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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 1907. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



THE market continues without life, in spite of the fact that 

 the factories all seem busy, and in the absence of large 

 visible supplies. It is pointed out by sellers that much of 

 the work in hand at the factories is based upon orders given 

 some time ago, and the indisposition of consumers to buy rubber 

 freely is due to uncertainty of future trade conditions. Not that 

 there is any definite financial trouble in sight, but rather a feel- 

 ing of caution in the way of expanding business pending legis- 

 lative or judicial action in reference to the great corporate inter- 

 ests of America. It is true that rubber prices have declined 

 abroad, but on account of the large percentage of the world's 

 rubber supply that is consumed in the United States, rubber 

 prices everywhere are to a certain extent determined by condi- 

 tions in this country. As will be seen, current quotations for 

 Para grades have declined materially during the month, and 

 prices of other grades to a less extent. This fact is causing some 

 manufacturers to buy Para sorts for purposes for which they 

 have, for some years past, used Africans. 



The monthly Antwerp sale, on September 19, resulted in some- 

 thing of a surprise to the trade. Of the 663 tons offered about 

 513 found buyers, and although many lots of mediocre quality 

 were embraced, the average prices realized showed an advance 

 of 5 centimes per kilogram over the prices at the August sale. 



Arrivals at Para of all grades, including cancho. for July and 

 August were 2930 tons, against 3330 last year and 2750 for the 

 same months in 1905. Arrivals in September, to the iSth, were 

 113s tons. 



Following is a statement of prices of Para grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and September 28 — this date : 



Par.^. Oct. I, '06. Sept. 1,07. Oct. 28. 



Islands, fine, new Ii9@i20 io5@io6 99@ioo 



Islands, fine, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new I23@I24 iio@lii io6@i07 



Upriver, fine, old 126(0)127 Ii3@ri4 110(^112 



Islands, coarse, new- 67(0)68 59(0:60 59® 60 



Islands, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new (S) 92 Sg@ 90 88(g 89 



Upriver, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian), sheet 75® 76 70(0171 69® 70 



Caucho (Peruvian), ball 9i@ 92 88@ 89 85(0)86 



Ceylon, fine, sheet 142(^143 I33@I34 I29(o!i30 



African. 

 Sierra Leone, ist 



quality 98(5)99 



Massai, red 98(0)99 



Lopori ball, prime — (S) — 



Lopori strip, prime.... 95(§!96 



Madagascar, pinky 82(S;83 



Ikelemba — (o — 



Soudan niggers 85^86 



Benguella 68(0:69 



Accra flake I7@i8 



Cameroon ball 74@75 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 83(8)84 Mexican, scrap 83(^84 



Guayaquil, strip 69(S;70 Mexican, slab 62@63 



Nicaragua, scrap 82@83 Mangabeira, sheet 55(5)56 



Panama, slab 626)63 Guavule 44(S)4t 



Assam 93@94 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$i50 



Islands, coarse 2$75o 



East Indian. 



Borneo 37@38 



Per Kilo. 



L^priver, fine S$72S 



L^priver, coarse 4$725 



Exchange ^syid. 



Latest Manaos advices : 



LTpriver, fine S$875 Exchange 15 1-32^. 



Upriver, coarse 3$875 



New York Rubber Prices for August (New Rubber). 



1907. 



Upriver, fine $i.o8(g$l.lS 



Upriver, coarse 89(g .92 



Islands, fine I.04(f? 1.09 



Islands, coarse 6o(§) .62 



Cameta, coarse 66(0) .69 



Maaaost 



1906. 



$I.22(S'$I.24 



.90® .92 



1.18(a) 1.20 



.65(g .67 

 .68(g .70 



1905- 



$I.27@$I.29 



.90(01 .92 



1.25(0) 1.27 



.68(g .70 



•71® -73 



Arrivals for July. 

 1907. 



Rubber tons 468 



Caucho loi 



Total 569 



Arrivals for August. 



Rubber tons 1164 



Caucho 232 



1906. 



751 

 143 



894 



934 

 94 



1028 



190S. 

 586 



674 



863 



_^ 

 961 



Total 1396 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate ll'eigiit in Pounds.] 



