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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1907. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



THE rubber market continues depressed, and quotations are 

 even lower than a month ago. Buying at New York has 

 been far from active, and for many grades only nominal 

 quotations can be given. It is believed that the leading con- 

 sumers have rubber due them on contracts for some months 

 ahead, so that no decline in current prices serves to stimulate 

 buying on a liberal scale. The quotations presented at this time 

 require a word of explanation regarding the relative prices for 

 Africans and Para grades. Business is actually being done in 

 the latter at the prices quoted, and at a profit to the importers, 

 it is asserted. As for Africans, the quantity handled is smaller 

 and the demand more fitful, and each transaction is subject to 

 special terms. But the manufacturer who demands a special 

 grade of Africans must be prepared to pay liberally for it. It 

 is not to be understood that an important quantity of Africans 

 is being sold at higher prices than for Paras, but certain grades 

 of the former are now being held at even higher figures than 

 in the quotation list that follows. 



The regular Antwerp sale occurred on October 17, when 256 

 tons were offered and 183 tons found buyers. Messrs. C. Schmid 

 & Co. advise The Indi.\ Rubber World: "Prices show on an 

 average a decline of about 35 centimes per 100 kilos, or about 

 4 per cent, on values paid in September. As Para sorts declined 

 meanwhile about 10 per cent., this result may be considered as 

 relatively satisfactory." The next sale will take place November 

 13; the quantity will be about 450 tons. 



Para arrivals for the month, up to and including the 27th, 

 were 2525 tons, of which 235 tons caucho, against 2590 tons for 

 the same dates last year. 



Following are the prices at New York for Para grades, one 

 year ago, one month ago, and October 30— the current date : 

 Para. Nov. I, '06. Oct. i, '07. Oct. 30. 



Islands, fine, new ii9(S;i20 



Islands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new i24'aT25 



99@ioo 



none here 



io6@i07 



1I0@II2 



59^ 60 

 none here 



88@ 89 

 none here 



69(31 70 



8s@ 86 

 I29C«I30 



9i@ 92 



—@ - 



g9@ioo 



losfg 106 



56® 57 



84(g' 85 



62(0 63 



8o@ 81 



Ii3(gri4 



Upriver, fine, old 128^129 



Islands, coarse, new 72^: 7i 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 96(5 97 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 77('i- 7^ 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 95(g? 96 



Ceylon (Plantation) fine sheet 139^1:140 



African. 

 Sierra Lcnnc. 1st Lopori ball, prime 



quality 94@ 95 



Massai, red 94@ 95 



Benguella 65® 66 



Accra tlakc l8@ 19 



Cameroon ball 7i@ 7^ 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage... 82(a), 83 Mexican, scrap 82® 83 



Guayaquil, strip 68(5)69 Mexican, slab 6o@ 61 



Nicaragua, scrap 8l@ 82 Mangabeira, sheet 56® 57 



Panama, slab 62(g 63 Guayule 4°® — 



E.\ST Indian. 

 Assam oo@ 91 Borneo 36® 37 



Lopori strip, prime. 

 Madagascar, pinky.. 



Ikelemba I02®i03 



Soudan niggers 83® 90 



I0I@I02 



95® 96 

 82® 83 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4$[2S 



Islands, coarse 2$350 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 5$+25 



Upriver, coarse 4$300 



Exchange iS'Ad- 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 5$450 Exchange i57-32rf. 



Upriver, coarse 3545° 



New York Prices for September (New Rubber). 



1907. 1906. 1905. 



Upriver, fine 1.06® 1. 10 i.22®i.24 l.29®i.32 



Upriver, coarse 88® .90 .92® .94 .91® .94 



Islands, fine 99@ios i.i8@i.20 i.26®i.29 



Statistics ot Para {Excluding Cauctio.) 



New York. 



Fine and Total. 



Medium. Coarse. 1907. 



Stocks, August 31 Tons 165 75 = 240 



Arrivals, September 387 206 ^ 593 



Aggregating 552 



Deliveries, September 428 



281 = 833 

 232 — 660 



870 



777 



862 

 546 



Stocks, September 30 124 49 = 



Para. 



