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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1914. 



MR. BUCKLETON'S HOME FOR BELGIANS. 



MR. ERNEST E. BUCKLETON, president and general 

 manager of the Northwestern Rubber Co., Liver- 

 pool, England, who has been spending a few weeks in 

 the United States, is doing notable work for the 

 Belgian refugees. It will perhaps be remembered that 

 he knows personallj thi whole of the rubber trade In England 

 and on the Continent. The suffering of the Belgians, therefore, 

 not only those connected with the rubber industry, but the whole 

 nation, appeal to him very stronglj Vs a practical measure oi 

 relief he has turned a large house lie owns in Liverpool into a 

 refuge for them Here M are already accommodated ami he ex- 



Rubber Club of America was raising a fund for the Red Cross 

 (or for any other relief organization) he was most anxious that 

 his many friends in the rubber trade should remember the 

 Belgians. Donations sent to the Rubber Club, marked "Belgian 

 Relief Fund," would go to that fund in general. Those marked 

 "Belgian Consul, Liverpool, Account No. 8," would be applied 

 to Air. Buckleton's relief work. 



Incidentally, it is interesting to note that this energetic, warm- 

 hearted British-American is supplying yam for hosts of busy 

 knitters and lending a helping hand to distressed individuals 

 of a variety of nationalities. 



THE RUBBER CLUB'S RELIEF FUND. 



Ernest E. Buckleton. 



pects shortly to be able to take f 75. These people are of 



the better class oi Belgians but are wholly destitute. They are 

 fed verj simply but well, and wherever possible shown how to 

 help themselves. To further this work Mr. Buckleton made an 

 earnest appeal to citizens of ^kron, where he is well known, 

 and generous contributions were at once forthcoming. In Tren- 

 ton he also received a warm welcome, a dub there, to which 

 he once belonged, subscribing $500 for a start. The funds that 

 are thus, collected are sent to the Belgian Consul at Liverpool. 

 The manner in which these funds are expended is submitted in 

 detail to the subscribers from whom they come. 



With 200.000 Belgians in England at the present time, and 

 nearly 700,000 in Holland, in addition to the live or six millions 

 in Belgium, all of whom are destitute, the object is one that must 

 appeal to everyone .Mr. Buckleton is by no means insistent upon 

 Belgian relief funds being sent directly for hi- own work; in- 

 deed he urges that as so n a- $500 is collected it be cabled 

 to the American Ambassador in London for the Belgian Relief 

 Fund, as the wants are pressing and immediate. His argument 

 in favor of tin- line of charity instead of the Red Cross is that 

 the soldiers an- clothed and fed by their own governments. The 

 Red Cross is also supported by the governments, while the ill- 

 clad, starving Belgians have no such aid. 



When it was brought to Mr. Buckleton's attention that the 



UNDER date of November 11 the secretan of the Rubber Club 

 of America sent the following appeal to the active and 

 a--.-ici.ite members of the club: 



"The members of the club in the recent vote gave an over- 

 whelming majority in favor of not holding our annual banquet 

 this season, and instead making a contribution to the American 

 Red Cross, or any of the other humane agencies, for the relief 

 of the suffering caused by the war in Europe, as may be pre- 

 ferred by the donors. 



"It is hoped that each active and associate member will con- 

 tribute at least $8 — the price of the banquet ticket of last Janu- 

 ary — and as much more as he feels inclined to add. This is a 

 voluntary contribution and not an assessment." 



A somewhat similar letter, but going rather more into detail 

 as to the expectation of the club in reference to this fund, was 

 sent to the firm members. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RUBBER CLUB RELIEF EUND. 



In response to the letters sent out by the club's secretary, 

 contributions to the amount of $1,982 had been received up to 

 November 25, including the following 



For the American Red Cross. 



Arnold & Zeiss, 277 Broadway, New York $250 



Roland H. Ballou. Treasurer Manhasset Manufacturing Co., 



Providence, R. 1 100 



Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass 100 



Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass 50 



The Goodyear's India Rubber Clove Manufacturing Co., 



Naugatuck, Conn 50 



U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Co., Inc., 30 East Forty-second 



street, New' York 50 



L. Littlejohn & Co.. 129 Front street, New York 50 



Indiana Rubber & Insulated Wire Co., Jonesboro. Ind.... 50 



Mechanical Fabric Co., Providence, R. 1 25 



F. H. Appleton & Son, Inc., Boston. Mass 25 



R. J. Caldwell & Co., 15 Park Row, New York 25 



Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis 25 



Reading Rubber Manufacturing Co., Reading, Mass 25 



Obalski & Sweeney, 24 Stone street. New York 25 



Ed. Maurer Co., Inc., 80 Maiden Lane, New- York 2's 



St. Mungo Manufacturing Co. of America. Newark, N. J.. 25 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio 25 



Lee Tire & Rubber Co., Conshohocken, Pa 25 



L. J. Mutty, Boston, Mass 25 



Boston Belting Co., Boston, Mass 2s 



Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio 25 



Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co., 126 Duane 



street. New York 25 



$1,050 

 For the Belgian Relief Fund. 



Hodgman Rubber Co., 806 Broadwav, New York $100 



Parker, Stearns & Co., Brooklyn. X. Y 100 



India Rubber World, 25 West Forty-fifth street, New York. 25 

 Acushnet Process Co., New Bedford, Mass 25 



$250 



Total $1,300 



Besides the sums above noted, $682 has been contributed by 

 members of the club in lieu of tickets for the sixteenth annual 

 banquet, which has been abandoned this season, which brings 

 up the total to $1,982. 



