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Statistics are given showing the Canadian production, imports, and exports of arsenic in 1921 and 1922. (P. 466) Interested parties may obtain from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce a complete list of the names and addresses of quinine plantations in the Netherlands East Indies. (P ,-. 4fifi) ---, The Chilean Congress is considering the question of having an international exposition of products relating to mining, metallurgy, and nitrate a t Santiago in 1924. (Pp. 479-80) A general feeling of optimism characterizes the petroleum situation in Rumania. Production is good and on the whole there is considerable confidence in the situation. (P. 481) Small quantities of Cuban motor alcohol have been imported recently into the Canary Islands for experimental purposes with a view to the introduction of that product there. (P. 483) The construction of the canal through the Coyuca and San Jeronimo lagoons in Mexico is bringing to light an almost inexhaustible supply of mangrove, the bark of which is used so extensively in the tanning industry. (P. 487) It is estimated that the Swedish wood pulp production for this year, instead of being normal (approximately 880,000 metric tons), will be about 720,000 metric tons, of which about 535,000 tons will be available for export. Production has been lowered because of labor troubles. (P. 488) By a recent Mexican decree all products obtained from foreign petroleum imported for refining will pay only 15 per cent of the current quotas and will be exempt from the Mexican export duties. (P. 497) The Scottish mineral oil industry has survived the stress of recent years and is now in practically full operation. (P. 537) Both the import and export trade of the United States in chemicals and allied products have been on the upswing during the first six months of 1923. An exact comparison of the import trade with corresponding months of 1922 cannot be made owing ta the change in classification necessitated by the alterations in the import schedule. A conservative estimate, however, would place the gain in incoming shipments a t over 40 per cent. (Pp. 543-4) Samples of a wood fiber, known in the state of Vera Cruz as “jonote,” have been received in the Textile Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and are available for inspection. (P. 551) I n accordance with the Commercial Treaty between Austria and Italy, the latter has agreed to grant special rates on the following commodities imported from Austria: articles of copper, nickel, zinc, and their alloys; magnesite bricks; carbonic acid, copper sulfate, ammonium sulfate; varnishes; glue; and pulp for the manufacture of paper. Austria, on the other hand, has agreed to admit the following Italian goods a t special rates: olive oil; essential oils, sulfur, boric, tartaric, and citric acids; borax; ammonium sulfate, calcium citrate, copper sulfate; superphosphates; calcium cyanide; and oilseed cakes. (P. 562) Italy has modified her general customs tariff rates on the following American products : artificial silk; aluminium and its alloys, essence of turpentine; sodium carbonate; barium chloride; 1ithoDone: chemical fertilizers, including calcium cvanamide and imptke nitrate of ammonium; formalcfehyde; and organic synthetic colors. (P. 563) Italy has slightly reduced her customs tariff on American ferro-alloys. (P. 564) Latvia has placed an import duty on salt. (P. 564) All materials and machinery for use in the manufacture of ether alcohol within the Republic of Salvador may be imported free of duty. (P. 565)
The Hide and Leather Division of the Department of Commerce has received a list of the tanneries in the Department of Valle del Causa, Colombia. This list is available to firms registered on the Exporters’ Index. (P. 343) The President of Mexico has signed a decree which exempts from import duties all petroleum imported into Mexico for the purpose of refining. This concession is made to assist the Mexican refining industry which has been passing through a severe crisis because of the scarcity of oil coming from the Mexican fields for refining. (P. 351) The annual consumption of paraffin wax in Constantinople is between 1000 and 2000 sacks, of which 75 per cent is supplied by American firms and the remainder by Rumania. The prospects for the future development of the trade in paraffin in Turkey