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THE INDIA RUBBER AVORLD 



[December i, 1906. 



TEXTILE GOODS MARKET. 



THE demand for cotton dvick by rubber manufacturers al- 

 most irrespective of the class of goods made, never was 

 stronger than at present. The great majority of the mills 

 have consumed more than the proportionate quantity due yon 

 their contracts and there is no abatement in sight. Reports 

 on all sides indicate increased strength. A competent au- 

 thority says : 



" Latel}' there has been a tendency to adopt more conserva- 

 tive views in regard to the prospective size of the crop to 

 figures ranging about twelve to twelve and one-half million 

 bales maximum. With the world's spinners requiring over 

 12,300,000 bales of good spinning American cotton to meet 

 their consumption for the year, such a crop would make \o;'i 

 to II cent cotton a reasonable price, especiall}' in view of the 

 large quantitj- of low grades and the heavj- premiums which 

 are certain to develop as the season progresses to its close 

 for the higher grades. ' ' 



The strength of spot prices dominates the speculative mar- 

 ket although it is not speculation which is raising prices ac- 

 cording to a reliable source, which we quote : 



" It is not speculation, however, that is raising prices. It 

 is, as already stated in these columns, the commercial situa- 

 tion of the actual staple, the facts of legitimate demand and 

 available supply. These ]are the basic influences which pre- 

 dominate now as thej' have for some weeks past, and judg- 

 ing from present appearances they are likely to continiie to 

 be paramount for some time to come if not throughout the 

 entire season. " 



HARBURG-VIENNA COMPANY'S REPORT. 



'T^HE business report of the Vereinigte Gummiwaaren- 



-*- Fabriken Harburg-VVien for the 3'ear ended June 30, 



1906, shows a smaller volume of business than usual and 



lower profits, in connection with which account must be 



taken of the extensive fire in their Harburg factory in Octo- 

 ber of last year. The work of recovery has proceeded satis- 

 factorily. The company's expenditures during the year in- 

 clude : New buildings, il/ 790, 347 ; machinery, /!/ 1,269,719 ; 

 utensils and furniture, yl/ 245,328. The gross profits of the 

 goods account for the business year ending June 30 last 

 amounted to ./!/ 2,582,103.19 [=$614,540.56]; against jI/s,- 

 040,445.96 of the preceding year, and .(1/ 2,729,948 29 in the 

 year 1903-04. The net profit for the last business year 

 amounted to /J/ 505,400.11 [=$120,285.32] against ^1/850,- 

 522.84 last year. 



Antiverp. 



KrHliliR ARRIVALS .AT AN'1\''ER1 



November 13. — By the Bnixellcsville, ftom 



Bunge & Co ..(Socidtd Gen^rale Africainel kili,. 

 Do ...... .(Cheniins de fer Grand Lacs) 



Do (Coiiiptoir Commercial Congolais 



Do (Socidt^ Anversoise) 



Do (Society A H I R > 



Do (Coniitd Special Kat;: i.ga) 



Sociel(5 Coloniale Anversoise( Beige du Haul Congoi 



Do ( Ci!" de Lomanii ) 



Do ( Slid Kamerun 1 



Do 



Mes.srs L. & \V. Van de Velde. . . . (Cie du Kasai) 

 Do 



M. S. Cois (vSocidld Bauiembe) 



the Congo : 



55,000 



4,000 

 16,000 

 78,000 



3,500 



2,000 



3,000 



6,50c 



5.000 



2,500 

 75,000 



7,000 

 300 357,800 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



PRICES for the most part show little change from the 

 quotations printed a month ago. For fine Para, in- 

 deed, there is little change from the prices ruling a 

 year ago. The condition of the rubber industr\' dur- 

 ing the year has been one of steady activity, and the trade in 

 raw material has shown an unusual regularitj- in the matter 

 of supply and demand. The chief exception has been in the 

 matter of Caucho and coarse Para grades, which have ad- 

 vanced materially during the year. The explanation given 

 in the trade is that a smaller percentage of the production in 

 the Amazon valley of late has been coarse Para, and this has 

 led, not only to higher prices for this class of rubber, but to 

 an increased demand for other medium sorts. 



At the Antwerp sale of November 20, the greater part of 

 the 222 tons offered found buyers at an advance over the 

 inscription pricesof 30 to 40 francs per kilogram. 



The arrivals at Para, including Caucho, since the begin- 

 ning of the crop season have been above the average in 

 recent years, though scarcely as large as for the same period 

 last year. The figures follow : 



1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 



July to>is 1280 1250 1450 1840 



August 1230 1260 1300 l6qo 



September 2010 1780 2200 1930 



October 2440 2820 3580 2965 



November 2980 2S00 2890 a 1580 



Total 9940 9910 1 1420 10005 



[rt To November 19, 1906.] 



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

 ago, one month ago, and on November 28 — this date : 



P.\RA. December I, '05. November:, '06. November28. 



Islands, fine, new iig@i2o ii9@i2o ii9@iig^ 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new I22i@i234 I24@i25 I23@i24 



Upriver, fine, old none here 128@129 I27@128 



Islands, coarse, new 7'® 72 72@ 73 7i@ 72 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new go@ 91 96® 97 97® 98 



Upriver, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet. .. . 73® 74 77® 78 76® 77 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 88® 89 95® 96 95® 96 



Ceylon (Plantation) fine sheet I39@i40 I36®137 



