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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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UNITED KINGDOM RUBBER STATISTICS— (Contii 



EXPORTS, 



March I. 



THE MARKET FOR RUBBER SCRAP. 



NEW YORK. 



THE RtRBER SCRAP SITUATION has gone from bad to worse for 

 the past several months. Both domestic and export business 

 have well-nigh ceased. 



The reclaimers have not been in the market owing to the 

 curtailment of their manufacturing operations due to strikes and 

 difficulties of shipment, such as car shortage and freight em- 

 bargoes. 



The downward trend of the crude rubber market has been 

 steadily approaching the low record and has seriously impaired 

 both rubber scrap and reclaimed rubber values which move in 

 close sympathy with crude. 



Export trade in rubber scrap has been eliminated by reason 

 of a succession of harbor strikes aflfecting cartage and loading 

 facilities. 



Shoes can be purchased from 7}^ to 7^ cents and standard 

 auto tires from 3^4 to 3}4 cents, delivered at mill. The following 

 prices are practically nominal : 



QUOTATIONS FOR CARLOAD LOTS DELIVERED. 



May 25. lO.IO. 

 Prices subject to chanRe without notice. 



BOOTS AND SHOES: 



Arctic tops lb. $0.01 @ 



Boots and shoes lb. .B7H@ .07'A 



Trimmed arctics lb. .05'/! @ .06M 



Untrimmed arctics lb. .0S'/!@ -Oei^ 



HARD RUBBER: 



Battery jars, black compound lb. .01 @ 



No. I. bright fracture lb. .23 @ .24 



INNER TltBES: 



No 1 lb- .16 ffi 



Coiiipounded lb. .Om@ .10 



Red '*. OSy® 



MECHANICALS: 



Black scrap, mixed, No. 1 lb. .03}^@ .04 



No. 2 lb. .03 (3 



Car springs 



Heels 



Horse-shoe oads 



Hose, air brake 



fire, cotton lined 



Insulated wire stripping, free from fiber 



Matting 



Red packing 



Red scrap. No. 1 



No. 2 



White scrap No. 2 



No. 1 



TIRES: 



PNEUMATIC — 



Auto peelings 



Bicycle 



Standard wliite auto 



Standard auto 



Stripped, unguaranteed 



White. G. & G., M. & W.. and U. S. . 

 SOLID— 



Irony 



Truck 



THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS. 

 NEW YORK. 



AMERICAN Cotton. Until the latter part of May, when there 

 was some lively speculation, the market continued steady, 

 prices shifting a few points from day to day arcund 41.30 cents. 

 .\pril 29 middling upland cotton was 41.35 cent.s, on May 17 it 

 was 41.60 cents, the lowest point reached in the interval being 

 41.10 and the highest 41.75. It then shot up, reaching 43 cents 

 on May 20 and 21 and dropping again rapidly to 41 cents on 

 May 22 and 40 cents on May 24, the lowest price reached since 

 March 1 ; no record of sales on any day of the month. 



Planting has been delayed by the weather, rain prevailing 

 in many parts of the South, with a long drought in Texas. It 

 is hampered also by the insufficiency of labor. Yet with late 

 planting a good crop is still possible and no serious shortage is 

 looked for at present. No marked reduction in prices is antici- 

 pated for a long time, even if the plan to develop cotton in tiie 

 British possessions is carried out in earnest, for the supply is 

 not likely to satisfy all the needs. 



Egvpti.^n Cotton. After a dull market in Alexandria until 

 the middle of May prices fell rapidly at the end of the third 

 week. English mills would not pay the high prices asked and 

 the .American demand fell off, owing in a great degree to the 

 traffic congestion of the railroads. This has compelled auto- 

 mobile manufacturers to suspend construction and lay off their 

 men in some cases, because steel and other materials could not 

 be transported. Consequently the rubber firms cut down produc- 

 tion, and the tire bivilders' pressing need for long staple cotton 

 was eased off. For the new crop, which is late, all the cotton 

 area has been planted, according to some reports, while others 

 say that a part of it has been planted with cereals by govern- 

 ment orders. Recent cable advices from Alexandria state that 

 the condition of the growing crop is favorable but the weather 

 has been cool. It is reported that there is about 15 per cent in- 

 crease in acreage over last season. 



Good grade Sakel is worth $1.35 old crop, $1.15 new crop. 

 Good grade uppers can be bought for $0.90 old crop, $1.05 new 

 crop. 



Arizona Cotton. Every foot of land available for cotton 

 growing, it is understood, has already been planted, for the 

 growers have last year's experience and profits in mind and 

 know that the Arizona cotton must make up for the loss of 

 Sea Island. The crop has now been practically all sold althougli 

 there may be 100 to 200 bales still in first hands. This cotton 

 is worth nominally $1.25. The present season will show a large 

 increase in acreage and with seasonable weather a crop of about 

 90.000 bales should be raised. 



Sea 



Cotton. For practical purposes the crop must be 



