World-Wide Chemistry Canadian Tariff Changes Affect M a n y Chemical Items S. J. COOK, 140 Broadway Ave., Ottawa O N OCTOBER 12, 1932, speaking in t h e House of Commons a t
Ottawa on t h e results of the Imperial Economic Conference, held recently in t h e Canadian Capital and attended b y representatives of all t h e important members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada, moved that Parliament approve t h e trade agreement entered into b y t h e United Kingdom and Canada. Later, on the same day, the details of the agreement were released for publication. Perusal of the document reveals a chemical interest i n no fewer than 9 9 of the 240 i t e m s o n which t h e import duties have been revised. I n principle, the Prime Minister said, Canadian manufacturers have been given free entry on a n equality basis w i t h United Kingdom producers, except as to freight charges, while Canada maintains a tariff, though a preferential one, against t h e products of t h e United Kingdom. On articles which Great Britain is especially equipped to supply t h e Canadian market, substantial concessions have been made b y Canada, usually b y additions to the free list, sometimes by lowering the duty against Great Britain, a n d again b y increasing the tariff against foreign goods. Various combinations o f these methods have been adopted. Press comments are generally favorable, and t h e view is held t h a t Canadian industries, efficiently established, have been assured a fair basis of competition and that, in the main, *t will b e t h e sale of U n i t e d States products to Canada t h a t will be most affected by the tariff changes accorded to Great Britain, and n o t domestic manufactured products. O n the other hand, Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Washington, is quoted a s being of the opinion t h a t Canadian industry i s so "Americanized" i n customs and capital that anjr computation of disadvantages must allow for natural disposition t o favor United States products. In addition to the agreement between the United Kingdom and Canada, similar documents were tabled, setting out details of Canada's new trade arrangements with the Union of South Africa, Irish Free State^ and the Government of Southern Rhodesia, all of which came into effect o n being announced in Parliament, which is the usual practice respecting changes in t h e tariff i n Canada. I n speaking of t h e changes i n the chemical tariff, Mr. Bennett said: Although difficult to describe in. non-technical language, no changes among all those proposed are^more complete, more vital, or more valuable in a
trading sense than are those pertaining t o chemicals and drugs. T h e Canadian schedule has been revised from end t o end with one objective always in view: the shifting from foreign t o Empire channels of t h e great and growing business in these indispensables of domestic and industrial economy. The immediate diversion will be great; the potential, incalculable. As industry continues to turn more and more t o research and t h e laboratory and a s science becomes more and more applied rather than pure or academic, so will t h e place and power of the chemical factor in our modern development continue to grow apace—and in that growth Canada and t h e Empire stand ready t o share, hand i n hand. Inasmuch that industry standB to gain most directly from the development of the Empire toward self-sufficiency in a chemical sense, it is believed that Canadian industry—as t h e largest "consumer—will gladly accept the imposition of duties on certain chemicals a t present free, i n order that Empire sources, many of them, in Canada, actual and potential—may b e exploited and developed for mankind.
T h e Prime Minister's very able speech covered the situation comprehensively, made it very plain that the Ottawa Conference readled an objective which he claimed had been the aim of Liberals and Conservatives alike for many years. He did n o t promise tremendous results immediately. On this point Mr. Bennett said: I do not wish, to create t h e impression that, as a result of this conference, we are putting'into operation a plan that will secure at t h e outset the greatest possible development of the Empire's trading potentialities. When we remember that the British Empire, a s we know it today, h a s within its boundaries one-quarter of t h e human family, representing every shade of economic diversity, i t would have been folly to expect that we should have secured, at the outset the maximum benefits i n preferential trace of which, the Empire is capable. What I do mean t o say, however, is that after almost half a century of hopes and fears, and vain endeavor, the countries of the British Empire have at last come together in agreement, based upon the principle of reciprocal and mutually'advantageous tariff preferences; and have, moreover, by their common trust and zeal, prepared t h e way, not only for t h e practical working out of existing agreements, but for their augmentation a t such times as our common interest may suggest.
The following table shows the changes made in t h e tariff items that are of interest to t h e chemical industries, both old and n e w rates being given. The British preference rate is effective on goods imported t o Canada from Great Britain and other parts of the British Empire, except in special cases "where other trade agreements apply; the intermediate tariff sets the rates of d u t y on goods from countries that h a v e made special treaty agreements with Canada; and the general tariff applies t o goods from all other countries, including t h e United States.
