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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



I January 1. 1911. 



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\'ol. 43 



JANUARY 1, 1911. 



No. 4 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



EditoriaJ: P^'se- 



A Happy New Yearl ^'J 



The L'li'ited States and Crude Rubber HI 



The American Demand for Rubber J j- 



Minor Kditorial *^2 



The First Ceylon Rubber SaJes "3 



"It Is All Part of the Cost of Rubber." 114 



llVogiess ...n tlic Madeira-Mamore Railway.] 



India-Rubber in Dutch Guiana — I 



S.V the Editor 115 

 [.\n Amsterdam Promise. Entering the Suriname River. Nieuw 

 Amsterdam. Paramaribo. .-V Tropical Holland. Dutch Ne 

 presses. The "Bahata Man." The Hotanic Gardens. "Hevea" 

 I'lKler Cultivation. X'arious Rubber Planting Experiments.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 119 

 [Rubber Markets. Raw Rubber. Vulcanized Fiber. Action of 

 Light on Rubber. Personal Mention. Balata in Rubber Goods.] 



Specifications for the Purchase of Materials — I 



Frederic Dannerth, Ph.D. 121 



Mexican Rubber Plantation Notes 



A Special Correspondent 123 

 Rubber Planting in the East 12-4 



[Federated Malav States Rubber Co. Selling Government Rubber 

 Plantations. Comparative Results. Rubber Planting in Burma. 

 Labor in the Rubber Field.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 125 



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



Miscellaneous: 



Ouestions Not Yet Settled v J)3 



A Rubber Fashion Note J ' ■* 



Gutta-Percha Tissue Prices 120 



"Hevea" Rubber and Salt Water 120 



.\ Prophetic View of Rubber j22 



Rubber and the Chinese Banks • . \2b 



I'olt Memorial School (Illustrated) 126 



The da Costa Coagulating Machine (Illustrated) 129 



British Golf Ball Patents 129 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce .■ JJf 



The (loodrich Road Signs (Illustrated) 134 



Balata Beltings in .\merica (Illustrated) 133 



Automobile Fire Engines (Illustrated) 133 



Rotary Tutter for Rubber Scrap (Illustrated) 139 



Some' Novelties in Rubber (Illustrated) 139 



Rubber Club of .\merica Banquet (Illustrated) 140 



New Trade Publications 128 



Telutone Works at Goebilt 



Philip Schidrowit:, Ph.D. 130 

 [With 5 Illustrations.] 



The Obituary Record '34 



[With Portrait of W. De F. Brown.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade i35 



The Trade at Akron 



Our Correspondent 12/ 



The Trade in San Francisco j,- • ■ - ,• ' • 



Our Correspondent 12/ 



The Trade at Trenton ••• 



Our Correspondent 132 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 141 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



E.xpoRTS OF Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



I Fri m Linnary 1 to November 7, 1909 and 1910. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



1909. 1910. 



To Great Britain pounds 643,804 1.261,117 



To United States I -jco if,o | 1,213,500 



To Canada i ^^^'^^^ I i.911 



To Belgium 31,018 .39,993 



To Germany 18,753 12,184 



To /Vustralia 8,893 4,604 



To Italy 608 841 



To Japan 448 



To France 1.639 



To China 1.508 



Total 1,065,385 2,534,598 



[Same period 1908—616,948 pounds; same 1907-413,031.] 



Exports from the Federated Malay States. 



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

 Trade and Customs.] 



Pounds. 



Perak 1,649,269 



Selangor 5.730,328 



Negri Scmbilan 956,804 



Pahang 3,359 



Total, to September 30, 1910 8,339,760 



Total, 9 months, 1909 4,050.282 



Total Kxports fro.m Malaya. 



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

 These figures include the production of the Federated 

 States, but not of Ceylon.] 



From— 1908. 



Singapore (to Nov. A) . .piiuiids 1,672,116 



Peiiang (to Oct. 15) 1,114,790 



Port Swettenham ( to Oct. 13; 



1909. 

 2,06S,008 

 1,810,013 



, Singapore. 

 Malav 



1910. 

 2,980,439 

 1,826,149 

 6,500,709 



Total 2.786,906 3,878,021 1 1,307,297 



Aniiuerp. 



Rubber .-Xrrivals Fro.m the Congo. 

 November 26. — By the steamer Mandingo: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale -Xfricaine) kilos 77,500 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 3,700 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 7,200 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 20,300 



Do (Societe .Anversoise) 370 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 64,700 



Societe Coloniale .Xnversoise. ...( Beige du Haut Congo) 2,800 



Do ( Plantation Lacourt 1 430 



L. & W. Van de \'elde 3,000 



Willaert Freres 1,500 



Cassart & Henrion 100 181,600 



KuBBKR Statistics for September. 



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



Stocks, August 31. /.-iVo.i 536,560 244,851 874,514 740.514 686,867 



Arrivals in September. 271,042 408,469 189,424 562,889 318,778 



Congo sorts 211,578 334,265 142,743 490.090 259,072 



Other sorts 59,464 74,204 46,681 72,799 59,706 



Aggregating 807.602 653,320 1,063,938 1,303,403 1.005,645 



Sales in September 226,694 255,866 409,777 584.398 438,962 



Stocks, September 30.. 580,908 397,454 654,161 719.005 566,683 



Arrivals since Jan. 1.. 3,029, 395 3.571,153 3.663,163 4,064,354 4.252,505 



Congo sorts 2,350,698 2,659,293 3,095.954 3,476.334 3,257,915 



Other sorts 678,697 911.860 567,209 588,020 994,590 



Sales since Jan. 1 2,989,997 3,769,434 4,015,896 4,003.533 4,421,009 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During October and fmir nKJiitli.'^ of the crop season, I'i'v iline 

 years (courtesy of Mcs.srs. Scholz & Co.) : 



October. TfLv.(.)cToBER. 



From— 1910. 1909. 1908. 1910. 1909. 1908. 



Rio Puriis-Acre /oiM 1,440 624 1,113 2,710 1.896 2.515 



Rio Madeira 290 586 304 944 1,328 1,175 



Rio Turua 128 324 180 432 619 598 



Rio Javary-Iquitos 497 707 383 769 1.034 896 



Rio Solimoes 206 100 152 401 240 253 



Rio Negro 1 10 6 I 14 6 



Total : 2,562 2.351 2,138 5,257 5.131 5,443 



Caucho 356 415 214 874 1.176 846 



Total 2,918 2,766 2,352 6.131 6.307 6.289 



For Shipment from 



Manaos 2,054 2,190 1,632 4,772 5.261 4,893 



Para 864 576 720 1.359 1.046 1.396 



Total 2,918 2,766 2,352 6,131 6,307 6,289 



Li'Derpool. 



William Wright & Co., report [December 1] : 



Fine Para. — The market has been steady and subject to U-ss \-iolent 

 fluctuations, prices have in the main advanced 5d. to 6d. per p'uunii, closing 

 steady at the advance. A fair trade has been done with manufacturers, 

 but America still c(mtinues tti buy sparingly, prices now seem to be on a 

 safe level, and any .\merican demand would result in an advance. 

 Sellers are still chary of offering for delivery. Closing values. — Cpriver, 

 bs. 3d. [ = $1,541; Island, 5s 6'Ad. |=$1.35]. The Brazil receipts are 

 considerably less than last year, up to date there is a shortage in the 

 crop (including caucho) of 500 tons. Receipts for the month are 3,790 

 tors, including 260 tons caucho, against 3,170 tons last month, and 4,640 

 tons last year, bringing the crop up to date to 13,140 tons, against 13.200 

 tons last seasoti. 



