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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[AreiL I, 1908. 



Vol. 38. 



APRIL I. 1908. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OP CONTENTS 



Editorial : Page 



The Manufacturers Score ^09 



The Cost of Amazon Rubber -209 



The Valuation of New Rubbers 211 



Rubber Gathering as a Spree 211 



Rubber Gathering in Bolivia 213 



I I-\.llo\ved bv a note on Rubber Gathering in Peru.] 

 [With S Illustrations.] 



Handling of Mechanical Goods Claims. — I. 



.Alexander MacPherson. 215 



Some New Rubber Factory Appliances 217 



[Schofield Patent P.ias Shear. Something New in Bias Fabrics. 

 Johnston's Rubber .Mill Crane. Contiiiuous Vulcanization Pro- 

 cesses. New Process of Wilcanizing Slioes. ] 

 IWitli 7 Illustrations.] 



New York City Buys Fire Hose 220 



[Followed by Statistics :<{ Fire Hose in .\merican Cities.] 

 The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain. 



Our Regular Corresptfiident. 221 

 IManchtstcr Motor Show. Rubber Tire Topics. Werneth Rub- 

 ber Works. R. & .]. Dick, Limited. Trade and Personal 

 Notes.] 



The Editor's Book Table 222 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber ^ 223 



( L'nitcii States. Great Rritain. I'rance.] 



Rubbar Interests in Europe 224 



Hoolihan's Fire Hose Specifications 225 



[With 7 Illustrations- J 



The Progress of Rubber Planting 227 



[Condititns in Ccvlon, Nicaragua and Mexico..] 

 [With J Illustrations.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 229 



I Hunt's Composite Rubber Heel. Edison Electric Milk Warmer. 

 "Safesurc" Gas Main Bag. Kraetzer P.uckle. Rubber Spoijge 

 Invigorator. Pneumatic Batter's Head Protector. "lal^ 

 Atomizer. Mandeville Steering Wheel .Muff. "Special Rubber 

 Dam Clamp. "Everstick" F'oothold. Pneumatic Penholder.] 

 [With 14 Hlustrations.] 



New England Rubber Club's Best Dinner 231 



[With 5 P.irtraits.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Guavule Rubber News ^'- 



A British View of Synthetic Rubber 21- 



Hodgman Hyolegrade Cravenettes 212 



The Cotton Situation 22- 



English Balata Belting Factories --* 



Directory of Rubber Plantations -2^ 



A Goodyear ExTeriment ^-° 



South .\merican Interests -35 



The Rubber Trade in the Dominion 233 



[Report of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber I o. I 



News of the American Rubber Trade 236 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



The Trade in San Francisc. -Our Correspoudeut. 234 



The Trade in Trenton Our Corrcspondcnl 234 



Ihe Trade in Akron Our Correspondent. 235 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 241 



[Followed by Brazil's Export of Rubber.] 



BRAZIL'S EXPORT OF RUBBER. 



THE figures herewith indicate the weight in kilograms of the 

 exports of rubber fromi all the ports of Brazil, of rubber 

 produced in that republic, during the past five calendar years. 

 They have been compiled from the returns of the federal 

 bureau of statistics of Brazil, and arc in continuation of a similar 

 table presented in The Indi.a, Rubber World July I, 1907 (page 

 304). We have had occasion before to refer to the high degree 

 of efficiency to which the statistical office referred to has been 

 developed under the administration of Mr. J. P. Wileman, and 

 the figures herewith may be regarded as representing very closely 

 the totals of the rubber manifests from the different ports. Some 

 of the statistics here included are not available elsewhere 



It will be observed that these figures relate to shipments by 

 calendar years, whereas the Para and Manaos figures, presented 

 periodically in this paper, relate to "crop years." Besides, the 

 latter include the output from the whole Amazon region, whereas 

 the figures on this page report the Brazilian output alone. This, 

 as will be seen, still shows a tendency to increase. What will 

 be the effect, however, of the recent decline in prices upon the 

 current year's production remains to be seen. 



Par,\ Rubber (Including Caucho). 



Ports. 1903. 1904. 1905- 



Manaos 16,499.519 i5.33>.869 15.246,938 



Para 12,559,057 13,171,212 16.221,766 



Corumba 255,168 251.396 441.787 



Itaccatiara 2,175 6,091 



Maranhao 199 i3.4io 82,646 



Ilha do Cajueiro 1.972 18, 344 17.296 



Porto Murtinho. 2,740 3.800 2,761 



igo6. 

