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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, igog. 



WPo**^ 



Vol. 40. 



^lAY I, 1909. 



Xo. 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial: page. 



Rubber Price Conditions ^273 



Still Waiting for the New Tariff 274 



Industrial .Slang 274 



The Editor's Book Table 276 



[■'Notes of a I'otanist on the Amazon and Andes," etc.] 



The Deresination of India-rubber — I 



H. O. Chute 277 



Americans Planting "Manicoba" in Brazil 279 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



"Valorization" of Rubber in Effect 281 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspouilent 2^2 

 [Washed Rubber for Sale. Price of Zinc Oxide. Bismuth in 

 Rubber CKKids. The New French TariiT. Knlargement of 

 Works. The Penther Machine. Naphthalene in Rubber Goods. 

 Ireland.] 



What Is Doing With the Tariff at Washington 285 



[Tbe Tariff P.ill in the Senate. Rubbtr S|u)nges and the Tariff. 

 No Taril=f Vet on Washed Rubber.] 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co.'s Annual 286 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 287 



[United .States. Great Britain. France.] 



The Late Edmund D. Cook 289 



The ( )bituary Record J90 



[With 2 Portraits. [ 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 291 



[Fusible Core Hot Water Bottle. Janin's Tile. 

 [ Inisible Core Hot Water Bottle. Janin's Tile. 

 [With 3 Illustrations.] 



Cost of Plantation Rubber 293 



Taylor's Watch 

 Taylor's Watch 



Miscellaneous: 



India-rubber Goods in Commerce 



Ceylon Rubber Sale Contracts 



Proposed Patent Legislation 



The Color of Rubber Heels 



.\utomobiles in the United States 



"Everlasting" Blow-Off \'alve (Illustrated) 



Inventor Simpson's ^Persistency 



.\ New Insulation from Mexico 



New (Juayule Factory Running 



Cost of Waterproof Goods in Mexico 



Rubber Clothing in Colombia (Illustrated) 



No Guayule Combination Kd. Maurer 



The Age of Expositions 



Coating Fabric With Powdered Waste (Illustrated) 



Coagulating Latex by Electricity (Illustrated) 



Rubber Production of Peru 



Mechanical Coagulation of Rubber (Illustrated) 



New Cable .Ship for New York Harbor 



The Law and Wire Insulation 



New Trade Publications 



A Side Light on Rubber Tires 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correst>ondcnt 



The Trade at .\kron Ok/' Correspondent 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



274 



.275 

 •275 

 .278 

 278 



2i2 



284 



284 



284 



284 



288 



290 



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292 



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 300 



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301 



Antiuerp. 



Rubber St.^tistics for M.^rch 



Details. 1909- 1908. 1907. 



Stocks. Feb. 2^.. kilos 331,433 907,104 603,861 



Arrivals in March .. 544,126 692.398 416,734 



Congo sorts 410,838 587,972 358,496 



Other sorts 133,288 104,426 58,238 



Aggregating 875,559 1,599,502 1,020.595 



Sales in March .... 27^9,704 462,610 295,057 



Stocks, March 31 595.855 1,136.892 725.538 



Arrivals since Jan. i. 1,128,092 1,517,809 1,332,758 



Congo sorts 781,387 1.347.423 1. IS'. 165 



Other sorts 346,705 170,386 181,593 



Sales since Jan. i... 1,127,972 1,387,811 1,265,404 



1906. 

 614,688 

 659,562 

 521,264 

 138,298 



,274,250 

 632,600 



1905. 

 557.400 

 334,000 

 266,097 



67,903 



891,400 

 567,455 



641,650 323.945 



Antiuerp. 



Rl'BBER .\RRIV.\t.S FBCM THE CoNGO. 



M.ARCH 22. — l-iy til'.' Steamer Lcof>o\iivillc : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale -Xfricaine) kilos 82,000 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 7,000 



Do (Comite S:>ecial Katanga) 800 



Do ( Societe Abir ) 4,400 



Do (Societe .\nversoise) 1,400 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 500 



Societe Coloniale .-\nversoise. ... (Beige du Haut Congo) 2,800 



Do (Cic. du Kasai) 135.300 



Do (Sud Cameroon) 16,500 



L. & W. Van de Velde 3,000 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 2,000 



G. i- C. Kreglinger (Lobay) 4,900 



Cassart & Henrion 1,500 262,1001 



April 13. — By the steamer BruxcUcszille: 



Bungc & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 85,700 



Do (Societe .\BIR) 5,500 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 24,000 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 1,100 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 8.300 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 17,600 



L. & W. de Velde (Cie du Kasai) 98,000 



Do 6,ooo 246,200 



London. 



George White & Co.. a large brokerage firm of Fenchurch 

 street, London, and Colombo, have established a crude rubber 

 department with the assistance of Mr. Bryan E. Figgis, late of 

 WilliaiTi Symington S: Co., Limited, the European representa- 

 tives of the General Rubber Co. (New York), who are very large 

 American buyers. , 



Liverpool. 



WiLLi.^M Wright & Co. report [.\pril i] : 



Fine Para. — The S])ot market has been firm, owing to a shortage for 

 this month's deliveries. The forward positions have declined fully 2d. 

 per pound, owing to poor demand both here and in the States, .\nierican 

 manufacturers are said to be fully stocked, which, if true, will have its 

 due effect on prices. Trade in .\merica is reported dull, probably partly 

 owing to taritr revision. Whether the anticipated "boom" will take 

 place after the settlement of the tariff remains to be seen, but we ven- 

 ture to think that the demands of the motor industry will prevent any 

 "slump" in values. 



United States Rubber Co. 's Shares. 



Tr.\n.S-\(.tioxs on the Xew York Stock E.xchange for nine 

 weeks, ending .\pril 24: 



Week Feb. 



Week Mar. 



Week 



Week 



Week 



Week 



Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 April 



1.773.027 1,498,443 



Common Stock 



Sales 2,400 shares 



Sales 330 shares 



Sales 100 shares 



Sales 200 shares 



Sales — shares 



Sales 3,400 shares 



Sales 1,610 shares 



Sales 6,400 shares 



Sales 7,825 shares 



igh, 35, .\pril 20; Low. 

 37^2 ; Low, itYi. 



First Preferred Stock 



Sales 2iy2')2> shares 



Sales 750 shares 



Sales 500 shares 



Sales 610 shares 



Sales 1.020 shares 



Sales 4.736 shares 



Sales 2,425 shares 



Sales 6,750 shares 



Sales 3,463 shares 



igh, 107, Jan. 12; Low, 

 18; Low, 76. 



Second Pri ferred 

 Week Feb. 27 Sales no shares 

 Week Mar. 6 Sales — shares 

 Week Mar. 13 Sales — shares 

 Week Mar. 20 Sales 100 shares 

 Week Mar. 27 Sales — shares 

 Week April 3 Sales 1,010 shares 

 Week April 10 Sales 900 shares 

 Week April 17 Sales 1,324 shares 

 Week April 24 Sales 150 shares 



For the year — High, 73?^. Jan- 5; Low, 



Last year — High, 75!^; Low, 42. 



6 



13 

 20 



27 



3 



Week April 10 



Week April 17 



Week April 24 



For the year — H 



Last year — High 



Week Feb. 27 

 Week Alar. 6 

 Week Mar. 13 

 Week Mar. 20 

 Week Mar. 27 

 Week April 3 

 Week April 10 

 Week April 17 

 Week .-\pril 24 



For the year — H 

 Last year — High 



