THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1920. 



UNITED KINGDOM RUBBER STATISTICS. 



IMPORTS. 



December. 



Waterproofed clothing 

 Boot and shoes .. docen 



Insulated wire 



Submarine cables 



Carriage tires and tub 

 Bicycle tires and tube 

 .Automobile tires and tu 

 Motorcycle tires and tn 

 Other rubber manufact 



40,722 

 13,961 

 20,975 



106,490 

 13,045 

 26,360 

 79,171 

 15,095 



122,967 



£398,786 



EXPORTS— COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. 



Crude rubber 

 To Russia 



Italy 



United States of 



Othe: 



7,274 

 19,710 

 5,149 

 141,320 

 18,613 



192,167 £2,281,530 



34,504 

 97,487 

 78,070 

 19,900 

 114,386 

 238,287 

 27,909 

 292,851 



226,305 



53,787 



1,707,452 



216,040 



bile tires and tubes, 

 ycle tires and tubes, 

 tires and tubes. . . . 



THE MARKET FOR RUBBER SCRAP. 



NEW YORK. 



THERE has been a steady demand for shoe and tire scrap 

 from the reclaimers who are operating at capacity in most 



standard grades. 

 The price of shoes is somewhat easier than last month. The 



unusually heavy snow of the past month has depleted stocks of 



rubber footwear and this enormous consumption of new goods 



will have a marked effect in increasing the spring collections. 



The spring collection of tires is due in two months and will 



be of larger than usual proportions. 



The price of crude is but slightly afifecting that of scrap 



The most important factor in the scrap rubber market has been 



the difficulty of making shipments. The heavy weather has em- 



bargoed practically all consuming points. Dealers thus being un- 

 able to move iheir stocks freely either inward or outward. This 

 situation has resulted in lower price offerings by the dealers. 



Figures compiled by the National .Automobile Chamber of 

 Commerce indicate that the scrap tires produced in 1920 will 

 total a net rubber content of 96,000 tons, scrap tubes for 1920 

 will net 20,000 tons, a total of 116,000 tons rubber scrap resulting 

 from 1920 expansion in the automobile industry. Some dealers 

 look with concern upon this output while others optimistically 

 consider it affords an opportunity for them to do a bigger busi- 

 ness than ever, possibly on a new scale of prices. 



QUOTATIONS FOR CARLOAD LOTS DELIVERED. 



February 25, 1920. 

 Prices subject to change without notice. 

 BOOTS AND SHOES: 



Arctic tops lb. $0.01 (3 



Boots and shoes lb. .08^ (» 



Trimmed arctics lb. .06Hia 



Untrimmed arctics lb. .05?^® 



HARD RUBBER: 



Battery jars, black compound lb. .01 (» 



No. 1, bright fracture lb. .23 @ 



INNER TUBES: 



No. 1, old paclv-ing lb. .18 @ 



No. 2 lb. .10 fa) 



Red lb. .09'A@ 



MECHANICAXS: 



Black scrap. mi.xed. No. 1 lb. .Oi'A@ 



No. 2 lb. .03 @ 



Car springs lb. .Ol'A^ 



Heels lb. .03 @ 



Horse-shoe pads lb. .03 @ 



Hose, air brake lb. .04'4@ 



fire, cotton lined lb. .Ol'A® 



garden lb. .01'A@ 



Insulated wire stripping, free from fiber lb. .03'Am 



Matting lb. .01 ^@ 



Red packing lb. .OS'A@ 



Red scrap, W 1 lb. .09 @ 



No. 2 lb. .06J4@ 



White scrap No. 2 lb. .08 @ 



No. 1 lb. .10 @ 



TIRES: 



PNEUMATIC — 



Auto peelings. No. I lb. .06J<@ 



No. 2 //.. .04^® 



Bicycle lb. .02W@ 



Standard white auto lb. .04^@ 



Standard mixed auto lb. .03}4@ 



Stripped, unguaranteed lb. .02)i@ 



White. G. & G,. M. & W.. and U. S lb. .04^4® 



SOLID^ 



Carriage lb. .04 @ 



Ironv lb. -01 @ 



Truck lb. .03'/;® 



.iU/4 



.09 y^ 



.07M 

 .05 '4 

 .03 

 .04 }i 



.05 



THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS. 

 NEW YORK. 



AMERICAN Cotton. Though the variations in prices amounted 

 to 255 points, the market for cotton remained e.Ktraordinarily 

 dull throughout February, "no sales" being recorded day after 

 day for three weeks. On February 2, the spot price for middling 

 uplands cotton was 39.50 cents; it declined day by day to 37.55 

 cents, rose slightly and hung around 38 cents for a week, then 

 rose slowly to 39.35 cents on February 24 and 40.10 cents on 

 February 25. 



Egyptian Cotton. The market for Eg>-ptian cotton has been 

 rather erratic, with violent fluctuations, but this has not seriously 

 affected the actual sales. Conditions are much as they were last 

 month, though prices have gone up somewhat. High grade Sakel 

 is worth $1.50 a pound and upper Egypts 8 or 10 cents a pound 

 less. 



.A.rizona Cotton. This is selling now at $1.00 a pound for 

 medium grades and little of it is lo be had. The number of 

 bales on hand is less than 3,000. The quality of the Arizona 

 cotton makes it more desirable for the purposes of American 

 manufacturers than the Egyptian. It has been figured that the 



