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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Septemrer I, 1908. 



Vol. 38. 



SEPETEMBER I. 1908. 



No. 6. 



TABLE or CONTENTS 



Editorial: 



This Month at Olympia 39i 



Railways in Africa and Rubber 39^ 



A Hel'-) to Business 392 



The Modernization of Russia 393 



Minor Editorial 393 



The Amazon Rubber Movement 394 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 394 



The Guayule Rubber Situation 395 



[W'itll 3 Illustrations.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 397 

 [Rubber and the Turpentine Industry. New Rubber Buffer. 

 A Patent Water Meter. Rubber in Tobago. British Guiana 

 Rubber. ^Motor Tractors in War Service.] 



London Rubber Exhibition 398 



Atlantic Cable Jubilee 398 



India-Rubber Interests in Europe 399 



[With an Illustration.] 



The Largest Solution Plant 400 



[With Portrait of Thomas W. Miller.] 



Alum for Coagulating "Castiloa" Latex 401 



[FoIIowtd bv Notes on Progress in Rubber Culture Generally.] 

 [With an Illustration.] 



Planting Castilloa in Colombia 402 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



An Alleged Fraud in Rubber 403 



Rubber in the Congo Free State 404 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 405 



[United States, Great Britain, France.] 



Miscellaneous: 



\'iews on Plantation Rubber 393 



.\ Rubber Reinforcer 393 



Mexican Guayule Patents 396 



"Rubber Heels and Religion" 400 



"Tabbyite" is the Latest 404 



Rubber Trade Paralysis in Ashanti 406 



The Late William M. Habirshaw 407 



[With Portrait.] 



The Analysis of India-Rubber. 



Erunn Meyer, Ph.D. 40S 

 New Rubber Goods in the Market 409 



[With II Illustrations.] 



The Growing Field for Rubber Tires 411 



[The Ta.xicab and Automobile Trades. Tire Company Notes. 

 With 5 Illustrations.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade 415 



The Trade at San Francisco Our Correspondent 413 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 413 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 419 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [Augrust i] : 



Fine Para. — The market has been active during the month, and prices 

 after advancing for the first half have gradually declined, and close 

 practically the same as last month; American demand was no tloubt re- 

 sponsible for the advance, but as the orders from the States have ceased, 

 we cannot look for much improvement till they again come along. Receipts, 

 we understand, are to be liberal and early, so this, if correct, will tend to 

 keep prices down. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [July 31] : 



Fluctuations in prices of Para grades during the month were small. Fol- 

 lowing the active demand from America for old imports of Bolivian and 

 Uprircr fine prices of these two advanced to 4.1. td. and 4^. oYid., re- 

 spectively. With cessation of this demand, and also owing to speculative 

 sales of forward delivery, prices receded. Trade reports both in Europe 

 and America show some improvement, but it is too early to say with con- 

 fidence that normal conditions have returned. Meanwhile demftnd seems 

 sufficient to absorb the available supplies, and prices should therefore 

 remain about steady for actual rubber. 



The World's Visible Supply of Par.\, July 31. 



1908. 1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 1903. 



Tons 3692 2741 2830 2275 1665 2550 



Prices, hard line 3/10 4/9^1 S/^Ya. S/d'A 4/ii^4 4/0J/2 



Liverpool Stocks of African Rubber, July 31. 



1908 391 1905 371 1902 516 



1907 289 1904 473 1901 728 



1906 388 1903 371 1900 823 



R. Singlehurst & Co., Limited, have been registered in England 

 with £ioo,coo capital to acquire the business of R. Singlehurst & 

 Co., of Liverpool, and to adopt an agreement with G. Brockle- 

 hurst and F. Brocklehurst, and to carry on a business of mer- 

 chants and shippers in Great Britain, at Para, and elsewhere. 

 They are handlers to an important extent of crude rubber. 



Plaatatioa Rubber From the far East. 



Exports From Ceylon (Janu.\ry i — June 29.) 



[Including 8,000 pounds not the produce of Ceylon.] 



Pounds. 



Tq Great Britain 182,617 



To France 1,054 



To Germany 13-738 



To Denmark 186 



Tq Italy 880 



To India 896 



To Australia 12,834 



Pounds. 

 To United States 94,6oo 



Total 306,805 



Same dates, 1907. .209,618 



Same dates, 1906. .139,697 



Same dates, 1905 . . 49.773 



Same dates, 1904. . 36,000 



Exports From the Feder.\ted AIalay States. 

 States. 1907. 



Perak pounds 98,591 



Selangor 554.324 



Negri Sembilan 208,610 



Pahang 



1908. 

 189.633 

 866,567 

 325,958 



Total 861,525 1,382,158 



Total Exports From Malay.\ (January i — June 26). 



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

 neighboring territory, but not including Ceylon.] 



Singapore. 



To Great Britain founds 845,467 



To Other Europe 37a67 



To United States 400 



To Japan 4.267 



To Australia 11,500 



To Ceylon 116,267 



Total 1,015,368 



Same dates, 1907 631,368 



Same dates, 1906 257,600 



Penang. 



392.800 



74,000 



33,810 



500.610 

 61,894 

 40,534 



Total. 



1,238,267 



111,467 



400 



4.267 



11,500 



150,077 



1.515,978 

 693,262 

 298,134 



Yield Of Plantations In Pounds. 



ValUiiiibrosa Rubber Co.: 1908. 



Four months ended July 31 70,785 



Kcpitigalla Rubber Estates: 

 Twelve months ended March 31 32,264 



Liiiggi Plantations: 



May 15,500 



Anglo-Malay Rubber Co.: 

 Six months ended June 30 154,786 



Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates: 

 Si.x months ended June 30 39,38l 



Bez'crlae i Selangor) Rubber Co.: 

 Six months ended June 30 19,615 



Perak Rubber Plantations: 

 May 3,226 



Highlands and Lotvlands Para Rubber Co.: 

 Six months ended June 30 81,656 



Rubber Receipts at Manaot for July. 



From— 190S. 1907. 



Rio Puriis-.-\cre tons 206 234 



Rio Madeira 292 180 



Rio Jurua 52 31 



Rio Javary-Iquitos 8 7 



Rio Solimoes II 16 



Total 569 468 



Caucho 143 101 



Total 712 569 



1907. 

 69,069 



42,612 



77,555 



19,002 



10,200 



2,337 



1906. 



421 



266 



26 



23 



IS 



751 

 1-13 



894 



