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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1903. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement ol values for the first eleven months of 

 1902, compared with the same period of three years pre 

 coding, not including exports to Hawaii and Porto Rico : 



{1) Included in" All Other " prior lo July i, 1891^. 



The number of pairs of rubber boots and shoes exporttd 

 was 2,168,221, against 2,095,151 pairs for the same period of 

 1901 and 1,133,473 for the first eleven months of 1900. 



RUBBER GOODS EXI'ORJ'S FROM NEW YORK. 



Values during five weeks ended December 30, 1902 : 



Australia $7,930 Dan. W. [nd $ 105 Netherlands 



D. Guiana . . 24 



Ecuador.... 172 



Egypt 53 



France 17.109 



French W.Ind 16 



Gerinany . .. 32,822 

 Great Britain 68,910 



Haiti 



Italy 



Japan 



Mexico .... 

 Newfoundld. 

 Norway . . . 

 New Zealand 



SUMMARY. 



July 2-29 (four weeks) $117,578 



July 30-August 26 (four weeks) 119,103 



August 27-September 23 (four weeks) 161,041 



September 24-October 28 (five weeks) 208,861 



October 29-November 25 (four weeks) 161,484 



November 26-December 30 (five weeks) 184,175 



74 

 571 

 344 

 5,631 

 552 

 113 

 305 



Peru 



Portugal. . . . 

 Philippines.. 



Russia 



Sweden .... 



Spain 



Switzerland., 

 San Domingo 

 Turkey(.'\sia) 

 Venezuela. .. 



4,940 



IJO 



220 

 725 



1,619 

 125 



1,519 



839 



237 



10 



376 



Total ..1184,171, 



Total $952,242 



Some other exports from New York during the six months 

 July-December, 1902, were in value as follows: 



DRESS SHIELDS. 



Antwerp $18,222 



Brussels 100 



Brazil 63 



Ecuador 15 



Glasgow 4.342 



Hambuig 67.620 



Havre 3, 810 



Liverpool .... 22,542 



Londou 53.231 



Odessa ... 514 



Rotterdim 954 



Vienna 7.211 



Total... $188,486 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



Chriitiana , . . .$ 4,546 



Genoa 8,450 



Glasgow 32,836 



Hamburg . . . 6,085 



Havre 19.514 



Leith 15,489 



RUBBER THREAD. 



Colombia 79 



Cuba 355 



Gothenbeig. . . 75 



Glasgow 4,040 



Hamburg 29,438 



Havre 22,222 



Liverpool 56.558 



London 9,887 



Lyons 88 



Leith 14.351 



Total... $9,549 

 RUBBER SOLUTION. 

 Barcelona . . . .§ 90 



Fiume 460 



Hamburg .... 1,050 



Total... $i.6co 



CRUDE RUBBER. 



Brazil $ 90 



Bremen 50 



Christiana. . . . 1,865 



Manches'cr. . 



Vienna 



Japan 



Australia .... 

 Argentina .... 

 British Africa.. 



Mexico 



New Zealand. 

 Nova Scotia.. . 



1,050 



50 



441 



225 



827 



360 



375 



1 1 



58 



Total... §142,498 

 GUTTA PERCHA. 

 Hamburg . . .$ 3,692 



RUBBER GOODS IN THE YUKON TERRITORY. 

 The Canadian special trade commissioner for this district 

 reports to his government that, on account of the large quan- 

 tity of machinery in operation, there is a considerable demand 

 for belting (leather and rubber), which is now purchased chiefly 

 from Canadian manufacturers and dealers. The sales will in- 

 crease, he says, as additional machinery is sure to be intro- 

 duced. He reports a large market for rubber packing, of which 

 he says that Canadians are now getting a share, but have not 

 more than one half of the trade. A good market is reported 

 for rubber hose, which is very extensively used, especially of 

 '/2 inch sizes, to connect steam pipes to thawing points. The 

 agent says that the Canadians are not getting their share of 

 this trade. To give an idea of the consumption of rubber 

 boots, the agent writes that 1 5 tons of old rubbers were shipped 

 from Dawson to the United States in one day in August last, 

 and adds; "Some Canadian rubbers shipped a few years ago 

 proved very inferior and unsatisfactory, and since then the 

 main purchases have been from the United States. Careful 

 nursing and energetic effort and a first class article will again 

 secure the trade for Canadian firms." A very large demand 

 in winter Is reported for felt boots and shoes, which are prin- 

 cipally American, though occasionally bought through Cana- 

 dian jobbers. 



BRITISH EXPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS. 



Boots and shoes. 

 All other 



-^■1,423. 464 



1901. 



£ 176,387 



1,086,028 



1902. 



£ 171.674 

 1,042,884 



Total value ^f 1,423,464 



;^I,262,4I5 ;^I,2I4.558 



Value of "Apparel and Slops," waterproofed by any process, in 

 1902 : ^^262,244. 



Exports of rubber footwear amounted to 138,084 dozen pairs in igoi 

 and 144,014 dozen pairs in igo2. 



CREDIT MEN'S ASSOCIATIONS. 



THE New York Credit Men's Association have elected offi- 

 cers and committees for another year, the rubber trade 

 being represented in the official list by Mr. Edward E. Huber, 

 of the firm of Eberhard Faber. as treasurer, while Mr. H. M. 

 Sadler, Jr., of the United States Rubber Co., is a member of the 

 membership committee. The New York association has about 

 475 members and the national association nearly 5000, including 

 banks, corporations, and large business houses. These associ- 

 ations have done a very important work in the protection of their 

 members against fraud, and in influencing legislation in vari- 

 ous states for the better protection of creditors. 



