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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, 1 90S. 



Vol. 38. 



MAY I. 1908. 



No. 2. 



Editorial: 



TABLE OF CONTeNTS 



The Rubber Mills Getting Busy. 

 A Halt in Rubber Production. . . 



Standardization Overdone 



Minor Editorials 



The Tubing Machine in Insulation Work 



A Factory Superintendent. 



Hood Rubber Co.'s "Making-up" Room 



Handling of Mechanical Goods Claims — II 



Alexander Macpherson, 

 The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent. 

 Brass and Rubber. Legal Case, "No 

 The Proofing Trade. A New Book. Per- 



[General Remarks. 

 Pontianak Used.' 

 sonal Mention.] 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co.'s Annual 

 "Hoolihan's Hose Specifications" Discussed. 

 India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



Iiliscellaneous: 



Selling Direct to the Consumer 



A Cevlon \'ie\\* of Rubber Prices 



The Gu>-aule Rubber Interest (Illustrated) 



Para Prices and Production 



The Harm that Rubber Tires do 



"Everlasting" Blow.off Valve (Illustrated) 



Cause of "Rotten Hose" 



A Card from Mr. Cooper John Cooper. 



New Feature in British Patent Law 



Fire Hose Conditions in Boston 



A Report on Russian Old Shoes M. J. Wolpert 



Rubber Heels and Religion 



New Tariff for New Zealand 



Copper Prices for Twentv-three Years 



The Rubber.Knobbed Tire 



Rubber and Progress in Peru 



New Trade Publications 



Some Wants of the Trade 



Sources of Rubber 



Annual Dinner of the Rubber Sundries Trade 



[With 5 Illustrations.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



["Elite" Hair Waver. Rubber Heels with Friction Plug. "Buck- 

 eye" Soap Trav. Detachable Twin Rubber Heel. "Red Cross" 

 Lumberman's 0\-er. Auto Wind Shield. Non Collapsible Seam- 

 less Nipples. New Device for Washing Carriages. "Sweet 

 Babee" Nursing Bottle. "Yale" Vacuum Breast Pump.] 

 [With 9 Hlustrations.] 



The Obituary Record 



[With Portrait of William McMurtry.] 



To Heinrich Traun, Greeting 



New England Rubber Club— Ninth Annual 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Trade at Akron Oar Correspondent. 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



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United States Imports of Rubber. 



Offici.nl returns for eight months ending February 31 : 



1905-06. 1906-07. 1907-08. 



United Kingdom founds 5,714,955 7,05-2,129 3,077,4l6 



Germany 2,469,119 3,020.953 1,590.819 



Other Europe 5,505,612 6,252,431 3,814,463 



Central America and Brit- 

 ish Honduras 866,100 796.824 663,985 



Mexico 598,648 3,393.984 5,0/8.000 



Brazil 19,664,529 25,734,430 19,168,932 



Other South America 1.343,184 1.402.517 1,182,300 



East Indies i .283.446 i ,608.226 852,509 



Other countries 24,552 24,893 36.406 



Total 37.461,145 



Value $29,238,410 



Average per pound 78 cents. 



49,286.387 35,464,839 

 $38,684,384 $22,669,406 

 78.5 cents. 63.9 cents. 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rubber. 

 Pounds. 



To Great Britain 332,219 To Italy 



To United States 189,279 To Japan 



To Germany 15.643 



To Australia '1,034 Total, 



To Belgium 5,634 Total, 



To France 1,774 Total, 



To Holland 151 Total, 



To India 112 Total, 



To Russia iii 



Exports from the Federated M.\l..\y St.\tes. 

 States. 1906. 



Perak pounds 149,640 



Selangor 681,040 



Negri Sembilan 198,112 



Pahang 



Pounds. 

 90 

 33 



1907. 

 1906. 

 1905. 

 1904. 

 1903- 



. 556,080 

 .327,024 

 . 168,247 

 . 72,040 

 . 41,684 



1907. 

 255.530 



1,198,751 

 530,004 



Total 1,028,792 



ToT.\L E-Xports from 1\I.\l.\y.\. 



1,984,285 



[Including the produce of the Federated Malay States and some from 

 neighboring territory.] 



Pounds. 



To Great Britain 1,625,583 



To Other Europe .... 184,604 



To United States 4.1S3 



To Japan 1 1,697 



Pounds. 



To Australia 31,838 



To Ceylon 231,180 



Total 2,089,085 



1905. 1906. 



From Singapore pounds 180,533 719,133 



From Penang 48,267 98,636 



1907. 



1,446,417 



642,668 



Total 228,800 817.769 2,089,085 



Ceylon Rubber Exports to Americ.\, 1907. 

 Values in United States gold, reported by the American con- 

 sul at Colombo : 



Quarter ending March 31 $54,985.00 



Quarter ending June 30 94,680.00 



Quarter ending September 30 76,135-58 



Quarter ending December 31 82,279.60 



Total, 1907 $308,080.18 



These figures embrace not only Ceylon produce, but Malaya 

 rubber exported through Ceylon. 



Yield of Plantations (in Pounds). 



1907. 1908. 



J'allonibrosa Rubber Co.: 



Twelve months to ^larch 31 156.922 225,281 



Anglo-Malay Rubber Co.: 



January and February 19,011 47,532 



Perak' Rubber Plantations: 



Ten months to January 31 16.325 31,715 



Kepitigalia Rubber Estates: 



Ten months to January 31 25,743 32,314 



Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates: 



Three months to March 31 7,397 ^4,37^ 



complete yields. 



1906. 1907. 



Seremban Estate Rubber Co 62,258 109,360 



Kalutara Co 14,646 



Damansara Rubber Co 11,904 39,233 



Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate 43,3io 58,064 



Golden Hope Rubber Estate 2,400 5,591 



Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co 134,285 193,389 



Rubber Receipts at Maaaos, 



During February and eight months of the crop season for 

 three years [courtesy of Messrs. Scholz & Co.] : 



/ July-February. ^ 



1907-oS. 1906.07. 1905-06. 



From — 1908. 



Rio Purus..\crc..(o»j 1,693 



Rio Madeira 482 



Rio Jurua S73 



Rio Tavary-Iquitos. . 165 



Rio ^>olimocs 88 



Rio Negro 124 



-February. - 



1907. 



1,092 



539 



424 



263 



123 



85 



1906. 



1.232 



614 



293 



109 



75 



7,191 

 2,308 

 3.044 

 2,365 

 1.037 

 374 



Total 3.42s 



Caucho 1.052 



2,526 

 838 



5.224 

 2,663 

 2,691 

 2,519 

 781 

 457 



14.335 



5.978 

 2,410 

 2.512 

 2,393 

 842 

 4"3 



■ 4,548 

 2,93' 



ToUl 4.477 3.364 3.268 19.S99 17.061 17.479- 



