November 1, 1918.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW RUBBER PRICES. 



October. 



1918. 1917. 1916. 

 Plantations: -Mlocated and Free. 



First latex crepe $0.62@0.37 $0.65 @$.62}4 



Smoked sheet ribbed 61@ .35 .64 @ .61 



Upriver, fine 66@ .56 .66K@ •63i<J $O.80@0.71 



Upriver, coarse 36(n' .30 .46 @ AZYi .46@ .42 



Islands, fine 59@ .44 .55 @ .50 .71@ .60 



Islands, coarse 2S(3' .20 .29 @ .27 .33® .29 



Cameta 29(^.21 .30 (S .28 .35@.31 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [September 12, 1918]: 

 Tbe weekly rubber auction held yesterday and to-day saw a much im- 

 proved demand and a welcome rise in prices. Fine ribbed smoked sheet sold 

 up to 55^2 cents per pound (8;^ cents above last week's best), but the 

 bidding for this grade was somewhat erratic, only a very few lots having 

 fetched more than 54 cents. The demand for sheet eased off in the latter 

 part of the sale, and the highest paid in the concluding stage was 52J^ 

 cents. Fine pale crepe was in good demand throughout, up to 55 cents, 

 which shows an increase of Tyi cents on the week. Lower grades were 

 well competed for, at an advance averaging four to five cents. Small 

 quantities of plain smoked and unsmoked sheet found buyers at fairly 

 good prices. Some 676 tons were sold, out of 867 tons cataloged. 

 The following was the course of values: 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore, per Pound in 



per Pound.i London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 48c @ 55"^c 1/ b'A @ 1/ SJi 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 38 @ 47}4 1/ iVi @ 1/ 6^ 



-Sheet, plain smoked 37 @ 40 1/ 3ji @ 1/ 4^4 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked 31K @ 40 1/ 1^ @ 1/ 4% 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 27 @ 1/ H @ 



Crepe, fine pale 52 @ 55 1/ 7M @ 1/ 8/2 



Crepe, good pale 3S @ 50 1/ 3Ji @ 1/ 7^ 



Crepe, fine brown 34 @39 1/ 2H @ 1/ 4 



Cr6pe, good brown : 26^ @ 33 J^ 1/ 0}^ @ 1/ 254 



Crepe, dark 20 @ 28'^ /lO^ @ 1/ 1 



Crepe, bark 12^ @23 / 8jl @ /llj^ 



Scrap, viruin and pressed 12 @ 21"^ / &ii @ /U'A 



Scrap, loose IS'A @ /10K@ 



iQuoted in S. S. currency. 



MONTHLY IMPORTATIONS OF CRUDE RUBBER 

 INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



Pla 



1918. 



P.^RA 



January . .toni 1S,201 710 



February 9,715 3,108 68 



March 14,999 1,699 52 



April 12,703 481 58 



May 13,783 2.019 174 



June 21,787 2.146 10 



July 13,657 2.260 28 



August 8,473 1,744 61 



September 4,613 311 124 



(From figures compiled by The Rubbe 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF 

 NEW YORK. 



In compliance with the Government's request, dates and names 

 of vesses have been deleted in the following statistics : 

 [The Figures Indicate IVcight in Pounds.] 

 PARAS. 

 Fine. Medium, Coarse. Caucho. Cameta. Totals. 



August - — . By the , from Manaos. 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 67,200 = 67,200 



September — . By the , from Para and Manaos. 



H. A. Astlett & Co 106,000 22,500 = 128,500 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 44,800 44,800 = 89,600 



October — . By the , from Para and Manaos. 



Meyer & Brown 112,000 67,200 =179,200 



October — . By the . from Manaos. 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 44,800 44,800 56,000 = 145.600 



ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF 

 NEW YORK. 



TO XEVV YORK. 



AFRICANS. Pounds. 



September — . By the •, from the Far East: 



Fred. Stern & Co 26,880 



September — . By the , from the Far East: 



Fred. Stern & Co 33,600 



September — . By the , from Africa: 



Fred. Stern & Co 11,200 



October — . Bv the , from Africa: 



Fred. Stern Si Co.' (Via New Orleans.). . 492,800 



October — . By the . from the Far East: 



Fred. Stern & Co 89,600 



GUAYULE. 



September 23. Bv the , from Eagle Pass: 



Continental-MeNican Ruhher Co 190,750 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT 

 PACIFIC COAST, AS REPORTED. 



PLANTATIONS. 



Pounds. 



October — . By the , from Singapore: 



Meyer and Brown 134,400 



October — . Bv the , from Singapore: 



Meyer and Brown 145,600 



OcToBEK — . Dv the , from Singapore: 



Meyer and Brown 560,000 



Rubber Trading Co 108,000 



By the : 



Rubber Trading Co 56,000 



By the : 



Rubber Trading Co 15,680 



By the : 



Rubber Trading Co 60,480 



Kv the : 



Rubber Trading Co 42,560 



P.v tbe : 



Rubber Trading Co 125,440 



By tbe : 



Rubber Trading Co 89,600 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT 



PACIFIC COAST AS STATED 



BY SHIP'S MANIFESTS.' 



