February i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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MASSACHUSETTS CHEMICAL CO, 



WALPOLE, MASS., U. S. A. 



Operate Walpole Rubber Works, Walpole Varnish Works. 

 RUBBER MANUFACTURERS CAN SAVE MONEY BY USING OUR 



No. 17 RUBBER F-LUX No. 



It permits additional compounding and puts old stocks in a merchantable condition 



Our Flux is used extensively by wire manufacturers for slicking and weatherproofing. Write for prices and samples. 

 We are the largest manufacturers of Friction Tapes in the world. If interested write us about Friction Tape and Cloth. 



1905- 



1906. 1907- 



Our QuDtBtioDB in Dtagm^n aie for Island Fine Para. 



CHART SHOWING FLUCTUATIONS IN ISLANDS SPOT FINE PARA RUBBER 

 AT NEW YORKj FOR THREE YEARS. 

 [Copyright, 190S, by Henry .\. Gould.] 



Caucho From the Lower Amazon. 



Formerly the supplies of cauclio (known widely also as 

 Peruvian rubber) shipped from Para, had their origin solely in 

 the upper Amazon regions. More recently, however, caucho 



has been discovered in various parts of the state of Para, on 

 the lower Amazon, and is being collected in considerable quan- 

 tities. Arrivals at Para from the new sources during the last 

 two crop years were (by rivers) : 



Tocantins. Amazon. Xingu. Total. 



1905-06 tons 645 26 15 758 



1906-07 725 4 32 859 



Liverpool, 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [December 31] : 



The year closes with an uncertain tendency. The explanation of the pre- 

 vious decline in the value of ruhher still holds good, and with apparently 

 plenty of rubber to come from the :\mazon and a further increase from 

 the Kast prices may not advance. On the t ther hand, our figures show 

 that with appro.ximatcly ecjual supplies we have had dearer prices than 

 those ruling now. and a little more confidence in stability of money and 

 credit may stimulate the demand. 



The World's Visible Sl:-p:.v of Para. December 31. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 1903. 1902. 

 2054 2740 2648 3351 3395 



.=;/2',i 5/5 5/1% 3/11^4 3/8 



1907. 



ToiK 3730 



Prices, hard hne.. . 3/5 



1907 

 1906 

 1905, 



Liverpool Stocks of .\fkican Rubber, December 31. 



304 IQ04 398 1901 



1903 ^55 1900 



1902 375 1899 



282 

 300 



770 

 576 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[ 7'/tc Figures Indicate Weights in Pcntnds.] 



T.\NV.\Ry 2. — By the steamer Madeirense. from Manaos and Para: 



Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



,\. T. Morse Co 87,900 11.200 66.600 300= 166,000 



C. P. dos Santos 96.000 13,900 31,700 ....= 141,600 



New York Commercial Co.... 63,100 to, 800 20,900 5,100:= 99,900 



Poel & Arnold 13.000 13,000 11,900 = 37.900 



Oneral Rubber Co S./Oo 700 24,400 1,200= 32.000 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 5,300 .... 9,200 = I4.S<«> 



Total 271,000 49,600 164,700 6,600=: 491,900 



January 13. — Ey the steamer Cearense from Manaos and Para: 



New Y'ork Commercial Co.. 148,800 25,700 64,500 . . . . = 239,000 



.\. T. Morse & Co 98,000 10,900 32,000 46,700= 187,600 



Crtneral Rubber Co 58,200 7,S00 61.500 = 127,200 



Poel & .\rnold 80,700 9,300 90,700 6,900= 187,600 



Edmund Reek & Co 14,800 2,100 18,500 400= 35,8oo 



C. P. dos Santos 16,800 1,100 15,200 = 33>«oo 



Total 417,300 56,600 282,400 54,000= 810,300 



CONSUMPTION OF INDIA-RUBBER BY THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (IN TONS). 



[From the Annual Statistical Summary of Albert T. Morse & Co.. .Vi-ii,' York.] 



Details. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 



Imports to United States 14643 16182 14333 17671 18620 23095 20468 23208 21842 24760 27623 28635 29936 29433 



Exports to Europe 391 324 500 250 150 300 450 680 430 490 274 357 1625 55° 



14252 15858 13833 17421 18470 22795 20018 22528 21412 24270 27349 28278 28311 2887s 



Add Stock on January 1 1037 1420 558 641 744 591 712 1198 i399 33i 256 305 537 365 



15289 17278 14391 18062 19214 23386 20730 23726 2281 1 24601 27605 28583 28848 29240 



Less Stock close of year 1420 558 641 744 59i 712 1198 i399 33i 256 305 537 365 606 



Deliveries to Manufacturers.... 13869 16720 13750 17318 18623 22674 19532 22327 22480 24345 27300 28046 28483 28634 



