Canadian T r a d e Agreement List Contains Many Chemical I t e m s NNOUNCEMENT of the list of products to be considered as possible subjects for concessions in the pending trade agree ment negotiations with Canada were is sued by the Secretary of State on January 29. Reopening of the trade agreement with Canada follows closely announcement of trade agreement negotiations with Great Hritain, Newfoundland, and the Colonial Dominions. As Great Britain and her Dominions extend certain prefer ential tariff treatments to each other under the terms of the Ottawa Agreement, re consideration of our previous agreement with Canada follows as a natural conse quence. The list of products for consideration with Canada includes many commodities not provided for in the first agreement, as well as those included in it. Products not included in the list will not be considered in the negotiations, and no further re ductions will be made in any import duties which have already been reduced by 50 per cent in previous agreements. The announcement of the Canadian negotiations did not provide for issuance of a supplementary list of products, as was the case in the announcement concerning negotiations with the United Kingdom. Information and views in writing, and applications for appearances at the public hearing, with respect to items to be con sidered in the proposed agreement, should be submitted not later than noon, March 12, 1938, to the Chairman, Committee for Reciprocitv Information, Old Land Office Building, 8th and Ε Streets, N. W., Wash ington, D. C. The public hearing will commence at 10 A. M., April 4, 1938, in the hearing room of the Tariff Commission, Old Land Office Building, Washington, D. C. The new items appearing in the Chemi cal Schedule of the list of products are: acetic acid of not more than 65 per cent strength; Canada balsam; calcium ace tate; halibut, herring, and shark oils; cedar leaf oil; gas black; and salt in bulk and in packages. In the Ceramics Sched ule, new items of interest to the chemical industry are bentonite, ground feldspar and ground nepheline syenite, certain ferro alloys, boron carbide, cadmium, nickel and certain alloys thereof, leadbearing ores and lead bullion, and zinc and zinc-bearing ores. Shown below are the chemical and re lated products appearing on the State Department list. The rates of duty indi cated are those now applicable to products of Canada. Where the rate is one which has been reduced pursuant to a previous trade agreement by 50 per cent (the maximum permitted in the Trade Agree ments Act) it is indicated by the symbol MR. Where the rate represents a reduc tion pursuant to a previous trade agree ment, but less than a 50 per cent reduc tion, it is indicated by the symbol R. Where a rate has been bound against in crease, but has not been reduced, in a previous trade agreement, it is indicated by the symbol B; items which have been bound free of duty are indicated by the symbol B.
A
UNITED STATES TARIFF At-r OF 1 9 3 0 PARAGRAPH
1 2 10 11 16 29 34 52
D E S C R I P T I O N OF A R T I C L E
Acetic acid containing b y weight of acetic acid Not more t h a n G5 per cent More t h a n 6 5 per c e n t Vinyl a c e t a t e , polymerized or u n p o l y m e r i z e d , a n d s y n thetic resins made in chief v a l u e therefrom, n o t s p e cially provided for Fir or C a n a d a balsam, natural a n d u n c o m p o u n d e d , and not containing alcohol S y n t h e t i c resins m a d e in chief v a l u e from v i n y l a c e t a t e , not specially provided for Calcium a c e t a t e , crude Cobalt oxide Halibut-liver oil, natural a n d u n c o m p o u n d e d , not edible, and not specially provided for Herring oil
Shark oil, including dogfish oil; cluding dogfish-liver oil
52 58 71
81 203 203
and shark-liver oil, in
