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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1917. 



paraffin gal. .27 @ .28 



pine fcascs) gal. .48 @ 



pine tar gal. .28 @ 



rapesced. blown gat. l.SO (3) 1.60 



rosin gal. .32 @ 



tar (cases) gal. .27 (a> .34 



soluble aniline colors, yellow, orange lb. "2.50 @ 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. .15 @ 



F*aragol. soft and medium (carloads) civl. 11.95 (fi) 



hard <-M. 11.45 @ 



Petrolatum lb. .OS'ACt 



Petroleum erease lb. .04 !^ fl> .04}^ 



Pine tar retort bbl. 15,00 (a 



kiln W>;. 14.00 @ 



Pitch, burgundy lb. .04'Aii 



coal tar lb. .0OH@ 



pine tar lb. .02 (p) 



Plaster of paris bbl. 2.00 @ 3.00 



Prussian blue lb. .70 («i 



Pumice stone, posvdered (bbls.) lb. .03J^@ 



Keclaimed rubber, Standard shoe reclaim lb. .16^@ .16'/^ 



Standard tire reclaim lb. .20'A@ .21J4 



Resin, Pontianak, refined lb. •.28 @ 



Branulated Ih. '.25 @ 



fused lb. •.25 gs 



Rosin. K, (280 lbs.) bbl. 6.25 & 



Rotten stone, powdered lb. .02'A<^ .04 



Rubber black lb. .06 @ 



Rubber substitute, black lb. .09'Am .14 



white lb. .14 @ .18 



brown lb. .14 @ .18 



Rubhide lb. ".38 @ 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .62 @ .65 



Silfx (silica) Ion 25.00 ftii.W.Ofl 



Soapstone, powdered ton 16.50 @20.OO 



.Starch, powdered corn (carload, bbls.) cwt. 6.08 @ 



(carload, bags) cvtt. 5.95 (S) 



Sulphur chloride (drums) lb. .OS.'A@ .09'A 



Sulphur, Hour, velvet brand (carloads) cwt. 3.95 @ 



Bergeiipoit flour cwt. 3.95 & 4.50 



Talc, American ton 16.50 @20.00 



French ton 47.50 (ni48.00 



Tar. coal hhl. 4.25 @ 



Toluol, pure gal. 1.75 (ai 2.00 



Tripoli earth, powdered ton 60.00 & 



bolted ton 65.00 (ffi 



Turpentine, pure gum spirits sal. .43 0) 



wood gal. .38 @ 



Venice lb. .10 @ 



Ultiam.Trine blue lb. .22 (a .50 



Vermilion lb. *.65 (3) .80 



Chinese 'fr. 2.50 @ 



English lb. 1.90 @2.00 



Wax, beeswax, white lb. .68'A@ .70 



ceresin, white lb. .12 @ .20 



carnauba lb. .41 @ .55 



rzokerite, black /ft. .48 @ .60 



green lb. .68 @ .70 



montan lb. .32 @ .33 



paraffin, refined 118/120 m. p. (cases) lb. .09'A@ 



123/125 m. p. (cases) lb. .10 ® 



128/130 m. p. (cases) lb. .11 @ 



133/136 m. p. (cases) lb. .UVim 



Whiting, Alba cwt. 1.00 @ 1.25 



cnmmeicial cwt. 1.25 @ 



gilders cwt. 1.35 @ 



Paris, white, American cwt. 1.50 (fit 



English cliffstonc cwt. 1.75 @2.00 



Wood pulp .XXX ton 35.00 & 



Yellow ochre lb. .04 ® 



india rubber '*. 1.50 @ 



Zinc oxide, American process, horsehead biand 



"XX red" f. 0. b. factory.. ;fr. .10^5(3 



"special" f. o. b. factory . .;fc. .11 @ 



French process, red seal f. o. b. factory, .lb. .ISM® 



green seal. .f. o. b. factory, ./fc. .15^<^ 



white seal. .f. 0. b. factory, .ifc. .\(>'/i@ 



Zinc sulphide, pure ">• *.07H@ 



• Nominal prices. 



THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS. 



Copyright 1917. 



NEW YORK. 



