May 1. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE LATEST ARRIVAL IN THE CANADIAN RUBBER TRADE. 



The latest addition to official circles in the rubber trade of 

 Canada is John William Henderson Miner, son of Vice-Presi- 

 dent William 11. Miner, of the Miner Rubber Co., Limited, of 

 Granby, Quebec, The young man reached Granby on March 11, 

 in :_ 1 health, and registering 8 pounds. 



MR. F. J. OLEASON JOINS THE STANDARD COMPANY. 



Frederick J. Gleason, who for a number oi years has been 

 connected with the Walpole Tire & Ruber Co. a ident 



and general superintendent, has left that organization to become 

 director and general superintendent of the Standard Woven 

 Fabric Co., of Framingham, Massachusetts. Mr. Gleason is well 

 n as the originator and for a the producer 



of the products of the Massachusetts Chemical Co. His knowl- 

 edge oi friction materials and insulating compounds con,. from 

 i rience in these lines, and he will prove a valuable 



addition to the Standard organization. Mr. Gleason has not only 

 been prominent in rubber circles, but for years he took a leading 

 part in the civic affairs of Walpole, where he was for some time 

 president of the Hoard of Trade and of the Walpole Co-opcra- 

 tivi' Bank, 



MR. A. H. MARKS BUYS A YACHT. 



Arthur II Marks, vice-president of The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 has recently purchased the steel twin-screw cruising gasolene 

 yacht, tlie "Joyeuse." This yacht is one of the largest gasolene 

 yachts which will be seen in Eastern waters during the coming 

 season. It i.. 98 feel ovei 11. [C feet beam, draws 5 feet and 

 was built in 191(f It has a speed of from 14 to 16 miles an hour. 

 Mr. Marks is a member of the Eastern Yacht Club and has a 

 summer home at Marblehead. Massachusetts, where the yacht 

 will be taken afar the outfitting now being done at Camden, New 

 Jersey, is completed. 



THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THANKS COMMODORE BENEDICT. 



The March number of this publication contained a mention of 

 Commodore Benedict's rescue in West Indian waters of an Eng- 

 lish sloop a few weeks earlier. The commodore reached New 

 York on April 9, after an 8,000-mile voyage on his yacht the 

 "Oneida," and on arriving at port he was presented by the State 

 Department with a letter from the British ambassador conveying 

 to the commodore an expression of the warmest appreciation on 

 the part of the British government of his rescue of the "Southern 

 Cross" early in February. 



When the commodore's yacht reached Antigua news had just 

 been received of the wrecking of the "Southern Cross" in neigh- 

 boring waters, but there was no steamship available for rescue. 

 The commodore instantly volunteered and set sail for the scene 

 of the wreck. He rescued all the crew and passengers, includ- 

 ing the acting commissioner of Montserrat, and towed the dis- 

 abled sloop into port. 



The Commodore expects to visit the Pacific Coast very soon, 

 to be gone about six weeks, accompanied by his two daughters, 

 Mrs. C. B. Harmon and Mrs. Ramsey Turnbull. He will spend 

 some time at the Panama- Pacific Exposition in his capacity as 

 Yachting Commissioner for the State of Connecticut. 



MR. BARNES ASSISTANT TO MANAGER OF SALES. 



Charles W. Barnes has recently been appointed assistant 

 to the manager of sales of the United States Rubber Co. Mr. 

 Barnes has been connected with the selling department of the 

 United States Rubber Co. ever since the formation of that 

 corporation and carries the thousands of details of the making 

 and distribution of rubber boots, shoes and tennis comfortably 

 under his hat. For a number of years he was connected with 

 the company's Boston office, but. on the theory that nothing was 

 too good for headquarters, he was brought over to New York 

 about a dozen years ago. 



J. H. McKrchxie. 



PRESIDENT McKECHNIE OF THE CANADIAN 

 CONSOLIDATED. 



JH. M'KEI HN'IE, who on April I ted president of the 



• I anadian Consolidated Rubber I o., Limited, of Montreal, 

 began his rubber activities close to 40 years ago. He was inter- 

 i at that time in a saw mill in a small it far from 



nd he went to Montreal to arrange for the 



purchase of rubber 

 belting for use in 

 the mill. While 

 there he visited the 

 ear Store and 

 noticed a large vol- 

 ume of gossamer 

 made by the 

 Goodyear company 

 in the States. He 

 not only got his 

 belting but he got a 

 suggest ion, and 

 shortly after return- 

 ing to Granby he 

 started a factor) fi ir 

 making gossamer 

 coats. That was in 

 1877. But the de- 

 mand for gossamer 

 coats soon decreased 

 tut y w here, and 

 then Mr. McKech- 

 nie, together with 

 the late Mr. Miner. 



started the Granby Rubber Co. for the manufacture of rubber 

 foot near. This corporation, as everyone in the trade knows, 

 was a very successful one and had built up a large and profitable 

 trade when it was merged with the Canadian I onsolidated Rub- 

 ber Co., Limited. Soon after this merger Mr. McKechnie was 

 made vice-president of the consolidated company, and he con- 

 tinued to occupy that position until the withdrawal, at the last 

 annual meeting, of D. Lome McGibbon as president, when 

 Mr. McKechnie was elected his successor. 



AN INTERESTING ARTICLE BY A. H. ALDEN. 



Adelbert H. Alden is the author of a very interesting 

 essay entitled "An American Point of View," published in "1 he 

 Westminster Gazette.'' London, for March 19. The article deals 

 very thoroughly with the present American unprcparedness for 

 war. Then it contrasts the unarmed Republic and the armed 

 Empire in their ability to defend their liberties. A very inter- 

 esting portion of the paper is devoted to an exposition of the 

 subconscious creation of public opinion, particularly in the United 

 State-. 



CONDITIONS IN MEXICO. 



Clarence Harvey, son of the late J. C. Harvey, of Mexico, 

 was recently in New York. He reports that all of the rubber 

 plantations in the state of Veracruz and Oaxaca are practically 

 abandoned. Roving bands of soldiers infest the whole country 

 and the Americans and English who were in charge of the 

 estates have gone to Mexico City or left the country. He is 

 now- visiting his mother in Los Angeles, and plans to return 

 to the plantation — La Ruena Ventura — in June, if it is possible. 

 to recover the fine orchids collected by bis father 



MR. HEWINS IN LONDON. 



During the early part of last month. E. D. Hewins, the well- 

 known distributor of cotton ducks and fabrics adapted to various 

 purposes in the manufacture of different types of rubber goods 

 and tires, sailed for London, in the interest of his business. Mr. 

 Hewins will visit various parts of England as well as Scotland. 



