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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[April 1, 1911. 



Vol. 44. 



APRIL 1, 1911. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: Page. 



Rubber Goods Not High 217 



The .Asking of Questions 218 



When Synthetic Rubber Is a Fact 218 



Tligh-Priced Rubber and Some of Its Results 219 



Travel and E.xport Trade 219 



Manufacturing Efficiency 220 



Minor Editorials 220 



India-Rubber in Dutch Guiana 



By the Editor 221 

 [By Launch to La Liberte. Bananas and He~.ca. A Plantation 

 with Water Roads. A Launch Trip Up the Para River. Plan- 

 tation of Crocodiles. Pole Bridges. Waterland. Voorburg. 

 Coolie Drawn Punts. Up the Commowyne. Katwyk. A Peep 

 at Pieterzorg. Javanese Coolies. .\ Coolie Festival.] 

 (With 13 Illustrations.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 227 

 [The Late .Associate Editor. Soya Bean Oil. The Gorton Rubber 

 Co., Limited. Manchester Motor Show.] 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 228 



The Advisers of the West Indian Planters 229 



[With Portraits of Sir Daniel Morris and Hon. Francis Watts.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 231 



[I'nited States. Great Britain. France.] 



The Late John Hinchley Hart 233 



[With Portrait.] 



Asbestos as a Commercial Product — 1 235 



[With 6 Illustrations.] 



The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children 237 



|V\'ith ,1 Illustrations.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 240 



[Sleeve for Weak Tires. Clamp for Auto Hose. The "Jelco" 

 Puncture Proof Tire. Tire Inflation Made Easy. Golf Ball 

 Identification. The Geraldine — \ New High Cut Rubber. The 

 Handy Hose Holder. Travelight Patent Club Bags. A Rubber 

 Shoe for the Rhino Toe. All Metal Hose Reels.] 

 [With 10 Illustrations.] 



Miscellaneous: 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 220 



Automobile Tires for the Tropics 226 



"Near" Rubber from the Soya Bean 226 



German Balata Belting for the United States 226 



Weighing Things in Rubber Factories 230 



President's Trophy at the Rubber Exhibition (Illustrated) 232 



Improved Mixing Churn Construction (Flhistratcd) 234 



The Editor's Book Table 238 



.An Artistic and Patriotic Remembrance 238 



New Insulated Wire Specifications 239 



Labels fo;- Druggists' Sundries (Uluslrated) 239 



Progress of Ruhb'-r Planting 242 



-An .Automatic .Ash Remover (Illustrated) 244 



Obituary Record 233 



New Trade Publications 234 



News of the American Rubber Trade 245 



[With Portraii of Samuel Norris.] 

 Tlie Trade at .Akron 



Our Correspondent 243 

 The Trade in San Francisco 



Our Correspondent 243 

 The Trade at Trenton 



Our Correspondent 244 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 248 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [Marcli 1] : 



Fine Para. — The market has been active, and prices have advanced fully 

 )s. 6d. [ = 36 cents] per pound. This partly owing to the firm attitude 

 of the Brazilian receivers, but in addition there has been considerably more 

 demand from the trade, which is a healthy sign. Exports from here this 

 month are about 800 tons, <'f which .America has taken 180. It must be 

 borne in mind that after next month the receipts will be small, so that if 

 the Para receivers still maintain a firm attitude, a further advance in prices 

 is extremely likely. Closing value: Uprivcr 7.!. Id. [ = $1.72]. 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



I'.Xl'dRTS IIK Ckvlo.n (Irow.n Rubber. 



[From January 1 to February 13, 1910 and 1911. Complied by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



1910. 1911. 



To Great Britain /-oioirfj 148,911 321,565 



To United States 158,324 251,455 



To Belgium 1,322 27,441 



To Japan 7,135 



To Germany 1.804 3,648 



To Canada 1,911 



To Italy 452 



Total 312,724 611,244 



[$ame period 1909—129,859 pounds; same 1908—93,207.) 



Total Exports From M.alaya. 



[From January 1 to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



These figures include the production of the Federated Malay 



States, but not of Ceylon.] 



From— 1909. 1910. 1911. 



Singapore (to Feb. 3) ... .pounds 141,132 252,551 664,995 



Penang (to Jan. 21) 277.888 291,166 210,737 



Port Swettenham (to Jan. 19) 521,756 832,488 



Total 419,020 1,065,473 1,708,220 



Antwerp. 



Rubber St.\tistic.'; for February. 



Det.mls. 1911. 1910. 1909. 1908. 1907. 



Stocks, January 31. fri/oi 645.419 482,162 597,777 1,260,009 618,650 



.Arrivals in February.. 236.316 514,624 300.011 277,443 598,332 



Congo sorts 172,078 454.116 184,360 255,000 549,863 



Other sorts 64,238 60,508 115,651 22,443 48,469 



-Aggregating 881,735 996,786 897,788 1,537,452 1,216,982 



Sales in February 342,528 480,252 566,355 630,348 613,121 



Stocks, February 28... 539,207 516,534 331,433 907,104 603,861 



-Arrivals since Jan. 1.. 786.272 776.491 583.966 825,411 916,024 



Congo sorts 575,499 656,663 370,549 759,451 792,669 



Other sorts 210,773 119,828 213,417 65,960 123,355 



Sales since Jan. 1 835,277 801,469 848,268 925,201 970,347 



Rubber Arrivals From the Congo. 



February 15. — By the steainer LeopoldviUc: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



I)o (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



Do (Societe Abir) 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Do (Equatoriale Congolaise) 



Do (Societe Comm. and Financ. .Africaine) 



Societe Coloniale .-\nversoise (Beige de Haut Congo) 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 



L. & W. \"an de A'elde 



(Societe Comm. and Financ. Africaine) 

 Do 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 



Cassart & Henrion 



March 8. — By the steamer Bnt.yellcsvillc: 

 Bunge & Co (Societe (ienerale .Africaine) kilos 



52,600 

 22,600 



1,100 



1,000 

 675 



1,200 



6,600 



7,300 

 71,000 



7,000 

 6.500 

 3,100 

 600 181,275 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



& W 



Do 



Do 



.Societe 



Cassart 



L. 



.(Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



(Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



(Comite Special Katanga) 



(Societe Comm. and Financ. Africaine) 



(.Alberta) 



A'an de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 



(.Societe Comm. and Financ. Africaine) 



Coloniale Anversoise. 

 & Henrion 



. (Sud. Cameroon) 



105.800 



5,800 



21,000 



3,800 



60 



550 



67,000 



1. 000 



2.000 



8,200 



50 



215, 26r 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for 

 carload lots, per pound — arc practically unchanged, as follows : 



March 1. April 1. 



Old ruliber hoots and shoes— domestic. . 9!4@ 9^ 9i^(f? 9f^ 



Old rubber boots and shoes— foreign . . 8^(S} 81^ &V^@. 9 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4iX(S) 4J4 4i4@ 4j4 



Autoiiwl)ile tires 8!/i@ 9>V% Wii@ S'A 



Solid rul)1)or wagon and carriage tires. . Sy^^ 9 SVz® 9 



Wliitc trimmed rul)bcr 11 (gll^ 11 @1154 



lleavv black rubl)er AH(n) S^ 4j4(S 5 J4 



Air brake hose 4^@ 5 4)4® 5 



Garden hose 2 (g 2'^ 2 @ 2]4 



Fire and l.irge hose 2^(S) 2^ 2j4@ 2^ 



Matting 1 (a: V/g 1 @ V/s 



