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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1914. 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



"""PHIS 's not an active period for the chemicals used in rubber 

 * works, and trading is along quiet lines. The situation in 

 regard to many materials remains complicated and is not likely 

 to clear up until a way has been found to restore the foreign 

 materials which have been cut off. The lead pigments are 

 holding steady and are meeting with a fairly good outlet in the 

 various consuming channels. Linseed oil has gained in strength. 

 Variations in the price of seed have affected the market for oil. 

 Zinc oxide is in good demand with other trades helping the 

 market. The spreading of mines along the shores of Europe 

 has made uncertain the exportation of many articles which 

 otherwise would reach here, and among these may be mentioned 

 chalk. Tlie situation in chalk is reflected in the market for 

 whiting, as makers of the latter are not anxious to sell ahead 

 till they can get stocks of raw material from England. French 

 chalk is not on the market. Lithopone and barytes are affected 

 by difficulties of transportation, and foreign makes have been in 

 limited supply since the disturbance began. 



PRICKS OF CHEMICALS AXD COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 



November 30, 1914. 



Aluminum flake lb. $0.01 



Aniline oil lb. .36 @ 



Antimony, crimson, sulphuret of lb. .40 @ 



Antimony, golden, sulphuret of lb. .28 @ 



Arsenic sulphide lb. .12 @ 



Asbestine ton 16.00 @ 18.00 



Barytes, domestic ion 21.75 (5 



> rry wax lb. .24 @ .27 



Beeswax, crude yellow //;. .30 @ .32 



Benzol 90 per cent gal, .30 @ 



Black hypo lb. .25 @ 



Blanc fixe lb. .03%@ .04 



Cadmium, yellow lb. 1.25 @ 1.50 



Carbon bi-sulphide lb. .05y 2 @ .07 



Carbon gas //>. .04' @ .06 



Carbon tetra-chloride, drums lb. .14 @ .16 



m wax. white lb. .12 @ .22 



Chalk, L. B lb. .04^@ .05J4 



China clay, domestic ton 8.00 @ 9.00 



Chrome green lb. .22 @ .30 



Coal tar naphtha gal. .28 @ 



Corn oil b. .05 @ 



Fossil flour ton 35.00 @ 



Glycerine, C. P., bulk lb. .23 (a) .24 



Graphite lb. .40 @ .60 



Green oxide of chromium lb. .35 @ 



ixide lb. .02 @ .08J4 



Infusorial ..nth ton 30.00 @ 



Ivory, black lb. .08 @ .12 



Lampblack lb. .03ii(a). .07 



Lead, sublimed white lb. .07 @ 



Lead, white i basic carbonate) lb. .05 @ .05J4 



Lead, white i basic sulphate ) lb. .04^@ .05 



Linseed oil, carload gal. .46 @ 



Litharge lb. .05 @ .QS%. 



Lithopone, American lb. .03-'4@ .04^2 



Magnesia, carbonate ton 0454@ .05^ 



esia, calcined, powder ton 30.00 (3)35.00 



Naphtha, V. M. & P ized gal. .09 @ 



Naphtha, 70 deg gal. .23 @ 



Naphtha, 76 deg gal. .26 (5> 



Orange mineral, domestic //.. .07%@ .08]4 



Ozokerite, refined yellow lb. .25 '@ .30 



Paraffine wax, domestic 120 m. p lb. .04'/ 2 @ .04)4 



Pumice stone, powder lb. .OV/i® .02 



-ian blue lb. .46 @ .48 



Rape seed oil .75 @ 



Red lead lb. .05y 2 @ 



Red '.omestic lb. .05j^@ .6 



Rosin oil gal. .25 @ 



Shellac, tine orange .16 @ .18 



Soapstone, powdered ton 10.00 ^D 12.00 



Sulphur chloride, in drums lb. .06^@ 



Sulphur. cwt. 2.20 @ 2.60 



American ton 15.00 @ 20.00 



Ultramarine blue lb. .40 (S- .14 



Vermilion Chinese lb. 



Whiting, commercial cwt. 



Whiting, Paris white cwt. 



Whiting. English cliffstone cwt. 



. American process lb. 



Zinc oxide, French process, red seal lb. 



Zinc oxide, French process, green seal..../fr. 

 Zinc oxide, French process, white seal..../6. 



THE RUBBER SCRAP MARKET. 



AT the opening of the month, dealers were purchasing boots 

 and shoes at 6^c. to 6^gc, while mills had reduced their 

 offers from 7' 4 c. to 7c, with only limited transactions at 7j^c. 

 Some dealers were holding out for 7%c. Boots and shoes were, 

 however, in quiet but steady demand, while the quantity offered 

 was smaller than was the case in former years. Owing to the 

 uions of the market, the limited nature of the supply was not 

 so apparent as would otherwise be the case. Dealers are not 

 being offered large lots at present. At the close of the month 

 they were finding it difficult to get supplies below 6j^c., although 

 in a few instances they claim to have got in at 6.5c. to 6.6c. 

 Consumers have been obliged to pay 7 l /i,z., but the volume of 

 business has been limited. 



In auto, tires the volume of business has remained small. 

 The price given by consumers, which at the beginning of the 

 month wa> 4 .... declined to 4.4c., at which figure business 

 was done, some sales having been effected at 4j^c. Large 

 dealers had been quoting 4,J^c, without finding a response 

 from buyers, while they have been offering from 4c. to 4.2c, 

 according to size of lots. Reports of sales to mills at 4,j4c. 

 have not been confirmed. Solid tires have been quoted to 

 dealers at 4c, while the latter have been asking consumers 

 4j4c. 



In the earlier days of the month weakness characterized 

 the market for inner tubes, 20c having been offered by con- 

 sumers for No. 1, while dealers were holding out for 21c. and 

 22c, they themselves paying 20c. The absence of movement 

 had led to an accumulation in the West. At a later period of 

 the month, the market became somewhat firmer, dealers being 

 in a better position and getting an average of 22,^4c and 23c 

 delivered. Xo. 2 was held nominally at 12 to 13c 



Generally' speaking, the prices of scrap in the concluding 

 week of the month were steady and unchanged, reclaimers 

 not exceeding their actual requirements. 



RUBBER SCRAP PRICES PAID BY CONSUMERS FOR CARLOAD 



LOTS. 



New York, November 30, 1914. 



Per Pound 



Boots and shoes cents 7f£@ 7 l /> 



Trimmed arctics 



Auto tires 4i/$@ 4H 



Solid tires 5 (n 5' 4 



No. 1 inner tubes 21 @22 



No 2 inner tubes liy 2 @Uy 2 



Red tubes 13 @13J4 



Bicycle tires 2-;4@ 3 



Irony tires 1 J ' I 



No. 1 auto peelings &A® 9J4 



Mixed auto peelings 6)4 @ 7 



No. 1 soft white rubber W l 4@ 



White wringer rubber 6%@ 7% 



No. 1 red scrap 9%@ 



Mixed red scrap 6J4@ 7J4 



Mixed black scrap 2%@ 



Rubber car springs i l A@ 



Horse shoe pads 2;4@ 2J4 



Matting and packing y 2 @ y$ 



Garden hose 



Air brake hose 3 (SJ 3j4 



Cotton fire hose 2%@ 



