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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, 1907. 



WPtB^' 



Vol. 36 



MAY I, 1907. 



No. 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial: Page. 



Wall Street and Business 233 



The Selection of Cotton Fibers 233 



The British Tire Market 234 



Good Work of the Consuls 234 



Prosperity of Ceylon 235 



Minor Editorials 235 



Cotton Growing in Africa 235 



Rubber Planting Interests 236 



f Rubber in Sumatra. "British Grown Rubber." An Improved 

 Tapping Tool. Rubber Plantine Results. Plantation "Rubio." 

 .■\ Kuhhfr Klock Press.l 



I Willi an Illustration.] 



India-Rubber on the Island of Cuba The Editor 237 



(Notes of a Personal Visit. Planting Conditions in General. Ex- 

 periments in Rubber Culture. Native Rubber Producing Plants.] 

 [With 13 Illustrations and Map.] 



The Late Arthur Winship Clapp 243 



(With Portrait.] 



The Rubber Tire Field 244 



(.■\ Tire Customs Decision. Trenton Inner Tubes. Empire Auto- 

 mobile Tire. Thirtv-eight Miles of Buggy Tires. Dunlop Tire 

 Profits. Tire Miscellany.] 



(With 2 Illustrations.] 



New Goods and Specialties in the Marlcet 245 



[Comfort Sleeping Pocket. Shears for Cutting Rubber. Satin 

 Rubber Coats and Cravenettes. Heel Cushioning Device. 

 Goodrich Catherter Bag. A New Physical Exerciser. Overshoe 

 Creeper. Two Canadian Shoe Novedties. The Cinch Repair 

 Kit.] 



(With IT Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 247 



(ITnited States. Great Britain. France.] 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co.'s Annual 249 



(\\'itli a Historical Summary.] 



New England Rubber Club's Annual 251 



(With ■; Portraits of Officers.] 



Alexander M. Paul (With Portrait) . 252 



Miscellaneous: 



Spring Wheel. (Illustrated) 248 



Large Suction Hose. (Illustrated) 248 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 248 



Wants and Inquiries 250 



.\mcrican Congo Interests 252 



Rockwell Double Chamber Furnace. (Illustrated) ... . 253 



Electric Drives for Machines. (Illustrated) 253 



Black Diamond Tool Points. (Illustrated) 253 



Rubber Interests in Europe 255 



Substitute for Chicle 255 



Guayulc Interests 255 



Popular Toilet .\ppliances. (Illustrated) 260 



News of the American Rubber Trade 256 



The Trade in Trenton. (Our Correspondent) 254 



The Trade in .^kron. (Our Correspondent) 254 



The Trade in San Francisco. (Our Correspondent) .. . 255 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 261 



Liverpool, 



WiLLi.\M Wright & Co. report [April 2] : 



Fine Para.— The demand at the beginning of the month was farily good, 

 but l.?tterly, with the hea\y receipts and monetary uneasiness, market buyers 

 have withdrawn from active operations, and prices are iHd. to 2d. per 

 pound lower. .-Xmerica has been quiet, but it is expected to reenter the 

 market shortly, so that the present moment seems a favorable one for manu- 

 facturers to operate. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [March 31] : 



The market during March has again been comparatively quiet, with a 

 further decline both in Brazil and in the home markets, owing to the large 

 receipts at Amazon ports. There is no doubt rather a large supply of rubber 

 at the moment, which if pressed for sale might not find buyers except at a 

 further slight concesscn. 



World's Visible Supply of Para, March 31. 



1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 1903. 1902. 



Tons 5360 4689 4385 2986 4995 5958 



Prices, hard f\ne.4/iii4 5/5 5/6 4/8^ 3/9H .3/1^ 



Liverpool Stocks 



1907 ,^-3 



1906 344 



1905 364 



OF .African Rubber, March 31. 



1904 402 1901 



1903 387 1900 



1902 513 1899 



862 

 663 

 422 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED STATES. 



-MONTHS. imports. 



February, 1907 8437,537 



January 6,473.039 



Two months, 1907 14,910.576 

 Two months, 1906 13,148.240 

 Two months, 1905 17,358,964 



EXPORTS. 



379.719 

 292,892 



672,611 

 687,488 

 350,856 



NET IMPORTS. 



8,057,8x8 

 6,180,147 



14.237,965 



12,460,752 

 17,008,108 



GERMANY. 



MONTHS. IMPOKTS. 



February, 1907 2,452,120 



January 2,930,620 



Two months. 

 Two months, 

 Two months. 



1907 

 1906 

 190S 



5,382.740 

 8,955.980 

 7,231,180 



EXPORTS. 

 1,270,720 

 1,419,880 



2,690,600 

 2,666.180 

 2,597,980 



NET l.M PORTS. 

 1,181.400 

 1,510,740 



2,692,140 

 6,289.800 

 4,633,200 



FRANCE.* 



MONTHS. 



February, 1907. 

 January 



IMPORTS. 



1.583,560 



EXPORTS. 

 1,049.840 



NET IMPORTS. 

 533,720 



Two months, 1907 

 Two months, 1906 

 Two months, 1905 



4,986,520 

 4,552,460 



2,47^,320 

 1.946.780 



2,510,200 

 2,605,680 



BELGIUM.t 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



January 1,259.335 904.725 354.6l0 



February, 1907 2,060,425 888,129 1,172,296 



Two months, 1907 3,319,760 1,792,854 1,526.906 



Two months, 1906 3,313,189 1,521,091 1,792,098 



Two months, 1905 3,110,606 1.896,239 1.214.367 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



February, 1907 5.965,680 2,686,544 3,279,136 



January 5,867.568 3,40i,.s28 246,240 



Twelvemonths, 1906 

 Twelve months, 1905 

 Twelvemonths, 1904 



4,194.520 

 3.015.540 

 2,929,520 



866,080 

 45,320 

 15,620 



3,328,440 

 2,970,220 

 2,913,900 



Note. — German statistics before Jan. i, 1906. include Gutta-percha, 

 Balata, old (waste) rubber. British figures include old rubber. French. 

 .\ustrian and Italian figures include Gutta-percha. The exports from the 

 United States embrace the supplies for Canadian consumption. 

 "* General Commerce. t Special Commerce. 



The Hodgman Rubber Co. (New York) are distributing some 

 attractive little folders announcing their line of "Sunset" rubber 

 goods. 



