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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Makch 1, 1913. 



Gimvf^ 



Vol. 47. 



MARCH 1, 1913. 



No. 5. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



EDITORIAL: 



Dr. Huber on the Rubber Outlook in Brazil 283 



The Latest Report from Putumayo 283 



A Memorial to Charles Goodyear 285 



Those European Mud-Guards 285 



The Rio Exposition Postponed Until September 286 



Rubber Tips to Save the Eyes 286 



Comparative Imports and Prices of Rubber 286 



The Present and Future of the Native Hevea Rubber In- 

 dustry 



By Jacques Huber, Ph.D. 287 



English Views on Rubber Situation ago 



As to Direct Shipments from the East ago 



Laboratory Organization in the Rubber Industry 



By Frederic Dannerth. Ph.D. 291 



Some Observations on the Testing of Steam and Air-Brake 



Hose Used on Railway Locomotives and Cars 



By G. C. Bishop 295 



Private Enterprise in the Belgian Congo zgS 



Uniformity in Plantation Rubber 2g8 



Imitation Horn and Whalebone zgg 



"Felrubite" and "Mascolite" 



Illustrated 300 



The Rubber Trade in Akron 



Our Correspondent 301 



The Rubber Trade in Boston 



Our Correspondent 302 

 The Rubber Trade in Chicago 



Our Correspondent 304 



The Rubber Trade in Cincinnati 



Our Correspondent 304 



The Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



Our Correspondent 305 



The Rubber Trade in Trenton 



Our Correspondent 307 



The Rubber Trade in San Francisco 



Our Correspondent 308 



News of the American Rubber Trade 309 



A Very Pleasant Compliment from the Pan-American Bul- 

 letin 315 



Mid- Western Floods and the Rubber Boot Trade 315 



Official India-Rubber Statistics for the United States 316 



Obituary Record 319 



New Trade Publications 320 



Editor's Book Table 321 



New Rubber Goods on the Market 322 



India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 324 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 325 



Analysis and Tests of Rubberized Fabrics 326 



Rubber at the Paris Automobile Salon 



By a Special Correspondent 327 



The Japanese Rubber Industry During igiz 



By Our Regular Correspondent 328 



The Balata Industry of Surinam, Dutch Guiana 



By a Resident Correspondent 329 



Notes from British Guiana 



By Our Regular Correspondent 329 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 331 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 332 



Report of the Crude Rubber Market 334 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York Quot.\tions. — Prices paid by consumers for 

 carload lots, per pound — are practically unchanged. 



Feb. 28, '13. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 105^@10^ 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 9H@ 9^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 6!4@ 6j^ 



Automobile tires 1054@10^ 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 954@ 9J4 



White trimmed rubber 11 @11^ 



Heavy black rubber 454@ 5 



Air brake hose 6 @ 6^ 



Garden hose i%@ lYz 



Fire and large hose 2 @ 2% 



Matting %@ Vi 



Antiverp. 



Details. 1913. 



Stocks, Dec. 1 Ai7oi 511,060 



Arrivals in January — 



Congo sorts 321,607 



Other sorts 12,645 



Plantation sorts 138,305 



Rubber St.^tistics For Janu.\rv. 



1912. 

 674,738 



226,248 



6,195 



88,990 



1911. 

 588,212 



403,421 



82,214 

 64,321 



Aggregating 983,617 



Sales in January 519,865 



996,171 1,138,168 

 410,115 492,749 



1910. 

 541,512 



202,547 



5,656 



53,664 



803,379 

 321,217 



1909. 

 595,735 



186,189 

 66,159 

 31,607 



879,690 

 281,913 



Stocks, January 31 463,752 



Arrivals since Jan. 1- — 



Congo sorts 321,607 



Other sorts 12,645 



Plantation sorts 138,305 



586,056 645,419 482,162 597,777 



Aggregating 472,557 321,433 549,956 261,867 



Sales since January 1.. 519,865 411), 115 492,749 321,217 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 

 January 28, 1913. — By the steamer Elizabethville : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 12,000 



do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 14,600 



do (Forminiere) 1,460 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Haut Congo) 21,500 



do (Cie. du Kasai) 64,400 



do (Comminiere) 470 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Comfina) 20,800 



do (Velde) 490 



do (Uele) 4,100 



do 4,150 



Willaert Freres 1,500 



Divers 5,000 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



[From January 1 to December 31, 1912, and for ten years, 

 the Cevlon Chamber of Commerce.] 



1911. 



To Great Britain pounds 3,956,812 



To United States 2,045,499 



To Belgium 896,613 



To Australia 68,727 



To Germany 67.315 



To Austria 10,975 



To Japan 57,513 



283,955 

 281,913 



150,470 



To Canada 



To France 



To Italy 



To Russia 



To Holland 



To India 



To Norway and Sweden. 

 To Straits Settlements . 

 To Africa 



25,445 

 117 

 9,302 



Y2,893 

 196 



' 3,216 

 35 



Compiled by 



1912. 



8,176,523 



4,833,085 



1,315,298 



250,326 



210.021 



85.782 



81,456 



22,078 



11,568 



7,744 



4,173 



2,282 



700 



39 



Total 7,154,658 



Totals for 10 Years. 



Total. 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 



Total, 

 Total, 

 Total, 

 Total. 

 Total, 



1907. 

 1906. 

 1905. 

 1904. 

 1903. 



1912 15,001,075 



1911 7,154,658 



1910 3,586.854 



1909 1,492,580 



1908 912,125 



Total Exports from Malaya. 



(From January 1 to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co, 

 These figures include the production of the Federated 

 States, but not of Ceylon.) 



Port Swet 

 Singapore, 

 To— Dec. 31. 



Great Britain.. /'oioirf.j 10,609,362 



Continent 352,345 



Tapan 499,885 



Australia 89.139 



Cevlon 2,217 



United States 3,077.946 



15,001,075 



. 556.080 



. 327,661 



. 168,547 



77,212 



41,798 



Singapore. 



Malay 



Penang. 



Nov. 30. 



8.396,275 



20,263 



238,293 

 933 



tenham, 



Nov. 15. 



14.784.869 



2,002,600 



759.815 

 2.081 



Total. 



33,790506 



2.375,208 



499,885 



89.139 



1.000,325 



3,080,960 



Total, 1912 14,630.894 



Total. 1911 6,589,425 



Total. 1910 3.764.877 



Total. 1909 2.412.617 



8.655.764 

 4,547.062 

 2.234.569 

 1,976.843 



17.549.365 40,836,023 



10,221,779 21,358,266 



7.224.781 13,224.227 



2,138,262 6.527.722 



Amsterdam. 



JoosTEN & Janssen report [February 14] : 



Good demand prevailed at today's sale; the whole offering being sold 

 except some lots held above market value. Next sale will be held March 12. 



Rotterdam. 



Havelaar & De Vries report [February 8] : 



The next sale will take place on February 21 and will include 27 tons 

 Congo, 6 tons Hevea, and 6 tons of miscellaneous descriptions. 



