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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



NEW YORK. 



WHILE there has been mucli speculative activity, the regular 

 rubber market has been very dull with few sales and the 

 lowest prices of the year. This is due in part to the gen- 

 eral tightness of money, which makes it difficult to finance even 

 established business. ' The inability to procure credits has pre- 

 vented dealers from taking advantage of the low prices in the 

 East and securing stocks in anticipation of future rises. The 

 continued difficulties of railroad transportation have interfered 

 with manufacturers' receiving raw materials and delivering 

 products, which has kept rubber prices down. An additional 

 temporary cause for this has been the large proportion of 

 moldy rubber found in some invoices. Manufacturers are hold- 

 ing back mainly because their stocks are sufficient for their needs 

 under the present hampering conditions and also in the expecta- 

 tion that prices will be still lower. 



Forecasts in the tire-building trade have been confused some- 

 what by the troubles of the fabric makers with transportation 

 and with labor, and also by the long-continued bad weather this 

 spring, which interfered with the use of automobiles and conse- 

 quently with the anticipated demand for new tires. 



Prices for plantation and South American rubber at the be- 

 ginning and toward the end of the month ar? shown in the fol- 

 lowing quotations : 



Pl.\nt.\tions. June 1, first latex crepe, spot, 39 cents; July- 

 September, 3954 cents; October-December, 43-43^ cents; Jan- 

 uary-June, 45 cents. 



June 25, spot 38-38^ cents; July-September, 40j4 cents; Oc 

 tober-December, 43^4 cents; January-March, 45 cents; January- 

 June, 46 cents. 



June 1, ribbed smoked sheets, spot 38^4 cents; July-September, 

 39^4 cents; October-December, 43-43i4 cents; January-June, 

 44^-45 cents. 



June 25, spot, 37^-38 cents; July-September, 39^4 cents; Oc 

 tober-December, 43 cents; January-March, 43^ cents; January 

 June, 44|4 cents. 



June 1, No. 1 amber crepe, spot, 38 cents. 



June 25, spot, 36^4 cents; October-December, 32 cents. 



June 1, No. 1 rolled brown crepe, spot, 31 cents. June 25, 

 spot, 30 cents; October-December, 32 cents. 



South American Paras and Cauchos. June 1, spot prices, 

 upriver fine, 39;^ cents; islands fine, 4054 cents; upriver coarse, 

 30 cents ; islands coarse, 22 cents ; Cameta coarse, 2254-23 cents ; 

 caucho ball, 305i cents. 



June 25, upriver fine, 37^ cents ; islands fine, 40 cents ; upriver 

 coarse, 27 cents; islands coarse, 22 cents; Cameta coarse, 2054 

 cents ; caucho ball, 28 cents. 



NEW YOHK QTrOTATIONS. 



Following are the New York spot quotations, for one y 

 ago, one month ago, and June 25, the current date : 



PLANTATION HEVEA— " 1919.' 1920.' 1921 



First latex crepe $0.40 ft $0.38 @.39 $0.37"4@.i 



Amber crepe No. 1 38 fi .38 @.3S'A .36 @.; 



Amber crepe No. 2 37 (§> .37 @.37'A .35 @.; 



Amber crepe No. 3 36 <u .36 @.36}4 .34 @.. 



Amber crepe No. 4.. 3.'i © .35 @ .33 @.: 



Brown crepe, thick and 



thin clean 35 fe .35 @.36 .33 @.: 



Brown crepe, thin specky. .33 @ .iO @ .31 @ 



Brown crepe, rolled 29 @ .30 @.31 .30 @ 



Smoked sheet, ribbed, Stan- ,. _ 



dard quality 39 (S. .38 (a.iS'A -37 @., 



^TardVuality •.''."":'.'"■ -37 @ .m4@.37'A .36 @ 



"".S';"..^.'"':.!'.'."'"'! .36 @ .35 @ .33 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 1 30 (S .30 @ .30 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 2 28 @ -28 @ .28 @ 



July I, 

 EAST INDIAN— 1919. 



Assam crepe *$0.56 (S) 



Assam onions @ 



Penang block scrap ".38 @ 



PONTIANAK — 



Banjermassin 14 @ 



Palembang @ 



Pressed block .25 rtj' 



Sarawak , . . . @ 



SOUTH AMERICAN- 

 PARAS — 



Upriver fine 55"4®.56 



Upriver medium 51 @ 



Upriver coarse .34 {® 



Upriver weak, fine 46 @ 



Islands, fine 48 @ 



Islands, medium .43 @ 



Islands, coarse 21 @ 



Cameta, coarse 22^@ 



Madeira, fine 57 @ 



Acre Bolivian, fine 56J4@ 



Peruvian fine 54 (ffi 



Tapajos fine .53 @ 



CAUCHO^ 



Lower caucho ball .30J.^@ 



Upper caucho ball 48 @ 



MANICOBAS— 



Ceara negro heads *.25 @ 



Ceara scrap *.30 @ 



Manicoba, 30% guaran- 

 tee 34 @ 



Mangabeira thin sheet.. .38 ® 



strings @ 



Conakry niggers @ 



CENTRALS— 



Corinto scrap .35 @.37 



Esmeralda sausage .35 @ 



Central scrap .34 @ 



Central scrap and strip... .32 @ 



Central wet sheet 28 @ 



Guayule, 20% guarantee.. .25 @ 



Guayule, washed and dried .36 @ 



AFRICANS— 



Niger flake, prime («' 



Benguela, extra No. 1,28% '.24 @ 



Benguela, No. 2, 32^%.. *-26 @ 



Congo prime, black upper. .38 @ 



Congo prime, red upper... *.34 @ 



Kassai black @ 



red @ 



Rio Nunez ball @ 



Rio Nunez sheets and 



GUTTA PEHCHA— 



Gutta Siak 23 @ 



Red Macassar 3.15 @ 



BALATA— 



Block, Ciudad Bolivar 75 @ 



Colombia @ 



Panama SO @.60 



Surinam sheet 1.05 @1.10 



.34 @ 



.27 @ 



.33 @ 



.40 @ 



.35 @ 



.22 @ 



.39 @ 

 .3654® 



.36 @ 



@ 



@.4S 

 @ 



RECLAIMED RUBBER. 



Reclaimers are operating their plants on full schedules and 

 report an active demand at no advance in prices. Transportation 

 facilities are still in bad condition and deliveries are conse- 

 quently made with difficulty. The mechanical factories of the 

 large companies are working to capacity. In tire production out- 

 put has been considerably restricted except possibly in cord tires. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 

 June 25, 1920. 

 Prices subject to change without notice. 

 Standard reclaims: 



Floating $0.30 @$0.35 



Friction . 30 @ .35 



Mechanical 12;-^ @ .13}4 



Red 23 @ .24 



Shoe 15?4@ .165i 



Tires, auto 16 @ .17 



mick 13 @ .14 



White 22 @ .25 



