Juw 1. 1915. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



551 



VICE-PRESIDENT VAN H. CARTMELL OF THE 

 RUBBER CLUB. 



AT the last annual election of officers of the Rubber Club of 

 America, Inc., which took place on April 21, Mi Van II. 

 Cartmell, president of the Kellj Springfield Tire Co., was el 

 one "i thi vice presidents. This is a compliment that anj man 

 in the trade might be pleased to receive, and, conversely, the 



choice of Mr. Cart- 

 null for this posi- 

 tion shows that the 

 Rubber Club is still 

 in. -i discriminating 

 in the matter oi oi 

 ficial si lection 



Mr. Cartmell 

 comes logicallj b) 



the presidency of 



In-- company, as he 

 i iriginated, s o m e 

 fifty \cai's ago or 

 so, in the dis- 

 tinctively presiden- 

 tial state of Ohio. 

 I !e started his com- 

 mercial career while 

 a young boy as a 

 clerk in a store at 

 Springfield, his na- 

 tive place. The pro- 

 prietor valued his 

 services at $5 a 

 .•. < e k . But the 

 young clerk thought perhaps there was more money to be made 

 outside, so he soon connected himself with a manufacturing 

 house, and in a few years' time was its manager. 



Following the precedent set by many distinguished westerners, 

 when he reached years of sound discretion he came East, and in 

 1894 he became attached to the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., 

 now the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., as manager of its Boston 

 office. Two years later he was put in charge of the larger office 

 in New York, and in 1903 he was made president of the company, 

 a position which he still holds. 



That the company has been successful under President Cart- 

 mell's administration is obvious from its present position in the 

 trade. And the reasons of its success under his management are 

 not far to seek. Integrity, honesty and sanity — by which is 

 meant that sound judgment that keeps in the profitable path and 

 avoids all uncertain ventures — have marked Mr. Cartmell's ad- 

 ministration. Incidentally, he has that fine gift of urbanity 

 which not only leads to prosperity in business, but especially 

 means social success, and is a most valuable asset for an officer 

 of an organization like the Rubber Club. 



While Mr. Cartmell has devoted himself assiduously to tire 

 manufacture for the last quarter century, and is an expert in 

 this art. he does occasionally relax sufficiently to take in a ball 

 game — an honest American taste which his residence in New 

 York City permits him from time to time to cultivate. 



H. Cartmki i . 



RUBBER SHIPMENTS TO ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC PORTS. 



The Rubber and Tin Exports Committee, which is a division 

 of the War Trade Department of Great Britain, recently is- 

 sued a statement through Lord Balfour, chairman of the com- 

 mittee, to the effect that arrangements have now been made so 

 that plantation rubber can be shipped to any Atlantic and Pacific 

 ports of the United States. The rubber must be consigned in 

 the former instance to the British Consul at Xew York and sub- 

 ject to the customary rules. When shipped to Pacific ports the 

 rubber is cleared through the British Consul at San Francisco. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Frederick II. Jones, treasurer of the Tver Rubber Co., of 

 Andover, Massachusetts, expects to start within a few days for 

 the San Francisco fair. He will visit San Diego and other 

 places in California, returning East about the first of S( 



Henry C. Herring, sales manager of the Xew York Rul i 

 Co., who h.i^ been ill for the last three months, is improving in 

 health and i return to his official duties within a short 



time. 



Frederic 11. Sanford. who was formerlj connected with A. H. 

 Ablen & Co., I nulled, Manaos, and who has been passing the 

 winter ui Cuba, has recently returned to the United States and 

 i- now at his home in West Xew Brighton, Xew York. 



John F. Lanier, who formerlj handled Diamond tires for The 

 B I Goodrich Co. in the southwest, with headquarters at St. 



I . has become associated in a similar capacity in another 



section with the Xorwalk Tire & Rubbei i Norwalk, i 



necticut. 



Nicholas F. Brady, prominent in the directorate of the United 

 Stati - Rubber Co., is president of the newly organized Broadway 

 Subway & Homi !'• Toughs Car Advertising Co. The offices of 

 this company are at 31 Nassau street, Xew York, and its object 

 is to handle the advertising and news stands on the system oper- 

 ated In the Brooklyn Rapid Transit ( o., in which Mr. Brady is 

 also interested. 



Dr. Eugenio Dahne, who is at the head of the Brazilian sec- 

 tion of the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego, Cali- 

 fornia, has just returned from Brazil with a large exhibit of the 

 products of the states of Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, and 

 Rio de Janeiro. This exhibit will consist in part of 52 cases of 

 fine Para rubber that figured in the rubber exposition at Rio 

 de Janeiro two years ago, and was to go to the London ex- 

 hibition last year. For some reason it did not get to London 

 and will now go to San Diego and be sold when the exposition 

 closes. 



W. I", \ilams. for some time past connected with the sales 

 department of the Ford Motor Co., has joined the staff of the 

 Lee Tire & Rubber Co. of Xew York, which is the eastern sales 

 branch of the Lee Tire & Rubber Co., of Conshohocken, Penn- 

 sylvania. The president of the Xew York company. W. B. 

 Few ell, is also a former automobile man, having served for some 

 time as Xew York manager for the Oakland Motor Co. 



Col. Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber 

 t o. expects soon to take a trip across the continent to the 

 Panama- Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. 



Samuel Xorris. secretary of the United States Rubber Co., 

 expects to pass the summer with his family in one of the cot- 

 tages of the Adirondack League Club. 



Waldemar Scholz, one of the prominent rubber exporters 

 of Brazil, with headquarters at Manaos. is spending a couple 

 of months at Petropolis, a beautiful summer resort near Rio 

 de Janeiro. 



William Johnstone, brother of J. T. Johnstone, the rubber 

 importer of 22 William street, Xew York, has just been com- 

 missioned a lieutenant in the famous Black Watch (42nd 

 Royal Highlanders). Miss Johnstone, a sister, who has been 

 in the Red Cross service in England, has just left for foreign 

 service. 



At the semi-annual meeting of the Society of Automobile 

 Engineers held in June, P. W. Litchfield, factory manager of 

 the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. Akron, presented a valuable 

 paper on the subject of "Size and Inflation of Pneumatic 

 Tires." The paper is a careful study of theoretical considera- 

 tions and practical conditions affecting the durability of tires. 

 Tire wear, overloading and proper inflation are scientifically 

 discussed, and a basis presented for a logical schedule of tire 

 inflation and loading. 