appear to be good. (P. 352) There is a small but consistent demand for calcium carbide in the Colombo consular district, and a t present the United States is not on the list of suppliers. (P. 360) Honduras offers a rapidly expanding market for paints. (Pp. 360-1) The annual report of the Harzgesellschaft shows that in the year 1922, 127 tons of resin were extracted. From this amount 88,000 kilos of finished resin and 20,500 kilos of turpentine were obtained. The Deutsche Harzgesellschaft has enlarged its works and has leased new ground and an increased production is anticipated. (P. 361) The German press is now emphasizing the desirability of concluding an arrangement with Russia to open up the latter’s enormous phosphate resources and convert the raw material to superphosphate on the ground in chemical plants operated by Germany. (Pp. 361-2) According to certain German dealers, wages and salaries in Baden have increased to such an extent that certain chemicals can be imported a t a lower price than it would cost to manufacture them in Germany. Stuttgart dealers claim that prices of chemicals in the occupied areas are approximately 50 per cent lower than in the unoccupied areas. (P. 362). The use of calcium carbide is gradually decreasing in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (P. 362) Intensified activity on the part of oil shale mines owned by the Esthonian government resulted in a considerable increase in ?e total value of the production in 1922 as compared with previous years. (P. 417) The exports of chemicals and allied products from the United States for the first six months of 1923 had an aggregate value of $75,125,022, an increase of 21 per cent over the first six months of 1922 and equivalent to 67 per cent of the total value of $112,836,432 for the entire year 1922, June being the record month. (Pp. 419-22) An American concern is to build a kraft pulp mill in Ontario, Canada, with a minimum daily capacity of 75 tons. The manufacture of kraft paper is a new development in that community and will bring into use a wider variety of woods than has been used. (P. 431) The importation into Mexico of all narcotic drugs, except by the Public Health Department of the government, has been STATISTICS OB EXPORTS TO THE UNITEDSTATES prohibited. (P. 438) Germany-(P. 466) Canada-(P. 488) Heavy chemicals Woad pulp Figures are given showing the new increase in Polish consumpDyes and dyestuffs tion taxes on mineral oils. (P. 440). Tampico Mexiccr-(P. 483) A new Swiss carburetor has been invented with features that Petrodurn Gasoline permit the use of benzene, gasoline, kerosene, or alcohol, without SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS ISSUED alteration of the carburetor. (P. 463) Indo-China Algeria Uruguay The Japanese heavy chemicals and dyestuffs market in 1922 Danzig is reviewed. It is pointed out that the United States has not Venezuela Finland held the position which it gained during the war, with the single Austrian Trade in Rubber Products. C. H . FOSTER. Trade I n exception of the trade in sulfate of ammonia. For other heavy jormation Bulletin 131. chemicals and. dyestuffs Japan is now turning to England and Polish Petroleum Industry in 1922. Trade Information Bulletbn 135. Germany, principally because better prices can be had from those The Brazilian Market for Paper and Paper Products. Tvade Incountries. (Pp. 465-6) formation Bulletin 127.
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INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY Department of Commerce
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Commercial and Industrial Organizations of the United States. Miscellaneous Series 99. Revised edition, March 1 , 1923. 225 pp. Paper, 20 cents.
Bureau of the Census Chemicals and Allied Products. 14th Census of the United States, Manufactures, 1919. Prepared under the supervision of E. HARTLEY. 187pp. 1923. Essential Oils. Manufactures, 1921. 8 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Explosives. Manufactures, 1921. 10 pp. Paper, 5 cents. P u l p w o o d Consumption and Wood-Pulp Production. Compiled in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Forest Prodiicts, 1921. 13 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Turpentine and Rosin. Manufactures, 1921. Compiled in coiiperation with the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry. 10 pp. Paper, 5 cents.
