Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-01
MOULD !! HONOR INVENTOR
MOVEMENT UNDER WAY
RECOGNIZE GOODYEAR
Eraeh6s Send His Name to Directors
Of Hail of Fame for
Nomination.

Hall Of Fame for Charles Goodyear.
the. Inventor OF the process OF vul-
i rubber industry today, will be. made
this. year BY leading figures in the
Elections to the Hall OF Fame take
place every five years, and 1920 is one
Of the years for making selections.
{ Colonel S. II. Colt has already inau-
4 gurStcd a movement to bring the
3 claims OF Charles Goodyear to the at
.stention OF the 100 electors. who will
vote on candidates. and as hrst step
nation to Robert Underwood Johnson,
4 director OF the Hall of Fame.
$s. Praise for Inventor.
sa In his letter Colonel Colt says:
S$ ct understand that nominations are
In order for the New York University
Hall Of Fame. list Of 1920. and / wish
GOODYEAR. the inventor OF vulcaniza-
ltton,of rubber. When we think OF the
mary uses TO which rubber is now put.
ndding greatly to the comfort of man
I kind, ia. alienation of suffering. and
& the ,odyancement of civilization. We
are impressed with the fact that the
OF gratitude that can never be paid.
All the improvements in the manu-
facture of rubber goods In general are
yscoSery OF Observation-Disclosures air
brake hose railway trains could not
be Properly run. without rubber tires
we could not have automobile or auto
: trucks, and without rubber appliances
we could not have the telephone, cleo
trio lights. airplanes. nor the thousand
\ and one other things in which rubber
plays an important part.
"Of the eight rubber companies
originally licensed under the patents
OF Charles Goodyear. three have gone
out of business,
earnestly hope that Charles Good
years name will be permanently
York University"
Some Production Figures.
The claims Of Charles Goodyear have
beon brought to the attention of cleo
tors at past elections in an unosten-
tatious way. but rubber had not at
tanned. even so late as the. last cleo
in American business it holds today.
In 1914 the total production of rubber
goods in the United state amounted to,
was nearly four times as great. ST.
123,oo0.0e0.
G9odyear's discovery Of the, vui-
romances OF the history Of invention.
One of the reasons why he is espe
oially entitled to recognition is that
OF the results he was seeking TO at
4 tain. and though he finally. by mere
accident, discovered the solution of his
i, problem. 1t was not accidental that it
was he who found the solution. for
he had devoted his entire energy to
the subject for years.
y 49, ForeCASteu blS BustneSS.
Hey forecast for rubber q future that
even the development of the rubber
industry in the past few years has not
surpassed. He knew little about the
electrical Geld, il is true, and nothing
whatever about automobiles. yet his
claims for patents made in the early
torties show vision for the future of
rubber that was star,lingly clear
"A man of strong religious tenden-
Giles; he felt himself under divine
impulse to carry to success expert
ments which would confer so great
> boon on humanity. 1t was this feel
ms that led him. in spite of most pre-
carious health and deep poverty, to
continue for ten years his search for
the elusive secret of how rubber
might be made suitable for use.
re his experiments progressed he
not enly manufactured rubber goods,
but even dressed in clothes made OF
rubber, wearing them for the purpose
of testing their durability.
Friends Aided Goodyear.
His poverty was so extreme that
many times only the Kindness of
friends and neighborS kept his large
family from starvation.
81 s5Though born in New Haven, Conn.,
Gocdyear spent much time in New
York City and in various towns in
Massachusetts 1t was in Woburn In