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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[JANVAK. 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



BUSINESS in heavy chemicals, pigments and fillers was good 

 during December and prices in all lines were steady. The 

 advances made during November have been maintained in prac- 

 tically every instance. Pig lead was quoted at 5^4 cents per 

 pound, most of the month, advancing in the fourth week to 5.4 

 cents per pound. There w-as no immediate corresponding rise in 

 the lead products, although it may be expected shortly. 



The soda situation is described as exceedingly strong, with the 

 basic material in an oversold condition. The supply of caustic 

 soda is short. 



There is an enormous demand for sulphuric acid, and prices 

 are nominal. The official valuation of sulphuric acid exported in 

 September of 1915 is $93,664, while that corresponding for Sep- 

 tember a year ago is $4,682. Valuations of sulphuric acid ex- 

 portations for corresponding nine months' period ending Sep- 

 tember 30 were, for 1914, $70,705; for 1915, $774,747— an increase 

 of about 996 per cent. 



The conditions of last month still obtain with regard to prices 

 and supply of lithopone and zinc oxides, both foreign and do- 

 mestic. Aniline (spot) is declining somewhat, although still ex- 

 cessively high. Benzol is practically unobtainable. Solvents are 

 higher than a month ago. 



The supply of chalk for whiting manufacture is short and 

 prices uncertain. 



Barytes remain very steady, at slightly higher prices than a 

 month ago. Domestic sources are supplying the entire Ameri- 

 can demand. 



Future supplies of some materials are uncertain, and therefore 

 consumers have no reliable basis for calculating costs. In the 

 case of lead and zinc pigments, prices are fairly well delined for 

 the first half of 1916. 



PRICES OF CHEMICALS .\ND COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 



NEW YORK, DECEMBER 30, 1915. 



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) Ion 18.00 @20.00 



Ammonium carbonate None 



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



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



Asbestine lou 19.00 @20.00 



Asbestos lb. .04 @ .05 



Asphaltum "G" Brilliant lb. .09 @ 



Barium sulphate, precipitated tou 120.00 @ 



Barytes, pure white ton 19.50 @21.00 



off color ton 17.50 Ca 



Basofor ton 120.00 @ 



Benzol, pure gal. .^0 @ 



Beta-Naphthol lb. None 



Black Hypo lb. .39 @ .40 



Bone ash lb. .10 @ 



black lb. .02^@ .10 



Cadmium tri-sulphate None 



yellow None 



Cantella ^um lb. .27^5(3) .35 



Carbon, bisulphide (drums) lb. .07H@ .08 



black (cases) lb. .06 @ .15 



tetrachloride (drums) lb. .18 <a> 



Causic poda, 76 per cent, (bbls.) cut. 6.00 @ ^^.OO 



Chalk, precipitated, extra light lb. .05 @ 



China Clay, domestic Ion 13.50 @1S.00 



imported ton 22.00 @24.00 



Chrome, green lb. .10 (S) .12 



yellow ;/>. .15 ® .20 



Coal tar gal. .09 @ 



Cotton linters lb. .07 @ .12 



Emarex ton 70.00 (3) 