Stocks, August 31 . Tons 290 376 240 



Arrivals, September.... 2230 1565 1230 



173 93 316 



England. 



625 790 390 



600 460 6go 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, September. 



2520 

 1948 



1941 

 1491 



1470 

 1 195 



1225 

 675 



1250 

 550 



1080 

 700 



Stocks, September 30. 572 450 275 550 



1907. 

 World's visible supply, September 20.To}is 2.383 



Para receipts, July to September 30 4.7-20 



Para receiots, Cancho, same dates 610 



Afloat Para to United States, September 30 383 

 Afloat Para to Europe. September 30 705 



In regard to the financial situation Albert B. Beers (brokers 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper, No. 6S William street. 

 New York) advises as follows: 



"During the early part of October there was a small demand 

 from out-of-town banks for paper at the full rates of 7@8 per 

 cent,, but with the acute money conditions during the latter part 

 of the month paper business came to a complete standstill." 

 IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[77(t- Fii;iit\'s Indicate Weight in Pounds.] 

 October 3. — Uy the steamer Obidense, from Manaos and 

 Im 



'IRTERS. 



Fine. Medium. 



Poel 



New York Commercial Co 

 A. T. Morse & Co.. 

 GtneraJ Rubber Co. . 

 t_. P. dos Santos .... 

 Hagemeyer & Brunn. 

 Edmund Reeks & Co 

 Neal & Co 



& Arnold ^ 169,500 



95.700 

 23,600 

 42,000 

 29,000 

 34.300 

 22,100 

 1,400 



55.600 

 15,600 

 6,700 

 3.400 

 10,700 



3,600 

 300 



Coarse. 

 58,600 

 37.500 

 69,300 

 44,600 

 34.300 

 19,100 

 12,600 

 12,500 



Para: 

 Caucho. 

 300= 

 1,200= 



2,700^ 



Total 417,600 95.900 288,500 



October 14. — By the steamer Maranhctxse, from Manaos 

 Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. 



Ntw York Commercial Co. . . . 129,100 27,900 



General Rubber Co 107,400 



Poel & Arnold. 



A. T. Morse & Co 



C. P. dos Santos 



Edmund Reeks & Co 



Czarniko\\-, McDougal & Co. 



75,800 

 78,100 



10,300 

 19,600 



22,500 

 21,000 

 10,600 



49,400 

 50,900 

 61,400 

 13.200 

 25,100 

 9,200 



4.200:= 

 and Pa 

 Caucho. 

 2,700^ 

 17.500= 



Total. 

 284,000 

 150,000 

 99,600 

 92,700 

 74,000 

 53.400 

 38,300 

 14,200 



= 806,200 



Total 420,300 84,500 .:;09,200 21,200= 



October 24. — By the steamer Dunstan from Manaos and Para: 

 New York Commercial Co. . 339.000 60.500 84.800 1,700= 



Poel & Arnold 151,000 31.000 76.800 2,300= 



General Rubber Co 120,300 13.600 99.5oo 20,300= 



162,900 7,000 46,500 ....= 



A. T. Morse & Co 

 Edmund Reeks & Co. 

 Hagemeyer & Brunn. 

 C. P. dob Santos. . . . 



10,000 



5,900 

 17,800 



22,300= 



ra: 



Total. 



209,100 



198.300 



158,200 



102,900 



25.100 



22,000 



19,600 



735.200 



486.000 



262,000 



253.700 



216,400 



22.300 



15,900 



17,800 



Total 783,200 113.000 331.300 46.600= 1,274,100 



[Note. — The steamer Madeirense from Para due at New York on No- 

 vember 2d, with 325 tons of rubber.] 



Rubber Scrap Prices, 



New York prices— in cents per pound for carload lots— are 

 practically unchanged. Shoes are a trifle lower: 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic Ii^@i2 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign iiV4@ii/^ 



Pneumatic bicvcle tires 7V2@ 7^ 



Automobile tires 9?^(??io 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 10 (??ioJ4 



White trimmed rubber I2V^@I2^ 



Heavy black rubber SM^ 6 



Air brake hose 4-)4f^ S 



Fire and large hose 3*>^(^ 3^ 



Garden hose sVlfr? 2^4 



Matting I V^@ 15^ 



