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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[December 1, 1910. 



Vol. 43 



DECEMBER 1, 1910. 



No. 3 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: ^^''' 



Knbbi:r Situation at Para 75 



The .\incrican Tariff Outlook 75 



.•\merican E.xports of Rubber Goods 76 



The Rubber Output of the East 76 



Minor Editorials 77 



Combination of Para Rubber Receivers 79 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



, Our Regular Correspoiidenl 81 



[A New Conipaiiy. The Chemist in the Rubber Industry. Pyridine 

 in Rubber .Analysis. Obituary Notes. Personal Mention.] 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 83 



Official India-Rubber Statistics 85 



[United States Fiscal Year 1909-10.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 87 



[Sectional Safety Tread for Stairs. The "Sed-A-Tiv" Bag. Belt 

 Buckles of Hard Rubber. The Painters' Striping Wheel. Crepe 

 de Chine Coat for Ladies. The "Delphin" Life Saving Appa- 

 ratus. Richardson's Patented Felt Boot. A New and Practical 

 Chauffeur's Coat.] 



[With 7 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 89 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 

 Mr. Alexander Bethune go 



[With Portait.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Memorial for Charles Goodyear Clarke Dooley 77 



The New Rubber Chemical Section 77 



Rubber at the Chemists' Club 77 



A Ceylon View of Rubber 78 



From the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce 78 



Printing on Rubber Footwear Ollustrated) 78 



A Sample of French Promoting 80 



The .Amazon Rubber Prospect 80 



Crude Rubber I nterests 82 



Good Showing Made by Tires 84 



The New "Essex" Rubber Mats 90 



Vacuum Drying of Crude Rubber F. J. Mayzvald 90 



Magnetic Reclaiming Separator (Illustrated) 94 



.'\ Convenient Tire Vulcanizer (Illustrated) 94 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 94 



Affairs in Mexico 98 



The Coming Rubber Exhibition 98 



Obituary 98 



Rubber Trade in British Guiana 103 



Rubber in "Palo .'\marillo" 103 



-A Chemist's Home in New York (Illustrated) 103 



Lower Prices for Tires 105 



The Bad Ending of "Kornit" 105 



The Editor's Hook Table 105 



The Automobile and Tire Trades gi 



I With 5 lllnslrations.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade gg 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



The Trade in .Akron Our Correspondent 95 



The Trade in Chicago Our Correspondent 96 



The Trade in Cincinnati Our Correspondent 97 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Corespondent 97 



Progress in Rubber Culture 104 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 106 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East. 



F.xi'ORTs OF Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



[From January I to October 10, 1909 and 1910. Compiled by the 

 Ceylon Chamber of Commeice.] 



1909. 1910. 



To Great Britain founds 548,100 1,068,030 



To United States I 295,960 I 940.177 



To Canada I 1 1,911 



To Belgium 28,163 35,799 



To Germany 18,194 10,479 



To Australia 8,893 4,604 



To Italy 608 841 



To France 1,639 



To China 1,508 



Total 903,065 2,061,841 



[Same period 1908—567,448 pounds; same 1907—373,448.] 



Exports from the Feoer.ated Malay States. 



[For the first eight months of 1910. Reported by the Commissioner of 

 Trade and Customs.] 



Pounds. 



Perak 1,454,169 



Selangor 4.218,983 



Negri Sembilan 1,553,401 



Pahang 2,731 



Total 7,229,284 



Total, 8 months, 1909 3,447,338 



Total Exports from Malaya. 



[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.] 



Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 

 1908. 1909. 1910. 



From Singapore (to Sept. 30) ... .1,504,118 1,902.916 2,659,962 



From Penang (to Sept. 15) 971,887 1,685,291 1,546,034 



From Pt. Swettenham (to Sept. 30) .... .... 5,946,053 



Total 2,476,005 3,588,207 10,152,049 



Summary. 

 The figures which follow show the total exports of plantation 

 rubber from the regions mentioned for the three calendar years 

 1907, 1908, and 1909 (with a few figures missing for December, 

 1909), compared with the figures thus far available for 1910 — 

 less than nine months for the Malay States and a little more 

 than nine months for Ceylon. No figures are included for the 

 Dutch East Indies : 



1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Ceylon 530,908 831,905 1,372,416 2,061,841 



Malay States 2,089,085 3,671,435 7,390,643 10,152.049 



Total 2,619,993 4,503,340 8,763,059 12,213,890 



These figures seem to point to a total output, during 1910, of 

 more than 15,000,000 pounds, or, approximately, 7,000 metric 

 tons — an amount not reached by the Amazon region before 1871, 

 and scarcely exceeded in 1883. 



London. 



November 1 and 2. — Tlie offerings of Plantation at this auction 

 were the largest that have yet been brought forward, and at the 

 opening the demand was somewhat quiet. Competition, however, 

 was fairly general for all kinds, and on the second day a distinct 

 improvement was noticeable in the tone, the concluding quota- 

 tions being the highest marked during the auction. The chief 

 feature was again the strong support for the medium and dark 

 sorts of crepe. — Cozv, IVilson & Stanton, Limited. 



OFFERINGS (iN TONS). 



Ceylon. Malaya. Total. 



This auction 46 262yi 308"^ 



Same time last year 27 J^ 109^ 137J4 



QUOT.ATIONS. 



Nov. 2, 1909. Nov. 2, 1910. 



Sheet and Biscuits; 



Smoked sheet 9s. ■td. @ 9s. l^d. 5s. 9d. @ 5j. 11 'Ad. 



Good to fine sheet 9s. & 9s. Id. 5s. 4Mrf. @ Ss. TAd. 



Good to fine biscuits 9s. (ffl 9s. Id. 5s. 4iid. @ 5s. Tyid. 



Crepe; 



Very pale 9s. Id. @ 9s. S'Ad. 5s. 6'Ad. @ 5s. S'Ad. 



Medium ami polish 8s. @ 9s. 4s. l\)id. @ 5s. 6'Ad. 



Dark and brown 5j. @ 7s. lO'Ad. 3s. 6d. @ 5s. 2'Ad. 



Unzt'oshcd Scrap; 



A/edium to fine 6s. 2d. @ 6s. 8'Ad. 3s. llrf. @ As. 9'Ad. 



Dark and low 4i. 3d. @ 6s. Id. Is. @ 3s. 9d. 



The highest price paid at the last auction was for smoked 

 shctt offered by Sekong Rubber Co., Limited, of Borneo — 5j. 

 n]4d. [= $1.44;/,]. 



Lewis & Peat report [November 3] : "Since our last report 

 the market has kept steady, but only a moderate business has 

 been done. A small sale of hard [Paro] was made at 5j. 8%rf.. 

 but immediately after there were buyers at 5i. 9d. Since then a 

 little has sold at 5s. 9d. @ 5s. 9yid., and no sellers now under 

 5s. lOd. [= $1.42]." 



