Januaky 1, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The Rubber Trade In Canada. 



CANADIAN imports of india-rubber manufactures for the 

 fiscal year ended March 31, 1908, are officially stated to 

 have been in value as follows : 



United Great Other Total Duties 

 States. 

 Boots and shoes... $58/X)8 



Belting 34,969 



Clothing and water- 

 proof cloth 15.385 



Hose 50.159 



Packing and mats. 72,656 



Tires 81.555 



All other 353.575 



Total $666,307 $182,360 $49,457 $898,124 $249,908 



Total. 1906-07 450,939 86,999 31,073 569,011 158,245 



Total, 1905-06 6&),oi4 99,695 32,034 811,743 100,879 



Total, 1904-05 6.34,422 164,996 26,071 825,390 213.607 



Total, 1903-04 617,471 ,334,646 26.098 978,215 256,210 



Total, 1902-03 573.421 446.811 25.579 i.o4S,8n 253,873 



[Note. — The tot.ils pivcn here for tlic previous five years are for fiscal 

 periods endint; June 30. Tlie year now dates from April r.] 



The principal imports from "Other Countries" were from 

 Germany ('$27,815') and Austria-Hungary ($15,691). 



There may also be noted the following imports, not classified 

 by the customs as "rubber goods," but having a relation to the 

 industry : 



United Great Other Total Duties 

 States. Britain. Countries. 'Value. Collected. 

 Webbing, elastic 



and non elastic. .$131,393 $62,764 $10,568 $138,358 $27,672 

 Stockinettes for 



rubber footwear. 49,801 53,473 103,474 7,524 



Duck for rubber 



hose 66.568 7.875 74.443 free 



Rubber thread.... 1,565 1.565 free 



Exports of C."iN.\di.\n Rubber Goods. 



To — ■ 'Value. To — • Value. 



Great Britain $53,673 Chili $4,549 



Australia 47.813 .Argentina 472 



New Zealand 36,011 Belgium 1,024 



Newfoundland 27,463 Other Europe 2,321 



British Guiana 1,341 United States 39,394 



Other British 1,591 All other 179 



Japan 15.295 



Italy 8,857 Total $239,983 



Export Totals for Former Fiscal Years, Ending June 30. 



1901-02 $322,572 1904-05 $170,359 



1902-03 142.891 1905-06 266,504 



1903-04 128,067 1906-07 148,027 



Exports Classified — TOoy-oS. 



Belting $661 Mats and matting. . 



Hose 8,633 Clothing 



Boots and shoes 160,712 All other 



$98 



50 



69,829 



Exports to the United States. 



Belting $403 Boots and shoes $5,488 



Hose 2,555 Not specified 30,948 



Imports of R.\w Materi.\ls. 



Pounds. Value. 



India-rublicr and gutta-percha 2,556,241 $2^01,874 



Reclaimed rubber ; substitutes ; hard rub- 

 ber in sheets 2,969,298 729,011 



Rubber powdered and rubber waste 2,979,516 395,748 



Total 8.505,055 $3,326,623 



STATE OF THE FOOTWEAR TRADE. 



The advance In the cost of crude rubber is just now 

 engaging the serious attention of Canadian manufacturers, 

 although the season 1908-09 has been completed for some time. 

 The feeling prevails that prices of manufactured goods will prove 



strong for the coming season, though an advance is scarcely 

 looked for. Up to date, the retail trade has been complaining of 

 unseasonable weather. A writer in The Canadian Shoe and 

 Leather Journal is of the opinion that no price list should be 

 issued before April i at least, since the rubber season in the 

 Dominion is not entirely over before that date and sorting up 

 orders would thus be placed upon a more satisfactory footing. 

 Mention is made of a large city dealer who, a year or two ago, 

 by March i was pretty well cleaned out of rubber footwear, and 

 was obliged to sort up. This came just as the new price list 

 was issued, and he was obliged to pay S to 7 per cent, more for 

 his goods, although he could not get a cent more from the con- 

 sumer for them. A subscriber to the Journal writes to that 

 paper suggesting that the retailers have grievances which demand 

 attention, and his idea is that the trade subscribe to a fund to 

 enable the government to conduct an inquiry throughout the 

 Dominion in regard to the whole rubber footwear business. 



RUBBER FOOTWEAR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Consul Gener.\l George N. West, of Vancouver, writes that 

 the miners of British Columbia do not use rubber boots and 

 shoes, preferring a leather shoe with a 12-inch leg, retailing at $8 

 per pair. Some American rubber boots, at $12 per pair, are on 

 the market. There are large numbers of lumber men, and, as 

 there is a great deal of wet weather, they use rubber footwear 

 extensively, while the population generally are large users of 

 lighter weight rubber goods. — Daily Consular and Trade 

 Reports. 



FREE IMPORTS OF COTTON DUCK. 



In the Canadian customs returns for the last fiscal year the 

 "free list" includes this item of imports : "Cotton or linen duck, 

 seamless, in circular form, of a class or kind not made in 

 Canada, for use in the manufacture of hose pipe." The imports 

 under this head were $(36,568 from the United States and 

 $7,8/5 from Great Britain — total $74,443. 



This heading supplants "Duck for belting and hose, imported 

 by manufacturers of such articles for use in the manufacture 

 thereof in their own factories." The imports under the old 

 heading for the fiscal year 1905-06 reached $118,169 from the 

 United States and $168 from Great Britain — total $118,337. 

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The Canadian General Electric Co., Limited (Toronto), have 

 declared the regular quarterly dividend of i}^ per cent, for the 

 three months ended December 31, 1908, being at the rate of 

 7 per cent, per year. 



SOME BRITISH RUBBER NOTES. 



IN addition to playing and other balls, made under the Cox 

 patent, which have been a specialty among the products of 

 New Eccles Rubber Works, Limited, of Ecclcs, Lancashire, from 

 the beginning, that company are now extensive makers of rubber 

 tires, the patents on the principal types having expired, and 

 inner tubes for tires. Other specialties are walking sticks and 

 umbrella handles of hard rubber — smart in appearance, especially 

 when mounted with gold or silver — and dolls and toys in great 

 variety. 



The firms interested in the British automobile trade have by 

 no means been uniformly successful of late. Whereas the ac- 

 counts of A. Darracq & Co. (1905), Limited, show a net profit 

 for the year ending September 30 of £165,505, and the dividends 

 for the year were the same as last — 20 per cent. — The Daimler 

 Motor Co. (1904), Limited, present a profit and loss account, 

 showing a net loss of £49,285 17^. iicf. 



