Jan laky 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT SANTOS. 



The Santos district of Brazil imported in 1913 rubber goods 

 to the value of $405,000 from the following countries: Great 

 Britain. $78,000; Italy, $40,000; Germany, tires $35,000, rubber 

 goods ( m J60.000; France, tires $192,000. 



The rubber exports Eoi thi firsl six months of the present year 

 from that | (mounted t" S3.ll''. as compared with $22,612 



for the same period a year ago. 



THE NEW DUTCH BANK FOR SOUTH AMERICA. 



Much interest has been shown in the Dutch Bank for South 

 America, which was i lished before the outbreak of the war, 

 with a capital equaling $1,608,000. I' contemplates operating 

 chiefly with Argentina, attempting in secure a share of the $20,- 

 ( mi U ii M i worth of trade now passing between Holland and that 

 country. Aside from the banking institutions in the Dutch Indies, 

 ii is -a.' 1 to be iln firsl of thai character with Dutch capital, in- 

 ■i nded I i fa ilitate i ivei sea I rading. 



PARA COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION. 



On November 9 the Para Commercial Association celebrated 

 the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation, in its new quarters at 

 33 and 34 Boulevard da Republica. After opening the proceed- 

 ings, Seiihor Manuel Jose Rebello, Jr., president of the Asso- 

 ciation, invited Major Pedro Nolasco Montciro, representing the 

 governor tate, to take the chair, likewise asking the 



collahoration of Seiihor Dr. Antonio Martin Pinheiro, mayor of 

 l'ara. and other officials, including Seiihor Jose Amando Mendes, 

 first secretary of the association, who read the original minutes 

 of November 9, 1864. Letters of regret were then heard from 

 Dr. Eneas Martins, governor of the state, and from M. Ed. 

 Payan, French consul at Para. 



Dr. Eladio Lima, the official orator of the association, then 

 delivered an eloquent address, giving an historical review of its 

 career, in I of which he referred to the establishment 



of the Practical School of Commerce. Another feature of the 

 program was the presentation of prizes to the students of the 

 above school whose terms had concluded in the years 1908 

 to 1914. 



PREPONDERANCE OF HEVEA IN BRAZILIAN SHIPMENTS. 



According to the report of Consul Robert Fraser, Jr., of Bahia, 

 the exports of Brazilian rubber for 1912, the last year for which 

 official statistics are available, were: Hevea, 38,151 tons; Man- 

 gabeira. 388 tons; Manitoba, 3,724 tons; total, 42,263 tons. 

 Bahia'- proportion was 2,025 tons, comprising Mangabeira, 96 

 tons, and Manitoba, 1,929 tons. 



It is estimated that Bahia shipments for 1913 were only 579 

 tons, practically all Manicoba, sold at about 40 cents per pound. 

 During the last year Bahia rubber has largely gone to France, 

 whereas a large proportion was formerly sold in the United 

 States. Mangabeira, on account of its lack of elasticity, is used 

 principally for rubber matting and like purposes. 



For the first time in history, a shipment of beans raised in the 

 Acre territory has arrived in Manaos. This means that the 

 Acre rubber gatherers are not only raising their own produce, 

 but are getting into a position to export it. 



The Department of State after communicating with Ambassa- 

 dor Morgan at Rio de Janeiro, informs The India Rubber World 

 that the Brazilian Government desires and intends to continue 

 during 1915 all the American preferential. 



RUBBER IN BOLIVIA. 



According t. ■ the Bolivian production of 



rubber in 1912 consisted of — tina, 1,355 tons; caucho, 689 tons; 



sernamby, 166 tons, forming a total of 2,210 tons, against 1,644 



tons in 1911. Four varieties of trees furnished the latex: 



la, found in low and marshy soils; Blanca, found on the 



plains; Amarilla and Itaube. 



The average j ield is 8 pounds per tree, but virgin trees give a 



quantity. Because of the had methods used by the na- 



■ '. is necessary between the tapping periods. 



I In mdled b) one tapper) usually contain 



100 to 12l trei often at considerabl ces from each other. 



The tappers receive no fixed salary, but get the equivalent of 



11 nts per pound for fine rubber collected, and about 24 cents 



per pound for caucho. Thes< iditions might be acceptable 



n not that the tappers are obliged (as in Brazil) to pur- 



theii pri i I supplies from their employers at out- 



Bound down by this perpetual debt, they 



are the victims of an iniquitous system which is one cause of 



the decadence of wild rubber. 



The tapping season lasts from May to the middle of August, 

 and from October 1 to January 1. Rubber is usually shipped in 

 hales of 30 to 100 pounds. Fun re often shipped in bulk, 



sernamby being sometimes cased and caucho being in bales of 

 100 to 150 pounds. Rubber is occasionally placed in skins, which 

 are sold on arrival at destination. 



PERUVIAN STATISTICS. 



According to a detailed statistical summary in a recent issue 

 of "Peru Today" the foreign commerce of that republic in 1913 

 represented: Imports. $30,443,884; exports, $45,668,890. Exports 

 thus exceeded imports by about 50 per cent. During the last 

 10 years imports have increased by 40 per cent. In the exports, 

 copper, cotton, sugar, petroleum, silver, rubber and wool held the 

 leading places in the order quoted, rubber standing sixth, with 

 6,130,163 pounds, valued at $3,971,054. The figures show a reduc- 

 tion in 1912 of 12J4 per cent, in weight and 40 per cent, in value. 



PERUVIAN RUBBER EXPORTS DURING YEARS 1904 TO 1913. 



Pounds. Value. 



1904 4,896,571 $3,261,421 



1905 5,598,780 4,447,913 



1906 5,678,352 4,599,565 



1907 6.077.091 4,645,670 



1908 5.547,521 2,962,862 



1909 6.177,083 5,536.512 



1910 5.843.632 6,222 



1911 4.758,503 2,979,244 



1<>12 7.039.266 6.715.896 



1913 6.130,165 3,971,055 



The government has endeavored to meet the difficulties arising 

 in the montaiia region through the heavy fall in rubber by a 

 tax of 8 per cent, on the exports of the article through the port 

 of Iquitos. This tax will be paid on the cost of production, on a 

 basis established by an official board. A reduction is contem- 

 plated in the duties on rubber exported from the Madre de Dios 

 territory, or through the port of Mollendo, in proportion to the 

 prices of the London market. 



CHANGE IN PERUVIAN EXPORT DUTIES. 



With a view to meeting the conditions due to the fall in 

 rubber, the Peruvian government has placed the tax on rubber 

 from Iquitos at 8 per cent, on the cost of production, to be 

 fixed by a joint official board. It is likewise proposed to lower 

 the duties on rubber exported from the Madre de Dios river 

 district, or through the port of Mollendo, making same pro- 

 portionate to the prices quoted in London. 



Mr. D. C. W. Ay mors, manager of the General Rubber Co., 

 Para, Brazil, has recently been in New York, enjoying a well- 

 earned vacation, part of which was spent in Europe. He sailed 

 for Para on the "Justin," December 30. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Country of the Amazon; 

 Rubber Trade Directory of the World. 



