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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Septemrer I. 190S. 



THE AMAZON RUBBER MOVEMENT. 



'T'HE exports of crude rubber from the Amazon region during 

 * the crop season ending June 30 were smaller than for the 

 preceding year by some 1,690 tons, though otherwise the largest 

 on record. The Amazon rubber exports as taken into account 

 at Para may be classed as follows. Para being credited with the 

 quantities actually shipped from there, no matter where pro- 

 duced. The remaining quantities were shipped direct from Ma- 

 naos, Serpa and Iquitos. via Para, to Europe or New York : 

 [Tlic Figures Indicate IVeiglit in KHograiiis.] 



Shipped From New York. Europe. Total. 



Para 7.654-379 8,929,891 16.584,270 



Manaos and Serpa 6,957,687 10.377,364 17.335,051 



Iqiiitos 43,195 ^.470.403 2,513,598 



Total 14.655,261 21,777,658 36,432,919 



The shipments credited to Para this year are proportionately 

 smaller than last year, which would indicate that a smaller share 

 of the .A.cre product went to Para for export, being handled in- 

 stead at Manaos. 



The rubber is classed as to grades as follows : 



Gr.\des. New York. Europe. Total. 



Fine 7.085,285 1 1.571.600 18.656,885 



Mediiun I.5I-2.737 1,623.205 3.135.942 



Coarse 4.369,887 3,455.442 7.825,329 



Total 1.687.352 5.1^7.411 6.714,763 



Total 14,655.261 21,777,658 36,432.919 



The actual exports from Manaos and Iquitos between July i, 

 1907, and June 30. 1908, differ slightly, of course, from the ship- 

 ments from Manaos and beyond actually passing Para between 

 those dates, since several days are consumed in river transit. 

 The destination of these shipments was as follows : 



Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



New York kilos 3,787,853 877,485 1,266.683 1,019,923 6,951,944 



Liverpoci 3.748,570 858,194 1.370,197 2,701,339 8,678.300 



Havre-Hamburg 2,398,809 194,992 1,140,554 1,013,281 4,047,636 



Total 9,935.232 1,930,671 3,077,434 4,734.543 19.677.880 



Manaos shipments include the products of Amozonas state, 

 part of the .Acre territory product, and rubber in transit from 

 Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. The details of Iquitos (Peru) 

 rubber passing Manaos were : 



Fine 989,485 



Medium 150,975 



Coarse 441,818 



Caucho 931.210 



Total 2.513,488 



This rubber probably shows a large proportion of "medium" 

 on being regraded in the consuming markets. 



The Year's Arrivals at Para. 

 The figures which follow relate, not to exports, as do the pre- 

 ceding figures, but to all the arrivals at Para during the crop 

 year 1907-08: 



Sot.'RCE. Rubber. Caucho. Total. 



Rio Purus tons 3,664 658 4.322 



Rio Jurua 1,028 129 i.i57 



Rio Madeira 873 225 1.098 



Manaos 68 6 74 



Manaos, transit 13,155 4,175 17,330 



Rio Tapajos 941 103 1,044 



Rios Xingii-Jary 859 57 916 



Islands 5,504 . ■; . 5,504 



Canicta 2,000 . . . 2,000 



Rio Tocantins ... 684 684 



Peru 1,077 1448 2.525 



Total 29,169 7,485 36-654 



F. W. Clements, of Melbourne, points out in London Electrical 

 Review that the soiling of electric wires in household use is a 

 source of short circuiting, as the ammonia thus set free dissolves 

 the rubber insulation. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE 



EXPORTS FROM THE TTNITED STATES. 



""PHE following is an official statement of value of exports of 

 •*■ manufactures of india-rubber and gutta-percha from the 

 United States for ten fiscal years, ending June 30 : 

 Belting. Boots All 



and Other Tot.\l, 



Shoes. Rubber. 



$1,614,290 $3,743,040 

 1,231,898 3.729.643 

 1,221,159 1,505,082 

 994,100 1,214.342 

 879,476 1,086,364 

 819.985 1,056,491 

 634,146 1,046,315 

 565,726 7-24.015 



541,830 420,746 



( a ) 260,886 



Years. Packing 



and Hose. 



1907-08 $1,347,775 



1906-07 1.253.369 



1905-06 

 1904-05 

 1903-04 

 1902-03 

 1901-02 

 1900-01 

 iSgg-oc 

 1898-99 



;.966.I44 



-.57-.375 

 2,469,750 

 2.299,875 

 1,781,941 

 1.7-27.527 

 1.405,212 

 1,504.499 



16,705,105 

 6.214,910 

 5.692,38s 

 4.780,817 

 4.435.590 

 4.176,351 

 3,462,402 

 3.017,268 

 2.367,788 

 1.765,385 



[a — Included in ".Ml Other Rubber.") 



SHIPMENTS TO NON-CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 



For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908: 

 Belting 

 Territories. Packing 



and Hose. 



.Alaska $76,977 



Hawaii 45.3-27 



Porto Rico 7.930 



Philippines 32,368 



Total $162,602 



$217,801 $615,447 



$235,044 



BRAZILIAN IMPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS, 



Official statement of values (in milreis). during five calendar 

 year. [These figures doubtless fail to include many articles em- 

 bracing more or less rubber, but classified under other headings 

 than manufactures of rubber.] 



From — 1903. 



Germany 873,250 



United States 150,226 



France 289,37 1 



Great Britain 767.308 



Italy 189.872 



Other countries .... 104,237 



__ Total 2.374.823 



Equivalent with exchange at 12 pence for the first two years, 



and about 15)2 pence in 1905, 1906, and 1907: 



1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907- 



U. S. gold $577-853-81 $554,966.41 $693,140.00 $596,161.50 $526,679.40 

 Sterling . £118,74135 £114,03825 £142,43085 £116,955 £108,225 los 



The Brazilian figures, as might be expected, do not correspond 

 with the statistics of other countries of rubber exports to Brazil, 

 owing, if for no other reason, to differences in classification. 

 The United States report rubber goods exports to Brazil during 

 six fiscal years (ending June 30), in value as follows: 



1901-02 $17,922 1904-05 $51-332 



1902-03 27,797 1905-06 42.080 



1903-04 29,419 1906-07 56,012 



The rubber heel is now put on a good many welt shoes. The 

 best way is to put them on by hand, as the machine will drive 

 the nails crookedly and interfere with the heel trimming machine. 

 Heeling machines can be used to nail on rubber heels, but to 

 nail them on perfectly flat is yet an impossibility with the 

 present makes of heeling machines. The rubber heel nailed on 

 by machine wilt always be higher at the breast than at the rear 

 of heel. — .-imerican Shoeinaking. 



Unless fire hose is likely to encounter a freezing temperature 

 it is not necessary to perfectly drain the water out, as the rub- 

 ber lining is not injured by dampness within, but on the con- 

 trary is benefited by remaining in a moist condition, and all 

 rubber lined hose should have water passed through it at fre- 

 quent intervals, to moisten the rubber. — Eureka Directions Con- 

 cerning Hose. 



