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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1907. 



Vol. 36. 



AUGUST I, 1907. 



No. 5. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial: 



PAGE. 



Tlie Outdoor .Xutomobile Show 3x9 



The Inventor in Business 329 



Gcrni.iny's Industrial Growth 330 



Some New Rubber Facts ( ') 330 



Minor liditorial 331 



Census Report on Electrical Supplies 33' 



Guayule Interests 33^ 



, [With Portrait of Adolpho Mar.\.] 



The Insulated Wire Manufacture — I. 



A Practical Man 53^, 



Cotton Producers and Consumers 334 



The Amazon Rubber Country 335 



(Ob'ii.nclis to Navigation. Galvez Rubber Estates. De Mello 

 Rubber Co.] 



An H^rly Leader of the Rubber Trade 336 



I With Portrait of Christopher Meyer.] 



The Crude Rubber Field 337 



[Rubber in Hritish Guiana. Landolphia Dawei as a Rubber Plant.] 

 The Editor's Book Table 338 



[ Rubber in the Kast. Japanese Rule in Formosa. An Industrial 

 .Acliievcmtnt. ] 



Progress of Rubber Planting 339 



[London Rubber Share Market. Mexican and Ceylon Company 

 Notes. Rubber in Africa. Planted Ceara Rubber iUtustration).] 



Statistics of Rubber Production 340 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 341 



["Iris" Women's Shoe. "\'ita" Hollow Toothed Rubber Brushes. 

 "Blizzard" Tire Case. Mead Fastener, for Shoes. "Standard" 

 Cravenettc Slippers. Cover Rubber Goggles. Goodall High 

 Pressure Hose Mender. Rubber Shoes by the Dipped Process. 

 Rubber Bubbles.] 



[With 7 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 343 



[United Stales. Great Britain. France.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Insulation Notes 334 



Money for Ubero Creditors 334 



Americans in the Congo 338 



New Trade Publications 340 



India-rubber Goods in Commerce 346 



Rubber Sole Dressing Pad (.Illuslrated) 346 



Wants and Inquiries 33* 



Murac 349 



New England Rubber Club's Outing 345 



[With an Illustration.] 



The Obituary Record 347 



[With Portraits of Edgar S. Hyatt and George C. Smith.] 



A Page of Tire Features 348 



Points on Rublx-r Tires 349 



London Motor 'Buses 349 



[With 7 Illustrations.] 



Rubber Interests in Europe 350 



Ne-ws of the American Rubber Trade 352 



[With Portraits of George E. Hall and Leo F. Nadeau.] 



"The Trade at .-\kron Our Correspondent 351 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 351 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 357 



Liverpool. 



\VILLI.\^t Wright & Co. report [July i] : 



Fine Para. — With large stocks holders evinced some anxiety to realize, 

 and prices on spot for Upriver dropped to 4.?. 6^rf; Islands 4s. 6J^rf. At 

 these prices a better demand was experienced, and prices advanced some- 

 what to 4S. -jYid., closing with a hardening tendency and few sellers at 

 current sales. With a good demand in Manaos and prices 3^. per pound 

 above the parity of those ruling here, and in addition the certainty of 

 small receipts, we are of opinion, there is more room for an advance than 

 a decline. For delivery there has been a strong inquiry at current rates, 

 but only a fair business done owing to the cautious policy pursued by 

 sellers. 



Peruvian, — There has been an exceeding strong demand for Ball, and an 

 advance of 3j^d. to ^d. per pound has taken pace. In our opinion, both 

 the decline and the advance have been overdone; of course supplies ^re 

 sure to be small, but manufacturers can use other grades in substitution, 

 and if the "bulls" push prices too high they are likely to find themselves 

 just as wrong as the "bears" did in the beginning of the month. In our 

 opinion to-day's value of Ball as compared with other grades is not over 

 3 J. 7'Ad. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [June 30] : 



Para Rubber. — Since our last report the market has scarcely moved at 

 all, the price for luird fine in warehouse and for delivery having been 

 4^. iV^d. to 4J. ~\'id. for practically the whole of June. The market 

 therefore seems fur the present to have found its level, with rather an 

 upward tendency during the first few days of the present month. 



