December 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



185 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



Copyright 1916. 



GENERALLY speaking, the demand for rubber chemicals has 

 been active during the past month with a strongly marked 

 tendency toward higher prices. Business has been good, 

 inquiries for the most important ingredients in the list have been 

 numerous, and the indications are that manufacturers have been 

 buying freely. The well-known shortage of ocean bottoms has 

 resulted in delayed arrivals of foreign materials and there 

 appears to be no assured relief in the immediate future. The 

 situation, moreover, is complicated by domestic freight em- 

 bargoes due to car shortage and congestion in Certain shipping 

 points. While these conditions prevail it will be obviously 

 difficult to secure prompt supplies of rubber chemicals. 



AccELER.\TORS. Hexamethylene Tetramine is one of the new or- 

 ganic vulcanizing accelerators that have attracted considerable at- 

 tention recently. It is quoted at 65 cents a pound in lots of not 

 less than 100 pounds. 



Barytes. Prices have advanced under the steady demand for 

 this material and further advances are confidently expected 

 within the next three months. 



Dry Colors. All grades have been firm, due to scarcity of the 

 basic materials. Chrome yellows and greens are exceptional in 

 that they are comparatively low in price. Adulterated colors are 

 at present bringing unusually high prices. 



Zinc Oxide. Contract prices on American process, "Horse 

 Head," brands for the first half of 1917 are the same as a month 

 ago. French process, green, red and white sea! have advanced 

 4 cents, respectively. 



NEW YORK atJOTATIONS. 



XO\'EMBER 27, 19:6. 



Subject to change without notice.. 



