October i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



31 



REVIEW OK THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



ATAIIIv niarkft has presented fuw changes during the 

 I iiionlli. Hiiying has not been jjarticiilarly active at 



an\' time, and (luotations are slightly lower than a 

 month ago, though the month closes with a condi- 

 tion of firmness, with indications that more interest on the 

 part of consumers will be manifested in the near future. 

 Arrivals at I'ara since the beginning of the crop year have 

 been larger than usual, but the receipts for the first three 

 months of any season are no sure indication of what the 

 whole year will bring out, and prices have not been mate- 

 rially afiected. The figures are: 



190?. utat. lyo5. itjoC). 



July /i»lS 12S0 1250 1450 1840 



.•\ ugust : 1 230 1 260 1 300 I (ji)0 



September 2010 1780 2200 a 955 



Total 4520 4290 4950 4485 



[a -To September iS, 1906.] 



The itu|)ression has prevailed in some quarters that less 

 rubber will be called for in the rttbber shoe industry this 

 year, owing to the stocks of manufactured goods held over on 

 accountof the "open " winter last season. But it is pointed 

 out by a member of the crude rubber trade that anj- falling 

 off from this cause will be more than compensated for by 

 the constantly iticreasing consumption of rubber in tires, 

 not for automobiles alone, but for vehicles of many kinds, 

 and particularly commercial vehicles. 



The stability of the market above referred to is regarded 

 bj- many as due, at least in part, to the fact that certain 

 large consuming interests are now more regular buj'ers than 

 formerly, on the theory that active buying at intervals on a 

 large scale is always liable to influence prices, and even to 

 cause marked fluctuations. The size of stocks in the New 

 York market is not always a matter of certainty, and some 

 estimates are considerably in excess of the " ofilcial " figures 

 supplied to the trade. 



In addition to the arrivals at New York from Para, re- 

 ported on another page, the Hildchrand landed on Septem- 

 ber 25. with 6S;,,9oo pounds of rubber, including 16,700 

 Caucho. 



Following is a statement of prices of Para grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on September 27 — this date ; 



P.\RA. October i, '05. September i, '06. September 27. 



Islatiils. fine, new I27@I2S II9@I20 119(4120 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new i29@r3o I24@I25 I23@I24 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotatiotis — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots in cents per pound — are somewhat higher through- 

 out the list : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes - Domestic gX @ 9H 



Do - Foreign 8J4 @ 8 li 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 7^ @ y^^ 



Autoinoliile Tires 10 @ lofs 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 83/ @ Sji 



While Trimmed Rubber ., 11^ @ Ii3/ 



Heavy Black Rubber 5 «4' @ 5)^ 



.•\ir Brake Hose 4}^ @ 5 



Fire and Large Hose 3^ @ 33/ 



Garden Hose lyi @ 2^4 



Malting I'A @ iH 



Upriver, fine, old I32C":I33 I26@I27 



Islands, coarse, new 7i<^ 72 (>(>'A® 67 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 92® 93 91 ^4@ 92 



Upriver, coar.se, old none liere none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet.... 73@ 74 75® 76 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 8!@ 86 90@ 91 



Ceylon (Planlalion) fine sheet I42f";i43 



AKKICAN. 



Sierra Leone. I slfjual. 102 @I03 



Massai, red 102 ©103 



Benguella 78 @ 79 



Cameroon ball 76 @ 77 



Accra fiake 21 '/2@ 22 



Lopori ball, prime ..114 @I i.S 



Lopori strip, prime . 103 @I04 



Madagascar, pinky.. @ 93 



Ikelemba 115 @ii6 



Soudan niggers 95 ©96 



126(01127 



6-@ 68 



none here 



@ 92 

 none here 



75® 76 



91® 92 



I42®I43 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . . 89® 90 



Guayaquil, stiip 73@ 74 



Nicaragua, scrap 85® 86 



Panama, slab 63® 64 



Mexican, .scrap SS^i Sy 



Mexican, slab 62® 03 



Mangabeira, sheet 69® 70 



Gnayule 40® 45 



KAST INDIAN. 



Assam 92® 93 



Borneo 41® 48 



Per Kilo. 



Ui)river, fine 6SS00 



Upriver, coarse 4^700 



4J150 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 5J-15C' 



I.slands, coarse 2^850 



Exchange, 15', [;(/. 

 Last Manaos advices ; 



Upriver. fine 6$Soo Upriver, coar-se 



Exchange, J5\\d. 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Coarse. Total. Total. 



Medium. 1906. 1905. 



Stocks, July 31 107IS 140 7 = 147 4:7 



Arrivals, August 454 269 = 723 445 



Total. 

 1904. 



137 

 478 



.Aggregating 594 



Deliveries, August 507 



276 = 870 



270 = 777 



S62 



546 



Stocks, .Xugust 31. 



87 



93 3'6 



615 



549 



66 



PARA. 

 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Stocks, July 31 lo?is 376 240 175 



Arrivals, August 1565 1230 1010 



Aggregating 1941 1470 11S5 



Deliveries, August 1491 1 195 870 



ENGLAND. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 



790 390 585 

 460 690 595 



1250 

 550 



1080 1180 

 700 745 



Stocks, August 31 



450 275 315 



700 380 345 



1906. 



World's visible su])ply, August 31 /ous 1876 



Para receipts, July i lo .August 31 2865 



Para Receipts of Caucho, .same dales 4S5 



Afloat from Para lo United Stales, .\ug. 31 . 218 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, August 31 415 



■90S- 



1.5.34 



24S0 



220 



87 

 476 



1904. 



1281 



loio 



230 



166 



241 



Antiuerp. 



To THE Editor oi' The India Ruhher World : At the sale of 

 August 24, the transactions comprised the following quantities : 



K.xposed. Sold. 



Congo .sorts : Ions 348 330 



Sundries 83 38 



Total 431 36S 



Buyers showed some hesitation and prices were very irregular, 

 the average decline on valuations being about i per cent. The 

 next large sale by inscription will be held on September 26, when 

 about 481 tons will be offered, chiefly arrivals per steamers Philip- 

 peville and Leopoldville. Sales since August i, about 400 tons; 

 stock about 700 tons. c. .schmid & co , si'CCESSEURS. 



Antwerp, Belgium, August 27. 1906. 



