April i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



243 



No. 17. Particularly adapted to softening material No. 48. For fluxing pigments in compounding. A 



for tubing machine. Almost universally used for \ valuable adjunct to the manufacture of moulded goods 

 waterproofing wire. as it does not blow under cure. 



WRITE FOR PRICES. 



/Wassachusetts Chemical Co. 



\A/MLROLE, IWfKSS. 

 Operates lA/alpol^ Rubtoot- lA/orks ; lA/e»lpole> \/ai-nish \A/oi-ks. 



We Are Offering' 



Scrap Rubber 



AT 



^ Low Prices 



^ 



Theodore Hof eller ® Co. 



BUFFALO. N. Y. 

 We solicit your inquiries. 



Liverpool, 



William Wright & Co. report [March 2] : 



Fine Pani. — Heavy receipts at Para caused some forced selling, and about 

 the middle of the month prices dropped 4rf. per pound, but have since re- 

 covered somewhat. A large forward business was done at the decline, and 

 the market closes at about steady values: Upriver fine 2S. ii'4'^.. Islands 

 3S. After this month we ma>^ expect a decline in receipts, which ought to 

 have a steadying effect on prices. .American demand for the near position 

 is dull, but there is some sign of improvement for distant delivery. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [February 28] : 



In forming an opinion on the future course of prices it is well to bear in 

 mind (i) that contrary to last year the March receipts are expected to be 

 only moderate: (2) that the apparently very large visible supplies are not 

 unwieldly at the present value of rubber, and last, but not least, that a large 

 section of American consumers, possibly also a number of large consumers 

 in Europe, have no reserves to fall back on. It is moreover quite possible 

 that the unprecedented fall in prices may adversely affect the volume of 

 the 1908-09 crop from July to June. When we last had a visible supply 

 approaching the present one (i. e.. in 1902) the end of the year saw prices 

 gd. over the quotations of February 28, and it may well be that history re- 

 peats itself. For the meantime trade all the world over is still very quiet, 

 and the recovery of the market may not come about so quickly as patient 

 holders of rubber would like, and any attempt at forcing the pace would 

 undoubtedly be followed by a relapse. 



The World's Visible Supply of P.\r.\, Febru.\ry 28. 

 1908. 1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Tons 7113 4160 5047 3692 3599 



Prices, hard fine... 2/n 5/1H 5/4'^ 5/5 4/6 



Liverpool Stocks of African Rubber, February 28. 

 1908 350 1905 338 1902. 



1907. 

 1906. 



.301 

 .298 



1904. 

 1903- 



.346 



■ 355 



1901. 

 1900. 



1903. 

 4701 



3/9 



..536 

 ■■779 

 ■•595 



Bordeavx 



Arrivals at this market in 1907 were less than for the preced- 

 ing year by just 200 tons. The major share, as usual, was from 

 French West Africa. The falling off was mainly in Conakry 

 niggers (75 tons), Gambia (31 tons), Soudan twists (35 tons), 

 Madagascar (50 tons), Dutch East Indies (48 tons). There was 

 an increase in Soudan niggers, Central American sorts, and 

 "manigoba" (Ceara rubber). 



The stock in the Bordeaux market at the end of 1907 was 135,- 

 673 kilograms. 