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Antimony in 1922. F. C. SCHRADER.Separate from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922, Part I. 9 pp. Published August 7, 1923. Asbestos in 1922. EDWARD SAMPSON.Separate from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922, Part 11. 7 pp. Published August 29, 1923. Bauxite and Aluminium in 1922. J. M. HILL. Separate from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922, Part I. 10 pp. Published August 6, 1923. Boundaries, Areas, Geographic Centers and Altitudes of the United States and the Several States with a Brief Record of Important Changes in Their Territory. E. M. DOUGLAS.Bulletin 689. 234 pp. Paper, 50 cents. Chromite in 1922. EDWARD SAMPSON. Separate from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922, Part I. 6 pp. Published August 27, 1923. Bureau of Mines Fluorspar and Cryolite in 1922. H. W. DAVIS. Separate from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922, Part 11. 8 pp. Published August Accidents at Metallurgical Works in the United States during the Calendar 10, 1923. Year 1921. W. W. ADAMS. Technical Paper 327. 31 pp. Paper, 5 Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Sacramento Valley, California. CetltS KIRKBRYAN. Prepared in co6peration with the Department of EngineerCarbon Tetrachloride Extinguisher on Electric Fires. S. H. KATZ,E. J. W a f e r - S u p p l yPaper 495. 285 pp. Paper, ing of the State of California GLsmr, A N D J. J. BLOOMFIELD.Reports of Investigations 2499. 16 pp. 60 cents. Issued July, 1923. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Creede District, Colorado. W. H. EMMOXS Coal-Mine Fatalities in June, 1923. W. W. ADAMS. Reports of Investi'gaAND E S. LARSEN. Bulletin 718. 198 pp. Paper, 40 cents. lions 2508. 4 pp. Issued July, 1923. Graphite in 1922. A. H. REDFIELD. Separate from Mineral Resources of Comparative Tests of By-product Coke and Other Fuels for House-Heating the United States, 1922, Part 11. 6 pp. Published September 11, 1923. Boilers. HENRYKREISINGER,JOHN BLIZARD,H. W. JARRETT, AND Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report of Progress of Investigations in 1921. J. J. MCKITTBRICK. Technical Paper 315. 21 pp. Paper, 5 cents. A. H. BROOKS AND OTHERS. Bulletin 739. 169 pp. Disastrous Inflammation of Coal Dust in Excavating a Mine Dump. C. Mineral Resources of the United States in 1922 (Preliminary Summary). A. H~IRBERT.Reaort of Investigations 2498. 2 pp. Issued July, 1923. Introduction by G. F. LUUGHLIN.Statistics assembled by M. B. CLARK Experiments on Fan-Pipe Installations at Butte, Montana. G. E. Mcfrom data furnished by specialists of the Division of Mineral Resources. Reports of Investigations 2509. 14 pp. ELROY . ~ N DA. S. RICHARDSON. 124A pp. Published August 15, 1923. Issued July, 1923. Nitrates in 1922. G. R. MANSFIELD. Separate from Mineral Resources Explosives Used in June, 1923. W. W. ADAMS. Reports of Investigations of the United States, 1922, Part 11. 2 pp. Published August 24, 1923. 2514. 5 pp. Issued August, 1923. Progress of Investigations on Liquid-Oxygen Explosives. S. P. HOWELL, Rock Formations in the Colorado Plateau of Southeastern Utah and Northern Arizona. C. R. LONGWELL, H. D. MISER, R. C. MOORE,KIRK J. W. PAUL,A N D J. L. SHERRICK. Technical Paper 294. 91 pp. Paper, BRYAN,AND SIDNEYPAIGE. Professional Paper 132-A. Separate from 15 cents. Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1923. 23 pp. Published Some General Considerations of the Gummy Meter Problem in the Gas July 27, 1923. Industry. R. 4, BROWN. Reports of Inuestigations 2503.' 8 pp. Issued Salt, Bromine, and Calcium Chloride in 1922. K. W. COTTRELL.Separate July, 1923. from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922,Part 11. 7 pp. PubSulfur Trioxide Smoke Tubes for Determining Air Currents. S. H. KATZ lished August 9, 1923. A N D .r., J . BLOOMFIELD.Reports of Investigations 2505. 2 pp. Issued July, 1923. Public Health Service Test Papers for Estimating Hydrocyanic Acid Gas in Air. S. H. KATZ AND 13. S. LONGFELLOW. Reports of Investigations 2504. 