THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1916. 



Un 



RED- 



Tires: 



To AustriaHungarv 1,195,700 



Belgium 54,780 



France 113,080 



Germany 700,040 



Great Britain 4,526,060 



Switzerland 396.000 



Australia 83,600 



Argentine 434,720 



154,440 



2,'l6s',626 '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



115,600 



41,360 



881,760 



312,400 



3,096,280 



6,866,860 $8,373,512 



2,125 $291,189 



138,916 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



DURING January the market has maintained the same features 

 which characterized the business for December. The de- 

 mand in all lines has been steady and prices have remained very 

 firm. The advances in prices in all lines being retained without 

 exception. There is an excess of demand over production in such 

 lines as lithopone, zinc oxide, aniline oil and benzol. Lithopone 

 and zinc oxide supplies, both domestic and foreign, are practically 

 fully contracted for several months to come. 



The following are spot prices current on the London market, 

 January 8: Benzol, 90%, 2S@26 cents; red lead, English, per 

 ton, $171 ; white lead, English, $179 per ton ; flowers of sulphur, 

 $S8 per ton. 



PRICES OF CHEMICALS AND COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 



NEW YORK, JANUARY 29, 1916. 



Subject to change without notice. 



Acetone (drums) lb. $0.35 @$0.40 



Acid, acetic, 28 per cent, (bbls.) lb. .06 @ .07 



glacial, 99% (carboys) lb. .30 @ .35 



Aluminum Flake (carloads) ton 18.00 @20.00 



Ammonium carbonate None 



Antimeny, crimson, sulphuret of (casks) lb. .80 @ .85 



golden, sulphuret of (casks) lb. .65 @ .70 



Asbestine ton 19.00 @20.00 



Asbestos lb. .04 @ .05 



Asphaltum "G" Brilliant lb. .03 @ .03!^ 



Barium sulphate, precipitated ton 1 20.00 @ 



Barytes, pure white ton 21.00 ffl' 23.50 



off color ton 20.00 @21.00 



Basofor ton 105.00 (3 120.00 



Benzol, pure gal. .80 @ .90 



Beta-Naphthol lb. 1.50 @3.00 



Black Hypo lb. .39 @ .40 



Bone ash lb. .10 @ 



black lb. .02'A@ .05 



Cadmium tri-sulphate None 



yellow None 



Cantella gum lb. .27'A@ .35 



Carbon, bisulphide (drums) lb. .075^@ .08 



black (cases) lb. .06 O .15 



tetrachloride (drums) lb. .18 & .20 



Caustic soda, 76 per cent, (bbls.) cwt. 5.75 <a 6.00 



Chalk, precipitated, extra light lb. .05 @ 



precipitated, heavy lb. .04 @ 



China clay, domestic ton 13.50 ©15.00 



imported Ian 22.00 @35.00 



Chrome, green lb. .10 @ .12 



yellow Ih. .23 @ .28 



Coal tar sal- -09 @ 



Cotton linters lb. .07 @ .12 



Emarex ton 70.00 @ 



Gas black lb. .07'A@ .08 



Gilsonite ton 37.50 @42.50 



Glycerine, C. P. (drums) lb. .S3'A@ -56 



Graphite, flake (250 to 400 pound bbl.) lb. .06 @ .14 



powdered (250 to 400 pound bbl.) lb. .06 @ .14 



Green oxide of chromium (casks) lb. .42 @ .50 



Ground glass lb. .02'A@ 



Indian red lb. .03;4@ .07 



Infusorial earth, powdered ton 50.00 @ 



bolted ton 60.00 @ 



Iron oxide, red. reduced grades /*. .02'4ffl .06 



red, pure lb. .05^^® .09 



Ivory, black lb. .08 @ .12 



Lampblack lb. .OS'A® .15 



Lead, red oxide of lb. .07J4@ .08 



sublimed blue lb. .06J4@ .07 



