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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



fOcTonER 1, 1910. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



NOTICK SIK I.KS AKURES A CAOinCIIOUi: DK SURINAM. 

 Amstcr«lnin: J. 11. ilc Bussy. igio. [Paper. Bvo. Pp. 40. Price 

 50 ceniifiK'^. 1 . 



"T" HE commission of Surinam (Dutcli Guiana) for tlie Inti-rna- 

 *■ lional K.xhibition at Hrusscls this year decided to conrnie 

 their attention particularly to india-rubber and allied products. 

 Their e.\hibit comprised a number of specimens of rubber from 

 native Hci'ca Guyancnsis and planted Hevca Brasitiensis, and 

 one of planted Castiltoa; also a number of items relative to 

 balata. A good collection of photographs illustrative of the 

 balata industry and rubber culture was also shown. This bro- 

 chure is the work of Dr. J. Sack, chemist at the Surinam experi- 

 ment station of the colonial department of agriculture. [See 

 The India Rubber Worijj, October i, 1909 — page 21.] 'ITie 

 chapter on Hevea Guyancnsis is contributed by Mr. J. W. Gong- 

 grijp, forestry agent in the colony, and that on Hevea Brasili- 

 eusis by Mr. A. W. Drost, assistant in the agricultural laboratory. 

 There are some good photographic views, statistics of 35 rubber 

 plantations, and general considerations regarding rubber cultural 

 conditions in Surinam. 



MALAISIE CAOUTCHOUC PLANTATIONS, SOCIETES FINAN- 

 cieres. Second Edition. .Antwerp: Imprimerie J. E. Buschmann. 1910. 

 [Paper. Svo. Pp. igs.] 



The lively interest in rubber plantations on the part of Belgian 

 capitalists is indicated by the early appearance of the second 

 edition of this directory, the first edition of which was reviewed 

 in The India Rubber World February i, 1910 (page 183). The 

 book has been increased by more than 80 pages, and a map in 

 colors has been introduced, showing the location of the planta- 

 tions reported on. 



OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. 



SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, MADE 

 10 the Gencial .Asseinbly [State of Rhode Island and Providence Planta- 

 tions] at its January Session, 1910. J. EUery Hudson, Chief Factory 

 Iniiector. Providence: 1910. [Cloth. 8vo. Pp. 138.} 



LES N0U\T;.\UX C.\0UTCH0UCS ET LEUR VALUE ECONOMIQUE. 

 Manigobas de Bahia; Guayuie; Palo Araarillo; Bleekrodea; Ecanda. By 

 O. _I-.abroy. [Extract from Bulletin de la Societe Nationale d' Acclima- 

 tation de France. Paris — .April, 1910.] 8vo. Pp. 12. 



rHIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF STA- 

 tistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey. For the year ending 

 October 31, 1909. Camden: 1910. [Cloth. 8vo. Pp. xiv -f- 307.] 



E.XPERIMENTS IN TA1'PIN<; I KARA RUBBER TREF-S. BY E. V 

 Wilcox. (Hawaii .\Kriciillnral l-^xperimcnt Station. Bulletin No. 19.) 

 Honolulu: Paradise of the J*atitii Press. lo'". [Paper. 8vo. Pp. ::o. [ 



STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF TDK UNITED STATES. 1909. THIR 

 ty-sccond number. Prepared by tlie I'.urcau of Statistics, under the direc- 

 tuin <^f the Secretary of C'onnnercc and l.al)or. WashiuKlon: tiovcrnnient 

 Printing Oflicc. 1910. [Paper. 8vo. Pp. "o.t. I 



THE FOREIGN CC>MAIERCE AND N.\VIG.\TION OF THE UNITEI- 

 .States for the year el)din^ June 30, 1909. < Department of Commerce and 

 Labor — Bureau of Statistics.) O, P. .Austin, Chief of Bureau. Wash- 

 ington: Government Printing Office. 1909. [Paper. Fol. Pp. 1286.] 



IN CURRENT PERIODICALS. 



_ L'Arbre a Caoutchouc du Tonkin et du Nord-.\nnam (^Bleekrodea Ton- 

 kinensis. By Ph. Ebcrhardt and M. Durand — L'Aericitlture pratique des 

 pays ckauds, Paris. X-82 (Jan., '10). Pp. 4-23; A-83; (Feb., '10). Pp. 

 112131. 



Nouvclles Observations sur la Preparation du Caoutchouc Funlumia 

 eltastica ct sur son Avenir a la Cote D'lvoire. By .Aug. Chevalier— 

 L' Agriculture pratique des pays chauds, Paris. X-84 (Mar., '10). P[y. 

 180-201. 