5 pp. Issued Intensive Localized Distribution of the Spore B . Botulinus and Probable July, 1923. RelatiOn of Preserved Vegetables to Type Delponstrated. J. C. GEIGER The Use of Oxygen or Oxygenated Air in Metallurgical and Allied Processes. AND HARRIET BENSON. Publzc Health Reports 38 (July 20, 1923), 1611(Report of the Committee for the Application of Oxygen or Oxygenated 15. Air.) F. W. DAVIS. Reports of Investigations 2502. 2 pp. Issued O n the Mechanism of the Action of Arsenic upon Protoplasm. CARL July, 1923. VOEGTLIN, H. A. DYER,AND C. S. LEONARD.Public Health Reports 38 Department of Agriculture (August 17, 1923), 1882-1912. Physiological Effects of High Temperatures and Humidities with and withAbsorption and Retention of Hydrocyanic Acid by Fumigated Food Products. out Air Movement. Effects on Body Temperature and Pulse Rate of E. .I GRIFFIN,I. E. NEIFERT,N. PERRINE,AND A. B. DUCKETT. DeSubjects a t Rest. R. R. SAYERSA N D D. HARRINCTON.Public Health Partment Bulletin 1149. 16 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Reports 38 (July 20, 1923), 1616-37. Air Circulation in Dry Kilns. Technical Note 199, Forest Products LaboraStudies on Oxidation-Reduction. 11. An Analysis of the Theoretical tory, U. S. Forest Service, Madison, Wis. 4 pp. Relations between Reduction Potentials and pH. W. M. CLARKA N D Commercial Processes of Pulping Woods for Paper. Technical Note 204, BARNETTCOHEN. Reprint 826 from Public Health Reports. 18 pp. Forest Products Laboratory, U. S. Forest Service, Madison, Wis. 2 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Demonstration Courses in Kiln Drying, Boxing and Crating, Gluing of Studies on Oxidation-Reduction. 111. Electrode Potentials of Mixtures Wood, Wood Properties and Uses. iMiscellaneous Circular 8. Preof I-Naphthol-2-Sulfonic Acid Indophenol and the Reduction Product. pared by the Forest Products Laboratory, U. s. Forest Service. 20 pp. COHEN. Reprznt 834 from Public Health W. M. CLARKAND BARNETT Issued June, 1923. Reports. 26 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Greasewood as a Poisonous Plant. C. D. MARSH,A. B. CLAWSON, AND Studies on Oxidation-Reduction. IV. Electrode Potentials of Indigo J. F. COUCE. Department Circular 279. 4 pp. Issued July, 1923. Sulfonates, Each in Equilibrium with I t s Reduction Product. M. X. Home Tanning of Leather and SmallFur Skins. R. W. FREY, I. D. CLARKE, SULLIVAN, BARNETT COHEN,AND W. M. CLARK. Public Health Reports AND :F.P. VSITCH. Farmers' Bulletin 1334. 27 pp. Paper, 5 cents. 38 (July 27, 1923), 1669-1718. Impgrtation and Inspection of Tea. Miscellaneous Circular 9. 12 pp. Smithsonian Institution Issued August 31, 1923. Paper, 5 cents. Influence of Some Nitrogenous Fertilizers on the Development of Chlorosis An Outline of Geophysical-Chemical Problems. R. B. SOSMAN.Publzin Rice. f, G. WILLIS A N D J. 0. CARRERO.Journal of Agricultural catron 2682. Separate from the Smithsonian Report for 1921. 10 pp Kesecwch, 24 (May 19, 1923), 621-40. Atomic Weights and Isotopes. F. W. ASTON. Publzcatzon 2679. Separate Program of Work, Forest Products Laboratory, 1923-1924, in Coaperation from the Smithsonian Report for 1921. 16 pp. with the University of Wisconsin. 114 pp. July 20, 1923. Lead. C. W. MITMAN. Publzcatzon 2704. Separate from the Smithsonian The Boll-Weevil Problem. W. D. HUNTERAND B. R . COAD. Farmers' Report for 1921. 20 pp. Bullelin 1329. 30 pp. Issued June, 1923. Modifying Our Ideas of Nature: The Einstein Theory of Relativity. H . Pi. Water-Resistant Cold Press Blood Albumin Glue. Technical Note ,202. RUSSELL. Publzcation 2680. Separate from the Smithsonian Report Forest Products Laboratory, U. S. Forest Service, Madison, Wis. 2 pp. for 1921. 16 pp. Wearing Qualities of Shoe Leathers. F. P. VEITCH, R. W. FREY,AND The Alkali Problem in Irrigation. C S. SCOFIELD.From the Smithsonlan I. D. CLARKE. Department Bulletin 1168. 24 pp. Issued September, 1923. Report for 1921. Publzratzon 2681. 1 1 pp. '
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