Gas black lb. .07</,& 



Gilsonitc ton 37.50 @42.S0 



Glycerine, C. P. (drums) lb. .S3M@ .56 



Graphite, flake (250 to 400 pound bbl.) lb. .17J^@ 



powdered (250 to 400 pound bbl.) lb .17}^@ 



Green oxide of chromium (casks) lb. .39 @ .42 



Ground glass lb. $0.02!^ fa'$0.07 



Iron oxide, red, reduced grades lb. .02;4@ .OS'/i 



red, pure lb. .05>4@ .09 



Infusorial earth, powdered ton 50.00 @ 



bolted ton 60.00 @ 



Ivory, black lb. .08 @ .12 



Indian red lb. .03!4@ .07 



Lampblack lb. .04 @ .08 



Lead, red oxide of lb. .07'A(fii .07'/, 



sublimed blue lb. .OSi\@ .06J4 



white, basic carbonate lb. .06'4@ .06H 



white, basic sulphate lb. .06 m .06'4 



Lime, flour lb. .01 @ .OlJ/4 



Litharge lb. .06Vi@ .06)4 



English lb. None 



Litliopone, domestic lb. .OiVi@ .10 



Imported lb. .08^ @ .10J4 



Magnesia, carbonate lb. .05 M @ 06 



calcined, heavy lb. .11 @ 



light lb. .25 @ .27^5 



.Magnesite, calcined, powdered ton 50.00 @60.00 



Mica, powdered lb. .0Z%@ .05 



Mineral rubber lb. .01Ji@ .04^4 



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



66@68 degrees " gal. ,25 @ 



68@70 degrees " gal. .26 @ 



Oil, aniline lb. 1.10 @1.40 



linseed (bbl.) gal. .65 @ .67 



palm ■. gal. .08^4® .08}4 



pine (cases) gal. .60 @ 



rapeseed gal. .90 ® .95 



rosin, heavy body gal. .32 @ .36 



tar (cases) gal. .25 @ .30 



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



blue, green lb. 3.00 @ 3.50 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. .09 @ .09M 



Paragol lb. .07?i(Si 



Petroleum grease lb. .04 @ 



Pine tar, retort gal. .14 (8 .16 



Pitch, burgundy lb. .04^@ .05"4 



pine lb. .02y2@ 



Plaster of paris lb. 1.50 (a>1.70 



Prussian blue lb. 1.50 @ 1.75 



Pumice stone, powdered (bbls.) Ih. .02 (e6 .03 



Resin, Pontianak, refined lb. .10 .@ 



granulated Ih. .11 fti .12 



fused lb. .10 (§/ 



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



Rotten stone, powdered lb. .02}4 tai .04 



Rubber black Ih. .03 @ 



Rubber substitute, black lb. .07 !^ @ .08 



white lb. .10 @ .13 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .25 @ .28 



Soapstone, powdered ton 10.00 Ca>12.00 



Starch, corn, powdered lb. .02 @ .02J4 



Sulphur chloride (drums) lb. .08 @ .08J4 



Sulphur, flowers cwt. 2.20 (3 2.60 



Sulphuric acid, 66° lb. .02 @ .02}4 



Talc, American ton 8.50 (Si 13.00 



French ton 18.00 (ai25.00 



Toluol, pure gal. 5.00 & 



Tripolite earth, powdered ton 50.00 (S) 



bolted loti 60.00 (ffi 



Turpentine, pure gum spirits gaJ. .S4'Am .55 



wood gal. .50 (» 



Ultramarine, blue lb. .09 @ .28 



Vermilion, brilliant lb. .90 (» 1.00 



Chinese lb. 2.20 @ 2.35 



English lb. 2.10 @2.15 



Wax, bayberry //,. .22 (ffi .24 



beeswax, white lb. .47 @ .55 



ceresin. white ■. lb. .14 fts .16 



carnauba lb. .22 @ .47 



ozokerite, black lb. .40 @ 



green lb. .60 @ .75 



montan lb. .28 @ .30 



paraffin, refined, lis l.d m. v i ri-'s ) Ih. .04'/i& 



Ui li5 111. p. (c.ises) lb. .0454(3 



128 130 ni. |.. (cases) Ih. .05^5(3) 



133/136 m. p. (cases) //.. .06'/i(a> .06Jf 



crude, white, 117/119 m. p. (bbls.) . . ./fc. .03H@ 



yellow, 124 126 m. p. (bbls.) . . .Zfr. .03)4(a> 



Whitinj;, .\lba, factory f. o. b. factory (on 7.00 @ 8.50 



commercial " •■ cwl. .55 @ .65 



gilders " " cwt. .65 @ .75 



Pans white, American " " cwt. .85 m .95 



English cliffstone " " cwt. .90 @ 1.25 



Wood pulp, XXX ton 30.00 (8 



Yellow ochre lb. .02 (g .02;4 



Zinc oxide. American process, horsehead brand 



"special" f. o. b. factory /!>. .09 @ .09H 



"XX red " " •• lb. .08M@ .08 Ji 



French process, green seal. " " lb. .16Vilgi .16H 



red seal.. " " lb. .16 @ .16Ji 



white seal. " " lb. .17 ® .17Ji 