SEATTLE AND TACOMA. 



PLANTATIONS. 



{Figured 135 founds net to the case and 150 



pounds net to the bale.] 



TO AKRON, OHIO. 



Pounds. 



OcTOEFR — . Bv the • from Yokohama: 



The B. F. Goodrich Co 1,302,750 



Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co.. 20,250 1,.123,000 



TO NEW YORK. 



Pounds. 



September — . By the from Singapore: 



Qiaries T. Wilson Co., Inc 47,175 



October — . Bv the • from. Kobe: 



Aldens' Successors, Limited 9.045 



October — . Transshipped by the from 



Singapore via Kobe: 

 Aldens" Successors, Limited 3,240 



October — . By the from Singapore: 



F. R. Henderson & Co 12,015 



Robinson & Co 209.925 



Poel & Kelly 195,115 



Smith & Schipper 130,410 



F.a.st Asiatic Co 219,240 



Meyer & Brown 365,250 



United States Rubber Co 2,206,850 



Fred. Stern & Co 16,200 



Charier T. Wilson Co., Inc. ... 163,410 



Rubber Trading Co 58,590 



L. I.ittlejohn & Co 74,655 



International Trading Co 55,790 



Various 48,465 3,755.915 



TO SEATTLE, WASH. 



.September — . By the from Singapore: 



Fred. Stern & Co 9,045 



J. T. Johnstone & Co 359,505 368,550 



October — . Transshipped by the from 



Singapore via Kobe: 

 Various 37.935 



October — . By the from Kobe, via Van- 



The B.' F. Goodrich Co 96,930 



=J. T. Johnstone & Co 135,935 



Various 117,990 350,855 



^42 cases short in dispute. 



October — . By the from Yokohama: 



Poel & Kelly 29,700 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co... 319,890 



Robinson S: Co 3,105 



East Asiatic Co 100,440 



Charles T. Wilson & Co., Inc. . 101.415 



Fred. Stern & Co 30,075 



T. T. Johnstone & Co 241,865 



Mitsui & Co., Limited 119,880 



Pater-on, Simons & Co 467,760 



Tndo Malav Co., Limited 18,730 



Various 50,490 1,483,370 



TO TACOMA, WASH. 



October — . Transshipped by the from 



Colombo via Kobe: 



Poel & Kelly 71,955 



Edward Maurer Co.. Inc 111,375 182.330 



TO TORONTO, ONTARIO. 



October — . By the from Yokohama: 



Peerless Rubber Co 10,125 



TO WATERTOWN, MASS. 



October — . Bv the — - — from Singapore: 

 Hood Rubber Co 154,220 



TO SEATTLE. 

 GUTTA. 



Pounds. 



October — . Transshipped by the from 



Yokohama: 

 British Bank of South America (gutta 



Percha) 3,05 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



PLANTATIONS. 



[Figured 135 pounds net la the case and 150 

 pounds net to the bate.] 



Pounds 



September — . By the from Batavia: 



L T. Johnstone & Co 40,635 



Hannevig Co 37,665 



Fred. Stern & Co 16,875 



Winter, Son & Co 540 



Harrisons & Crossfield 135 



The Rubber Association of 



Am.erica, Inc 799,185 



Mitsui & Co 1 215 



William H. Stiles 7,560 



E. Boi'ssevain Co 106,415 



General Rubber Co 9,415 



E. Maurer & Co., Inc 135 299 775 



September — . By the from Hong Kong: 



Aldens' Successors, Limited... 59,670 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. 34,505 



Edward Maurer Co., Inc 28,080 



Poel & Kelly 5.535 127.790 



October — . By the • from Hong Kong: 



The B. F. Goodrich Co 195,450 



»F. R. Henderson & Co 67,095 



Meyer & Brown 117,480 380,025 



^Two cases shortshipped. 



October — . By the from Batavia: 



F. R. Henderson & Co 92,340 



Fred. Stern & Co 95,100 187,440 



'Footnote — ^The figures under this head and un- 

 der Crude Rubber Arrivals at Pacific Coast as Re- 

 ported, have been obtained from different sources; 



CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS. 



Port of Cleveland. Ohio. — September, 1918. 



No imports or exports. 

 Port oi- New Orleans, La. — September. 1918. 



Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. — 



July, 1918. 



Imports: Pounds. Value. 



India rubber 17,679.797 $7,814,173 



Guttapercha 224,120 73,846 



Jelutong 61.845 3,711 



Manufactures of india rubber 548 



Totals 17,965,762 $892,278 



