India rubber world . At an early period in his connection with the rubber import-ing trade, Mr. Alden began to hold an interest in manufactur-ing companies. At the time of his death—not to note some ofhis earlier connections with the industry—he was president ofthe Seamless Rubber Co., and a director of the Revere RubberCo., the Easthampton Rubber Thread Co., and the GlendaleElastic Fabrics Co. He was also connected with various otherfinancial and business enterprises, being a director in the Re-vere National Bank, the East Boston (Land) Co., and the Colo-nial Mutual Fire Insurance Co. It has
India rubber world . At an early period in his connection with the rubber import-ing trade, Mr. Alden began to hold an interest in manufactur-ing companies. At the time of his death—not to note some ofhis earlier connections with the industry—he was president ofthe Seamless Rubber Co., and a director of the Revere RubberCo., the Easthampton Rubber Thread Co., and the GlendaleElastic Fabrics Co. He was also connected with various otherfinancial and business enterprises, being a director in the Re-vere National Bank, the East Boston (Land) Co., and the Colo-nial Mutual Fire Insurance Co. It has been said of Mr. Alden by one who had opportunityto watch his career and to discover the traits of characterwhich were essential to its success, that he has long been themost prominent figure in his line of business in New England,and for many years has been at the head of the largest busi-ness of its kind in the United States. It seems unnecessary toexpatiate on the qualities required to accomplish the work he. 38 THE INDIA RUBBER VvORLD [November i, 1904. has performed, or to go into details in explaining his best evidence of his business capacity lies in the un-adorned statement of what he has accomplished. Againststrong competition to have maintained and constantly strength-ened the position he has so long held in commercial circles;to have successfully met and been equal to the many changingconditions of trade, exhibit better than words of adulation,however merited, the strength of character and forceful natureof the man. The solidity of the business which he establishedis suggested by the fact that, although the loss incurred fromthe great (ire of 1880 amounted to $100,000, it caused no em-barrassment. Personally Mr. Alden was of medium height, compactlybuilt, with an alert air, and possessed of an exceptionally pleas-ant manner. He was an exceedingly sound and capable manof business, and kept in touch with the markets of the worldalmost to the day of his
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