

THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1. 1915. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON, 

 ii i rrespondent. 



A FIXE di atriotic zeal occurred at the 



Co., July _'. \\ hen an Ai 

 flag, IS x 2? feet — the largest flag in the city of Tren- 

 ed aloft on a steel staff 80 feet high. The 

 ua< erected bj mpanj ind thi flag was presented by 



the employees. 



hundred people braved a heavy rain storm to wit- 

 , i ,, ,\ ernor Edw ard C. Stol es 

 was to have delivered the chief address, but at the last mo- 

 ment other appoint- 

 ments caused him to 

 cancel the engagement. <|J 

 I [on. William J. Cross- 

 ley, former prosecutor, 

 spoke eloquently on 

 •Our Flag! What it 

 Means to Us." 



The opening number 

 on the program was a 

 reception by the I 

 Rubber Co. and em- 

 ployees to the invited 

 guests, including mem- 

 bers of the families of 

 employees. Incident to 

 this there was an in- 

 spection of the plant. 

 Then the guests, led bj 

 a brass band, marched 

 to the base of the Hag 

 si. itt The Reverend 

 William Solaini. city 

 missionary, delivered 

 an invocation. after 

 which .Mr. Crossley 

 made his address. Then 

 Miss Alary l takley. 

 daughter of > 1 1 I )ak- 

 ley. who had been 

 chosen bj the em- 

 ployees to portray the 

 part of "Columbia," 

 marched to the plat- 

 form at the head of 13 

 little girls — daughters 

 of empli lyees — repre- 



ting the Origi 

 States and carrying the 



I he c hildren, all 

 in white, presented a 



pretty sight. Miss Helen E. Fried, a daughter of one of the 

 employees, was chosen to raise the flag. As it floated out on 

 the breeze, a bugle corps sounded "To the Colors." Then came 

 the singing oi "America," led by the band. At the close of the 

 exercises there was a national salute of 21 guns by Garfield 

 Batterj A. Sons of Veterans Reserves 

 The flag outcome of the annual meeting 



Rubb mployees' Association, which was 



held on Flag Day, One of the employees suggested that it 

 would be a fine thing to present a flag to the company if the 

 firm would erei This, it W as suggested, would serve 



a double purpose, in registering devotion to the government 

 and loyalty to the company. Among the members of the 

 ire many men of foreign birth, whose native 

 couiitrie- an now at war with i other, yet the} i 



braced with i ism this opportunity to give 



ible evidence of their love for the land of their adoption. 

 A resolution was drawn up at the meeting for presentation 



u head- of the company offering to give the banner: 

 "To express our loyalty to our country, where we may freely 

 exercise the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- 

 ness, as guaranteed by our Constitution and to show our 

 thankfulness that we are now enjoying peace and pros- 

 perity." 



Prior to the flag raising ceremonies the inspection of the 

 plant proved a genuine treat for those who were unfamiliar 

 with the methods of working rubber. The visitors saw the 

 various pro,, esses by which the crude material is made into 

 finished soles and heels ready for the deft hands of the "Blue 

 1 1st 1 ob biers." 



The members of the Essex Rubber Co. Employees' Asso- 

 ciation are planning for their annual outing, which will be 

 held in August 



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George R. look, president of the Acme Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co. and of the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 has purchased the mansion of the late United States Senator 

 Franklin O. Briggs on West State street. Senator Briggs 

 is said to have expended about $50,000 on this property. He 

 died just about the time it was completed and the place has 

 never been occupied. In addition to this Trenton home. Mr. 

 ( ook owns a handsome country place on the Lawrenceville 

 road, near Princeton, also a winter home in the South. 



"lag Raising .\t the Essex Rubber Co. Plant. 



Announcement has been made by Former Judge Gnichtel, 

 representing the widow of Arthur R. Foley, salesman for 

 the Home Rubber Co., who lost his life on the "Lusitania." 

 that the suit for damages instituted by Mrs. Foley against 

 the rubber concern under the Employers' Liability law will 

 not require the presence in court of witnesses. The case will he 

 submitted on briefs. The only question in dispute is whether 

 the sinking of the steamer was an accident. Former Assembly- 

 man Frank B. Jess, of Camden, is counsel for the rubber 



company. 



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The American Rubber Manufacturing Co. of New Jersey, 

 whose plant was destroyed by fire April 27. started last week 

 in its newly built factory to make mats and soles, and re- 

 ports a good line of orders on hand. Much of the machinery 

 in the old plant was saved. 



