The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-22
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
copyrighted. 1919. by the Twenty
first Century Hrcss.)

Asked WhH' had Wri: III" war. ono 81
Tho first influences mentioned By G"n-
rral HaiE waH the india rubber l"r IN"
IHunil!on trucks. TIN. great railway
lines were few and far between. bur
Their" w"r" ON" hundred Thousand au'"
trucks. each one Of whirh carried several
| TONS Of nunitl"nS. When the bhtll" I'M"
shifted. III" railway could not Shii'' h"'
| tn" trucks could. N"w and ii"ti. Ih'
,;rrman I'm" h.-n1 back. and broke. ana
/ the Hun rHlrralrd. but tn" army 81 ''"-
! Iunrhil"S rushed forward with lhHir
! shot and she'll. and :" IN" Niri"rE WIS
! won. Among the men. therefore. "h"'
Ihrlpcd win thai phase rI In" BATH" were
| t,:llnnrS, tappiuIl Ihc JE.ilN" INph"
! trees. llindonS. tending the rubber pan
Iniions they had planted. Indians III
: South Arriru CARRYING Ihr rubber /"
, the coast. chemists which had mustered
tn" MELTING and hardening Of rubber ;"
las 10 make il last just as long as pos
| sIDlr. FIVE hundred millions "f dollars
! were invested in rubber during the year
.laIN. in the various countries and cam
palgns.
What India Rubber Has Done
i N"uriy eighty years ago. i young mGr'
chant IN Philadelphia. going HON" /" ms
! dinner, Saw Il ship captain just returned
, from linda. carrying strange. STICKY
Substance" He called 1t rubber from
! india. Naturally curious. Tins m"rrhah'
bought Il pound Of The rubber melted H.
luiprcd cloth therein. only In lind lhhi III
, winter his rubber shoes were brltil" as
! iclrlrs. and in summer that his clothes
stuck to his chair. When This merchant
! realized what sailors suffered by D&Ihe
wet through At sea, what w"OuSfhcn !"
the forest. and miners IN tn" lcy' wt'"r'
what farmers and children wearing wei
GARMENTS suffered. and how "pidcnlrs
! were rife IN III" school house. and men
were rheumatic. and crippled in mIddI"
iifr hr determined 10 find out The SfGr"t
If india rubber. In Prosecuting his on
pcrm"nIs. Goodyear borrowed money on
has store. then on his house. and lost
both. in extreme poverty, he I"St MS
child, and walked miles TO horruw five"
dollars with which In buy pine box III
which To bury his it'll" one. Having
no money for his ticket from Boston |"
Now York. Goodyear walked the wh"l"
var. Stopping at Il farmers huus" dur
;ng Il Sr"t storm. Goodyear put ms
huulS in The farmers oven. /" dry ms
feet. Taking out Il it'll" lump Of rubber
wh!rh h. always carried with h!m. nc
hrUkr off thu sulphur from some matches
H.. had. and half asleep, put the rubber
and the sulphur in IA" oven. 1" his
DISBURSEMENT. an hour later. h" i"un"
that his rub"r did not melt under heat
rnr break midst cold.
A Great Eeuefactor
Having tried thousands Of "Xp'ri-
nrn;s. with every known acid and a'-
kali and substance. the inventor discuN-
cred what transformations sulphur
would work. During ih"S" years or nm
rcmittiug toll ana poverty his enemies
fused tn sn""r. III you SO" man with
an india rubber CAP nnG india rubber
irnal. and india rubber shoes and an
india ruhhcr purse in his pocket with
cut a cent in H. that is Charles Good
year" unfortunately the inventor never
lived To realize his reward. nor 10 Know
| wha, he. had don" for humanity. Dur
ing THIS war. sailors w"r" dry AMIDST
fi"rInS. soldiers were kept warm III
branches woudsmcn and miners freed
from chill. children saved from 'p:H"m-
les, whilc manufacturers mad" hundreds
of millions Of dollars out of rubber, f"r
;ullus and myriad objects uf comfort
and convenience and all thu Ellt ~ Il
man who lived in. poverty and died IN
iohscuri,y. illustrating III" worlds m
debt rdncSS to men who never receive ON
lcarth either recognition ur reward
Great was tn" part played by iron and
steel. and electricity. and aer"plan"%. IN
This war. Now comes the time For m"
lwnrld To =, ilix" not only the romance Of
i,hc story Of india rubber, and the rnor-
imuuS wealth ihrrcfron. but also our m
iGcbt "tlnrSs 10 on" Of the worlds great
lrS, inventors and heroes.