October i, 1909." 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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at Para, however, since the beginning uf the crop year, have been lower 

 than normal, due to unsettled conditions in the buying trade there. Manaos 

 at present I believe to have a good stock of rubber in first hands. 



As I understand the situation, the exporters at Para, within a couple ot 

 months, expecting a decline in prices with the arrival of new rubber, made 

 sales for forward delivery on a very low basis. They figured on The 

 aviadores, as usual, being in need of money to meet their bills, and ready 

 to sell rubber arriving in the new crop at prices dictated to them. Further- 

 more the buyers reached an agreement to remain out of the market to 

 a ceitain extent, and it is stated that they were able to arrange with the 

 shipping lines to reduce the frequency of sailings t:- F.urope and New York 

 — all with a view to bringing the aviadores (consignees) at Paia to terms. 

 While the result of the action here outlined has been to reduce the export 

 of rubber below the extent which otherwise would have been probable. 

 This condition is not likely to continue. Already the aviadores have been 

 planning to act in concert, and with financial assistance from the Banco 

 do Brazil, the export houses then seem likely to find their control of the 

 Para rubber market much lessened. The success of the aviadores does not 

 mean, necessarily, lower prices of rubber, except in so far as a decline may 

 follow the more prompt forwarding of rubber to the world's markets- 

 September 25, 1909. s. CLAHK. 



Following are the quotations at New York for Para grades, 

 one year ago, one month ago. and September 30 — the current 

 date — all prices being practically nominal : 



Air brake hose 4 ■•■ ^ . 1 



( iarden hose 3 (§ 



Fire ami large hose 3%@ 3V2 



Matting 2 @ 2 1 , 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 

 Xew York. 



Fine and 



Medium. 



Stocks, July 31 tons 203 



Arrivals, August 308 



Para. 



1 stands, tine new 



Islands, fine, old 



Upriver, fine new 



Upriver, fine old 



Islands, coarse, new 



Islands, coarse, old 



Upriver, coarse, new 



Upriver, coarse, 1 (Id 



Cameta 



Caucho (Peruvian), ball. 

 Caucho (Peruvian), sheet 



Ceylon, fine sheet 



Ceylon, crepe 



African. 



Lopori ball, prime 



Lopori strip, prime 



\ruwimi 



Upper Congo ball, red 



Ikelemba none lute 



Oct. 1. 08. 



94@ 95 



none here 



102(0,103 



1 06© 1 07 



46(0 47 



none here 



7-''" 73 



74d' 75 



5-"" 53 



63(0 (.4 



53<S 54 

 105(2 (o6 



82(0 83 

 68(o 70 



Sept. 1. '09. 



<„ I(S 



'" 1 75 

 , 1 [90 

 none lure 

 ,/ 64 

 " 75 



ni me here 

 ,, 83 

 '" cos 



:„ 86 



. U 



Sierra Leone, isi quality. 



■ I ' ssai, red 



Soudan niggers 



Cameroon ball 



Benguela 



Madagascar, pinky 



Accra flake 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 



Guayaquil, strip 



Nicaragua, scrap 



Panama 



Mexican, scrap 



Mexican, slab 



Mangabeira, sheet 



Guayule 



East In hi \x 



Assam 



Pontianak 



Borneo 



' :(S 8 : 



82(0 83 



58(5 ; " 

 



45" 4'> 



67(0 68 



|S',| h, 



6 Kg 62 



4"'" +7 



59@ 60 



4 6@ 47 



58(3 59 



1-"" 1.'. 



45'" 44 



-'»'" 5" 



75'" 76 



-7" .'.4 



i 



(5 118 



,1 ici 



(5 120 



none here 



n J J 

 ,1 12.1 

 ■11 I 10 



S 105 

 (§ So 



n 1 1 'j 

 @ 24 



o 95 



@ 78 



5 95 



5 83 



a n; 



@ 80 



(b> 66 



"< 45 



Sept. 30. 



201 '</ 202 



none here 



§3214 



214 n 215 



;8(S 70 



.•2., 83 



131&5 13-' 



none here 



96O1 1 17 



n8(5 no 



90(11 1 1 1 



none here 



218(8 22:.' 



12S" 

 none here 

 114(5 115 



!-5 ' 

 in me here 

 123(0 127 



126''/ 127 



II2'(I II? 



^.■n on 



8l(g 82 



97(5 98 

 23(9 24 



IOO'u (02 



x.,, 86 



9(5 100 



x 4 <„ 85 



IOO'ri 102 

 84'" 85 

 8265 83 



50(' I 51 



95(g 96 



'" 4 ; 4 



(5 40 - ? 2(,i ?3 



here 



5'i 



New York Rubber Prices for August (Xew Rubber). 



