July i, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



325 



NEW UAKAGER FOB THE BOSTON WOVEN HOSE. 



The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. have selected, as 

 their new general manager, Mr. George E. Hall, of Watertown, 

 New York, who has made a reputation in the paper trade both 

 as manufacturer and organizer. Mr. Hall was born in Brattle- 

 boro, Vermont, August 2, 1868; was educated at the public 

 schools, and at the age of 22 started to learn the paper manu- 

 facturing business, beginning at Howland, Maine, with N. M. 

 Jones. From there he went to take charge of the J. & J. Rodgers 

 Co.'s paper mill at Au Sable Forks, N. Y., which position he 

 filled for some six years, during which time he thoroughly 

 familiarized himself with all of the details of paper manufacture 

 and mastered the problem of the preparation of sulphite. A 

 few years later he connected him.^elf with the International 

 Paper Co., being assistant manager of manufacture and sulphite 



expert. This gave him the general supervision of the great 

 sulphite department of the "paper trust," and in this position he 

 showed special aptitude as an organizer and manufacturer, effect- 

 ing many economies and substantially improving the efficiency 

 of his department. In 1904 he accepted a position as- secretary 

 of the St. Regis Paper Co. and Taggart's Paper Co. at Water- 

 town, N. Y., in both of which companies he was financially in- 

 terested. Here he gave his attention to the manufacturing end 

 and also took an active part in the sales department. Mr. Hall 

 was vice president of the news division of the American Pulp 

 and Paper Trade .Association, and is well known and highly 

 esteemed throughout the whole paper trade. He is young, active, 

 and efficient, and while he says of himself that "his knowledge of 

 rubber could be written on the back of a postage stamp," his 

 manifest ability is sure to make itself fc-lt in his now pnsition. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



TIIE market remains quiet. Manufacturers are out of the 

 market to a great extent, but there is no particular pressure 

 of stocks. Prices have declined still further since our last 

 report, reaching finally the level of March, 1904, but at the close 

 of the month the market is firm at the quotations given below. 

 The arrivals at the mouth of the Amazon for the crop year are 

 in excess of the most liberal predictions for the season. The 

 figures for the year last closed (with the last two or three days 

 of June estimated), compared with former years, have been as 

 follows : 



Years 1906-07 1905-06 1904-05 1903-04 1902-03 



Tons 37,925 34,490 33,060 30,380 29,850 



Arrivals at .\nt\vorp (mainly from the Congo) are slightly 

 smaller since January i than in previous years, and there appears 

 to be no increase of production in any quarter except in Mex- 

 ican guayule rubber. 



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

 ago, one month ago, and June 28 — this date : 



Par.^. July I, '06. June r, '07. June 28. 



Islands, fine, new 120 (^t2i no (am 104 @i05 



T.slands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new 124 @I25 112 @II3 no @lll 



Upriver, fine, old 125 (5i26 114 @II5 112 @II3 



Islands, coarse, new 64yi(it 65 62 @ 63 61 @ 62 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 90 @ 91 87 @ 88 87 @ 88 



Upriver, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Caucho(Peruvian)shect. . 72 (© 72^ 71 (a) 72 70 @ 71 



Caucho(Peruvian")bal!... 84 @ 85 83 (ri) 84 82 @ 83 



Ceylon, fine, sheet 148 @I49 134 @I35 127 @i28 



African. 



Sierra Leone, ist Lopori ball, prime. .. .i02(S;i03 



quality 94@ 95 Lopori strip, prime... 96® 97 



Massai.' red 94® 95 Madagascar, pink 82® 83 



Benguella 72@ 73 Ikclcmba none here 



Accra flake i8(5) 19 Soudan niggers 85® 86 



Cameroon ball 74@ 75 



Cextr.^ls. 



Esmeralda, sausage... 82® 83 Mexican, scrap 8i@ 82 



Guayaquil, strip 68® 69 Mexican, slab 62® 63 



Nicaragua, scrap 78® 79 Mangabeira, sheet.... 58® 59 



Panama, slab 62® 63 Guayule 46® 47 



East Indian. 



Assam 93® 94 Borneo 38® 39 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine .=1$050 Upriver. fine 6$30O 



Islands, coarse 2$650 Upriver. coarse 4$550 



Exchange l5 3-i6d. 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 6$350 Upriver. coarse 4$050 



Exchange 'SMd. 



Sta istics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total, Total, Total, 



Medium. Coarse. 1907. 1906. 1905. 



Stocks, April 30 tons 236 41 = 277 386 611 



Arrivals, May 596 579 = 1 175 i '94 463 



Aggregating 832 620 = 1452 1580 1074 



Deliveries, May 528 555 = 1083 1293 496' 



Stocks, May 31 304 65 = 369 287 578 



para. ENGLAND. 



1907. 1906. 1905. 1907. 1906. 1905. 



Stocks, -April 30. Jons 510 267 496 950 1280 355 



Arrivals, May 1765 1420 1660 910 555 815 



Aggregating 2275 1687 2156 i860 1835 1170 



Deliveries, April 1670 1597 1791 800 775 800 



Stocks, May 31 605 90 365 1060 1060 37O 



1907. 1906. 1905. 



World's visible supply. May 31 tons 3.091 2,078 2,143 



Para receipts, July I to May 31 30,460 27,584 26.326 



Para receipts, Caucho, same dates 5,960 5.245 5.004 



Afloat fr. Para to United States, May 31. 202 190 125 



.Afloat from Para to Europe, May 31. .. . 835 451 705 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [June i] : 



Fine Par<i.— Under the combined influence of a dull demand from the 

 trade and heavy receipts, prices, especially during the last week, have 

 declined rapidly. The total decline for the month is about 3j4d. per pound, 

 and at the close prices seem likely to go still lower, although it often happens 

 that a rapid decline is followed by an equally rapid advance. There is a 

 general impression that there is a good deal of undeclared stock. This, in 

 conjunction with the increase in the crop, will doubtless show a trend of 

 prices in buyers' favor. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [May 31 1 : 



There is little doubt that the large increase of supplies from the Amazon 

 during February-May has proved to be in excess of requirements, and that 

 under these circumstances a decline was almost inevitable. It is at present 

 an open question whether the market has found a level, but it must l)e 

 borne in mind that the excess of supply this season is estimated to contain 

 some 1.500 tons of the 1905-06 season, while reliable reports from Brazil 

 say that all the rubber collected during the present season has come down 



Rubber Scrap Prices, 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots, per pound — show no change : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 12 ®I2^ 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign I0)4@ll 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 7V2&. 7j4 



Automobile tires 9^8® 10 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 10 @io'A 



White trimmed rubber I2^®i2j^ 



Heavy black rubber 5^@ 6 



Air brake hose 4^4® 5 



Fire and large hose 3H® 3H 



Garden hose 2^@ 2^ 



Matting lj^@ 1% 



