July i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER 'iVORLD 



311 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



TH E net result of the changes in the market for the month 

 past is that some grades of Paras are a trifle lower^ 

 while others are unchanged ; Centrals are firm, without 

 change for principal grades ; and Africans show a re- 

 duction throughout most of the list. During the first half of 

 the month buying of Para sorts were rather active, as if manu- 

 facturers had given up hope of lower prices, and were prepar- 

 ing to cover requirements for some time ahead at current fig- 

 ures. Later, however, this activity declined. It is usual with 

 some important factories to take stock about July i, and just be- 

 fore this date they do not, as a rule, add to their supplies of raw 

 material. It now appears that the total receipts of Para rubber 

 at the initial markets (including Caucho) were slightly larger 

 for the crop season ending on July i than in any former year, al- 

 thpugh, for the first half of the season, there wasamateiial 

 shortage as compared with last year. While the receipts in the 

 consuming markets have been liberal during the last few 

 months, deliveries have advanced equally in volume, so that 

 the visible supply is even less than twelve months ago. Stocks 

 at Para are e.xceptionally small of late, and all cable advices re- 

 late to a tendency to advance in prices, which are claimed 

 already to be relatively higher than at New York or Liverpool. 

 The future of prices for Para grades must be determined, of 

 course, by the production of the season now beginning — a 

 problem rendered exceedingly complex by the unsatisfactory 

 financial conditions in Brazil, concerning which it is difficult to 

 gain intelligible reports, or to predict their effect upon the 

 business of producing rubber. 

 The latest New York quotations are : 



PARA. 



Islands, fine, new 84 @S5 



Islands, fine, old 85 @86 



Upriver, fine, new. . . .87 @88 



Upriver, fine, old 89 @90 



Islands, coarse, new. . .47 ©48 



Islands, coarse, old... @ 



Upriver, coarse, new. .61 (2i62 



Upriver, coarse, old. . .64 ©65 



Caucho(Peiuvian)sheet 47 ©48 

 Caucho (Peruvian)strip 



none imported now. 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 55 @56 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .53 @54 



Guayaquil, strip 50 @5i 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .53 @54 



Mangabeira, sheet. .. .41 @42 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 61 @62 



Borneo 36 (§46 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 5*700 



Islands, coarse 2$8oo 



AFRICAN. 



Tongues 46 



Sierra Leone 58 



Benguella 52 



Cameroon ball 46 



Fiake and lumps 35 



Accra flake 17 



Accra buttons 47 



Accra strips 



Lagos buttons 47 



Lagos strips 



Liberian flake 



Madagascar, pinky 



Madagascar, black .... 



©47 



^59 



@53 



@47 



©36 



@i8 



©48 



@ 



@48 



@ 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Fine grade 1.75 



Medium 1.45 



Hard white 1.20 



Lower sorts 65 



Balata 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 6^550 



Upriver, coarse 4$i5o 



Exchange 11% d. 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR MAY (NEW RUBBER.) 

 1901. 



Upriver, fine 89@93 



Upriver, coarse 62(865 



Islands, fine .... 85(390 



Islands, coarse 5i@6o 



Cameta, coarse 58@63 



Prices of rubber scrap have shown a slight advance during 

 the month, the later quotations being in the neighborhood of 

 7/s @ 8^'4 cents for shoes in carload lots. 



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

 in India rubber. No. 58 William street, New York, advises us 

 as follows : 



"About the same monetary conditions have prevailed during 

 June as lor the two months previously, the best rubber paper 

 being taken at 4@4j^ per cent., and names not so well known 

 5@6 per cent. Towards the latter part of the month, however, 

 the demand has been somewhat less as is usually the case at 

 the turn of the half year." 



Stocks of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium, Coarse, igoi. 



Stocks, April 30 tons 906 88 = 994 



Arrivals, May 806 349 = 1155 



Total Total 



1900. 1899. 



850 536 



569 449 



Aggregating 1712 



Deliveries, May 902 



437 = 

 352 = 



2149 

 1254 



1419 

 790 



985 

 538 



Stocks, May 31 . 



810 



85 = 895 



629 



447 



1901. 



Stocks, April 30 170 



Arrivals, May 1165 



PARA. 



IgoD. 



790 



1755 



ENGLAND. 



1899. 



570 



1400 



1425 

 600 



1900. 1899 



1870 885 



555 910 



Aggregating 1335 



Deliveries, May 1 1 85 



2545 

 1955 



1970 

 1450 



2025 



675 



2425 

 750 



1795 

 650 



Stocks. May 31 



150 



590 



520 



1350 1675 1145 



World's supply. May 31 3102 



Para receipts, July i to May 31 22,911 



Afloat from Para to United States, May 31.. . 377 



Afloat from Para to Europe, May 31 330 



['Including caucho.] 



London. 



Jackson & Till, under date of June i, report : 



1901. 



London 



Para sorts tons — 



Borneo 168 



Assam and Rangoon 40 



[Other sorts 528 



1899. 



Total 736 



Liverpool 



Para. 



1355 



Other sorts 141 1 



Total, United Kingdom 3502 



Total, May I 3397 



Total, April i 3522 



Total, March i 2989 



Total, February 1 3189 



Total, January I 2901 



PRICES PAID DURING MAY. 

 1900. 



1899. 



3/8i((«4/2f 4/ll@4/3 



@2/a\ 2/9 ((82/10 



2/8i@2/lli 3/3 (0)3/5 



No sales. 4/i}(34/3 



1901. 



Para fine 3/8 (3)3/101^ 



Negroheads, Islands. . . . (82/2^ 



Do scrappy 2/7J (§2/8 



Bolivian No sales. 



Para. 



A CORRESPONDENT, writing of the larger rubber receipts this 

 year than last, says: " Unexpected as this may have appeared 



RUBBER SUBSTITUTE. 



FOR SALE, the American patent of a new substitute (lloating, white), 

 superior to the best on the market, and already appreciated in luirope. 

 Enormous profit for the manufacturer. Address SuiiSTiTUTi'., care of The 

 India Rubhek Woki.!). [38] 



POSITION OPEN. 



RUBBER SHOES. — Wanted, thoroughly experienced Superintendent to 

 establish and manage Rubber Shoe Factory in Europe. Splendid opening for 

 the right man. Address, A. Z., P. O. Box 375, New York city. [37] 



