THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1920. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



NEW YORK. 



THE CRUDE RUBBER M.^RKET, after declining slightly in the first 

 week of January remained very steady throughout the 

 month, falling oR a little at the close. The variations were 

 chiefly speculative, but holders maintained their prices, declining 

 to concede the fraction of a cent asked for by bidd_ers. There 

 is a large stock on hand, but not more than will satisfy the 

 anticipated demand. Plantation rubber still commands a higher 

 price than the best grades of Brazilian. 



Prices for plantation and South American rubber at the begin- 

 ning and toward the end of the month are shown in the following 

 Quotations : 



Pl.\.niations. January 2, first latex crepe, spot SSJ4 cents, 

 futures 55J4-SSJ4 cents; January 26, spot 52 cents, futures 53- 

 53^d cents. 



January 2, ribbed smoked sheets 55 cents, futures 55-55j^ cents ; 

 January 26, spot 52 cents, March-June 52J.4 cents, July-December 

 53':J cents. 



January 2, No. 1, amber crepe, spot S2J4-53 cents, futures 53 

 cents ; January .26, spot 52 cents, futures 52H cents. 



January 2, clear thin brown crepe, spot 49 cents, futures 

 49-49}^ cents ; January 26, spot 48 cents, futures 48 cents. 



January 2, \o. 1 roll brown crepe 42 cents to 42^4 cents, 

 futures 43 cents ; January 26, spot 42 cents, futures 42 cents. 



South American Par.as and Caucho. January 2, spot prices, 

 upriver fine 49><-50 cents, islands fine 48 cents, upriver coarse, 

 37 cents, islands coarse 24 cents, Cameta coarse 23H-24 cents, 

 caucho ball 35-3554 cents. January 26, upriver fine 47 cents, 

 islands fine 4S;4 cents, upriver coarse M'/i cents, islands coarse 

 21 cents. Cametn coarse 23'"^ cents, Caucho ball 34 cents. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 



Following are the New York spot quotations, for one year 

 ago, one month ago and on January 26, the current date : 



February 1, January 1, January 26, 



1919. 1920. 1920. 

 FLAHIAIION HEVEA— 



First latex crepe $0.51 ^^@ $0.55 @ $0.52"4@ 



Amber crepe No. 1 49 @ .53 @ .52 @ 



Amber crepe No. 2 48 @ .52 @ .51 @ 



Amber crepe No. 3 4? @ .51 @ .50 (g 



Amber crepe No. 4 46 @ .49 @ .48 @ 



Brown crepe, thick .-.nd 



thin clean 46 @ .49 @ .48 @ 



Brown crepe, thin speckv .40 @ .45 @ .46 @ 



Brown crepe, rolled 33 @ A3'A@ .42 @ 



Smoked sheet. ribbed. 



standard quality 50 @ .55 @ .52 @ 



Smoked sheets, plain, 



standard quality 49 (ffi .50 @ .51 @ 



Unsmoked sheet, standard 



quality 48 fSi .48 @ .48 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 1 35 @ .38 @ .37 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 2 33 % .36 @ .35 @ 



EAST INDIAN— 



Assam crepe ".36 & .49 @ .56 .46 @ .47 



Assam onions *.44 @ @ .46 (ffi .48 



Penang block scra]> 37 @ .3Syi@ .38 @ 



pontianak — 



Banjerraassin . . . ; 13^@ .13 @ .13 @ 



Palembang 16 @ .14 @ @ 



Pressed block 21 @ .24 @ .27 (ffi 



Sarawak 12 @ .12 @ .11 @ 



B0T7TH AMEBICAN— 

 PARAS — 



Upriver fine SS'A® .50 & .47 O 



Upriver medium 53 @ 



Upriver coarse i4'A@ 



Upriver weak, fine 45 @ 



Islands, fine 49 @i .50 



Islands, medium @ 



Islands, coarse 43 @ .44 



Cameta, coarse 22'A<^ 



Madeira, fine @ 



Acre Bolivian, fine *.55 @ 



Peruvian fine *.56 @ 



Tapajos fine *.55 @ 



CAUCHO — 



Lower caucho ball 32 (3) 



Upper caucho ball 34 @ 



SOUTH AMEKICAN— 

 MA.MCOBAS^ 



1919.' 



