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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1909. 



W-Pts^ 



Vol. 40. 



APRIL 1, 1909. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OP CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Editorial: 



lUi^incss and the Tariff 233 



The Greater Tire Troubles 233 



Plantation Rubber Conditions 234 



Minor Editorials 235 



A Proposed Special Patent Court 236 



Scotland's Great Rubber Factory 237 



IVVith 3 llUistrations of the Plant of the North lirilisb Rubber 

 Co. and 3 Portraits. 1 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Corrcsf^ondcnt 241 

 [Rubber and the Chemical Congress. Care's Patent. Carbon 

 'J'etracblori.ie. P.enzol as a Solvent. New Company. Devul- 

 caniz.itirn ..f Rubbtr. Motor Tire Notes. Serious Fire.] 



The Growing Interest in Rubber Planting 243 



[A New Plaute's" Assnciafion. British, CrtTinan, and Dutch 

 Jnvestnunts. "La /acnalpa" Plantation Laboratory. 1 

 I With 4 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 247 



[t'nited Slati-s Crcat P.ritain. France. I 



New England Rubber Club's "Naval Night" 249 



[With ,^ Portraits.] 



The Use of Rubber in the Navy 



Ira W. Henry 252 



Annual Dinner of the Rubber Sundries Trade 253 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 255 



[Irving's ■ Taradox" Inkstand. Rubberset "Home" Brushes, puick De- 

 tachable Power Tire Pump. "Klingtite" Bath Spravs. Tnv" Rubber 

 Bagpipes.] 



I With 5 Illustrations.] 



The Late Harry D. Warren 257 



I With a Portrait.] 



Miscellaneous: 



l'\w i iuayule Rubber Interest 235 



Rubber at Kew Ciardens 236 



.\ Machine for "Root Rubber" (rilustraled) 240 



Rubber Foundatinns for Machinery 240 



Treatment of India-Rubber 242 



Franklin Sectional Pneumatic Tire (Ulustrated) 242 



New Trade Publications 248 



New Rini; Cutting Machine (Illustrated) 248 



India-Rubber (ioods in Commerce 248 



Nep'onset Splicing Compound ; 251 



Tires at the Boston .-Xuto Show (H'itk Portrait) 251 



"Wet Feet Done It." 252 



A New Air Cage for Tires (.Illustrated) 254 



Atlantic Cable Business 260 



Waste Rubber Situation 2G5 



London's Cuming Travel Kxliibition 266 



The News of the Tire Trade 257 



I Willi (, Illustrations.] 



The Rubber Trade in the Dominion 258 



The Rubber Interest in Europe 266 



News of the American Rubber Trade 261 



[V\itli ; Illustrations.] 



The Trade at .\kron Our Correspondent. 25Q 



The Trade at S.in Franci^ci Our Correst^oiulent . 259 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 267 



Neiv York. 



rr^iini House Statistics. — Fehri'.vkv. 



Imports: Poiind-i. 



India-rubber 10,024,825 



Balata 6,670 



Gutta-percha 716 



Giitta-jclutong ( Pontiruiakl 1,200,301 



Total ri, 232,712 



Exports: 



Tridia-rubber 28,198 



Balata 9,I5I 



Reclaimed rublit-r 28,139 



Rubber .scr;ip imported 1,043,246 



\'aluc. 



$7,977,339 



2,474 



225 



46,321 



$8,026,359 



$15,872 

 4.900 

 3.459 



$81,873 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East, 1908 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rurker. 



[Comi-'ilfd by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.; 



Pounds. 



To Great Britain... 560,133 To Japan 



To United States... 253,296 



To Germany 48,908 Total, 



To Australia 39.097 Total, 



To Belgium 5,655 Total, 



To France 2.757 Total, 



To Italy 1,127 Total, 



To I-ndia 896 Total, 



To Denmark 186 



Pounds. 

 70 



1908 912,125 



1907 556,080 



1906 327,661 



1905 168,547 



1904 77.212 



1903 41.798 



E.xports From the Federated Malay States. 



[Supplied by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.] 



States. 1906. 



Perak pounds 149,640 



Selangor 681,040 



Negri Semliilnn 198,1 12 



Pahang a 



1907. 1908. 



255.530 445.589 



1,198,751 1,911,399 



530,004 808,612 



a a 



Total 1,028,792 1,984,285 3,165,600 



[(T-— The plantations in this state are not yet productive.] 



Total Exports From Malaya, 



of the Federated Malay States and some from 

 by Barlow & Co.. Singapore.] 



[Including the produce 

 :ieii;hborinK territory.] 



[Reported 



To 

 To 

 To 

 To 



Great Britain, 

 other Europe. 

 United .States. 

 Japan 



Pounds. 



3,026,568 



310,402 



400 



10,219 



1905 



To Australia 

 To Ceylon . 



Total 

 1006. 



1907. 

 From Singapore.. /'(i»;irf.y 180,533 7I9.I33 1.446,417 

 From I'enang 48,267 98,636 642,668 



Pounds. 



20,401 



303,445 



3,671,43s 



IQ08. 

 2,060,238 

 1,611,197 



Total 228,800 817,769 2,089,085 3.671,435 



Summary. 



The total exports of plantation rubber from Ccylcn and 

 Malaya for four years have been: 



1905. 1906. 1907, 1008. 



Pounds 397,347 i, 145.430 2,645,165 4.583.560 



The 1908 export was equal to 2,078,644 kilos (2,078 metric 

 tons), which figure may be of interest for comparison with 

 Brazilian and some other rubber statistics. The export 

 of the whole .\mazon valley was smaller in the year 1858. 



Plantation Yields (in Poun 



I'allaiiibrosa Rubber Co.: 

 Eleven months ended February 28 



Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co. 

 February 



Lanadron Rubber Estates: 

 January-February 



Anglo-Malay Rubber Co.: 

 January-February 



Ledbury Rubber Co.: 

 February 



Kuala Lumpur Rubber Co.: 

 Eight months ended February 28 



Linggi Plantations: 

 February 



Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates : 

 February 



Bukit Rajah Rubber Co.: 



February 



Eleven months ended February 28 



Sumatra I'ara Rubber Plantations : 

 February 



Malacca Rubber Plantations: 

 February 



Perak Rubber Plantations: 

 Ten montlis ending January 31 



TOTAL yields. 



Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co 

 Sevemban Estate Rubber Co 109,055 



