i I k\ 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



309 



January B On>nrc=Galveston : 



Various '112,000 



January 23. — By the /'<7miui(i = CoIon: 



G. Amsinck & Co 5,000 



Otto Gerdau Co 5,200 



Pablo, Calvet & Co 4,600 



Coutard & Co 3,000 



nee, Johnson & Co 2,000 



Fidanquc liros 1,200 



< 1 Criffin 1,000 



W. K. Grace & Co 500 



Harburgcr & Stack 300 



Isaac Brandon & Bros 200 



Piza. Nephews & Co 2,000 



Goutard & Co 300 25,300 



EAST INDIAN 

 January 22. — By the G/iartv^Singapore: 

 Mevcr & Brown *4,509 



ArnoM & /..- *45.O00 



H en K Co •ll.JOU 



Ed, Boustead S i o '12,500 



I ■ i: I > ch Co .... -'10,000 



!.. Lit tie John ,\ Co -56,000 



Johnstone, Whirworth & • 5,000 



Henderson & Korn '80,000 



Mexican Crude Rubber Co '2,200 



Various '146,000 NT:, 400 



AFRII 



Pounds. 

 January 8. — By the .Yiu^arfl — ll..-. 

 Various 4,500 



Gutl . 391,466 15.675 



Port of Port Huron, Mich.— December, 1914. 



Imports: 



Scrap rubber 230 7 



P i of Chicago, III. — December, 1914. 

 Imports: 



Rubber scrap 35,748 1,999 



Port of Niagara Falls, N. V. — December, 1914. 

 Exports: 



India rubber 107,164 61,833 



Port of Detroit, Mich. — December, 1914. 



oris : 



-crap, imported 3,173 62 



Rubber scrap, exported 15,500 543 



Port of San Francisco— December, 1914. 

 Imports: 

 Rubber scrap 9,800 248 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER AND CAUCHO FROM PARA, MANAOS AND IQUITOS DURING THE MONTH 



OF DECEMBER. 1914. 



NEW YOKK. 



EUROPE. 



EXPORTERS— Fine. 



Zarges, Ohliger & Co 187,291 



Adelbert II. Aldcn, Ltd 51,566 



General Rubber Co. of Brazil 



Ahlers & Co.— Pralow & Co 135,603 



De Lagotellerie S Co. — G. Fradelizi 93,790 



J. G. Araujo 13,760 



Mesquita & Co. — Tancredo, Porto 



& Co 29,525 



Motta S: Co 861 



Sundry exporters 7.263 



Total, December, 1914 758,193 



Total, December. 1913 1.15b. 401 



Total, November, 1914 778,155 



I, November, 1913 491,007 



Medium. 



25,559 



8,799 



IS. 513 



13.765 



860 



5.757 

 90 



135. 6S3 

 156,092 



104,328 

 91,455 



48,936 



30,517 



17,982 



4,545 



4,552 



66 



783 



160,379 

 154,478 



140,169 

 370,577 



Caucho. 



16,294 



8,691 



37,684 



11.953 



1,085 



139 



968 



76,814 

 280,525 



64,623 

 101,631 



Total. 

 266.170 

 85,028 



19,304 



1,017 

 8,046 



1,131,069 



1,747,496 



1,087,275 

 1,054,670 



70,661 



13,733 



226,679 

 946,073 



!80,9l 3 



1,313,625 



Medium. 



' 13,270 



"3.275 



2J240 



787 



870 



28,393 

 61,375 



190,986 



Coarse. 

 4,160 

 18,835 



i4,S03 



"s^soo 



8,311 



1,770 



53.909 

 580,020 



330,995 



Caucho. 



24,150 



1,137 



7.097 



776 

 '3^888 



Total. 

 34,550 

 103,911 



54,171 



5,280 

 39,740 



Grand 

 Total. 

 300,720 

 188,939 



250,757 



131, ')02 



59,044 



37,048 



154.SS5 



240,664 



72,309 113.111 



15,050 16,067 



21,018 29.064 



346,029 1,477,098 



1,828,567 3,576,063 



405,924 1,493,199 

 2,076,270 3,130,940 



THE RUBBER SCRAP MARKET. 



[7 \ RLY in the month all grades of rubber scrap improved 

 *— ' in price, due in part to the embargo on crude rubber. 

 Tires continued active and sales to consumers were reported 

 at 5 cunts. Boots and shoes were scarce and higher, with 

 sales a1 8 ■. rents. Solid tires and bicycle tires, unchanged 

 and lirm. There was a rumor early in the month that the 

 embargo on shoes from Canada was to be lifted, following 

 which tires fell off in price, bringing only 4?4 cents from the 

 mills, though the rest of the list remained quiet and normal. 

 The end of the third week of the month saw a check in the 

 trend of downward prices, but the result of the embargo 

 influence was still felt. Shoes were selling at 7~/% cents. Auto 

 tires were unchanged and Xo. 1 inner tubes were bringing 

 24@25 cents from mills. The news that crude rubber, re- 

 claimed rubber or waste rubber can be imported from Great 

 Britain under a guarantee has caused decided weakness in 

 the scrap market. 



RUBBER SCRAP PRICES PAID BY CONSUMERS FOR CARLOAD 



LOTS. 

 New York, January 30, I 



Per Pound. 



and sli.ius cents 7;4@ 8 



Trimmed arctics 6 @ 6J4 



\11tn tires 4'/a'n * 



Solid tires 4j4@ 4j4 



\'i >. 1 inner tubes 25 @26 



No. 2 inner tubes Hj4<5 



Red tubus 13 <g 



Bicycle tires 3 @ 3!4 



Irony tires 1 



No. 1 auto peelings 8 •< 9 



Mixed auto peelings 7 @ 7j4 



\ 1 soft white rubber 11 @12 



White wringer rubber " 



Xi 1 1 red scrap 10 @11 



Mixed red scrap 7%@ 7yi 



Mixed black scrap 2 



Rubber car springs 3J4@ 



Horse shoe pads 3 <■< 



Matting and packing 



Garden hose %(&, H. 



Air brake hose 3 @ ZY\ 



Cotton fire hose 2 



THE SCRAP RUBBER MARKET FOR 1914. 



Comparing the market for the past year with that of 1913 

 shows conclusively that 1914 cannot be classed as a good 

 year for the trade. As a rule fluctuations of crude rubber 

 have in the past had little bearing on the price of boots and 

 shoes; but this year it was different, particularly after the 

 outbreak of the war. Rumors of loss of rubber cargoes at 

 sea and reported German cruisers in the Far East had an 

 effect on the market. Prices saw very low levels this year, 

 which resulted in the smaller dealers and collectors holding 

 supplies for better figures. With visions of past sales of 

 boots and shoes around 10 cents, and auto tires at 13 cents, 

 the dealers were loth to trade at the present low prices. 

 During the year auto tires sold as low as 4J/> cents in car- 

 loads, a most unusual figure. 



The following table shows 1914 monthly prices on boots 

 and shoes, f. o. b. mills, compared with 1913: 



1914 1913 



January 1 9J4@10 



February 1 6;,,. 974@10 



March 1 7J4'. 10J4@10J4 



April 1 734@8 10;4@10M 



May 1 7- 9,'/ 2 @ 



June 1 7%@7 : 9Vz 



July 1 6'<@6J4 5 9H 



ust 1 ftM &4@ sy 2 



September 1 7 S'A® 8f£ 



October 1 7] 834@ 9 



November 1 7y s @7% 8^@ 8J4 



December 1 7V 4 @ 7$i@ 8 



