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THE INDIA RUBBER 'WORLD 



[February i, 1905. 



AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OF INDIA-RUBBER IN 1904. 



TWELVE months ago it was stated in these columns that 

 " the past year was an exceptional one in the rubber 

 industry," as indicated, among other reasons, by larger 

 imports ol crude rubber than in any preceding year. 

 As will appear from the table at the bottom o( this page, the 

 American imports of rubber during 1904 exceeded by more 

 than 2800 tons the largest figures for any previous year, being 

 just 90 per cent, greater than the imports 10 years ago. Not 

 only were the receipts thus exceptionally large but the deliveries 

 for consumption were correspondingly great. On December 31 

 the stocks here were, according to this table, 305 tons of rub- 

 ber of all kinds, whereas the average stocks for 10 years previ- 

 ous had been 785 tons, and at times had been very much 

 greater. The item of " deliveries to manufacturers " cannot be 

 held, however, to have represented during the past year as 

 closely as usual the exact consumption, in view of the policy of 

 certain large consuming interests, recorded in these pages dur- 

 ing the past year, of buying largely in advance of current needs, 

 in order to render themselves independent of fluctuations in 

 prices. In view of this condition deliveries doubtless have 

 been made to manufacturers in excess of actual consumption, 

 but without doubt the requirements of the industry have 

 been very great, in spite of the fact that prices have ruled 

 higher during the year than in any former twelve months. 



Comparative statement of prices of fine Pard rubber in New 

 York and Liverpool, for several years past : 



Years. New Vork. Liverpool. 



1898 82 @i.o6 3. 7^@4. 5 



i8gq 91 @i.io 310 @4- 7U 



1900 83 @i.ii>^ 3- 8K@4. 9 



1901 76 @ 95 3-4 @3-ii'A 



1902 66 @ g2 2.10 @3. 9>^ 



1903 78 @i.i3 3. b]4@^. a 



1904 89 @i.32 3icJ4'@5- 6 



The next table analyzes the imports of crude rubber into 

 the United States by grades, the figures denoting tons : 



l''iiie Coarse *Cen- African 



Years. Par.'i. I'arS. trals and E. I. Total. 



1898 6.804 2|935 3.003 5.878 18,620 



1899... 8.622 3,876 3.440 7,157 23,005 



1900 8,079 3,qo6 3,020 5.463 20,468 



'901 9.304 3.838 2,927 7,139 23,208 



iq02 8,666 4.235 2,588 6,353 21,842 



190? 9.325 4 <>09 3.040 7,786 24,76c 



1904 y.526 4 S41 4,052 9,204 27,623 



t* Including Cancho and rernainbuco] 



The figures in the next column, showing the extent of the 

 world's visible supplies of rubber on January i, 1905. have been 

 derived from the Messrs. Morse's tables, though they are given 

 on this page in pounds instead of tons: 



■Stocks in the United States Pounds 683,200 



l\ii'i grades 123.200 



Central American and Cauclio 60480 



Al'rlcan and East Indian 499520 



Stocks in Kurope 5,868,800 



I*ai^ grades 629,440 



Allotlier 5. '39, 360 



Stocks Para grades at Pai a and afloat 5,268,480 



Total 11.820.480 



Total, January 1, 1904 11,323,200 



Total, January I, 1903 12,221,440 



Total, January I, 1902 15028,160 



Total, January I, 1901 ' 16,616.320 



Total, January I, 1900 10,351480 



RUBBER PRICES FOR THREE YEARS. 

 Diagram (copyrighted, 1904, by Henry A. Gould) indicating 

 spot prices at New York of Islands fine Pard rubber. The top- 

 most line relates to prices in 1904, the middle of line 1903, and 

 the lowest line in 1902. 



Consumption of India-Rubber by the United States and Canada (in tons). 



[From the Annual Statistical Summary of Albert T. Morse & Co., brokers, New York.] 



Details. 



Imports to United States. 

 Exports to Europe . 



14,263 

 231 



Net Imports 14,032 



Add Stock January 1 746 



Aggregating. 



__ _ _ "4.778 



Less Stock end of year 1,260 



Deliveries to Manufacturers 13.518 



16,152 

 082 



15.170 

 :,26o 



16,430 

 1,086 



15.344 



1892. 



"893. 



15. 3471 16. 420 

 49' 714 



14.856 

 1,086 



15.942 

 1,217 



14.725 



15.706 

 1 ,217 



16 ,923 



1.037 



15,886 



1894. 



14.643 

 391 



■895- 



r6,i82 

 324 



14,252 

 1.037 



15.289 

 1 ,420 



13,869 



1896. 



14,333 

 500 



15.858113,833 

 I,42o| 558 



17,278114,391 

 558 641 



16,720:13,750 



1897. 



17.671 



250 



17,421 



641 



18,062 



744 



17.318 



18.620 

 150 



18 ,470 

 744 



1899. 



23.095 

 300 



1901. 



1902. 



1903 



20,468 23.208,21,84224,760 



450 



19.214 

 591 



18,623 



22 ,795 20,018 



680I 



430 490 



591 



23.386 



712 



20.730 



22,528121 ,412 24,270 

 1,198' I .399 331 



23,726122,811 



712 1,198 1,399 



22,674 19,532122,327 



331 

 22,480 



24,601 

 256 



24,345 



27,623 

 274 



27.349 

 256 



27 .605 

 305 



27.300 