World's Visible Supply of Para, June 30. 



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



Tons 3601 3147 2617 2028 333S 3776 



Prices, hard, fine. 4/7J4 5/2 5/7 4/914 3/iiJ4 ^/llY-, 



Liverpool Stocks of African Rubber, June 30. 



1907 301 KJ04 560 1901 768 



1906 379 1903 371 1900 777 



1905 368 1902 543 1899 530 



Mr. Albert B. Bussweiler has retired from the rubber importing firm of 

 Meyer & Bussweiler, Limited, formed in 1903, and has joined the india- 

 rubber department of W. T. & II. Thompson, tea and general produce 

 dealers, 38, Mincing lane, £. C., London. Mr. Bussweiler was a member 

 of the one time firm of Symington, Bussweiler & Co. 



Aniyrerp. 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 



May I.— By the LeofoUvilU- 377.850 kilos. 



May 21.— By the Bru.xcUcsvUlc 243,000 " 



June II.— By the Albcrl-Allc 298,050 " 



July 4. — By the Leopoldville 294,600 " 



At the June 18 auction a lot of 9,660 kilograms of guayule 

 rubber, in blocks, described as "refined," and estimated at 7.35 

 francs [=:64 1-3 cents per pound], being held at that price, failed 

 to find purchasers. 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED STATES. 



exports, net imports. 



months. imports. 



May, 1907 6,538,741 



January-April 30,774,91 1 



Five months. 

 Five months, 

 Five months, 



1907 37.313.652 

 1906 29,598,470 

 190S 36,138,536 



358,953 

 1,47^,424 



1,837,377 

 1,539,549 

 1,353,926 



6,179,700 

 29,296,487 



35,476,275 

 28,058,921 

 34,784,610 



GERMANY. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



May, 1907 3,264,580 



January- April 12.675,300 



Five months, 

 Five months. 

 Five months. 



1907 15,939,880 

 1906 17,318,400 

 1905 18,987,980 



EXPORTS. 



902,880 



4,493,940 



5,396,820 

 4,637,160 

 6,113,580 



NET IMPORTS. 

 2.361,700 

 8,181,360 



10,543,060 

 12,681,240 

 12,874,400 



FRANCE.* 



MONTHS. 



May, 1907. . . . 

 January-April 



IMPORTS. 



3,535,840 

 11,389,620 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 

 1,893,760 1,642,080 



7,425,440 3,964,180 



Five months, 

 Five months, 

 Five months. 



1907 14,925,460 

 1906 15,100,140 

 1905 12,358,720 



9,319,200 

 7,161,660 

 6,784,580 



5,606,260 

 7,938,480 

 5,574,140 



BELGIUM.t 



May, 1907 1,897.810 



January-April 6,196,592 



Five months, 1907 8,094,402 

 Five months, 1906 9,376,232 

 Five months, 1905 7,381,865 



EXPORTS. 



1,252,660 

 3,880,392 



5,133,052 

 5,323.845 

 5,318,974 



NET IMPORTS. 



645.150 



2,316,200 



2,961,350 

 4.052.387 

 2,062.891 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



May, 1907 7,982,464 



January- April 28,949,872 



EXPORTS. 



4,619,104 

 12,725,216 



NET IMPORTS. 



3,363.360 



16,224,656 



Five months, 1907 36,932.336 17,344,320 19,588,016 



Five months, 1906 29,796,032 15,913,632 13,882,400 



Five months, 1905 27,856,192 15,425,880 12,430,312 



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



old (waste) rubber. British figures include old rubber. French. Austrian 



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



States embrace the supplies for Canadian consumption. 



•General Commerce. fSpecial Commerce. 