TAKIPP C H A N G E S EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 12, 1932, I N T H E CANADIAN IMPORT DTTTIES OF INTEREST TO THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRT
TARIFF ITEM
R A T E S EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2 , 1932
Preference! 156
157a
159
160
PREVIOUS R A T E S
ITEM
Ethyl alcohol, or t h e substance commonly known as alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl or spirits of wine, n. o. p . ; gin of all kinds, n. ©. p.; whisky and all spirituous or alcoholic liquors, n. o. p . ; amyl alcohol or fusel oil, or any substance known a s potato spirit or potato oil; methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, -wood naphtha, pyrosylic spirit, or any substance known a s wood spirit or methylated spirits, absinthe, a.rrack or palm spirit brandy, including artificial brandy and imitations of brandy, n. o. p . ; cordials a n d liqueurs of all kinds, n. o. p.; mescal, pulque, rum shrub, schiedam a n d other schnapps; tafia, angostura, and similar alcoholic bitters or beverages; and wines, n. o. p., containing more than 4 0 per cent of proof spirit, per gallon of the strength of proof Provided, as t o all goods specified in this item when of less strength than tite strength of proof, that no reduction or allowance shall b e made in the measurement thereof for duty purposes, below t h e strength of 15 per cent under proof. Amyl alcohol or refined fixsel oil, when imported b y the Department of National Revenue or b y a person licensed by the Minister, to be denatured for use in the manufacture of metal varnishes or lacquers, to be entered at ports prescribed by regulations of the Minister, subject t o the Excise Act and t o the regulations of the Department of National Revenue, per gallon Spirits and strong waters of a n y kind, mixed with any ingredient or ingredients, as being or known or designated as essences, extracts, o r ethereal and spirituous fruit essences, n. o. p., per gallon and Alcoholic perfumes and perfumed spirits, bay rum, cologne, and lavender waters, lotions, hair, tooth, and skin washes, and other toilet preparations containing spirits of any kind:
Intermediate
General
| preference
I Intermediate I
General
$10.00
SIO.OO
SIO.OO
sio.oo
SIO.OO
Free
25c
25£
Free
Free
Free
$8.00 30 p.c.
SIO.OO 30 p.c.
SIO.OO 30 p.c.
SIO.OO 3 0 p.c.
SIO.OO 30 p.c.
SIO.OO 30 p.c.
S8.00
263
NEWS
264
EDITION RATES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 12, 1932
TARIFF ITEM
Preference I Intermediate
188 192c 199c 203
203a 203b 206a 207a 20S
208b 208d 208e 208h
208j 208k 2081 208m 208n 208o 208p 208q 208r 208s 208t 209 209c 210
210d 211 211a 212 215 216 216b 216c 217
PBBVIOTJB RATUS
ITEM
160 contd.
166 168
Vol. 10, No. 21
(a) When, in bottles or flasks containing not more than 4 ounces each (6) "When, in bottles, flasks, or other packages, containing more than 4 ounces each, per gallon and Acetone and axnyl acetate Malt flour containing less than 50 per cent i n weight of malt; malt sirup or malt sirup powder; extracts of malt, fluid o r not; grain molasses—all articles in this item upon valuation without British or foreign excise duties, under regulations prescribed by the Minister, per pound and
Plain basic photographic paper, baryta coated, adapted for use exclusively in manufacturing albumenized or sensitized photographic paper Roofing and shingles of saturated felt Waxed stencil paper for use on duplicating machines.... Non-edible seeds, beans, nuts, berries, plants, weeds, barks, and woods, i n a crude state or chipped or ground, and extracts and preparations thereof; indigo, turmeric, nutgalls and extracts thereof; indigo paste, and extracts of; aniline oil, crude; aniline salts, ^ alizarin and artificial alizarin; annatto, liquid or solid; iron liquor, being solution of acetate or nitrate of iron adapted for dyeing and calico printing; red liquor, being a crude acetate of aluminum prepared from pyroligneous acid, and adapted for dyeing and calico printing. Chemical compounds composed of two or more acids or salts soluble in water, adapted for dyeing or tanning.... Aniline and