February i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



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AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OF INDIA-RUBBER IN 1905. 



TIIR vear just closed witnessed the largest importation 

 of crude rubber into the United .States ever known. 

 This, by the way, is getting to be a regular story, 

 only one year in the last decade having failed to show an 

 increase in arrivals. The increase in arrivals for 1905 was a 

 round 1000 tons, but as the stocks were slightly higher at 

 the end than at the beginning of the year, the deliveries to 

 manufacturers showed a somewhat smaller increase. The 

 world's production gained, but from the way that jirices were 

 maintained throughout the year it is evident both that actual 

 consumption has been active, and that the trade sees no 

 prospect of an early change in the conditions which have 

 prevailed for the past two years or more. 



Comparative statement of prices of fine Para rubber in New 

 York and Liverpool, for several years past : 

 V'kars. New V'ork. 



1899 gI@I.io 



1900 83 @ l.liyi 



lyoi 76® .95 



igo2 66 @ .92 



1903 78 @ 1. 13 



1904 89® 1.32 



1905 1.13 @ 1-35 



The next table analyzes the imports of crude rubber into 

 the United States by grades, the figiires denoting tons : 



Fine Coarse *(-en- Afiicari 



Vkars. Pari. Pari. Irals. and E. I. Total. 



1899 8,622 3,876 3,440 7,157 23,005 



1900 8,079 3.906 3,020 5.463 20,46s 



I'joi 9,304 3,838 2,927 7,139 23,208 



1902 8,666 4,235 2,588 6,353 21,842 



1903 ■•' 9-325 4.609 3,040 7,786 24,760 



1904 9,526 4,841 4,052 9,204 27,623 



1905 8,973 4,goS 4,475 10,279 28,635 



[ • Including Cauchoand Pernambuco.] 



The figures in the next column, shovs'ing the extent of the 

 world's visible supplies of rubber on Januarj' i, 1906, have 

 been derived from the Messrs. Morse's tables, though they 

 are given on this page in pounds instead of tons : 



Stocks in the United States pounds 1,201,980 



Pars grades 235,200 



Central .\merican and Caucho 167,100 



.African and East Indian 799,680 



Stocks in Europe 7,929.600 



Pari grades 2,036,160 



.\I1 other 5.893,440 



Stocks Pard grades at Pard and afloat 4,345,600 



Liverpool. 

 3.10 (..; 4. 7X 



3. %yi («) 4. 9 

 3.4 @ i-iiyi. 



2.10 ® 3. g>^ 



3. b'4 @ 4. 8 



3.1034-® 5. 6 



4.10X @5. ^H 



Total 13,477,180 



Total, January 1, 1904 ir. 323, 200 



Total, January 1, 1903 12,321,440 



Total, January 1, 190a - 15028,160 



Total, January I, 1901 16,616.320 



Total, January I, 1900 10,251.480 



RANGE OF RUBBER PRICES FOR THREE YEARS. 

 DiAGUA.M (copyrighted 1905 by Henry A. Gould) indica- 

 ting spot prices at New York of Islands fine Para rubber. 



1903 1!>04 



Our Quotations In DIasram arc for lslan< 



Spot Fine Para 



Tlie topmost line relates to prices in 1905, the middle line 

 1904, and lowest line in 1903. 



Dr. Paul Preuss, the distinguished German botanist, direc- 

 tor of the colonial botanical garden at Victoria (Kamerun), 

 and the discoverer of the k'lckxia species as a source of rub- 

 ber, has recently been looking alter the agricultural affairs of 

 New Guinea. On his way liome he visited the Federated Ma- 

 lay States, and in company with Mr. J. B. Carruthers, director 

 of agriculture there, inspected the experimental gardens and 

 some typical rubber plantations. The Malay Mail SAys that 

 while Dr. Preuss was impressed with the splendid growth and 

 health of the Para rubber (Hecxa) trees, he was not inclined to 

 waver in his confidence in Kickxia rubber as suited for cultiva- 

 tion. 



Consumption of India-Rubber by the United States and Canada (in tons). 



LKrom the Annual Statistical Summary of Albert T. Morse & Co., brokers. New York ] 



Details. 



Net Imports 



Add Stock January i . 



1S91. 



Imports to United States. 

 Exports to Europe 



16,152 

 982 



15,170 

 1,260 



Aggregating 16,430 



Less Stock end of year i,oS6 



Deliveries to Manufacturers j 15,344 



189J. 



I5>347 

 491 



14,856 

 1,086 



15,942 

 1,217 



14.725 



1893 



16,420 

 714 



15,706 

 1,217 



16,923 

 1,037 



15,886 



1894. 1895 



14,643 

 391 



16,182 

 324 



14,252 

 1,037 



15,289 

 1,420 



13,869 



15.85S 

 1,420 



17,278 

 55S 



16,720 



1S96. 1897. 



14.333 17,671 



500 ; 2.50 



'3,833'i7.42l 

 558 641 



14,391 18,062 

 641 744 



13.750 r7,3i8 



18,620 

 150 



18,470 

 744 



19,214 

 591 



18,623 



899. 1900 



23.095 

 300 



20,468 

 450 



22,795 20,018 

 5911 712 



23,386 20. 



1901. 



23,208 

 680 



22,528 

 1,198 



23,726 



712 I.I r 1.399 



22,674119,532122,32; 



1902 



21,842 

 430 



21,412 



I 399 



22, Si I 

 33' 



22,480 



1903. 



24,760*27,623 

 490 274 



24,270 27,349 

 331 ' 256 



24,(x)I 27,605 

 256: 305 



1905. 



28,635 

 357 



28,278 

 305 



28,583 

 537 



24,345 ,27.3':0| 28,046 



