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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



[December i, 1905. 



Sale uf Rubber Lands. — The government in Ceylon has 

 been selling at public auction a number of lots of crown lands 

 said to be suitable for rubber planting. At Kalutara on August 

 17 the Lanka Rubber Co. purchased 203 acres of such land for 

 16,300 rupees [= $5,287,72], being an average of $26.05 go't^ P^f 

 acre. The total sales for the day amounted to 21,236 rupees 

 [= $5,888.96]. One lot of 14 acres was purchased in behalf of 

 a Colonel Cox of Scotland — a fact indicating that Kalutara's 

 fame as a rubber country has traveled far. Mention is made of 

 the purchase by Colombo parties, in Moneragalla, of about 619 

 acres of land fully planted with tea, to be devoted to rubber, 

 for 65,000 rupees [ = $21,087], or about $34,07 per acre. 



A TELEGRAM in the Pittsburgh Dispatch reports the filing at 

 SteubenviUe, Ohio, of eight suits, by Edward Nicholson and 

 others of that city, against the Vera Cruz Development Co., of 

 Canton, Ohio, and its officers, directors, and special agents, 

 alleging that improper representation had been made to induce 

 them to invest money in the company's "La Esmeralda" 

 sugar and rubber plantation, in Mexico. This company was 

 mentioned in The India Rubber World, January i, 1902 

 (page 104), as having been organized under Arizona laws, in 

 July, 1901, with $1,000,000 capital authorized, by leading citi- 

 zens of Canton, and offering to sell shares on the installment 

 plan. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



RUBBER prices are higher for practically all the grades 

 for which quotations are given on this page. The first 

 four months of the Amazon rubber season (beginning 

 July I ) showed a gain over the figuresof former years for 

 the same months, but the receipts for November were smaller 

 than for two years past, which fact has tended to offset the 

 hopes which prevailed earlier in the season of an increased 

 crop in resulting lower prices. The beginning of the rubber 

 tapping season is dependent upon conditions of weather and 

 water, in the rivers, and larger returns early in the year do not 

 necessarily indicate an increased production, but only that the 

 rubber tappers have got to work at an earlier date, or that con- 

 ditions of transportation have been more favorable. It cannot 

 be too often pointed out that any increase in the production of 

 Para rubber must be slight and very gradual, for the reason 

 that the working force available is at all times limited and can 

 be added to very slowly. 



From all indications the demand for rubber of all grades is 

 well sustained and likely to continue so indefinitely. With re- 

 gard to the very important demand for rubber in the footwear 

 trade, it may be noted that weather conditions so far in the 

 United States have not been favorable to the distribution of 

 the product among consumers, who naturally do not invest in 

 rubber boots and shoes until the snow flies. At the same time 

 however, manufacturers and jobbers count on the average de- 

 mand for rubber footwear every winter, and it is only in excep- 

 tional cases that a winter ends without an increased demand for 

 goods in this class. If the winter now opening should prove 

 to be less favorable to the rubber footwear trade than usual, 

 the effect upon the crude rubber market would not be felt until 

 next spring, when the amount of unsold stock came to be in- 

 ventoried. 



As shown on another page, the November Antwerp sale re- 

 sulted in considerably larger prices being realized than were an- 

 ticipated, and the effect has been shown in a definite advance 

 in all grades of African rubbers. 



Receipts at Par4-(including Caucho) since the beginning of 

 the crop season have been as follows : 



1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 



July tons I2Q0 liSo 1250 1450 



August 1370 1230 1260 1300 



September 1670 2010 1780 2200 



October 2280 2440 2820 3580 



November 2650 29S0 2800 02655 



Total 9260 9940 9910 11,185 



\a — To November 28.] 



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

 ago, one month ago, and on November 30 — the current date : 



PARA. December I, '04. November 1, '05. November 30. 

 Islands, fine, new I25@I26 118(8119 ii9@i2o 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new I2g@l30 I2i@i22 1225(21231 



Upriver, fine, old none here 132(0)133 none here 



Islands, coarse, new ^^@ 73 68@ 69 71(8 72 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 96(81 q7 8g(8 90 go® 91 



Upriver, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 7i(g 72 ^o@ 71 73® 74 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 82(^83 85® 86 S8@ 89 



AFRICAN. 



Sierra Leone, I stquality 101(3)102 



Massai, red ioi@io2 



Benguella 82(883 



Cameroon ball 69(^ 70 



Accra flake 26@ 27 



Lopori ball, prime Ili(2ll2 



Lopori strip, prime 94(® g5 



Madagascar, pinky g!@ 92 



Ikelemba iii(ffiii2 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$20o 



Islands, coarse 2$2oo 



Exchange, \ld. 



Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 6$ooo Upriver, coarse. 



Exchange, \^d. 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .84 (885 



Guayaquil, strip 72 (873 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .82 @£3 



Panama, slab 64 @65 



Mexican, scrap 82 (883 



Mexican, slab 63 (864 



Mangabeira, sheet. .. .70 ©71 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 95 (896 



Borneo 44 ©45 



Upriver, fine. . . 

 Upriver, coarse. 



Per Kilo. 

 . 6$2oo 

 . 4$I00 



3I500 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR SEPTEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



1905. 1904. 1903. 



I.09@I.2I I.00@I.IO 



85® 91 79@ 91 



i.07(gi.i6 97(0)1.08 



59(3 67 6o@ 70 



6o(§ 66 i>\@ 68 



Upriver, fine 1.29(^1.32 



Upriver. coarse gi® 94 



Islands, fine 1.26(^1.29 



Islands, coarse 6g(<| 72 



Cameta 7i@ 74 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR OCTOBER (NEW 



Upriver, fine 1.22(81.30 



Upriver, coarse 89® 93 



■Islands, fine i.iq@i.27 



Islands, coarse 6q@ 71 



Cameta 70@ 72 



1904. 



I.I2@t.I7 

 86® 90 



l.og® 1. 14 

 6i@ 65 

 6i@ 65 



RUBBER). 

 1903. 

 i.oo@i.09 

 83® 91 

 g0@l.o6 

 56® 68 

 56® 67 



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

 in India-rubber, No. 68 William street, New York) advises us 

 as follows : 



" During the first half of November there was almost no de- 



BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. 



WELL known Liverpool and reputable firm of India-rubber Merchants and 

 Importers are open to buy on commission lor good American and otherwise 

 act as required, etc. Address Liverpool, care of The India Rubber 

 World. [813] 



HACHINERY WANTED. 



W.A.NTED. — Two roll Wa.sher, 15 X 36. State whose make and where 

 it can be examined. Address Cash, care of The India Rubber World. 



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