coal-tar dyes, soluble in water, i n bulk or packages of not less than one pound weight Bacteriological products or serum for subcutaneous injection Blood albumen Boracic acid a n d borax in packages of not less than 25 pounds weight; hydrofiuosilicic acid; tannic acid: ammonia, sulfate of; cyanide of potassium; cyanide of sodium and cyanogen bromide; antimony salts—vis.: tartar emetic, chlorine and lactate (antimonine); arsenous oxide; precipitate of copper (crude); verdigris or subacetate of copper, dry; sulfur and brimstone crude or in roll or flour; areola; iodine, crude; bromine; sulfide of arsenic; carbon bisulfide Bisulfate of soda or niter cake Calcium chloride, not in solution, for road-treating purposes only Xanthates, cresylic acid, and compounds of cresylic acid, used in the process of concentrating ores, metals, or minerals. Ethylene glycol, when imported by manufacturers of antifreezmg compounds to be used exclusively in the manufacture of antifreezing compounds, in their own factories. Sal ammoniac and nitrate of ammonia Oxide of cobalt Bichloride of t i n and tin crystals Sulfate of copper (blue vitriol) Sulfate of iron (copperas) Cream of tartar in crystals and tartaric acid crystals.... Phosphorus and compounds thereof, n. o. p Oxalic acid Oxide of tin ox* of copper Sulfate of zinc and chloride of zinc All chemicals and drugs, -when of a kind not produced in Canada, which were on August 20, 1932, dutiabl. ;*, rates of 15,25, and 25 per cent, under Tariff Item 711... Potash, chlorate of, not further prepared than ground; potash, muriate and sulfate of, crude; saltpeter or nitrate of potash Bichromate of potash, crude; red and yellow prussiate of potash. Peroxide of soda; silicate of soda in crystals or in solution; bichromate of soda; nitrate of soda or cubic niter; sulfide of sodium; nitrate of soda; arseniate, binarseniate, chlorate, bisulfite and stannate of soda; prussiate of soda and sulfite of soda Sodium, sulfate of, crude, or salt cake, per pound Alumina Chloride of aluminum, or chloralum Sulfate of alumina or alum cake; and alum in bulk, ground or unground, but not calcined Stearic acid, nu o. p Acids, n. o. p., of a kind not produced in Canada Phosphoric acid Nitric acid, n o t including glass containers, -when in packages weighing not more than 100 pounds Sulfuric and muriatic acid, n. o. p., per 100 pounds
General
Preference I Intermediate I General
60 p.o.
90 p.c
90 p.c.
10 p.o.
$5.00 40 p.c. 30 p.c.
$5.00 4 0 p.c. 30 p.c.
90 p.c. 85.00 40 p.c. 30 p.c.
90 p.c.
$5.00
S5.00 4 0 p.c. 3 0 p.c.
90 p.c. $5.00 40 p.c. 30 p.c.
3fi 2 0 p.c.
30 p.c.
lO* 35 p.c.
3* 25 p.c.
3|5 3 0 p.c.
35 p.c.
Free Free lO p.c.
15 p.c. 25 p.c. 32.5 p.c.
15 p.c. 35 p.c. 35 p.c.
Free 15 p.c. 22.5 p.c.
Free 2 5 p.c. 3 2 . 5 p.c
Free 35 p.c. 35 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
10 p.c.
10 p.c
Free
Free
Free
Free
10 p.c.
10 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free Free
20 p.c. 10 p. c.
20 p.c. 10 p.c.
Free 5 p.c.
Free 7 . 5 p.c.
Free 10 p.c.
Free Free
Free 20 p.c.
Free 2 0 p.c-
Free Free
Free Free
Free free
Free
15 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free
15 p.c-
Free
Free
Free
Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
15 p.c. 25 p.c. 10 p.c. 10 p.c. 10 p.c10 p.c. 10 p.c20 p.c. 20 p.c. 15 p.c20 p.c.
15 25 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 15 20
Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
Free
25 p.c.
25 p.c.
15 p.c.
2 5 p.o.
25 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
15 p.c.
15 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free O.S* Free Free
15 p.c. 0.6* Free 10 p.c.
2 0 p.c. 0.6j£ Free 10 p.c.
Free 0.5* Free Free
Free 0.5* Free Free
Free 0.6*5 Free Free
Free Free Free Free
15 p.c. 17.5 p.c. 25 p.c. 25 p.c.
15 20 25 25
Free 12.5 p.o. 15 p.c. 15 p.c.
lO p.c. 1 7 . 5 p.c. 2 0 p.c. 2 0 p.c.
10 p-c. 20 p.c. 2 2 . 5 p.o. 22.5 p.o.
Free 17.5c
20 p.c. 22.5j£
2 2 . 5 p.c. 25*
15 p.c. 17.5*
2 0 p.o. 22.5*
22. & p.c. 261
5*
15 p.c. 16 p.c.
p.c. p.c. p.c. pc. p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c.
p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c.
