February i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



175 



I have seen letters tending to show that the Colorado people have tried 

 to interest leading rubber manufacturers in their product and that such 

 endeavors have been successful. 



Regarding your kind ofler of a page of your valuable space at regular 

 rates I beg to say that I have not the slightest desire to prove anything 

 whatsoever except that you do not know news when you see it, and in- 

 asmuch as that was already obvious my letter was supererogatory. 

 Very truly yours, c. F. carter. 



Thus is the hope of getting news of the Colorado rubber 

 from Brooklyn crushed to earth. Hut the fact that a great in- 

 terest in the new rubber exists in Brooklyn has been shown, 

 and that is something. If one word more be allowed, it will be 

 to remark that, in view of the unsympathetic attitude of Brook- 

 lyn, we shall extract ali the comfort possible from the following 

 lines, copied from the Salida iJ/<i/7— printed in the heart of the 

 Colorado rubber district — of January 19 : 



Rubber Weed Excites the Attention of The World. 

 The India Rubber World, the official organ of the great rub- 

 ber industry of the United States, and which largely circulates in 

 the Old World and the rubber producing countries, published in 



New York, comes out in the January issue and gives two pages to 

 the review of the Colorado rubber weed. It quotes from O. J. 

 Kennedy's book, from the Record, the Rocky Mountain News, the 

 Brooklyn Ea^le, and Mr. Leonhardyof liuena Vista, and out of the 

 lot, gives the main points and general facts. 



NEW FIELD FOR CANADIAN CAPITAL 



THE Vancouver (British Columbia) Province reports the 

 sailing, on January 6, of John H. Grace, on a mission re- 

 lating to a new source of crude rubber. The report says : " The 

 destination of Mr. Grace is one of the South Sea islands, and 

 in an inside coat pocket he carries a good sized roll of money, 

 contributed by Vancouver capitalists for the purpose of de- 

 veloping the rubber industry on an island the name of which 

 will not be made public until the proper concessions have been 

 secured for the working of the rubber industry." Mr. Grace, 

 who is referred to as having formerly explored this mysterious 

 island, where he was first to discover the presence of rubber, 

 meant to proceed first to Sydney, New South Wales, where he 

 would equip himself for proceeding to his ultimate destination. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



As will be seen from the quotations presented this month, 

 a material advance has taken place in rubbers of all 

 grades. This advance has been most marked in Pard 

 sorts, which may be explained in a measure by the fact 

 that, within the past twelve months, the production of medium 

 sorts on the whole has shown a gain, after a period of decline 

 lasting some two or three years. A study of all the details 

 presented in this department will show that the Congo produc- 

 tion has not increased, but various other producing areas — 

 notably French Africa — have been brought of late to a higher 

 stage of production. In this connection attention is called to 

 the summary in another column of the annual review of the 

 Messrs. Figgis, of London. 



The hope has been entertained that the much talked of Acre 

 district, now that peace has been restored there, would become 

 a larger contributor to the world's rubber supplies than ever be- 

 fore. The receipts from that region, however, thus far during 

 the year have not been liberal. It remains to be seen whether 

 the months of February and March will show an important in- 

 crease from that quarter. If this should be the case, the effect 

 may be to make easier prices in the Para market. 



Arrivals at Pard of rubber of all kinds for the first seven 

 months of the current year, have been as follows : 



I'^pi-QZ. 1902-03. 1903-04. 1904-05 



July. Ions 1260 i2qo ^^&o 1240 



August r2go 1370 1230 1250 



September i<)40 1670 2010 1810 



October 2640 22S0 2440 2460 



November 2970 2650 2980 2800 



December 353o 2990 3530 4400 



January 3860 2190 4360 3600 



Total 17.490 14.740 17.830 17.560 



Reports from England refer to the market as very firm. At 

 the latest London auctions, on January 20, sales were made at 

 higher prices, both for Para sorts and mediums. Sales have 

 been made of hard fine Pard January and near delivery at 5^. 

 3^.; February-March at 5^. 2)'id.\ soft fine Para spot at 5^.® 

 5^. Id. 

 Cable advices from Antwerp indicate that at the monthly in- 



scription sale at Antwerp on January 27, at which about 485 

 tons were offered, the entire quantity sold at higher figures 

 than the official valuations, bringing the average returns to a 

 record figure. Details regarding the kinds offered appear in 

 another column. 



Bordeaux received during the year past 1183 tons of rubber, 

 mainly from French African sources. The increase of the im- 

 ports at this port is illustrated by the following figures : 



1901 kilos 348,000 1903 kilos 1,101,235 



1902 664.900 1904 1,182,703 



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

 ago, one month ago, and on January 31 — the current date. 



PARA. Feb. I, '04. Jan. i, '04. Jan. ji. 



Islands, tine, new 99@ioo Ii4@ii5 I2i@i22 



Islands, fine, old (g) none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new I04@i05 Ii9@i20 12. ((§125 



Upriver, fine, old none here none here none heie 



Islands, coarse, new 64® 65 65® 66 70® 71 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 83® 84 93® 94 92® 93 



Upriver, coarse, old 85® 86 none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 64® 6;, 09® 70 71® 72 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 75® 76 79® 80 8o@ 81 



The market for other sorts in New York shows a slighter ad- 

 vance, as follows : 



AFRICAN. CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .81 @82 



Guayaquil, strip 70 @7i 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .79 @8o 



Panama, slab 61 @62 



Mexican, scrap 80 @8l 



Mexican, slab 61 @b2 



Mangabeira. sheet. .. .48 ®57 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 92 ©93 



Borneo 42 @43 



Sierra Leone, lstqualit)97 ®98 



Massai, red 97 ©98 



Benguella 74 @75 



Cameroon ball 64 ©65 



.\ccra fl.ike 32 ©33 



Lopori ball, prime. ... 103 @I04 

 Lopori strip, prime. . . .93 @()4 



Ikelemba 104 ®io5 



Madagascar, pinky.. . .84 ©85 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 6*500 Upriver, fine 7I600 



Islands, coarse 3$300 Upriver, coarse 5$30O 



Exchange, 14;/. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 7|350 Upriver, coarse 4$650 



Exchange, i^^d. 



