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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



IFebrlahv 1, 1911. 



^Uro-t^ 



\"oI. 43. 



FEBRUARY 1. 1911. 



Xo 5. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: rage. 



The Rubber Footwear Trade 145 



('.inn.ii.in keciprocitv I'^S 



Why the Tra.le Paper Ad. Pulls 146 



Minur Editorial 1-1' 



India-Rubber in Dutch Guiana — II 



By the Editor 149 

 [Mistaken Ideas Concerning Diitcli Ciuiana. Paramaribo the Rest- 

 ful. .\ City Without Skyscrapers, Electric Cars or .\utos. Our 

 Tiny Tidy Hotel. So-called Daily Papers. The Black Dutch 

 and Characteristic Incidents. The City's Ilealthfulness. A 

 Bush Experience. V\ ild Rubber. Discovery of "Hevea Guy- 

 anensis." Experiments in Tapping and Coagulation.] 

 [With 9 Illustrations.] 



India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 153 

 [('iuayule Rubber. Proofing Trade with Canada. Standard Rub- 

 ber Works. The Revolite Co., Limited. Rubber Scrap. The 

 tlianec of .\ddress.] 



Tires at the igii Madison Square Garden Show 155 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 159 



[I'niteil -"states, (jreat Britain. France.] 



The Rubber Club of America Banquet 161 



[With 6 Portraits. Full Page Picture of the Banquet as a 

 Frontisjiiece.] 



Specifications for the Purchase of Materials — II 



FretU-ric Diinnerth, Ph.D. 168 



Congo Rubber and the Antwerp Market 170 



Our Esteemed Japanese Contemporary 171 



I Willi I lllu-lr.-iliun.l 



Miscellaneous: 



Colonel Colt on the KiiWier Outlook 147 



Quality of Plantation Rubber 147 



\'oIume of the Guayule Trade 148 



Foreign Trade of Canada 148 



The Sea Island Cotton Situation 148 



Rubber Conditions in Peru 154 



Profits in Waste Rubber 154 



Cutta-Percha Goods Prices 154 



.Vrtiticial Rubber in Courts 160 



New Trade Publications 169 



Calendars for 1911 169 



.\ Pan .\niei ican C<»nfercncc 169 



The Obituary Record 174 



[With Portrait of J. T. Ilart.l 



News of the American Rubber Trade 175 



|V\'ith .i lUvistratii.iis.j 

 The Trade at. .\kron 



Our Correspondent 172 

 The Trade at Trenton 



Our Correspondent 173 

 The Trade in San Francisco 



Our Correspondent 173 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 180 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



Dlri.no November and live months of the crop season, for 



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



November. Tulv-November. 



, ' V r- ' V 



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



Rio Punis-Acre tons 788 1.579 556 3.498 3,475 3,071 



Rio -Madeira 468 310 289 1,412 1,638 1,464 



Rio lurua 104 322 389 536 941 987 



Rio iavary-Iquitos 348 480 331 1.117 1.514 1,227 



Rio .Solimoes 152 225 256 553 465 509 



Rio Negro 12 76 13 13 90 19 



Total 1.872 2.992 1.834 7.129 8.123 7,277 



Caucho 237 357 224 1.111 1,533 1,070 



Total 2,109 3,349 2,058 8,240 9,656 8.347 



For Shipment from 



Manaos 1.532 2.322 1.836 6.304 7,583 6,729 



Tara 577 1.027 222 1.936 2.073 1,618 



Total 2.109 3.349 2.058 8,240 9.656 8.347 



Antiverp, 



KtmiEk St.\tistics for Decembek. 



Details. 1910. 



Slocks. Nov. 30.. kilos 568,148 



Arrivals ill December 300,703 



Congo sorts 234,673 



Other sorts 66.030 



.\ggregating 868.851 1.051,613 1,124,352 



Sales in December 280,639 510,101 528,617 



1,234,826 

 227,932 



1,351,379 

 693,195 



Stocks, December 31. 588,212 541,512 595,735 1,006,894 658,184 



Arrivals since Jan. 1.. 4, 058,676 



Congo sorts 3.105.357 



Other sorts 953.319 



4,685.958 

 3.492.332 

 1,193,626 



5,035.344 



4.262.531 



772,813 



5,054,473 



4,346,141 



708,332 



Sales since Jan. 1 4,011,974 4.740,181 5,446,503 4,705,763 



Rubber Arkiv.\ls From the Congo. 