Sperm oil, crude Distilled or essential cedar-leaf oil, not containing alcohol Black p i g m e n t s , by w h a t e v e r n a m e k n o w n , d r y or ground in or mixed with oil or water, a n d not specially provided for A c e t y l e n e hlack Gas black, including carbon black Sodium chloride or salt In bags, s a c k s , barrels, or other packages In bulk L i m e s t o n e ( n o t s u i t a b l e for use as m o n u m e n t a l or building s t o n e ) , crude, or crushed but n o t pulverized Lime, not specially provided for H y d r a t e d lime
207 207 214 214 209
302(d)
Bentonite I'nwrought and unmanufactured Wrought or manufactured Crude feldspar Ground feldspar Ground nenheline s y e n i t e T a l c , s t e a t i t e or soapstone, ground, washed, powdered, or pulverized (except toilet preparations) Valued a t not more than $12.50 per t o n Valued at more than $12.50 per t o n F e r r o m a n g a n e s e containing more than 1 b u t less than 4 per cent of carbon
302(d)
F e r r o m a n g a n e s e c o n t a i n i n g not less t h a n 4 per cent of carbon
302(e)
Ferromanganese containing not more than 1 per cent of carbon
302(1)
Ferrosilicon, containing 8 per c e n t or more of silicon and less t h a n 3 0 per c e n t
302(0
Ferrosilicon, containing 30 per c e n t or more of silicon and less t h a n 60 per c e n t
302(A)
Ferrochrome or ferrochromium containing Less than 3 per c e n t of carbon 3 per cent or more of carbon
302(i)
Boron carbide Ferrotitanium, ferrovanadium, a n d ferrouranium Iron m a n g a n e s e alloys, not specially provided for, used in the manufacture of steel or iron a n d containing more t h a n 1.5 per cent of silicon A l u m i n u m , a l u m i n u m scrap, a n d alloys (except those provided for in paragraph 3 0 2 of the Tariff Act of 1930) in which a l u m i n u m is t h e c o m p o n e n t material of chief v a l u e , in crude form Cadmium . . Nickel, a n d allovs (except those provided for in paragraph 302 or 3 8 0 of the Tariff Act of 1930) in which nickel is the c o m p o n e n t material of chief value, in pigs or ingots, shot, c u b e s , grains, cathodes, or similar forma Lead-bearing ores, flue dust, a n d matters of all kinds
302(77»)
302 (o)
378 389
391 392
394 1601 1616
L e a d bullion or base bullion, l e a d in pigs and bare, lead dross, reclaimed lead, scrap l e a d , and alloys or combi nations of lead n o t specially provided for Zinc-bearing ores of all kinds, e x c e p t pyrites containing not more than 3 per cent zinc Zinc in b l o c k s , pigs, or slabs, a n d zinc d u s t Sulfuric a c i d or oil of vitriol Asbestos, u n m a n u f a c t u r e d , asbestos crudes, fibers, s t u c c o , and s a n d and refuse containing n o t more t h a n 15 per cent of foreign m a t t e r
118
PRESENT RATE OF D U T Y
1.375(5 per lb. 1.25* per l b . 3 * per lb. and 1 5 %
SYMBOL
R MR
10% 3 * per lb. and 1 5 %
R
1* per lb. 10c per l b . 10%
MR
5(5 per gal. plus 3 * per lb. import excise tax under the R e v e n u e A c t of 1932, a s amended (see b e low) 2 0 % plus 3 * per l b . import excise tax under the R e v e nue Act of 1932, as a m e n d e d (see below) 2.5c per gal. 12.5%
MR MR
15% 20% 11* per 100 1b. 7* per 100 lb. 2.5* per 100 l b .
MR
7 * per 100 l b . , i n cluding weight of container 8* per 100 l b . , i n cluding weight of container S 1.50 per ton 83.25 per ton 3 5 * per t o n 30% 30% 25% 35% 1.875(5 per lb. on t h e metallic m a n g a nese contained therein 1* per lb. o n t h e metallic m a n g a nese c o n t a i n e d therein 1.875(5 per lb. on t h e manganese c o n tained therein a n d 15% 1.5(5 per lb. on t h e silicon c o n t a i n e d therein 2(5 per l b . o n t h e silicon c o n t a i n e d therein 25% 1.25(5 per lb. on t h e chromium con tained therein 25% 25% 4 * per lb
15* per l b . 3(5 per l b .
