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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1913. 



THE MARKET FOR CHEMICALS AND COMPOUND- 

 ING INGREDIENTS. 



THE idvance in the spelter market late in May, 



; unprecedented export movement, resulted 

 in advancing prices of all grades of zinc oxide. During June 

 higher prices have been quoted on white lead, red lead, barytes 

 and litharge, due to the advance of pig lead. The fundamental 

 i this upward movement is the steady call for metals 

 in war order-. By the middle of the month pig lead and 

 spelter had sold at record prices. Should the price of zinc oxide 

 me prohibitive the rubber mills will be forced to substitute 

 some other white pigment. Acetate of lime is bringing higher 

 prices, resulting in substantial advances in acetone and acetic 

 acid. The demand for benzol and toluol has fallen off, and 

 manufacturers are now offering these solvents freely. Some 

 of the manufacturers are quoting benzol as low as 35 cents to 

 their regular trade. The capacity of the United States Steel 

 Co.'s benzol plants will be 9.500,000 gallons of crude benzol a 

 year, or 26,000 gallons a day. 



Aniline oil is very firm in price, and recent importations 

 from Manchester have been noted. Turpentine has advanced, 

 and linseed oil has been added to the contraband list of Great 

 Britain without any marked effect on the market. 



Dry colors have been in a very uncertain position on account 

 of advancing prices in the raw materials which are used in 

 their manufacture. Prussian blues are higher, and the ver- 

 milions hard to get. Carbon tetrachloride has advanced about 

 one cent a pound, and is now being quoted at seventeen cents. 

 Aniline oil continues to be difficult to obtain, and until the 

 domestic production is sufficient for all requirements there will 

 be very little offered. Crimson and golden antimony prices are 

 still moving upward, and zinc oxides are quoted at still higher 

 prices subject to change without notice. The United States 

 produces more talc and soapstone than all the rest of the world 

 combined. In 1914 the production was 172,296 short tons, 

 valued at $1,865,087. Of talc alone the United States produced 

 151,088 tons, and of soapstone 21.208 tons. 



The lead market eased off during the latter part of June and 

 pigments were quoted at lower prices. Zinc oxide prices have 

 forced to record figures on account of the market position 

 of zinc ore and spelter. The latter, however, is declining rapidly. 

 Domestic barytes are now in better demand since the foreign 

 supply has been limited. About 400 casks of lithopone were 

 imported late in the month which was undoubtedly sold ahead, 

 as quotations are difficult to obtain; but domestic lithopone is 

 quoted freely. 



Chromite yields strong colors, especially green and yellow. 

 Now that the foreign supply has been cut off, the American de- 

 posits will doubtless be developed. The greater part of green. 

 oxide of chromium is now imported. 



PRICl VLS AND COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS. 



NEW YORK, TUNE 26, 1915. 



Acetone (drums) lb. $0.2354@ 



acetic, 28 per cent, (bbls.) lb. 2.50 @ 2.65 



glacial (ca lb. .10'A@ .11 



Alumi i ton 18.00 iff 20.00 



Antimony, crimson, sulphur* ks) lb. .75 @ .80 



golden, sulphuret of (casks) lb. .60 <ffi 



itine ton 19.00 9 



ton 20.00 fi'50.00 



lb. .03 @ 



m Sulphate, precipitated ton 65.00 ® 



tic ton 16.25 @ 17.00 



foreign 'on 25.00 @ 



ton 75.00 ffl 



■,1, 90 per cent gal. .90 @ 1.00 



.1 lb. 2.00 @ 2.50 



Black H lb. .30 @ 



Blanc Fixe lb. .03?|@ .04 



Cadmium, yellow lb. none 



'''■■ -08 @ 



drums) lb. .17 ® .18 



"'• 03 at 



lb. 2.25 @ 2.50 



Chalk, light precipitated (casks) lb. .03s4rS; .04 



l Clav, domestic ton 9.00 @ 15.00 



imported ton 16.00 (a'35.00 



Chrome, green lb. .06 '" 



