January i, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



139 



EXPORTS OF AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS, FISCAL 

 YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. 



Helling. Boots and Shoes. Other Total 



EXPOKTED TO— Packing, Goods 



and Hose. Pairs. Value. Value. Value. 



Austria-Hungary $2,911 12.813 $7,198 $77.8oo $87,009 



.•\zores. etc 218 623 841 



lielgium 4,806 200,634 102,800 55, 088 162,61)4 



Denmark 6.02i ';6,23o 25,206 22,179 53,407 



France 33.236 180.865 80,524 116,574 230,334 



Cermany 41. 95" 823,171 396.443 373.702 812,096 



r.reece 70 650 312 382 



It.lly 770 139.934 7>.9S9 64,412 137.141 



Xetlierlands 4,976 892 779 108,918 114,673 



Norway 2,065 22.568 10,807 3,709 16,581 



Portugal .... . . ■ ■ 490 490 



Russia ■",575 5.184 3.432 10.150 25.157 



Spain 2.303 20,816 10,131 3.974 16,408 



Sweden 2-770 149,798 78,540 18,194 99,504 



Switzerland 2,264 47.926 24,433 25,633 52,330 



Turkey =,0 151,131 74,73 1 8,170 82,951 



United Kingdom 138,222 741,061 345.943 1,092.081 1,576,246 



Total, Europe $254,209 2,553,673 $1,233,238 $1,981,697 $3,469,144 



North .America: 



Bermuda $268 114 $57 $1,654 $i.979 



British Honduras 558 258 150 445 1.153 



Canada 176,909 43,577 60,204 634,574 871.687 



Newfoundland 3.913 23,382 19,880 3.095 26,888 



Costa Rica 5.981 174 156 5.767 11.904 



(iuatemala 5.S02 110 110 2,698 8,310 



Honduras 2,062 24 63 859 3,884 



Nicaragua 2,715 30 16 1.909 4.640 



Panama 55.604 2,863 2,024 26,207 83.835 



Salvador 4,97^ 12 24 4,677 9.679 



Mexico 272.173 5. 420 5,233 :97,766 475,172 



Miquel.)n. etc .... 72 196 .... 196 



West Indies, British... 5,86i 495 265 15.262 21,388 



Cuba 61,037 10,885 9,18s 173,166 243,388 



Danish 303 49 30 354 687 



Dutch 48 72 48 626 722 



Haiti 1.653 126 121 658 2,432 



Santo Domingo 2.636 86 92 3.049 5.777 



Total, North America $603,101 87,749 $97,854 $1,072,766 $1,773,721 



South America; 



Arcentina $38,934 26,025 $15,190 $30,931 $85,055 



I'-'Iivia 2,8q3 570 3.463 



I'.razil 11.861 32.576 18,962 29,044 59,867 



Chili 11,616 9,951 7,177 16,744 35.537 



Colombia 3.819 2,214 1,560 7,35s 12.734 



Ecuador 15.554 468 271 3,738 19.563 



Guiana — British 1.414 1,048 483 4,925 6,822 



Dutch 128 560 688 



French 23 .... .... .... 23 



Paraguay 443 443 



Peru 11,718 1,810 1,272 6,036 i(),o26 



Uruguay 5.472 6,981 3.368 9.651 18.491 



Venezuela 1.342 214 97 7.952 9.591 



Total, South America. $104,974 81,287 $48,380 $117,949 $271,303 



Ash: 



Aden $ $ $25 $25 



Chinese Empire 18,330 2,055 2,360 6,288 26,984 



China-Japan 1,527 1,527 



British India 8,559 708 444 6,584 15,587 



Straits Settlements .... 3.841 .... .... 3.722 7.563 



OtIuT IJritish Inches.... .... .... .... 720 720 



Dutch East Indies 504 .... .... 1.352 1.856 



Hongkong 4.049 7.822 4.178 4,196 12.423 



Japan 57,682 77.480 64,878 238,486 361,046 



'■^'"■ea 3,572 361 462 409 4.443 



Russia 61 73 323 1,390 1,774 



?'^"' „ 1 1 137 138 



lurkey 18,946 10,034 144 10,178 



Total, Asia $98,:3i ,107.446 $82,680 $263,453 $444,264 



Oceania: 



.\ustralia and Tasmania. $108,309 186,366 $98,887 $122,507 $329,703 



New Zealand 30.275 42.728 3S.232 51.282 116,789 



Other British 83 .... .... 16 99 



I'ri-nch Oceania 29S 1,292 1,076 775 2,149 



(K-rman Oceania .... .... .... 148 148 



Philippine Islands 32,368 11,882 9.139 82,398 123,905 



Total, Oceania $i7i,333 242,268 $144,334 $257,126 $572,793 



.\frica: 



