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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



July i, 1908. 



Wpij^ 



Vol. 38. 



JULY I. 1908. 



No. 4. 



Editorial: 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE. 

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The Control of the Industry 



The Coming of the Taxicab 



Something Doing in Mexico 



International "Trusts" 



The Cost of Rubber on the Amazon 



Rubber and Other Interests in Guatemala 



(With 4 Illustrations. J 



The News of Rubber Culture 



[Mexico Sliipping Plantation Rubber. Mr. Harvey's Treatment 

 of Castiltoa Latex. New Method of Tapping Castilloa. Re- 

 placing/'iVM.s with Hevea. Rubber Planting Results in the 

 Far liast. ] 



Taxicabs Bring a New Demand for Tires 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent. 

 [Pontianak. Technical School for the Rubber Trade. Rubber 

 Solution. Motor Tire Notes. Personal.] 



Other British Rubber Notes 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



[Fountain Syringe Bag with Closing Top. The New Kempshall 

 Golf Balls. Rubber in the Game of Diabolo. Miller's Pyro- 

 graphic Device. "The Little Wonder" Syringe. The -An- 

 derson Fire Hose Coupler. "Velvetcer" Ear and Ulcer 

 Syringe. The ".Xdmiral" Rubber Shoe. Rubber Grips In- 

 stead of Combs. New Tire Filler.] 



[With 10 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



The Late IWonroe Seiberling 



[With 13 Illustrations.] 



The Editor's Book Table 



Our Page of Tire Pictures 



President Apsley Entertains 



Another Decisionfor the Grant Tire 



Obituary 



The Coming London Rubber Exhibition 



Miscellaneous: 



Underground Wires in Boston 



X'orite, A New Substitute 



Echo of Mr. Ballou's Fishing Trip 



India-Rubber Goods Exports from the United States 



Turpentine and the Rubber Industry 



Rubber for Army Balloons 



A New Organ of the Oil Trade 



nexible Molds for Tire Work (.Illustrated) 



Some Wan'ts of the Trade ' 



How Dove Tubes are Made 



The Extraction of Guayule Rubber 



.\n English Rubber Manufacturer (With Portrait) 



Waste Rubber in Russia M.J. Wolpert 



Sterilizing Rubber Gloves 



A German Rubber Washer (Illustrated) 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



The Trade at San Francisco Our Correspondent 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 35° 



United State* Rubber Imports. 



For Ten Months Ending Apml 30. 



1906. 1907- 1908- 



United Kingdom pounds 7.S4I.338 8,711,994 4,147.983 



Germany 3.208,255 3.799,499 2, 1 14,262 



Other Europe 7.070.708 7.749,179 5,243.147 



Central America and Brit- 

 ish Honduras 1,066,378 971.533 818,198 



Mexico 1,091,983 5,510,253 6,987,337 



Brazil 26,033,86a 34,907,630 25,673,701 



Other South America 1,568,850 1,638,645 1,338,445 



East Indies 1,667,605 1,832,423 989,013 



Other countries 24,738 29,503 36,683 



Total 49,273,717 65,150,659 47.348,771 



Value $38,519,189 $50,578,759 $28,496,365 



Average per pound 78.1 cents. 77.6 cents. 60.1 cents. 



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PJaalatioa Rubber From the Far East, 



Statistics for Four Months Ending April 30. 

 exports from the federated malay states. 



1907. 1908. 



Perak .■ pounds 7i,8S3 137,507 



Selangor 389,784 551,730 



Negri Sembilan 136,273 275,943 



Paliang nil nil 



Total 597.910 965,180 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA (INCLUDING ABOVE). 



Singapore. Penang. Total. 



To Great Britain /"OHndi 538,933 267,733 



To Other Europe 28,667 56,400 



To Japan 3,2i3 



To Australia 6,433 



To Ceylon 75,867 



22,959 



806,666 



85,067 



2.3i3 



6,433 



98,826 



Total 653,233 347,092 1,000,325 



Same months, 1907 413,834 46,961 460,79s 



— Barlozv & Co.'s Prices Current. 



RUBBER THE PRODUCE OF CEYLON. 

 [These figures carry the record up to May 4.] 



1907. 



To Great Britain pounds 



To Belgium 



To France 



To Germany 



To Italy 



To India 112 



To Australia 799 



To United States 41,467 



106,590 

 1,820 



9,837 



1908. 



125,574 



119 



8,743 



880 



896 



10,276 



72,280 



Total 160,625 218,768 



Antwerp. 



Antwerp Rubber Statistics for May. 



Details. 1908. 



Stocks, April 30. .kilos 717,913 



Arrivals in May 415,404 



Congo sorts 337.368 



Other sorts 78,036 



Aggregating I,I33,3I7 



Sales in May 361,740 



1,105,879 



252,983 



1,537,217 

 811,966 



923,208 



576,104 



,179,147 

 436,932 



Stocks, May 31 771,577 



Arrivals since Jan. I.. 2, 144, 762 



Congo sorts 1,859,791 



Other sorts 284,971 



725.251 347,104 742,215 



2,281,955 



1,938,228 



343,727 



2,728,448 



2,1 10,079 



618,369 



2,220,288 



1,757.649 



462,639 



2,554,426 



2,128.132 



426,294 



Sales since Jan. I ... .2,380,079 2,187,225 2,738,384 2,414,545 2,423,111 



Rubber Arrivals From the Congo. 

 April 22. — By the steamer Albertville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 

 Societe Colonialc 

 d.T 

 do 



(Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



(Societe -\nversoise) 



(Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



(Coraite Special Katanga) 



Anversoise (Societe Ikelemba) 



(Beige due Haut Congo) 



(Cie. du Kasai) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 



May 13. — By the steamer Leopoldville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) . .ii7« 



•* (Anversoise) 



•* (Chemins de fer Grands I^cs) 



" (Societe Abir) 



" (Comite Special Katanga) 



" (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



44,000 



23,500 



9,600 



22,200 



27,300 



1,500 



4,500 



4.200 



57,300 



2,600 



196,700 



Societe Coloniale -Anversoise. .. (Beige du Haut Congo) 



** (Cie. du Lomami) 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 



M. S. Cols. .■.■.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.■.■.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'. 



June 2. — By the steamer Bru.reUesville: 



Bunge 8: Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 



Do 



Do (-Anversoise) 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 



Do Comite Special Katanga) 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. ... (Beige du Haut Congo) 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 



Do (Sud Cameroon) 



Societe C*ncrale de Commerce (.Mimaienne) 



Charles Dethier (American Congo Co.) 



L. & W. Van de Velde 



70,000 

 45.500 



5.10O 

 14,000 



9,000 



8,000 

 16,000 



2,200 



14.900 



16,100 



168,000 



4,000 

 350 



44.200 



6,800 



7,600 



123,200 



2,200 

 1,400 

 9,700 

 950 

 4.850 

 11,650 

 8.400 

 2,500 

 1,500 



373,'50 



