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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, l^Ij 



Antiuerp. 



Wta-Pb*^ 



Vol. 47. 



NOVEMBER 1, 1912. 



No. 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



EDITORIAL: 



Page. 



Lessons from the Rubber Show 73 



The Echo 74 



The Apparent Haphazardness of Great Discoveries 75 



The Third International Rubber Exposition 76 



I Willi 4_' Illustrations.] 



Commissioners to the Exposition 86 



Exposition Prize Competitions 93 



Rubber Street Paving 93 



I With 2 Illustiations.] 



The Exposition Banquet 94 



IWith rh.n.iKiapli of Banquet at the Plaza. 1 



The Third International Conference 98 



(With 6 Portiaits.] 



New York Electrical Exposition and Automobile Show 102 



India Rubber Goods in Commerce 102 



The Trade in Akron 



i With 2 Illustrations.] Our Correspondent 103 

 The Trade in Boston 



lU'ith - Illustrations.] Our Correspondent 104 



The Trade in Cincinnati 



Onr Correspondent 105 

 The Trade in Rhode Island 



Our Correspondent 107 



The Trade in San Francisco 



Our Correspondent lOS 



India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 109 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe no 



Rubber Trade in Japan 



Our Regular Correspondent 110 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 112 



Jelutong and Where It Comes From 113 



I With 4 Ilhistrations.l 



Notes from British Guiana 



Our Regular Correspondent 114 

 Philippine Rubber Production 115 



New Rubber Goods on the Market 116 



[With 5 Illustrations.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade 117 



I With 2 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 122 



[United Slati s. (Ireat Britain. France. Germany. Belgium.] 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 124 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



L.\TE New York Qi<iT-\tions. — Prices paid by consumers for 

 carload lots, per pound — are practically unchanged. 



October 30. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 9^@ 9\i 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 9}^@ 95^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4%@ S 



Automobile tires 954@ 9^ 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 954@ 9J^ 



White trimmed rubber 11 @11}4 



I leavy black rubber 4^4® 5 



.■\ir brake hose 5J4@ 6 



Garden hose 15^@ 154 



Fire and large hose 2 @ 2}^ 



Matting %@ y^ 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [October 1]: 



Fine Para. — Prices have been gradually declining throughout the month. 

 There is no doubt that the large plantation supplies are making themselves 

 felt; in addition to which, we have in the near future heavy arrivals in 

 prospect. With liberal supplies of plantation. — which manufacturers can 

 use as an alternatvie grade — we fail to sec how prices of fine can command 

 a premium, especially when the extra washing loss has to be taken into 

 account. Receipts for the month are 2.620 tons, including 290 tons Caucho, 

 against 1,900 tons last month, and 2.640 tons last year: totaling 6,460 tons, 

 against 5.650 tons last year. 



Rubber St.mistics kor September. 



Kei.mls. 1912. 



Stocks, August il. Iiihs 475,572 



-Arrivals in September: 



Congo sorts 472,624 



Other sorts 21,610 



Plantation sorts 144,736 



.Aggregating 



Sales in September. 



.1,114,542 

 . 406,415 



1911. 

 522,401 



209,265 

 24,370 

 72,778 



828,814 

 393,269 



1910. 

 536,560 



211,578 

 17,333 

 42,131 



807,602 

 226,694 



1909. 

 244,851 



334,265 

 58,815 

 15,389 



1908. 

 874,514 



142,743 

 31,658 

 15,023 



653,320 1,063,938 

 255,866 409,777 



Stocks, September 30.. 708,127 

 Arrivals since January 1 : 



Congo sorts 2,449,414 



Other sorts 117.338 



Plantation sorts 982,078 



435,545 580,908 397,454 654,161 



2,350,081 

 343,019 

 493,527 



2,350,698 

 262,114 

 416,583 



2,659,293 

 718,936 

 192,924 



3,095,954 



480,102 



87,10/ 



Aggregating 3,548,830 3,186,627 3,029,395 3,571,153 3,663,163 



Sales since January 1.. 3,515,241 3,339,394 2,989,997 3,769,434 4,01.';,89& 

 Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 

 September 24. — By the steamer Bnixellesvillc: 



r.nngc & Co (Societe Cienerale .\fricaine) kilos 26,000 



do (Chemins de fer Grande Lacs) 6,800 



do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 12,900 



do (Belgika) 600 



do (Alberta) 500 



do (Comfina)- 300 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. ... (Aliment, du Bas Congo) 100 



do (Lomami) 2,500 



do (Cie du Kasai) 87,500 



do (Haul Congo) 8,800 



L. & W. Van de Vcldc (Comfina) 23,600 



do 4,200 



('harles Dethier (.\merican Congo Co.) 3,900 



do 2,200 



Willaert Frercs 5,000 184,900 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



l^.xi'ORTs oi- Cevi.ox-Grown Rubber. 



I Fruni J.imiaiy 1 to September 21, 1911 and 1912. Compiled by the Ceylon 



Chamber of Commerce.] 



1911. 



To Great Britain pounds 2.098,634 



To United States 1.270,529 



To Bcl:;ium 444,151 



lo .-\ustralia 



To Germany 



To .•\u.stria 



To Japan 



To Canada 



To Italy 



To Russia 



To Holland 



To France 



To India 



To Norway and Sweden 

 To -Xfrica 



27,614 

 24,516 



1,375 

 39,767 

 12,067 



3,597 



3,448 



117 



85 



"35 



1912. 



4,797,015 



2,677,659 



759,068 



138,874 



125,942 



"*t5,693 



21,139 



16.065 



5,909 



2,288 



2,282 



2,017 



100 



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Iicriod 1910—2,001,719 pounds; 



3,925.935 8,594,090 

 same 1909—869,018.] 



Rotterdam. 



Havelaar & De Vries report [October 11:] 



In today's sales about 55 tons were offered, including 37 tons Congo 

 and 12 tons lievea. Competition was very good, but prices, owing to the 

 lower state of the market, did not reach those of the valuations. Congos 

 averaged 3 per cent, below valuations and plantation rubber 5 per cent, 

 below. Congos were to a large extent bought in, while the plantation 

 grades were nearly all sold. 



Amsterdam. 

 JddsTEN & Janssen, Am.'^terdam, September 20, 1912. 



Notwithstanding the brisk demand at today's inscription sale, prices were 

 in general a good deal below valuations. The downward movement was, 

 however, not as marked as had been expected, in view of the fall which 

 had occurred in London since valuations were made up. Out of the 65 

 tons offered, about 51 were sold at 5 to 7 per cent, below valuations. The 

 results showed 5 per cent, reduction on Hevea and 7 per cent, on Fieus and 

 Castilloa. 



weekly movement of london prices. 

 [In Shilli.vgs and Pence Per Pound."] 



May 

 May 

 May 



3, 1912. 

 10 .... 

 17 .... 



4/7/2 

 4/7/2 

 4/7/ 



May 24 4/7/ 



May 

 June 

 June 



.4/7/ 

 . 4/8/ 

 .4/10 



June 21 4/9/ 



28 

 5 



12 

 19 



lune 

 July 

 lulv 

 Tulv 

 Jul'v 26 4/nH 



4/7/ 

 . 4/9 

 .4/10 

 .4/10 



August 2, 1912 4/11 



August 9 5/0/ 



August 16 ...• 5/0/ 



.August 23 5/2 



August 30 5/1-Xi 



September 6 4/11/ 



September 13 4/9/ 



September 20 4/8 



September 27 4/7 



October 4 4/7 



October 11 4/7 



October 18 4/6/ 



October 25 4/6 



