October i, 1904. J 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^A/'ORLD 



29 



same month for three years past, showing a very heavy total 

 advance, and it is not too much to say that such changes, as a 

 result of speculation alone, would have been wholly impossible. 

 The cause has been scarcity of rubber, compared with a steady 

 demand. The comparative figures follow : 



NEW YORK KUBllER I'RICES KOR AUGUST (NEW RUUBER). 



1903. 1902. 



95@i.oo 70 @76 



75® 79 56 @6i 



goCa gy 67 ©73 



59® 61 45 @48 



si(a 61 46 (a48).i 



190^. 



Upriver, fine 1.18® 1.2 1 



Upriver. coarse Oo@ gi 



Islands, fine I.l4@l.l6 



Islands, coarse 65@ 67 



Cameti, coarse 65® 66 



At the large Antwerp sale on September 20 most of the rub- 

 ber offered found buyers, at prices generally lower than at the 

 preceding sale. 



Receipts at Para, including Caucho, from the beginning of 

 the crop year (July i) to September 28, amounted to 4005 tons. 

 Receipts for the first three months of preceding crop seasons 

 were as follows : 



1900. igoi. 1902. 1903 



Tons 3430 4490 4330 4520 



The United States customs service reports arrivals during 



the first eight months (January-August) of three years past, 



with import values, as follows, to which we have added a 



column showing the average import value per pound : 



Ybak. Pounds. Value. Av. Value. 



igo2 33.655,648 $16,251,770 48.3 cts. 



ig03 38,655,119 23,495,420 60.7 cts. 



igo4 41,629,348 28,855,448 69.3 cts. 



Following is a statement of prices of Pari grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on September 30— the current date. 



PARA. Oct. I. '03. Sept. I, '04. Sept. 30. 



Islands, fine, new lo7@io8 116(8117 108(8109 



Islands, fine, old 112(^113 none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new iio(c|i 11 I20@i2i iio(3ii2 



Upriver, fine, old Ii2@il3 122(8123 112(8114 



Islands, coarse, new 68@ 69 66@ 07 6o(8 62 



Islands, coarse, old @ none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 88(8 89 gu* 92 86(8 87 



Upriver, coarse, old (8 none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 6g@ 70 68(8 6g 67(8 68 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 78® 7g 77(3' 78 76@ 77 



The market for other sorts in New York, the decline in 

 which has been less marked, is as follows: 



AFRICAN. CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .76 @77 



Sierra Leone, istqualitygi (Sg2 Guayaquil, strip 62 (863 



Massai. red gi @92 Nicaragua, scrap .. . .74 ©75 



Benguella 70 (871 Panama, slab 57 (858 



Cameroon ball 62 ®63 Mexican, scrap 72 ©73 



Accra flake 33 @34 Mexican, slab 57 (§58 



Lopori ball, prime 93 (894 Mangabeira, sheet 47 (856 



Lopori strip, prime 87 @88 EAST INDIAN. 



Ikelemba 94 (895 Assam 87 (888 



Madagascar, pinky... .78 @T!) Borneo @ 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 6$6oo Upriver, fine 7^200 



Islands, coarse 3$2oo Upriver, coarse 4igoo 



Exchange, I2%d. 

 Last Manaos advices ; 



Upriver, fine. .. . 7I250 Upriver, coarse 4$&50 



Exchange, I2^jd. 



'Bordeaux. 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER — JANUARY TO JUNE. 

 Months. 1903. 1904. 



January ii/os 66,864 54.55° 



February g5,007 :6g.o25 



March Iig,582 94.615 



April g7,64i 131,560 



May 104,098 91,125 



June ■ 63,473 65,060 



Total ii/os 546,765 595.935 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in India-rubber, No. 68 William street. New York), advises us: 



" During the first half of September the money market con- 

 tinued easy, the same as for the three months previous, rubber 

 paper being taken at 4'/i dp, S'A per cent, according to grade, 

 but during the latter hall of the month the market advanced a 

 little, 5 (© 6 per cent, being the ruling rates." 



SUUstks of Para 'Rubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



* Stocks, July 30. 

 Arrivals. August. 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1904. 



.Ions 115 9 = 124 



542 275 = 817 



Aggregating . . 

 Deliveries, August. 



657 

 572 



284 = 941 

 276 = 848 



Stocks, August 31. . .. 85 8 = 



parA. 



1904. 1903. 190a. 



Stocks. July 30. . ../<;«/ 315 135 40 



Arrivals. August 1200 illo 1380 



93 



Total 

 1903. 

 224 

 667 



891 

 723 



168 



Tol»l 

 1902, 



362 



677 



1039 

 818 



221 



ENGLAND. 

 1904. 1903. 1901. 



435 975 1025 

 365 475 1200 



Aggregating 1515 1245 1420 



Deliveries, August 1155 1125 1323 



800 

 600 



1450 2225 

 800 700 



Stocks, Aug. 31 . . 360 120 



97 



2O0 650 1525 



1904. 1903. 1903. 



World's visible supply. August 31 Ions 1152 1737 2746 



Para receipts, July 1 to August 31 2210 2160 2367 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 280 300 323 



Afloat from Pari to United States. August 31 86 364 418 



Afloat from Para to Europe, August 31 413 435 468 



[* Corrected figures.] 



Li<verpool. 

 William Wright & Co., report (September i) : 

 I'ini Para. — The scarcity of stocks and the small receipts during the 

 early part of the month in Para caused prices to still further advance. 

 The record price of is. i^^J. was paid for Upriver, and 5^. :</. for 

 Islands fine. At the close there are welcome signs of a break, closing 

 with sellers on spot of Upriver 5^ , and Islands 4^ iii/. There has been 

 a fair spot demand, but mostly owing to American orders and covering. 

 Forward business has been fairly active, the distant position being sold 

 at considerable discount — August-September 4^. lid. @ ss. c^(ii. ; Sep- 

 tember-October 4x. ic</. @ 4J. 105/1/. ; October-November 41. icd, @ 

 4j. 932''- : November-December 4^. 91/. @i ^s, ^\^d. 



Ceylon Rubber. 

 Exports of cultivated rubber, mostly Para variety, from Ceylon, from 



January i to August 22, 1904 ; 



To Great Britain founds 37,633 



" Germany 3,612 



" Australia 332 



" Belgium in 



" United States 63 



" Holland 15 



Total, eight months 41.766 



Total, same months of 1903 26,463 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots, in cents per pound — show a slight advance since the 

 first of September, on old rubber boots and shoes : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic 5^ @ i% 



Do — Foreign 4*4 @ AVi 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 3j^ @ 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber 8}^ @ SJ/ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2% (?j 2% 



Fire and Large Hose l^ @ iJi 



Garden Hose \%&l'A 



Matting Ji' @ i 



