November i, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



59 



A REMINDER OF VIANNA. 



SELF-FILLING FOUNTAIN COMB. 



' I 'HE recent high prices of rubber lead to occasional re- 

 •*■ minders of the "Vianna corner," some twenty years 

 ago, when prices at Para readied a higher level than had 

 ever been known before. Whether or not Joao Gongalves 

 Vianna, holder of the title of Baron de Gondoriz from the 

 king of Portugal, his native country, was or was not re- 

 sponsible for the bold speculative measures in Amazon rub- 

 ber at the time mentioned it is doubtful whether the series 

 of transactions enriched him very much. For a short time 

 the Baron went to London in the rubber interest, but for 

 several years he has again been in Para, where he is a mem- 

 ber of the important and long-established firm of Mello 8c 

 Co., aviadores and exporters of rubber on an important scale. 

 Vianna's standing in the mercantile community is indicated 

 by the fact of his having been for sixteen years a member of 

 the Para commercial association. He is also an occasional 

 contributor to the local press on subjects connected with the 

 rubber trade. A sketch published in an earlier number of 

 The India Rubber World would indicate his age at present 

 to be about 59 years. 



'T'llE invention here illustrated relates to improvements in hair 

 A combs, the object being to provide a reservoir in a comb, 

 adapted to contain hair oil, air tonic, ami the like. A further 

 object is to provide means for filling the reservoir with hair oil, 

 and also means for ejecting the same as desired by the user 

 of the comb. The body of the comb is cylindrical and each tooth 



E3=32j| 



A Self Filling Fountain Comb. 



is provided with a minute perforation to permit access of the 

 liquid or other contents of the comb to the hair of the user. A 

 rubber bulb forms a part of the device. The reservoir is filled 

 or emptied through the nozzle at the opposite end from the bulb. 

 This comb has been patented in the United States and Canada. 

 [Julius Swanberg, No. 1718 Roscoe Boulevard, Chicago.] 



A i;ook for rubber planters : Mr. Pearson's "What I Saw in the 

 Tropics." 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



WHILE quotations at this date are slightly lower than a 

 month ago, the condition of the market remains un- 

 settled, and no indication is apparent of a substantial 

 decline in prices in the near future, at least. It seems unneces- 

 sary to go into further details in this column, especially in view 

 of the numerous references in other departments of this issue 

 of The India Rubber World to matters having a bearing upon 

 the crude rubber market. 



Arrivals at Para of rubber of all grades (including caucho) 

 since the beginning of the crop season, on July 1. have been less 

 than for the corresponding period for several years past. The 

 figures are: 



July-October, 1906 8,630 tons 



July-October, 1907 8,480 tons 



July-October, 1908 9,005 tons 



July-October (to the 28th), 1909 7,750 tons 



Following are the quotations at New York for Para grades, 

 one year ago, one month ago, and October 29 — the current date 

 — all prices being practically nominal : 



Para. Nov. i, '08. 



Islands, fine, new 103 @ io 4 



Islands, line, old (5 to8 



Upriver, fine, old 109 @iio 



Upriver, fine, old 112 ©113 



Islands, coarse, new 53/4@ 54 



Islands, coarse, old @ 60 



Upriver, coarse, new 83 (5 84 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Cameta 55 (5 56 



Caucho (Peruvian), ball.. 77 ©78 

 Caucho (Peruvian), sheet.. 50 @ 60 



Ceylon, fine sheet 1 18 @Iig 



Ceylon, crepe 



African. 



Lopori, ball, prime 91 @ 92 



Lopori, strip, prime 76 @ 77 



Aruwimi 



Upper Congo ball, red 



Sierra Leone, 1st quality... 87 (g 88 



Massai, red 87 



Soudan niggers 58 



Cameroon ball 53 



Benguela 47 



Madagascar, pinky 77 



Accra flake 19 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 69 



Guayaquil, strip 54 



(5 

 (5 5Q 



a 54 



(S ,s 

 @ 78 

 i i 20 



@ 70 

 <§ 55 



Oct. 1. '09. 



20K" -'(._' 



none here 



2i3f./ 214 



214(0)215 



"8@ 79 



82@ 83 



13"" [32 



none here 



96(a) 97 



ii8@H9 



9°@ 91 



none here 



2l8@220 



I28(a [30 



none here 



1 14(5 1 1 5 



125(6 [26 



123(5 i_'7 

 126(11 [27 

 112(5 1 [5 

 Sgfti 1 10 

 8i@ 82 

 97(a) 98 

 23® 24 



1000/ ro2 

 85(0 86 



Oct. 29. 



i8s<g 187 

 none here 



203(5 -'04 



none here 



7i(S 72 



none here 



...(a 124 

 none here 

 84(5 



H5(5 



...<§ 88 

 none here 



. . . (§ 220 



...Co 135 



none here 



I2I(g '-- 



129(5 1 30 



I22(§ [23 



(S 1 _■ 1 

 ...(a 100 

 80(0 90 

 81 (5 82 

 . . .(a 102 

 23G3 ■ ■ - 



97r„ 98 

 8s@ 86 



Nicaragua, scrap 69 @ 70 991S 100 95@ 96 



Panama 53 (5 54 84(5 85 84(a) 85 



Mexican, scrap 69 @ 70 lO0@iO2 97® 98 



Mexican, slab 53 @ 54 84(3 85 84(a) 85 



Mangabeira, sheet 43 @ 44 82(5 83 82(a) 83 



Guayule 30 ©31 50(0 5 1 5o(a 5 1 



East Indian. 



Assam 86 ©87 none here none here 



Pontianak @5 Z A ■••@5J4 



Borneo 27 @ 34 52(3 53 52® 53 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 8$400 Upriver, fine ic 



Islands, coarse 2$8oo 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine io$8oo Exchange 



Upriver, coarse 5$3©o 



New York Prices for September (New Rubber). 

 1909. 



Upriver, fine I.<J0@2.I5 



Upriver, coarse 1.12(0)1.32 



Islands, fine I.72@2.02 



Islands, coarse 65® .82 



Cameta 83® .96 



Pa 



Upriver, fine . . 

 Upriver, coarse 

 Exchange 



. 15 7/i6d. 

 .i$9/i6d. 



ra. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co. report [October 11] : 



As the time of larger arivals from upriver cannot be very remote now, 

 in spite of low water which prevents the rubber from coming down, the 

 feeling of uncertainty, escepially in consideration of the present exceedingly 

 high prices, seems to be gaining ground among buyers, who are expecting 

 a decline and give offers only reluctantly. Unfortunately the cable with 

 Manaos is still out of order, so that the full extent of arrivals from 

 upriver cannot be gauged correctly. Islands rubber has been arriving 

 in satisfactory quantities. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



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

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

 month : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic I0y&@10}£ 



Old rubber boots and shoes— foreign I0}4@I05^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires — @ 7 



\utomobile tires — <a 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 9 @ 9 Z A 



White trimmed rubber 10 (an 



Heavy black rubber 6^@ 6j4 



Air brake hose 4*M@ 5 



Garden hose 2?4@ 3 



Fire and large hose 3 @ 3 Ms 



Matting Hi® - 



