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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



March i. 1907. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



A VERY attractive book with the title "The Horse," containing 

 suggestions for the proper care of the horse in and out of the 

 stable, is published by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. (Jersey 

 City. New Jersey). This book will appeal to all who own or 

 handle horses, and will be sent free to those requesting a copy. 



Goodyear's India Rubber Selling Co. (Xew York) have filed 

 articles of incorporation under the New York laws, to deal in 

 rubber goods, with $25,000 capital stated. Incorporators: C. Van 

 Vliet, Edward R. Rice, Homer E. Sawyer, Samuel Norris, and 

 John D. Carberry. 



The United States treasury department notifies a drawback 

 on dress shields and infants' specialties manufactured by the 

 Canfield Rubber Co. (Bridgeport, Connecticut), with the use 

 of imported binding, beading, tape, lace, and Japanese silk, equal 

 to the duties paid on the imported materials, less i per cent. 



The Beaver Rubber Clothing Co., Limited, of No. 425 St. 

 James street, Montreal, inform The I.vdi.^ Rubber World that 

 they were only slightly damaged by the fire of January 3. They 

 will not have to change their location, and orders have been 

 filled as usual. Their travelers were starting out on January 14. 



The Motor Car Equipment Co. (No. 55 Warren street, New- 

 York) have taken the agency for the "Pirelli" high and low 

 tension rubber cable, suited for automobile construction, and 

 made by Pirelli & Co., of Milan, Italy. 



On March i the Raw Products Co., who have been at No. 41 

 Park row. New York, will move into larger offices at Nos. 121- 

 123 Front street. 



It is understood that the Milwaukee Rubber Works Co. 

 ( Cudahy, Wisconsin), for some time past in the hands of re- 

 ceivers, is about to be reorganized, with $1,000,000 capital. It is 

 intended to double the capacity of the factory, and add a reclaim- 

 ing plant. 



The Reinforced Hard Rubber Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey 1 

 is in the hands of receivers, and the factory has not been in opera- 

 tion for some time past. Plans are being projected, however, 

 for the resumption of work. The Ixdij\ Rubber World is ad- 

 vised that the plant, for the present at least, will not be removed 

 to Baltimore, as has been reported in some of the newspapers. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The directors of the Manufactured Rubber Co. (Philadelphia) 

 have declared a dividend of 4 per cent, on the preferred stock, 

 payable on March I. The last previous disbursement was 2 per 

 cent., on October 10 last. 



Mr. Albert S. Le Vine has resigned from the sales department 

 of the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey), with the 

 purpose, it is understood, of returning to the automobile trade. 



Golberg & Rathburn, dealers in new and old metals and rubber, 

 289-293 Commercial street (Boston), have met the needs of a 

 growing busmess by taking the building adjoining their present 

 location, thus making their new address Nos. 285-293 Commer- 

 cial street. 



Tlie receivers of the Electric Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 (Rutherford, New Jersey) reported to the New Jersey chancery 

 court on February 18 having received three separate offers for 

 the plant, but neither was approved by the court. It was there- 

 upon ordered that the plant be offered for sale on May 3, unless 

 3 satisfactory offer should sooner be made. Meanwhile, proceed- 

 ings in bankruptcy have been instituted in the United States court. 



San Francisco held her first big automobile show, in the 

 Coliseum building, during the week beginning February 18. 



Mr. Richard H. Pease, president of the Goodyear Rubber 

 Co. (San Francisco) will leave for his regular Eastern buymg 

 trip about the middle of March. He was in New York last year 

 at the date of the San Francisco fire. 



Monsieur Edouard Michelin, one of the proprietors of Micheliu 

 •t Cie. (Clermont-Ferraud, France) was a visitor to the United 

 States during the past month. 



A CORRECTION. 

 The statement in a report on the tires at the Madison Square 

 Garden automobile show, in the last Indi.\ Rubber World, that 

 "the International Rubber Co. are making Dunlops," got into 

 print through an inadvertence. The only Dunlop tires made in 

 the United States are made under patents owned by the Hartford 

 Rubber Works Co., either by the Hartford company or affiliated 

 concerns. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



DURING the latter half of February the New York market 

 showed a decrease in activity, due in part at least to a feel- 

 ing that the Antwerp sale on the 22d. embracing about 598 

 tons, would result in lower prices. The number of lots offered 

 on that date was unusually large, involving a great number of 

 grades, and in the absence of full details the trade is undecided 

 whether the average paid shows a decline or an advance as com- 

 pared with January prices. In any event the change was slight, 

 and consumers of other grades at once entered the market more 

 actively, without easier prices as an inducement. 



Prices for Para sorts are slightly lower, however, than at the 

 beginning of February, but this is the season of the largest 

 arrivals of the year. Up to date, however, total arrivals for the 

 Para season have been smaller than during recent years, .\dvices 

 to February 18 show total arrivals for the season (including 

 caucho) of 21,310 tons. Arrivals last year to the end of Feb- 

 ruary were 24,320 tons ; in T904-5. they were 22.210 tons, and in 

 1903-4. 21.510 tons. It is generally believed, however, that there 

 are important accumulations upriver. delayed in shipment. 



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

 ago, one month ago, and on February 26 — this date: 



P.\R.\. 



Feb. I. '06. Feb. i, '07. Feb. 26. 



Islands, fine, new 125 (0126 118 @II9 118 @II9 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver. fine, new 128 ©129 123 @I24 122 (3:123 



Upriver. fine, old none here 127 (§128 126 @I27 



P.\R.\. 



Feb. I. '06. Feb. I, '07. Feb. 26. 



Islands, coarse, new. .. . 75 @ 76 72 @ 72^ 71 @ 72 



Islands, coarse, old.... none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new. .94 @ 95 97/4@ 98 97 @ 98 



Upriver, coarse, old... none here none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 72^2® 73V2 78 @ 79 77 @ /S 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 7954@ 80 96 @ 97 95 @ 96 

 Ceylon (Plantation) 



fine sheet 



.AFRIC.VN. 



Sierra Leone .... 



1st quality. . . 107 @io8 



Massai, red 107 @io8 



Benguella 77 @ /S 



Cameroon ball .... 78 @ 79 



Accra flake 22 @ 23 



Lopori ball, prime. 115 @ll6 



Lopori, strip, primei04 (S105 



Madagascar, pinky 89 @ 90 



Ikelemba 116 @ii7 



Soudan niggers ... 92 @ 93 



137 ©138 137 ©138 



CENTR.^LS. 



Esmeralda, sausage ....93@94 



Guayaquil, strip 75@7^ 



Nicaragua, scrap 92@93 



Panama, slab 70@7i 



Mexican, slab 7i@72 



Mexican, slab 7loe72 



Mangabeira, sheet 65@7o 



Guayule (0)48 



E.\ST INDL^N. 



Assam 94@9S 



Borneo 50@57 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 5$6oo Upriver, fine 6S600 



Islands, coarse Upriver, coarse 4$ooo 



Exchange, 15 9/161/. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver. fine 6$70O Upriver. coarse 4$200 



Exchange, 15 ly/S^d. 



