October i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBbER WORLD 



33 



As to how long present prices will prevail, one man's judgment 



is as good as another, and no prediction need be offered here. 



Arrivals of the new crop at Para since the beginning of the 



season have been encouraging in extent. The figures herewith 



[including Caucho] give details for three years past, except 



that the record for the month just closed is brought down only 



to the 28th : 



1901 . 1902. 1903. 



July tons 1260 1290 1280 



August 1290 1370 1230 



September 194° 1670 02075 



4330 



4585 



Total, First quarter 4490 



\a — To September 28, 1903] 



Following is a statement of prices of Para grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on September 30— the current date: 



PARA. Oct. 1, '02. Aug. 29. '03. Sep. 30. 



Islands, fine, new 7o@7i 96® 97 io7@io8 



Islands, fine, old 72@73 ioo@ioi II2@U5 



Upriver, fine, new 74@75 99(8100 uo@ni 



Upriver, fine, old 77@78 101(8102 1 I2@i 13 



Islands, coarse, new 45@46 59@6o 6S@ 69 



Islands, coarse, old @ «$ @ 



Upriver, coarse, new 59@6o ^ 78@79 88@ 89 



Upriver, coarse, old @ @ @ 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 5i@52 6i@62 69® 70 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 55@56 74@75 78@ 79 



The market for other sorts in New York, in which there 



likewise is an advance to be noted this month, is as follows: 



AFRICAN. 

 Sierra Leone, istqualitygi (S92 



Massai. red 91 @g2 



Benguella ..75 @7° 



Cameroon ball. ..... .67 @68 



Gaboon flake 48 @49 



Gaboon lump 50 (0151 



Niger paste 21 @22 



Accra flake 2q ©30 



Accra buttons None here 



Accra si rips None here 



Lopori ball, prime. . . .92 @93 



Lopori strip, do ....89 @go 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 

 Islands, fine .. 6$400 



Ikelemba 93 



Madagascar, pinky.... 84 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . .76 



Guayaquil, strip 66 



Nicaragua, scrap ... .75 



Panama, slab 56 



Mexican, scrap 74 



Mexican, slab 57 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .56 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 88 



Borneo 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 7$7CO 



Upriver, coarse 6$ooo 



@94 

 ©85 



@77 

 (§67 

 @ 7 6 

 @57 

 @75 

 @ 5 8 



@57 



Islands, coarse 3$40G 



Exchange, I2^d. 

 Last Manaos advices: 



Upriver, fine 7$65o/s$550 Upriver, coarse 5$55° 



Exchange, I2f,d. 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR AUGUST (NEW RUBBER). 



I9°3- 



Upriver, fine 95@ioo 



Upriver, coarse 75@ 79 



Islands, fine go@ 97 



Islands, coarse 59@ 61 



Cameta, coarse 58® 61 



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

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street, New York), advises us: 



" During September there has been very little demand for 

 paper, and almost entirely from out-of-town banks, rates being 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots — in cents per pound ; old shoes are a trifle higher ; other 

 items not changed [in cents per pound] : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic 6% (© 7 



Do —Foreign b% (g ) 6% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4 @ 4}^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber g 1 ^ @ gj£ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4% 



Air Brake Hose 2 Jg @ 3 



Fire and Large Hose 2 % 



Garden Hose ij4 



Matting 1 



from 6 @ i% per cent, for the general average of rubber paper, 

 6 per cent, being rather exceptional. The outlook is for a firm 

 money market for some time to come." 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



Stocks, July 31 tons 



Arrivals. August 



Aggregating.. 

 Deliveries, August. 



Stocks, August 31 



Stocks. July 31. ..tons 135 

 Arrivals, August mo 



Aggregating 1245 



Deliveries, August 



Stocks, August 3) 



World's supply, August 31 tons 



Para receipts, July 1 to August 31 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 



Afloat from Para to United States, August 31 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, August 31 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During August and the first two months of the crop sea- 

 son, for three years [courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co.] : 



August. Julv-Augi'st. 



From — 



Rio Purus tons 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio SolimOes 



Rio Negro 



Total 



Caucho 



Total 699 791 S68 1313 1433 1623 



A CORRESPONDENT at Manaos writes [August 20] : " Every- 

 thing points to a good rubber crop this year. The Acre trou- 

 bles being practically settled, hopes are entertained of large 

 shipments from that region, and from the upper Puriis. A 

 feature of the month is the number of boats going up river, 

 especially to the Jurua, no less than five having been despatched 

 or now loading for that river. There are, however, troubles 

 brewing on the upper Jurua, the Peruvians having invaded that 

 territory and taken possession of it, declaring it to be theirs. 

 A federal regiment — the Thirty-third— is under orders to leave 

 here for that region as soon as the rivers rise sufficiently to 

 permit steamers to go there. Rubber prices are keeping up 

 and business prospects are looking brighter. The service of 

 the Manaos Harbour is improving, though the new works are 

 progressing so slowly that fears are expressed that when the 

 rush comes the company will find itself unabie to handle all the 

 traffic here. Politically the horizon is clear. Governor Nery 

 has arranged that his brother. Colonel Constantino Nery, now 

 a state senator, will succeed him in office. Mr. Alden's man- 

 ager at Manaos, Frederick H. Sanford, has gone to Europe on 

 a vacation, and the United States consular agency here, which 

 was under his care, is now entrusted to his successor, Mr. Pell." 



Antwerp. 



At the regular inscription on September 17 the quanti- 

 ty exposed, about 284 tons, of Congo sorts, found buyers 

 Prices paid show an increase on valuations made at the pre- 

 ceding monthly sale of 7 to 8 per cent., equal to an average 



