. India rubber world. lity had stamped itself sodeeply upon the rubber trade that notwithstanding his re-tirement so many years ago from active work, he is still re-membered by all except the very youngest meniliers of thetrade as a forceful factor in this industry. Not all of his energy, however, was absorbed Iiy his interestin rubber manufacture. He was one of the organizers of theRubber Mutual Insurance Co., a director in the old NationalHamilton Bank of Chelsea, and also in traction, light andpower companies. After retiring from the United States RubberCo. he devoted much of his time to tr
. India rubber world. lity had stamped itself sodeeply upon the rubber trade that notwithstanding his re-tirement so many years ago from active work, he is still re-membered by all except the very youngest meniliers of thetrade as a forceful factor in this industry. Not all of his energy, however, was absorbed Iiy his interestin rubber manufacture. He was one of the organizers of theRubber Mutual Insurance Co., a director in the old NationalHamilton Bank of Chelsea, and also in traction, light andpower companies. After retiring from the United States RubberCo. he devoted much of his time to travel in foreign countries. and being a very keen and intelligent observer he acquired avast fund of general information, which made his conversationmost instructive and interesting. His wife died last March, at Palm Beach, [lorida, liut heis survived 1)y three sons—Frederick C. .\rthur N. and RichardP. Hood—all connected witli tlie Hood Rulilier Co, and bytu(i daughters—Mrs. R. L. Wliitinan and .Miss Helen George H. Hood ALBERT T. MORSE. With tile passing of .-\Ibert T. Morse, who died in New^ nrk. December 10. the crude rubber trade will miss one who fur many years held a leading])hicc. Coming from Worcester,Massachusetts, in 1877, he, withhis brother, Charles A. Morse,jcpined the staff of Earl Brothersin .\ew York. He developedrajiidly as a salesman, and in 1894began independent operations un-der his own name. His sterling worth, his probityand his exactness in his businessrelations w-on for him manyfriends, and his marked success—■and that of A. T. Morse & Co.,when Charles A. entered the firm—was the logical outcome of hisabiHty and popularity, and asource of pardonable pride to bothof the brothers. Mr, Morse saw the rise andsuccess of many rubber manufac-turing companies and the fall ofsome, and his advice, often sought,was always in the interest of con-servative measures and methods. He had many intimates amongthe leaders of the older generationof rubber
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