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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Jm.y I, 1909. 



VoL 40. 



JULY I, 1909. 



No. 4. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial : page. 



The Congress and Rubber 343 



The High Price of Rubber 343 



Aerial Navigation and Rubber 344 



Minor Editorials 344 



The Rubber System of the Amazon 



Gustav Heinsohn 346 

 [With 5 Illustrations, including a portrait of Governor Coelho.l 



The Deresination of India-Rubber — ni 



H. 0. Chute 351 

 [Utilization of Extracted Resins.] 



The Editor's Book Table 352 



Pictures from the Rubber Countries 349 



Progress of Rubber Planting 353 



[Lanadron Estates Results. A London Rubber Broker's Views. 

 Varieties of Castilloa. Rubber Plantation Accessories. Rub- 

 ber Company Notes. 1 



[With 14 Illustrations.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 356 

 [T. Gare's Patents, Rubber Tanned Leather. Congress of Ap- 

 plied Chemistry. Gilsonite.] 



The Rubber Interest in Europe 357 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



Aerial Navigation in Germany 359 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 360 



The Late James Bennett Forsyth 361 



[With Other Obituary Notices. Portraits of Mr. Forsyth and 

 Gustav .\msinck.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Libel Suits in the Congo 345 



A Proposal to Tax Rubber ; 345 



Forestry in the Philippines 345 



Reclaimed Rubber and the Tariff A Correspondent 345 



Robert D. Evans on Success 345 



'^Chemism" 345 



Death of Brazil's President 350 



Apropos of Chicle 350 



Revolving Portable Elevator {Illustrated) 350 



I>eather and Rubber Heels _ 350 



Rubber Goods for New York City 355 



India-Rubber Gods in Commerce 355 



Early Designs in Rubber Footwear ^Illustrated) 358 



Mexican Rubber Burned 370 



A Crude Rubber Lawsuit 372 



New Features in Tires 363 



[With 6 Illustrations.] 



Rubber Lined Cotton Hose 371 



News of the American Rubber Trade 366 



[With 4 Illustrations.] 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 364 



The Traide in San Francisco Our Correspondent 364 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 372 



Ani'merp. 



The regular monthly rubber inscription was set for June 30 

 — too late for a report in this issue. It was expected that about 

 500 tons would be offered. At the preceding sale, on May 27, the 

 offerings and sales compared as follows : 



Offered. Sold. 



Congo sorts kilos 229,401 181,086 



Other sorts 68,953 41.514 



Total 298,354 222,600 



There was a good strong demand and a rise. in price of about 

 50 centimes per kilogram [4y2 cents per po^nd]. Plantation 

 rubber was very active. 



Antioerp. 



Rubber Arriv.\ls from the Congo. 

 May 24. — By the steamer Leopoldville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africane) kilos 120,000 



" (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 2,300 



" (Societe Abir) 



" (Comite Special Katanga) 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 



" (Cie. du Lomami) 



" (Cie. du Kasai) 



" (Lulonga) 



" (Sud Cameron) 



Societe (jenerale de Commerce (Lobay) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 



M. S. Cols 



600 



4,000 



1,150 



2,550 



• 03,500 



80 



10,500 



14,300 



6,200 



4,000 



1,600 



270,689 



Rubber Statistics for May. 



Details. 1909. 1908. 1907. 



Stocks, April 30. .tiVoi 607,787 717,913 461,573 



Arrivals in May 515,061 415,404 644,324 



Congo sorts 442,098 337,368 557ii36 



Other sorts 72,963 78,036 87,188 



Aggregating 1,122,848 1, 133.317 1.10S.897 ".537.217 



Sales in May 433,610 361.740 352,983 811,966 



igos. 

 635,875 

 287,333 

 214.75J 



72,58a 



923.208 

 576,104 



Stocks, May 31 689,238 771.577 752,914 725,251 347,104 



1906. 

 880,458 

 656.759 

 536,564 

 120.195 



Arrivals since Jan. 1.. 1,973,430 2,144,762 2,281,955 2,728,448 



Congo sorts 1,443,130 1,859,791 1,938,228 2,110,079 



Other sorts 530.300 284,971 343.727 618.369 



2,220,288 



1.757.649 



462,639 



Sales since Jan. 1.... 1,879,927 2,380,079 2,187,225 2,738.384 2,414,545 



Plantation Rubber. 



Exports from the Far East. 



From Ceylon — January i to May 17 : 

 1909 pounds 355,965 



1908 239,017 



1907 167,063 



From Singapore — January i to May s : 



1909 pounds 923,511 



1908 653,233 



1907 413,834 



From Penang — Jaunary i to April 18: 



1909 pounds 982,564 



1908 347,092 



1907 46,961 



[Increase from 1907 to 1908 for corresponding periods, 97.3 

 per cent. ; increase 1908 to 1909, 82.4 per cent.] 



Plantation Yields (in Pounds). 



1908. 



7,423 



Bukit Rajah Rubber Co. : 

 May 



Vallambrosa Rubber Co. : 

 Two months to May 31 34,726 



Lanadron Rubber Estates: 

 Five months to May 31 62,918 



Federated (Sclanger) Rubber Co.: 

 Two months to May 31 6,789 



Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate : 

 Five months to May 31 25,048 



Linggi Plantations: 

 May 15,500 



Perak Rubber Plantations: 

 Two months to May 31 3,690 



Consotidatted Malay Rubber Estates: 

 Five months to May 31 30,743 



Kuala Lumpor Rubber Co. : 

 Eleven months to May 31 



P. P. K. {Ceylon) Estates: 

 May 2,334 



1909. 



19,723 



49,198 



84,666 



14,494 



49,399 

 43,000 

 12,696 



67,78s 



172,710 

 3,309 



Send for Index (free) to Mr. Pearson's "Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients." 



