May 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



291 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



""PHE market opened with unusual vigor, but has for tlie greater 

 part of last month fluctuated considerably witli a pro- 

 nounced tendency toward recession at its close. The general 

 disposition on the part of rubl)er manufacturers is and has been 

 to confine their purchases to the minimum of necessity — a sig- 

 nificant indication of tlie weakness chactcrizing the latter part 

 of the month on upriver fine is the decline from $1.50 to $1.12. 

 In the opinion of many in close touch with the market, a revival 

 of the prices of 1910 did not seem unlikely, which in itself has 

 been an unsettHng factor mitigating against extensive operation 

 on the part of buyers. 



It is hoped by operators th:it tlie recent weakness will lie fol- 

 lowed by a favorable reaction and tliat a natural, healthy demand 

 by the more important buyers will soon create an upward 

 tendency. 



New York Quot.vtions. 



Following are the quotations at New York for Para grades, 

 one year ago, one month ago, .ind .\pril 29 — the current date: 



Para. Mayl.'lO. .\pril 1. ■11. .\pril :9. '11. 



Islands, fine, new 275((i 277 I30((i 131 1 lSr„ 120 



Islands, fine, old none liere none here 120^121 



Upriver, fine, new 28lra282 139(r7140 126(al27 



Upriver, fine, old none here 144(a 145 130@131 



Islands, coarse, new 109(e'110 62@ 63 61@ 62 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 182(fi 185 108(-al09 S9v^ 90 



Upriver, coarse, old none here I10@lll 92(a 93 



Cameta 126r«127 79rg) 80 75® 76 



Caucho (Peruvian), ball 180ra 182 108(5109 94® 95 



Caucho (Peruvian), sheet. .. .none here none here none here 



Plantation Para. 



Fine smoked sheet 285®288 159® 160 140® 141 



Fine pale crepe @... 14S®146 140® 141 



Fine sheets and biscuits @... 142®'143 130® 131 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage VO(n\72 105 fry 106 88® 89 



Guayaquil, strip KWfa 135 none here none liere 



Nicaragua, scrap 167(« 168 \0Mq\04 87® 88 



Panama none here none here none here 



Mexican, scrap 170® 172 103®'104 86@ 87 



Mexican, slab none here 62® 63 none here 



Mangabeira, sheet none here 68® 69 none here 



Guayule 1 lOCn 1 10 64fq: 65 .58® 59 



Balata, sheet @... 93®... 83® 84 



Balata, block @... 67® 68 56® 57 



African. 



Lopori, ball, prime none here 123''n 124 115®118 



Lopori, strip, prime none here none here none here 



Aruwimi none here 122®123 112®113 



Upper Congo, ball, red 190^^191 125®126 109(5110 



Ikelemba none here none Iierc none here 



Sierra Leone, 1st quality 188@190 122®123 100®102 



Massai, red 188®190 \22(nU3 I00(fi 102 



Soudan niggers none here none here none here 



Cameroon, ball 128ra 130 79® 80 76® 77 



Benguela none here 79(a 80 70(5 71 



Madagascar, pinky 125®126 100®101 87r5 88 



Accra flake 40®^ 42 40® 41 38® 39 



East Iniiiax. 



.\ssam none here 104® 105 none here 



Pontianak 9%@10% 7@7'A 654@65^ 



Borneo none here none here none here 



Late Para caliles (piote.: 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, line 5?S00 



Islards. coarse none 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 6$200 



Upriver. coarse 3$700 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 6$000 



Upriver, coarse 3$S00 



Exchange \6'/id. 



Exchange Ut'/^d. 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 

 New York. 



Stocks, February 

 .Arrivals, Mareli 



Fine and Total Total Total 



:Medium. Coarse. 1911. 1910. 1909. 



28..../o»:f 134 31 = 165 186 385 



652 402 = 1,054 3,211 2,068 



.•Aggregating 786 



Deliveries, ;\larch 468 



Stocks, .March 31 



433 = 1,219 3,397 2,453 

 355 = 823 3,117 2,002 



1911. 

 Stocks, February 28, tons 3,245 

 .Arrivals, March 2,955 



Aggregating 6,200 4,355 4,690 2,979 1,142 2,332 



Deliveries, March 2,570 3,520 3,129 1,114 602 2,002 



Stocks, March 31 3,630 835 1.561 1,865 540 330 



1911. 



World's visible supply, March 31 tons 7.144 



Para receipts, July 1 to March 31 24,670 



Para receipts of caucho, same dates 4,720 



.Afloat from Para to United States, Mar. 31 183 

 .Afloat from Para to Europe, March 31 1,070 



Amsterdam. 



F. JoosTEN reports [April 18] : 



Our next tender sale will take place on May 3, and will include alioiit 

 14.200 kilos, of which about 3,980 kilos is Hevea, 8,500 kilos Ficux. 800 

 kilos Caslillua and 920 kilos Sumatra. Since our last sale only a moderate 

 business took place, some old parcels of Hevea sheets and Sumatra Ficus 

 being disposed of as well as some new arrivals of rooty Madagascar. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late Nkw York (juotatious — prices paid by consumers for car-, 



load lots, per pounds— are practically unchanged as follows: 



April 1. May 1. 



Old rubber boots and shoes— domestic. . 9^4® 9-Mi 9><@ 9'^ 



Old rubber boots and shoe— foreign. . 8%@ 9 9 @ 9}^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4^@ 4% 4"^® 4% 



Automobile tires 8}^@ 8% Wi® Wf. 



Solid ruliber wagon and carriage tires 8j^@ 9 8^4® 9 



White trimmed rubber 11 @115^ 11 ®ll!/« 



1 leavy black rubber 4%@ S>4 4y4® i% 



Air brake hose 4YM 5 4%® 5 



Garden hose 2 @ 2^4 2 @ 2'A 



Fire and large hose 2/,® 2^ 2YM 2% 



Matting 1 @ IJ^ 1 @ m 



