November i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



59 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



OUR record of quotations shows a decline in ParA sorts 

 as compared with one month ago, practically no 

 change in Centrals, and a lack of uniformity in change 

 in Africans. Prices are not given for old Para rub- 

 bers, owing to the lack of supplies in the market, but such 

 transactions as have been made during the month have been at 

 well maintained prices. A feature of the statistical situation 

 is the continued arrival at the primary markets of larger sup- 

 plies of Para sorts than in any former year so early in the sea- 

 son. The summary presented further on brings up the record 

 for the crop year to the end of September. The arrivals at Pard 

 in October, up to and including the 28th, and taking into ac- 

 count the rubber in transit from Mandos, reached 3345 tons (in- 

 cluding 60 tons of Caucho), whereas the estimate made at 

 the beginning of the month called for only 2500 tons. The 

 total arrivals for October last year were only 2235 tons, against 

 2256 tons in October, 1899, and 1900 tons in October, 1898. 

 Opinion is divided in the trade as to what may be expected 

 during the rest of the season. During the summer a short crop 

 was predicted for this season, particularly from the upper Am- 

 azon, on account of the limiting of credits to rubber collectors, 

 but in spite of this there have been rather good receipts of Up- 

 river rubber. The fact that these have been in advance of the 

 usual dates for such receipts suggests that the reason may be 

 that operators in the rubber fields, having short supplies of 

 money and provisions, have hurried their rubber to market as 

 fast as gathered, in small lots, to exchange lor supplies for 

 carrying on further work. This idea is supported by the fact 

 that much of the new rubber has come to hand in very wet 

 condition. 



New Vork quotations on October 30 were : 



PAKA. AFRICAN. 



Islands, fine, new 70 @3o Tongues 45 ©46 



Islands, fine, old @ Sierra Leone, istquality63 (1864 



Upriver, fine, new 83 ©84 Benguella ^q @50 



Upriver, fine, old @ Cameroon ball 45 ©46 



Islands, coarse, new. . .46 @47 Flake and lumps 32 @34 



Islands, coarse, old... @ Accra flake 17 @i8 



Upriver,coarse, new. .63 ©64 Accra buttons 47 ©48 



Upriver, coarse, old. . . @ Accra strips C* 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 51 @52 Lagos buttons 46 @J7 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 58 ©59 Lagos strips @ 



CENTRALS. Madagascar, pinky (5 



Esmeralda, sausage... 54 ©55 Madagascar, black .. .. (3 



Guayaquil, strip 50 ©51 EAST INDIAN. 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .54 ©55 Assam 60 @6i 



Mangabeira, sheet 40 @4t Borneo 36 ©46 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 4*850 Upriver, fine 6$ooo 



Islands, coarse i$g50 Upriver, coarse 4J000 



Manaos advices, same date : 



Upriver, fine 5$ooo Upriver, coarse 3$6oo 



Exchange ii}|</. 

 NEW VORK PRICES FOR SEPTEMBER (NEW RUBBER.) 



fgoi. 1900. i8g9. 



Upriver, fine 87(891 99J-j@i03 ioi(gii04^ 



Upriver, coarse 65(2166 70 @J2 77@83 



Islands, fine 84@88 95.J^@99 96(S9<) 



Islands, coarse 48(0)50 55 @58 6i@63 



Camet.-i, coarse 50(251 56 @S7^ 62(@64 



tires and cushion tires. 



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

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



" During October the money market in general has continued 

 very steady, with a moderate demand for commercial paper 



mostly from out of town banks, the ruling rates being 5@5K 

 per cent, for the best rubber names, aud 6 per cent, for those 

 not so well known." 



Statistics of Para l^abber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse, iqoi. 



Stocks, August 31 tons 485 38 = 523 



Arrivals, September 355 145 = 500 



Total Total 



1900. 1899. 



566 313 



609 652 



Aggregating 840 183 = 1023 1175 



Deliveries, September 391 146 = 537 725 



965 

 628 



Stocks, September 30.. 449 



37 



4S6 450 337 



PARA. ENGLAND. 



1901. 1903. 1899. I901. 1900. 1899 



Stocks, August 31. .. . 190 255 695 980 1200 670 



Arrivals, September. .. 1850 1235 1350 645 310 385 



Aggregating 2040 



Deliveries, September. 1790 



1490 

 1032 



2045 

 1705 



1625 

 600 



1510 

 6i;o 



1055 

 625 



Stocks. Sept. 30. . 250 458 



340 



1025 



860 



430 



1900. 

 2664 



318S 



1899. 

 1995 

 3645 



1901. 



World's supply, September 30 2797 



Para receipts, July i to September 30 4112/ 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 283 ( 



Afloat from Para to United States, Sept. 30. 408 270 263 



Afloat from Para to Europe, September 30. . . 628 240 605 



Batata. 



Shipped from Caracas, Venezuela, September 24, by the 

 steamer Bolivar, to Havre, 40,151 kilos; to Hamburg, 8966 ; to 

 Southampton, 28,475; total, 77,592 kilos. 

 Liverpool. 



William Wright &Co. report [October i] : ••Fine Pard.— 

 The market has been dull, and prices have gradually declined, 

 but at the close there is a firmer tone, and some signs of a 

 slight reaction. Supplies continue to come forward freely, 

 and it is now stated that the shortage in the crop will not 

 become apparent until early next year, the strong buying both 

 in Para and Mandos at prices considerably over the parity of 



SITUATION WANTED. 



CHEMIST. — Wanted for the laboratory and sales department of a supply 

 house, an energetic worker familiar with the chemistry and the compounding 

 of the material used in rubber works. Applicant should give a full account of 

 himself. Address Workkr, case of The India Ruhber World. [57] 



FOR SALE. 



THREE bias cutting machines, especially built and suitable for cutting vel- 

 veteens and other fabrics on the bias. Each machine cuts a 4 yard length at a 

 stroke ; has self-sharpening knives and adjustable automatic feed : is perfectly 

 balanced, requiring but little power to operate. All are in perfect condition : 

 equipped with fast and loose driving pulleys, feed tables, etc. Can be oper- 

 ated at the rate of from 45 to 50 cuts per minute. Address E. H. B. , Box 165. 

 New Vork. [}°i\ 



FOR SALE. — One 22X60 Stock and Friction Calender, good as new; 

 used only short time. 



One nearly new 250 horse power Harris-Corfiss engine. 



Large Fire Pump, nearly new, and steam and water pipes ; little used. 



One 2^Xto Devulcaaizer Track and Carriage, and one z^zX'S Track 

 and Carriage. 



One 12X36 Double Geared Grinder. 



One 8X12 Wa.sher. 



One large Sturtevant I'.lower, No. 8. Also, several smaller Blowers. 



Lot of Pulleys and Shafting, used only a short time. 



Philip McGrorv, Trenton, N. Y. 



