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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



August 1, 1908. 



Vol. 38. 



AUGUST 1, 1908. 



No. 5. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial: 



The Curse of the Callow Critic 



The London Rubber Congress 



Rubber Supplies and Prices 



The Manv Books on Rubber 



Minor Erfitorial 



The Editor's Book Table 



The London Rubber Exhibition 



New England Rubber Club's Mid-Summer Outing 



[With an Illustration.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Corrcxf^oitdetit. 

 [The Franco British Exhibition. Rubber Planting. Rubber Cov. 



ered Rollers. New Rubber Solvent. The Belt Conveyor. 



Personal Mention.] 

 An English Rubber Fraud 



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The Anatomical Structure of Guayule. 

 Insulated Wire Saturating Tanks 



Alfred Dominibus 



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.\nti-Kattler. 

 Shirt Waist Belt. 

 Expansion Bucket. 

 Tire Repair Kit. 



IV. C. Coleman 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



[.\ Mjtor Driven Eraser. The Glaseptic Nebulizer. Hartford 



Hood .\nti-Kattler. Cover's Rubber Goggle. The "Grip Fast" 



"Elite" Screw Cap Ice Bag. Standard 



The "Ideal" Swinging Hose Rack. Cox 



Sponge Rubber Truss Pads.] 



[\\'ith 10 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[United States. Great liritain. Trance.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Prize for an Essav on Rubber 



The Late Henry B. Chamberlain {Illustrated) 



Hydrolene B — 260 



Lipton's Tea Profits 



A Mexican Rubber Yarn 



Progress of Wireless Telegraphy 



A Large Rubber Belt {Illustrated) 



Increasing Yield of Balata 



A New Jar Ring Machine (Illustrated) 



Effect of Tires on Roads 



Sewing Horeshoe Pads {Illustrated) 



Steel Vulcanizing Reels {Illustrated) 



The John .\. Roebling Statue (Illustrated) 



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The Late Charles H. Dale 



[With a Portrait.] 



Planting Results in the Far East 



Planting Results in Mexico 



The Rubber Tire Field 



[With an Illustration.] 



Rubber Interests in Europe 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 



The Trade in Akron Our Correspondent 



The Trade in Canada 



The Trade in Canada 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



United Statet Rubber Imports, 



For Eleven Months Ending May 31. 



I'kom — 1906. 



United Kingdom pounds 8,082,221 



Germany 3.319769 



Other Europe 8,136,107 



Central America and 



British Honduras 1,167,391 



Mexico 1,149,940 



Brazil 28,253,754 



Other South .America 1,695,010 



East Indies 1,787-734 



Otlaer Countries 87,999 



Total 53.949.9^5 



Value $42,195,242 



Average, per pound... 78.3 cents 



Plaatation Rubber From the Far East. 



St.vtistics for Five Months Ending M.w 31. 

 rubber the produce of ceylon. 



1907. 1908. 



To Great Britain founds 115.432 144.988 



To Belgium 1,989 



To France 17 1.054 



To Germany 10,382 12,240 



To Australia 799 i i,S43 



To United States 44.479 78,69s 



To other countries 112 1,930 



Total 173.210 250,450 



RUBBER FROM M.\L.\Y.\. 



Singapore. Penang. Total., 



To Great Britain founds 694,533 338,267 1,032,800 



To Other Europe 31,467 66,933 98,40a 



To United States 4CX) 400. 



To Japan 3,333 .... 3,333, 



To Australia 10,166 10,166 



To Ceylon 85,067 33,8io 1 18,877 



Total 824,966 439,010 1,263,976 



Same months, 1907 546,435 56,961 603,396 



Plaatatioa Rubber in London. 



June 26. — About 3y tons Straits and 4 tons Ceylon offered at 

 to-day's auction. less than half the amount finding buyers. 

 Sales at an irregular advance of irf.@ij4(/. per pound over auc- 

 tion prices a fortnight ago. Fine sold at 4s. up to 4J. ^^d. 

 [=$1.07], with hard line Para at 3s. loY^d. [=94^4 «•]• 7'\ne plan- 

 tation one year ago sold up to $s. yVzd. [=$1.36^4]- Gow, Wilson 

 ce Stanton, Lim., report of to-day's sale : ''The most interesting 

 lot catalogued was a consignment of 200 cases (lotons?) of fine 

 block from Lanadron estate (Messrs. Pears) ; this, however, was 

 withdrawn from auction ; the seller's limit of about 4$. 6(f. 

 [=$1.09^] per pound net being obtainable in the room. 



July 3. — No auctions this week. Lewis & Peat report that the 

 market has been firm during the week, with considerable sales,, 

 including fine hard Para at 35. ild. to 3s. liyid. [^96^4 cents]. 

 In plantation Para not >much doing. Small sales of biscuit and 

 sheets up to 4.5. 2}/rf. [^1.02 1/3], and of fine block at 4s. 4d. 

 [=$1.05^2]. 



July 10. — .^t to-day's auctions, of 521 packages of Ceylon 

 and Straits plantation 383 found buyers at an advance of 2d. to 

 3d. on last auction sales. The finer qualities were in good re- 

 quest, the highest price of the sale, 4^-. 8d. [^1.13!/$] being paid 

 for Warriapola estate pale biscuits, Ellakande pale crepe coming 

 next with 4s. yVsd. [=$1.12%], the quotation for sheet and bis- 

 cuits being 4^. 3K>rf. to 4s. 3}id. [^1.04.0] per pound. Pressed 

 "rambong" (Ficus) sheet from Java fetched 3s. oYad. [=74 

 cents]. The price of rubber now stands at the highest point 

 touched since October, 1907, and hard fine Para is about is. 3d. 

 above the lowest price recorded in February of zs. gd. [=66% 

 cents per pound. 



July 17. — Small sales privately at about rates last auction. No 

 auction this week. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



UuRiNti June and twelve months of the crop season for three 



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



igo8. 1907. 1906. 1907-8. 1906-7. 1905-6. 



Kii. I'urus-.\cre. . . .(OHi 8j 102 249 8.939 8,357 6.970 



Rio lladeira 57 194 148 3,009 3.514 2,972 



Rio Jurua 141 65 245 4.337 4.894 3.9*8 



Rio Tavary-Iquitos 18 126 21 2,524 2,978 2,866 



Rio Solimoes 3 7 16 1,137 933 >.058 



Rio Negro 12 17 35 608 632 70a 



Total 314 5" 714 20,554 21,308 18,554 



Caucho 483 330 482 6,310 5,467 5,099 



Total 797 841 1.196 26,864 26,775 J3.653 



For shipment from 



Manaos 735 732 912 20,145 10.837 18,212 



Para 62 109 284 6,719 6,938 5,441 



Total 797 841 1,196 26,864 26,775 23.65] 



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1907. 

 9.573,403 

 4,291.382 

 8.558,308 



1,093,266 

 6,232,753 

 38,064.613 

 1,742,647 

 2,101,897 

 31,071 



71,689,400 



?55.379,907 

 78,1 cents 



1908. 

 5,637,750 

 2,352.305 

 6,038,608 



853.515 



7.550,515 



29,624,760 



1.394,324 



1,136,564 



54,626,074 

 $32,481,724 



59.5 cents 



