December i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



115 



Review of the Crude Rubber Marker. 



THE past month has been one of marked changes in the price 

 situation, which at the moment of going to press is best 

 described as unsettled. There was a gradual advance in 

 prices of nearly all grades until near the end of the month, when 

 fine Islands new was quoted as high as 123(0 125 and fine Upriver 

 up to 130 per pound, and an element of firmness seemed to pre- 

 vail. During the closing days of November, however, a decline 

 was noted, and the figures given on this page may be described 

 as representing quotations largely nominal. But there is noth- 

 ing in the situation to indicate a return to the price levels of a 

 year ago, or the still lower figures of last March. Every- 

 where in the industries are evidences of returning activity — of 

 a more general prosperity — and the resulting demand for rubber 

 goods without an increased supply of raw material, points to 

 higher priced rubber, as a permanent condition, than has been 

 the rule for the past twelve months prior to November. Tha 

 condition is one of acute interest to manufacturers just now, 

 and particularly to such as may have marked down the prices 

 of finished goods to correspond with the last slump in crude 

 rubber quotations. 



From Para, where the public authorities are ever active in 

 the matter of putting on trade all the burdens of taxation it will 

 bear, come reports of a new motiopoly or syndicate to deal with 

 all the rubber produced in Para State. While full details are 

 lacking, the scheme would appear to involve some financial bene- 

 fit to the government, and the object can hardly be to lessen 

 the cost of rubber to consumers. The fear is entertained in 

 some quarters that the purpose may be to create a "corner" in 

 rubber, and thus keep up prices, but the impracticability of such 

 a course is pointed out in an article reprinted elsewhere from 

 the Manao's Revista. Leaders in the rubber trade in different 

 countries are seeking to have political influence brought to bear 

 against the Para suggestions. 



Following are the quotations of New York for Para grades 

 one year ago, one month ago, and November 30, the current date : 



Par.^. Dec. I, '07. Nov. i, '08. Nov. 30, 



Islands, fine, new 72(S;73 103 (n,\o^ Ii4(a'ii5 



Islands, fine, old none here ^108 none here 



Upriver, fine, new 83(084 109 (giio I23@I24 



Upriver, fine, old 86(087 U- (S'113 127(01128 



Islands, coarse, new 44(S:'4S 53J4@ 54 6o(2; 61 



Islands, coarse, old none here (3} 60 none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 66(3:67 83 @ 84 92(0; 93 



Upriver. coarse, old none here none here none here 



Cameta, coarse none here 55 (ff 56 63® 64 



Caucho (Peruvian), sheet.. s6(S.57 59 (@ 6c 74® 75 



Caucho (Peruvian), ball... 66(0:67 77 @ 78 go(@ 91 

 Ceylon (Plantation), fine 



sheet 9i@94 1 18 @iig I29(®i30 



African. 

 Sierra Leone, 1st quality .97(^98 Lopori ball, prime. .. .Ii2(g;ii3 



Massai, red 97(^98 Lopori strip, prime... 86Ca 87 



Benguella 62(0^3 Madagascar, pinky 89§(,90 



Rubber Scrap Prices, 



Late New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots, per pound — show an advance as compared with last 

 month : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 9H@ 9% 



(Jld rubber boots and shoes — foreign 9'A@ QH 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 6 @ 6V4 



-Automobile tires 6 @ 6J^ 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 7 @ S 



White trimmed rubber loV2@l I 



Heavy black rubber 5%@ SVa 



Air brake hose 3J4@ 4 



Garden hose 2 @ 2J4 



Fire and large hose 2^@ 3 



Matting I VsCo 151* 



Accra, flake 21(^22 Ikelemba none here 



Cameroon ball 62(0)63 Soudan niggers 85(g 86 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 83(^84 Mexican, scrap 8o(g8i 



Guayaqud, strip 69(^70 Mexican, slab 58(a6o 



Nicaragua, scrap Si(g82 Mangabeira, sheet 56(^57 



Panama 3o(a:6i Guayule 36;g37 



East Indian. 



Assam ■•■••••■■ 92@93 Borneo 35@45 



Late rara cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$20O Upriver, fine 6$2oo 



Islands, coarse 2$400 Upriver, coarse 4$200 



, ^ ,, . , . Exchange isj^d. 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 7$ooo Exchange 1514^. 



Upriver, coarse 5$ooo 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excludiag Caucho). 



New York. 



Fine and Total Total Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1908. 1907. 1906. 



Stocks, September 30.. tons 48 31= 79 173 155 



Arrivals. October 984 474=1458 1313 1354 



505= IS37 i486 1510 

 464= 1316 1316 1385 



Aggregatmg 1032 



Deliveries, October 852 



Stocks, October 



180 41= 221 170 125' 



Para. England. 



1908. 1907. 1906. 1908. 1907. 1906. 

 Stocks, September 30... tons 440 572 1450 285 550 485 

 .Arrivals, October 3160 2950 2985 805 895 840 



Aggregating 36CO 3522 4435 1090 1445 1325 



Deliveries, October 3080 3105 4295 825 850 823 



Stocks, October 31 520 417 140 265 595 500 



World's visible supply, October 31 tons 2742 2779 2460 



Para receipts, July i to October 31 7830 7670 7780 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 1130 880 885 



Afloat from Para to United States. Oct. 31.. 586 835 963 



Afloat from Para to Europe, October 31 1150 762 732 



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

 in crude rubber and commercial paper. No. 68 William street, 

 New York) advises as follows: "The money market has con- 

 tinued easy through November, with a fair demand for rubber 

 paper at 5@5y2 per cent, for the best names, and S>:)(26 per 

 cent, for those not so well known, but probably the demand will 

 fall off in December, as usual." 



Liverpool 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [October 31]: 



The scarcity of supplies of actual available rubber in warehouse in the 

 consuming markets, which explains the rapid advance of values, is still 

 in evidence, but the larger quantities nnw afloat to Europe (if not artifi- 

 cially withheld, as seems to be the intention of some of the sliippers) 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



'T'HE Hoggson & Pettis Manufacturing Co. (New Haven, 

 ^ Connecticut), now in business just 60 years, issue a 

 booklet on the title page of which they are aptly described as 

 ".Assistants to All Manufacturers of Rubber (^oods." They 

 supply such essentials as engraved rolls for rubber shoe soles and 

 uppers; molds for boot heels, horseshoe pads, and the like; cut- 

 ting dies; gauges for measuring sheet rubber, and a variety of 

 other rubber factory requisites. This is their catalogue 8 B. 

 [4" X 7^". 12 pages.] 



The widely and well-known "Mason Regulators" are briefly, 

 but informingly described in a handsome illustrated booklet 

 entitled "Mason Service for Mills and Factories," issued by 

 Mason Regulator Co. (Boston). It should prove of interest 

 [4" X 9K"- 8 pages.] 



