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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



199 



HINEEAI. RUBBEB. 



Gilfonitc ton 47.50 



Gcnasco (carloads, factory) ton 55.00 



(less carloads, factory) ton 57.00 



Hard hydrocarbon (on 30.00 



K-.\ (OB 110.00 «. 



K. M. R ton '40.00 @ 



^f. R. X (on lOO.OO (8 



I'ioneer, carload, factory ton 55.00 C* 



less carload, factory ton 57.00 @ 



Kavcn M. R (on .50 m 



Kcfined Elalerite (on 175.00 @ 



Richmond ton 75.00 c* 



No. 64 ton 44.00 @ 



-'18/320 M. P. hydrocarbon ton 50.00 @ 



Kobertson, M. R. Special (carloads, factory) ton 80.00 @ 



M. R. (carloads, factory) ton 55.00 @ 



Walpole rubber flux (factory) ;i>. .05 @ 



OILS 



I .stor \o 1, L s r lb. .22yi@ 



No 3 U S P lb. .18^@ 



ni refined \rgo cwt. 23.56 ® 



t on , lb. .22 @ 



erine (98 per cent) lb. .21 (g 



tcrok lb. .55 @ 



~ced raw (carloads) gat. 1.90 @ 



i^ee i compound gal. *85 @ 



liii (Niger) lo. .nyi® 



iiuit , lb. .23 @ 



rolatunl lb. .06 @ 



-oleum (.rcase lb. .04K@ 



I inc steam distilled gal. 1.28 @ 



Kjjiesccd refined gal. .21 (^ 



blown lb. .21 @ 



Kosin bbl. 18.00 @ 



EESIliS AND PITCHES 

 C antelh Luni 



Rosin bbl. 



gnniilited lb. 



fused lb. 



Rosin K bbl. 



shellac, tint, orange lb. 



SOLVEMTS. 



.\celone (98.99 per cent drums) /()., 



methyl (drums) gal. 



Benzol, water white j gal. 



Beta-naphthol, resublimed lb. 



ordinary grade lb. 



(arbon bisulphide (drums) ' lb. 



tetrachloride (drums) lb. 



Naphtha, motor gasoline (steel bbls) gal. 



73 @ 76 degrees (steel bbls.) gal. 



68 @ 70 degrees (.steel bbls.) gal. 



Solvent gal. 



V. M. & P. (steel bbls.) gai. 



Tnluol, pure gal. 



Turpentine, spirits gal. 



wood gal. 



Osmaco reducer gal. 



Nvlol, pure gal. 



commercial gat. 



SUBSTITUTES. 



White '.'.'..... lb. 



Urown ib. 



I'.rown factice lb. 



White factice lb. 



I'aragol sift and medium (carloads) cwt. 



hard ..cart. 



VULCANIZING INGHEDIENTS. 



I. ad. black hyposulphite (Black Hypo) lb. 



't'.tnge mineral, domestic lb. 



' U.hur chloride (drums) lb. 



llhur, flour, Brooklyn brand (carloads) cwt. 



pure soft (carloads) cwt. 



superfine (carloads, factory) cwt. 



'ri:c also Colors — .Antimony.) 



WAXES. 



\\'a.x, beeswax, while , lb 



ceresin white . lb 



carnauba lb. 



ozokerite, black lb. 



grien Jb 



Montan lb 



substitute lb 



parafKnc itfiiied 118/120 m p (cises) lb 



123/125 m. p. (cases) ll>. 



128/130 m. p. (cases) lb. 



(S 57.50 



@ 



@ 



.24J^@ 

 None 

 None 



.10>^@ 

 .11 @ 

 .15 @ 



FOREIGN CUSTOMS CHANGES. 



BELGIUM. 



p LiiBKR may lie exporlid from liclgium without an export 

 ■*• »■ license. This ruling betanie efTective September 19, 1915. 



DENMARK. 



Denmark has removed the e.\port prohibition as regards 

 motor vehicles complete, including covers and lires, but not 

 ihat against the exportation of separate tires. Medical hand 

 syringes and thermometers, bandaging materials and vulcanized 

 fiber may also be exported. 



FINLAND. 



Finland has placed the following articles on the free list of 

 imports : India rubber, gutta pcrcha and balata ; rubber sheets 

 and other forms of packing ; automobile lires, cycle and motor- 

 cycle parts of rubber, pedal and brake rubbers, inner tubing and 

 the like ; India rubber shoes, including goloshes ; blocks and 

 plates of hard rubber (ebonite, etc.), even in cut shapes; pipes, 

 strands and rods in cul shapes, knife handles and packings of 

 hard rubber. 



BULGARIA. 



Bulgaria now permits the importation of rubber and gulla 

 percha, goloshes and rubber boots, transmission belting, water- 

 proof sinffs of any vegetable textiles and for any purpose, and 

 auto trucks, but not automobiles without the permission of the 

 Department of Social Insurance. 



LETT LAND. 



Lettland, by the tariff law of March 26-April 2, 1919, will 

 exact ad valorem custoins duties of 5 per cent on crude gum 

 and asbestos, and 10 per cent on rubber goods. 



THE NETHERLANDS. 



The prohibitions have been withdrawn against the exportation 

 from the Netherlands of rublier, waste rubber, rubber, and gulta 

 percha and articles manufacUn-ed therefrom, with the exception 

 of motor and cycle tires and dental rubber. 



SPAIN. 



The export prohibition on manufactures of rubber, imposed 

 by an order of April 24, 1915, has been removed by the Spanish 

 Government, but the export of crude rubber and similar mate- 

 rials remains prohibited. Crude rubber is being imported with- 

 out difficulties and it is believed that the export of rubber manu- 

 factures should be encouraged. 



JAPAN. 



The e.xport prohibition on crude rubber and rubber manu- 

 factures in Japan has been removed. 



BRAZIL. 



In Brazil the separate states iinpose export duties. The Stale 

 of Bahia now exacts 9 per cent ad valorem on exports of Manga- 

 beir? and Manii;oba rubber. 



GERMANY. 



Germany has recently established a free import list, articles 

 included in which may be imported without license, .\mong 

 these are: rubber, raw or purified; gutta percha, raw or purified; 

 balata, raw or purified; rubber, gutta percha and balata scrap; 

 worn out pieces of rubber; guita percha and balata articles; 

 asbestos fiber and refined asbestos; raw and ground abestos. 



CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 



Czecho-Slovakia grants general licenses for the importation of 

 crude rubber and of rubber and vulcanite goods, technical and 

 surgical. The country is in urgent need of pneumatic tires, fire 

 hose and other rubber goods. 



ALUM PROHIBITED AS COAGULANT. 



.\him is forbidden as a coagulant of rubber lale.x by the admin- 

 istrative officers of Perak, Sclangor, Negri Sembilan and Pekang 

 in the Federated Malay Stales. The regulation reads : 



Salts of alum and other aluminum salts shall not be used for 

 the coagulation of Hcvca latex or for the preparation of rubber 

 iherefroin either alone or in admixture with each other or in coin- 

 bination with any other substance or substances. 



