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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



May 1, 1915. 



Jacob Musly. 



JACOB MUSLY. 



The Apnl m ["hi India Rubber World contained a 



mention of tin- death— which occurred on March 16— 



acob Musly, senior member of tin- firm of Weise & Co., 



oi Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The news was received s.. late 



in the month as to preclude any more extended notice at that 



Mr. Musi} was one "i the notable figures in tin- rubber trade 

 .it" the continent ["hough only -to at the time of his death, he 



had fi if many yeai S 

 occupied a conspic- 

 uous place among 

 the successful rub- 

 lier dealers of Eu- 

 rope. At an early 

 age he entered the 

 i mpli >y i it Knotten- 

 belt & Weise, a 

 large importing 

 house in Rotterdam. 

 It was his ambition 

 from the start to 

 thoroughly familiar- 

 ize himself with the 

 products of the 

 Dutch colonies, and 

 particularly with all 

 questions of distrib- 

 ution, and he ap- 

 plied himself to this 

 task with great zeal. 

 When a few years 

 later the firm with 

 which he was asso- 

 ciated dissolved, he went with Mr. Julius Weis, who founded 

 the house hi Weise & Co. lie was soon taken into partnership, 

 and it was owing not a little to his capacity and energy that the 

 firm soon established a world-wide reputation. It had branches 

 in Java. Sumatra, the Mala} States and the Dutch West Indies, 

 and it was the pioneer in Holland in the exploitation of Congo 

 rubber. When the editor of this journal was in Holland in 1908 

 he visited the office and warehouse of Weise & Co. in Rotterdam 

 and found a great deal there tn interest him, which he described 

 in a letter that appeared in the December issue of that year. 



Mr. Musly became a recognized expert in rubber and balata, 

 and in fact in gums of every sort. He took a great interest in 

 East Indian plantation development and was a director in the 

 following plantation companies: Bajan Sumatra Rubber Co., 

 Dolok Marangir Plantation Co., Langsar Sumatra Rubber I o., 

 Sangkat Rubber Co., and. the ( olonial Enterprise Co., of Rotter- 

 dam, and also a member of the board of administration of 

 the International Association of Rubber Planters of the 

 I [ague. 



His death means a great loss to the rubber trade of Holland. 

 HON. CURTIS GUILD. 



Xcw England rubber men and members of the Rubber Club 

 feel a sense of personal loss in the passing of the Honorable 

 Curtis Guild. He was known to all of them, and in the days of 

 the club's beginnings was often a guest and speaker at the Boston 

 banquets. 



FRANK S. CHICK. 



Frank S. Chick, who at one time was a salesman for the Bos- 

 ton Belting Co., died last month, of pneumonia, after a very 

 brief illness, at tin residence of Harry E. Converse, at Marion, 

 where he and Mrs. Chick were visiting. After leaving the belt- 

 ing company he became interested in the John H. Pray eS: Sons 

 Co. as a salesman, and later rose to the management of the 

 large carpet business of that company. Mr. Chick was in his 



sixtieth year at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and 

 one brother, I. W. Chick, of the United States Rubber Co. 



ELNO L. FOSTER. 



Elno I.. Foster, for the past 22 years an employe of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., and lately in charge of the cotton hose department 

 of that concern, died Monday, April 12, in the Akron City Hos- 

 pital. IK was 40 years of age. and is survived by his wife and 

 two children. 



JAMES QUINLAN. 



James Quinlan, of the Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., 

 died from heart and kidney trouble on April 10. 



lb was born in Xew York State 55 years ago, and immedi- 



atel} upon leaving scl 1. at the age of 14, became associated 



with the Eureka company, as office boy. lb gradually worked 

 Ins way up, until he became the company's special salesman for 

 the states of New York and Yew Jersey. His connection with 

 this company continued without interruption [or 41 years, and in 

 his position as salesman he made .1 great number of acquaintances 

 and had a host of friends. He was unmarried. 

 SENATOR N. W. ALDRICH. 



The funeral of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, which was held 

 in Providence, Rhode Island, April 18, was attended by a num- 

 ber of men prominent in the rubber trade. Senator Aldrich's 

 son, Mr. Edward B. Aldrich, is president of the Continental 

 Rubber Co. 



THE LATE HOUSTON M. SADLER. 



The late Houston M. Sadler had been so long connected with 

 other enterprises that some of the younger men in the rubber 

 trade may be unfamiliar with the fact that he was ever asso- 

 ciated with that industry, but at one time, and for a number of 

 years, he held a prominent position in the rubber trade. When 

 the United States Rubber Co. was formed, in 1892, he became 

 attached to the auditor's department. Very soon after the for- 

 mation of the company he was appointed cashier, and in 1895 

 was made the company's credit man. On the death of Mr. M. C. 

 Martin — which occurred in April, 1900 — Mr. Sadler was made 

 assistant treasurer, Mr. Charles R. Flint being at that time treas- 

 urer. On the death of Mr. Charles L. Johnson, the company's 

 general manager, in October. 1901, Mr. Sadler became acting 

 general manager; but a year or so later he left the rubber com- 

 pany and became a member of the New York Stock Exchange. 

 After engaging in the brokerage business for several years he 

 became secretary of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., 

 of Xew York City, which position he occupied to the time of his 

 death. 



RUBBER IN FIRST AID KITS. 



The National Affiliated Safety Organization, whose mem- 

 bership embraces various associations, including the National 

 Association of Manufacturers, of 30 Church street, Xew 

 York, has put on the market a first aid jar, approved and 

 standardized by the Conference Bureau of Safety and Sanita- 

 tion. This jar is made of glass and is about 9 l / 2 inches in 

 diameter and 6 inches high. In it is packed every material 

 which a conference of physicians experienced in treatment of 

 injuries has agreed upon as necessary for effective first aid 

 treatment. The list includes 26 articles, of wdiich two are 

 medicine droppers having rubber bulbs. Another use of rub- 

 ber in this connection is in the form of a rubber gasket be- 

 tween the jar and its cover. The jar when filled is set in a 

 metal cage, and the glass cover — in which a carrying handle 

 is molded — is held on the jar by spring clips that are a part 

 of the metal cage. The rubber gasket between the jar and 

 the cover renders the outfit sanitary as far as dust is con- 

 cerned. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers — Mr. Pear- 

 son's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



