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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1. 1915. 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



TPHE chemical market lias been more or 1 ted by the 



1 difficulties in shipping from foreign countries during war 

 nuns. The list shows advanced prices, with supplies sufficient 

 for the present. Zincs are in fair demand and foreign grades are 

 arriving in limited quantities; the prici over, have not 



changed The same can bi said ' the lead compounds. Dry col- 

 ors are firmer this month, with some grades affected bj the em 

 is from Germany. There is very little ch-angi 

 however, in the local market. There is good demand for cer- 

 tain grades of domestic barytes Foreign grades arrive occasion- 

 ally and there is no scarcitj of stock. Lithopone is normal and 

 manufacturers are disposing of their output without difficulty. 

 Foreign grades are being quoted and arrivals reported. The 

 scarcity of chalk is having a marked effect on the whiting mar- 

 ket, which cannot improve until sufficient quantity of the raw 

 material is available to meet normal requirements. Prices for the 

 various vegetable .md mineral oils used in the trade are nom- 

 inal and the demand has been quiet throughout the month. Ani- 

 line and corn oil. however, have advanced. 



In general it can be said that irregular prices have character- 

 ized the local market during the past month. Actual business 

 has not been unusually active, although certain compounding in- 

 gredients have met with a good demand. 



PRICES OF CHEMICALS AND COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 

 February 27, 1915. 



Acetic acid. 28 per cent lb. ? 0.0134®$ 0.02 



Acetic acid, glacial lb. .0734® .09,% 



Acetone lb. .18 @ .20 



Alba whiting ton 8.00 ® 13.00 



Aluminum rlake lb. .01 3,6® 



Aniline oil lb. .75 @ .80 



Antimony, crimson, sulphuret of lb. .40 @ .50 



Antimony, golden, sulphuret of lb. .35 @ .45 



Arsenic sulphide lb. .12 @ 



Asbestine ton 16.00 @ 18.00 



Barytes, domestic ton 17.00 18.00 



Barytes, foreign ton 19.00 fa 20.00 



Bayberry wax lb. .25 @ .27 



wax, white lb. .45 @ .55 



Benzol. 00 per cent gal. .30 ® .35 



lb. .25 @ 



Blanc fixe lb. .03%® .04 



Cadmium, yellow lb. 1.25 ® 1.50 



Carbon bisulphide lb. 06 a .07 ! / 2 



Carbon gas lb. .04 @ .06 



Carbon tetra-chloride. drums lb. .12 @ 13 



in wax, white lb. .10 @ .25 



Chalk, light pn lb. M'/ 2 @ .05y 2 



China clay, domestic ton 8.00 (a: 9.00' 



China clay, imported , ton 14.00 ® 16.00 



Chrome, yellow lb. .1034® .12 



lb. .22 @ .30 



Coal tar naphtha nal. 2S 



oil, crude 100 'lbs. 6.25 @ 6.30 



Fossil flour ton 35.00 @ 



'ted ton 60.00 @ 



Glycerine, C. P.. bulk lb. 2V/,@ .21% 



Graphite lb. .08 @ .12 



f chromium lb. .30 ® .35 



Iron oxide lb. .02J4® .08;4 



Infusorial earth ton 30.00 @ 35.00 



Ivory, black lb. .08 @ .12 



Lampblack lb. .0334® .07 



d, sublimed white lb. .07'. 



Lead, whil carbonate*! lb. .05 ® .05*4 



Lead, white (basic sulphate ) lb. .05 



Linseed oil. carload gal. .55 @ 



Litharge lb. .05 fa) 



Litharge. English lb. .09J4®' .0934 



Lithopone, American lb. .03%® .04J4 



Lithopone. Imported lb. .04' 



Magnesia, carbonate lb. .04%® 05!4 



Magnesia, calcined, powder ton 40.00 (a< 45.00 



Naphtha. Y. M. & I'.. deodorized gal. 



Naphtha, 73(§ To deg gal. 



