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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Junk 1. 1915. 



the people w ith whom he had bei so many years, 



lutions passed bj the board of directoi al thi time of his 

 nation are interesting. These resolutions, after a suitable 

 preamble, continue: "It is unanimously resolved thai this board 

 looks back with great pride and satisfaction to this long period 

 of faithful sen ompanj bj Mr. Rider, that the pros- 



perit) oi the company during this long period has been largely 

 du< to the ability, fidelity and /est of Mr. Rider in its behalf." 

 Ilu resolutions go on to give expression to the regret the di- 

 rectors felt in r< jnation, which was tempered, however, 



by the satisfaction of knowing that, as chairnn f the trustees, 



be would continue to give the company the benefit of bis ex- 

 perience and advice. 



The rubber industry, while it dominated his activities, did not 

 absolutelj engross them, foi he devoted considerable time to 

 banking, in the town of Beacon, which during the last 35 years 

 of his life had been his home. He was one of the organizers, 

 in 1893, of the Matteawan National Bank and was its vice- 

 lent from that time until 1909, when he became president, 

 retaining that position until last January, when, being in his 

 i.ir, he felt that he oughl not to be asked longer to dis- 

 charge the duties of the office 



He was prominent in the civic life of the community in which 

 he lived and was several times elected supervisor of the town. 

 On the day of his death the local dailj devoted two column; to 

 the storj ot his life and had much i" say regarding his ser\ ices 

 to the community for the third of a century during which he 

 had made it his home. He was also exceedingly prominent in 

 iic circles, having attained to the 32nd degree ana being 

 a member not only of the local lodge hut of various Masonic 

 lodges in New York City. 



The surviving members of his family consist of a sister, two 

 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 



V.'ILLIAM R, THROPP. 



William R. Thropp, president of William R. Thropp & 

 Sons' Co., died May 26 at his home in Trenton, New Jersey. 

 from a complication of diseases, at the age of 58 years. 



He was born in Trenton, receiving his education in the 

 schools of that city. In 1879, at the age of 22. having com- 

 pleted a four-year course in machinery and engineering, he 

 associated with his father, the late John E. Thropp. 

 in the manufacture of rubber mill machinery. He was made 

 superintendent of the plant, a position which he occupied for 

 ten years. In January, 1890. he discontinued this association 

 and engaged independently in a similar line of manufacture. 

 erecting a factory building on East State street, Trenton, 

 which formed the nucleus of the present extensive plant of 

 the William R. Thropp & Sons' Co.. one of the most promi- 

 nent and widely known concerns engaged in this important 

 line of manufacture. 



Mr. Thropp was a member of the Masonic order, being 

 affiliated with Trenton Lodge, the Three-Times Three Chap- 

 ter. Palestine Commandry and Crescent Temple of the Mystic 

 Shrine. 



He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons — John 

 E. and Joseph W. — who were associated with him in business. 



MAJOR ELIOT C. PIERCE. 



So many years have elapsed since Major Eliot C Fierce, who 

 died at his home in Weymouth. Massachusetts, May 21. was 

 active in the rubber industry that many men in the trade may 

 not recall his connection with it. hut as a matter of fact Major 

 Pierce was one of the pioneers in the rubber reclaiming industry. 

 He, with his brother. J. C. Pierce, formed the Pierce Rubber Co., 

 shortly after the ( i\ il War and at one time had a very sizable 

 plant at Danversport, Massachusetts. The company, however, 

 went out of business about twenty years ago. and after that time 

 Mai ^r Pierce had no further association with this industry. 



Major Pierce was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, February 



14, 1831. He served with great distinction in the Civil War, 

 taking part in every battle fought by the Army of the Potomac 

 with the exception of \nlietam. He did not engage in that as he 

 ■in "ii ,i furlough bei wounds received at Bull Run. 



lor gallant service he was promoted to a captaincy and later 

 made a major, and it was believed that during his last years he 

 was the onlj surviving officer of the regiment t.i which he 

 belonged 



MARSHALL GUSHING. 



Marshall Cushing, who died at the Post-Graduate Hospital in 

 New i'ork, Ma> 1-'. .i- i result of an operation lor appendicitis, 

 was never directlj connected with the rubber trade, but as he 

 was for some years secretar; of the National Association of 

 Manufacturers, he wis well known to many manufacturers of 

 rubber products who were members of that association. 



Mr. Cushmg was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1860, 

 and graduated from Harvard College in 1883. He had a notable 

 newspaper experience, first as editorial writer on the "Boston 

 Globe," and later as founder of the "Washington Times." and 

 editor of the "New York Press." In the meantime he had acted 

 as private secretary to Senator Lodge, and also to John Wana- 

 inaker, when he was postmaster-general. Later Mr. Cushing 

 became secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers, 

 and continued up to the time of his death as editor and pub- 

 lisher of "Mow." a magazine published in the general inti 

 of manufacturers. 



HEINRICH BRUCK 

 Heinrich P.ruck. who for many years was general manager of 

 the Leipsic Rubber Works. Leipsic, Germany, passed away, 

 April 22. He was 73 years old and had been connected with 

 this company since 1864, when it was known as Julius Marx, 

 Heine & Co. He began as domestic and foreign traveling 

 salesman, and was soon taken into partnership. He was always 

 especially active in the export department of the Leipsic Rub- 

 ber Works, and this he made the company's most important de- 

 partment. He became general director in 1913. In the death 

 of Mr. Brtick the German rubber industry loses one of its oldest 

 and most distinguished members, and the founder of the surgical 

 branch of that industrj 



RUBBER MEN ON THE "LUSITANIA." 

 Among the passengers on the ill-fated "Lusitania." which was 

 torpedoed by the Germans, Maj 7. there were three men con- 

 nected with the rubber trade, namely: Arthur H. Adams, of 

 London; Arthur R. Foley, of Trenton; William H Brown, of 

 Buffalo. 



ARTHUR H. ABAMS. 



Arthur H. Adams, one of the victims of the "Lusitania" 

 disaster, was on his way from a visit to his parents in Newton, 

 Massachusetts, to London, which had been his home for some 

 years and where he represented the interests of the United States 

 Rubber Co. He was about 40 years of age and a graduate of 

 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He first went abroad 

 as an electrical engineer, but later became identified with Ameri- 

 can rubber interests. He succeeded in escaping, with his nine- 

 teen-year-old son, from the ship, and was in a lifeboat when it 

 was struck by one of the "Lusitania's" masts. The boy was 

 saved, but the father was knocked from the boat into the water 

 and perished. 



ARTHUR R. FOLEY. 



Another victim of the sinking of the "Lusitania" was Arthur 

 R. Foley, of the Home Rubber Co.. of Trenton, New Jersey. 

 Mr. Foley joined the selling department of that company in 

 1891. At first he confined his attention to the New York < itj 

 trade, but proving to be a successful salesman, his territory was 

 gradually enlarged until his travels irried him all over the 

 United State, and during the last few years he hail given quite 

 a little time to the i - foreign business, particularly its 



