EMERGENCY MARKET BULLETIN 



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



DECEMBER 1, 1919 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



THE printers' strike is over. For eight weeks the radical 

 clement in the "Big 5ix" tjpographical union, in Press- 

 men's Union No. 51 and Franklin Union No. 23, has ruled. 

 The majority, however, were secretly opposed to radicalism 

 nnd favored obedience to the parent body, the International 

 Typographical Union, that had promptly discountenanced the 

 strike as contravening existing agreements. But the seccession- 

 ists broke these agreements, outgeneraled their opponents and 

 refused to obey their superior officers. 



The New York publishers and employing printers stood 

 solidly together in the determination that radicalism must be 

 effectively eliminated for all time from the printing industry 

 of New York City. All faced severe financial loss and the 

 danger of losing valuable prestige, yet they were confident 

 that ultimately Americanism would win, and it did. 



Following a mandate of the executives of the International 

 Typographical Union that threatened their charter, the conser- 

 vatives gained strength and outnumbering tlieir opponents, voted 

 to return to work. 



In the meantime the November number of The India RtTBBER 

 World has been delayed, but it is now being printed and will be 

 mailed as soon as possible after December 1. The December 

 number is ready for the printer and will closely follow tlie 

 publication of the November issue. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



NEW YORK. 



THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET during the past month has been largely specula. 

 tive, trading has been active, and there have been large offerings 

 which were taken up as they came, but manufacturers were not as ready 

 to buy as they were the month before. The market has run up to 54J4 cents 

 for smoked sheets and has been as low as 52, but the prices for the begin- 

 ning and the end of the month are practically the same; they have been 

 affected somewhat by the drop in exchange. There is some interest in 

 January-June arrivals. 



Those in a position to know are skeptical about British estimates of 

 largely increased production of plantation rubber for 1920 and 1921 and 

 expect rather a falling off from the figures for 1919. It is rumored that 

 th^ planters in the Far East are going to take concerted action to improve 

 their property by tapping the trees only in alternate years. 



Prices for plantation and South American rubber at the beginning 

 and toward the close of the month are shown in the following quotations: 



Pi^xTATioN Hevea. November I, first latex criipe, spot 54 cents, 

 N .vember-Dccember 53'/5 cents, January-March 53K-54 cents, January- 

 rr.nc 53 '/S cents, July-December, 1920, 53^2-54 cents. Noveubek 20, spot 

 ;J cents, futures 53 '/5 cents. 



November 1, ribbed smoked sheets, spot 53-cents, November-December 

 S2'/i cents, January-March 53 cents, January-June 5254-53 cents, July- 

 December. 1920, 52!^-53 cents. November 20, spot 52 cents, futures 52J-1 

 cents, July-December, 1920, 52J^ cents. 



Ope, spot 51 cents, futures 50 cents. Novem- 

 s, January-June 



Xo\-ember 1, No. 1 

 ber 20, spot 50J^ cen 



No\-ember 1, clear thin brown crepe, spot 46-47 

 47-48 cents. November 20, spot 48 cents. 



November 1, No. 1 roll brown crepe, spot 40-41 cents, futures 39-41 

 cents. November 20, spot ATYi cents, futures 41 cents. 



South American Paras and Caucho. November 1. spot prices: upriver 

 fine $2y2-i3'/i cents, islands fine 49-50 cents, upriver coarse 34-35 cents, 

 islands coarse 22-25 cents, Cameta coarse 22-23 cents, caucho ball 34Va-35 

 cents. November 20, spot prices: upriver fine 52 cents, islands fine 48 

 cents, upriver coarse 34^ cents, islands coarse 22-23 cents, Cameta coarse 

 24-25 cents, caucho ball 35 cents. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS- 



Following are the New York spot quotations, for one year 

 ago, one month ago and on November 25, the current date : 



December 1, 



1918. November 1, November 25, 



Free Rubber. 1919. 1919. 

 PLANTATION HEVEA— 



First latex crepe tV/i® 53 (S 52!4@ 



Amber crepe No. 1 57 @ 49 @ 51 @ 



Amber crepe No. 2 ' 56 @ 48 @ 50 @ 



.Amber crepe No. 3 55 @ 47 @ 49 @ 



Amber crepe No. 4 54 @ 46 @ 47 @ 



Brown crepe, thick and thia 



clean 53 @ 44 @ 47 @ 



Brown crepe, thin specky... 49 @ 41 '2@ 45 @ 



Brown crepe, rolled 43 @ 40! i@ 43!-i@ 



Smoked sheet, ribbed, stand- 

 ard quality 60J4@ ■ 52 @ S'Vi® 



Smoked sheets, plain, stand- 

 ard quality @ 49 @ 54 @5454 



Unsmoked sheet, standard 



quality @ 47 (» 52 © 



Colombo scrap No. 1 @ 35 @ 35 @ 



Colombo scrap No. 2 @ 34 @ 34 (^ 



EAST INDIAN— 



Assam crepe @ 48 @ 49 @ 



.Assam onions @ @ 47 @ 



Penang block scrap @ @ @ 



PONTIANAK— 



Banjermassin @ 11 @12 1H^@14 



Palembang @ 12K@ 13 @ 



Pressed block @ 22V-@ 24 @27 



Sarawak @ 09ii@ 11 @ 



SOUTH AMEKICAN— 

 PARAS— 



Upriver fine 64 (S 67 S2'<(»53 50 @ 



Upriver medium w 50 (jrf @ 



Upriver coarse 38 @39 34',:.(u) ZVA@ZS 



Upriver weak, fine 52 f<* 41 (« 40 @ 



Islands, fine @ 47;4@48 ATA@A% 



Islands, medium C* 45 (a 47 @48 



Islands, coarse 27 @ 2Ui@ 22 @23 



Cameta, coarse 27 O 23 @ 23 @24 



Madeira, fine f* 53" ;® 51 @S\'A 



Acre Bolivian, fine ® 53y;@ 51 @51'-5 



Peruvian fine @ 51 @ 51 @51J5 



Tapajos fine @ 50 @ 50 @ 



CAUCHO— 



Lower caucho ball (» 31 (!i> 32 0-34 



Upper caucho ball 38 @39 . 35^@ 34 @35 