H
November 10, 1932
INDUSTRIAL
AND ENGINEERING
CHEMISTRY
RATES EFFECTIVE
TABIFJ ITEM
OCTOBER 12,
218 219 219c
219d 229 230 232
232b 232c 232d 234
240 241 241a
245 249
253 254
256 256a 264 267b
276b
277 278
278b 278c 284a 287 288 289
300 318 319 320 321 322 339a 476a
Ρηεντοϋβ R A T E S
1932
ITEM
Çefetencel 217a
265
Sulfuric and muriatic acids, not including glass con tainers, when in packages weighing not more than 100 pounds, per 100 pounds Acid phosphate not medicinal Solutions of peroxides of hydrogen Non-alcoholic preparations or chemicals, such as are used for disinfecting, dipping, or spraying, when in packages not exceeding 3 pounds each, in weight, the weight of such packages t o be included in the weight for d u t y . . . Sulfuric ether and chloroform , Soap, common or laundry, per 100 pounds Castile soap, the weight of the cartons and wrappings to be included in the weight for duty, per pound Glue, liquid, powdered or sheet, and gelatin, n. ο. ρ and per pound Vegetable glue Gelatin, edible Mucilage, casein, and adhesive paste and per pound Perfumery, including toilet preparations, non-alcoholic— viz., hair oils, tooth and other powders and washes, pomatums, pastes, and all other perfumed prepara tions, n. o. p., used for the hair, mouth, or skin Ultramarine blue, dry o r in pulp; whiting or whitening; Paris white and gilders* whiting; blanc fixe; satin white Litharge, when imported by manufacturers of electric storage batteries, for use exclusively in the manufacture of storage battery plates, in- their own factories Litharge, other than for battery purposes Dry red lead and orange mineral; zinc oxides, such as zinc white and lithopone Ochers, ochery earths, siennas, and umbers Varnishes, lacquers, japans, japan driers, liquid driers, and oil finish, n. o. p., per gallon and Putty of all kinds Gums—viz., amber, Arabic, Australian, copal, damar, elemi, kauri, mastic, sandarac, Senegal, tragacanth, gedda, a n d barberry; gum chicle or sappato gum, crude; l a c , crude, seed, button, stick and shell; am bergris; Pontianac Printing ink Rotogravure ink Essential oils, n. o. p., including bay oil, otto of limes, and peppermint oil Crude petroleum not i n its natural state, 0.7250 specific gravity or heavier a t 60 degrees temperature when im ported b y oil refiners to b e refined in their own fac tories, per gallon Cotton seed and crude cottonseed oil, when imported by manufacturers of cottonseed meal and refined cotton seed oil, for use exclusively in the manufacture of such commodities, in their own factories Palm and palm kernel oil, unbleached, or bleached not edible; shea butter Oils—viz., coconut, palm and palm kernel, not edible, for manufacturing soap; carbolic or heavy oil; olive oil for manufacturing soap or tobacco, or for canning fish Crude peanut oil, for refining for edible purposes, used as materials i n Canadian manufactures Coconut oil, not edible, when imported for use in the manu facture of refined coconut oil Earthenware tiles, for roofing purposes Tableware of china, porcelain, semi-porcelain, white granite, o r ironstone Earthenware and stoneware, brown or colored and Rock ingham ware; "C. C " or cream-colored ware, deco rated, printed or sponged; and all earthenware, n . o. p . . Baths, bathtubs, basins, closets, lavatories, urinals, sinks, and laundry tubs of earthenware, stone, cement, clay, or other material, η. ο. ρ Crucibles of clay, sand, or plumbago Common a n d colorless window glass Glass, in sheets, and bent plate glass, η. ο. ρ Plate glass, not beveled, in sheets or panes not exceeding 7 square feet each, η . ο. ρ Plate glass, not beveled, in sheets or panes exceeding 7 square f e e t each, a n d not exceeding 25 square feet each, η. ο. ρ Plate glass, η . ο. ρ Lead capsules for bottles Glassware and other scientific apparatus for laboratory work in public hospitals, surgical operating tables; ap paratus for sterilizing purposes, including bedpan washers and sterilizers b u t not including washing ox laundry machines; -all for the use of any public hos pital, under regulations prescribed by the Minister
^ermediatel
Genera
feferaee
Intermediate I
General
254 20 p.c. 25 p.c.
Free Free 1 5 p.c.
22.54 25 p.c. 2 2 . 5 p.c.
254 2 5 p.c. 2 5 p.c.
17.54 1 2 . 5 p.c. 15 p.c.
22.54 17.5 p.c. 2 2 . 5 p.c.
5 p.c. Free 50*
25 p.c. 25 p.c. $1.50
2 5 p.c. 2 5 p.c. SI.50
15 p.c. 15 p.c. 654
2 5 p.c. 2 2 . 5 p.c. 904
Free 17.5 p.c. 2i 1 0 p.c. 1 0 p.c. 17.5 p.c. 2i
24 25 p.c. 6f 35 p.c. 35 p.c. 25 p.c. 2.54
2 5 p.c. 54 3 5 p.c. 3 5 p.c. 27.5 p.c 34
14 17.5 24 17.5 17.5 17.5 24
14 2 5 p.c. 2.54 2 5 p.c. 2 5 p.c. 2 5 p.c. 2.54
2 0 p.c.
40 p.c.
4 0 p.c.
25 p.c.
32.5 p.c.
Free
10 p.c.
10 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free Free
Free 15 p.c.
