India rubber world . hat he was not only a brilliantscholar, but an exceedingly popular and entertaining youngman, is proved by the fact that, for years after his graduation,when ever there was a class or society dinner. Charlie John-son was always in demand to make the best and wittiest speechand to arrange in making the occasion in every way his graduation, he served for a very short time as clerk inthe Ansonia posloffice, in the meantime looking for somethingbetter, which came in the oflfer of a clerkship in the office ofthe Candee Rubber Co., in New Haven. Almost instantly
India rubber world . hat he was not only a brilliantscholar, but an exceedingly popular and entertaining youngman, is proved by the fact that, for years after his graduation,when ever there was a class or society dinner. Charlie John-son was always in demand to make the best and wittiest speechand to arrange in making the occasion in every way his graduation, he served for a very short time as clerk inthe Ansonia posloffice, in the meantime looking for somethingbetter, which came in the oflfer of a clerkship in the office ofthe Candee Rubber Co., in New Haven. Almost instantly made his mark in the Candee company. It seems thathis rare business instinct grasped the details of the factoryrecords so thoroughly, that he was able to inaugurate a newsystem that did away with a great amount of detail work. Thecompany appreciating this, and other practical suggestions,elected him as secretary after he had been but one short yearn their employ. Four years later he became treasurer of the. CHARLES LEWIS JOHNSON. company, which office he held up to the day of his death. Whileresiding in New Haven and filling the offices mentioned, familiarized himself with the manufacture of rubbershoes, and it therefore happened that when, in 1887, he assumedthe general oversight of the selling of the Candee output andvisited the general trade, he was remarkably fitted to under-stand and suit the wants of their customers. When, in 1892,the Candee company entered the United States Rubber Co.,Mr. Johnson was elected a director in the larger company, andwas also made its secretary and placed over the selling depart-ment, with the official title Director in Charge of Sales. In1898, feeling the strain of long continued work, he resigned, and took an extended trip resignation as Director inCharge of Sales, however, wasnot accepted, and he continued incharge of the selling departmentuntil the May election of the pres-ent year, when he was made gen-era
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