February i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA. RUBBER WORLD 



165 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



THE TEXTILE GOODS MARKET. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures 

 of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, for the month of 

 November, 1905. and for the first eleven months of five calen- 

 dar years : 



Great 



Britain. 



? 207 , 

 722 



1 1 1.955 



'.331 



1.328 



49,438 



other Total 

 Countries. Value. 



Duties 

 Collected. 



FOREIGN RUBBER GOODS TRADU OF CANADA. 

 Can.\dian imports of India-rubber and Gutta-jjercha man- 

 ufacturers, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, are olTi- 

 ciallj- stated to have been in value as follows : 



IMTORTS. ^'nited 



States. 



Boots and shoes , . .$132,217 



Hclting 60,885 



Clothinjraud water- 

 proof cloth 25,053 



Hose 58,277 



Packing and mats. . 58,119 



.■Ml other 299,787 



285 



1S6 



25,600 



:?i32,709 131,232.58 

 61,607 i5.34'.6o 



137.194 

 59.60S 



59,447 

 374,825 



37,^89 95 

 18,038.69 

 20,088.03 

 91,215.67 



Total $634,422 §164,996 $26,071 SS25,390$2i3,6o6.52 



Total, 1903-04 617,471 334,646 26,098 978,215 256,210.51 



Total, 1902-03 573.421 446,811 25,579 1,045,811253,873.15 



Total, 1901-02 525,218 217,812 31,999 775,029 201,698.64 



Total, igcxi-oi 434.590 '54.944 21,738 611,272 163,01244 



The share of Germanj' is this tradehas declined from JiS,- 

 877 to $18,825, while Austria has increased from $950 to S3,- 

 403. The share of France declined from $4638 to S3226, 

 and Russia's from $1179 to $205. 



There may also be noted the following imports, not classi- 

 fied by the customs as " rubber goods," but liaving a rela- 

 tion to the industry' : 



Imports. 



t'nited 

 States. 



Great 



Britain. 



Other 

 Countries. 



Total 

 Values. 



Webbing, elastic 



and lion elastic. S' 10,828 

 Stockinettes f o r 



rubber footwear 52,185 

 Duck for rubber 



belting and hose 88. 433 

 Rubber thread. . . . 5,008 



> 70, 233 



14,619 



634 



S27S4 



$183,835 

 66,804 



89,067 

 5,008 



EXPORTS 

 To— Value. 



Great Britain $46,500 

 Australia. . . . 49,575 

 Newfoundl'd 17,685 

 New Zealand 30,789 



Italy 9.659 



United States 6,688 



Japan 225 



Turkey 16 



OF CANADIAN RUHHER GOODS. 

 To— Value. To — 



British Ciuiana $1,571 Argentina. 



Brazil 4,734 



Chili 1,242 Total. 



Duties 

 Collected. 



.?32,47f>.8l 



9,363.85 



free 

 free 



\'alue. 



* 137 



China. 

 British .\frica. 

 B. W. Indies. . 



Denmark 



Cuba 



750 Total, 1904 

 2S5 Total, 1903 

 227 Total, 1902 

 60 Total, 1901 

 216 



$170,359 

 128,067 

 142,891 

 322,572 

 151,656 



IMPORTS OF R.-\W M.\Ti:RI.\I,S. 

 Classification. Pounds. 



Gutta-percha II2 



India-rubber 2,810 23S 



Rubber recovered ; rubber substitute ; 



hard rubber in sheets 2, 158,846 



Rubber powdered and rubber waste 505,715 



Total, 1904-05 5,474,911 



Total, 190304 5,753,288 



Total, 1902-03 5,404,124 



Value. 



$ 98 



2,458,386 



230,439 

 34,360 



82,723.273 

 2,512,168 

 1,820,054 



' I ^HE cotton duck situation at this writing shows ex- 

 -*- treine strength and a decidedly buoyant tendency, the 

 estimated relation of supply and demand, indicating well sus- 

 tained, if not advancing prices. Since our last report it has 

 been practically conceded that the crop will not exceed 10,- 

 750,000 bales, the government report showing that there will 

 be an increase of 750,000 bales over previous estimates. 



Tlie mechanical rubber goods trade have contracted for 

 the major part of their .season's snpplj- of hose and belting 

 ducks at a price which is quite an advance over that paid 

 last season. The present price of regular hose and belting 

 ducks is 22 1^ cents, which figure will probablj' prevail 

 through the season, unless there should be an advance in 

 cotton, in which event the price of ducks will naturally 

 be increased. 



The mills are virtually sold to the limit for th° year and 

 are finding it extremely difficult to meet the present demand. 

 It is claimed that most of the prominent rubber trade buj-ers 

 who have contracted for what would ordinarilj- have been a 

 year's supply, will, at the present rate of consumption, use 

 their stocks in two-thirds of that time. 



The rubber shoe trade is buying activelj- and the demand 

 shows no indication of abatement. The speculative market 

 shows a strong and increasing bull tendency, the most con- 

 spicuous bear of the season having joined the bull forces. 



Spot cotton (at this writing) is quotable at 12.25 asagainst 

 7.25 for corresponding date last year. There is such a 

 paucity of spot goods that buyers are not standing on price, 

 but readil}' pay full asking values and are willing to antici- 

 pate on the same basis, provided they can effect the accept- 

 ance of orders. 



At a recent meeting of the Planters' Association held in 

 New Orleans, it was voted to hold the balance of their cotton 

 at 15 cents. A competent authority estimates that there can 

 be no break in cotton before June at the earliest and then 

 onU- in deference to large acreage and very favorable weather 

 conditions. 



The chart below, illustrating the range of cotton prices 

 during 1905, is reproduced from the New York Times, 

 through the courtesy of its editor : 



RANGE OF COTTON PRICES, 1905. 