Free 15 p . c
Free Free
Free Free
J Free Free
Free 5 p.c.
15 p.c. 15 p.c.
15 p.c. 15 p.c.
Free 10 p.c.
5 p.c. 12.5 p.c.
I I
204 1 5 p.c17.5 p.c.
204 25_p.c. 2 7 . 5 p.c.
204 30 p.c. 27.5 p.c
204 15 p.c. 1 7 . 5 p.c.
204 20 p.c. 22.5 p.c.
204 I 2 2 . 5 p.c. I 25 p.c.
Free 12.5 p.c. 12,5 p.c,
15 p.c. 1 7 . 5 p.c. 1 7 . 5 p.c.
15 p.c. 25 p.c. 20 p.c.
Free 1 2 . 5 p.c. 1 2 . 5 p.c.
Free 17.5 p.c. 17.5 p.c.
I
Free
0.54
2é
7 . 5 p.c.
p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c.
I
I I
25 p.c. 25 p.c. S I . 00 24 27.5 34 27.5 27.5 27.5 34
I
p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c.
I 3 2 . 5 p.c.
5 p.c. 15 p.o.
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7.5 p.c
1-54
5 p.c.
7.5 p.c.
0.34
0.44
!
7 . 5 p.c.
1.54
Free
10 p.c.
10 p.c.
Free
10 p.c.
10 p.c.
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0.5έ
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Free
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10 p.c.
Free
Free
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10 p.c.
10 p.c.
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10 p.c. 3 2 . 5 p.c.
10 p.c. 35 p.c.
Free 2 5 p.c.
Free 32.5 p.c.
I Free 35 p.c.
Free
35 p.c.
35 p.c.
Free
27.5 p.c.
30 p.c.
25 p.c.
35 p.c.
35 p.c.
2 5 p.c.
30 p.c.
35 p.c.
20 p.c.
35 p.c.
35 p.c.
2 0 p.c.
30 p.c.
35 p.c.
Free Free Free Free
15 15 25 25
15 15 25 25
p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c.
Free 7 . 5 p.c. 1 7 . 5 p.c. 7 . 5 p.c.
Free 12.5 p.c. 22.5 p.c. 10 p.c.
Free 1 2 . 5 p.c. 25 p.c. 10 p.c.
Free 20 p.c. 10 p.c.
25 p.c. 3 0 p.c. 2 7 . 5 p.c.
25 p.c. 35 p.c. 30 p.c.
1 5 p.c. 2 2 . 5 p.c. 2 0 p.c.
25 p.c. 30 p.c. 27.5 p.c.
2 7 . 5 p.c. 35 p.c. 3 0 p.c.
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NEWS
266
584 584b 599 604 605
605a 607a.
616
616a 616b 617
728
Vol. 10, N o . 21
RATES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 12, 1932
TAKXTP ITEM
488
E D I T I O N
ITEM
Nitrate and acetate of lead, n o t ground; jDlatintum ar*d black oxide of copper, for u s e in the manufavcturo -of chlorates and. colors -. Bone pitch, crude only; and resin or rosin im packages o f not less than 100 pounds • -. Asphalt or asphaltuxn solid.. .•. -. Hides and skins, raw, whether dry, salted, or picklecl; and raw pelts _. Belting leather in butts or bends; sole leather; and aill leather further finished than tanned, n. o - p. _. [Leather produced from East India tanned kcip, a n colored or colored other than black, when, imported f o r use exclusively in lining boots and shoes; genuxinoreptile leathers. - . Genuine pig leathers and genuine Morocco* leatEhers, s o called roller leathers » ^Leather, not further finished than tanned, ira. -who3e hides, in grains, or splits, when imported b y manufaefcurors o f upholstering leathers, for use exclusively i n t h « manmfacture of upholstering leathers in their o"wn fa-ctoriest-. Provided, that the Governor in Council, notary, wliesai satisfied that the leather specified i n this item i s bein&g produced in Canada, in quantity and quaJity smfiicienit for Canadian requirements, b y Order-in-Councdl direct that this tariff item be repealed. Rubber, crude, caoutchouc or India rubber, unmanufactured; powdered rubber and rubber or gutta.-perohsa waste or junk; hard rubber in sheets b u t not further manufactured, and recovered rubber andl rubber substitute ...- . Balata, crude, unmanufactured . Gutta-percha, unmanufactured - . India-rubber boots and shoes _ _. Fertilizers, compounded or manufactured, n. o . p Charcoal, animal, for use in the refining of sugar Mineral wool ...... . Hyposulfite of soda, when imported b y tampers f o r uso im their own factories, in the tanning of leathear
PREVIOUS R A T E S
British , _ . ,. . Preference Intermediate
General
Preference
I Intermediate I Gener al
Free
10 p.e.
