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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



July 1, 1911. 



Vol. 44. 



JULY 1, 1911. 



No. 4. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: Page. 



The Srcond Tnternational Exhibition 339 



A Rubber Exchange for New York 339 



Waste Rubber and Wasted Rubber 339 



The "Loan Sliark"' and Employers 340 



Synthetic Sheetings ^^J 



Rubber Plantation Bargains 341 



Pay a Trifle More ^^4 



CapiLilizing "Costilla .Mba" 342 



Chicle Substitutes for Chewing Gum 34^ 



To Make Rubber Collscti.in Cheaper 342 



British Guiana and India-Rubber — II 



By the Editor 343 

 t.Vgain the Climate. A Boston Boy Planter. The Bctc Rouge. 

 Getting .Acquainted with the Sat^ium Jenmaui. Jenman's De- 

 scription of the Tree. Sapiiim Plantations. The Macwarrte- 

 balli. Brittle Balata. Balata Back in 18«3. Notes on Balata 

 Gathering. Some Balata Statistics.) [With 13 Illustrations.! 



India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Oitr Regular Correspondent 349 

 [Black Heel Pads. Refiirming Litigation. Flexible Metallic Tubing.] 



The Manufacture of Insulated Wire — II Sv a Practical Man 351 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 353 



(United States. Great Britain. France.] 



The Late S. H. C. Miner. [With Portrait.] 355 



The Obituary Record [With 3 Portraits.] 356 



Progress of Rubber Planting. (With l Illustration.] 360 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 362 



The Valuation of Crude Rubber. [With_2 Illustrations] 364 



New Rubber Goods in the Market (Wlth 12 Illustrations] ... 368 



Recent Developments in Rubber Deresination 



H. O. Chute. Ch.E. 371 



The Diamond Rubber Co. and Its Sponsors. [With 1 illustration] 378 



The Editor's Book Table 379 



Miscellaneous: 



(liant Rubber Covered Rolls Illustrated 350 



The Cnslilloa Trophy 350 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 350 



Some Thoughts Concerning Conveyor Belts. .. ./o/iii /. Ridgeway 352 



Kapok in Life Preservers. Illustrated 354 



Wearing Goloshes in Russia 354 



Hevea, Casttlloa or Ceara 358 



Lateral Connection Between Systems of Lactiferous Tubes 



Illustrated 359 



Elastic Products of Animal Origin 359 



Mexican Ruljbcr Plantation Notes 361 



India-Rubber and Balata in Dutch Guiana ^ 



Our Regular Correspondent 361 



The Incompatibility of Liquid Insulating Materials 363 



A Memorial to H. A. Wickham Portrait 363 



The Adulteration of Rubber in the Belgian Congo 366 



Pretty Good for a Non-Technical Observer 366 



The Debt of the Manufacturer to the Chemist. .Hfr?'c.v J. Skinner 367 



Developments in Rubber ."^nti-Skids Illustrated 370 



Jersey Kmr-loyers' Liability Act 372 



• Foreign Mar(<ets for Rubber Tires 373 



Tire and Wheel .Standardization 373 



Rublier Rolls of Many Sorts 374 



Reforming Rubber — The New Processes Joseph T. Wicks 375 



The Shore Sclcroscope Illustrated 375 



Prospect of Increased Rubber Consumption 376 



Some Legal Aspects of the Present Contract in Use in Selling 



Crufle Rubber in the Port of New York 376 



A Crown for the "Speed King" Illustrated i77 



New Trade Publications T?9 



.\nalysis nf Changes F.ffected by Payne Tariff 383 



Rowley's Ti^c Building Machine 383 



Censvts Disregard of Rubber Statistics 383 



News of the American Rubber Trade. (With 4 Illustrations.]. 386 



The Trade at Trenton Our Correspondent 384 



The Trade at San Francisco Our Correspondent 384 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 3S5 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 390 



talk and newspaper gossip is done for the purpose of the interested few, 

 who are anxious to manipulate the market for their own ends, and not in 

 the interests of the manufacturers; and we honestly believe that any man- 

 ufacturer who covers himself, at least to some extent, at today s prices 

 will be acting wisely, despite the talk of the increase of plantation rubber. 

