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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(December 1. 1919. 



UNITED KINGDOM RUBBER STATISTICS. 



IMPORTS. 



I-oui Months Ended April. 



EXPORTS OF CRUDE AND MANUFACTURED RUBBER. 



UXMAXUFACTIRED- 



India rubber and gutta percha — 



THE MARKET FOR RUBBER SCRAP. 



NEW YORK. 



nPHE KiBHER sCR.M' MARKET continues to sliow no increase in 

 •I activity. Transactions in bools and shoes furnished 

 the bulk of the business. The mechanical scrap market 

 has been without incident in the absence of all demand on the 

 part of reclaimers. In tires the only business has been between 

 dealers for picking purposes and the salvage of fabric for the 

 tire rebuilding trade. Prices in all grades of rubber scrap con- 

 tinue strictly nominal and there is scarcely sale for any grade. 



QUOTATIONS FOR CARLOAD U5TS DELIVERED. 



Prices subject to change without notice. 

 BOOTS AND SHOES: 



Arctic tops lb. .01 @ 



Boots and shoes lb. .OS-H® 



Trimmed arctics lb. .06^ @ 



Untrimmed arctics lb. .05H@ 



HARD RUBBER: 



Battery jars, black compound lb. .01 ^ 



No. 1, bright fracture lb. .23 @ 



INNER TUBES: 



No. 1, old packing lb. .19 @ 



No. 2 lb. .in'A& 



Red lb. .10 @ 



UECHANICAU: 



Black scrap, mixed. No. 1 lb. .03 K ^ 



No. 2 lb. .03 @ 



Car springs lb. .03 ^2@ 



Heels lb. .03 @ 



Horseshoe pads /*. .03 @ 



Hose, air brake lb. .04"^ @ 



fire, cotton lined lb. .01J4@ 



garden /*. .01 K@ 



Insulated wire stripjiing, free from fiber lb. .Ol'A® 



Matting lb. .0154® 



Red packing lb. .OS<A@ 



Red scrap. No. 1 lb. .09 @ 



No. 2 lb. .0654 @ 



.10 @ 

 .08 & 

 TIRES: 



PNEUMATIC— 



Auto peelings, No. 1 lb. .07 @ 



No. 2 lb. .05 @ 



Bicycle , lb. .03 @ 



Standard white auto lb. .03?4@ 



Standard mixed auto lb. .04 @ 



Stripped, unguaranteed lb. .03 @ 



White, G. & G., M. & W., and U. S lb. .05 @ 



SOLID — ■ 



Carriage lb. .04 (» 



Irony :.lb. .01 @ 



Truck lb. .03'^ @ 



.05 K 

 .0354 

 .03H 



THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS. 



NEW YORK. 



AMERICAN Cotton. In Xovemlier the spot price for middling 

 uplands cotton advanced steadily in a speculative market 

 until the middle of the month. It had reached 38.40 rents in the 

 last week of October and kept going up till it reached 40.20 cents 

 on November 11, that being the highest price for the month. 

 For a week longer it kept a shade under 40 cents until the break 

 in the stock market, when it dropped suddenly a hundred points, 

 falling to 38.65 cents on November 18. It then climbed up again 

 to 39.25 cents on November 22. 



Egyptian Cotton. The market during November has under- 

 gone another great rise, but now seems steady for the time be- 

 ing. Medium to good Sakellarides is quoted at 75 to 80 cents ; 

 upper Egyptian is practically all sold and only a small supply 

 of very high grades is available. Low grade Sakellarides is 

 also scarce. The total crop is estimated at just under 6,250,000 

 cantars and though the total of Egyptian sales is larger than 

 usual it is believed that a good deal of the cotton is in the hands 

 of speculators. 



American-Egvpti.\n Cotton. The Egyptian from .\rizona 

 is quoted at 85 to 90 cents, with few recent sales at the higher 

 figure. The crop estimate is now a little under 50,000 bales for 

 the season. Ginning is progressing steadily. 



Sea Island Cotton is moving very slowly. The crop is so 

 small that it is practically negligible, but average extra choice 

 is quoted at 85 cents and both Sea Island and Arizona long 

 staple are a little ahead of the Egyptian cotton. The Govern- 

 ment's estimate of the Sea Island crop, 15,000 tons, seems lo be 

 too high. 



Long-staple Cotton of any kind that can be used for tire 

 fabrics has been sold to the end of 1920, so that no prices are 

 quoted; even the supply of 1'4 white cotton, or peelers, is over- 

 sold, and that is true of upper Egyptian also. Spinners of yarn 

 are asking $2 a pound. 



Tire Fabrics. The scarcity of long-staple cotton has practi- 

 cally closed the market for tire fabrics. No cord fabrics are to 