ellow lb. .13 



Di-chlorethanc lb. .10 @ .12 



Emarex ton 70.00 @ 



Black lb. .05^@ .06J4 



e ton 37.00 (^40.00 



Gl cerine, t. P. (drums) lb. .25 @ 



Graphite (bbl.) /*. .02 



n Oxide of Chromium (casks) lb. .30 @ 



Iron Oxide, black (casks) lb. .05 @ .06 



red, reduced grades lb. .02 @ .07 



pure lb. .07 (ffl .12 



rial Earth, powdered ton 50.00 <<r 



bolted ton 60.00 @ 



Ivory, black lb. .08 @ .12 



Indian Red ■ lb. M>'/ 2 <<t .05 54 



pblack lb. .04 @ .08 



Lead, red oxide of //,. .0744® 



sublimed blue lb. .0646® 



white, basi< carbonate lb. .0644<Si 



white, basic sulphate lb. .0654@ 



Lime, flour lb. .01 @ .0154 



hydrated lb. .01 @ .02 



Litharge lb. .0754® 



English lb. none 



Lithopone, American lb. .06 @ 



imported lb. none 



I . tiesia, carbonate lb. .04 54® .0554 



calcined, heavy lb. .0644® .094$ 



light lb. .20 @ .25 



Mngnesite, calcined, powdered ton 36.00 @ 



Mica, powdered lb. .OiyiCa. .05 



Mineral Rubber lb. .02 @ .0454 



Naphtha, stove gasolene (steel bbls.) gal. .12 @ 



66@68 degrees gal. .18 @ 



68<g 70 degrees gal. .19 @ 



Oil, aniline lb. 1.30 @ 1.50 



corn, crude lb. .06^2® .0644 



linseed (bbl.) gal. .57 @ .58 



rosin gal. .25 @ .55 



rape seed, blown gal. .87 @ .88 



Orange Mineral, domestic lb. .0944® 



Paragol lb. .06 @ 



Petrolatum No. 5 (wood bbls.) lb. .03 @ 



Pine Tar, retort bbl. 5.25 @ 5.50 



Prussian Blue lb. .95 <5> 1.05 



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



Rosin (280-pound bbls.) lb. 3.40 (a 6.00 



Rubber Black lb. .04 @ M'A 



Rubber Flux lb. .06 @ 



Rubber Substitute, black lb. .Of. 



white (6. .07 <; 



Shellac, fine orange lb. .18 @ 



Soapstone, powdered ton 8.50 gi 



Sulphur Chloride (drums) lb. .0654® .07yi 



Sulphur, flowers cwt. 2.10 ® 2.75 



Talc, American ton 12.00 (a 15.00 



French ton 35.00 @ 



Toluol, pure gal. 2.50 @ 3.00 



Tripolite Earth, powdered ton 50.00 './ 



bolted ton 60.00 ® 



Turpentine, spirits gal. .45 



Ultramarine Blue lb. .06 @ .22 



Vermilion, Brilliant lb. .90 @ 1.00 



Chinese lb. .95 @1.00 



English lb. 1.25 @ 



Wax, Bayberry lb. .24 @ 



Beeswax, white lb. .35 @ .50 



Ceresin, white lb. .12 @ 



Carnauba lb. .23 (a). 



Ozokerite, refined white lb. .65 (a) 



Montan lb. .22 @ 



Parafflne, refined, 118/120 m. p. (cases) lb. .0344® 



123/125 m. p. (cases) ib. .04 @ 



128/130 m. p. (cases) lb. .0454 @ 



133/136 m. p. (cases) lb. .06 @ 



crude, white, 117/119 m. p. (bbls.) . . .lb. .03'/2@ 



yellow, 124/126 m. p. (bbls.). .ft. .0354® 



Whiting, Alba, factory ton 9.50 @ 12.50 



commercial cwt. .45 @ .50 



Paris white, American cwt. .70 ® .75 



English cliffstone cwt. 1.00 @ 1.25 



Zinc oxide, American process (factory) Horse head 



"Special" lb. .0854® 



"XX Special" lb. .0744® 



French process, green seal lb. .255 



red seal lb. .2 7 



white seal /*. .26 



Zinc sulphide lb. None 



There was exported from New York in May to England, 



5,660 barrels of zinc oxide valued at $60.585 ; 750 casks of 

 white lead valued at $38,084: 296,833 pounds, 5 drums and 146 

 barrels of acetic acid valued at $19,835; 501,601 pounds of ace- 

 tone valued at $77.7S4 went to Cardiff, Wales. France took 1,650 

 barrels of zinc oxide valued at $17,868; 135 casks of white lead 



valued at $5,855 : 5,931 pounds of acetone valued at $1,197, and 

 11,272 pounds of acetic acid valued at $581. There were 750 



pounds of acetic acid valued at $100 shipped to Rotterdam, 

 Holland. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers.— Mr. 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients" 



