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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1907. 



Qjn..P^ 



Vol. 36. 



APRIL I, 1907. 



No. I. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 



Editorials: 



\'isiting Rubber Planters 201 



Higher Price Level for Cotton 201 



Growing Use of Reclaimed Rubber 202 



To Improve Congo Conditions 202 



A Royal Philanthropist 202 



Minor Editorials 203 



The Insulation Field 204 



[Ni:\v IiisiiI.Ttion Coinpoimfis. Company Notes.] 



A Journey Through Guayule Land — II The Editor 205 



[With J- Illuiitrations.] 



The India Rubber Trade in Great Britain. — Our Regular 



Corrcsj^oiident 2n 



(Kacttiry I-'ire. Motor Tire .-Vnalyscs. Manchester Motor Show. 

 Ralph I-'rankcnberg. ] 



The Rubber Industry in Europe 211 



New Goods and Specialties in Rubber 213 



(.■\IlL-n Bathinp Suit Kag. G. & J. Motor Cycle Tires. Rubber 

 and Canvas Box for Shoes. Goodrich Ice or Water Caps. 

 Sportman's .\ir Cushion. Metallic Stair Nosings. Thermoscopic 

 Heater for Dentists. Sample Case of Rubber Goods. Rubber 

 Suppository Molds. "Gloria" Coin Mats.] 

 [With 8 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 215 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



Miscellaneous : 



Obituary — Jean Vilbouchevitch 203 



Rubber Smuggling in Brazil 203 



Rockefeller Not in Rubber 210 



Waste Rubber Notes 212 



Balata on the Free List Again 216 



Rubber Substitute from Iowa 218 



Brazilian Rubber Trust 218 



Clark's New Shoe Mold {lUustrated) 220 



Improved Packing of Rubber {Illustrated) 221 



The Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Com- 

 pany 217 



[With Portrait of Benjamin Taft.] 



Americans Start for the Congo 218 



Rubber Planting Interests 219 



[Pr.Khictinn in the Far East. The New "Block" Rubber. __Van Den 

 Kerchn\'.'s "Fi'mero." Rubber Tappinp at "T..a Zacualpa."] 

 [With Three Illustrations.] 



The Rise of Price of Sea Island Cotton 220 



Tire Interests Here and Abroad 221 



[With an Illustration.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade 223 



The Trade at Trenton Our Correspondent 222 



The Trade at .\kron Our Correspondent 222 



The Trade at San Francisco Our Correspondent 222 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 228 



Liverpool. 



\ViLLi.\M Wright & Co. report [March i] : 



Fine Pari. — The market on spot has been dull, and pritts have declined 

 I^d. per pound. There has been more disposition to sell forward, in 

 anticipation of the expected, but still delayed, heavy receipts. The receipts 

 this month will be considerably short of the estimate, but it is hoped that 

 next month the shortage will be made up. America still continues an 

 active buyer, and it will largely depend on her future actions whether 

 prices will or will not decline. At the close prices look like going lower, 

 but not to any considerable extent. Manufacturers must not put too much 

 faith in a decided decline in values on the arrival of the expected heavy 

 supplies; the contrary, in the past, has often proved to be the case. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [February 28] : 



The market during February has been quietly steady for Para grades, 

 with the exception of caucho ball, which declined owing to more ample 

 arrivals, actual and prospective. Inasmuch as the information from Brazil 

 points to full receipts in ^^arch■May, the market remains dull and of 

 somewhat uncertain tendency. In spite of the actual shortage of receipts. 



1903. 

 4701 



3/9 



779 

 595 

 441 



there is at present a large supply of rubber on the way to Europe, of 

 which a fair proportion is unsold. On the other hand manufacturers ad- 

 mittedly keep exceedingly small reserve stocks, and are buying every day 

 for their immediate wants. 



world's visible supple of para, FEBRUARY 28. 



1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Tons 4160 5047 3692 3599 



Prices, hard fine s/i^ 5/4H 5/S 4/6 



li\t;rpool stocks of African rubber, February 28. 



1907 301 1904 346 1901 



1906 298 1903 355 1900 



1905 338 1902 536 1899 



Messrs. Joseph Fynney & Co., india-rubber merchants and importers, of 

 Liverpool, were inadvertently mentioned in our last issue in connection with 

 a wrong address. They are located in Harley buildings, 11, Oldhall street. 



Antwerp Prices Lower, 



The offerings at the inscription of March 21 embraced about 

 270 tons, principally Congo sorts. The exceptions were 6 tons of 

 Java and Borneo sorts and 3^ tons Java and Straits plantation 

 rubber. Some principal lots, with the estimates (.in francs per 

 kilo) were: 



47,770 kilos Upper Congo, ordinary lo. 85-11. 90 



48,885 " Kasai, red 10. 00-11. 75 



.\ruwimi •. . . 8.60-12.50 



Lake Leopold I - 8.7s 



Lake Leopold II 9.75-12.80 



Mongalla 9.50-12.50 



The bulk of the offerings was sold, at a reported decline of 10 

 centimes per kilogram, or about ~/i of i cent per pound. 



55.746 



4.II5 



17,827 

 20.S79 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



1,510,740 

 3.002.560 

 2,185,700 

 2,136,200 

 1.850,660 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED STATES. 



MONTHS. I.MPORTS. 



January, 1907 6.473,039 



January. 1906 6.458.513 



January. 1905 7,418,006 



January, 1904 4,982,409 



January. 1903 5,881,341 



GERMANY. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



January, 1907 2,930,620 



January. 1906 4,221,140 



January, 1905 3,427,820 



January, 1904 2,832,500 



January, 1903 3,012,020 



FRANCE.* 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



January, 1907 1.583.560 



January. 1906 2,488,640 



January, 1905 2,220.020 



January. 1904 805.860 



January, 1903 1,021,020 



BELGIUM.t 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



January, 1907 1,259.335 



January, 1906 2,048.757 



January. 1905 I.346.376 



January. 1904 1,379,356 



January, 1903 1,252,405 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



1,419,880 

 1,218.580 

 1,242,120 

 696,300 

 1,161,360 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



1,049,840 



1,249,380 



531.300 



728,860 



873,400 



533.720 

 1. 2^9.260 

 1,688,720 



77,000 

 147,620 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



January, 1907 

 January. 1906. 

 January. 1905 

 January, 1904 

 January, 1903 



5,867.568 

 4,221,168 

 5,160.176 

 4.628,064 

 5,278,784 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



3.401.328 

 3,368,512 

 3.107.552 

 3.225.046 

 4.229.344 



2.466.240 



852.656 



2,052.624 



I.403.02.^ 



1.049,440 



*General Commerce. +Special Commerce. 