 A continuance of present rates means undoubtedly a smaller production 

 next year, both of Para and other medium grades. There is no doubt 

 America is short of rubber, and America has more than once "fooled" 

 Europe. They will in our opinion do so on this occasion, unless European 

 manufacturers are very careful. It is currently rei>orted, and we believe 

 there is truth in the report, that .\mcrica is willing to take the whole of 

 the accumulated stocks of Par.i at a price, and the present market manipTi- 

 lation has probably that end in view. Whether this view of the situatton 

 is or is not correct, we do believe that by taking advantage of present 

 prices, manufacturers will realize a handsome profit on their sales of the 

 manufactured product. Closing values: Upriver is. lOyid. 1= $.94]; 

 Island. 3j. llrf. |= $.95]. 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



[From January 1 to May 22, 1910 and 1911. 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



To Great Britain pounds 



To United States 387,733 



To Belgium ,. 16,496 



To Australia 



To Japan 



To Canada 



To GeriTiany 



To Italy 



To France 



To Holland 



To India 



Li'oerpool. 



W'ii.MAM Wright & Co. rf[>i)rt fjiiiu- 1) : 



Fine Par6. — Owing to reported dissensions in the syndicate, apparently 

 justified by an abs;rncc of initiative on their part, a further serious decline 

 in values has taken place, several large holdings both of importers and 

 speculators have been forced on the market, with the result that prices 

 have declined from Ss. Ad. (= $1.30 1 to is. \OV,d. ( =r $.94]. This de- 

 cline has had the etfct of bringing in large trade orders, especially from 

 American manufacturers, which is a healthy si^n. A large quantity of 

 Para is in course of shipment to New York, which will not appear in 

 this month's shipments, but will be shown later on. Granted that there 

 was no justification for I2.t. 6rf. (= $3.04] last year, equally we think 

 present conditions of trade do not justify 3i. \0'/jd. (=: $.94]. All the 



Total 838.280 1,796,522 



[Same period 1909—359.661 pounds; same 1908—241,485.] 



Total Exports From Malaya. 



[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. 



Singapore (to .April 29).. ./'oioid.s 832,793 1,012.863 



Penang (April 16) 786.903 494,122 



Port Swettenham (April 13) 2,215,583 



1911. 

 1,903,169 

 1,315,771 

 3,765,400 



Total 1,619,696 3,722,568 6,984,340 



Ant'zuerp. 



Rubber Statistics for M.'W. 



Details. 1911. 



Stocks. .-Kpril 30 kilos 599,114 



Arrivals in May 257.985 



Congo sorts 187.106 



Other sorts 70,S79 



Aggregating 857.099 



Sales in May 243,089 



660,526 1,122,848 1,133,317 1,105,897 

 116,663 433,610 361,740 352,983 



Stocks, May 31 614,010 543,863 689,238 771,577 752,914 



Arrivals since January 1.. 1,794,030 1,659,607 1,973,430 2,144,762 2,281,955 



Congo sorts 1,259,621 1,299,338 1,443,130 1,859,791 1.938.228 



Other sorts 534,409 360,269 530.300 284,971 343,727 



Sales since January 



1,768.232 1,657,256 1,879,927 2,380,079 2,187,22! 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During .Xpril and ten months of the crop season, for three 

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



From — 

 Rio Pnrfis-Acre. . . .foHj 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 400 



Rio Javary-Iquitos 

 Rio Solimoes .... 

 Rio Negro 



Total 1,5U 



Caucho 889 



1,169 



781 



21,213 

 6,209 



19,261 

 5,820 



Total 2,400 



For Shipment From 



Manaos 1,587 



Para 813 



2,278 1,950 24,747 27,422 25,081 



1,555 

 723 



1,266 

 684 



17,093 

 7,654 



19,839 

 7,583 



18,308 

 6,773 



Total 2,400 2,278 1,950 24,747 27,422 25,081 



Para. 



R. O. .Ahlers & Co. report [Jinie 10] : ^ 



The market has been entirely subject to the tluctuations of the Liverpool 

 market without showing any feature of own individuality. The failure 

 of one of the larger receivers of rubber from upriver is only an expres- 

 sion of the general financial weakness of the first-hand holders and it is 

 believed that others will follow. 



