in the United States at 

 the present time on a brief visit. 



On October 16, Mr. S. George Mills completed twenty-two 

 years of continuous service with C. J. Bailey & Co., prominent 

 Boston rubber goods dealers. Mr. Mills has an exceedingly genial 

 personality, and is one of the most successful retail rubber sales- 

 men in the country. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Revised plans are being prepared for a factory and office build- 

 ing for the Santo Rubber Co. at Niagara Falls. New York, and 

 bids will soon be taken. The cost of this building, the main sec- 

 tion of which will be of brick construction. 82x250 feet in area, 

 two stories high, has been estimated at $100,000. 



The Safety Signal Co. has been incorporated in Xew- York, 

 with an authorized capital of $200,000. to manufacture devices 

 for automobiles, rubber goods, etc. The Incorporators are 

 Arthur W. Dennen. Stanley C. Fowler and Rebecca llilliker. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. 



In the September issue of this publication mention was made 

 of the preliminary steps which had been taken by rubber im- 

 porters in New York toward effecting an organization for their 

 mutual benefit. The first meeting was held on August 12, with a 

 second meeting two days later at which a committee was ap- 

 pointed to outline a plan for the proposed association. 



This committee having drawn up a constitution and by-laws, a 

 meeting was called on October 23 at 80 Maiden Lane, New York, 

 and the association was definitely organized, under the name 

 of the Rubber Trade Association of New York A constitution 

 and by-laws were adopted; initiation fees and dues were placed 

 at $25 each, and the following officers, directors and committee 

 members were elected : 



Officers. — Wm. E. Bruyn, president; Ed. Maurer, vice- 

 president; Wm. H. Stiles, treasurer; Ed. Weber, secretary. 

 Directors. — II. A. Astlett, Chas. T. Wilson and Fd. Weber, three 

 years each; R. W. Earle, F. R. Henderson, Fd. Maurer and Wm 

 11. Stiles, two years each; F. G. Gove, Wm I Baird. W G 

 Ryckman and Wm. E. Bruyn, one year each. 



Membership Committee. — Chas. T. Wilson (chairman), Wm. 

 T. Baird. Wm. H. Stiles, R. W. Farle. A. B. MacNamara, G. 

 Singleton. R. L. Chipman. Arbitration Committee. — Ed. 

 Maurer I chairman I, F. R. Henderson. Frcd'k G. Gove. Wm. H. 

 Stiles, Chas. T. Wilson. 



Contract Committee. — Wm T Baird (chairman), Wm. E. 

 Bruyn, I'd. Maurer. Wm. If. Stiles. E. Korn. Chas. T. 

 Wils.n. HiirsF. Committee. — F. R. Henderson, Chas. T. Wilson. 



