July 1, 1913.J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



539 



GERMAN EXPORTS OF CRUDE 

 RUBBER. 



AND WASTE 



CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN RUBBER 

 MANUFACTURERS. 



GERM.AX statistics of rubber exports for 1911 and 1912 show 

 ibe following results: Crude and waslied rubber in 1911 

 represented 4,592 tons; in 1912, 4,943 tun's The amounts were 

 made up as follows : 



GERMAN EXTORTS OF CRUDE AND WASHED RUBBER. 



1911. 1912. 



To — tons. tons. 



United States 2.394 2,671 



Russia 428 660 



Austria-Hungary 648 532 



Great Britain 336 392 



France 204 188 



Belgium 206 164 



Sweden 107 99 



Italy 64 88 



Denmark 42 38 



Switzerland 43 25 



Netherlands 62 20 



Other countries 58 66 



Total 4,592 4,943 



GUTT.\ PERCHA. 

 Total exports were in 1911, 184 tons; and in 1912, 291 tons. 



EALATA. 

 In 1911 Germany exported 220 tons; in 1912, 222 tons. Among 

 the items of export were : 



GERMAN E.XPORTS OF BALATA. 



1911. 1912. 



To — tons. tons. 



Norway 28 45 



Great Britain 11 41 



British Malaya 35 



Other countries 115 101 



Total 220 111 



RUBBER SUBSTITUTES. 



Germany exported in 1911, 198 tons; in 1912, 219 tons. 



WASTE RUBBER, GUTTA PERCHA AND BALATA. 

 These represented in 1911 a total of 2,314 tons, and in 1912, 

 6,034 tons. The separate quantities taken by the chief out- 

 lets were : 



GERMAN EXPORTS OF WASTE RUBBER, GUTTA rERCH.\ AND BAL.\TA. 



1911. 1912. 



To — tons. tons. 



Great Britain 968 2,840 



United States 518 1,917 



Netherlands 176 379 



France 127 249 



, Austria-Hungary 180 222 



' Other countries 345 427 



Total waste 2,314 6.034 



GERMAN KUBBEK INBUSTEY OF 1912. 



The report of Consul General A. M. Thackara, of Berlin, on 

 industrial conditions in Germany, states that the year 1912 wit- 

 nessed a brisk trade in rubber goods, prices being, however, de- 

 pressed. This was specially the case with the manufacture of 

 tires, in which there was marked competition. 



DRUGGISTS' EXPOSITION IN GERMANY. 



The first South German Druggists' Exposition will be held at 

 Mi-.nich from August 14 to 31, 1913. 



A T the general meeting of the Central Association of German 

 *»• Rubber Manufacturers, held in Berlin on May 3, the opin- 

 ion was unanimous that makers have no reason at present to 

 quote reduced prices. It was pointed out that the quotations 

 for crude rubber differed but slightly from what they were when 

 the last prices of goods were fixed. Furthermore, manufacturers 

 have in many cases stocks of dear rubber, while the other ele- 

 ments of cost are constantly advancing. Even if the prices of crude 

 rubber present certain advantages under special circumstances, 

 these are needed, it was urged, for healing old wounds, and for 

 recouping former losses, instead of spoiling the market by low 

 quotations. 



With regard to crude rubber, it was, moreover, represented 

 that it is only a question of time when the price will again be 

 generally higher, while Para may advance any day. It would 

 be difficult to restore the selling prices which would be affected 

 bj- reductions at this time. 



It would be specially unsafe to reduce prices of goods in which 

 rubber, although a component, does not represent the predomi- 

 nant factor of value. A resolution was adopted expressing the 

 opposition of the assembled manufacturers to any reduction 

 of prices. 



The meeting was under the presidency of Herr Kommerzien- 

 rat Hoff, who, in his opening address, reported that while in 

 the business year — .April to April — most factories had been well 

 occupied, results could not be generally described as favorable. 

 He attributed the reason in a great measure to the labor ques- 

 tion. It was for manufacturers to prevent outside organizations 

 from exercising any influence in their factories, at the same 

 time promoting measures for the benefit of the workers. 



Herr Hoff likewise drew attention to the need of combined 

 action on the part of manufacturers with respect to the condi- 

 tions of tender and guarantee in furnishing supplies to railways, 

 expressing the opinion that the conditions of guarantee for brake 

 and heating hose included some which could not be fulfilled. The 

 association would again take up the matter with the railway ad- 

 ministrations with a view to the needed reforms being carried 

 out. 



With regard to next year's London Rubber Exhibition, it was 

 unanimously resolved that the participation of the German in- 

 dustry is desirable. Kommerzienrat Seligmann. who will be 

 at the head of the German section, urged the necessity of such 

 participation in order to claim the merited attention for Ger- 

 man goods. 



The annual report dealt, among other subjects, with fhe diffi- 

 culties arising from certain legislative enactments prohibiting 

 the employment of rubber containing lead or zinc for nipples, etc. 

 Such articles are bought in foreign countries and the inability 

 to furnish them forms an obstacle to German export trade. 



For the purpose of allowing the needful representations ta 

 be made to the proper authorities with respect to the Putumayo 

 atrocities, a resolution was adopted promising the moral and 

 financial support of the association in such a course. 



INCREASED PROFITS OF BELGIAN RUBBER COMPANY. 



The report of the Societe .Anonyme pour le Commerce et 

 rindustrie du Caoutchouc. Brussels, shows the profits for the 

 last three years as equalling: 1910, $48,632; 1911, $65,416; 1912, 

 $84,092. These figures show a healthy development of the com- 

 pany's profits. 



AMERICAN TIRES IN ITALY. 



United States Consul Piero Gianolio, of Turin, reports the- 

 fact that although the French Michelin Co. has a large factory 

 at Turin, and tires are also furnished to that market by Pirellir 

 & Co.. Milan, foreign makes are still imported in great quantities. 

 -Among them are the Continental, Dunlop, Goodrich and Palmer- 

 tires. 



