February i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



165 



AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OF INDIA-RUBBER IN 1903. 



THE past year was an exceptional one in the rubber in- 

 dustry, as has already been pointed out in these col- 

 umns. As will appear from the table at the bottom of 

 this page the imports of crude India-rubber into the 

 United States during 1903 exceeded by more than 1500 tons 

 the largest figures for any previous year, being just 50 per cent, 

 greater than the imports 10 years ago. It may be mentioned, 

 by the way, that the figures herewith, although compiled by 

 private statisticians in the trade, compare very closely with the 

 custom house statistics of arrivals. Not only were the receipts 

 exceptionally large, but the deliveries for consumption were 

 correspondingly great, leaving the stocks smaller at the end 

 than at the beginning of the year. On December 31, thestocks 

 here were, according to this table, 256 tons, of rubber of all 

 kinds, whereas the average stocks for ten years previous had 

 been 861 tons. These figures, by the way, do not include Gutta- 

 percha, Bilata, or the cheaper East Indian gums. The record 

 of consumption relates to Canada as well as the United States, 

 since the greater part of the requirements of rubber manufac- 

 turers in the Dominion are imported via New York. 



From the same source is obtained the following comparative 

 statement of prices of fine Para rubber in New York and Liv- 

 erpool, for ten years past : 



Yhabs. New York Liverpool. 



1894 f>Ali& 73 2-9 @3- ' 



1895 70 @ 8iH 3- oXC«3. a,\i 



1896 71 ® 85 3. o^@3. *% 



1897 79K<® 89 3. 5 (§3. 9 



1898 82 @I.o6 3. T/i@4- 5 



1899 91 feLIO 3.10 @4- 7,¥ 



1900 83 @t.n^ 3. 8^@4. 9 



1901 76 @ 95 3.4 @3.ti}4 



1902 . .66 @ 92 210 @3. qyi 



1903 78 @i . 13 3. 6,' 4 'C"4. 8 



The next table analyzes the imports of crude rubber into 

 the United States by grades, the figures denoting tons: 



Fine 

 Pari 



Years. 



1897.. 7.556 



1898 6,804 



1899 8 622 



1900 8,079 



1901 9.3°4 



1902 8.666 



1903 9.325 



Coarse 

 Pari. 



•Cen- 

 trals. 



African 

 and E. 1 



4.776 



5 878 

 7.157 

 5.463 

 7.139 

 6.353 

 7.786 



Total. 



17,071 

 18,620 

 23 005 

 20,468 

 23,208 

 21,842 

 24.760 



2,935 2.404 



2,935 3.^03 



3.876 3,440 



3,906 3,020 



3.838 2.927 



4.235 2.5S8 



4,609 3,040 

 L* Including Caucho and Pernambuco.] 



The percentage of the various grades in the imports into the 



United States were as follows : 



1902. 1903 



Para fine 3964 37-&3 



Para coarse 1940 1863 



Centrals, Caucho, and Pernambuco 11.86 12.29 



African 29.10 31.45 



The percentage of fine Para in the imports of previous years 

 was as follows: 39.64', in 1902; 40'. in 1901 ; 39^? in 1900 ; 

 37^2 in 1899; 36V in 1898; 43X^ in l8 97 ; 45^ in 1896; 44, 

 in 1895; 4(>}i% in 1894; 44J4V in 1893. 



The figures in the next table, showing the extent of the 

 world's visible supplies of rubber on January 1, 1904, have been 

 derived from the Messrs. Morse's tables, though they are given 

 on this page in pounds instead of tons, in order that they may 

 be compared readily with former tables : 



Pounds. 



Stocks in the United States 573.440 



Para grades 154-560 



Ce.tra! American and Caucho 17920 



African and East Indian .. . . 400 960 



Stocks in Europe 4,724,160 



Para grades 1,290,240 



Allotber 3,433,920 



Stocks Para grades at Paia and afloat 6,025,600 



Total 



Total, January I, 1903. 

 Total. January 1, 1902. 

 Total, January 1, 1901 

 Total. January I, 1900. . 

 Total. January I, 1899., 

 Tot.it, January I. 1898 

 Total. January 1, 1897., 



.323,200 

 12.221,440 

 15 028,160 

 16.616.320 

 10.251 480 

 10.215.440 



9 OiO QtO 



10,673 6co 



RUBBER PRICES FOR THREE YEARS. 

 Diagram showing fluctuations in spot prices at New York of 

 Islands, Paid fine rirbber during 1901, 1902, and 1903 [copy- 

 righted 1904 by Henry A. Gould.] 



[Thr topmost line indicates the course of prices in 1903, the middle line 1901, and 

 the lowest line the raoge lor 1902.] 



Consumption of India-Rubber by the United States and Canada (in tons). 



[From the Annual Statistical Summary of Albert T. Morse & Co., brokers, New York.] 



Imports to United States. 

 Exports to Europe 



Net Imports 



Add Stock January I . . 



Aggregating 



Less Stock end of year. 



Deliveries to Manufacturers. 



1899. 



23 ,095 



300 



i2,795 

 59' 



20,46s 

 450 



20,018 

 712 



23,386,20.730 

 712 I,r98 



22,674 19,532 



1901. 



23,208 

 680 



21 ,842 

 430 



22.528 2r .412 



1,198 



23.726 

 1.399 



22,327 



1.399 



22,811 

 331 



22,480 



1903- 



24,760 



490 



24,270 

 331 



24,601 

 256 



24,345 