Naphtha, 86 deg gal. 



Orange mineral, domestic lb. 



rite, refined white lb. 



Paraffine wax, domestic 120 m. p lb. 



Pine in. retort bbl. 



Prussian blue lb. 



Pumice stone, powder : . lb. 



Rape seed oil, blown gal. 



Red lead, domestic lb. 



Red had. English lb. 



Red oxide, domestic lb. 



Ri isin oil 



Shellac, fine orange lb. 



Soapstone, powdered ton 



Sulphur chloride, in drums lb. 



Sulphur, flowers cwt 



Sulphuric acid, c. p lb. 



Talc, American ton 



Talc. French ton 



Turpentine, spirits gal. 



Ultramarine blue lb. 



Vermilion, Chinese lb. 



Whiting, commercial cwt. 



Whiting, Paris white. American cult. 



Whiting. English cliffstone cwt. 



Zinc oxide, American process lb. 



Zinc oxide, French process, red seal lb. 



Zinc oxide, French process, green seal lb. 



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



.09 @ 



.24 @ 



.26 @ 



•07J4@ 



.30 @ 



.04J4® 



6.50 @ 



.46 @ 



.01 A@ 



.78 @ 



05 a 



us . ,, 



.05^® 



.25 @ 



.17 @ 



10.00 @ 



■06>4@ 



2.20 @ 



.0514® 



15.00 @ 



15.00 @ 



My 2 @ 



.03 14 @ 

 .90 @ 

 •45 @ 

 .70 @ 

 .75 @ 

 0534® 

 .07 @ 

 •07J4® 

 .08 @ 



.11 



■OS.'A 



.40 



.04% 



.48 



.02 

 80 



.09 

 .07 

 .55 

 .19 

 1200 

 08 

 2.60 



■07V 2 



20.00 



25.00 



.45 



.13 



1.00 



.50 



.75 



1.10 



THE SCRAP RUBBER MARKET. 



' I '1 1ERE was very little business in the scrap rubber market 

 *■ during the first week of the month. Prices on shoes and 

 ware unchanged from the week before. The settlement of 

 the rubber embargo question is no doubt the cause of the present 

 dullness and prevailing prices. During the second week auto 

 tires developed weakness, selling to the mills at 4A cents a 

 pound. Shoes remained nominal, with 7Y\ cents as the best price 

 that could be obtained from the consumer. The market in a 

 general way reflected the lack of activity on the part of the re- 

 claimers. The result i* an easier market and a poor demand for 

 In some quarters they are bought for ''■- cents, hut most 

 of the large dealers are holding out for 7% cents. Auto tires are 

 still quoted at 4 T _ cents, and inner tubes are easier, at 22;4 b -? 

 cents to the mills. There is no marked change reported in other 

 grades. The trade has been expecting to hear that Canada's cm- 

 against shipments of scrap rubber has been lifted, but m th- 

 ing definite has so far developed. 



RritBER SCRAP PRICES PAID BY CONSUMERS FOR CARLOAD 



LOTS. 



New York. February 27. 1915. 



Per Pound 



Boots and shoes cents 7y 2 'r, 



Trimmed arctics 6 <<i 



Auto tires 4>4(a 4-4 



Solid tires 4'.1.@ 4% 



No. 1 inner tubes 24 @26 



X 2 inner tubes \\ l A@\ 



Red tubes 13 <<• ' 



Bicycle tires 3 <•> 



Irony tire* 1%<§ 



Xo. 1 auto peelings 814(0 9 | 



Mixed auto peelings 7 (3 



Xo. 1 soft white rubber 11 ®12 



White wringer rubber 9 



No. 1 red scrap 10 @11 



Mixed red scrap 7 l A(a 7]A 



Mixed black scrap 2A(a 



Rubber car springs iVi'a 



Horse shoe pads 3 (a 3'4 



Matting and packing 



Garden hose 



Air brake hose 3'4(3 3-54 



Cotton fire hose 2 'n 2'4 



