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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, igio. 



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Vol. 42. 



APRIL 1, 1910. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Editorial: 



The Prospect for Cheaper Rubber 229 



i:i:i versus the East -'3° 



Like Investments in the Moon 230 



An "Official Organ" 231 



How to Check the Rubber Boom 



A Paraense 231 

 A Good Rubber Footwear Season 232 



RUBBER CONGRESS AT MANAOS 



By Our Correspondents 233 

 [ Inceptions of the Congress. Summary of the Proceedings. Con- 

 clusions Reached. Who Were in Attendance. Dinner I" Mi 

 Pearson by the Para Rubber Merchants. 1 

 [With 12 Illustrations.] 



Mincing Lane and the Rubber Shoe Market 241 



1 With an Illustration. I 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber... 243 



I United States. Great Britain. France.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 245 

 [Rubber Planting Companies. Another Works Absorption. Pneu- 

 matic (1910), Limited. Ankylostomiasis. Tires at the Manches- 

 ter Motor Show. The New Malaysian Rubber. | 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 247 



[Prosperity of the Industry in Germany. Rivals in the Balloon 

 Fabric industry. North British Rubber Profits. Ilutchinsons' 

 Fifty Years Old. Synthetic Rubber in Court. Company Notes.] 



The Profits of Rubber Culture 249 



[One Hundred Per Cent, for "Ceylon Planters." Kalutara Co. 

 Results. Rubber Planting in Chiapas. I 



The Obituary Record 251 



[With portrait of James Muggins. ] 



Miscellaneous: 



The "Kickoff" (.Illustrated) 248 



Large Dredging Hose {Illustrated) 248 



The "Caprinco" Tires. . ._ 250 



Pneumatic Tires Economical 251 



An India-Rubber Bank 251 



News of the American Rubber Trade 252 



[With 2 Illustrations. I 

 The Rubber Trade at Trenton 



Our Correspondent 244 

 The Rubber Trade at San Francisco 



Our Correspondent 250 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 256 



Antwerp. 



At the monthly inscription on March 17 selling was character- 

 ized by a heavy advance in prices, but as contrasted with the 

 results of previous sales, it was the Congo varieties this time 

 which showed the strongest proportional advance. In fact, the 

 rise made by them to-day is figured at 3.07 francs, or 22.87 P er 

 cent., while plantation caoutchouc scored an average rise of 3.63 

 francs, or 14.95 P er cent The market was very buoyant through- 

 out the day and everything was snapped up. The offering com- 

 prised 207,642 kilograms of Congo sorts and 51,121 kilograms of 

 other sorts, including a number of lots of plantation sorts. Only 

 95 kilograms remained unsold. Among the prices realized were — 



Upper Congo. Lomami francs 21.00 



Congo. Kasai, block 20.925/2 



Upper Congo, ordinary 19.00 



Congo, Wamba Kindinga . . .- 20.52'/2 



Upper Congo. Equateur 20.92;/; 



Congo, Kantanga 20.67^ 



Straits, Crepe No. 1 29.22=30.05 



Sumatra, Smoked sheet 29.20=29.40 



Java. Pamaneokan 18.02=18.50 



Quotations for guayule are 9@9-50 francs per kilogram 

 [=about 78.8@83.16 cents per pound]. 



L. & W. Van de Velde report: "European buyers have oper- 

 ated largely at these sales. America showing less disposition to 

 follow the violent movement. Business by private contract in 

 medium grades has been important of late, and stocks in second 

 hands appear to be small at present. The next sales here will 

 be held April 28, for which about 450 tons are declared. The 

 stock in first hands is about 445 tons." 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 



February i. — By the steamer Leopoldville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



Do (Societe Abir) 



Do ( Societe Anversoise) 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 



Societe Colonaile Anversoise <Belgc du Haut Congo) 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 



Do 



Do (Cie. du Lomani) 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise 



Societe Generale de Commerce . . . ( Alimaienne) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 



Cassart & Henrion 



February 21. — By the steamer Bru.xcUcsvUlc: 



..(Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



< Societe Abir) 



.(Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



(Comite Special Katanga) 



. (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Bunge & Co. . . . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



1 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. ... (Beige du Haut Congo) 



Do (Cie. du Lbhiaroi ) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 1 Cie du Kasai) 



Charles Dethicr (American Congo Co.) 



Societe Generale de Commerce (Alimaienne) 



March 14. — By the steamer Albertville: 



Bunge. & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Do (Societe Abir) 



It" (Comite Special Katanga) 



Mo (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



D.o (Cie. du Kasai) 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. ...( Beige du Haut Congo) 

 L. & W. Van de Velde 



Rubber Statistics for February. 



39.500 



41,300 

 3.400 

 2,200 

 3.700 

 2,400 



10,300 



60,700 

 2,900 



16,700 



450 



1,300 



3.000 



700 



125,500 

 2,600 

 9,000 

 6,300 

 8,900 

 1,700 

 18,100 



1 12,000 

 2,500 

 1,500 



93.700 

 4,400 

 1,400 

 1,400 

 2,500 



72,000 



200 



3,000 



238,550 



288,100 



Details. 1910. 1909. 



Stocks, Jan. 31.... kilos 482,162 597,777 



Arrivals in February... 514,624 300,011 



Congo sorts 454,116 184,360 



Other sorts 60,508 115,651 



Aggregating 996,786 897,788 



Sales in February 480,252 566.355 



1908. 1907. 



1,260,009 618,650 



277.443 598,332 



255.000 549.863 



22,443 48.469 



1.537.452 1,216,982 



630,348 613,121 



178.600 



1906. 



(•IS, 05 



414,899 



338,905 



75,994 



933.594 

 318,906 



Stocks, February 28.... 516, 534 331.433 



Arrivals since January I 776,491 583,966 



Congo sorts 656.663 370.549 



907,104 

 825,411 

 759.451 



65,960 



925,201 



603,861 614,688 

 916,024 1,019,928 

 792,669 753.518 



123,355 

 970,347 



266,410 



Other sorts 119,828 213,417 



Sales since January 1.. 801,469 848,268 



Liverpool. 



William Wricht & Co. report [March 1] : 



Fine Para. — The firmness and activity of the market continues. Prices 

 have further advanced lid. to is. per pound, and at present there is no 

 indication of any serious decline. Receipts, while not up to last year, are 

 fairly ample for normal times, but the extraordinary American demand — 

 another steamer took the record quantity of 14.300 tons from Brazil and 

 about 300 tons again shipped from here — points, we are afraid, to a con- 

 tinuance of extremely high prices right through this crop. European man- 

 nfacturcrs are buying sparingly, but we are afraid they will be forced to 

 recognize that this is no mere temporary spurt. 



Para. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co. report [March 16] : 



Owing to unusually low water on the upper tributaries of the Amazon — ■ 

 for this time of the year — arrivals remained far below expectations.^ and the 

 wild rush of "shorts" drove the market up to startling prices. Since yes- 

 terday, however, buyers withdrew, partly owing to the impossibility to 

 ship any more by today's steamer to New York or tomorrow s steamer to 

 Europe. Supplies since our last report consist of 2.QQ9 tons including 

 Upriver and caucho balls. Receipts so far in March were 3,681 tons, thus 

 making the total receipts 30,270 tons this year, against 30,870 tons same 

 time 1 000, and 28,250 tons same time 1908. 



Neiv York. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper, No. 68 William street, 

 New York) advises as follows: "During March there has been 

 a fairly good demand for commercial paper, mostly from out of 

 town banks, and the ruling rates have been 5@5^ per cent, for the 

 best rubber names, and 6 per cent, for those not so well known." 



