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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



July 1, 1911. 



7ERS0HAL UENTION. 



James P. Krogh^ treasurer of the Hartford Rubber Works Cq„ 

 was married, on May 31, at Greenfield, Mass., to Miss Elizabeth 

 Jean Greenough, of Deerfield, Mass., the ceremony being per- 

 formed on the lawn of Hillcrest, the bride's family home. On 

 their return from a brief wedding tour the young couple took up 

 their residence in Hartford. 



Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States Rub- 

 ber Co., recently took a party of his friends, including his 

 brother. Judge LeBaron Colt, and Walter S. Ballou, president 

 of the Banigan Company, to his fishing camp near Norcross, 

 Maine, where they remained for ten days. The report is that 

 it was a very successful outing, both as regards the number of 

 fish caught and in all other respects. 



Fred. H. Sanford, of A. H. Alden & Co., Limited, anotlier 

 of the crude rubber men in Manaos, is now in London and will 

 attend the exhibition. 



William F. Bass, vice-president of the General Rubber Co. 

 (New York), is the able and enthusiastic manager of the 

 lacrosse team of the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, New 

 York. Quite recently this club played the Canadian Club, and 

 incidentally whipped them, the score being 6 to 3. President 

 Taft was the notable guest of the club on that occasion. 



Thomas Martin, of T. Martin & Sons, Chelsea, Mass., has just 

 returned from England, completing his eightieth trip across the 

 Atlantic. It is fifty years since he made his first trip and he is 



believed to hold the record in the United States for the number 

 of trips across the big pond. 



Parker T. Marean has resigned as superintendent of the B. & 

 R. Rubber Co., North Brookfield, Mass., and will remove to 

 Boston, where he has property and intends to take up his 

 residence. 



Henry Martine, manager of the Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. 

 Co., Alameda, Elk, Cal., invested a dollar in a lottery ticket 

 which he lost before the drawing took place, supposedly while 

 cranking his auto. For another fifty cents he purchased another 

 half ticket, which was all the ticket seller had left, and his half 

 ticket -won him $500. Now he is said to contemplate suing the 

 ticket vendor for $500 because of his failure to sell him the 

 whole ticket, which would have netted him $1,000. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



La Favorite Rubber Manufacturing Company (Paterson, New 

 Jersey), inform The India Rubber Worlp that they are about 

 to bring suit for the infringement of their Patented "Marvel Lip 

 Packing," for which they have patents Nos. 631.661 and 943,692. 



The new owners of the Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, took over the business July 1. The engi- 

 neers and contractors are rushing the additions to the plant, 

 which are as follow'S : Administration building, 50 x 70, three 

 stories ; rubber washing and drying building, 35 x 160, two 

 stories ; addition for the purpose of auto tire construction, 40 x 

 100, three stories; machine shop, 40 x 100, one story; rebuilding 

 and installation of new machines in reclaiming plant. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



THE important rubber manufacturing companies the world 

 over have been practically out of the market for Para 

 sorts for the month past. The result has been a steady 

 accumulation of stocks of fine, together with slightly receding 

 prices from day to day. As we go to press July-August deliv- 

 eries in London were offered at 96 cents, but little interest was 

 shown on the part of buyers. The last six months, with their 

 steady decline in the price of crude rubber and the lack of buy- 

 ing, may be regarded as the rubber manufacturers' protest 

 against valorization, and their ability to check any present 

 attempt to resurrect the $3 price that they were obliged to pay 

 but a short time ago. 



Based on eleven months' returns, the Bureau of Statistics 

 shows in a statement just given out that the value of crude 

 rubber imports to the end of May was $71,700,000, as compared 

 with $95,500,000 for the corresponding period of the fiscal year 

 1910. In explanation of this reduction, it is remarked that there 

 has been a heavy fall since last year; it being thus apparently 

 implied that quantity has been more or less kept up, while value 

 has fallen. 



Such a contention is, however, not borne out by a comparison 

 of the weights in connection with the values. Exact figures 

 show that for the eleven months ending May 31, 1911, the- 

 imports were 65,723,492 pounds, valued at $71,736,522 (or an 

 average of $1.09 per pound), as compared with 95,543,289 pounds 

 valued at $95,464,873 (or an average of $1 per pound) for the 

 corresponding eleven months of the fiscal year 1910. 



Thus, the drop of 25 per cent, in the amount of rubber im- 

 ports corresponds, on the last basis recorded in detail, with a 

 reduction of more than 30 per cent, in quantity. In fact, we 

 have been importing less rubber, and at a higher average cost, 

 rather than paying a lower average shipping price. With dimin- 

 ished receipts the statistical position is improved. 



P.\R.\ Arrivals. 

 In contrast with the increase of 1,000 tons shown by the fig- 

 ures of the crop year 1909-10, as compared with those of 1908-9, 

 the quantity for 1910-11 is about 2,000 tons short of that recorded 

 for the preceding annual period, as shown hy the following 

 table ; 



1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 1910-11. 



July ions 1,370 



August to November. . 10,310 



December 2,560 



January 4,860 



February 5,340 



March 4,240 



April 3,100 



May 3,210 



June 1,660 



Total crop ye&r. tons 36,650 38,065 39,165 37,308 



[o To and including June 28, 1911.] 



From the above table it will be seen that the reduction in 

 Para arrivals has practically taken place since November last. At 

 the close of that month, the total figure stood at 13,150 tons, as 

 compared with 13,195 tons up to the end of November, 1909. 

 The subsequent falling off to the extent of about 2,000 tons, prac- 

 tically represents the shortages of December, January and March, 

 aggregating 4,000 tons, partially ofTset by the total surplus of 

 about 2,000 tons, shown for February and May. 



The steady growth of Para arrivals is shown by the following 

 comparison of returns for recent years : 



1900-01 tons 27,610 



1901-02 30,000 



1902-03 29,850 



1903-04 36,580 



1904-05 33,060 



1905-1906 34.490 



1906-07 tons 38,005 



1907-08 36,650 



1908-09 38,065 



1909-10 39,165 



1910-11 «37,308 



[a To and including June 28, 1911.] 



