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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1911. 



Vol. 43. 



JUNE 1, 1911. 



No. 3. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: 



Page. 



Brazil and \ alorization 295 



A Multiplication of Elasticity in India-Rubber 295 



Mechanical Tappers and ("iatlierrrs 296 



Theatres or Experiment Stations 297 



Listen to the Rubber Hand 297 



A. C. A. Special Tire~ 297 



Minor Editorial- 297 



British Guiana and India-Rubber 



By the Editor 299 

 [Mistaken Ideas of British Guiana. My First Visit to George- 

 town. Up the Esscquibo River. Old Dutch Ruins. The Penal 

 Settlement. .\t the Sisal Man's Bungalow. Native Hcvcas. 

 A Railroad Ride. The Botanical Gardens. Rubber Experi- 

 ments. The I>irector of Science and Agriculture and His 

 Work.] 



[With 14 Illustrations.] 



India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 305 

 iThe Exhibition. Tire Notes. The Deresination of Rubber. 

 Kctrigeratioii in the Rubber Industry. Brevities.] 



A Last Word Before the Exhibition Opens 307 



[With ? Portraits.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 309 



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



United States Rubber Co. — Annual Report 311 



I Will, portrait ..f C.il.inf] Samticl P. Coll.] 



Rubber Goods JJanufacturing Co.'s Twelfth Annual 315 



Maderos, Mexico and the Situation 317 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Rubber Planting Interest 318 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Manufacture of Insulated Wire.— ^I 319 



By a Practical Man 



The Editor's Book Table 320 



The Obituary Record 321 



I Dr. Pchl OIsson-SefFer, with Portrait.] 



Fire Hose — Critisism and Suggestion 322 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 325 



[With IJ Illustrations.] 



New Firestone Plant 330 



Illustrated 



Miscellaneous: 



India-Rubber and Balata in Dutcli Guiana 



Our Regular Correspondent 304 



New "Castilloa" Tapping Device Illustrated 304 



Brief Notes from Japan 306 



Japanese Imports of India-Rubber 306 



Improved Rubber Tubing Machine Illustrated 310 



A Vertical Brushing Machine Illustrated 310 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 314 



Buchtel College Rubber Laboratory Illustrated 316 



Rubber Reclaimers' Club Luncheon 316 



United States Statistics to March 31, 1911 316 



New Trade Publications 321 



Indigenous Rubber at the Exhibition 324 



Results of the Grant Patent Decision 327 



Corishohocker.'s New Rubber Factory Illustrated 329 



German Foreign Trade in ("1 ude and Manufactured Rubber 334 



News of the American Rubber Trade 331 



[With I Illustration.] 



The Trade at .\kron Our Correspondent 328 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 328 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 335 



Amsterdam. 



V . JdO.sTF.N reports [May 4] : 



The result of the tender sale on May 3 was partly unsatisfactory as 

 about 7,956 kilos, of the approximately 14,800 kilos offered, found buyers. 

 For the better grades, cr)mpetilion was strong and several lots of Hevea 

 crepe and sheets as well as Rambong ball fetched high prices, far above 

 foreign parity. The other grades, however, were neglected. Only in a few 

 instances owners refused to accept the lower prices offered in consequence 

 «.f the declining tendency of the market generally. 



Li'uerpoot. 



WiLLUM Wright & Co, report [May 1] : 



Fine Fara. — Owing mainly to the inaction of the syndicate, in addition 

 to a T»oor trade demand, prices declined from 6s. 2d. '[■= $1.50] to 4j. 9d. 

 [=$1.16]: this lower price, however, induced a trade inquiry, and prices 

 subsequently advanced to 5^. Z^d. [=$1.29], closing steady thereat. All 

 sorts of rumors are current as to_what the syndicate will or will not do. 

 Until some definite course of action is decided on we shall continue to 

 have uncertain markets, but we venture to think that present rates are 

 worth some attention from the manuf,acturers' point of view. Closing 

 value: Upriver, Ss. ZY\d. 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



E.XPORTS OF CeVLON GrOWN Rl.BBER. 