10 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Free Free
Free 10 p.c.
Freo 10 p.c.
Free Free
Free Free
Free Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
10 p.c.
15 p.c.
12.5 p.c.|
2 7 . 5 p.c.
2 7 . 5 p.c.
15 p.c.
2 5 p.c.
25 "p.c.
Free
15 p.c.
15 p.c.
12.5 p.c.
15 p.c.
15 p.c.
Free
2 7 . 5 p.c.
27.5 p.c.
15 p.c.
25 p.c.
25 p.c.
Free
15 p.o.
15 p.c.
10 p.c.
15 p.c.
15 p.o.
Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
Free 10 p.c. 10 p.c. 2 2 . 5 p.c. 7 . 5 p.c. 25 p.c. 25 p.c.
Free 10 p.c. 10 p.c. 2 5 p.c. 10 p.c. 25 p.c. 25 p.c.
Free Free Free 15 p.c. 5 p.c. 15 p.c. 15 p.c.
Free Free Free 2 2 . 5 p.c. 7 . 5 p.c. 2 5 p.c. 2 5 p.c.
Free Free Free 25 p.c. 10 p.c. 25 p.c. 25 p.c.
Free
10 p.c.
10 p.c.
Free
Free
Free
Some European Notes H U D O L F SEEDEN, Landstrasser Giirtel 9/l«0,
Vienna III, Austria
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higher than at t h e surface. The company has erected a steel conduit with a view t o pumping water from this depth into its plants. Sanitary and trade conditions have improved. Three to four hundred workmen are employed.
Turkey
Bulgaria T U R K E Y CONSIDERS T H E THREE-YEAR PLAN
SUNFT-OWEK On, F I N D S U S E AS F O O D
While sunflower oil finds^ largely a technical application, in Rumania and Hungary, it is also used a s a food in Rralgaria. Here t h e area devoted t o cultivation of sunflowers in 19*31 was 95,000 hectares, a s compared with 4900 hectares in. 1920- T h e harvest in 1931 exceeded 100,000 tons (one ton «equavlslOOO kg.). Xhe exportation of sunflower seeds, which in 1929 reached a figure of about 19,000 tons with a value of 120 zmillioai leva, dropped t o 3700 tons valued at 18 million leva i n 1930, anad rose, i n 1931, to 22,600 tons with, a valuation of 60 mullioEi leva*. ELECTROLYTIC COPPER R E F I N E R Y CONTEMPLATED
The Bulgarian Ministry of Commerce is stodyimg a project for t h e erection of an electrolytic copper refinery aaid a *copper sulfate plant with an annual output of 4000 tons, ira coaoection with o n e of the local mining enterprises.
Palestine PROGRESS I S M A D E IN ERECTING D E A D S E A P L A N T S
According to the report of the management in Xondon, progress h a s been made in the further erection of plants o n tHe Dead Sea. Xhe area covered with sea water h a s been expended fro*m 150 acres t o approximately 500 acres. T h e total length of the dams i s 9.5 miles, and t h e canals extend over 3 miles. I n 1931, t h e production of carnallite reached 13,000 tons. A now power plant has been p u t into operation. February, 1.931, marlced t h e completion of t h e first bromine plant with a daily capacity of more than one t o n . A s a result of the favorable yiel(3s, t h e company has decided t o erect a second plant, with doufole t h e capacity. A factory for t h e production of potassium salts of high purity began operation in November, and nad produced! several hismdred tons b y the end of the year. The production of rock jsalt reached more Shan 1000 tons. Investigations on t h e waiters of the* D e a d S e a showed that, a t a depth of 175 feet, at t h e bottom of t h e sea, tlae potash a n d bromine content w a s about SO peer cent
A n economic and industrial "three-year plan" for Turkey, beginning January 1, 1933, has been submitted to t h e Turkisn Government in the hope of building u p Turkish industries. This would obviate the future importation of those articles which could be manufactured satisfactorily within i t s borders. Primarily, there i s a call for the construction of factories required b y the sugar, paper, glass, and textile industries. T h e necessary materials for such plants would be supplied principally b y Italy and Russia. They have placed 300 million lire and 8 million dollars, respectively, a t the disposal of Turkey. Parliament h a s passed a law providing for a State Industrial Council, which will serve all industrial state enterprises, besides controlling t h e affairs of those works which have received financial help from t h e state. I n the future, technical operations in such plants will b e supervised solely b y state-appointed managers and engineers. A N E W SOURCE O P CHROMIUM DISCOVERED
A high grade of chromium ore has been found near Sinop, on the shores of t h e Black Sea. The Turkish Government has granted a concession for i t s exploitation t o a group of unnamed (probably foreign) interests.
