May i, igio.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



295 



Review of the Crude Market. 



IT is still a difficult matter to discuss the condition of the mar- 

 ket for rubber, which seems even more unsettled than at our 

 last report. The fact that prices still tend upward, in spite 

 of somewhat larger arrivals than formerly, indicates a constantly 

 increasing consumption. As far as Para sorts are concerned, 

 the production has come to a practical standstill until the opening 

 of a new season, and rubber stocks must become smaller and 

 smaller during the next few months. 



As for the conditions of business in general, no indication 

 exists of any falling off in the demand for rubber goods. In 

 some other countries, as will be seen in this issue, definite 

 increases have been announced for most classes of rubber goods. 

 While the subject of advancing prices is uppermost in the minds 

 of American manufacturers, as well, they do not appear yet to 

 have reached the point of agreement as to the proper advances 

 to be made on goods, or as to the time or method of concerted 

 action in charging more. 



Following are quotations at New York for Para 

 year ago, one month ago, and April 29 — the current 



Para. May 1, '09. April i, '10. 



Islands, fine, new 123(0)124 252(0)253 



Islands, fine, old 124(0)125 none here 



Upriver, fine, new 126(3)127 270(0)271 



Upriver, fine, old I28@i20. 272(^273 



Islands, coarse, new 58(g) 59 105(0)106 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 95(0? 96 172(0)173 



Upriver, coarse, old none here i/4 r "i75 



Cameta 68(g) 69 I30(</ i.?i 



Caucho (Plantation), ball. . 84® 85 1 74^175 



Caucho (Plantation), sheet 76(g) 77 I35@i35 



Ceylon, fine sheet i3-@i33 26o@26i 



African. 



Lapori, ball, prime 108(^109 204^/ 20--, 



Lapori, strip, prime none here none here 



Aruwimi 94(0)95 nonehere 



Upper Congo, ball, red 96(0)100 17C" ;i 



Ikelemba none here none Inn- 

 Sierra Leone, 1st quality.. 96(0) 96 170ft/ 171 



Massai, red 95@ 96 171(f) 1 7-' 



Soudan, niggers 85® 86 none here 



Cameroon, ball 64® 65 II2@U4 



Benguela 59@ 60 none here 



Madagascar, pinky 90(g) 91 I25@ia6 



Accra, flake ". 2i@ 22 34® 35 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 81(0) 82 152(0)153 



Guayaquil, strip 7I@ 72 120(0)121 



Nicaragua, scrap 79@ 80 152(01 5. ; 



Panama 63(g) 64 none here 



Mexican, scrap So® 8r 15''" '5- 



Mexican, slab 58® 59 none here 



Mangabeira, sheet 53® 54 none here 



Guayule 32® 33 99@ioo 



East Indian. 



Assam 92® 93 none In re 



Pontianak 4" 8',«.N 



Borneo 35@ 45 none llere 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine I3$ooo 



Islands, coarse 4$500 



Upriver, fine . . . 

 Upriver, coarse 

 Exchange 



grades, one 



date : 



April. 29. 



27S@277 

 none here 



28l@282 



none here 

 ioc/giio 



none here 

 i82@i8s 



none here 



I26@127 



i8o@i82 



none here 



28s@288 



none here 

 m me here 

 none here 



190(0)191 

 none here 



i88@icjo 



l88('/ MM 



none here 



i28(g 130 



none here 



I25@126 



4°@ 42 



1 70® 1 72 



I.30@I35 



i67@i68 



none here 



I70@i72 



none here 



none here 



II0@II0 



none here 

 924@io34 

 none here 



Per Kilo. 

 . . . . i5$6oo 



9$50o 



..15 9/i6d. 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



New York. 



Fine and Total Total Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1910. 1909. 1908. 



Stocks, February 28.. tons 157 29 = 186 385 152 



Arrivals, March 2341 870 = 321 1 2068 1650 



Deliveries, March 2300 



Stocks, March 31 198 



817 = 3117 



2002 



1482 



.. 198 82 = 



Para. 

 1910. 1909. 1908. 

 Stocks, February 28.. tons 465 1710 1365 

 Arrivals, March 3890 2980 3220 



280 451 320 



England. 



1910. 1909. 1908. 



