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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1908. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



A DECIDED advance in rubber prices has taken place in 

 all markets, the quotations at this date being the liighest 

 of the year, so far. All accounts agree that buying at 

 primary markets for American account has been much more 

 active of late. The automobile tire industry in the United States 

 has been exceptionally active this season, calling for enough rub- 

 ber to influence market conditions materially. The resumption 

 of work by the rubber footwear factories, after an unusually 

 long period of shutting down, has also stimulated the demand for 

 raw material. The extent of work in the other branches of the 

 American rubber industry still remains below normal, however, 

 and a disposition toward caution seems likely to prevail until the 

 political situation becomes clearer, this being a presidential elec- 

 tion year. 



At the monthly sale in .\ntwerp on May 21 decided advances 

 were realized over the brokers' estimation, the average gain being 

 about 75 centimes per kilogram (about 6 2-3 cents per pound). 



Arrivals of rubber of all kinds at Para for the crop year are 

 still much smaller than last 3-ear, though in excess of the figures 

 for any season prior to 1906-07. The figures are 33,185 tons to 

 May 18, 1908, against 36,505 tons to the end of May, 1907, and 

 32,840 tons to May 31, 1906. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co., of Para, report May 11: "Since our last 

 reports the market has steadily risen, and as European buyers 

 only seemed to be interested in seeing prices rise, without buying 

 much, nearly all purchases have been made for American ac- 

 count. Entries continue moderate, and in many places work is 

 stopped on account of the extremely high water in all the trib- 

 utaries." 



Following are the quotations of New York for Para grades 

 one year ago. one month ago, and May 29, the current date: 



P.\R.\. June I, '07. May I, '08. May 2g. 



Islands, fine, new no @lli 



Islands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new 112 (§,113 



Upriver, fine, old 114 @II5 



Islands, coarse, new 62 @ 63 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 87 @ 88 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



(Peruvian'), sheet. 71 (S; ^2 

 (Peruvian), ball.. 83 @ 84 

 (Plantation), fine 

 134 (5135 



.\l"RIC.\N. 



Sierra Leone, 1st quality.74@75 Lopori ball, prime. 



Massai, red 74(0,75 Lopori strip, prime. 



Benguella 48(a'49 Madagascar, pinky 67f?i68 



Accra flake I5@l6 Ikelemba nonehere 



Cameron ball 47@48 Soudan niggers 54^55 



Centr.\i,.s 



Esmeralda, sausage 62(«63 Mexican, scrap 6i'?(62 



Guayaquil, strip 46(S:47 Mexican, slab 44(a45 



Nicaragua, scrap 59(a6o :Mangabeira, sheet 46(0,47 



Panama 44'^'4.i Guayulc 2(/Fiio 



E.\ST Indi.\x. 



Caucho 

 Caucho 



Ceylon 

 sheet 



79{«,8o 



none here 



83(484 



85ra86 



43''«44 

 none here 



58(a'59 



none here 



45*^ 46 



56<'«57 



89fa.90 



none here 



92(S93 



94(§95 



46(a47 



none here 



64(5,65 



none here 



49(fl'50 



(i\(Slf)2 



87(«:88 io2rS 103 



78(a79 

 .6ofa6i 



Assam 75(S76 



Borneo 2()(7i 27 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 5$025 



Upriver, coarse 3$225 



E-xchange \sili2d. 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4$300 



Islands, coarse 2Sioo 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 5$350 



Upriver, coarse 3$350 



New York Rubber Prices for April ( New Rubber) 



Exchange 15 5/321/. 



Upriver, fine 78(|i\84 



Upriver, course 55(S!.58 



Islands, fine 75(2'.8o 



Islands, coarse 42@.44 



Cameta 44(a .48 



1907. 



i.i5(Sji.i8 

 .91(g) .94 



1.14(0)1.16 

 .66(0! .68 

 .71(g) -12 



1906. 



1.25(0.-1.28 

 ■92(S) .95 



I.22(SiI.25 



•70® .74 



■ 12® .76 



Antwerp, 



At the regular monthly inscription sale, on May 21, the offer- 

 ings amounted to about 2,}i2 tons. Some of the lots, with the 

 brokers' estimations (in francs per kilogram), were: 



16,281 kilos L'pper Congo Mongala 5.25 



21.OJJ " Upper Congo Mongala 4.00 



21,696 " Upper Congo Mongala 4.25 



22,886 " Upper Congo Aruwimi 5.50 



10,376 " Upper Congo Aruwimi 3.75 



22,261 " Upper Congo ordinary 6.95 



10,346 *' Upper Con^o Equateur 4.00 



13,182 " Congo Kasai-Loanda II. grade 5.50 



4,979 " Straits plantation 7.50® 10.25 



23,980 " Gnayule 2.35 



[Equal to 20^ cents per pound.] 