DURING the last week in June the apprehension of a .short 

 crop of American cotton was increased by report of 

 drought in the producing centers and resulted in all deliveries 

 being marked up to or above the 27-cent level. These high 

 record figures caused considerable liquidation without materially 

 disturbing the market, but the publication of the government's 

 crop report on July 2, forecasting a better crop condition than 

 was anticipated, broke the market and active selling ensued. On 

 July 5 spot cotton was quoted 25.45 cents and October deliveries 

 were 24.53 cents. The government figures indicate a yield of 

 11,633,000 bales, excluding linters, compared to 11,449,930 bales, 

 the actual production of last season. As the month progressed, 

 reports of beneficial show'ers in the South gave strength to the 

 market and prices rallied ; however, irregularity and frequent 

 fluctuations were marked features. On July 25 spot middling 

 cotton was 25.65 cents with October futures around 23.82 cents. 

 According to preliminary statistics compiled by the Bureau 



of Census, the amount of cotton consumed in June, 1917, was 

 575,122 bales, compared with 570,597 bales for the correspond- 

 ing month in 1916. Cotton on hand in consuming establishments 

 on June 30 was 1,749,738 bales against 1,835,089 bales for the 

 same date last year, and the" amount in public storage and at 

 compresses was 1,406,821 and 1,. 520,370 bales, respectively. 



EcivPTiAN Cotton. Nothing delinite has occurred to relieve 

 the Egyptian cotton situation occasioned by the British embargo. 

 This season's crop has been disappointing in quantity, 120,731 

 hales being imported into the United States froin August 1, 1916, 

 to June 20, 1917, compared to 192,795 bales for the same period 

 last year. The progress of the new crop which will coinc on 

 the market in the next two months is not encouraging, although 

 it is too early to forecast accurately, as the crop is made or 

 marred in August and Scpteiriber. It is confidently expected 

 that by the time the new crop is ready for shipment ample ship- 

 ping arrangements will have been made, either by lifting the 

 embargo or by the establishment of a direct service between 

 .A.lexandria and this country. This question is of greatest im- 

 portance to the rubber industry as it is estimated that 80 per 

 cent of the Egyptian cotton imports is consumed by the tire 

 trade. 



Sea Island Cotton. The southern markets are closed for the 

 season as the old crop has been marketed and sold. There has 

 been an increase in the acreage of Islands planted this year and 

 in consequence estimates for the coming crop range from 8,000 

 to 10,000 bales, while the Georgia and Florida acreage has in- 

 creased from 10 to 30 per cent. The crop, taken as a whole, is 

 doing fairly well, although two or three weeks late. The ap- 

 pearance of boll weevil in certain sections has caused some ap- 

 prehensions : the final result, however, will be dependent on 

 weather conditions during the next two or three months and, 

 if favorable, there is reason to expect a crop equal to that of 

 last year. 



.A.IRPLANE Fabrics. Tlic market has been featured by a steady 

 call during the past month for both No. 1 40-inch and No. 4 

 38K'-inch balloon fabrics. The scarcity of Egyptian cotton has 

 seriously complicated the situation, with the result that long 

 staple American is being substituted. 



Hose and Belting Duck. Government requirements are 

 crowding the mills to full capacity, and business has been most 

 active. There seems to be no diminution in the civilian demand, 

 unusual at this time of the year, for mechanical fabrics, as the 

 trade appears to be laying in stocks of trianufactured goods in 

 anticipation of future requirements. 



Raincoat Fabrics. The local market is very active, the de- 

 mand for 64-60 Bombazine being particularly heavy due to gov- 

 ernment orders, and all raincoat makers are extremely busy on 

 war contracts. Civilian business is practically at a standstill. 



Sheetings, Drills, Osnaburgs. Government business is the 

 cause of the unprecedented activity prevailing in this market. 

 The civilian call for all grades continues unabated, a most un- 

 usual condition for the sumiuer season. Tlie fabric mills show 

 no signs of slowing down and are well sold up into March of 

 next year. 



Tire Fabrics. The tire fabric market is dominated by the 

 Egj'ptian cotton situation occasioned by the embargo. If suffi- 

 cient supply of the raw material is permitted to reach this 

 country within the next two months, the trade will not suffer. 

 Meanwhile, consumers are quietly experiinenting with long staple 

 -American grades as possible substitutes should the usual supply 

 of Egyptian cotton be unavailable. 



The anticipation that the government would require a large 

 part of the capacity of the tire fabric mills has not been realized. 

 It was found inexpedient and too costly to operate tire fabric 

 looms on the coarse product required by the government. In 

 the absence of government business the tire fabric market has 

 been quiet and a perceptible easiness in deliveries noticed dur- 

 ing the past month. Prices have been generally firm and 