[From January 1 to April 10, 1910 and 1911. Compiled by the Ceylon 



Chamber of Commerce.] 



1910. 



To Great Britain pounds 342,945 



To United States 312,693 



To Belgium . 

 To Australia 

 To Japan . . . 

 To Canada . . 

 To Germanv 

 To Italy .'., 

 To Holland . 

 To India . . . 



8,472 



1,911 



6,683 



452 



1911. 



783,172 



545,374 



83,152 



12,613 



11,953 



9,971 



6,833 



750 



100 



40 



1,453,958 



Total 673.156 



[Same period 1909—252,039; same 1908—157.123.] 



Total Exports Fro.m ^I.\l.\v.\. 



[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. 



Singa|)ore (to March 30)../'OM)irf.s 574,490 780,912 1,401,645 



Penang ( March 4) 496,971 330,267 847,722 



Port Swettenham (Marcli 2 1 1,329,538 2,479,933 



Total 1,071,461 2,440.717 4,729.300 



Antiverp. 



Rubber Arru als for .Vpril. 



Det.mls. 19U. 



Stocks, March 31 kilos 645,614 



.Arrivals in April 266,377 



Congo sorts 131,553 



Other sorts 134,824 



.Aggregating 911.991 



Sales in April 312,877 



1910. 



499,102 



429,870 



340,456 



89,414 



928,972 

 458,504 



1909, 1908. 



595,855 1,136,892 

 330,277 211,549 

 219,645 175,000 

 110.632 36,549 



1907. 

 725,538 

 304,873 

 228,927 



74,946 



926,132 1,348,441 1,030.411 

 318.345 630,523 568,838 



Stocks, April 30 599,114 470,468 607,787 717,913 461,573 



.Arrivals since January 1,. 1,536.045 1,469,549 1,458,369 1,729,358 1,637,631 



Congo sorts 1,072,515 1,171.286 1,001,032 1,522,423 1,381,092 



Other sorts 463,530 298,263 457,337 206,935 256,539 



Sales since January 1 1,525,143 1,540,593 1,446,317 2,018,339 1,834,242 



Rubber .Arrivals Fro.m the Congo. 

 r\i'Rir. 19. — By the steamer Lco[>oldrUle: 



Bunge & Co CSociete Generale .Africaine) kilos 54,900 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 7,400 



Do (Beligka) 700 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 4,200 



Do (Alberta) 500 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 4,400 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 59,600 



6.000 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 1 1,000 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 1,900 



150.600 



M,\y 10. — By the steamer Bru.x-cUcsvUlc: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale .Africaine) kilos 72,700 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 3,600 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 28,200 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 2,000 



Do (.Alberta) 160 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Sud Cameroon) 9,000 



Do ISO 



r,. & W. Van de Velde. . . . ._ (Cie. du Kasai) 81,000 



Do (Societe Com. and Financ. .Af ricaine) 4,000 



Do 3,000 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 1,700 



Do (Societe Comm. and Miniere du Congo) 1.150 



Willaert frcres 1,500 



Cassart & Henrion 750 208,940 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



L.\TE New York quotations — prices paid by con 

 carload lots, per pounds — are practically unchanged 

 Old rubljcr boots and shoes — domestic. . 9J4@ 9% 

 Old riiblier boots and shoe — foreign.. 9 (<? 9% 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4'/.ffr 4-54 



.Aiitomdiiilf tii-es Si/fri; 8% 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 8^(f? 9 



White trimmed rubber 11 (ri'llyi 



Heavy zlack rubber 4-><i@ 5Vi 



Air lirakc hose 4^(§ 5 



Garden liose 2 (a) 2V4 



Fire and large hose 2J/2(S) 2^ 



Matting 1 @ 1% 



sumers for 

 as follows : 

 m@ 9J4 

 9y4(33 9Vi 

 4y2@ 454 

 m@ 914 

 9^@10 



11 @ny2 



4J4@ 5V4. 

 454@S 

 2 (@ 2^ 

 254@2J4 

 1 @ VA 



