August 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



591 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe. 



G££MAN FKODUCTION OF TIRES. NEW BUSSULN ASBESTOS SYNDICATE. 



ACCORDING to statistics lately published, the German pro- According to a communication from a correspondent of the 



duction of rubber goods some years ago represented "Gummi-Zeitung," five of the most important Russian asbestos 



$75,000,000. In 1911 the production of tires alone firms have formed a syndicate. The yield of Russian asbestos 



was estimated at about $34,000,000, including: automobile tires, has much increased in the last five years, owing to the large 



$17,500,000; bicycle tires, $10,000,000, and solid tires, $4,500,000. demand for export and the increased industrial employment of 



In the manufacture of tires there were 8.310 hands engaged, the article in Russia. The Ural production has attained un- 



with total wages exceeding $2,500,000. precedented importance, having reached last year the quantity 



RUBBER INVESTIGATION IN GERMANY. of 15,000 tons, due to some firms having doubled or tripled 



Dr. Fritz Frank, of the Henriqiies Chemical Laboratory, Ber- t'"^''' output. Three quarters of the entire yield is exported, 



lin, has received from the Jager Endowment a sum equalling and one quarter used in Russia, the latter proportion chiefly 



$750 for the prosecution of a work regarding the composition composed of lower grades. 



and proportion of the albuminous substances in latex and in Russia supplies only a small portion of the American import 

 rubber. of asbestos, the figures for 1911 having been: Canada, 56,950 

 FRANKFURT ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. tons ; Germany, 123 tons ; Russia, 50 tons. Russia had furnished 

 The annual report for 1512 shows that the amounts written off '" ^909, 45 tons and in 1910, 92 tons, 

 in accordance with the resolution of the general meeting of HAVRE'S trade in rubber. 

 May 29, 1912, equaled $150,000. It is proposed to transfer the j^^ j^,,„ ^ Osborne, United States Consul at Havre, France, 

 net proht for 1912 to the reserve and guarantee accounts. contributes a report on the commerce and industries of that 

 GOOD DIVIDEND OF LEIPZIG COMPANY. port in the June 11 issue of the "Daily Consular and Trade Re- 

 The Philip Penin Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Leipzig, ports" which is a valuable document, as it goes much into de- 

 reports favorable conditions. After liberal allowances for various tail in regard to the business of that important town. But there 

 reserve accounts, a dividend of 25 per cent, has been declared. is one paragraph— given below — that is particularly interesting 

 LIVERPOOL RUBBER TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES, to the rubber trade, as it refers to the amount of rubber that 

 Returns of crude rubber exports from Liverpool to the United passes through that port each year : 

 States show for. 1912 a reduction from those of 1911. The figures In recent years about one-half of the total rubber imports of 

 are: 1911, $10,548,240; 1912, $8,299,515. This falling off is at- France have been entered at Havre. In 1911 the value of the 

 tributed to the increased demand for plantation rubber in the Havre imports of this article in the general commerce was no 

 States, which affected the shipments from Liverpool of African less than $26,762,000, surpassed only by the valuation of the 

 and other descriptions, for which that port is both an importing cotton imports in that year. The imports of 1912 were still 

 and exporting center. heavier, being 24,344,275 pounds, with a probable valuation of 

 HUNGARIAN COMPANY TO MAKE TIRES. =»bout $28,130,000. The imports for consumption were far 

 Under the auspices of the Hungarian government, the Matador 8'''^=''" '" ^^12 than in the previous year, being 9,310.9 metric 

 Rubber and Balata Works, of Pressburg, Hungary, are enlarging ''^"^ as compared with 8,692.2 metric tons m 1911. 

 their plant by the addition of a tire factory. The principal dealers m rubber in Havre do not come into, 



direct contact with the French manufacturers, who are located 



LIBERIAN RUBBER PRODUCTION. .... , ,. ^ . , , . , , • 



outside this consular district almost exclusively ; their work 

 As a large percentage of the rubber produced in Liberia was j^ ^^ superintend the arrivals and shipments on behalf of houses 

 carried across the borders by natives and disposed of in neigh- j„ 3^3^;,^ England, and the United States. They receive the 

 boring European colonies, the total production cannot be accu- ^^^^^ gnd attend to forwarding them, although they are often 

 ratcly stated. The quantity exported in 1912 was. however, 93,822 ^^[jgj ^p^^^ ^^ examine and classify the merchandise. At the 

 pounds. same time they buy large quantities at the public auctions of 

 The Liberian Rubber Corporation, an English company, has a ^^^^^^^^ ^.^^-^^ take place here once a month. Most of the rub- 

 concession for gathering rubber in Liberia. A rubber plantation y^^^ j^om the French Kongo is shipped to Havre and sold in this 

 was started some years ago on modern lines, about 25 miles .^a^ket. The quantities sold at auction are about 1,000 tons a 

 from Monrovia. Out of 300,000 trees set out in this plantation, ^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^,^ ^^ ^^i^^ j^ g^p^rted to the United States. The 

 9.000 are now ready for tapping. A good quality of crude rubber ^^^y^^^^ industry is reported to be verv prosperous, and local 

 IS expected if a careful oversight is exercised of tapping and j^^,^^^ ^^^ ^^^4 ^y^^ j^^g^ manufacturers made big profits last 

 gathering. This is the only attempt at cultivating rubber trees ^. 



made in Liberia. Quotations for rubber at Havre on December 31, 1911 and 



ITALY'S RUBBER TRADE. jgj, respectively, were as follows, per pound: 

 .According to a report from Consul General James .\. Smith, 



of Genoa, the Italian imports of crude rubber and gutta percha Y'' 



amounted in 1911 to $7,939,692 and in 1912 to $9,009,240. Of ^'"''^- ,°,^\ 



these amounts the United States furnished, respectivelv, $303,203 ^, ^'"'- ^^' l^"' '^"^ ^^' ^^^^- ^'-ne (— ). 



. tppoiofi Kongo: ' Per Cent. 



"' ' PROGRESS OF DANISH CABLE CO. Upper-Oubangui $1.04-$1.06 $0.98-$1.08 —3.73 



Tu N- J- 1 t' 1- 1 r 1.-1 1 , V .u roM„ o.,^ Kotfo 1.04-1.04 .98-1.08 —3 73 



The Nordiske Kabel og 1 raadtabriker (Northern Cable and ^ , ^ . . , ,^., , «, , «„ . „, 



Wire Factorv), of Copenhagen, has paid for 1912 a dividend of Sangha-Oubangm .03- .06 .98- .00 -..76 



7 per cent, upon its enlarged capital equalling $600,000. Con- I"'""^ ^^'^ '02- 1.03 1.09- 1.10 +6.77 



sumption of its products is said to be increasing in Denmark, and 



the installation of rubber, as well as spinning machinery, has Should be on every rubber man's desk — Crude Rubber and 



been augmented. .Additional premises for the manufacture of Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Country of the Amazon; 



high tension cables are being at present erected. Rubber Trade Directory of the World. 