British, West $5,297 96 $283 $2,076 $7,656 



I'.ntish, South 64,857 5,374 6,200 14,480 85,537 



British, East 900 .... 2,348 3,248 



Canary Islands .... .... .... 16 jg 



German Africa 329 479 808 



I.ibvria 128 75 13 8* 



Portuguese Africa +4.505 12 10 30,062 74,577 



'■''yP' '39 2.022 1,138 575 1,852 



rril"'!! 198 98 98 



Total, Africa $116,027 7.830 $7,804 $50,049 $173,880 



Grand Total $1,347,775 3.080,253 $1,614,290 $3,743,040 $6,705,105 



Grand Total, 19.6-07. $1,25?, 369 2,310,420 $1,231,898 $3,729,643 $6,214,910 



Grand Total, 1905-06. 1,221,1592,693,690 1,505,082 2,966,144 5,692.385 



Grand Tota, 1904-05. 994.1002,390.539 1,214.342 2,572,375 4,780,817 



Grand Total, 1903-04. 880,0102,310,808 1,086,364 2,469,750 4436,124 



COMMENTS ON THE TABLE. 



The steady increase in the volume of exports of rubber goods 

 from the United States for several years past is indicated by 

 the following comparison, giving the totals at intervals of five 

 years, besides which is shown the general distribution of the 

 exports : 



1897-98. 1902-03. 1907-.08. 



Europe $833,003 $2,234,442 $3,469. 144 



Q °''.'^ A """•" 6'4 204 1 '.183,389 1,773.721 



South America j "-4.^o4 | 104,174 27i,.303 



Asia 75,142 233,879 444.264 



Oceanica 109,486 295,953 572,793 



Africa 82,027 124,514 173,880 



$1,723,862 $4,176,351 $6,705,105 

 A comparison of the distribution of American exports of 

 rubber goods last year with five years ago shows a gain in respect 

 of every country in Europe to which such goods go with the 

 exception of the .'\zores, Portugal and Spain. Fourteen countries 

 show a gain. The three exceptions represent exports last year 

 of only $17,739 against $36,663 five years ago. The total in- 

 crease of exports to Europe over five years ago was $1,234,702, 

 about equally divided between belting, packing and hose, boots 

 and shoes, and "all other." One striking increase is in export! 

 of rubber footwear to Germany which increased from 289,777 

 pairs in 1902-03 to 823,171 pairs last year. 



In North America exports have increased to Canada, Mexico, 

 and Cuba. In South America the increase extends to all the 

 countries on the list the most notable being in the case of Uru- 

 guay— $1,182 to $18,491. .^s to Asia, the increase applies mainly 

 to China and Japan, and in Oceanica to .Australia. While exports 

 to Africa have increased 50 per ct-nt.. the total is yet of com- 

 paratively little importance. 



Doubtless these figures fall far short of the total export of 

 products of the rubber factories of United States, since rubber 

 enters into so many articles of export which are classed under 

 other headings than rubber — electrical appliances, clothes wring- 

 ers, talking machines, and very many other articles now being 

 shipped in considerable quantities. This condition applies, how- 

 ever, to rubber goods exports from other countries, so that the 

 figures presented here form a satisfactory basis for comparison 

 with foreign statistics under similar headings. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^FFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures 

 ^^ of india-rubber and gutta-percha for the month of Octo- 

 ber, 1908, and for the first ten months of five calendar years : 

 Belting, Boots All 



Month. Packing, and Other Tot.\l. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



October, 1908 $123,075 $113,608 $310,382 $547,065 



January to October.. 926,566 1,043,528 2,629,927 4,6cx),02i 



Total $1,049,641 $1,157,136 $2,940,309 $5,147,086 



Total, 1907 1,168,648 1,401,890 3.345.209 5.91S.747 



lotal, 1906 994,883 1,077,009 2,702,861 4.774.753 



Total, 1905 958,660 1,056.458 2,373,841 4.,^88,959 



Total, 1904 724,916 988.025 1,976.519 3,689,460 



The Chiapas Land and Stock Co., incorporated under the laws 

 of California, with a capital of $100,000, stated to be fully paid, 

 are located at Los .^ngdcs, California, and have a property called 

 "La Aurora" at Mapastcpec, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, 

 being about 20 miles from the widely known "La Zacualpa" 

 plantation. The company report having now in their property 

 40,000 planted rubber trees, ranging from i to 6 years, and to be 

 planning to put i,cx)o acres additional into rubber. H. J. Dike is 

 president and J. T. Burton secretary. These gentlemen and the 

 other officers of the company are substantial business men of 

 Los Angeles. 