white, basic carbonate lb. .07 @ .07]A 



white, basic sulphate lb. .0654® .07 



Lime, flour lb. .01 @ .01}4 



Litharge ;i>. .07 @ .07 J4 



English lb. None 



Lithopone, domestic lb. .\0'A@ .13 



Imported lb. .\0'A@ .13 



Magnesia, carbonate lb. .14 @ .15 



calcined, heavy lb. .35 @ .40 



light lb. .35 O .40 



Magnesitc, calcined, powdered ton 30.00 @ 35.00 



Mica, powdered lb. .OVA® .05 



Mineral rubber lb. .01Ji@ .04J4 



Naphtha, stove gasolene (steel bbls.) gal. .21 @ .22 



66@68 degrees " gal. .25 (» .26 



68@70 degrees " gal. .26 @ .27 



\'. M. & P. " gal. .21 @ 



Oil, aniline lb. 1.20 @1.40 



linseed (bbl.) gal. .74 @ .79 



palm gal. .09J4@ .lOJ^ 



pine (cases) gal. .55 @ 



rapcseed gal. 1.03 @ 1.12 



rosin, heavy body gal. .32 @ .36 



tar (cases) gal. .30 @ .31 



soluble aniline colors, vellow, orange, red, violet, 



blue, green ' lb. 3.00 @3.50 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. .10 @ .10J4 



Paragol lb. .07H@ 



Petroleum grease lb. .04 @ 



Pine tar, retort gal. .14 @ .IS 



Pitch, burgundy lb. .•4J4@ .0554 



pine lb. .02}4@ 



Plaster of paris lb. 1.50 @1.70 



Prussian blue lb. 1.50 @1.75 



Pumice stone, powdered (bbls.) lb. .02 @ .03 



Resin, Pontianak, refined lb. .12 @ .15 



granulated Ih. .12 @ .15 



fused lb. .12 @ .15 



Rosin (500 pound bbls.) lb. 5.50 @ 8.65 



Rotten stone, powdered lb. .02'A@ -04 



Rubber black lb. .03 @ 



Rubber substitute, black lb. .07'A@ .08 



white lb. .10 @ .13 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .25 @ .28 



Soapstone, powdered (oh 10.00 @12.00 



Starch, corn, powdered lb. .02 ^@ .02J^ 



Sulphur chloride (drums) lb. .OS'A@ .09 



Sulphur, flowers c-?('(. 2.20 @ 2.60 



Sulphuric acid, 66° lb. .02 @ .02J4 



Talc, American ton 8.50 @13.00 



French (oh 25.00 @30.00 



Toluol, pure gal. 4.75 @ 5.00 



Tripolite earth, powdered ton 50.00 @ 



bolted Ian 60.00 @ 



Turpentine, pure gum spirits gat. .58 @ 



wood gal. .54 @ 



Ultramarine, blue lb. .05 @ .22 



Vermilion, brilliant lb. .90 @ 1.00 



Chinese lb. 2.35 @ 2.50 



English lb. 3.00 @ 



Wax, bayberry Ih. .22 @ .24 



beeswax, white lb. .47 @ .55 



ceresin, white lb. .14 @ .16 



carnauba lb. .22 @ .47 



ozokerite, black lb. .40 @ 



green lb. .60 @ .75 



montan lb. .28 @ .30 



paraflin, refined, 113/120 m. p. (cases) lb. .OVA® 



123/125 m. p. (cases) lb. .04M@ 



128/130 m. p. (cases) lb. .Ql'A® 



133/136ra. p. (cases) lb. .06'A@ .06M 



crude, white, 117/119 m. p. (bbls.) . . ./£>. .03Y^@ 



yellow, 124/126 m. p. (bbls.) . . .;&. .035^® 



Whiting, Alba, factory f. o. b. factory ton 7.00 @ 8.50 



commercial " " cwt. .55 @ .65 



gilders " " cwt. .65 @ .75 



Paris white, American " " cwt. .85 @ .95 



English cliffstone " " cwt. .90 @ 1.25 



Wood pulp, XXX ton 30.00 @ 



Yellow ochre lb. .02 @ .02^^ 



Zinc oxide, .^merican process, horsehead brand 



"special" f. o. b. factory lb. .09 M @ ■09ii 



"XX red " " " lb. .0854® .08« 



French process, green seal. " " lb. .i6'A@ .165< 



red seal.. " " lb. .16 @ .16^ 



white seal. " " lb. .17 @ .17H 



Zinc oxide, imported, white seal lb. .28 @ 



line sulphide, pure /*. .07)i@ .14 