Latvia T A R I F F ON CHEMICAL PRODUCTS INCREASED
T h e following tariff rates, given i n terms of lats p e r kg., are in force in Latvia (former duties are given in parentheses in each case): Starch a n d dextrin, 0.9 (0.6); limestone, 0.12 (duty-free); olein, 0.18 (0.12); stearin, 0.3 (0.2); bone oil, 1.2 (0.6); fish oils used medicinally, 0.1 (duty-free); beeswax, 1.6 (0.5); ozocerite, impure, 0.6 (0.3), purified, 0.8 (0;4); charcoal^ 0i002 (dutyfree); coal tar, OlOl (duty-free); anthracene and naphthalene, impure, 0.1 (0.004), purified, 0.6 (0.4); asphalt* 6;01 (duty-free); shellac, 0.05 (duty-free); potassium chloride and calcium phos-
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phate, 0.001 (duty-free); naturally occurring salts of various types, 0.2 (0.1); sulfur i n bulk, O.003 (duty-free); antimony, 0.05 (duty-free); crude tartar a n d calcium tartrate, O.05 (dutyfree), half-purified, 0.45 (0.3), pure, 0-75 (0.5); chrome alum, 0.03 (duty-free); aluminum sulfate, O.01 (duty-free); barium Deroxide, 0.05 (duty-free); magnesium chloride, 0.0O5 (0.002); liquefied gases, 0.5 (0.3); strychnine, 1 0 (duty-free); caffeine, 2 (duty-free); organic iodine compounds, 5 (duty-free); bromine and bromides, 0.3 (duty-free); iodine a n d iodides, 2 (duty-free); bismuth compounds, 1 (duty-free); a^etanilide, 1 (duty-free); sulfamide, 8 ( 2 ) ; artificial sweetening; agents, 4 (1.2); chloroform, 0.2 (duty-free); opium, & (duty-free); impure glycerol, 0.6 (0.45); purified glycerol, 0.8 (0.6); tanning extracts, 0.015 (duty-free); gambir and catechu, 0.1 (duty-free); platinum, 200 (duty-free); D u t c h gold, 1.25 (0.5); bronze powder, 2 (1); kinofilms, 3 (2.5); roofing paper, tarred, 0.08 (O.04), untarred, 0 . 1 4 ( 0 , 0 7 ) ; and photographic pamper, 3 (2).
Lithuania Practically the entire exportation of pulpwood from. Lithuania during 1929-31 went t o Germany. The distribution, of exports of pulp is given i n tons (one ton equals 1000 kg.) in t h e following table: 1929 3,42$ 26,98r 15,311 5,883 8,649
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1930 3,118 27,336 14,994 3,825 2,565 1,039 666 15
1981 335 19,515 10,198 2,918 728
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53,898
.9.4.1 1,069 385 16 52 _111_ 6,173
Rumania RUMANIAN INDUSTRIES S H O W LARGE I N V E S T M E N T
According to recent official figures, approximately 40.2 billion leu are invested i n Rumanian, industries. Rumanian power plants aggregate 674,000 h. p., and raw materials with a mean valuation of 3 0 billion leu are consumed yearly. Products turned out annually approximate 50 trillion leu. in value. T h e following table gives individual figures: PRODUCTS
H.P-. USEO
1,000 448 200
126,000 85,000 60,000
147
3,000
No. OF "WORKERS
1! S
Foodstuffs Metals Chemicals Paper and graphic products
No. OP PLA.NTS
267
C O P P E R INDUSTRY I s SHOWING ACTIVITY
In 1931, 465,780 tons of ore were taken from the copper mines a t Bor, and yielded 24,351 t o n s of metallic copper. T h e n e t profits of t h e French company operating the mines reached 8.9 million francs. T h e a m o u n t of copper exported was 22,659 tons, v a l u e d at 291 million dinars. The workers employed totaled 5406. N E W MAGNESITE M I N E I S OPENED
The Paris firm, Sunadiji, h a s opened a magnesite mine a t Cacak a t a n expenditure of 25 million dinars. The rock i s said t o be richer in magnesium t h a n that in the well-known Styrian deposits.
