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HENRY C. PEARSON, 



Vol. 32. 



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TABLt OF CONTENTS. 



■ditorlal: 



Is This the Umit of Production T. 

 A Monopoly not In Sight 



Letter from Frank da Costa 



Obituary '. 



[With portraits of W, G. Winans and Georjjc Langdon.] 



A Visit to Rubber Plantations in Nicaragua The Editor 



[•' Culcra." " Canada." " Manhattan,'' and other Plantations near Blue- 

 tields. Sim Iron and His Work. Gordon Waldron's Tapping Expe- 

 rience. I 



[With 15 Illustrations.] 



The "Guayule" Rubber Plant -I Rudolf Eiullich, Ph.D. 



[Botanical and Pojmlar Description. Geographical Distribution of 

 the Plant.] 



[With I Illustration.] 



Sundry Crude Rubber Interests 



[A French Rubber Association. A German Plan for Buying Rubber. 

 A Falling Off in Kasai Rubber.] 



■■ Sirocco " Driers for Crude Rubber 



[With 1 Illustration.] 



Rubber From the Isle of Pines 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain Our Regular Corre»poiident 

 [Ofticial Specifications Prooling Trade New Uses for Waste Rub- 

 ber. Michelin Tires. Tire Repair Outfits Bicycle Boom. Golf Balls. 

 Insurance of Rubber Freights. Electrical Matters.] 



The Latest Waterproof Automobile Apparel Helen L. Stout 



[Willi 8 Illustra'ions.] 



Brazil's Export of Rubber For Four Years 



Recent Rubber Patents 



[United Slutes. Great Britain. Germany. France.] 

 [With 3 Illustrations.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



New Goods and Specialties in Rubber 



[Ilailey's "Won't Slip "Tire Hand. Winter's Pneumatic Gun Recoil 

 Pad Goodrich Clincher Tire Tools. " Noair " Xon Leakabic Stop- 

 pers. "P. and VV." Rubber Preservative.] 



[With g Illustrations.] 

 Miscellaneous : 



New Trade Publications .- 



Wireless Telegraph on the Amazon 



Increaseiu ProlUs on Congo Rubber 



The Rubber Shoes Worn In Cblua 



One Pound of Colorado Rubber .. . 



One Russian 'Conslltotlon " 



India. rubber (ioods lu Commerce 



Rubber Cement Cans 



[With .' Illustrations.] 



High Valuations of Mexican Rubber LewUii Peat 



Some Wants of the Trade 



The Editor's Book Table 



State of the Weather in Ceara 



Affairs of the Ubero Companies 



Rubber Interests In Europe 



Saviewof the Crude Rubber Market 



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IS THIS THE LIMIT OF PRODUCTION? 



r^URING 1904 the prices obtained for Para rubber in 

 '-^ all the consuming markets not only averaged higher 

 than for any previous twelvemonth, but the range of high 

 prices was persistent, with an almost unbroken advance 

 from January to December. Nor was this situation any 

 just cause for surprise : it had been pointed to by the de- 

 velopment of market conditions for months preceding. 

 Moreover, every reason existed for the expectation of still 

 higher prices during the current year, and such prices, as 

 a matter of fact, have prevailed and now prevail. It may 

 be added that those persons, no matter where situated, 

 whose capital supplies the facilities for the marketing of 

 Pari rubber, are never long blind to any conditions of the 

 market for their commodity. It would seem logical, there- 

 fore, that the price conditions here outlined should have 

 tended to an increased production of Para rubber, as com- 

 pared with [irevious periods when the [iroceeds obtainable 

 were only one-half or three-quarters as much as the market 

 quotations during 1904. 



Originally all the rubber of the character now described 

 by the term " Para " was derived from Brazil — at first from 

 the lower reaches of the river Amazon, tributary to the 

 trade of the port of Pard, and extending gradually up to 

 and beyond Manaos, and including all the territory in Bra- 

 zil drained not only by the Amazon proper, but by its 

 thousands of miles of tributaries. So long as Brazil con- 

 tributed an annual increase of rubber supplies, little heed 

 was given to any suggestion that a limit of production 

 might ultimately be reached. But certain figures on an- 

 other page of this Journal, supplied from a Brazilian offi- 

 cial source, compel attention to the thought that if such 

 limit has not been reached already, it may be within the 

 early possibilities. 



To get down at once to the official figures, the exports 

 of Para rubber of Brazilian production (including Caucho) 

 during the last four calendar years have been as follows ; 



I90I. It.02. 1903. '904. 



Tons 29,373 27.474 29.319 28,79* 



Is it reasonable to suppose, had the natural supply been 

 unlimited, and the means for marketing rubber likewise 

 capable of constant expansion, that the high price level of 

 1904 would not have tended to a production as great, at 

 least, as in any former year ? It will be noted that the 

 above figures are referred to as embracing the grade of 

 rubber designated as Caucho, which is not " Para," and 

 while the Brazilian official reports are not informing on 

 this point. The India Rubber World is convinced that 

 the Brazilian production of Caucho during the past four 

 years has become larger rather than smaller. 



If one more comparison may be allowed, we may point 

 out that all the Brazilian exports covered by the above 

 figures were not made through Amazon ports. In other 

 words, there has been an effort during recent years to de- 

 velop a trade in " Para " rubber in regions south of the 

 Amazon whose natural outlet is through other ports than 

 Manaos and Para. But the official returns do not lend 

 hope that the supply of " Para " rubber is thus to be main- 



