JUXE 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



335 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



'X'HE market during the past month has been dull and feature- 

 •*■ less, with the demand sluggish and a tendency towards lower 

 quotations, in spite of the depressed figures that at present pre- 

 vail. Althought the price of up-river fine dropped from $1.30 at 

 the beginning to $1.01 at the close of the month, the low figure 

 did not encourage buying by consumers, who devoted their at- 

 tention chiefly to the lower grades, the business done being con- 

 fined principally to speculative transactions, based on the low 

 prices and the downward movement, which shows no immediate 

 signs of limitation. 



New York Quot.mions. 



FoLLowiNX are the quotations at Xew York for Para grades, 

 one year ago, one month ago, and Mav 31 — the current datp: 



P.^R.^. June 1. '10. Mav 1, '11. Mav 31, '11. 



Islands, fine, new 225(a226 1 \S(n'\20 96© 97 



Islands, fine, old none here 120rrT121 98(S:'I00 



Upriver, fine, new 240@241 \26Cn\27 99@100 



Upriver, fine, old 242(a>243 130@131 lOSrf 106 



Islands, coarse, new 95@ 96 61@ 62 58fS? 59 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 160fffil61 89@ 90 82@ 83 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 92@ 93 84@ 85 



Cancbo CPeruvian), ball ISSf3156 94rS} 95 84@ 85 



Cameta 109^5110 75@ 76 66@ 67 



Caucho (Peruvian), sheet. .. .none here none here 66@ 67 



Pl.ant.\tion Para. 



Fine smoked sheet 229rff230 140fS)141 none here 



Fine pale crepe (ffj... 140(g)141 114@115 



Fine sheets and biscuits @--- 130@131 none here 



Centrals. "" 



Esmeralda, sausage 133fffl34 88@ 89 78^0-79 



Guayaquil, strip 106ff?107 none here none here 



Nicaragua, scrap 128fal29 87«; 88 77@ 78 



Panama none here none here none here 



Mexican, scrap 128@129 86® 87 77@ 78 



Mexican, slab none here none here none here 



Mangaberia, sheet none here none here none here 



Guayule 95@100 58@ 59 48@ 49 



Balata, sheet (a)... 83(a 84 none here 



Balata, block @. . . 56@ 57 none here 



African. 



Lopori ball, prime none here 115(3118 95(® 96 



Lopori, strip, prime none here none here none here 



Aruwimi none here 112fall3 94@ 95 



Upper Congo, ball, red 190^7^191 109f??110 95@ 96 



Ikelemba none here none here none here 



Sierra Leone. 1st quality 16Sfrt'168 100(a'102 85@ 86 



Massai, red 165fi>168 100@102 85@ 86 



Soudan niggers none here none here none here 



Cameroon, ball llOffflll 76(n) 77 56@ 57 



Benguela none here 70f® 71 65@ 66 



Madagascar, pinky none here 87((? 88 77@.7% 



Accra flake none here 38@ 39 27@ 28 



East Indian. 



Assam none here none here 83(S) 84 



Pontianak 8!/<(S9 6'4fS6'^ 6@6i/^ 



Borneo none here none here none here 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Latest Manaos advices : 



Islands, fine 4$2CI0 Per Kilo 



Islands, coarse 2$100 Upriver, fine 5$806 



Upriver, fine 5$200 Upriver, coarse 3S600 



Upriver, coarse 2$900 Exchange 16^4 



Exchange 16 3-16 



Ne'Q) York. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers ("broker 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper. No. 68 William street. 

 New York), advises as follows: "There is practically no change 

 in the rubber market since the report a month ago, the good 

 demand for commercial paper having continued through May, 

 both from city and out-of-town banks at 4 @ 4',2 per cent, for 

 the best rubber names and 5 @ 5^ per cent, for those not so 

 well known." 



P3Lr3i. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co. report [May 1] : 



The market here keeps quiet, with no business of any importance being 

 done, except in Islands rubber and caucho. For Upriver, fine, all holders 

 stick to about 5s. lid. ($1.44), and will not sell at less. On the other 

 hand, the financial difficulties of holders of rubber appear now more 

 clearly. .\ general meeting of all commercial houses at the Associagao 

 Commercial was discussing the last week's freer extension of drafts on 

 aviador houses so as to allow these houses to keep their rubber in the 



expectation of better prices, and a commission waited again upon the 

 governor of the state with the request to wire to the federal government 

 for help. 1. e., for more money to be advanced through the Banco do 

 Brazil, this bank has declared that it will keep the stock of J. Marques, 

 'v '^"i J*" 1*'" " ^^ present. It does not seem very likely though that 

 the federal government should spend more money on the valorization 

 scheme, and the position here clearly becomes more unbearable every day. 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 

 New York. 



