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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



1 ii, 1909. 



GUTTA-PO^ 



Vol. II. 



Oi h iBER 1. 1909. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial: 



Page. 



culation in Business 1 



Twenty live Cents to Tw, D 2 



Three Hundred rons a Month Now 2 



Kubbcr in Fit : Fighting. 3 



1 1 3 



Uiimt 1 dil trials 4 



Rubber Fire Hose Forty Years Ago 



1. Frost 5 

 I Willi ; [llustratio 



The Coming Rubber Congress at Manaos 7 



Telegraphing on t lie Amazon 8 



French Enterprise in the Amazon Region 8 



Notes on Rubber Cultivation 



[Planted Acreage in Ceylon and Malaya. Castilloa Rubber by 

 the Centrifugal Process. "La Zacualpa" Plantations. Company 



Notes. Rubber Shares on Change.] 



[With an Illustration.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 11 

 [The Proofing Trade. High Trices and Substitutes. Balata Belt- 

 ing Patents. Mining Fuse. Progressive Rubber Co. Rubbi 

 Coagulation. Dermatine Co.] 



The Late Herr Senator Dr. Traun 15 



[With a Portrait.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 16 



[United States, lireat Britain, France.] 



Points on the Cotton Situation 17 



The Rubber Trade in Canada 18 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 19 



[The Industry in Europe. Improving Conditions in Germany. 

 German Imports of Swedish Rubber Footwear. Taxicabs in 

 London. Rubber in Aeroplane Fabrics. Company Notes.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Successful Rubber Pavement 4 



The First Atlantic table a 



Whiting Found in Mexico 4 



Rubber Factories in Australia 4 



Vulcanization of Rubber Coated Fabrics 10 



Caid from the Murac Syndicate 11 



Mexican Rubber Planters and the State 11 



A Rubber Shrub in Chile 16 



Apparel for the Motorist 17 



Rubber Redeemers Made Her Rich 18 



"7 League Rubber Boots" (Illustrated) 22 



The Merit of Rubber Mats 22 



The Amazon Rubber System 22 



Fountain Syringe Improvement (Illustrated) 



A New Type of Vacuum Dryer (Illustrated) 23 



I ire Fighting in New York 23 



Good Rubber from Mexico 23 



Health in the Rubber t 'ountries 23 



[ndia-Rubbei Godds in Commerce 27 



Rubber Footwear Price Higher 28 



The Editor's Book Table 2 r 



News of the American Rubber Trade 24 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 13 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 13 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 82 



London. 



August 23. — At the regular fortnight auction of August 

 20 about i?y A tons of Straits and 22% tons Ceylon plantation 

 rubber were offered. The sale not being concluded, it was 

 continued to-day. On the former date prices were slightly 

 below those of the preceding auction, but to-day shows a 

 recovery. Vallambrosa smoked sheet sold up to 8s. l l Ad. 

 [=$1.97.2] and Highlands to 7s. nj^rf. [=$1.94]. Fine lots of 

 very fine crepe sold at 7s. gd. to 7s. gV 2 d. [=$1.89.5]. Hard fine 

 Para sold at 8.?. 3d. [=$2.00.6]. 



September 3.— At to-day's auction 100!^ tons Straits and 

 1214 tons Ceylon plantation were offered, a large proportion 



of which found buyers ai an advance of .1,/ : p 



last sale quotations The few parcels of smoked si 

 11 offer were again eagerlj bid for and realized 8s. $d 

 [=$2.06.8], the latter figure being paid for som high- 



lands sheet. Rosehaugh crepe sold ai &s. $d., and several other 

 parcels of this grade fetched 8s. .;</. and ovei 



Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Limited, quote tor plantation: 



Sheet and Lh' 



Fine smoked sheet * - . 6d. 



I i" fine licet 8s. ' <■ '■ 



Good to fine biscuits - @8s. zVid. 



1 rei ■ 



Very pale 



Medium and palish ys - \i 



Hark and brow 11 4 .c. \od. 



■ hed Scrap: 



Medium to fine $s. a ■ r . 8d. 



Dark to low ■ 



Lewis & Peat report fine hard Para at 8j. 2d. [=$1.98.7]. 



September 10. — The market during the jia^t week has been 

 steady, and a considerable business has been done, and to-day 

 there is an active demand with business doi 1111 higher 



prices. In plantation rubber, only a small business doing pri- 

 vately, as there is very little on offer. Fine hard Para for 

 September delivery up to 8s. 2d. [=$r.o8.6J. Next auction on 

 Tuesday, September 21. 



September 17. — The market during the past week has been 

 very excited, and a large business lias been done. September 

 hard fine Para has sold up to 8s. 7rf. [=$2.08.8]. 



Good Rubber from Uganda. 

 Forty-five cases fine plantation smoked sheet sold at Sep- 

 tember auction at 8.s\ 2\{<d. [=$1.99]. 



August Plantation Yields ii\ P01 m- i 



1908. 1909.. 



Anglo-Malay Rubber Co 30.207 47,183 



Bukit Rajah Rubber Co 20,938 



Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates 10.177 18,800 



Damansara (Selangor) Rubber Co 24,600 



Federated (Selangor) Rubber Co 8,433 



Lanadron Rubber Estates 16.708 25,636 



Ledbury Rubber Estates 1,159 6,580 



London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Co 3,343 6,927 



Malacca Rubber Plantations 4,000 25.000 



Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate 7.002 12.826 



Perak Rubber Plantations 4.875 10.200 



Sumatra Para Rubber Plantation 6.384 9,360 



Eight Months, Including August. 



[908. 1909. 



Anglo-Malay 216*973 316,032 



Damansara (Selangor) 74.183 120,139 



Lanadron 1 10.192 160.108 



Ledbury 14.2S9 37.200 



London Asiatic 17.407 40.127 



Pataling 42.X40 !"v ,5-'S 



Sumatra Para 42.732 58.470 



RUBBER AUCTIONS— ALTERATIONS. 



At a meeting of Rubber Brokers and Buyers on September 1 it was 

 agreed that the auctions after this week will take place on Tuesdays ; »t 

 11 o'clock, and that catalogues are to be out and samples on show on the 

 Monday previous by 10.30 a. in. Any rubber not shown by sample then, is 

 not to be offered in the auction on the Tuesday. 



The first Tuesday's auction will take place on September 14. and 

 thereafter every fortnight. 



That Brokers will bracket small lots together as much as possible, and 

 suggest to their importers to advise the shippers not to send less than .'; 

 cwt. of each quality, now that the trade is so increasing, as small lots can 

 be held back by the planters till they make a fresh shipment. 



That the rub lie to sell about 10,, lots per hour in the auctions, and to 

 advance }4 d. per pound at a time on Plantation rubber. All lots 

 under 2 cwt. to be lotted in the catalogue as "Star Lots." and when not 

 bracketed with other lots at the auction, to be offered at the conclusion of 

 the other portion of the catalogues, or sold privately, whichever the selling 

 broker decides. 



The auctions will close at 5 p. m. on Tuesdays. 



African Rubbers. 



New York Stocks (in Ton's). 



September 1, 1908 133 



October 1 134 



November 1 134 



December 1 179 



January 1. 1909 156 



February I 157 



March 1 200 



April 1. 1009 178 



May 1 268 



June I 1 56 



July 1 268 



August 1 130 



September t 123 