Czechoslovakia N E W P R O C E S S FOR P R E P A R A T I O N O F METATITANIC ACTD P A T E N T E D
PULPWOOD AND P U L P EXPORTS
COUNTRY RECEIVING P U L P CONSIQNM ENT8 Argentine Republic England Spain united States Germany Russia Italy France Latvia Belgium Holland Sweden Portugal Norway Mexico TOTAL
C H E M I S T R Y
ASTNUAL PRODUCTION Billion Leu 15.0 8.4 11.0
The Montan und Industrialwerke, formerly John D a v i d Starck, in Prague, have found that in the production of practically pure metatitanic acid from such ferruginous raw materials a s rutile or ilmenite b y the u s e of sulfuric acid under pressure, t h e acid (which is over 50° B £ . in the liquid suspension) m u s t b e present i n such excess t h a t the resulting precipitate can b e satisfactorily separated from the acid liquor. This permits t h e removal of metatitanic acid from the monohydrated iron sulfate. T h e process has been patented. P R O C E S S PATENTED FOR N E W M E A N S OP EXTRACTION
According to a process patented by the Corona Mining C o . , Ltd., i n Carlsbad, the extraction of soft coals and shales i s best accomplished by adding to t h e main solvent (e. g., benzene) small amounts of-hydrogenated c y c l i c hydrocarbons (or their derivatives), amines, alcoholic solutions of NEUOH, or mixtures o f these. Translated b y Lours E. W I S E N"EW ALLOY STRONG AT H I G H TEMPERATURES DEMAND FOR AN AJLLOY w h i c h retains useful strength at higher temperatures led to t h e development i n t h e Westinghouse R e search Laboratories of Konal, a nickel-base alloy which consists, for example, of about 18 per c e n t cobalt, 6 per cent iron, and 2 . 5 per cent titanium. When a g e d after quenching, i t hardens t o approximately 300 Brinell, a n d has a tensile strength of 75,000 pounds per square inch, with a n elongation of more than 20 p e r cent a t 600° C. Use" of this alloy a s a core for oxide-coated thermionic filaments enhances t h e electron emission s o that lower filament temperatures can b e used, and for this reason i t h a s successfully replaced platinum alloy in many radio tubes. Tests have shown that Konal retains its strength a t temperatures 10O° C . higher than such comparable alloys as stainless iron (heat treated) a n d monel metal. I t has also excellent resistance t o certain types of corroding media.
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TRANSYLVANIA G O L D MINING I S EXTENDED
T h e Rumanian State owns a naimber of gold mines in Transylvania, t h e principal ones being in V&lea Rosie, Dealul Crie, Baiut-Varatic, Abrud, and Sacaaramh. Smelters are located i n Baia-Mare. T h e total production of gold i n state mines i n 1931 was 381 kg. However, t h e Mica 3 A. G., a private mining company, according to the latest figures (those of 1930), produced 1896 kg. of gold i n one year. The national mines are being extended through a government grant of 110 million leu. This should increase t h e gold production in state mines to about 700 kg. i n 1932, and 2000 kg. in. 1935-
Yugoslavia L A R G E CHEMICAL P L A N T S D I S C O N T I N U E (OPERATIONS
T h e fargesj; chemical olant in Yugoslavia, t h e Bosnische Elektrizitats, A . G>, suspended its operations i n Jaice, discontinuing the production of cnlbrine and chlorinated products- Hitherto, 50 per cent of t h e chemicafe ha*ve been used by Czechoslovakia, but their sale h a s shrnn]£,greatly "because o f tariff restrictions. Chemical a n d Wood" Tndu^ferieSjJUStcL, founded' only a f e w years ago* has been liiquida|ed. T%lconSern sTjffered as a result of t h e great losses sustaihfe| b y its s^bsicUary, the "Yugoslavian Destilacija drva, which wal sold to ^Ehe iMrst Croatian^avings Sanl^^in^a^reb.
For the three months ended S e p -
tember 30, 1932, the Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. reports net earnings o f $1,434,853, bringing its surplus, including reserves for depletion, t o $26,620,060, after paying a dividend of $1,270,000 o n September 15. D A V I S O N CHEMICAL CO.
T h e report of t h e D a v i s o n Chemical
Co. and subsidiaries for t h e year ended June 30, 1932, shows a net loss of $1,564,317 after depreciation, depletion, interest, a n d provision for doubtful accounts, a s compared with a net loss of $237,405 i n the preceding fiscal year. In 1930 t h e company showed a net profit of $2,036,486. T h e company states t h a t distinct strides have been m a d e to meet the three major operating problems: collection of outstanding receivables; adoption a n d maintenance of sales policy t o produce maximum cash business; and reduction i n all operating expenses. Current assets as of June 30, 1932, amounted t o $6,361,791 while current liabilities were $6,542,229, as compared with assets of $11,806,177 and liabilities of $8,060,964 in 1 9 3 1 . MATHIESON A L K A L I W O K K S .
For t h e third quarter of 1932
the Mathieson Alkali Works showed a net income of $126,408, a s compared with $387,256 for the same period in 1931. For t h e nine months ended September 30, 1932, n e t income was $548,623, compared with $1,062,806 i n 1931. After deductions for preferred stock dividends, federal taxes, and depreciation, earnings were $0.13 per share of common stock for three months, or $0.65 per share for t h e nine months of 1932. July shipments were the lowest in many years, bixt earnings in September accounted for almost half the earnings o f the t h k d quarter.
