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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May i, 1910. 



Wi** 



Vol.42. 



MAY 1, 1910. 



No. 2. 



TABLE Of CONTENTS 



Editorial: 



Is There a "Corner" in Rubber?... 



The Hastening of the Crash 



Benefits from High-Priced Rubber 

 The Editor's Book Table 



PARA, MANAOS AND THE AMAZON 



The Editor 

 [The first of a series of letters on a tour from New York 

 t- the Amazon region, with the object of attending the Con- 

 gresso Commercial, Industrial e Agricola at Manaos. The 

 first installments relate to the Editor's experience at Bar- 

 bados en route, and his approach to the city of Para] 

 I With 21 Illustrations.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 



[Proofing Trade. The Penther Patent Machine. _ Gardner's 



Grinding Machine. The American Chemical Society. High 



Pressure Jointing. Irwell and Eastern Rubber Co. Errata.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



Rubber Sundries Manufacturers' Association 



[With an Illustration.] 



A British Raid on the Golf Market 



Centrifugal Coagulating Process 



[With an Illustration.] 



New Trade Publications 



Page. 



261 

 261 

 262 



264 



265 



The Obituary Record 



[With Portraits of John J. Fields and Thomas B. Jeffery.] 



Progress of Rubber Planting 



[Progress Rubber Planters in the Philippines. Profits of Com- 

 panies in the Far East. Castilloa Rubber in Chiapas (Mexico). 

 Forward Sales of Rubber.] 



I With 2 Illustrations.] 



Miscellaneous: 



How Much Rubber Is Produced? 



Manufacture of Spongy Rubber 



An English Note on "Goloshes." 



< hir Twentieth Anniversary 



Where Is the Rubber "Corner?" 



British Rubber Goods Higher 



Dutch Interest in Gutta-Jelutong 



"Rubber" in a Dictionary 



Why Her Dancing Dragged 



Reproduction of Guayule 



The New Crane Buckle. (Illustrated.) 



Bailey's "Won't Slip" Rubber Heels. (Illustrated.) 



Uses of Rubber in the Laundry 



Competition in Canada 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 



Mechanical Goods Association 



Rubber Club of America 



One Thousand Ton Vulcanizing Press 



Two Cylinder Vulcanizing Press 



Forty Per Cent. Manufacturing Profit 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 



The Trade at Trenton Our Correspondent 



The Trade at San Francisco Our Correspondent 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



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Para. 



R. O. Ahi.irs & Co. Report [April 1] : 



Prices experienced another sensational rise since our last report, the 

 market closing at top priees. Supplies since onr last report consist of 

 1,169 tons, including Upriver and caucho. Receipts in March were 5,433 

 tons, and so far in April 6 tons, thus making the total since July 1, 1909, 

 32,028 tons; against last year 32,610 tons; and the year before 29,280 

 tons. Exports July-March were 15,841 tons to the United States, 15,570 

 tons to Europe. 



R. O. Ahlf.rs & Co. report [April 11] : 



Prices have been advancing almost daily, with only very small arrivals. 

 The cable to Manaos is again out .it order, but the telegrams getting 

 through with about 48 hours delay show thai arrivals there also do not 

 come up to much. Receipts since our last report amount to 1,327 tons 

 including Upriver and caucho. Receipts in April were 1,333 tons so far, 

 making the total since July 1. 1909. 33.355 tons; against 34,135 tons same 

 time last year and .v.. -,-15 tons the year before. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During March and nine months of the crop season, for three 

 years (courtesy of Messrs Scholz & Co.) : 



March. July-March. 



1- * v * ■> 



From — 1910. 1909. 1908. i9og-io. 1908-09. 1907-08. 



Rio Punis-Acre Ions 1,616 533 938 9,105 7,866 8,129 



Rio Madeira 348 309 288 2,956 2,794 2,596 



Rio Jurua 490 578 345 3,622 3,686 3,389 



Rio Javary-lquitos 64 162 59 2,533 2,318 2,424 



Rio Solimoes 124 77 41 1,097 945 1,078 



I.in Negro 95 93 67 644 483 441 



Total 2.737 1.752 1,738 19.957 18,092 18,057 



Caucho 1,228 967 1,067 5.187 5.039 4.647 



Total 3.965 2,719 2,805 25,144 23,131 22,704 



Antwerp. 



Rubber Statistics for March. 



Details. 1910. 



Stocks, Feb. 28 kilos 516,534 



Arrivals in March 263,188 



Congo sorts 174,167 



Other sorts 89,021 



Aggregating 779.722 



Sales in March 280,620 



Stocks, March 31 499,102 



8/-S.559 t.599.502 1,020,595 1,274,250 

 279,704 462,610 295*057 6 

 595.855 1,136,892 725.538 641,650 



Arrivals since January 1.. 1.039, 679 1,128,092 1,517,809 1,332,758 1,679,490 



Congo sorts 830,830 781.387 1.347.423 1,151.165 1,274,78a 



Other sorts 208,849 346,705 170,386 181,593 404,708 



Sales since January 1 .... 1,082,089 1,127,972 1,387,811 1,265,404 1,773,027 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 



91,000 



600 



19,000 



10,500 



90 



. 600 



2,500 



95.000 

 1,150 

 6,700 

 4,000 231,140 



April 14. — By the steamer Leopoldville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Ccuigolais) 



Do (Comite Special Katanga] 



Do (Societe Anversoise] 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 



Do (Cie. franc, du Haut Congo) 



Do ( Cie. du Kasai) 



M. S. Cols 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 



Liverpool. 

 William Wright & Co. report [April 1] : 



Fine Para. — The advance has been phenomenal; each day has witnessed 

 a new record, a total advance of 2S. Sd. [=65 cents] per pound, with an 

 active demand sums up the position this month. It is absolutely impossible 

 to forecast the future, one can only record facts; certainly at present 12s. 

 [=$2.92] rubber seems within measurable distance — all this with full re- 

 ceipts; one thing, however, is certain, the*" advance is not entirely due to 

 "shorts" covering. Closing values: Upriver fine lis. 6 I 4d. [=$2.81]; 

 Islands lis. 5 J^d. [=$2.79]. 



African Rubbers. 



New York Stocks (In Tons). 



March 1, 1909 200 



April 1 178 



May 1 268 



June 1 156 



July 1 268 



August 1 130 



September 1 123 



October 1, 1909 67 



November i 134 



December 1 134 



January 1, 1910 228 



February I 134 



March I 161 



April 1 121 



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 April there has been a 

 good demand for commercial paper, but rates have kept well up, 

 ruling at 5@$]/ z per cent, for the best rubber names, and 5J4@6 

 per cent, for those not so well known." 



EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



Official statistics of exports from Java for the past two 

 calendar years have been as follows (in kilograms): 



1908. 1909. 



India-rubber 39.596 175,302 



Gutta-percha 2,181 30,786 



Gutta (other) 45.424 



Total 41,777 251,512 



The greater total for 1909 is due to the increasing produc- 

 tion of plantations. The item of "other guttas" is not suffi- 

 ciently explained in the official statistics. 



