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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1912. 





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Vol. 45. 



MARCH 1, 1912. 



No. 6. 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorial: 



The Future of Rubber in the West Indies 259 



Progress of the New York Exposition 260 



Lower Prices for Rubber Shoes 260 



The Consulting Engineer 260 



Proposed Clianges in the Chemical Schedule 261 



What Brazil Will Do for Rubber 261 



Increased German Duties on American Rubber Shoes 262 



Wireless vs. Cable Telegraphy 262 



The West Indian Agricultural Conference 263 



[With 7 Illustrations.] 



Rubber Expositions as a Trade Stimulus 



Sir Henry A. Blake 267 



The Story of Funtumia 270 



[With 4 Illustrations.] 



The India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



. Our Regular Correspondent 281 



London Rubber Notes 



A Resident Correspondent 282 



A Danish View of Rubber Reclaiming 284 



I With J ]llustr:;tions. ] 



The Rubber Industry of Japan 



Oitr Regular Correspondent 285 

 [With 5 Illustrations.] 



Some Planting Notes 291 



Obituary Record 292 



(With Portraits of II. C. Morse and A. M. Stickney,] 



New Rubber Goods in the IMarket 294 



[With 7 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 302 



[ L'nited States. Great Britain. France. Germany.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Motor Tires in Barbados By a Trai'cling Correspondent 266 



Brazilian Rubber Legislation 266 



The New York Exposition 268 



Plantation Rubber in German East Africa 269 



The Way "Tropical Life" Views the Situation Illustrated 273 



South America and the New York Exposition 273 



.\dditional Members of the Exposition European Committee 274 



The Philippines Preparing for the New York Exposition 274 



The Proposed Chemical Schedule 280 



A Highly Valued Certificate 286 



Wireless Telegraphy and Cable Manufacture 286 



A German View of Rubber Heels 287 



European Retrospects and Prospects of Rubber 288 



Notes from British Guiana Regular Correspondent 289 



Returns of Thirty-five Prominent English Rubber Planting 



Companies 290 



Continued Increase of Eastern Rubber Outputs 290 



New Trade Publications 293 



What Congressman Weeks Really Said 295 



.A Quick-Opening Tire Kettle Illustrated 295 



Some New and Attractive Apsley Lasts Illustrated 296 



It Repairs Anything in the Tire Line Illustrated 296 



India-Rnbber t?,oods in Commerce 303 



News of the American Rubber Trade 297 



[With 4 Illustrations.] 



The Trade in Akron Our Correspondent 275 



The Trade in Boston Our Correspondent 276 



The Trade in Chicago Our Correspondent 277 



The Trade in Rhode Island Our Correspondent 277 



The Trade in San Francisco Oi(r Correspondent 279 



The Trade in Trenton Our Correspondent 280 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market .' 304 



TEXAS TO SELL ITS GUAYULE SHRUB. 



The State of Texas intends to sell all the guayule shrub now 

 remaining on the State lands. Bids will be received by 'the State 

 Lands Commissioner up to March 14. Texas made its first sale 

 of guayule shrub iive years ago, receiving $61,000. The shrub 

 bought at that time has since been worked at the factory at 

 Marathon and the rubber extracted therefrom marketed chiefly 

 in New York. 



Men who have been over the State lands of Texas carefully 

 state that there are thousands of acres yet untouched on which 

 guayule is growing in very large quantities. 



Liverpool, 



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Fine Paid. — The market has been active at, generally speaking, 



advancing prices, closing about 3j4d. per pound dearer than last 

 month. America still continues to buy actively, both in Brazil 

 and on this market, which makes holders chary for offering far 

 ahead. Trade demand here has been moderate during the month, 

 as the deliveries show. The undertone of the market is firm, and 

 present appearances point to moderate fluctuation. Closing 

 value: Hard, fine, 4s. 7%d. [$1.12]; Island, As. 7Ud. |$1.125]. 



Anttuerp. 



Ki'BBER Statistics for Jaxu.ary. 



Details. 1912. 



Stocks, January I.. kilos 674,738 

 Arrivals in January.... 321,433 



Congo sorts 226,248 



Other sorts 95.185 



1911. 

 588,212 

 549,956 

 403,421 

 146,535 



1910. 

 541.512 

 261,867 

 202,547 



59,320 



1909. 



595,735 



283,955 



186,189 



97,766 



1908. 



1,006,894 



547,968 



504,451 



43,517 



Aggregating 996,171 



Sales in January 410,115 



Stocks, January 31 586,056 



Arrivals since Jan. 1... 321,433 



•Congo sorts 226,248 



Other sorts 95,185 



Sales since Jan. 1...... 410,115 492,749 321,217 2i 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 

 February 8. — By the steamer Elisabethville: 



Eunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine)_feti£>j 



294,853 



. (Chemins de fei Grand Lacs) 



(Alberta) 



. (Comptoir Commercial Congolaist 



Anversoise ( Haut Congo) 



Velde tCie de Kasai) 



(Comfina) 



do 



do 



do 

 Societe Coloniale 

 L. & W. Van de 



do 



do 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 



Willaert Frcres 



Societe Generale de Commerce (.\limaienne> 



Congo Trading Co 6,000 



Osterrieth & Co 4.500 



Cassart & Henrion 3,500 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon Grown R 



[From January 1 to December 31, 1910 and 1911. 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



23,960 



1,800 



1,100 



5,800 



580 



52,500 



25,000 



3,000 



5,600 



2,000 



1,750 



138,530 



To Great Britain 



To United States 



To Belgium 



To Australia 



To Japan 



To Germany 



To Canada 



To Holland 



To Italy 



To Austria 



To Straits Settlements. 



To India 



To France 



To Africa 



.t^O}inds 



Total 3,298,652 



[Same period 1909—1,372,616; same 1908—831,905.] 



[From January 1 to January 22, 1911 and 1912. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



1911. 1912. 



61.418 135,606 



To Great Britain. 



To Belgium 



To Gennany .... 



./^oiiiids 



12,402 

 3,617 



Total 61,418 151,625 



[Same period 1910—128,597; same 1909—47,419.1 

 Total Exports from Malaya. 



[From January 1 to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co.. Singa- 

 pore. These figures include the production of the Federated Malay States, 

 but not of Ceylon.] 



From— 1909. 1910. 



Singapore (to Dec. 31) pounds. 2,412,617 3,764,877 



Penang (to Dec. 24) 2,088,133 2,454,907 



Port'Swettenham (to Dec. 31). 2,960,320 8,349,523 



1911. 



6,780,835 



4,978,879 



12,109,788 



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