1.5* per lb. on l e a d contained therein 2.125(5 per l b . o n lead contained therein 1.5* per lb. on zinc contained therein 1.75* per l b . Free Free
R MR
1624 1641
1730(6)
Fish sounds Calcium Cyanamide or lime nitrogen Coal-tar products Benzene, toluene, xylene, crude coal tar. crude blast furnace tar, crude oil-gas tar, crude water-gas tar, and all other distillates of crude coal tar, not specially provided for, which on being subjected t o distillation yield in the portion distilling below 190° C. a quantity of tar acids less than 5 per cent of the original distil late Cobalt and cobalt ore Sodium cyanide Ginseng omega root, and all drugs of animal origin; all the foregoing which are natural and uncompounded drugs and not edible, and not specially provided for, and are in a crude state, not advanced in value or con dition by shredding, grinding, chipping, crushing, or any other process or treatment whatever beyond that essential to the proper packing of the drugs and the prevention of decay or deterioration pending manu facture, and not containing alcohol Crude artificial abrasives, not specially provided for Fishskins, raw or salted Spruce gum Mechanically ground wood pulp, chemical wood pulp, un bleached or bleached Minerals, crude, or not advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, not specially provided for Lignite I'ranium ore Natural gas Gravel Nepheline syenite Eulachon oil
1734 1743 1749 1758
Nickel ore. nickel matte, and nickel oxide Plaster rock (including anhydrite) and gypsum, crude Radium, and salt? of Selenium, and salts of
1651
1652 1667 1669
1672 1678 1686 1716 1719
REVENUE ACT OF 1932, AS AMENDED SECTION
601(c)
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NEWS EDITION
F E B R U A R Y 20,1938
Free
Reinliardt
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R
Free
Free Free Free
Β Β
Free Free Free Free
Free Free Free Free Free Free; see below for Revenue Act of H»32. as amended Free Free Free Free
Β Β
PRESENT R A T E OF IMPORT T A X
(8) Herring oil ; shark oil. dogfish oil. shark-liver oil, and dogfish-liver oil; eulachon oil
3c per lb.
Necrology William McAfee Bruce
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ILLIAM M C A F E E B R U C E died suddenly
of a heart attack in Philadelphia on J a n u a r y 2 0 . H e was 65 years old a n d h a d n o t been ill. Dr. Bruce was born in Boule Co., K y . , a n d received his A.B. a n d A . M . degrees a t Central College, Fayette, M o . For t w o years he t a u g h t science in Hendrix College, Conway, Ark., a n d t h e n held a 2-year teaching scholarship a t t h e Uni versity of Chicago, from which he re ceived his Ph.D. degree.^ After gradua tion a n d while with t h e Kennicott Water Softener Co., Dr. Bruce invented a watersoftening machine which is still in use in t h i s country a n d abroad. He was in charge of scientific research i n t h e Agricultural Demonstration D e p a r t m e n t of t h e University of Arkansas, a n d later ran t h e Eastern Arkansas Demonstration Farm, connected with t h e university. I n 1923 he accepted a posi tion a s research chemist with t h e Permutit Co., a n d in recent years had m a d e his head q u a r t e r s a t t h e company's plant a t Birmingham, near M t . Holly, N . J., 'where he h a d his home.
Willard P. Chandler, Jr·
Wdied J a n u a r y 24, a t his home, 426 South Linden Ave., Pittsburgh, P a . rxLARD P . CHANDLER, J R . , age 49,
Mr. Chandler was chief engineer of t h e industrial division of t h e Blaw-Knox Division of t h e Blaw-Knox C o . a n d had been in t h e employ of t h e company since J a n u a r y , 1929. Before going with BlawK n o x , he wa3 identified with t h e Heat Economy Bureau, a n d prior t o t h a t , re spectively with Duquesne Steel Works and Clairton Steel Works of t h e Carnegie Steel Co. He was a graduate of t h e Engineering
WII-LARD P.