 December 14. — By the steamer Leopoldville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



Do (Chcmins dc fer Grands Lacs> 



Do (Societe .-Xbir) 



Do (Comito Special Katanga i 



Do (Eijuatoriale Congolaisc ) 



Societe Coloniale .Anversoise. . . . (Uelge du Ilaut Congo) 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 



Do (Cie. du Kasai ) 



Cassart & Henrion • ■ 



Societe Generale de Commerce (Alimaicnne) 



L. & W. Van dc Velde 



Janc.^ry 6. — By the steamer Bnt.vellesvillc: 



Eunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



5,772,062 

 4,593,759 

 1,178,303 



5,849,065 



149,500 

 2,200 

 950 

 5.700 

 500 

 1.100 

 1.100 



102,900 

 2.200 

 1,900 

 2,500 



270,550 



Do 



Do 



Do 

 L. & W 



Do 

 Societe Coloniale Anversoise 



Willaert Freres 



Cassart & Henrion 



(Cliemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



( Comite Special Katanga ) 



(Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



. , . . (Sociil-tc Comm. and Financ. Africaine) 

 Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 



93,200 

 5,800 

 3,400 



64.200 

 2,800 



65,000 



3,500 



275 



3.000 



800 



241,975 



Para. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co. report [January 2J : 



With the declining quotations and uncertain tendency, transactions have 

 been restricted to a hand-to-mouth supply, while holders of L'privcr lots 

 continue to keep out of the market at present prices. 



THE HAVRE RUBBER MARKET. 



.\RRrv.\Ls during 1910 at Havre were larger than in any former 



year, and notably larger than for 1909. The arrivals for four 



years past may be analyzed thus : 



From— 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



French Congo Kilos 892.635 884,733 840.324 1,109,500 



Other sources (except Para).. 232,321 130,000 371.514 3U2.901 



Para 3,339,147 2,483,444 2,569,338 3.045,627 



Tctal 4,404,123 3.498.177 3,781,176 4,458,028 



\\"c quote from the annual review of Jean Roederer. broker 

 at Havre: "The quality of Congo rubber has been further im- 

 jiroved this year, thanks to the intelligent care brought to bear 

 on the collecting i)rocesses by the e.\porters. This they have 

 constantly realized in the excellent conditions, in spite of the 

 critical state of market affairs. Quotations for caoutchouc have 

 suffered, during the year, under consideration fluctuations of 

 extraordinary violence. In spite of the extensive speculation in 

 Para sorts, in 1909, its upward movement continued at the open- 

 ing of 1910, the culminating point being reached in .\pril with a 

 price of I2s. Ail. From this period the decline was rapid and 

 continuous, owing to the systematic and inevitable holding off of 

 buyers, and the year closed with a price of about 5j-. 9d. It is, 

 however, a matter of satisfaction to record the fact that the 

 Congo varieties paid a much smaller tribute to the decline than 

 did Para, which may be attributed to the speculation and manipu- 

 lation to wliich the latter product is so constantly subject." 



CnMr.\R.\TivK ll.wKi: Prices (Francs per Kii.o). 



Dee. 31. Dec. 31, De- 



1<;09. 1910. crease. 



Congo Haut-Oubangui 13.20-13.60 12.2.i-U.«) 7.35% 



Congo Kotto 13.20-13.60 12.2.S-12.60 7.35% 



Congo Ekcla Kadei-Sangha 13.50-14..=;0 13.30-14.— 3.45% 



Congo I.obav 13.50-14.50 13.30-14— 3.45% 



Congo Haute-Sangha 14.20-14.60 13.30-14— 4.107^ 



Par:i. tine 21,60-21.75 15.95-16.10 25.97% 



