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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1913. 



Report of the Crude Rubber Market. 



THE crude rubber market during the last month has been 

 exceedingly quiet. Prices have fluctuated within narrow 

 limits. Buying has been only for present requirements 

 and on a small scale. It is fairly obvious that big interests 

 are not disposed greatly to increase their stocks at present 

 prices ; and on the other hand, sellers are not inclined, at pres- 

 ent at least, greatly to shade the current quotations. In a gen- 

 eral way the trend of prices for the month has been upward. 

 On July 26 (the report in the August issue of The Indi.^ Rub- 

 ber World covered the month of July up to the 2Sth) upriver 

 line sold in London for 3s. 7d.. and plantation pale crepe at 

 2s. 9}/2d. With various fluctuations, these prices increased to 

 August 16, when upriver line sold at 3s. lO^^d., and plantation 

 crepe at 2s. lOd. From that point there has been a gradual 

 and slight subsidence, the closing figures on August 27 being 

 3s. 9j^d. for upriver fine and 2s. 8d. for plantation crepe. The 

 month ended with a larger difference between Para and plan- 

 tation than was shown a month ago, the dift'erence on July 26 

 being 9^d., and on August 27 Is. l^d. 



In Xew York the lowest figures for the period covered was 

 on July 26, when upriver fine was quoted at 86c. to 87c., and 

 plantation crepe at 69 to 70c. The highest figure for upriver 

 fine in this market was 94c., at which price it was quoted on six 

 different days, viz., August 11th and 12th, and from the 16th 

 to the 20th, inclusive. One interesting feature of the local 

 market during the month was the fact that on July 31 islands 

 fine sold at 72c., the lowest figure for this grade in some years. 



The auction sales in London developed nothing particularly 

 exciting. At the fortnightly sale, held on July 29, there were 

 moderate offerings of about 650 tons, which did not affect prices 

 appreciably. At the auction four weeks later (that was on the 

 26th of .'Vugust) 1,000 tons of plantation grades were offered, 

 but only 400 tons were sold, smoked sheets selling at 2s. 9d., 

 while pale crepe opened at 2s. 7^d., and later declined to 

 2s. 754d. 



Below is a brief table showing the prices for upriver fine 

 and plantation crepe at the closing (as given in this publi- 

 cation) for the last five months, together with the difference 

 in price between these two grades of rubber : 



Upriver 



Fine Plantation Difference. 



April 26 3s. 4',^d. 3s. 2^d. 2d. 



May 26 3s. S'Ad. 3s. 2^d. 6d. 



June 25 3s. 8)4 d. 2s. lid. 9Md. 



July 26 3s. 7d. 2s. 954 d. 9^d. 



August 27 3s. 9j<Jd. 2s. 8d. U.lyid. 



New York Quot.\tions. 



Following are the quotations at New York one year ago, one 

 month ago, and August 30 — the current date : 



P.\R..\. Sept. 1, '12. Aug. 1. '13 



Au 



Islands, fine, new 112(all3 



Islands, fine, old 



Upriver, fine, new 122(S 123 



Upriver, fine, old 124<ol25 



Islands, coarse, new 58@ 59 



Islands, coarse, old 



Upriver. coarse, new 96@ 97 



Upriver, coarse, old 



Cameta 67@ 68 



Cancho (Peruvian) ball... ?2@ 93 

 Caucho (Peruvian) sheet. 80@ 81 



74rav5 



g. 30.'13. 

 77(S78 



Pl.\nt.\tion Ceylons. 



Fine smoked sheet 121(5122 



Fine pale crepe 120(5121 



Fine sheets and biscuits.. 117(5»118 



Centr.sls. 



Esmeralda, sausage 85(5 86 



Guayaquil, strip 



Nicaragua, scrap 84(5 85 



Panama 



^lexican plantation, sheet. 93(5 94 



Mexican, scrap 84(5; 85 



M exican, slab 



Mangabcira, sheet 



Guayule 57(5 58 



Balata, sheet SS@ 89 



Balata, block 60(5 61 



African. 



Lopori, ball, prime none here 



Lopori, strip, prime none here 



Aruwimi 104f5 105 



Upper Congo, ball red.... 107(5108 



Ikelemba none here 



Sierra Leone. 1st quality.. 100(a 101 



Massai, red 102(5103 



Soudan Niggers none here 



Cameroon, ball none here 



Benguela none here 



Madagascar, pinky none here 



Accra, flake 26(5 27 



E.\ST Indi.\n. 



Assam none here 35(570 none here 



Pontianak 6^(56^ 63/^(5)65^ 6^@6J4 



Borneo none here 32(530 none here 



Nevu York. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper. No. 68 William street. 

 New York) advises as follows : "During August the market 

 conditions regarding commercial paper have continued just 

 about the same as in July, the demand being light and principally 

 from out-of-town banks, with rates 6(56J4 per cent, for the best 

 rubber names and 6'/2(5J6j4 per cent, for those not so well known. 

 New York Prices for July (New Rubber). 



1913. 1912. 1911. 



Upriver, fine $0.84@ .92 $1.10@1.19 $0.99(31.17 



Upriver, coarse 51@ .56 .85® .91 .82'a .96 



Islands, fine 74@.81 1.00@1.0S .92@1.10 



Islands, coarse 29® .34 .54(5' .57 .58(3 .63 



CametS 37@ .40 .62® .65 .70@ .75 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



L.\TE New York Quot.\tions. — Prices paid by consumers fbr 

 carload lots, per pound. July 30. '13. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 8;4(5 85^^ 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 8'4@ 8-)^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 5 (5 5^ 



.\utomobiIe tires 8;4(5 85^ 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 8-'4(5 8<'i 



White trimmed rubber 10->^(510M 



Heavy black rubber 4^(@ 4H 



Air brake hose 5% 



Garden hose 1 @ VA 



Fire and large hose 2 @ 2% 



Matting ,.^ Vs® ^ 



No. 1 white auto tires 914® 9^ 