CHANDLER
School, Cornell University, class of 1910, and was a member of various scientific organizations. Adelin
Spencer
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DELIN S P E N C E R , professor emeritus of
geology a t Newcomb College, New Orleans, died December 19, 1937, after an illness of several years. She was a member of t h e first graduating class a t Newcomb, receiving a master's degree a t Tulane University, and a n advanced de gree in science a t Cornell University in 1896. She became an instructor in chemistry in t h e Newcomb high school in 1912 a n d later associate professor of chemistry a t t h e college, where she also became professor of geology. She was active in m a n y scientific circles, a n d was a m e m b e r of SOCIETY.
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AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
Thiessen
EINHARDT T H I E S S E N , research chemist
for t h e Federal Bureau of Mines and a resident of Pittsburgh for nearly 30 years, died suddenly J a n u a r y 30 a t his home, of a heart ailment. Dr. Thiessen was born May 1, 1867, on a farm in N e w Holstein, Wis., a district settled b y German political refugees from Schleswig-Holstein. However, not con tent with farm life, he entered Lawrence College a t Appleton, Wis., in 1891 a n d paid his way by playing in t h e band a n d acting as n i g h t operator in t h e first hydro electric plant in t h e United States. He received t h e B.S. degree in 1895. In 1898 h e became an instructor in science a t the Red River Valley University in South D a k o t a , conducting classes in geology, algebra, geometry, zoology, a n d botany. W h e n the character of t h e school was changed in 1901 t o a ministerial col lege, arrangements were made for him to enter t h e University of Chicago in return for t h e loss of his professorship. A t this time he married Clara A. Lindemann of Kiel, Wis., a n d much of his success in con tinuing his work a t t h e University of Chicago was due t o M r s . Thiessen's en couragement a n d aid. H e continued t o pay his way through t h e university by playing in t h e band, teaching a t Des Moines College from 1902 to 1904 and a t the University High School in Chicago in 1906. A t t h e university, contact with John M . Coulter, a botanist of world re nown, so impressed him t h a t h e decided to study b o t a n y . D r . Coulter was instru mental in developing Thiessen's ability as an exceptionally fine technician in plant anatomy a n d as a patient, extremely thorough, painstaking microscopist. H e received t h e P h . D . degree in 1907. At t h a t t i m e David White of t h e Tech nologic Branch of t h e Geological Survey was in search of a m a n with training in botany, geology, a n d paleobotany, and selected D r . Thiessen for t h e position. Under D r . White's advisement Thiessen began the s t u d y of the origin a n d constitu tion of coal b y developing a system for the preparation of transparent thin sections of coal for microscopic study. When t h e Technologic Branch of t h e Geological Survey was made p a r t of t h e Bureau of Mines, D r . Thiessen was t r a n s ferred to t h e Central Experiment Station of t h e bureau a t Pittsburgh, Pa., where he continued his study of t h e origin a n d con stitution of coal a n d h a d become t h e world's leading authority o n t h e subject. In 1925 t h e Safety in Mines Research Board of G r e a t Britain requested t h a t D r . Thiessen come to England a s an exchange investigator t o supervise a n d assist with the establishment of research on t h e origin and constitution of coal similar t o t h a t carried on a t the Bureau of Mines, and for noteworthy accomplishment h e was awarded a silver medal b y t h e Royal Society of A r t s , London. In 1928 he received t h e honorary degree of doctor of science from Lawrence College. H e was a loyal a n d active member of a number of clubs a n d organizations, in cluding t h e AMERICAN C H E M I C A L SOCIETY,
Botanical Society of America, a n d Ameri can Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. H e was a u t h o r and co-author of numer ous Bureau of Mines publications o n t h e origin and constitution of coal. One of his most popular papers recently published was a n article entitled " W h a t is C o a l ? " . Dr. Thiessen is survived b y his widow, three sons—Gilbert, a research chemist with t h e K o p p e r s Co., Linwood, research engineer for Vesuvius Crucible C o . , a n d Reinhardt, J r . , chemist for t h e Brass Yeast Corp.—and three granddaughters.
