this advancing business without loss. pa ee 
For the German consumer, the fixing of the prices in te peppermint oH 
menthol market is most of all a currency question, for even if a decrease in the values 
comes about shortly, it may be nullified by the fall in the value of the mark at th 
very least; a disparity may therefore enter between the Siakine MONS: of th 
market and the falling in value of our currency. 
Menthol. — According to a report of the Oil, Paint tha Drug Reporlarihe the senah 
menthol harvest of 1919 was estimated at 260000 Ibs. of raw oil, which after distillation 
yielded about 2000 cases of 60 lbs. each, 7. e., 120000 lbs. menthol. According to 
the reports of the American consular agent in Tokio 400000 Ibs. menthol were | obtained 
in Japan in 1918, and 160000 Ibs. in 1919. ie 
The great lowering of the menthol production is due to the fact that the fanadese 
farmers are forsaking the cultivation of peppermint in favour of the wheat ee. 
The export of menthol during the last six years amounted to: — Aer rs. 8 . | 
1913 1914 1915 CTO G. Hie 1917 ees 1918 2) 
306240 Ibs. 355080 Ibs. 429000 Ibs. 509520 Ibs, 331320 lbs. 312840 Ibs. “a 
During the same years America imported: — ke y 
940896 Ibs.2 | 27962 Ibs. 11020 Ibs. 145203 Ibs. 172776 Ibs. 172450 Ibs. 
It is estimated that Japan uses on an average 75000 Ibs. and Continental Euro pe 
426000 Ibs. menthol yearly. : | ) Bh 
We take the following data from another statistic”): — po Ne eae 
1909 1913 . 1917 a 
Meee! production -in Japan 147921 Ibs. eneee hae 561 843 Ibs. i 
states that the supplies in the various production districts during the ue 
amounted to 160000 Ibs. in Yokohama and 441500 Ibs. in Kobe, i. e., a 
601500 Ibs.; the actual joint yield of the harvest in the Sambi and Hokkaid 
was 253500 Ibs. Hence the disposable stocks for eich eget Wes 
Kwagaku-Zasshi) during 1915 and 1916 and has only is ately com: 
we select the following data: — oe 
1) Ind. u. Handelszty. 1920, 312. — %) Chemist and Druggist 92 (1920), 7. 3 
