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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Al GUST I, 1903. 



will be transferred at first the manufacture of underground 

 and telephone cables. It is stated that the company were 

 obliged to get outside the London district for their works, for 

 the Metropolitan building act did not permit the erection of 

 workshops large enough to carry on the company's work in the 

 most economical manner. The new works will be built princi- 

 pally of iron and glass, on the American principle. 



Late advices from Liverpool state that Mr. Albert B. Buss- 

 weiler, of the firm bf Symington, Bussweiler & Co. has with- 

 drawn, having associated with himself Mr. Arthur Meyer, at 

 one time a partner in the firm of Reimers & Meyer (New York), 

 and will take up the business of importing crude rubber. 



= Capon Heaton & Co., Limited, is the style of a new com- 

 pany, with £ 50,000 capital, registered to acquire and continue 

 the business of the Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre and Capon Hea- 

 ton, Limited (in liquidation), manufacturers of tires and me- 

 chanical rubber goods, at Birmingham. No public issue. 



GERMANY. 

 Two brands of American made dress shields (schweissblatter 

 in German) are being advertised extensively throughout Ger- 

 many in all the journals likely to reach the eyes of feminine 

 readers. 



= Fire occurred on the evening of July 4 in one of the build- 

 ings of the factory of the Actiengesellschaft Metzeler & Co. 

 (Munich), which was consumed together with rubber and other 

 supplies, but the energetic efforts of the firemen saved the 

 other buildings. The loss is covered by insurance, and there 

 will be no interruption of business. 



= Felten & Guilleaume, Carlswerk, Actiengellschaft (Mul- 

 heim a. Rhein) report net profits during their last business 

 year of 2,443,072 marks [=$581,451.14], against 561,472 marks 

 for the preceding year. The dividend is 5 per cent., against no 

 dividend in the year before. 



RUSSIA. 



The Russian- American India- Rubber Co. (St. Petersburg) 

 are the company referred to in the last India Rubber World 

 as having acquired the rights in Russia to manufacture the 

 Swinehart side wire solid rubber tire for vehicles, under con- 

 tract with the parties at Akron, Ohio, owning the patents. 



= The board of directors of the Russian-French Rubber Co . 

 — " Prowodnik," now consists of Paul A. Schwartz, Th. Henri 

 Schwartz, Wilhelm Vajen, Jacob Erhardt, and Balthazar Her- 

 berz ; and B. W. Wittenberg and Gustav V. Schopff, " director 

 candidates." 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



RUBBER is again nearing a basis of a dollar a pound 

 for fine Para, the market having steadily advanced dur- 

 ing the month, and now showing much firmness. Con- 

 ditions to be considered in predicting the course of the 

 market are that visible supplies of rubber of all sorts are smaller 

 than for a long time past ; that the last Para crop equalled the 

 figures for the preceding year only by including increased re- 

 ceipts of Caucho ; that it will be some time yet before the new 

 crop can be availed of to a large extent ; that African supplies 

 continue on a reduced scale ; and that consumption everywhere 

 is at a liberal rate. Imports into the United States for three 

 fiscal years (ending June 30) have been : 



1900-01. 1901-02. 1902-03. 



Pounds 55.275.529 50.413.481 54,997.491 



Import value $2S,455.3S3 $24,899,230 $30,429,401 



Average per lb 51.5 cts. 49.4 cts. 55.3 cts. 



Fine old Paid Aug. 1 8s@S6 74@75 g8@99 



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

 ago, on January 1 last, and on July 30— the current date: 



PARA. Aug. 1, 'c?. Jan. :, '03. July 30. 



Islands, fine, new 06(067 88(0,89 Sui./ijo 



Islands, fine, old "i@72 91(892 93' a 94 



Upriver, fine, new 6g@7o 90(0)91 94@95 



Upriver, fine, old 74@75 95@g6 98@99 



Islands, coarse, new 44@45 6o@6i 57 l( '53 



Islands, coarse, old @ @ @ 



Upriver, coarse, new 55W56 73@7<» 75@76 



Upriver, coarse, old @ @ @ 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 47@48 59@6o 59(0)60 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 5i@52 69(8)70 7'@72 



The market for other sorts in New York, in which there 



likewise is an advance to be noted this month, is as follows: 



AFRICAN. Ikelemba 83 (084 



Sierra Leone, istquality53 Madagascar, pinky 79 (a>8o 



Massai, red 83 @84 CENTRALS. 



Benguella 68 ©69 Esmeralda, sausage. . .70 0171 



Cameroon ball 61 @62 Guayaquil, strip 63 (064 



Gaboon flake 4r 11142 Nicaragua, scrap .. . .68 @6g 



Gaboon lump 44 O45 Panama, slab 56 (§157 



Niger paste 18 @I9 Mexican, scrap 68 (§69 



Accra flake 21 @22 Mexican, slab 56 (S57 



Accra buttons 59 @6o Mangabeira, sheet. .. .53 (854 



Accra strips 62 (^63 EAST INDIAN. 



I.opori ball, prime S2 ©83 Assam S? 



Lopori strip, do 79 (880 Borneo @ 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5*675 Upriver, fine 6^400 



Islands, coarse 3$°75 Upriver, coarse 4$7O0 



Exchange, I2 1 ! j</. 



Last Manaos advices: 



Upriver, fine 6^450 Upriver, coarse 4$550 



Exchange, I2 ? W. 



Para advices report that lately the market there has become 

 more active than for some time past, the better demand having 

 caused considerable firmness and an advancing tendency in 

 prices. The total receipts for the crop year showed a decline, 

 as compared with the preceding year, of less than one-half of 1 

 per cent., which is more favorable than could have been hoped 

 for during the existence of the troubles in the Acre district and 

 the stoppage of the Bolivian transit. The Acre region, by the 

 way, is still upset in places by the activity of Brazilian revolu- 

 tionists. 

 Statistics of Para ^Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1003. 



Stocks, May 31 tons 472 69 = 541 



Arrivals. June 419 233 = 652 



Total Total 



1902. 1901. 



552 895 



637 536 



Aggregating . 

 Deliveries, June . 



Stocks, June 30. 



891 

 6c6 



285 



302 = 1 1 93 

 220 = 826 



S2 



367 



!l89 

 776 



413 



1431 

 552 



879 



PARA. 



1903. 



Stocks. May 3)... tons 115 

 Arrivals, June 1770 1240 



1902. 

 80 



1901. 

 150 

 526 



ENGLAND. 

 1903. 1902. 1901. 



1400 

 570 



2075 



886 



1350 

 350 



Aggregating 1885 1320 



Deliveries, June 1770 1255 



Stocks, June 30 . . 115 



65 



676 

 639 



37 



1970 2961 

 650 818 



1320 2143 



1700 

 675 



1025 



1903 1902. 1901. 



World's supply. June 30 tons 27r2 3272 2760 



Para receipts, July 1 to June 30 26,546 26,456 23,437 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 41 54 3514 4203 



Afloat from Para to United States, June 30. .. 495 284 359 



Afloat from Para to Europe, June 30 415 367 460 



