EMERGENCY MARKET BULLETIN 



PubUshed by THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO., No. 25 West 45th Street, New York 

 NOVEMBER 1, 1919 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



As THE RESULT of the Strike of pressmen, feeders and paper 

 handlers who have repudiated existing contracts, The 

 India Rubber World of November 1, 1919. is delayed. The 

 issue is ready for printing and will appear as soon as our press 

 room is again in operation. Meanwhile this emergency bul- 

 letin containing market reviews and quotations as of October 25 

 is issued as a supplement. While it will reach subscribers ahead 

 of the November 1 number, it will form an integral part of that 

 issue in order to maintain the continuity of the market record. 

 Thus the needs of those who have contracts based on The Indi.\ 

 Rubber World quotations will be met during the emergency. 

 Nor will there be interruption of a service which has been main- 

 tained for thirty years. 



The controversy which delays publication is between those 

 who believe that a contract should be scrupulously adhered to 

 and a relatively small group who regard a contract as a mere 

 scrap of paper. With nearly two hundred other leading New 

 York publications The India Rubber World is an unwilling 

 victim of an internal disagreement between bodies of organized 

 labor brought about by irresponsible local leaders. Among those 

 who prize their honor in this matter are not only the publishers 

 and employing printers, but a large percentage of the employes, 

 notably compositors, who have declared that they will stand by 

 their agreements. Meanwhile our staff and correspondents are 

 gathering and preparing the news of the world's rubber industry 

 as usual, and at the earliest possible moment lliis will reach sub- 

 scribers in the customary form. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 

 NEW YORK. 



Tripouonoi-T flcTOOER tile rubber market has bei-ii very firm, with a 

 steady and improving demand from the factories that has rais-d the 

 price of plantation rubbers both here and abroad. The fluctuations 

 in prices have been within narrow limits. At the close of the month 

 prices were being strongly maintained. The Brazil market has been prac- 

 tically dead, the increase of production keeps the price down; it has 

 htcome so unimportant that dealers take little interst in it. The market 

 for guayule and balata has also been quiet. Prices for plantation and for 

 South American rubber at the beginning and toward the close of the month 

 are shown in the following quotations: 



Plantation Hcvea. September 27. first latex crfipc, spot 50-51 J^ cents, 

 October-December 50J4 cents, January-March 51 cents, January-June SI- 

 SI V5 cents, July-December, 1920. 52 cents, October 24, spot 53 cents, 

 futures 53 cents, July-December, 1920, 53J/5 cents. 



September 27. ribbed smoked sheet 49<A cents, October-December 49H 

 cents. January-March 50 cents, January June 50 cents, July-D.r.mln-r. 



1920, 51 cents, October 24, spot 52 cents, ful 

 1920, 52 !4 cents. 



September 27, No. I amber crepe, spot 47 



:s 52 cents, July-December, 



nts, October 24, spot 49-50 



September 27, clear thin brown crepe, spot 46 cents, October 24, spot 

 -46 cents. 



11 brown crepe, spot 36 '/2 cents, October 24, spot 



AND Caucuo. Spot Prices: September 27, upriver 



September 27, No. 

 40-41 cents. 



South American P 

 fine 54 cents, island 



24, spot prices 



cally unchanged. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 



Following are the New York spot quotations 

 ago, one month ago and on October 25, the cu 



November 1. 



1918. October 1, 



Free Rubber. 1919. 

 PLANTATION HEVEA— 



First latex crepe 59 @ 49/j@ 



.Amber crepe No. 1 56 a 46/, @ 



Amber crepe No. 2 55 @ 45/j@ 



,\mber crepe No. 3 54 @ 44/. @ 



Amber crepe No. 4 53 @ 43 Vi® 



Brown crepe, thick and thin 



clean 53 @55 44^@ 



Brown crepe, thin specky... 44 (8 42J^@ 



Brown crepe, rolled 36 @ 37 @ 



Smoked sheet, ribbed, stand- 

 ard quality 57 @ 4S'A@ 



Smoked sheets, plain, stand- 

 ard quality 54 @ 45 @ 



Unsnioked sheet. standard 



quality 50 & 42 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 1 40 W 38 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 2 38 (g) 36 @ 



EAST INDIAN— 



Assam crepe @ None 



Penang block scrap (Bi None 



PONTIANAK— 



Banjermassin @ 12 @ 



Palembang (H) None 



Pressed block @ 24 @ 



Sarawak @ None 



SOUTH AMERICAN- 

 PARAS— 



Upriver fine 62 @ 54!^ @ 



Upriver medium 56 rai 52 ia> 



Upriver coarse 37 @ 33 & 



Upriver weak, fine @ 41 (» 



Islands., fine @ 47!4@ 



islands medium (3) 45 @ 



Isl.inds, coarse @ 22 @ 



C.-imctil, coarse ® 22 ^@ 



M.ideiva, fine ® 56 @ 



Acre Bolivian, fine @ 55 @55' 



Peruvian fine @ 52 & 



Tapajos fine @ 53 (it 



CAucno— 



Lower caucho hall (» 31'/5W 



Upper caucho ball 37 (» 33 (a 



, for one year 

 rrent date: 



11 @12 



12H@ 

 22Yi@ 

 09K@ 



52/j@53 

 50 @ 

 34/, @ 



41 <a 



47!4@48 

 45 @ 

 21i/S@ 



