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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[ November 1, 1914. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



HENRY P. DAY. 



PI IK American rubber industry lost one of its pioneers and 

 veterans in the death of Henry P. Day, which occurred at 

 his home in Seymour, Connecticut, i.n October 9. in his eighty- 

 sixth year. For nearly sixty years he had been associated with 

 his brother in the manufacture of hard rubber pencils, penholders, 

 fountain and stylographic pens and other specialties. He was 

 one of the first to take up the manufacture of hard rubber and 

 during the greater part of his long life was identified with this 

 industry. 



Mr. Day was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, March 

 1-'. 1829, the son of Julian Day and Lois Goodyear, a cousin of 

 Charles Goodyear. He attended the public schools of that place 

 until the age of 14. when he went to Ohio and became associated 

 witli an uncle in the manufacture of paper. 

 When he reached the age of 21 he joined the great gold seeking 



caravan and went 

 to California, re- 

 maining there for 

 three years. In 

 1854 he returned 

 to the East and 

 settled down in 

 Seymour and with 

 his two brothers, 

 Austin and Ed- 

 mond, embarked 

 in the rubber 

 business, their first 

 work being con- 

 fined chiefly to the 

 cleaning of rubber. 

 But very soon they 

 began the manu- 

 facture of hard 

 rubber goods and 

 insulated wire 

 cables. Their busi- 

 ness increased to 

 such an extent 

 that about ten 

 years later, in 1866, 

 it was divided, the brother Austin taking over the insulated wire 

 cable manufacture while Henry and Edmond continued the manu- 

 facture of hard rubber, under the firm name of H. P. & E. Day. 

 He was active in this industry up to a few days of his death. 



He was a man of the highest character and possessed in a 

 marked degree that sterling integrity which New Englanders are 

 always proud to feel is a characteristic of the old native stock. 

 He was greatly beloved by his employes, some of whom had been 

 associated with him for half a century. He was public spirited 

 as a citizen and with his brother Edmond recently donated a free 

 public library to the town of Seymour. 



He was married in 1865 to Miss Fannie Gilbert, who, with two 

 sons— Julian Gilbert Day, of Derby, Connecticut, and Henry 

 Goodyear Day, of New Haven— survives him. 



Henry P. Day. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



A firm in the East desires to be placed in communication with 

 American manufacturers of india rubber tires for carriages. It is 

 stated that if the firm can secure proper connection a considerable 

 amount of business will result. Prices— which should be quoted 

 f. o. h. shipping port, or preferably c. i. f. destination— discounts 

 and terms should be sent, in English, when references will be 

 furnished Report No. 13,877. 



A manufacturers' agent in the United Kingdom wishes to se- 

 cure agencies for American rubber shoes. English and American 

 references will be furnished. Report No. 13,899. 



A highly reputed house in the United Kingdom wishes to secure 

 names and addresses of American makers of zinc oxide, dry 

 white and red leads, being prepared to buy outright c. i. f. desti- 

 nation or to act as buying or selling agents. Report No. 13,922. 



A linn in southern Europe wishes to represent an American 

 linn exporting rubber for automobile tires. Report No. 14,055. 



\ European firm handling paper of all kinds, rubber tubes, 

 sponges and rubber mats, desires to act as agent for American 

 manufacturers. Correspondence may be in Portuguese or French. 

 Report Xo. 14,033. 



A firm in the East Indies desires to place an order for Ameri- 

 can waterproof canvas. This firm will require a very large quan- 

 tit\ of canvas, and prices, etc., and time' of delivery of 10,000 

 yards of each quality desired should be submitted at once. 

 Samples forwarded by the consular officer may be inspected at 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, 

 and at its branch offices. Report No. 14,034. 



A foreign consular officer resident in the United States wishes 

 to receive names of American manufacturers of rubber hospital 

 supplies and surgical instruments. Report No. 14,147. 



A company in the United Kingdom requires considerable quan- 

 tities of compressed ebonite for high-tension insulation for mag- 

 netos for internal-combustion engines. Report No. 14,149. 



An importing firm in the United Kingdom desires to purchase 

 pigments such as white lead, zinc oxide, lithopone, etc. Report 

 No. 14,161. 



A company in England wishes to secure agencies for American 

 manufacturers of Chemicals. Report No. 14,162. 



A manufacturer and importer of elastic goods in South America 

 desires to secure samples, quotations, etc., regarding thread rub- 

 ber for weaving elastic goods ; twisted and artificial silks and 

 twisted cotton thread for weaving elastic goods ; also raw glue 

 and raw- dextrine, and catalogs of machinery for this line of 

 manufacture. Correspondence should be in Spanish. Report No. 

 14,183. 



THE MADEIRA-MAMORt RAILWAY IN A RECEIVER'S HANDS. 



The Madeira-Mamore Railway whose early history and marked 

 vicissitudes have been set forth in these columns from time to 

 time, was placed in a receiver's hands on October 13 by the Fed- 

 eral Court at Portland, Maine. This was done on the com- 

 plaint of Deane Mann, of London, England, who owns some- 

 thing over $100,000 of the company's bonds, the interest of which, 

 according to his claim, due on the first of October, was not paid. 

 The railway company admitted the allegations in the complaint 

 and joined in a petition for the receivership. 



The Madeira-Mamore Railway was organized in Maine in 

 August, 1907. and the controlling company, The Brazilian Rail- 

 way Co., was organized in the same state about a year earlier. 

 The two companies have outstanding capital of $63,000,000 and 

 it is said that their indebtedness exceeds $118,000,000. In a gen- 

 eral way, the cause that necessitated the receivership was the 

 prostration of business in the Amazon country and particularly 

 the low price of rubber which made the operation of the Madeira- 

 Mamore road unprofitable. The immediate cause of the com- 

 pany's trouble was its inability to obtain $10,000,000 said to he 

 due the Brazilian Railway from the Brazilian Government. 



Just how much rubber business this road will have in the 

 future, is problematic, but with the general development of north- 

 ern Bolivia and particularly with the opening up of its gold 

 fields, it is by no means impossible that this little strip of rail- 

 road, hardly more than 200 miles long, which involved such a 

 disproportionate outlay of money, not to mention the sacrifice 

 of human lives, may some day make some adequate return for its 

 great cost. 



