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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1915. 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



TIRADE ill heavy chemicals and pigments and fillers has been 

 * very active during November, accompanied by a distinct 

 rise in prices, week by week, in certain important lines, notably in 

 lead pigments and caustic soda. 



Pig lead was in strong demand at the beginning of the month 

 at 5 cents per pound, due largely to export buying. With foreign 

 markets holding at high levels there is small prospect of a decline 

 in the .American market. Exports of white lead have been un- 

 usually heavy this year. The official figures for last August are 

 2,161.680 pounds. This is practically double the amount exported 

 in .August, 1914. On the basis of the white lead exports for eight 

 months, ending with August, 1913, the increase for the same 

 periods in 1914 and 1915 were, respectively, 16i<^ per cent., and 

 52 per cent. These figures sufficiently explain the steady rise of 

 one quarter cent per pound per week which has taken place in 

 each of the lead products in common use by rubber manufacturers. 



In the case of caustic soda the market is unusually strong, due to 

 shortage of supply in the face of active demand. The contract 

 price of caustic soda has advanced fully one cent per pound 

 during November. 



Acetic acid has advanced about three quarters of a cent per 

 pound for 28 per cent., owing to the influence of a corresponding 

 rise in acetate of lime. Glacial acid has risen from 25 cents to 35 

 cents per pound. Sulphuric acid is limited in supply and the price 

 for 66^ advanced early in the month about three quarters of a 

 cent per pound. This level has been maintained. 



Domestic zinc oxide has risen somewhat since our last report. 

 Contracts for green, red and white seal French zinc oxides are 

 offered for delivery during the first three months of 1916 at about 

 double the present prices- of domestic zinc oxide. 



Aniline contracts are quoted at 60 cents per pound. A few 

 large users in the rubber industry are equipped with aniline manu- 

 facturing plants and others are being erected. 



The market on solvents is firm, with a tendency to advance. 



PRICES OF CHEMICALS AND COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 

 NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 29, 1915. 



Acelone (drums) Ih. $0.30>^(g$0.35 



Acid, acetic, 28 per cent, (bbls.) Ih. .03H @ .05 



glacial. 99% (carboys) lb. .30 (a .35 



Aluminum Flake (carloads) ton 18.00 (a 20.00 



Ammonium carbonate None 



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



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



Asbestine ton 19.00 ffi 20.00 



Asbestos lb. .04 (S ,05 



Asphaltum "G" Brilliart lb. .03 @ .03K' 