September 3. — By the stamer Madeirense, from Manaos and Para: 



Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



General Rubber Co 33,200 6,700 43,900 12.600= 96,400 



Edmund Reeks & Co 31,100 3.200 24,500 . . . .= 58,800 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 22,500 .... 19,800 . . . .^ 42,300 



Poel & Arnold 16,000 14,900 ....= 30,900 



New York Commercial Co . . .. .... 9,200 9,500= 18,700 



A. T. Morse & Co 9,600 : ,600 .... . . . . = 1 1 ,200 



Neale & Co 7.900 ....=: 7.900 



Total 96,400 27,500 120,200 22,100^ 266,200 



September 14. — By the steamer Cearense. from Manaos and Para: 



Poel & Arnold 57. 800 17,300 10,400 . — = 85,500 



General Kubber Co 2,700 2.100 85,800 . . . .^ 90,600 



Edmund Reeks & Co 20,000 2,800 16,500 ....= 39,300 



New York Commercial Co 1,100 7,900 4.000 23,700^ 36,700 



Neale & Co i r.800 2,800 2,600 . . . .^ 17,200 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 11,800 .... 5.300 ....=: 17,100 



A. T. Morse & Co 2,900 300 6,600 . . . . = 9.800 



September 



-By the steamer Polycarp, from Manaos and Para: 



Poel & Arnold 128 



General Rubber Co 62,100 



New York Commercial Co 94,100 



A. T. Morse & Co 55,100 



Ed. Reeks & Co 25,300 



G. Amsinck & Co 23,900 



Ntale & Co 2.500 



C. P. dos Santos i.ioo 



22.400 72.000 



12,700 67,500 



16,800 18,400 



3,100 1 1,800 



2, goo 1 1,900 



10,800 2,700 



400 4,600 



400 4,000 



. . . ,= 223,200 



10.200= 152,500 

 . . . .= 129.300 

 1.200= 71,200 

 . . . .^ 40,100 



= 37.400 



= 7.500 



= 5,500 



Total 392,900 



Total 108.100 ^„, „ . 



[Note. — The steamer Polycarp. from Para, is due at New York on 

 October 2, with 385 tons of rubber.l 



69,500 192,900 1 1,400=: 666,700 

 33,200 131,200 23,700=296,200 



PARA RUBBER VIA EUROPE. 



Pounds. 



August 29. — By the Pa/rfcic=Hamburg: 

 Rubber Trading Co. (Fine) 5.500 



August 31. — By the Cam/'ania= Liverpool: 

 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 9,000 



September 4. — By the President LincoIn= 

 Hamburg: 

 New York Commfrcial Co. (Fine) 18,000 



September 5. — By the Advance='iAo\\cndo: 

 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 15,000 

 New York Com. Co. (Coarse).. 1,500 16,500 



September 7. — By the Prins Frederick= 

 Bolivar: 



G. Amsinck & Co. (Fine) 3,000 



G. Amsinck & Co. (Coarse) 6,000 9,000 



September 12. — By the ^^oldersec<=HamhuTg: 



September iS. — By the Caronin=Liverpool 

 New York Comm-rcial Co. (Fine) 57,000 



Robinson & Stiles (Fine) 5,000 



Livesey & Co. (Coarse) 3.500 



September 18. — By the Sigissemund= 

 Mollendo: 

 W. R. Grace & Co. (Caucho) 



35.000 



New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 



15*000 



August 26. — By the F/aH</riVi=Honduras: 



A Saunders & Co 3.500 



Hahn. Sohler & Co 2,500 



65.500 A. Rosenthal Sons 1.500 



Eggers & Heinl- in 1.500 



G. .\msinck & Co 1.500 



Bartling & De Leon i.ooo 11,500 



August 26.^By the Momus=ysew Orleans: 



A. T. Morse & Co 3,000 



Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co. . . . 4.500 7.5oo 



August 27. — By the El A^or((?=:Galveston: 

 Continental-Mexican Rubber Co. '22,500 



August 27. — By the Armenian^L.i\cTpoo\ : 

 12,000 ' A. Hirsch & Co. 2,500 



August 26. — By the Ma^artS(W=Tampico: August 27. — By the Finance=Co\on: 



New York Commercial Co 95,000 W. Loaiza & Co 5,500 



Continental-Mexican Rubber Co.. "67,000 West Coast Rubber Co 2,500 



Edward Maurer *35,ooo ] Jose Julia & Co 1,500 



Poel & Arnold '30,000 227,000 G. .\msinck & Co 1,500 



OTHER ARRIVALS AT NEW 

 YORK. 



August 24. — By the A/e.rtVo=Frontera: 



Harburger & St.ick 6,500 



E. Steiger & Co 3.S00 



Thtbaud Brothers 1,000 



Graham. liinkley & Co 1,000 



