April 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



395 



Rubhide 



Shellac, fine orange 



Soapstone, powdered 



Starch, corn, powdered 



Sulphur chIori<Ie (drums) 



Sulphur, flowers 



flour, velvet, Ilrooklyn brand. 



Sulphuric .%cid, 60° 



Talc, American 



Toluol, pure 





bolted 



Chinese 



English 



bayberry 



carnauba 



ozokerite, black 

 green 



rifined, 118/120 m. p. (cases). 

 123/125 m. p. (cases). 

 128/ 130m. p. (cases). 



Wond IMllp. N> 



lb. 



iid brand 



. .f. 0. b. factory Ih. 

 . . f . o. b. factory Ih. 

 I, f. o. b. factory th. 

 . . f. o. b. factory tb. 

 1 . . f . o. h. factory Ih. 



lb. 



lb. 



.07 y^m 



.09 /i@ 

 ■06% @ 

 .24M@ 

 .24 @ 



•09 -M 

 .25 J^ 



MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS. 



KGVPTI.\N COTTO.N". 

 ly 4.\IL advices from Alexandria, dated February 15, .'^tatc that 

 ^^*- tlic market has advanced steadily, recording the highest 

 prices since 1910-1911. F. G. F. Sakelarides has brought from 

 iHVi to 28.>'4. The continued demand for spot cotton and the 

 high prices obtaining appear to be the primary causes of this 

 recent advance. The insufficiency of the crop is already being 

 tcit, resulting in a bullish speculative market that may continue 

 to support the present high prices during the coming month. 

 However, later in the week the appearance on the market of 

 about 50,0(X) bales served as a check to the speculators. 



SK.\ ISLAND COTTON. 

 The liulk (if unsold cotton is said to lie held by exporters and 

 interior dealers who are holding for higher prices. All the lower 

 tirades have been sold and now the better sorts arc in deiuand. 

 During the last week of the month Islands e.xtra fine was firmly 

 held at 34 cents landed. The market for Florida and Georgia 

 was very steady with hardening prices and limited offerings. The 

 la^l sales reiiorted wore on a basis of 32 ■)<( cents for Fancy 



iKlC: 



The fundamental reasons that now influeiue the general con- 

 ditions of the fabric market arc eijually reflected in tire fabrics, 

 hose and belting, duck, yarn, dyed goods and cotton raincoat 

 cloth. In fact, the great demand continues to engage the ener- 

 getic efTorts of the producers in meeting contract obligations 

 promptly and handling the large volume of new business. 



T'"al)ric mills have sold their production for a year ahead and 

 new contracts arc now being written with a war clause, cover- 

 ing the uncertainly r)f raw cottpn shipments. The freight cup- 

 gestion has increased the difficulties of obtaining raw material 

 and general mill supplies. The same cause in many instances 



has resulted in factory shipments being delayed, causing the con- 

 signees serious loss. Fabric mills that are located near muni- 

 tion plants arc unable to keep a full complement of labor on ac- 

 count of the high wages offered by the manufacturers of war 

 materials. Moreover, strikes and labor differences continue to 

 beset the manufacturers of fabrics. 



It is therefore not at all surprising that prices have advanced 

 throughout the entire list with small prospect of lower values 

 for the immediate future, at least. 



folio 



e New York quotations 



(Subject to change without noti 



.\cropl.nnc and IJalloon Fabrics: 



inisutla, S. A. I. L. No. 1, 40-inch 



No. 4, 38!^-inch 



o/x rt. ae-inch 



Wool Stockinettes— 52-inch: 



.March 30. 1916: 



$0.22 @ 

 .22 @ 



G— 8-c 

 II— 11-. 

 I— 9-( 



Sea Islan<l, combed. 

 Kgyptian, combed.... 

 Egyptian, carded . . . 



Shcetnig: 

 40-inch 2.35-yard 

 40-incb 2.50-yard 

 4Q-inch 2.70-yard 

 4Q-inch 2.85-yard 

 40inch 3.15-yard 



Osnaburgs: 



2.48-yard . . 

 lanical Ducks 



40-inch 2.47-yard 

 52-inch 1.90-yard 



12/1 



Imported Woolen Fabrics Spe 



hcrizing — Plain and Fancies 



63-inch, 3^4 to 714 ounces, per square yard. . 



.?6.inch, 2)4 to 5 ounces, per square yard 



Imported Vlaid Lining (Union and Cotton) 



63-inch, 2 to 4 ounces, per square yard 



36.incli, 2 to 4 oinice? per square yard 



lly Prepared for Uub- 



Domcstic Worsted Fabrics: 

 ) inch, 4V4 to 8 ounces, per square yard. 



Domestic Woven Plain Linings (Cottoi 

 1-inch, Hi to 3 ounces, per square yard. 



Raincoat Cloth (Cotton): 



11.35 ^ 



9.10 @ 



9.40 @ 



15.50. (* 