Barium sulphate, precipitated ton 1 20.00 @ 



Barytes, pure white ton 18.50 @21.00 



off color ton 17.50 @ 



Basofor fon 1 1 5.00 @ 



Benzol, pure gal. .90 @ 1.00 



Beta-Naphthol .lb. 2.00 @ 



Black Hypo ih. None 



Blanc Fixe lb. .03 <g .03 ',4 



Bone ash ;6. ,04 @ 



black lb. .06'A(a, .07 



Cad.mium tri-sulphate None 



yellow None 



Cantella gum ;;,. .27^^@ .35 



Carbon, bisulphide (drums) !b. .OS'A @ 071/2 



black (cases) lb. .07!^@ 



tetrachloride (drums) lb. .18 @ 



Caustic soda, 76 per cent, (bbls) cwt. 5,00 @ 5.50 



Chalk, precipitated, extra light ...lb. .04 @ .045^ 



China clay, domestic /„„ 12.5O @13.50 



imported (on 16.00 @24.00 



Cljrome, green ;b. .08 @ .10 



yellow lb. .13 @ .14K 



Cotton linters lb. .06}4@ .08 



Emarex ton 70.00 @ 



Gas black lb. .07^ @ 



f'-ilsonitc Ion 37.50 042.50 



Glycerine. C. P. fdrums) /(,. .60 ff. .65 



Graphite, flake (250 to 400 pound hbl.) lb. .ITVi® 



powdered (250 to 400 pound bbl.) lb .U'A® 



>".reen oxide of chromium (casks) lb. .30 @ .35 



Ground glass lb. .02yi@ 



Iron oxide, red, reduced grades lb. .02 @ .05 



red, pure lb. .05 @ .08)4 



Infusorial earth, powdered ton 50.00 @ 



bolted ton 60.00 @ 



Ivory, black lb. .08 @ .12 



Indian red lb. .OZyi® .OS'A 



Lampblack lb. .04 @ .08 



Lead, red oxide of lb. .06'/i@ .06Ji 



sublimed blue Ih. .05H@ -OSH 



white, basic carbonate Ih. .OSYt® .06 



white, basic sulphate lb. .OSyi@ .05 Ji 



Lime, flour lb. .01 @ .0154 



Litharge lb. .06%® .06^ 



English lb. None 



Lithopone, domestic lb. .07 ^ @ .08 



Imported lb. .OSY,® .09 



Magnesia, carbonate Ih. .05 J/2 @ 



calcined, heavy lb. .11 @ 



light Ih. .25 @ .27J4 ■• 



Magnesite, calcined, powdered ton 35.00 (®40.00 



Mica, powdered Ih. .03}4(a .05 



Mineral rubber lb. .(i\y^@ .04J^ 



Naphtha, stove gasolene (steel bbls.) gal. ,19 @ 



66(368 degrees gal. ..23 @ 



68@70 degrees gal. .24 @ 



Oil, aniline lb. 1.10 @1.40 



linseed (bbl.) gal. .63 @ .65 



palm gal. ,08 @ .08K 



pine (cases) gal. .60 @ 



rapeseed gal. .85 @ ,88 



rosin, heavy body gal. .28 @ .40 



tar (cases) gal. .23 @ 



soluble aniline colors, yellow, orange, red, violet, 



blue, green lb. 2.50 (3 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. .08}4@ .0954 



Petroleum grease lb. .03 54 @ .04 



Pine tar, retort gal. .14 @ .18 



Pitch, burgundy lb. .04 @ .05 



pine cwt. 1.95 @ 



Plaster of pans lb. 1.50 (8 1.70 



Prussian blue lb. 1.50 @ 



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



Resin, Pontianak, refined lb. None 



granulated lb. None 



fus=d lb. None 



Rosin (500 pound bbls.) lb. 4.50 ® 8.00 



Rotten stone, powdered lb. .0254 @ .04 



Rubber black lb. .02 @ .0254 



Rubber substitute, black lb. .06 @ .0754 



white lb. .Q7'A@ .15 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .22 (g .25 



Soapstone, powdered ion 10.00 (3)12.00 



Starch, corn, powdered lb. .02 @ 



Sulphur chloride (drums) lb. .07 @ 



Sulphur, flowers ,-7t;(. 2.20 @ 2.60 



Sulphuric acid, 66° lb. .01J4@ .0254 



Talc, American ton 8.50 Iffil3.00 



French ton 18.00 @25.00 



Toluol, pure gal 4.50 @ 5.00 



Tripolite earth, powdered ton 50.00 @ 



bolted ton 60.00 @ 



Turpentine, pure gum spirits gal. .56 @ .59 



wood gal. .42 (S .49 



Ultramarine, blue lb. .05 @ .22 



Vermilion, brilliant lb. .75 (g .80 



Chinese lb. .95 Ol.OO 



English lb. 1.75 @ 



Wax, bayberry Ih. .22 @ .24 



beeswax, white lb. .45 @ .60 



ceresin, white lb. ,14 @ .16 



carnauba lb. .23 @ .40 



ozokerite, black lb. .45 (8) 



green lb. .65 @ 



montan lb. .27 @ .30 



paraffin, refined, 1 IS/120 111. p. 1 cases) lb. .04'A@ 



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



128/130 m, p, (ca<<es) Ih. ,0554(3 



133/136 m. |K (cases) Ih. ,0654@ .0654 



crude, white, 117/119 in. p. (bbls.) .. ./ft. .03Ji@ 



yellow. 1J4 lib 1)1. 1.. (bbls.). . ./ft. .03J<(a 



Whiting, .Mba, factory ton 6.50 @ 7.50 



commercial cwt. .50 @ .60 



gilders cwt. .60 @ .70 



Paris white. American cwt. .75 @ .85 



English cliffstone cwt. .90 @ 1.25 



Wood pulp, XXX ton 28.00 (a 35.00 



Yellow ochre lb. .01Ji@ .02 



Zinc oxide, American process (factory) horse head. 



"special" /ft. .09'A@ .09K 



"XX red" lb. .08H@ .08?^ 



French process, green seal /ft. .le^^® .16H 



red seal lb. .16 @ .165^ 



white seal lb. .17 (ffi .17^ 



Zinc sulphide lb. .07Ji@ 



