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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, iqio. 



Vol. 43. 



OCTOBER 1, 1910. 



No. 1. 



TABLE Of CONTENTS. 



Editorial: 



PAfiE. 



Our Twenty- Second Vear ^ 



Wliat Will the Tire Harvest He? 2 



Progress on the Madeira 2 



Minor I'Mitiirial 3 



PARA, MANAOS AND THE AMAZON 



By the Editor 5 

 [The Rubber Fields Peyond Manaos. Matte Grosso. Peru, the 

 Acre, and \'enezuela. The Many Kinds of Rubber in Peru 

 Other than "Caucho." Reminiscences of Manaos and of Some 

 Visitors There. The Return Trip Down the Amazon, and Wel- 

 come at Para.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regiiliir Correspondent 13 

 [Stale of Trade. .-Vrtihcial Rubber .\gain. Rubber Washing. 

 Some new Registrations. Removing Resin from Rubber. Per- 

 sonal Mention.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 15 



[United Stales, threat Hritain. France.] 



Points on the Cotton Situation 17 



The Obituary Record 19 



[With Portraits of ("icorge T. Perkins and Franz Clouth.l 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 21 



Hartford Tire Men in Convention 22 



I With an Illustration.] 



The Rubber Tire Trade 23 



I With ail Illustration.] 



The Last Goodyear Rubber Inventor 25 



[With a I'crtrait of E. D. S. Goodyear.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Prospects of Over Production 3 



Progress in the Philippines 3 



German Electrical I'rogrcss 16 



Oil From Rubber Free Seeds 16 



-Adulteration of Linseed ttil 16 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 33 



[With 5 Illustrations.] 



Rubber Interests in the Far East 35 



Kews of the American Rubber Trade 29 



The Trade in .Akron Our Correspondent 26 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 27 



The Trade in Cincinnati Our Correspondent 28 



The Trade in ChicaRn Onr Correspondent. . 2S 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 36 



Rubber Receips at Manaos for July. 



[COI'KTKSV OF MKSSRS. SCHOLZ & CO.] 



r»OM — 1910. 



Rio Puriis-.Acre tons jcio 



Rio Madeira 281 



Rio Turu.a 34 



Rio }avary.Iquitos 7 



Rio Solimoes -2 



Rio Negro 



1909. 1908. 

 368 206 



295 



18 



39 



4 



292 



52 

 8 



1907. 



234 



1 8a 



31 



7 



16 



1906. 1905. 



421 225 



266 

 26 

 23 



15 



219 

 37 

 90 



Total 634 726 



Caucho 1 00 314 



569 

 143 



468 



lOl 



751 

 143 



Total 734 1.040 7"2 



For Shipment from — 



569 894 



Manaos 610 883 



Para 124 157 



539 

 173 



547 



695 

 199 



586 

 88 



674 



608 

 66 



Total 734 '.040 



-12 569 894 674 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



E.\i"ORTS OF Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



(From January i to August ts. 1909 and 1910, compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



Pounds Pounds. 



1909. 1910. 



To Great Britain 409,569 753.968 



To Canada / ^ 673,922 



To United States ^230,518 ; ^^^^ 



To Belgium 25,252 26,425 



To Germany 17.349 9.9^0 



To Italy 608 841 



To- Australia 7,504 1.099 



To France i .630 



To China i ,508 



Total 693.947 1,468,146 



[Same periotl 1908 — 405.415 pounds; same 1907 — 267,979.] 



E.rP0RTs From the Feder.\ted Malay States. 



I For the first six months of iglo. Reported by tin- rommissinner of Trade 

 and Customs.] 



Pounds. 



Perak 975.990 



Selangor 3,140,639 



Negri Sembilan 1,158,954 



Pahaiig 1,210 



Total 5-276.793 



Total. 6 mnntlis. igoq 2,463,241 



ToT.\L E.rPORTS From M.\l.\va. 



[From January : to dates named. Reported by P.arluw & Co., Singa- 

 pore. Ceylon exports not included.] 



190S. 1909. igio. 



From Singapore (to August 10 ) . . 1.210,996 1,584,234 1.912,555 



From Penang (to July 25) 600,300 1,514,013 1,202,525 



From Pt. Swetteiiliam (to July 22) 4,405,022 



Total 1.811.296 3.098,247 7.520,102 



Antiverp. 



Rubber Arrivals from the Conco. 

 .August 16. — By the steamer Mandingo : 



lUinge & Co (Socicte Generate .\fricaine) Icilos 96,000 



Do (Chemir'b de fer Grands Lacs) 2,500 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 19,300 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 3.500 



Societt- Coloiiiale.Anversoise (Cie. Fraiicaise du II :iut t'onso) 10.000 



Do (Slid Cameroon) 8,100 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 80,400 



I.. & W. Van de Velde 3,000 222,800 



August 31. — By the steamer Bruxellesville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generate .\fricaine) kilos 67,800 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 7,200 



Do (Comite .Special Katanga) 20.000 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 20,800 



Socicte Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 5.000 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 9,800 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 57,000 



Do t,200 



Charles Dethier (.\merican Congo Co.) 900 175.600 



Rubber Statistics for August. 



Details. 1910. 1909. 1908. 1907- 1906. 



Stocks, July 31 kilos 519.96; 524.512 695,551 93'. 356 531.441 



.Arrivals in .'Xugust 423,246 229,260 640,712 309,667 578,122 



Congo sorts 338.797 >47.3t3 522.847 232,522 438,005 



Other sorts 84.449 81.947 117.865 77.145 140.117 



Aggregating 943.2ii 753.772 1,336,263 1,241,023 1. 109.563 



Sales in August 406,651 508,921 461,749 500,509 422,696 



Stocks, August 31 536.560 244.8s' 874,514 740,514 686,867 



.\rrivals since Jan. i .. .2,758.353 3,162,684 3.473-73" 3.501.465 3.03.1.72; 



Congo sorts 2,139,120 2,325,028 2,953,211 2,986.244 2,998,843 



Other sorts 619.233 837,656 520,528 5'5.22i 934.884 



Sales since Jan. 1 2,763,303 3,5'3.568 3,606,119 3.4I9.'35 3.982.047 