El Cultivo del Caucho CCastillua elastica). By Jose C. Panliery, chief 

 of the department of apiculture of Cuba. = Circular of Estacion Ex- 

 perimental Agronomica de (Tuba, Santiago de I.as Vegas. No. 27 (1909). 

 Pp. 16-30. 



La Saignce Rationellc de I'Hevea. Considerations Physiologiques, By 

 O. Labroy. [Comparative examination of the Hevea and the CastUloa from 

 the tapping standpoint.] = Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale. Paris. X-106 

 (.Apr. 30, '10). Pp. J 00- 1 03. 



La Saignee de 1' Hevea d' Aprcs le Systeme Northway. By T. Fetch. 

 = Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale, Paris. X-109 (July 31, '10). Pp. 

 103-106. 



Note sur un Nouveau Regime d' Exploitation du Funtumia. By C. 

 Farrenc. = Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale, Paris. X-109 (July 31, '10). 

 Pp. 204-207. 



Nouvelles Recherches sur la Coagulation de Divers Latex a Caoutchouc. 

 By V. (Zayla. = Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale. Paris. X-iio (Aug. 31, 

 '10). Pp. 228-230. 



Le Caoutchouc et I'.Avcnir du Brcsil. By G. Lamy-Torrilhon. - 

 Journal 'd Agriculture Tropicale. Paris. X-iio (Aug. 31, '10). Pp. 235- 

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The discovery is announced by Sei'ior Maximo de Brunn, of 

 San Pedro Sula, Honduras, of a vine abundant in the forests 

 there, containing rubber in great quantities. He says: "As it 

 would not pay to tap this vine as they do the rubber trees, I am 

 in search of a machine, which is said to be used in Brazil and 

 Japan, to suck or pump the milk out of this plant." Sefior de 

 Brunn invites correspondence on this subject. The location re- 

 ferred to is in the department of Cortez — in northwestern Hon- 

 duras — just east of the department of Yoro, in which the dis- 

 covery of a rubber vine of apparent value has been reported 

 already. [See The India Rubber World. May i, 1901 — page 234.] 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



RUBBER prices at this date are largely nominal, the recent 

 slump having been so marked that it is difficult to obtain 

 quotations, as most of the grades listed here are without 

 much request at present. As intimated in an editorial article in 

 this issue, this is the dull season in the tire trade, and the de- 

 mand for rubber during the past year or two has been to a very 

 large extent for tires. Our Akron correspondent reports the dis- 

 charge of many tire workers in some of the factories, and reduced 

 working time in other factories. The time has not yet arrived 

 for the automobile builders to decide upon their output for the 

 1911 season, and until this is done the more iinportant contracts 

 for ruljber tires will not be placed with the rubber manufacturers. 

 Meanwhile the latter are not in the market for rubber, and doubt- 

 less the feeling prevails that by abstaining from buying for the 

 present a lower price level for rubber may be brought about. 

 There is gossip in the trade that there are now a few low priced 

 contracts that will soon have to be covered, and that speculative 

 interests are concerned in getting prices down. 



There was a sharp decline at the London rubber auction on 

 September 27, both in Para and plantation sorts. Prices were 

 reix)rted which would enable Ceylons to be delivered in New- 

 York at $1.45. The Antwerp sale, on September 21, when about 

 200 tons out of 3CX) offered were sold, showed an average decline 

 of about 1. 54 francs per kilogram ^ 13 or 14 cepts per pound 



less than the official broker's estimations. \\. the Havre sale, 

 on .September 21, only 20 tons were sold out of 135, and the de- 

 cline was still inore luarked than at .\ntwerp. 



.■\rrivals at Para of rubber of all kinds (including caucho) 

 since the beginning of the new crop season, and compared with 

 former years, have been as follows: 



1907. IQ08. 1909. 1910. 



July tons 1,370 1,300 1,400 2,340 



.\ugust 1,500 1,890 1,870 1,870 



September 2,410 2,355 2,020 *i,8lo 



Total 5,280 5,545 5,290 6,020 



*Up to September 28, 1910. 



.A.dvices from Manaos up to September 29 indicate the ar- 

 rival there of 3,156 tons for the crop year, against 3,105 tons for 

 the corresponding period last year. 



'I he exports of plantation rubber from the Far East continue to 

 increase at a rapid rate, as shown in detail on another page. 

 The exports since the beginning of this year from Ceylon and 

 the Malay peninsula have averaged about 1,200,000 pounds per 

 month, or something like 535 long tons. Not the least interesting 

 feature in this connection is that, because of the smaller shrink- 

 age in the Ceylons, more than the corresponding amount of 

 Brazilian rubber is thus replaced each month. 



