704 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. DoC. 



Tennessee. The. reports of Hr' V. .S. I'.iinau of Slatistics show im- 

 ports during the year endiiiix June UO, 1S!)1), of 330,034 tons at $3.17; 

 dr.iing lliat eudiu;; June 30, ISO!), cf .*;:;j,131 tons at |3.61, most 

 cf the iiMi oris biiug Ironi Sj ain; deliveries being made under con- 

 tiacl, I'v.i the most pait, prices vnrii'd liilL' daring the year. 'Accord- 

 ing to ibe EiigliietViiKj and Jliuii g t/v^^/vuv'/ quotations were as fol- 

 lows: 



A'iiginia pyrites, f. o. b., ifineral City, $4.50 to $4.75 per 

 long ton for 'lump,' $4.20 lor 'fines' (basis, 42 per cent, of 

 sulfur); Massachusells pyrites, f. o. b. Charlemont, $5.50 for 

 'lump,' $5 for 'fines' (42 to 45 per cent, basis); Kuelva, Spain, 

 pyrites were quoted at 12 to 15 cents per unit of sulfur, ($4.50 

 to $7.20 per ton) f. o. b. at Atlantic ports. 



The prices of the raw materials for acid manufacture, including 

 brimstone, pyrites and nitrate of soda, exhibit therefore no very 

 marked advance. 



Concerning the acid itself, the authority last quoted states that 

 consumption was increased and that the New York prices were w'ell 

 maintained under the regulation of the General Chemical Company. 

 Acids v.erc delivered largely under contracts made late in 1899 and 

 early in 1900. Prices at New York in drums, per cwt., were for GG° 

 acid, $1.20; for (;0°, $1.05; for 50 \ f. o. b. factory, $14 to $16 per 

 long ten. J^o that, as compared with the season, 1899-1900, there 

 has been no maiked r.dvance in price of the acid. 



V\'h;ii' thcFe figures exhibiting the fluctuations of the values of the 

 raw matirials r.si'd in flu* manufacture of super-phossphates, 

 are of intcirest as ajrcc ting tliu retail price of the manufactured goods, 

 the wholesale prices of the latter aj-i- of more immediate importance. 

 The wlioleisale qiictaticns of the (Jil^ I)/ 'it/ and Drug Jif^porterfor acid 

 phosphates, high grade, Xew York, during 1899-1:'»00, average 62 

 cents per iniit of available pho.'^phoric acid; during 1900-1, 64.2 

 cents — a liilKng advance. The Ki>giiiC'iing and Mining Journal 

 quotes high grade acid pliospluite (Tennessee) f. o. b. Nashville, at 

 $H)-$12 per tcu; lovs' gi.-.dc, $8-.^10; high grade South Carolina 

 acid phos];iiatc. I", o. b. Charleston, at $6-$6.50 per ton — the market 

 being dcmorjilized dtu-ing the last quarter by over-stocking; prices 

 in New Yoi k \\v\i quoted as 60 to 65c per unit, thus confirming those 

 above quoted. 



This review of the ANholesale market exhibits, therefore, no natural 

 cause for any considerable advance in the prices of dissolved rock. 