4,239 kiks Soudan niggles 5.75 



The offerings included two small lots for account of the Ameri- 

 can Congo Co. 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



\_The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.] 

 jVpril 2y.^'By the Dttnstjn^ from Manaos and Para: 



Importers. 

 New York Commercial Co. . 



General Rubber Co 



A. T. Morse & Co 



Edmund Reeks & Co 



Poel & Arnold 



\Vm. E. Peck lS: Co 



Hagemeyer & Drunn 



Total 



M.w _>.— J5y th 

 General Rubber C 

 New York Commercial 



Poel & Arnold , 



/\. T. Morse &- Co 



C. P. dos Sant- s 



\Vm. E. Peck ^S: Co. . 

 Hagemeyer & Crunn.. 

 Edmund Reeks \ Co. 



Fine. Medium, Coarse. Caucho. 



62,000 



I iS,ooo 



6,000 



1,800 



27.000 



26,100 



3.700 



6,800 



5.700 

 11,800 



42.900 

 95.300 

 2.200 

 i5'2oo 

 41.800 

 I [.200 

 24.500 



147,000=; 

 1,900= 



110,200^ 

 67.000= 

 24,800= 



Marciihense, 

 Co.." 



06,000 63.600 

 from Manaos and 

 98,700 20,000 

 8.600 

 700 



45.400 

 5,000 



16,100 

 12.100 

 6,SoQ 



4,600 

 400 



Total, . 



279.600 



241,300 



122.100 



84,000 



73.400 



16.900 



36.300 



Total 184,100 34.300 



Mav 15. — ]W the Scrgipc from Para: 

 Lawrence Johnson & Co.... 41.S00 12.100 



Mav i^.— llv the Ccarcnse from Manaos and P; 



New \'ork Commercial Co . 



A. T. -Morse & Co 156,900 



General Rubber Co 140,500 



Poel & Arnold 30,200 



Hagemeyer & IJrunn i3'-oo 



C. P. do> Santas 



\Vm. E. Peck \- Co 10,700 



Edmund Reeks & Co 4,600 



9,100 

 45.500 

 31.300 

 1 1. 000 



lOTAI. 



384,800 96,900 395.IOO 602,500= 1,479,300 



PARA RUBBER VIA EUROPE. 



I'.iL'.VDS. 



.April 22. — IJy tlie /ir>tif=Eiverpool: 

 W. L. Gough Co. (Caucho) 4.500 



Aprii- 23.^r,y the C(irm<ifira=r-iverpool: 

 New York Commercial Co (Fine) 74,000 

 Roliinson & .Stiles (Coarse) 2,500 76,500 



April 29. — Cy the Cawi/'a'iio=Liverpool: 

 New York Commercial Co (Vine) 39.000 

 \V. L. Gough Co. (Caucho) 5.000 44,000 



.\PRll. 30.^ny the Pennsyl-rania=\\amh\irfi.: 

 VV. L. Gough Co. ( Cancho) 10,000 



May I. — By the .Vatvirre=r.oIivar: 

 (",. Amsinck & Co. (Fine) 



(^ .Amsinck & Co. (Coarse). 



2,500 

 2.500 



5.000 



Nt.w I. — Ily the /,H.?iM«i(i=Liverpo. 1 : 

 New York Cc/mmercial Co. (Fine) 25.000 

 New ^*ork Commercial Co. 



(Coarse) 24.000 



May 7. — I!y the; Panamfl=Mollendo: 

 A. S. Henry (Caucho).. 



May 8. — I'.y the Coroiiia=I.iverp(ol: 

 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 120,000 

 New York Commercial Co. 



(Coarse) 11.500 



May 9. — ny the .l/njiri.((iiir<i=I.iverpoo1: 

 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 



M.VY M.— Hy the B/iici-/ii-r=Hamburg: 

 New York Commercial C'-\ (Fine) 13.500 

 New York ComnK-rcial Co. 



(Coarse) 6,ooa 



\V. I,. Gough Co ( Fine) 2,000 



91,500 

 80,000 



May 14. — Tly the Hfr»n(i=Liverpool: 



New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 



^^AY 16. — Bv the /,HC(i»i'fl=Liverpool: 



General Rubber Co. (Fine) 185.000 



IVbinson & .Stiles (Coarse) 3.500 



May 20. — r.y the .UcJafta=London: 



General Rubber Co. (Fine) 



May 21. — By the CorHiam'a=Liverpool: 

 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 150,000 

 New York Commercial Co. 



(Coarse) 40.000 



A. T. Morse & Co. (Fine) 34.000 



65.000 I ("rf;neral Rubber Co. (Fine) 28.000 252,000 



.May 22. — By the Liijiliiiii<i=Liverpool: 

 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 85,000 



I General Rubber Co. (Fine) 38.000 



I May 22. — Dy the [raWi.rsi-i-=Hamburg 

 21,500 1 New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 



49,poo 



8.500 



131.500 



23.000 

 15.000 



