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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1915. 



(WPs*^ 



\ ol. 52. 



April 1. 1915. 



\ T <>. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



Foreign Duties on Auto Tires 3 6 5 



The Flying Machine in War 365 



The Cleanliness of Plantation Rubber 366 



Another Cementer of South American Friendship 366 



Commending Our Neutrality 3 6 7 



And Now a Junk Trust ! 367 



The Microbe Is Not Guilty 367 



The Part That Rubber Plays in Military Aviation 



Illustrated 368 



Further Felicitations on Our 25th Anniversary 371 



Foreign Import Duties on Motor Vehicle Tires 372 



Recommendations for the Treatment of Latex and Curing 



of Rubber 374 



Rubber Growers' Association, of London 376 



I Wnli Portraits of John McEwan and Edward L, Hamilton.] 



Rubber Statistics for the United Kingdom 377 



Review of Recent Progress in Rubber Chemistry — III 373 



The Obituary Record 3S0 



[With Portrait of Thomas M. Opp.] 

 New Rubber Goods in the Market 



Illustrated 381 



New Trade Publications 



Illustrated 384 



Editor's Book Table 385 



Alphonse Major, The Maker of Cements 385 



[With Portrait. I 



A Busy Month for the Rubber Control Committee 386 



New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 387 



Annual Report of the United States Rubber Co 390 



B. F. Goodrich Co.'s Annual Report 39 2 



Banquet of Waste Material Dealers 393 



I With Portrait of Louis Birkenstein.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



Illustrated 394 



Rubber Trade in Boston 



By Our Correspondent 401 

 Rubber Trade in Chicago 



By Our Correspondent 402 

 Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



By Our Correspondent 403 

 Rubber Trade in Trenton 



By Our Correspondent 403 

 Rubber Trade on the Pacific Coast 



By Our Correspondent 404 



Rubber Statistics for the United States 405 



India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



By Our Correspondent 406 



Japan's Commerce in Crude Rubber and Rubber Goods .... 



By Our Correspondent 409 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 411 



Trade Opportunities in Dutch Guiana 



By Our Correspondent 412 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 413 



[United States, Great Britain, France, Germany.] 



Market for Chemicals and Compounding Ingredients . 416 



Rubber Scrap Market 416 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 417 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



<li. 'in January to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



These figures include tin production of the Federated Malay 



State: . Imt ma of Ceylon.) 



I. 



- 1 igapore, 

 Feb. 6 



I .1111 pounds 5,403,977 



( ontinent 638,896 



I pan 9,067 



Ceylon 23,1 



413,592 



Australia 28,080 



Malacca. 

 Jan. 20. 



537.2X1 



Penang. 



1 >, . 31. 



19,513,200 



533,333 



Port Swet- 



tenham. 



Jan. 27. 



3,021,258 



2,240 



"05,533 

 960.701 



165,110 



Total 



0,517,212 



537,281 21,012,567 3,188,608 



Feb. 11. 



1914 3,456,957 



2,41 1,90 I 



1912 973,006 



Dec. 31. 



16.042.267 

 9.684,831 



Feb. 1. 



2,594,807 

 3,141,647 

 1,811,248 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Extorts of Ceylon Grown Rubber. 

 il i in January 1 to February 8, 1914 and 1915. Compiled by the Ceylon 



Chamber of Commerce.) 



To- 



< neat Britain 



Belgium 



United States 



< iei many 



Japan 



Russia 



Straits Settlements 



Australia 



France 



India 



Canada and Newfoundland. 



. pounds 



1914. 



1,345,370 



532,862 



379,243 



98,886 

 56,914 



42.317 



35,815 



15,440 



5,196 



500 



1915. 

 2,352,866 



21,656 

 74,043 



17,101 

 24,640 



122.290 



Total 2,510,543 2.612,596 



(Same period 1913, 1,527,896 pounds; same period 1912, 1,229,506.) 

 The export figures of rubber given in the above table for 1914 include 

 the imports re-exported. [These amount to 35,911 pounds.] To arrive at 

 the total quantity of Ceylon rubber exported for that period deduct these 

 imports from the total exports. The figures for 1915 are for Ceylon rubber 

 only. 



Singapore. 



Guthrie & Co., Ltd., report [February 9, 1915] : 



The Rubber Association auction held today marked a fresh record as 

 regards quantity catalogued, there being 160 tons on offer. 



During the course of the forenoon bidding was fairly well maintained 

 and t'o" some parcels of scrap rubber there was spirited competition. In the 

 afternoon demand appeared to fall away to some extent and the earlier 

 values were not maintained. 



Smoked sheet was sold at the same level as last week while pale crepe 

 was $2 better at $117. Unsmoked sheet touched $107, an improvement 

 of $1, while lower grade crepes fully maintained last week's prices. Scraps 

 were wanted, particularly the untreated variety, and substantial advances 

 were recorded. 



Seventy tons were sold. 



The following was the course of values: 



Sterling equivalent 

 In Singapore, per pound 



Picul.* in London. 



Sheet, fine smoked SI 14 .. 120 



Sheet, fair to good 107 (5 1 14 



Sheet, unsmoked 

 Crepe, fine pale. . . 

 Crepe, good, pale. 

 Crepe, fine brown 



100(5 107 



ll4<a H7 



108@112 

 99<§113 



Crepe, good brown SOW 99 



72<a ■ 



6lli.i ''1 



6 5 o, 72 



54-i 72 



Crepe, dark 



Crepe, barky 



Scrap, virgin 



Scrap, untreated tree. 



2/ 2^@2/ 3'/ 2 

 2/ m@2/ 2'A 

 1/1 IK (§'2/ OVt 

 2/2^w2 2H 

 2/1 @2 1 m 

 1/11 @2/ 2 

 1/ 7 @1/11 

 1/ 5^ fa 1/10 '4 

 1/ 2%w 1 'i's 

 1/ 3J*@1/ SH 



V i^@i/ SH 



Equivalent 

 per pound 

 in cents. 

 52.95 @ 55.75 

 S0.17@52.9S- 

 47.13@50.17 

 52.95@54.47 

 50.68® 52.20 

 46.62(a 52.70 

 38.51 63 46.62 

 35.22(545.10 

 30.15@43.33 

 32.18® 35.22 

 27.37@3S.22 



•Picul = \33Vi pounds. 

 Quoted in S. S. dollars 



2 4 | 56 cents 1. 



RECEIVERSHIP FOR THE PORT OF PARA CO. 



Frederick E. Eldridge, of New York, and Alexander Mac- 

 kenzie, now in Rio de Janeiro, were appointed by the Federal 

 i lourt, mi March 25. receivers fur the Port of Para Co., a Maine 

 corporation doing business in Para. The company was in- 

 corporated in September. 1906. with a capital stock of $17,500,000. 

 It secured concessions in Brazil under which it built and has 

 since been managing a system of docks, warehouses and other 

 improvements at Para. The company also owns all the stock 

 uf the Amazon River Steam Navigation Co., Limited, a British 

 corporation operating boats on the Amazon River, and one-half 

 of the stock of the Madeira Mamore Railway Co. The exact 

 amount of the company's liabilities is not at present known. It 

 attributes its financial difficulties to the paralyzing effect of the 

 European war on Brazil business. 



