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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1907. 



Gum-Poi^^ 



Vol. .36. SEPTEMBER i, 1907. No. 6. 



TABLE OP CONTENTS 



Editorial: P^^^ 



The New Rubber Factories 361 



Belpium and the Congo 36 1 



A Libel on Rubber Tires 362 



The Good Old Word "Rubber" 362 



Minor Editorial ^ 363 



Rubber in the Noiseless City 363 



American Waste Rubber Trade 364 



The Insulated Tire Manufacture — II. 



A Practical Man 365 

 The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain. 



Our Regular Corrcsj'ondent 367 



[British Exports of Rubber Goods. Factory Inspection. Solvent 

 Prices. Society of Chemical Industry. Waterproof Branch. 

 ITie Steam Brush Co. Tyre vs. Tire. I..eather Sub'^titutes. 

 Personal Notes.] 



The Amazon Rubber Movement 368 



Progress of Rubber Planting 369 



[Another Sumatra Company. A Rubber Factory Opening. Plant- 

 ing Enterprise in Borneo. A Practical Tapping Tool. Mexi- 

 can Planting Notes.] 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



New Rubber Planting Companies 371 



A Pioneer in the Guayule Field 372 



[With Portrait of Felix H. Hunicke.] 

 Guayule Trade Notes 372 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 373 



["Ideal" Automatic Water Saver. "Draper" .\utomatic Robe. 

 Indoor Shot and Rubber Quoits. "Minute" Tire Tool. "Em- 

 pire" Tube Case. Rubber .Air Cushion Receiver Caps. Inter- 

 changeable Rubber Heel. The "Ideal" Motor Lap Robe. Rub- 

 ber Reeling and Rod Grip.] 



[With 13 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 375 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



Fruits That Bear Rubber 377 



[With 4 Illustrations.] 

 A Colombian Rubber Merchant 379 



[With Portrait of Fidel Cuello.] 



Obituary — Henry F. Doherty 384 



Miscellaneous: 



Care in. Handling Rubber Cement 364 



.\ttempt to Tax Waste Rubber 366 



New Trade Publications 366 



A Story by Colonel Colt 368 



Cotton in the Census 379 



News of the American Rubber Trade 384 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Trade at .\kroii Our Correspondent 380 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 380 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 389 



Lirerpooli 



William Wright & Co. report [.'\ugust i] : 



Fine Para. — Owing to small receipts and an active demand, prices quickly 

 advanced during the first half of the month, Bolivian fine touching 4.?. lid. 

 and L'priver fine 4s. lo'/jd., a large business being done spot and for 

 delivery. The second half of the month prices fell away somewhat, chiefly 

 owing to the absence of trade demand. Contrary to last year the whole 

 of the crop has been forwarded to ports of shipment, consequently the 

 supplies during the early months of the crop are not expected to reach 

 last year's total. If this is so an advance in prices is more likely than a 

 decline. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [July ,31] : 



Para Rubber. — Para grades were active during the first two weeks of 

 July, and owing to speculation prices advanced about ^Vid. per pound. 

 Subsequently realizations and renewed selling by importers and speculators 

 caused a decline, and the market closed quiet but steady. The decrease in 

 the July receipts and the possibility of only moderate supplies in .August 

 may cause increased demand by dealers and possibly some rise in prices 

 during the near future. Later in the season the normal increase of supplies 

 at the .Amazon ports should make for a more even market, free from 

 violent fluctuations. 



World's Visible Supply of Para, July 31. 



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



Tons 2882 2830 2275 1665 2550 3334 



Prices, hard, fine. 4/9"/^ 5/2j4 5/6^ 4/"^ 4/°^ 2/10!^ 

 Liverpool Stocks of African Rubber, July 31. 



1907 289 1904 473 1901 728 



1906 388 1903 371 1900 823 



1905 .vl "X>-' 516 1899 479 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East. 



Ceylon Weekly E.xports. 

 Week ending June 24 — 18,285 pounds; week ending July I — 

 15,800 pounds. Previously reported, 288,178; total since January 

 I — 322.263 pounds. Total to and including July I, deducting 

 rubber not the produce of Ceylon, 202,636 pounds. Same months 

 in 1906 — 139,697 pounds; same months 1905 — 49,773 pounds; same 

 months 1904 — 35,299 pounds. 



Shipments fro.m the Straits — Jan. 1 to June 30. 



Pounds. Pounds. 



Great Britain 537,6oo Australia 14,267 



Europe 41.134 Ceylon 76,267 



United States 400 



Japan 23,594 Total 693,162 



[From Singapore, 631,368; from Penang, 61,894.] 

 The above figures point to the total export of plantation rubber 

 from Ceylon and the Malay peninsula for the first six months of 

 the year amounting to 865,898 pounds. The total for 1906 was 

 reported at 1,144,295 pounds and for 1905 at 397,047 pounds. 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED STATES. 



MONTHS. imports. 



June, 1907 S.274.438 



January-May 37.313,652 



Six months, 1907 42,588,090 

 Six months, \go6 33,492,890 

 Six months, 1905 39,834,796 



exports. 



408,159 



1.837,377 



2,245.536 

 1,783,648 

 1,574,030 



net imports. 



4,866,279 



35.476.275 



40,342,554 

 31,709,242 

 38,260,766 



GERMANY. 



months. imports. 



June, 1907 2,874.520 



January-May 15,939,880 



e.xports. net imports. 



811.580 2,062.940 



5,396,820 10,543,060 



Six months, 1907 18,814,400 

 Six months, 1906 20,410,720 

 Six months, 1905 22,835,120 



6,208,400 

 5,409,140 

 7,363,840 



12.606,000 

 15,001,580 

 15,471,280 



FRANCE.* 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



June. 1907 2,399,760 



January-May 14,925,460 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 

 1,830.180 569,580 



9,319,200 5,606,260 



Six months, 1907 17,325,220 

 Six months, 1906 17,757.740 

 Six months, 1905 14,586,000 



11,149,380 

 8,511,800 

 7,923,520 



6,175,840 

 9,245,940 

 6,662,480 



BELGIUM.t 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



June, 1907 ; 1,289,710 



January-May 8,094,402 



E.XPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 

 1,038,780 250,930 



5,133,052 2,961,350 



Si.x months. 

 Six months, 

 Six months. 



1907 

 1906 

 1905 



9.384.1 12 



10,4.37,765 



8. 847.086 



6,171,832 

 6.653,094 

 6,623.102 



3.212.280 

 3.784.671 

 2,223.984 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



June, 1907 4.933,712 



January-May .^6.932,336 



EXPORTS. 



3.192,112 

 17,344.320 



NET IMPORTS. 



1,741,600 



19,588,016 



Six months, 1907 41,866,048 20.536,432 21,329,616 



Six montlis, 1906 34.477,744 18,736,480 15,741,264 



Six months, 1905 32,678,6cS8 18,032,680 14.646,008 



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. Theexports from the United 



States embrace the supplies for Canadian consumption. 



•General Commerce. tSpecial Commerce. 



