Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
INDIA RUBBER

any ear,i,r GEAR During the it
months 'ndlug with october. 1905
the iDgo tatlous - india rubber Un
cludinC 'halata' rirfta-percha. an,
''gutta -olafongl reached the rocort
total ~ 90 million dollar sxcsedIn
by over g millions Toe total for o.
entire calendar year. 1906. ths ban
ner gear iu this feature OF the impor
trade. For he single month OF o.
tober IKE Imports OF india rubber wer.
valued az over million dollars.
should this rate b. maintained dur
Ing Noe mosr and December. the q,
tai for The ~ months ending Wit
Decemecr 1893 and sc million dollar
as against 90 i-2 million dollars
1908. % millions In 1907. and Sc mi.
lions In 1906
The growth Ga demand for indi
rubber. measured by the increase in
imporiations. has been a marked o.
ture OF the last twenty years a peri,
OF unusual Industrial expansion
deed few. II any. OF those raw ma
terials for which the United States
dependent upon foreign coun,ri,. r
its supply show a growth a. rapid
that Of India rubber Importation m
the twenty-year period from 1850 tf
1908 importations OF hides and Skin
have increased from % million doI.ai
TO oS millions; raw silk, from
millions TO 50 millions: hbers from
millions TO 30 millions; leaf TO
bacco, from IA millions TO "a - mil
lions; wool from 10 millions 10 %
millions; and tin, from Z millions %
"a millions; while those OF india rub
Der have during the same time grown
from II l-2 million dollars in 1859
TO 46 1-2 millions I'm 1908. with ever,
indication that the total for the year
just drawing to close will exceed
as million dollars.
rms increase in the value OF india
rubber imported is due, in part. to the
advance in price following the en-
larged demand in various parts Of the
world, and especially In the United
States which consumes fully one-half
OF the worlds output OF india rubber.
Thus. while the qcantity OF india rub
Der imported has increased from 80
million pounds in 1889 to 50 millions
in 1899 and 81 millions in the 10
months OF 1909 for which figures are
available, the average import price
has advanced from 80 cents per pound
in 1889 10 90 cents per pound I'm 1899
and 80 cents per pound i'm the elapsed
months of the present year. while
for the single month of October the
average import, price was practically
S.OO per pound.
The import price OF the crude rub
Der brought into the United States
during the 10 months for which figures.
are avaIable has exceeded that in any
earlier year, having averaged so
cents per pound in the period I'm ques
ton, while the highest annual aver
age in earlier years was IS cen
per pound in the fiscal year 500
DO cents pe! io-Au b. 1901.
74.2 cents per pound in 1905. tne
lprt prices prior to that time raus
'5g from 6S cents per pound in
down to as low as an average Of 80
cents per pound in 1889
OF the 62 million dollars repra.p
ing the importation OF the variou
classes of india rubber in the
months of 1909 for which detailed
statistics have been completed By iH
Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. IS %
millions represented india rubber
proper; 2 million dollars. scrap rub.
Der, fit only for manufacture; / mil
lion dollars, gutta-ioolatong, an ar
ticle similar to, and mixed with rub
Der for use in various industries. 35l
thousand dollars balata. and 123 tho
sand gutta-percha.
Brazil is the chief contributor NJ
the india-rubber supply OF tho C
States, the quantity imported from.
that country in the 10 months cnd'n
with October amounting 20 80
lion pounds valued at 30 ~ mUu0
dollars; while the United Kingdom
contributed presumably from ifs AZ
rican and East Indian colonies g
million pounds, valued at 10 II mi
lion dollars; Mexico II million
pounds. valued at 8 IL million dol
lars; Germany, 4 10 million pounds.
valued at 3 ID million dollars; other
Europe. 6 2-3 million pounds valued
at practically 6 million dollars; while
from the East Indies direct there was
a total importation OF little over
] million pounds, and from Cent?
America slightly less than ! million
panuds. and from Central America.