Ccara negro lieads.... @ 



Ceara scrap @ 



Manicoba (30% guaran- 

 tee) 40 @ 



-Mangabeira thin sheet. 38 (a 

 CENTRALS— 



I'oriiUo scrap 36 @ 



Ksmeralda sausage 36 @ 



Central scrap 36 @ 



Central scrap and strip. . .33 @ 



Central wet sheet 24 @ 



Guayule (207o guarantee) .33 @ 



Guayule, washed and dried .46 @ 



AFSICANS— 



Niger flake, prime 25 @ 



Benguela, extra No. 1,28% .32 @ 



Benguela, No. 2, Z2'A% . ..TO C<v 



tongo prime, black upper 46 @ 



Congo prime, red upper. 46 @ 



Kassai black ■ ffi, 



Rio Nunez ball '.SS @ 



Rio Nunez sheets and 



strings •.55 (§, 



Conakry niggers ♦.55 @ 



.Massai s.iects and strings *.55 @ 



GUTTA PEHCHA— 



Gutta Siak 24 ^ .25 



Red Macassar 2.90 (g 3.00 



BALATA— 



Block, Ciudad, Bolivar.. .72 @ 



Colombia 60 ^ 



Panama 56 C(i 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



The market for reclaimed rubber during January e.xhibited 

 the renewal of active demand on the part of users of this product 

 to a gratifying extent. In all lines prices are firm at advances 

 over quotations of a month ago, except in the case of white 

 reclaim, which remains steady. 



The demand may be described as active for near by deliveries. 

 Future commitments are not markedly in evidence at the present 

 time. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 

 January 26. 1920. 

 Prices subject to change without notice. 

 Standard reclaims: 



Floating J0.30 @$0.35 



Mechanical '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'. '.12'A@ [uA 



§^d 23 @ .24 



Shoe 16 @ .16J4 



Tires, auto 16 @ .17 



^^■u■. '■'""^ 1^ @ ■''' 



^^""e 22 (5) .25 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW SPOT RUBBER PRICES. 



1920.* 1919. 1918. 

 Allocated and Free, 



tirst latex cripe.... $0.5S'4@ .53 $0.58 @ .52 $0.59 @ .52J4 



Smoked sheet ribbed .55 @ .53 .56 @ .51 .58 @ .50 



Upriver fine 50 @ A9'A .61 @ .58J4 .63 @ .57 



Upriver coarse 37 @ .35^ .36 @ .34 .42 @ .37 



Islands fine 48 @ .46 .54 @ .49 .51 @ .47 



Islands coarse 24 @ .22'A .36 @ .22;^ .26>A@ .2454 



'-'^meta. 24 @ .23-4 .25 @ .23 .26'A@ .24^4 



'Figured only to January 27, 1920. 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER. 



In regard to the financial situation, .-\lbert B. Beers, broker in crude 

 rubber and commercial paper. No. 68 William street, New York City, advises 

 as follows: 



"During January there has been a fair demand for paper, mostly 

 from out-of-town banks, and early in the month rates were about 6 per 

 cent for the best rubber names, but at the end of the month buyers 

 wanted 6]y^ per cent and 6A per cent on almost everything. It looks 

 as though rates will rule very firm for some time yet." 



ANTWERP RUBBER MARKET. 



GRISAR & CO., Antwerp, report [December 24, 1919]: 



The market remained quiet during the past week and we close wita 



nearly the same quotations. The stock in Antwerp was about 837 tons. 



Business in futures is stead^• with no noticeable change. Prices at closing 



were from 10.60 to 10.55 francs. 



