May I, 1908] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



in 



MH. EYDEH'S NEW COKNECTION. 



Mr. Frederick T. Ryder has become associated with the Apsley 

 Rubber Co., of Hudson, Massachusetts. His headquarters for 



the present will be 

 in the Boston of- 

 fice, which is in 

 charge of Mr. W. 

 B. Laighton, who 

 for so many years 

 has been the com- 

 pany's selling 

 agent, and is now 

 also treasurer of 

 t Ii e corporation. 

 jNIr. Ryder's famil- 

 iarity with t he 

 rubber footwear 

 trade is second to 

 that of no one 

 else identified with 

 it, owing to his 

 long connection 

 with the Boston 

 Rubber Shoe Co. 

 He was for years 

 private secretary to the late Mr. Converse, the head of the Bos- 

 ton company. At the same time he filled the office of secretary 

 of that company, to which were added in time the duties of 

 assistant general manager. 



Frederick T. Ryder. 



SOURCES OF RUBBER. 



A REPORT on recent developments in Portuguese East 

 *^ Africa, in Bulletin of the Imperial Institute (London, No. 

 I, 1907) mentions, among the rubber yielding plants in that 

 region Landolphia Thollonii, the source of "root rubber" [Ger- 

 man, wurselkautschuk ; French, caoutchoue des /i^r&ei], illustrated 

 in The India Rubber World, May i, 1903 (page 261). This 

 would indicate that the distribution of this valuable plant is very 

 wide — practically across the African continent. 



A recent Bulletin of the Imperial Institute (London) states 

 that there is now scarcely any rubber in the British West African 

 colony of Gambia, and tliat most of the rubber exported from 

 the colony comes from neighboring French territory. 



The imperial biological-agricultural institute at Amani, German 

 East Africa, is reported to have made a number of analyses of in- 

 terest of rubber from the native Landoiphias and also from sev- 

 eral foreign species introduced there for cultivation. 



THE HOME OF BOLIVIAN RUBBER. 



IN his "Seeking Rubber in Bolivia, and Other Elastic Expe- 

 riences," Mr. Quincy Tucker gives, in the form of letters of 

 an explorer, a readable account of a notable rubber producing 

 region which has been visited by few outsiders. His book closes 

 with some details of interest regarding the past unsuccessful 

 efforts to circumvent the Madeira river falls with a railway, 

 and the present plans for reaching the rubber fields by that 

 route. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



THE month past closed with a more active demand for the 

 leading grades of rubber and an advancing tendency in 

 prices. In various departments of the industry the factories 

 are being operated more fully than for some time past. The 

 rubber footwear factories are getting to work, after a longer 

 shut-down than usual, and the tire makers generally are reported 

 to be busy. 



Another fact tending to influence the situation is the approach 

 of the end of the Para crop season, with indications of a smaller 

 yield than last year, though still above the average. The ar- 

 rivals of all grades of rubber at Para to the end of April in each 

 of five years past have been as follows: 



July I, 1903, to April 30, 1904 27,570 tons 



July I, 1904, to April 30, 1905 29,330 tons 



July I, 1905, to April 30, 1906 30,520 tons 



July I. 1906, to April 30, 1907 33,88o tons 



July I, 1907, to April 28, 1908 31,300 tons 



There are always elements of uncertainty in Amazon shipping, 

 however, and our most recent mail advances intimate that the 

 future of prices depends somewhat upon the extent of the sup- 

 plies of rubber still to come down the river. But it is un- 

 usual for large quantities to arrive after May i. 



The Antwerp monthly sale, on April 23, at which about 550 

 tons were sold, again went od at a decided advance, which has 

 led to a better demand and a firmer market for Africans. 



Following are the quotations at New York for Para grades, OiW 

 year ago, one month ago, and April 30 — the current date; 



Following are the quotations of New York for Para grades 

 one year ago, •ne month ago, one month ago, and April 30 — 

 the current date ; 



Para. ilay i, '07. 



Islands, fine, new 115 @ii6 



I^ands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new 117 @ii8 



Upriver, fine, old 1 19 @I20 



Islands, coarse, new 67 @ 68 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Wpriver, coarse, new 91 @ 9a 



Upriver, coarse, old none here none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian), sheet. 73/4® 74 45@46 4S@46 



Caucho (Peruvian), ball.. 86 @ S7 55@S6 56<S;S7 



Ceylon (Plantation), fine 



sheet .; 135 ©136 83@84 87(388 



African. 

 Sierra Leone, 1st 



quality 65(S;66 Lopori ball, prime 73®75 



Massai, red 65@66 Lopori strip, prime. 58@6o 



Benguella 45@46 Madagascar, pink>' 63@64 



Accra flake I2@I3 Ikelemba none here 



Cameroon ball 45@46 Soudan niggers 53@S4 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 58(050 Mexican, scrap 54@SS 



Guayaquil, strip 43@44 Mexican, slab 40@4I 



Nicaragua, scrap 55@56 Mangabeira, sheet 42@43 



Panama 42@43 Guayule 29@30 



East Indian. 

 Assam 65@68 Borneo 26@27 



Late Para cables quote : Per Kilo- 



Per Kilo. Upriver, fine 4*500 



Islands, fine 3$8oo Upriver, coarse 3$ooo 



Islands, coarse i$700 Exchange 15 3/32d. 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 4$8oo Exchange IS^^**- 



Upriver, coatse 2$8oo 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots, per pound — show an advance, as compared with last 

 month : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 6%@ 6J4 



Old rubber boots and shoes— foreign 5!4@ 6 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 6 @ 6]/i 



Automobile tires 6 @ 6% 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 7 @8 



White trimmed rubber ioH@II 



Heavv black rubber 4!4@ 4% 



Air brake hose 35i@ 4 



Garden hose 2 @ 2% 



Fire and large hose 2M@ 3^ 



Matting 1%® iH 



