October i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



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cale Coloniale, of Brussels — one of the great horticultural 

 establishments of the world, and one which is contributing 

 in an important degree to the development of the rubber 

 planting interest— has favored The India Rubber World re- 

 cently with a call. 



= The name of Mr. Charles R. Flint having been suggested, 

 through the newspapers, as that of a suitable candidate for 

 mayor of New York, to head the movement to reform the city 

 government, that gentleman wrote to the committee of citizens 

 having in charge the choice of a candidate that his business 

 interests were of such a nature that he could not undertake 

 the cares of public office. 



=The Editor of The India Rubber World is constrained 

 to apologize for the picture of Treasurer G. P. Whitmore, of 

 the New England Rubber Club, which appeared in the Septem- 

 ber issue of the paper. Personally, Mr. Whitmore is one of the 

 most genial men alive, and the amount of detail work that he 

 has done in connection with the Club is marvelous. The pho- 

 tograph, however, has pictured him as a serious individual, with 

 a suggestion of pugnacious intolerance. Whether this was due 

 to the sun, the photographer, or the repentant mood that fol- 

 lows successful dinners, it is impossible to state, but at all 

 events, the photograph was not a likeness. 



= Mr. H. C. Burton, of Parker, Stearns & Sutton, New York, 

 has gone to Europe and will probably remain away for some 



two months, Mr. Burton, always an exceedingly conscientious 

 man, has allowed himself to overwork and the powers that be 

 in the company have, with kindly insistence, decided that he 

 take a vacation where no news of the factory and office can 

 reach him. 



=Mr. Louis M. L. Gielis, director of the Cie. Commerciale des 

 Colonies (Societe Anonyme), of Antwerp, while on a visit re- 

 cently to the United States in the interests of his company — 

 who, by the way, are interested in the exploitation of rubber in 

 Africa and Brazil — was a visitor to the offices of The India 

 Rubber World. 



= Mr. A. G. Morganstern, formerly of the firm of Lowenthal 

 & Morganstern, and for some years past a resident of Europe, 

 is now visiting in the United States. Mr. Morganstern, by the 

 way, since he retired from business, has become a tennis ex- 

 pert of note. He is acting secretary of the Nice Lawn Tennis 

 Club and one of the best players in Europe. 



= Herr Kuhlemann, manager of Oesterrichisch-Amerikan- 

 ische Gummifabrik, of Vienna, one of the largest continental 

 rubber factories, who planned to be in the United States this 

 fall, advises The India Rubber World that pressure of busi- 

 ness makes it impossible for him to reach the States before the 

 early spring. 



= Baron H. Arnous de Riviere, of Beni Gum Co. fame, is 

 again in Bolivia, trying to develop some rubber interests there. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



THE general tendency of prices during the past month 

 has been slightly downward, ending in a level 2 or 3 

 points lower than in our last report, with a smaller de- 

 cline in some others. Para rubber has been arriving 

 in the primary markets at a very good rate, but the principal re- 

 ceipts so far this season have resulted from last season's col- 

 lections. Hence, it is too early to determine the effect upon 

 the production of rubber of the depression in the rubber states 

 of which so many rumors have come to hand. Judging by 

 past experience, it will be well on into next year before the 

 total production of the current season can be known. Manu- 

 facturers have bought rather freely during the latter part of the 

 month just closed. 



New York quotations on September 30 were : 



para. AFRICAN. 



Islands, fine, new 85 @S6 



Islands, fine, old 87 @88 



Upriver, fine, new 89 (890 



Upriver, fine, old go ©91 



Islands, coarse, new. . .47 ©48 



Islands, coarse, old. . . @ 



Upriver, coarse, new. .64 (865 



Upriver, coarse, old.. .66 ©67 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 53 @54 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 64 (§65 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .54 @55 



Guayaquil, strip 50 (851 



Nicaragua, scrap ., . .53 @54 



Mangabeira, sheet. , . .40 ©41 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 6$ooo Upriver, fine 7$ooo 



Islands, coarse 2$70o Upriver, coarse 4.^400 



Exchange ioJ|(/. 

 The latest mail advices from Pari! are to the effect that the 

 Islands rubber crop is promising well, as an offset to the short- 

 age f-xpecced in the Upriver supplies. Caucho receipts thus far 

 have been slight. 



Tongues 46 @47 



Sierra Leone 47 (?t65 



Benguella 53 ©54 



Cameroon ball 46 ©47 



Flake and lumps 33 @35 



Accra flake 17 @i8 



Accra buttons 46 @47 



Accra strips @ 



Lagos buttons 45 ©46 



Lagos strips @ 



Madagascar, pinky.. . . @ 



Madagascar, black @ 



EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 60 @6 1 



Borneo 36 ©46 



NEW YORK rubber PRICES FOR JULY (NEW RUBBER.) 

 1901. 



Upriver, fine 94@Sy}4 



Upriver, 'coarse 61(863 



Islands, fine 82@85 



Islands, coarse 46J^@48J^ 



Cameta, coarse 50@55 



Upriver, fine 85(892 



Upriver, coarse 6i@68 



Islands, fine 8i((^38 



Islands, coarse 46(850 



Camata, coatse 5o@5i 



Bordeaux, 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : During 

 the first days of September there has been a slight advance in 

 Caoutchouc in this market, with a good demand. Quotations 

 — francs per kilogram : 



Soudan twists, fine. .. .6. 8c@7. Cameroons, B 3.60 



Do ordinary. .6. ©6.05 Do C 3. 



Soudan niggers, fine. . .6. 50@6 75 Grand Bassam, lump. . 5. 



Do ordinary .5. (86. Do niggers f;.8o@6, 



Cameroons, A. P b.8o Tonkin, red 5-50(35.75 



Do A 5.35 Do black 5-75(^6. 



Do A. M 4.60 



Arrivals since September i : 



Soudan twists kilos 37,550 Grand liassam, niggers... 300 



Soudan niggers 2,050 New Caledonian 1,500 



Grand Bassam, lump 1,000 Soudan. 279 bags. 



Stocks, September 16 : 



Soudan kilos 10.000 Quito (Ecuador) 2,500 



Cassamance 5,000 Madagascar 3,000 



Java 3,500 



Tonkin 2,200 Total 30,700 



Congo-Mayambe 4.500 



Bordeaux, September 16, 1901. r. cmaumbl 



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

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

 follows : 