510 420 1365 



632 1912 1685 



Aggregating 4355 4690 4585 1 142 2332 3050 



Deliveries, March 3520 3129 3610 602 2002 1075 



Stocks, March 31 S35 1561 975 540 330 1975 



1 9 10. 



World's visible supply, March 31 tons 3,737 



Para receipts, July 1 to March 31 26,895 



Para receipts of caucho, same dates 5,215 



Afloat from Para to United States, March 31 117 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, March 31 1,965 



Rubber Scrap Prices* 



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

 load lots, per pound — show a decided advance since last month, 

 particularly in shoes : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic io^4®n 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign ioJ4@io^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 7 @ 7*4 



Automobile tires 7lA@ 8 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 9H@ 9H 



White trimmed rubber 10 @n 



Heavy black rubber 6l4@ &A 



Air brake hose 5 l 4@ 5l4 



Garden hose 2%@ 3 



Fire and large hose 3H@ 3 l A 



Matting r ^@ l7 / s 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate Weight in Pounds.] 

 March 29. — By the steamer Cearense, from Manaos and Para: 



Importers. Fine. 



Poel & Arnold 598,600 



N. V. Commercial Co. . 134,800 



A. T. Morse & Co 81,700 



General Rubber Co 125,200 



C. P. dos Santos 

 G. Amsinck & Co . 

 William E. Peck & 

 L. Johnson & Co ... . 

 Hagemeyer & Brunn 

 Henderson & Korn . . 



Co.. 



19,300 

 16,500 



2,100 

 1,400 



Medium. 

 S3, 000 

 37,200 

 12,600 

 35,ioo 

 2,900 

 3,400 



Coarse. 



69,900 



98,400 



71,000 



48,600 



13,800 



2,100 



59>°oo 



27,000 



9,200 



6,600 



Caucho. 

 53,300 

 60,400 

 78,500 



6,200 



5,600 

 5,000 



Total. 



804,800 



330,800 



243,800 



215,100 



41,600 



27,000 



59,ooo 



27,000 



1 1,300 



S.ooo 



Total 979,600 174,200 405,600 209,000 



April 6. — By the steamer Boniface, from Manaos and 



Poel & Arnold 



General Rubber Co. . . 

 A. T. Morse & Co... 

 N. Y. Commercial Co. 



30,300 

 41,100 



2,100 

 9,000 



14,500 18,600 = 



9,200 6,800 — 



15,200 = 



3,400 1,000 = 



Total 73,5oo 11,100 42,300 26,400 



April 8. — By steamer Sao Paulo, from Para : 



,768,400 



Para: 



65.500 



66,100 



15,200 



6,500 



i53.3oo 



G. Amsinck & Co 



A. T. Morse & Co 



Poel & Arnold 



William E. Peck & Co. . 



4.700 

 8,900 



5,400 

 1,100 



22,000 

 19,000 

 27,700 

 15.800 



= 32,100 



= 29,000 



= 27.700 



= 16,900 



Total 14,700 6,500 84,500 = 



April 15. — By the steamer Polycarp, from Manaos and 



Poel & Arnold 71,400 10,000 



N. V. Commercial Co — 87,600 20,800 



A. T. Morse & Co 1,800 300 



General Rubber Co 17,700 2,200 



Henderson & Korn 



William E. Peck & Co.. 700 300 



2,600 103,700 = 



13,400 15.900 = 



33,700 62,900 = 



9.500 — 



19,100 = 



3.300 = 



105,700 



Para: 



187,700 



137,700 



98,700 



29,400 



19.100 



4,300 



Total 179,200 33,600 81,600 182,500 = 



April 23. — By the steamer Clement, from Manaos and 



17,100. 24,100 = 

 6,900 ~ 



New York Commercial Co. . 48,000 



Poel & Arnold 50,700 



A. T. Morse & Co 2,500 



William E. Peck & Co. . . . 1,400 

 General Rubber Co 



20,500 

 9,600 

 i,roo 



13,300 

 3,300 



2,900 



Aggregating 2498 



899 



3397 2453 1802 



Total 102,700 



31,200 33,700 33-900 



476,900 



Para: 



109,800 



60,300 



23,800 



4.700 



2,900 



201,500 



