THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Jn.Y 1. 1921 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR FRANCE 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER 



Year Ended Di:ccinber 



Unm.^nufactured-^ 



1919 



1920 



Quintals' 

 Crude rubber and gutta pcrcha — 



From Braiil 31,417 



England 113,054 



Francs- Quintals 



French Congo . 



Senegal 



Other French African 



Colonies 



British Indies 



Other countries 



5,168 

 3,213 



10,060 

 82,944 

 61,491 



•243,419,000 



15,094 



159,640 



1,814 



792 



6,515 

 29,396 

 59,099 



Francs 



215,701,000 



Totals 



M.\NL*FACTL*BEI> — 



Pure rubber sheets, not vul- 

 canized 



Rubber thread 



Elastic fabrics _ 



Rubbered fabric in pieces...... 



Articles made of rubbered fabric. 



Garment protectors 



Garters, suspenders, bells 



Rubberized ch'thing 



Rubberized fabric for card cloth- 

 ing 



Footwear 



Tires, tubes, casings 



Belting, hose, valves, etc 



Totals, manufactured 138,444 362,999,000 96,348 249,297,000 



EXPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER 



Year Ended December 



1919 



UnMANUKACTCRED r ^ > 



Quintals' Francs- 

 Crude rubber and gutta percha — 



To England 12,213 



United States 17.825 L 81.695,000 



Germany I 



Other countries J 73,112 



Totals 103,150 81,695,000 



Manufactured — 

 Sheets, unvulcanized and vulcan- 

 ized threads 1,374 3,504.000 



Elastic fabric 1,415 5,053,000 



Rubberized fabric in pieces 798 2,848.000 



Rubberized fabric for card cloth- 

 ing 642 1.328.000 



Clothing 2.559 14.790.000 



Articles of rubberized fabric... 153 819.000 



Footwear 1,148 1,952.000 



Tires, tubes, casings; 



To England 1 



Germany I 



Belciuni V 85,138 217.101.000 



Switzerland 



Other countries J 



Totals 85.138 217.101.000 



Belting, hose, valves, etc 18,371 26,546,000 



T.^lals. manufactured 111,598 273.941.000 



'One quintal equals 220.46 pounds. 

 "One franc equals $0,193 (normal). 



THE MARKET FOR RUBBER SCRAP 

 NEW YORK 



■"Phe rubber scrap market continues increasingly dull, only a 

 ■^ small amount of buying is being done, and this by dealers 

 only. There has hardly been such a thing as a scrap market. 



The following revised freight classifications are of interest. 

 Because of the impracticability of bundling large, heavy tires 

 the consolidated classification committee will establish rating of 

 fourth class, applicable in all territories, on so-called scrap tires, 

 each weighing 50 pounds or over, when shipped loose. 



QUOTATIONS FOR CARLOAD LOTS DELIVERED 



June 24, 1921 

 Pricei Bubject to change without notice 

 BOOTS AlTD SHOES 



Arctic tops /&• *$0.O75 



Boots and shoes Ih. * .03 '/J 



Trimrrrd arctics lb. ".02 54 



Untrimmcd arctics lb. '.02 



SAKD EITBBER 



Battery iars. black compound lb. *.07'/$ 



No. 1, bright fracture lb. '.12 



0) .04 

 ® .03 



m .02'/a 



@ .01 

 O ,15 



INNER TUBES 



No. 1 /b. '$0.06 (a$0.06^ 



Compounded lb. •.04!^@ .04'/^ 



Red Ih. *.04!4@ .04)^ 



KECHANICAI,S 



Black scrap, mixed. No. 1 lb. *.02!4@ .03 



No. 2 lb. •01^4® .02 



Car springs lb. '.02 [/J @ .03 



Heels lb. •.02V5# .03 



Horse-shre pads lb. •.02'/$ @ .03 



Hose, air brake lb. ".01 @ .0154 



fire, cotton lined lb. '.01 @ 



garden lb. .07 (* .01 



Insulated wire strippins. free from fiber lb. *.01'/$@ .02 



Matting lb. *,01 (3 



Red packing lb. '.OWi® .05 



Red scrap, No. 1 It. *.07 & .08 



N0.2 lb. ♦.05'/S® .06 



White scrap. No. 1 lb. *.07 @ .OIV, 



No. 2 lb. '.06 @ .06!^ 



TIRES 



PNBtlMATIC— 



Auto peelings lb. '.02 @ .OZM 



Bicycle lb. '.Q\'A& .02 



Standard white auto lb '.02'A® .02Ji 



Mixed auto lb. *.0I @ .01 '/S 



Stripped, unguaranteed lb *.01 @ .0154 



White, G. & G., M. & W.. and U. S !h. '.02 3^® 



SOLID— 



Carriage lb. *.02'^@ .OZH 



Ironv lb. O 



Truck, clean lb. ".01 54 @ .02 



•Nominal. 



THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS 



NEW YORK 



M.'kNUF.xcTUREs of cotton cotnposed of a staple of 1-^-i inches 

 or more, which are dutiable under the new Einergency Tariff 

 Law, are subject to seven cents a pound additional duty to the 

 rates in the Tariff Act of 1913. and include tire fabrics, cotton 

 canvas and duck. 



The method of determining the len.gth of the staple is as 

 follows : "A nimiber of fibers are gradually worked into a 

 parallel condition and afterwards a sinall tuft is extracted. 

 This operation is performed by taking a handful of cotton, and 

 while holding it fairly firm with one hand, the tuft is broken by the 

 other hand, and the loose fibers gently removed; then a number 

 of fibers are gripped by the forefinger and thumb and drawn 

 gradually out of the bulk and if the majority of said fibers 

 measure 15^ inches or over in length it can then be safely 

 assumed that such cotton will fall under the provisions of par- 

 agraph 16 of the Emergency Tarifif Act." 



The only cottons imported that have such lengths are Sakel- 

 larides, Abassi, white and brown Egyptian and certain grades 

 from Peru, West Indies and Brazil. 



The obvious result of this tax will be that manufacturers will 

 use shorter cotton more extensively but, as a protective measure. 

 it may be disappointing to Arizona growers who should reduce 

 costs in order to compete in the world's markets. 



American Cotton. The market trend for the past month has 

 been downward with spot values in the South at the lowest 

 figures recorded for the season and the last five years. Trade 

 buying for future requirements is liable to continue as consumers 

 realize that American cotton acreage has been reduced 30 per 

 cent, and fertilizer 50 per cent which would result in a small 

 crop under unfavorable weather and other adverse conditions. 



Spot middling uplands has ranged in price from 12.95 cents 

 earlier in the past month to 10.85 cents on June 20. 



Egyptian Cotton. While the market for extra staple has 

 been comparatively easy, prices have not declined as much as 

 the almost entire lack of business would forecast. Good grade 

 Uppers were quoted at 14 to 16 cents and medium grade Sakel 

 at 20 to 23 cents. Top grades are worth approximately 30 cents. 



