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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1903. 



bile was commenced, under a license from the French paten- 

 tees. Since then has been developed the well known " Peer- 

 less " automobile, which has taken high rank among American 

 built machines. Meanwhile the name of the company has be- 

 come the Peerless Motor Car Co. Mr. McClymonds's death 

 will make practically no change in the affairs of the Peerless 

 company. L. H. Kittredge, who has been in active charge of 

 the business for a number of years, will continue as treasurer 

 and general manager. E. H. Parkhurst, formerly secretary of 

 the New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, of New York, 

 has .accepted the position of secretary of the company. Mr. 

 McClymonds is understood also to have been interested ex- 

 tensively in street railways in Syracuse, N. Y., and Wheeling, 



W. Va. 



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George Borgfeldt, founder of the extensive New York 

 importing house of George Borgfeldt & Co., died November 

 20, 1903, at Doeblinz, Vienna, Austria. He was born August 

 25, 1833, in Meldorf (Scheswig- Holstein), Germany, and at the 

 age of 20 came to the United States and secured a clerical po- 

 sition. In 1857 he opened a store at Nashville, Tennessee, 

 and after eight years settled in New York and became en- 

 gaged in the commission business. Three years ago he re- 

 tired. The Borgfeldt house has the agency for the United 

 States and Canada of the Hannoversche Gummikamm-Com- 

 pagnie, Actiengesellschaft (Hanover Rubber Co., Limited) of 

 Hanover, Germany. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures 

 of India-rubber and Gutta-percha, for the month of Sep- 

 tember, 1903, and for the first ]nine "months of the calendar 

 year, for five years : 



(a) Included in " All Other " prior to July 1, 1899. 

 NINE MONTHS FOR LAST TWO YEARS COMPARED. 



Gain in belting, packing and hose $120,108 



Gain in " All other rubber " 388,756 



Loss in boots and shoes. . . : 



$508,864 

 90,167 



Net gain in 1903 $418,697 



RUBBER SHIPMENTS TO NONCONTIGUOUS TERRITORIES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values, for the three months, July- 

 September, of manufactures of India-rubber : 



STATISTICS OF THE RUBBER FOOTWEAR MOVEMENT. 

 From official returns of various countries for the nine months 

 of January-September, 1903, values converted to United States 

 money at par of exchange. The sign -)- indicates an increase 

 over last year and — a decrease: 



Imports. Exports. 



Germany $753-746+ $330,344+ 



Great Britain.. . [a 8ig.qi8] 618,191 + 



United States .. None 628,592 — 



France (special commerce). . 402,5018+ 95, 342 — 



Austria Hungary 16S.236+ 394 145 + 



[a— Estimate based upon statistics for pieceding two years.] 



GERMAN STATISTICS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR. 



Nine months — January to September inclusive: 



Alaska $ 39,388 



Hawaiian Islands 1 1,760 



Porto Rico 14,433 



Philippines 52,495 



Total $119,076 



IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES. 

 Values for the first nine months of four years : 

 . 1900. 1901. 1902. 



India-rubber goods. .... $432,907 $363,254 $414,121 

 Gutta-percha goods 210,576 86,575 84,765 



1903. 



$ 43.259 

 18,156 

 16,746 

 46,672 



$124,833 



1903- 



$544,048 

 410.325 



Countries. 



IMPORTS. 

 1901. 1902. 1903. 



Russia kilos. 425,300 317,400 395,500 



United States. . . 50.800 78,400 87,000 

 Great Britain .... 2o,8co 

 Austria Hungary. 19.500 



Sweden 15,000 



Switzerland. ... .... 



Roumania 



Other countiies.. 2,800 



EXPORTS. 

 1902. 



Total, kilos. . 534,200 451,200 575,800 172,500 283,600 277,500 

 AUSTRO HUNGARIAN STATISTICS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR.^ 



Nine months — January-September, 1903 — in kilograms: 



Russia 91,003 Sweden 1,200 



Great Britain.. 11,800 France 600 



United States. 11,700 



Germany 7,200 



Turkey 90,200 



France 83,000 



British India.. 81,700 



Germany. ... 66,ico 



Rojmania ... 59.700 



Total 127,500 



Nine mos.'o2. 1 1 5.400 

 Nine mos. '01. 122, 300 



Returned 



goods 4,000 



EXPORTS. 



Great Britain . 32.700 Bulgaria 6,100 



Italy 19.400 Other lands. .. 12.300 



Belgium 16.700 



Egypt 9300 Total 485,400 



Switzerland... 8,200 Nine mos. '02. 366, 200 



THE AMAZON RUBBER CENTERS. 



Total. 



$643,483 $449,829 $498,886 $954,373 



THE Brazilian Review (Rio Janeiro) says: "Para papers 

 are big enough in all conscience, but are full of nothing 

 but politics and give little or no news of general interest. After 

 reading a dozen or two we have been unable to discover a 

 single word as to the prospects of the rubber season, whether 

 it is likely to be good, bad, or indifferent. Not a word, even, 

 as to the condition of the rivers, though to judge by the entry 

 at Manaos of 15 steamers with 582 tons it is presumed the sea- 

 son has begun." 



A correspondent writing from Manaos to the Para Folha do 

 Norte says : " In a few years Mandos will be far and away above 

 Para. The buildings are finer, the tramways better, the people 

 more animated, and the women prettier. Here everyone seems 

 satisfied and hopeful. There from the crown of their hats to 

 the soles of their boots, everyone betrays a state of impecuni- 

 osity ! Mandas is going up whilst Para is going down." 



Asbestos in Finland.— Rudolph Kroseberg (Berlin W. 15, 

 Germany) informs The India Rubber World that while the 

 existence of asbestos in Finland has been known for several 

 years past, the exact location and extent of the best quality has 

 been determined only very lately. The location is in the center 

 of Finland, convenient by railway to the seaport of Wiborg. 

 The quantity he reports very large. The substance is stated to 

 be very light in specific gravity, almost snowwhite, smooth in 

 fiber, " the longer parts of which can be spun alone or together 

 with other qualities of asbestos, while the short parcels will do 

 most excellent service as insulating material, filtering, paste- 

 board, and for other purposes," 



