OcrOBER I, 1 90 1.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



16 



RUBBER PRICES IN GERMANY. 



[from the " GUMMIZEITUNG," DRESDEN.] 



ANEW boom is in sight. That is a description of the pic- 

 ture which the crude rubber marlcet offers at present; a 

 complete turn over has taken place within the last few days. 

 The depression which has been dominant so long, and caused 

 prices to recede, seems to have reached its end. Within the 

 past week [late in August] prices have advanced 3 to 4 pence 

 (Enghsh) per pound, and are still moving in that direction. All 

 market reports received seem to agree that the market is firm 

 and prices advancing. 



The receipts were only 700 tons during the past month, and 

 stocks are exhausted. The tendency of the market is feverish 

 and prices change hourly, with strong inquiries. The causes 

 for this change can readily be found. By the general unfavora- 

 ble condition of the exchange, speculation holds aloof from 

 crude rubber ; but as now confidence has returned, and money 

 is very flotsam, the speculators have thought it worth while to 

 again turn their attention to the crude rubber market, and 

 force an advance in prices, which has been made easy by the 

 scarcity of stock on hand. 



These conditions, of course, create a stir in the circle of rub- 

 ber manufacturers, who will seek to have the prices of rubber 

 goods follow those of the crude article. It will certainly be 

 impossible for the rubber manufacturers to still further ease 

 their prices in accord with the general industrial depression, 

 and they will be forced, if this boom continues, to advance 

 their prices in the near future. 



It would have been better, of course, if no price reductions 

 had been made at the time when crude rubber prices fell of? a 

 little, for that the slump was only a passing one could be foreseen 

 with certain assurance. Now, dealers and manufacturers are 

 confronted again with new difficulties, and the old fight to ad- 

 vance prices begins anew. But under present conditions, 

 which are likely to remain unchanged, it can hardly be avoided. 

 Those who are in possession of large stocks of raw material, as 

 well as of manufactured goods, of course, can assume a waiting 

 policy. Dealers would certainly be wise to sufficiently provide 

 themselves, before the boom further develops itself. 



"PACIFIC RUBBER CO." 



TO THE Editor of the India Rubher World : We were 

 quite surprised, after looking through your issue of 

 August I, to learn that you have found out that the Pacific 

 Rubber Co. are not incorporated and that they did not have 

 any property. We studied their prospectus for three weeks 

 before investing, though we did not find anything in it except 

 that the promise of profit was unusually great. We had done 

 some correspondence with them, and also with other com panics 

 to see the ditTerence in their promises. After having studied 

 it over, we have invested, with the intention of depending en- 

 tirely upon the directors, whom we hear are first class business 

 men. We thought such men as they are described to be, 

 would not have their names spoiled by committing fraud. An- 

 other thing — we thought that if a company could use a cor- 

 porate seal on their shares, it would first have to be incorpo- 

 rated. 



One thing that has struck us as funny is that we received a 

 prospectus of the company in June, and lately we received an- 

 other which had been changed around a little. In the first 

 place, Mr. C. G. Cano, as superintendent of the company, had 

 been left out, and the Mexican manager had been left ofT the 

 column of officers. However, at present we cannot say any- 



thing, because they only promise dividends, payable monthly, 

 which we received on the fifth of every month. 



We received a letter recently from the United Securities Co. 

 sayir;g that the Pacific Rubber Co. have secured a contract, 

 which will enable them to purchase 120,000 acres of adjoining 

 rubber property in Mexico. 



Brooklyn, N. Y , September 4, 1901. 



SOME WANTS OF THE RUBBER TRADE. 



[lsl>] pROM Iowa a request comes for the names of manu- 

 •l facturers of small rubber balloons, such as can be 

 reiailed at 5 or 10 cents. = = The same mail brings a like request 

 from a dealer in Illinois. 



[1!)0] " Can you furnish me with the addresses of manufactur- 

 ers of hot water bottles in England, France, Germany, Belgium, 

 and Canada?" 



[191] From Missouri : " Please send us a list of rubber re- 

 claimers." 



[192] A western house,in anotherline of rubbergoods, writes : 

 "We might be interested in a line of rubber boots and shoes to 

 job, if we could run up against the right proposition." 



[193] From a New York newspaper: "Will you kindly give 

 us a list of those firms engaged in the rubber industry which 

 have been in business fifty years or more ? " 



[194] From Senglea, Island of Malta: "You will oblige us 

 if you inform us the address of some factory of India-rubber." 



[195] From Chicago :" In getting together a number of in- 

 dustrial sets for use in our schools, it has been found desirable 

 to secure an assortment of photographs or good prints illus- 

 trating the rubber industry. Can you favor us with addresses 

 of parties likely to have these .' " 



[19U] From Louisiana: "We desire to order several hun- 

 dred large India-rubber straps and bands, and would be pleased 

 to find a price list of such goods, stating dimensions." 



[197] " Can you give us some names of firms making a busi- 

 ness of equipping rubber manufacturing plants complete ? " 



[198] From Massachusetts: "Who manufactures a rubber 

 covering for horse bits, other than tubing .' We want some- 

 thing in the way of tape, with which the steel bit can be 

 wrapped." 



[199] " Are there any manufacturers of oilcloth outside of 

 the recently organized Standard Table Oilcloth Co. ? " 



[200] From Iowa : " Who can supply rubber pads for bar- 

 bers' scissors, and also rubber bibs?" 



[201] From a jobbing house : " We should like to have you 

 advise us who manufactures a rubber door bumper. We have 

 several inquiries for bumpers of this kind, with a rubber ball 

 hanging on a string." 



[202] A request has come to us for information concerning 

 a rubber substitute called " Andeline." 



[203] From Germany : " I should feel greatly obliged if you 

 could name a person in the United States who would be will- 

 ing to act as agent for me in the sale of rubber waste." 



Francis J. Hollowav, of the Kepitigalla estate, Metale, 

 Ceylon, reports in the Times of Ceylon, having sent a consign- 

 ment of Para rubber produced on his estate [presumably to 

 London], in regard to which he received this communication : 

 " Good clean sheet, valued at y. gd. per pound. This is very 

 nice rubber, as good, or better, than the finest Para rubber. 

 Therefoie, when you seethe quotations for fine Pat ii rubber, 

 you may assume that this is the value of your produce. Rub- 

 ber like yours is readily saleable in any quantity." He strongly 

 advises planting. 



