May 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA, INC. 



A M II riNG of the members of The Rubber Club of America, 

 •** [nc, «as held at the association rooms, 17 Battery Place, 

 New York. April 8, at 3 p. m. 



Mr. (ieorge B. Hodgman, president of the club, acted as chair- 

 man. There was an excellent attendance and much interest 

 was shown in the proceedings of the meeting by the members 

 present. The new constitution and by-laws— the greater part of 

 which were quoted in the March issue of The India Rubber 

 World — wire adopted. 



The following directors were elected to serve until the 



annual meeting to be held early in January, 1916: 



Francis H. Appleton, F. H. Appleton & Son. 



U illiam F. liruyn. I.. Littlejohn & Co. 



Harry T. Dunn, Fisk Rubber Co. 



11. S. Firestone, Firestone lire & Rubber Co. 



licorge I''. Hall, I'.oston Woven Hosi & Rubbei I 



George B. Hodgman, Hodgman Rubber Co. 



Frederick II Jones, Tver Rubber Co. 



William J. Kelly. Arnold & Zeiss. 



Homer E. Sawyer, United States Rubber Co. 



Henry Spadone, Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co. 



Elisha S. Williams, Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 



Bertram G. Work, The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



Mr. Albert Zeiss stated that he had a matter to bring before 

 the meeting which he believed all would agree was of the first 

 importance. The situation which had been brought about through 

 the British embargo on exportations of plantation rubber from 

 the Federated Malay States and Ceylon had menaced the Ameri- 

 can rubber industry, and for a time it had looked as though 

 many of the mills would have to close. He believed that The 

 Rubber Club of America, Inc., should pass a formal vote of 

 thanks to Mr. George B. Hodgman. its president, and to those 

 who had co-operated with him on the Embargo Committee in 

 the work of securing a modification of the embargo by the Brit- 

 ish Government so that supplies of plantation rubber might 

 come forward. He complimented Mr. Hodgman and the mem- 

 bers of the Embargo Committee on the efficient and diplomatic 

 manner in which the situation had been dealt with, and moved 

 that a formal vote of thanks be tendered to them. Mr. Samuel 

 Wright seconded this motion, and it was so voted. 



MEETING OF RUBBER CLUB DIRECTORS. 



The meeting of the directors of The Rubber Club of Amer- 

 ica, Inc., was held April 21. These were present: Francis H. 

 Appleton, William E. Bruyn, George B. Hodgman, Frederic C. 

 Hood, Frederick H. Jones, William J. Kelly, Henry C. Pearson, 

 Homer E. Sawyer. Henry Spadone and H. S. Vorhis, secretary. 

 The following officers were elected, to serve until the next an- 

 nual meeting, to be held in January, 1916: President, George B. 

 Hodgman ; first vice-president, H. S. Firestone ; second vice- 

 president, Van H. Cartmell; secretary and treasurer, H. S. 

 Vorhis. 



The committees elected for the current year are given below : 



Executive. — George B. Hodgman (chairman), Frederic C. 

 Hood, Henry Spadone. William E. Bruyn, H. S. Firestone, Van 

 H. Cartmell. 



Nominating. — Homer E. Sawyer (chairman), B. G. Work, 

 Charles T. Wilson, Russell Parker, Henry C. Pearson. 



Legislative. — Frederic C. Hood (chairman), II. Stuart Hotch- 

 kiss, Harry T. Dunn. 



Auditing. — Edward E. Huber, William G. Grieb. 



Banquet. — W. E. Barker (chairman), Theodore W. Bassett, 

 S. Theodore Hodgman. 



Outing. — Philip Endicott Young (chairman), R. L. Rice, F. 

 H. Appleton. Jr. 



Mr. Henry C. Pearson was delegated to draw up a proper 

 testimonial in appreciation of the services of Mr. J. Frank Dun- 

 bar, who has acted as club treasurer for the period from 1909 

 to 1915. 



This testimonial was prepared, presented and adopted and the 

 following minute made on the records of the association: 



"testimonial. 

 "The following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the 

 l of Directors of The Rubber Club of America, Inc., at a 

 meeting held at the Union League Club, New York, on April 

 21, 1915: 



"Whereas, .1. Frank Dunbar, for six years treasurer of the 

 Rubber Club of Vmerica, has relinquished his position on ac- 

 count of the dissolution of the Massachusetts corporation, we, 

 the Board of Directors of The Rubber Club of America, Inc., 



"Resolved: 1 hat his long and faithful service merits the fullest 

 appreciation of everj membei oi our organization. The duties 

 of ins office, often onerous, always exacting, given without 

 compensation of any sort, were performed promptly, cheer- 

 fully and adequately . 



"Resolved, That we, voicing the unanimous wish of the Asso- 

 ciation, tender to him our sincere thanks for his years ot con- 

 stant, conscientious service. 



"Attest: HARRY S. Vorhis, 



"Secretary." 

 NEW MEMBERS. 



Six new members were elected to the firm membership of 

 the club. The list of these new companies and the names of 

 those who will represent them in the firm membership of the 

 club are lm\ en below : 



Aldens' Successors, Limited, Xew Y'ork— F. W. Dunbar, at- 

 torney in fact. 



Detroit Insulated Wire Co., Detroit, Michigan— Joseph H. 

 Hunter, president. 



Marathon Tire & Rubber Co., The, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio- 

 William F. Ridge, president and general manager. 



Midgley Tire & Rubber Co., The, Lancaster, Ohio— Thomas 

 Midgley, general manager and vice-president. 



Northern Electric Co., Limited, Montreal, Quebec (Canada) — 

 H. D. Brown, general purchasing agent. 



Subers Fabric & Rubber Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio — L. A. 

 Subers, president and general manager. 



Jesse E. LaDow, secretary of the Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Mansfield. Ohio, was designated as firm representative of that 

 company, instead of G. W. Henne. 



Two new associate members were also elected, as follows : 

 William A. DeLong. Xew York, and Bertram T. Martin, of 

 Everlastik, Inc., Boston. 



RUBBER GUARANTEES BEING CAREFULLY OBSERVED. 



The conditions imposed on the rubber trade by the British 

 war department have been carefully complied with. The few 

 violations have been of a minor sort that were wholly due to 

 the manufacturer's failure to grasp the meaning of the shipping 

 guarantee. In a few instances goods have been shipped to 

 neutral countries in Europe without going to England, but in 

 all cases it lias been found on investigation that the violation 

 was committed through a misunderstanding of the stipulated 

 agreement and not with deliberate attempt to evade the intent 

 of the guarantee. 



It is remarkable, considering the large amount of rubber that 

 has been cleared by the British Consul General, that more un- 

 it tciitional violations have not occurred. As a matter of fact 

 there has been only one instance when it was necessary for the 

 consul to refuse to accept guarantees, on account of a violation of 

 the agreement. 



Applications for license to export manufactured goods from 

 Loudon to neutral European countries must be made direct to 

 the War Trade Department, No. 4 Central buildings. West- 

 minster. London. In case a manufacturer desires to accept the 

 services of a London agent, the latter should have power of at- 

 torney from the manufacturer in order to transact the necessary 

 business. 



The war department now demands an affidavit from consignees 

 of manufactured goods shipped to neutral European countries 

 that they will not ship goods to the enemies of Great Britain. 