1909. 



Upriver. fine I-79@I.9S 



Upriver, coarse i.io@i.20 



Islands, fine 1.65 ©1.84 



Islands, coarse ''-"' 



Cameta 80 <" 



1908. 

 .89© .96 

 .65(5> .69 

 .83® .90 

 ■ 43@ -46 

 • 5I@ -53 



[907. 



" 1 ■ 1 5 



8g 5 .92 



1 I Q I -I, 

 .60 (" 62 



66 5 .69 



Aggregating 431 



Deliveries, August 369 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York quotations— prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots, per pound — show practically no change since last 

 month : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic i< 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 10 (Sjio 1 



Pneumatic bicycle tires <>'' 1'" 



Automobile tires 6%(5 7 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 9 @ 9V2 



White trimmed rubber 10 (S)ll 



Heavy black- rubber 672® 63<J 



21 10 

 205 



730 



574 



1 102 

 973 



777 

 557 



Stocks, August 31 62 



[909 



Stocks. July 31 tons 550 



Arrivals. August 1610 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, August . 



Stocks. August 31 . 



2160 

 1250 



94 



P\RV 



1908. 



250 



I4'« 



1740 

 1435 



= 156 



24" 



910 305 



1907 



[65 



1380 



1545 

 1255 



290 



129 



England 



1909. 1908. 1907 



245 



510 



755 

 400 



200 



1150 



I350 

 975 



295 37S 

 g £ 

 655 

 2-570 

 600 

 438 

 4:7 



675 

 450 



1 125 



500 



625 



1907. 



1.702 



2,470 



460 



124 



5'3 



1909. 



World'- visible supply, August 31 tons 1,981 



Para receipts, July 1 to August 31 2,700 



para if Caucho. same dates 580 



Afloat from Para to United States, Aug. 31 none 

 Afloat from Para 10 '12 31 620 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [September 1] : 

 Fine Para. — As was to be expected after the phenomenal . 

 montli, there have been considerable fluctuations, but on the whole the 

 market has been wonderfully steady, especially for the later positions, and. 

 all things considered, we think manufacturers will for this season have to 

 reckon on a basis of 6 shillings [=$1.44! for fine. Present indications point 

 to a further advance in values during next month, owing to small - 

 and short sales; but once the squeeze is over, we cannot think that t 

 level of values can be maintained without severe injury to the trade gen- 

 erally. When all is said and done, supply and demand must regulate 

 and although there is no indication of .1 slump in prices, still as 

 regards later deliveries a decline of at least 4-/. to ~J. per pound is what 

 imeht be reasonably expected. Manufacturers must bear in mind that all 

 indications point to a record era of prosperity in America, and the American 

 demand is the key to the situation. 



Antwerp. 



Rubber Statistics for A 



Details. 

 St. cks, July .11 . 

 Arrivals in August - . 



< ongo sorts 



Other sorts 



Aggregating 753,772 



Sales in August 508,921 



Sticks. August 31. 



1,336,263 

 461.749 



874,5«4 



Arrivals since Jan. 1. 3.162,684 



' go sorts 2,325,028 



Other sort 837,656 



!, 1- 1-7 19 

 2.052,2 1 1 



1,241,023 

 500,509 



740,514 



3,501,465 



2.986,244 



515,221 



422,096 



686. ¥67 



3.933.727 

 2,998,843 



934.8*4 



Sales since Jan. 1.... 3.513.568 3,606,119 3,419,135 3,982,047 

 Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 



September 14. — By the steamer Albertville: 



,328,948 



770,746 



558,202 

 .1,1 1,293 



|,702,8 J2 



& ( ,. '- 1 eti Generale Africaine) 



do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



(Societe Abir) 



.(Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



do (Comite Special Katanga) 



do Cie. du Kasai) 



Societe Coloniale Anvei I 1'elge du Haut Congo) 



,1,, (Slid Cameroon) 



: & Henrion 



Vugusi [7.— By the steamer Bruxellesville : 



: & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) I 



it omptoir t ummercial Congolais) 



1 Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Societe Coloniale \hmi- i-< (Beige der Haut Congo) 



(Cie. du Lomami) 



I.. & W. Van'de'Veide '.'.'.'.'.'.'.' < Cie. du Kasai) 



55.600 



6.900 

 19,100 



73.700 

 1. 100 



5.100 



20 169,320 



45,700 



23.600 

 300 



13,000 

 8,000 

 9.500 



59.000 





Rotterdam. 



At the inscription of September 2 the offerings amounted 

 to about 63 tons, including 34 tons of various Congo 