Stocks, March 31 . 

 Arrivals, April , . 



. . tons 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, April. . 



Slocks. April 30 



Arrivals, .April 



Stocks, March 2i\..tons 



_iregating 6,150 3,045 3,911 3,068 2,948 1,770 



Deliveries, April 1,990 2,785 2,976 1,598 1,848 1,050 



Stocks, April 30 4,160 260 935 1,470 1,100 720 



1911. 1910 1909. 



World's visible supplv, April 30 tons 7,069 3,058 3,828 



Para receipts, July 1 to April 30 27,190 29,230 27,670 



Para receipts of caucho, same dates 5,930 6,530 6,690 



Afloat from Para to United States, April 30 283 125 477 



Afloat from Para to Europe, April 30 595 1,430 1,153 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During March and nine months of the crop season, for three 

 years (courtesy of Messrs. Scholz & Co.) : 



March. July-March. 



From— 1911. 



Rio Purus-Acre. . . .(onj 1,216 



Rio Madeira 224 



Rio Jurua 710 



Rio Javary-Iquitos .... 108 



Rio Solimoes 119 



Rio Negro 127 



1910. 



1,616 



348 



490 



64 



124 



95 



2.737 

 1,228 



1909. 191011. 1909-10. 1908-09. 



533 9,061 9,105 7,866 



309 2,696 2,956 2,794 



578 3,398 3.622 3,686 



162 2,047 2,533 2,318 



77 1,135 1,097 945 



93 368 644 483 



19,957 

 5,187 



18,092 

 5,039 



Total 3,239 3,965 2,719 



For Shipment From, 



Manaos 2,418 2,475 1,940 



Para 821 1,490 779 



22,347 25,144 23.131 



15,506 

 6.841 



18.284 

 6,860 



17.042 

 6,089 



Total 3,239 



3,965 2,719 22,347 25,144 23.131 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



The Figures Indicate Weight in Pounds. 



.April 28. — By the steamer Tncantins, from Para : 



Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



21,600 12,300=33,900 



13,000= 13,000 

 10,600= 22,500 



Laurence Johnson & Co... 



Henderson & Korn 



Poel & Arnold 



Total 



May 5. — By the steamer Frances 



A. T. Morse & Co 195,500 26,000 



Poel & Arnold 21,900 44.C00 



New York Commercial Co.. 28,100 6,800 



G. Amsinck & Co 30,900 3.800 



De Lagotellerie & Co 12.500 1,800 



Henderson & Korn 16,800 3.300 



J-aurence Johnson & Co... 3,600 



H. A. Astlett.. 



General Rubber Co 



11,900 



33,500 35,900= 

 from Manaos and 



30.500 



154,900 



54.900 



2.100 

 17.100 

 10.800 

 11.900 



7.900 



: 69.400 



Para: 



:382.200 

 :37O.O00 

 :1S0,700 

 : 39.800 

 : 31.400 

 : 30.900 



= 15,500 



= 7,900 



2,200= 2,200 



30,200 



149,200 



60,900 



3,000 



Total 309.300 85.700 290,100 245,500=930.600 



May 15. — By the steamer Basil, from Manaos and Para: 



Poel & Arnold 108.300 14,500 122,700 46,600=292,100 



.\. T. Morse & Co 43.900 8,800 17,100 104,600 = 174,400 



New York Commercial Co.. 2.500 400 21,100 33,000=57,000 



De I-agotellerie & Co 10.700 4,300 30,400 = 45.400 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 3,600 4,000 = 7.600 



Total 169.000 28,000 195,300 184,200 = 576,500 



Mav 20. — By the steamer Rio de Janeiro, from Para : 



Poel & Arnold 1,500 71,700 = 73,200 



New York Commercial Co.. 21,200 2,000 10,700 8,000=41,900 



Total 



22,700 2,000 82.400 8.000=115.100 



