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THE INDIA. RUBBER WORLD 



[June 



1903. 



ADDITIONAL NEWS NOTES. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. have removed their headquarters 

 in Chicago to Nos. 167-69 Lake street, where a combined me- 

 chanical and tire branch has been established. Their tire re- 

 pair shop, however, remains as formerly, at No. 431 Wabash 

 avenue. 



= The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co. have moved their New 

 York office (rom No. 127 Duane street to Nos. 5224 William 

 street. 



= The O'Sullivan Rubber Co. (Lowell, Massachusetts) will 

 distribute 1,000,000 copies of a new "ragtime" song, "Then 

 Say O'Sullivan's," the words of which tell the story of heels 

 which " bring you next to angels' wings." 



= A new belt press is being installed at factory of the Na- 

 tional India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island.) 



= The new Kleinfontein mines, South Africa, are to be 

 equipped with an extensive conveyor plant, supplied by the 

 Robins Conveying Belt Co. (New York). The plant will be 

 onerated by British electric motors. 



= The Republic Development Co. (New York), engaged in 

 developing the plantation of the Obispo Rubber Plantation 

 Co., have removed their offices from No. 52 Broadway to No. 

 15 William street. 



= The Carmin Rubber Co., No. 1857 Notre Dame street, 

 Montreal, are a new company manufacturing water proof 

 garments. 



— The Manila end of the Commercial Pacific cable having 

 been successfully landed, the cable ship Anglia left that port 

 on May 25 to lay the cable to the island of Guam. It was esti- 

 mated that the trip would occupy eight days. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



f^IIL month closes with lower prices on most grades of 



Pata rubber, a decline in several African sorts, but 



without change in Centrals. The records kept at 



Para indicate a shortage as compared with last year's 



crop, the showing month by month being given in the table 



below. The arrivals already, however, are larger than in any 



full crop year prior to 1901-02 : 



1900-01. 1901-02. 



To July 31 S60 1,260 



To August 31 .. . . 2,150 2550 



To September 30 . . 3,430 4, 490 



To October 31 .. . . 5.780 7.130 



To November 30.. . 7,980 10.100 



To December 31. . . 11,300 13630 



To January 31.... 13,740 17.490 



To February 28 .. . 17,030 20,870 



To March 31 21 ,820 24 530 



To April 30 24,350 26,670 



To May 31 26,(124 28,750 



To June 30 27,610 30,000 



I* To May -•<>, 1903 ] 



New York quotations on May 28 were : 



PARA. 



Islands, fine, new 87 (§S8 



Islands, fine, old 91 @92 



Upriver, fine, new ji @g2 



Upriver, fine, old 97 (898 



Islands, coarse, new.. .56 @57 



Islands, coarse, old... @ 



Upriver, coarse, new. .72 («73 



Upriver, coarse, old. . . @ 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 57 ©58 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 6S @6g 



AFRICAN. 



Sierra Leone, istqualitj 52 111S3 



Massai, red 82 @33 



Benguella 6g @70 



Cameroon ball 61 @62 



Gaboon flake 40 @4 1 



Gaboon lump 43 <«44 



Niger paste 20 @2i 



Accra flake 20 @ 2 1 



Accra buttons 58 ©59 



Accra si rips 60 (-161 



Lopori ball, prime. .. .82 (<SS3 



Lopori strip, do ....79 @8o 



Ikelemba 82 (083 



Madagascar, pinky.. . .79 (a>3o 

 Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR APRIL (NEW RUBBER). 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .68 (§69 



Guayaquil, strip 62 (§63 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .67 @68 



Panama, slab 55 @56 



Mexican, scrap 67 &{& 



Mexican, slab 55 (§56 



Mangabeira, sheet. ... 52 @53 



EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 82@83 



Borneo @ 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Prime, red <» 2 25 



Prime, white @i-50 



Lower grades .. 75 1*1.25 



Reboiled, prime 75 @ .90 



Keboiled, inferior 10 @ .25 



Batata, sheet 63 @&5 



Balata. block 52 d'55 



Pontianak (in quanti- 

 ties) © 3U 



Almeidina @ 8 



Tuno gum i« 12 



Chicle ©42 



Islands, fine 



Per Kilo 



55300 Upriver, fine 6^400 



Upriver, coarse 4$700 



Islands, coarse 28500 



Exchange, 125.}'/. 

 Last Manaos advices: 



Upriver, fine 6$ooo Upriver, coarse 4$ioo 



Exchange, 12 ,'»'/■ 



Upriver, line. . ..; 9^@93 73@74,'-2 



Upriver, coarse 72@74 5g@6o 



Islands, fine S7@(jt 7>@73 



Islands, coarse.. 50@6o 47@49 



Cameu, coarse 611363 53"'53>j 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



1901. 



85 @94 



59 @68 



S4 @93 



52 @6o 



54 @°2 



NEW YORK. 



Stocks, March 31 . 

 Arrivals. April . . 



. Ions 



Fine ami 

 Medium. 



497 

 I067 



Total 

 Coarse. IQ03. 



42 = 539 

 427 = 1494 



Aggregating 1564 



Deliveries, April 1073 



469 



405 



2033 

 147S 



Stocks, April 30. 



491 



PARA. 



64 = 555 



Total 

 1902. 



505 

 1483 



1988 

 1496 



492 



ENGLAND. 



Total 

 1901. 



929 

 2141 



3070 

 2076 



994 



1903. 



1002. 1901. 

 Stocks. March 31. tons 255 560 485 

 Arrivals, April 2510 2655 1980 



1903 1902. 19C1 

 1550 1825 1346 

 1087 2145 904 



Aggregating 2765 3215 2465 



Deliveries, April.... 2615 975 2295 



Stocks, April 30. . 150 2240 



170 



2637 

 962 



1675 



3970 

 3800 



2250 

 825 



170 1425 



1903 1902. 1901. 



World's supply, April 30 tons 3&ql 4196 3S85 



Para receipts, July 1 to April 30 23,756 23599 21.746 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 3 '04 2736 1604 



Afloat from Para to United States, April 30.. 731 674 861 



Afloat from Para to Europe, April 30 580 620 435 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street, New York), advises us : 



" Although during May call rates for money have been quite 

 easy, there has been only a very moderate demand for paper 

 and rates have held firm, being 5^ @ 6 per cent, for the gen- 

 eral run of rubber paper." 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots — are slightly lower.as follows: 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic 71^ (r? 7^ 



Do —Foreign 6Jjj @ ts% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 5 @ 5^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires byi 



White Trimmed Rubber gL£ @ 9^ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4% 



Air Brake Hose 2% @ 3 



Fire and Large Hose 2 x /i 



Garden Hose 1 % 



Matting 1 