 ■ 4.732.000 

 16,554,000 



217,000 



1907. 



16,767.834 



16,017,6x1 



392,594 



117.294 



12,993 



74.355 



Total 



29.318.655 28,792,206 32,073.285 31,643,000 



Ceara Rubber ("Manicoba"). 



Ports. 



Ceara 



Bahia 



Ilha do Cajueiro 



Para 



Maranhao 



Cabedellc 



Pernambuco .... 



Maceio 



Rio de Janeiro.. . 

 Natal 



Total 



1903. 

 517.824 

 496,224 

 632,858 

 950 

 27.308 



41.333 



5.397 



1904. 



668,809 



939.157 



503.871 



2,430 



11.471 



1.923 



97.556 



180 



680 



1905- 



589,218 



1,443.826 



557.530 



350 



1906. 

 715,000 

 1,410,000 

 505,000 



33.382,681 



1907. 

 588,854 

 1,285,103 

 520,824 



S.527 

 82,666 



1,710 



9.812 



16,875 



5.500 



1,721,894 2,226,077 2,682,217 



Mangabeira Rubber. 



2,664,000 2,428,678 



Ports. 



Bahia 



Rio de Janiero. . . 



Santos ^ 



Corumba 



Para 



Maranhao 



Ilha do Cajueiro 



Ceara 



Cabedello 



Pernambuco .... 



Maceio 



Porto Alegre . . . 

 Porto Murtinho. 



Natal 



Paranagua 



Total 



1903- 



355.291 



43.457 



62.588 



37.S93 



1,896 



3.214 



28,100 



3.996 



15.354 



97.849 



11.543 



400 



661,581 



1904. 



415.579 



85.195 



I 28,991 



56.3S3 



541 



6,301 



35.316 



6,935 



22,863 



85.034 



10,420 



350 



1,300 



855,208 



637.109 



653.239 



678,238 



GR.AND Tot.\L. 31,702,130 31.873.491 35.392,611 34.960,239 36.489.597 



Brazilian Rubber Exports, by Ports. 



1904. 1905. 1906. 1907- 



28,508,227 31.477.950 31.296,000 32,902,738 



3,042,385 3,394.900 3.361.517 3. 117.650 



312,879 519.761 302,722 469.209 



36,489,597 



1903- 



(j.Xmazcn ports.. 29,061,422 

 b.-\tlantic pons. . 2,344,507 

 (-Interior ports.. 296,201 



Total 31,702.130 ,31,863,491 35.392.611 34,960.239 



a Para, .Mai. as, and Itacoatiara. 



b On the Brazilian coast, from Calwdello south to Santos. , , . . 



c Corumba and Porto Murtinho, on the river Paraguay, discharging into 

 the Rio de la Platte, and representing the shipments figuring as exports to 

 Uruguay and Argentina. 



Destination of Exports, 1907. 



Countries. Para. Manicoba. Mangabeira. 



United States 16,115,669 501,976 193.606 



Great Britain 12.623,834 1, 514.594 215.031 



Germany 1.955. 516 192.021 1S3.711 



France 2,285,047 -'5'"? 5.375 



Belgium 10,021 3.686 4,109 



Uruguay 381,403 76,406 



Argentina 11.191 



Denmark 



Total ^,^2,681 2,428,678 678,238 _36.489.597 



[Note.— The above figures do not embrace small shipments of massaran- 



duba" gum from Para, amounting in 1907 to 175 pounds, which went to 



Great Britain.] 



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.•\8THUR Du Cros, some time ago elected member of parliament 

 for Hastings, was a defendant recently in an action brought ni 

 a London court by a writer who claims 300 guineas [= $1533]. 

 alleged to be due for services in preparing political speeches 

 for Mr. Du Cros during a former campaign, in which the can- 

 didate was unsuccessful. Mr. Du Cros is a member of the 

 family identified so prominently with the Dunlop tire company, 

 and at one time assisted the plaintiff in this action, Frank Har- 

 ris, to establish an automobile paper. He disputes, however, the 

 value placed upon the work done by the latter in his political 

 campaign. 