Acetone (drums) lb. $0.23 @ 



Acid, acetic, 28 per cent, (bbls.) lb. .03!^ @ .04 



cresyiic (crude) gal. 1.00 @ 



glacial, 99 per cent (carboys) lb. .18 @ .25 



muriatic, 20 degrees lb. .01^@ 



nitric, 36 degrees . . ; lb. .0A]4@ 



sulphuric, 66 degrees lb. .01>4@ 



Alumina Pigment, No. 1 (sacks) ton 16.00 @ 



Aluminum Flake (carloads) ton 20.00 @22.00 



Ammonium carbonate lb. None 



Antimony, crimson, sulphuret of (casks) lb. .50 @ .65 



crimson, "Magmetco" lb. Nominal 



crimson, "Mephisto" (casks) lb. .55 @ 



golden, sulphuret of (casks) lb. .30 @ .35 



golden, "Magmetco" lb. Nominal 



golden, "Mephisto" lb. .30 @ 



golden, sulphuret. States brand, 16-17 per cent./&, .35 @ 



Asbestine ton 15.00 @40.00 



Asbestos ton 50.00 @ 



Asphaltum "G" Brilliant lb. .03yi@ 



Barium sulphate, precipitated ton 100.00 @ 



Barytes, pure white ton 30.00 @33.0O 



off color ton 18.00 @22.50 



Basofor «o« lOO.OO @ 



Benzol, pure gal. .60 @ 



Beta-Naphthol lb. 1.00 @ 1.15 



Brown, sienna, raw powdered lb. .04 @ .06 



umber, raw powdered lb. .03 @ ,03;^ 



Bone ash lb. None 



black ;;;. .04 @ .08 



Cadmium tri-sulphate (f. o. b. London) lb 2,75 @ 



sulphide, yellow lb. 2.00 @ 2.20 



Cantclla gum lb. .33 @ .38 



Carbon, bisulphide (drums) lb. .05 @ 



Hack (cases) lb. .18 @ .20 



tetrachloride (drums) lb. .18 @ 



Caustic soda, 76 per cent lb. .05 @ 



(ihalk, precipitated, extra light lb. .045^ @ .0554 



precipitated, heavy lb. .03J4@ .05 



Chira clay, domestic ton 25.00 @ 



imported ton 45.00 @ 



Chrome, green lb. .35 @ .50 



yellow lb, .25 @ 



Cotton linters lb. .OTA® 



Fossil flour lb. .01 @ .02 



Gas black lb. .20 @ .25 



Gilsonite ton 40.00 (jiK.SO 



Glue, high grade lb. .25 @ .3Z 



medium lb. .22 @ .23 



low erade lb. .20 @ .21 



Glycerine, C. P. (drums) lb. .S2'A® 



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



powdered (400 pound bbl.) lb. .07 @ 



Green oxide of chromium (casks) lb. .75 @ .85 



Ground glass (fine) lb. .02 M@ 



Hexamethylene Tetramine lb. .65 @ 



Indian red, reduced grades lb. .04^fa> .08 



pure lb. .08J4@ .09 



Infusorial earth, powdered ton 60.00 @ 



bolted ton 65.00 @ 



Iron oxide, red, reduced grades lb. .02->^@ .03^4 



red, pure, bright lb. .08J^@ .09 



Ivory, black lb. .16 @ .30 



Lampblack /i>. .05 @ .08 



Lead, red oxide of lb. .09^@ 



sublimed blue lb. .08 ]4 @ 



sublimed white lb. .0814 @ 



white, basic carbonate lb. .08H@ 



white, basic sulphate lb. Nominal 



black hyposulphite (Black Hypo) lb. .45 @ .75 



Lime, flour lb. .01J^@ 



Lith.-'rge lb. .09^@ .09?^ 



English lb. .12 @ .14 



sublimed lb. .09 ^ @ 



Lithopone, imported lb. Nominal 



domestic lb. .07 @ 



Beckton white (carloads) lb. .06J^@ 



Magnesia, carbonate lb. .12 @ 



calcined, heavy lb. .10 @ 



heavy. Thistle Brand lb. .14 @ 



light lb. .50 @ 



Magnesite, calcined, powdered tun 35.00 @39. 00 



Mica, powdered lb. -.03;5@' .05 



Mineral rubber lb. .01 @ 02 



"M. R. X." ton 100.00 @ 



"Genasco" ton 36.50 @ 



■■L. M. R." tan 50.00 @ 



■'Richmond Brand" lb. .03 @ 



"No. 64 Brand" ton 35.00 @ 



"Refined Elaterite" lb. .07 @ 



"Rubrax" ton 35.00 @ 



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



66(ffi68 degrees (steel bbls.) gal. .27 @ 



68(5170 degrees (steel bbls.) gal. .28 @ 



V. M. & P. (steel bbls.) gal. .21 @ 



t>il, aniline lb. .23 @ .24 



corn, refined c-wt. 13.51 @ 



linseed (bbl.) gal. .99 @ 



palm. gal. .10"^ @ 



paraffin gat. .17 @ 



pine (cases) gal. .63 @ 



rapeseed gal. 1. 00 @ 1.05 



rosin, heavy body gal. .i6 @ 



tar (cases) gal. .21J4@ 



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



blue, green lb. Nominal 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. ,12 @ 



Paragol (carloads) cwt. 10.90 @ 



Petrolatum lb. .06 J4 @ 



Petroleum grease lb. .04^ @ 



Pine solvent None 



Pine tar bbl. 8.50 @ 



Pitch, burgundy lb. .03^@ .04U 



coal tar bbl. 4.50 @ 



pine tar bbl. 10.00 @ 



Plaster of paris lb. 1.50 @ 1.70 



Prussian blue lb. 1.00 @ 1.75 



Pumice stone, powdered (bbls) t . .lb. .03 @ .04 



Kesin, Pontianak, refined lb. None ' 



granulated lb. None 



fused lb. None 



Rosm (280 pound bbls.) bbl. 6.75 @ 8.50 



Rotten stone, powdered lb. .02^ @ .04 



Rubber black lb. ,06 @ 



Rubber substitute, black lb. .0SJ'2@ .11 



white lb. .13K@ -ITA 



brown lb. .13 @ .18 



Rubhide Nominal 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .42 @ .45 



Silex (silica) ton 20.00 @ 36.00 



Soapstone, powdered ton 8.50 @15.00 



Starch, corn, powdered lb. .04 @ .04^ 



Sulphur chloride (drums) lb. .09 @ '.Q9A 



Sulphur, flour, velvet, brand (carloads) cwt. 2.15 @ 



Bergenport, brand cwt. 2.75 @ 



Talc, American • ton 12.00 @15.00 



French ton 22.50 @30.00 



Toluol, pure gal. 3.00 @ 



Tripolite earth, powdered ton 60.00 @ 



bolted ton 65.00 @ 



Turpentine, pure gum spirits gal. ,46 @ 



wood gal. .4S',<(a> 



Venice gal. .11 @ .12 



Ultramarine blue lb. .15 (a .50 



Vermilion, brilliant lb. .85 @ 



Chinese lb. .95 @ 1.00 



English lb. 1.50 @1.75 



Wax, beeswax, white lb. .48 @ .50 



ceresin, white lb. .12'A@ .20 



carnauba lb. .28 @ .45 



ozokerite, black lb. .60 @ .65 



green lb. .80 @ .85 



montan lb. .27 'A (Si .30 



paraffin, refined 118/120 in. p, (cases) lb. .05^ @ 06 



123/125 m. p. (cases) lb. .06 ^ .06J4 



128/130 m. J), (cases) lb. .08!^@ .09 



133/136 m. p. (cases) lb. .09'/S@ .12 



ciude. white, 117/119 m. p. (bbls.) lb. Nominal 



yellow, 124/126 m. p. (bbls.) lb. .065^@ 



Whiting, Alba cwt. .65 @ .85 



commercial cwt. .90 @ 



gilders cwt. 1.08 @ 



Paris, white, American cwt. 1.15 (a) 



En^li,-h clitfstJne cwt. 1.25 @ 1.60 



Wood pulp XX.X (carloads) ton Nominal 



Yellow ochre (Satin) /*. .02!4 (3) 



India rubber lb. 1.25 @ 



Zinc oxide, American process, horsehead brand 



"special" f . o. b. factory /i. .10^(3 



"XX red" f. o. b. factory lb. .10 la 



French process, green seal..f. o. b. factory lb. .16^@ 



red «eal f. 0. b. factory lb. .16}|@ 



white seal .. f. o. b. factory lb. .17^@ 



Zinc substitutes lb. .01 ^@ 



•Zinc sulphide, pure lb. .15 @ 



