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MARKET REPORT-SEPTEMBER,
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1915
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES IN THE NEW YORK MARKET FOR LARGE QUANTITIES OF STANDARD CHEMICALS
INORGANIC CHEMICALS Acetate of Lime, g r a y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l o 0 Lbs. 4.00 @ 4.05 Alum, l u m p , ,100 Lbs. 3.75 @ 5.50 Aluminum Sulfa ........... ,100 Lbs. 1.75 @ 2.00 Ammonium Carbonate, domestic. Lb. 81/2 @ 91/2 Ammonium Chloride, gray.. ................. Lb. 63/4 0 61/a Ammonium Phosphate. commercial, 98-100%, .Lb. 10 @ 101/2 Aqua Ammonium, 16O, drums.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. L b zi/4 @ 21/2 Arsenic, white.. ............................ Lb. 3‘/z Q 4 Barium Chloride.. ......................... .Ton - Q 100.00 Barium Nitrate.. ........ . . . . . .Lb. 15 @ 16 Barytes, prime white, foreign . . . . . . . . . .Ton 19.00 Q 23.00 Bleaching Powder, 35 per . 2.25 @ 2.50 Blue Vitriol.. ............ 71,/4 Q 71/2 Borax, crystals, in bags. . . . . . 51/4 @ sa/, Boric Acid, powdered crystals 9 0 91/4 Brimstone, crude, domestic.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..Long Ton 22 .OO Q 22.50 Lb. Bromine, technical, bulk. .................... Q 1.60 1,25 ,Ton Calcium Chloride, lump. .................... @ 11.78 Calcium Chloride, granulated.. - Q 14.78 Caustic Soda, 70 @ 76 per cent @ 5.25 5.00 Caustic Soda, powdered or gran .................................. 100 Lbs. 5 . 2 5 @ 5.75 Chalk, light precipitated.. . . . . . . . .Lb. 5 @ 5’/4 China Clay, imported. . . . ....... .Ton 20.00 Q 30.00 Feldspar. ............... ....... .Ton 8.00 Q 12.00 Fuller’s Earth, foreign, powdered.. . . . . . . .100 Lbs. 80 @ 1.00 Glauber‘s Salt, in bbls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,100 Lbs. 60 Q 75 . . . . . . . . ,100 Lbs. Green Vitriol, bulk. . . . . . 70 @ 80 Hydrochloric Acid, comme 1.50 @ 1.75 Hydrochloric Acid, C. P., conc.. 22O.. 100 Lbs. 2.00 @ 2.25 Iodine. resublimed Lb. 4.00 @ 4.25 . . . . .Lb. Lead Acetate, white cryst llS/8 Q 12’/& . . . . .Lb. Lead Nitrate.. . . . . . . . . . 12 111/2 @ Lb. Litharge, American.. ........................ 6‘/2 0 .Lb. Lithium Carbonate.. ....................... .oo Magnesium Carbonate. Magnesite, “Calcined”. .Ton .oo Mercuric Chloride, commercial .50 Nitric Acid, 68 per cent, sp. gi. 6l/4 Nitric Acid, fuming.. ........ 8‘/4 Phosphoric Acid, sp. gr. 1.750. 31 Phosphorus. 75 Plaster of Paris.. .70 Potassium Bichromate, casks. ................ Lb. 21 Lb. Potassium Bromide. 2S1/z Potassium Carbonate, calcined, 80 @ 85%.. .lo0 Lbs. 2i Potassium Chlorate, crystals, spot 32 Potassium Cyanide, bulk, 98-99 p 29 Lb. Potassium Hydroxide.. ...................... 25 Potassium Iodide, bulk. ..................... Lb. 3.70 @ 3.75 Lb. Potassium Nitrate. 18 @ 19 1.25 @ Potassium Permanganate. bulk.. ............. Lb. Quicksilver, flask, 75 lbs.. .................... 88.00 @ 90.00 Red Lead, American, d r y . . Lb. 6‘/2 # Salt Cake, glass makers’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Lbs. 55 @ 65 Silver Nitrate. ........................ 311/a @ 331/4 Soapstone in b a g s . ................... .Ton 10.00 @ 12.00 100 Lbs. 75 @ 80 Lb. Sodium Acetate.. 4‘/e @ 4a/, Sodium Bicarbonate. domestic.. . . . . . . . . .,100 Lbs. 1.00 @ 1.10 Sodium Bicarbonate, English.. ...............Lb. 3’/a @ 35/, @ Lb. Sodium Bichromate.. ....................... 14 @ Sodium Carbonate, dry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,100 Lbs. 1.10 .Lb. Sodium Chlorate.. @ 16 14 @ Sodium Fluoride, commercial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. 12 Sodium Hydroxide, 60 per cent 2.25 Sodium Hyposulfite. 1.80 @ 2.00 Sodium Nitrate, 95 per cent, s p o t . . . . . . . . .IO0 Lbs. Q 2.50 2.40 Sodium Silicate, liquid.. ,100 Lbs. 85 @ 1.10 Sodium Sulfide, 30%, crystals, in bbls. . . . . . . . .Lb. l3/4 @ 2l/4 Sodium SulEte. crystals. .... 2’/¶ @ 2=/, Strontium Nitrate.. ...... 16 @ 18 Sulfur, flowers, sublimed. 2.20 @ 2.60 Sulfur, roll. ................. 1.80 @ 2.15 Sulfuric Acid, chamber, 60 1.00 @ 1.75 Sulfuric Acid, conc.. sp. gr. 1.842.. ....... ,100 Lbs. 1.50 @ 2.00 Sulfuric Acid, oleum (fuming). .......... ,100 Lbs. 1.75 @ 2.00 Talc, American. ........................... .Ton 9.00 @ 13.00 Terra Alba, American, No. 1.. . . . . . . . . . ..IO0 Lbs. 75 @ 80 Tin Bichloride, SOo. ....... 118/4 0 12 Tin Oxide.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 @ 41 White Lead, American, dry 5l/z Q Zinc Carbonate.. ......... 12 @ 13 Zinc Chloride, commercial.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. . 10 Zinc Oxide, American process.. ...............Lb. 8 Q 10 Zinc Sulfate.. .............................. Lb. Q 7
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ORGANIC CHEMICALS Acetanilid, C. P.. in bbls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Acetic Acid, 28 per cent. in bbls.. . . . . . . . ,100 Lbs.
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Alcohol, grain, 188 proof. ............. Alcohol, wood, 95 per cen Amyl Acetate.. . . . . . . . . Aniline Oil, , , . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Benzoic Acid, ex-toluol. Lb. .Gal. Benzol, 90 per cent.. ....................... Camphor, refined in bulk, bbls.. , . , Carbolic Acid, U. S. P., crystals, dru .................... Lb. Carbon Bisulfid Lb. Carbon Tetrach ums, 100 gals.. Chloroform, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Citric Acid, domestic, crystals., . Lb. Cresol, U. S. P . . ........ .Gal. Dextrine, corn (carloads, bags). . . . . . . . . .. l o 0 Lbs. Dextrine, imported potato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Ether, U. S. P., 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formaldehyde, 40 per cent. . . . . . . . . Glycerine, dynamite, drums included
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OILS, WAXES, ETC. Beeswax, pure, white., . . Black Mineral Oil, 29 gra Lb. Castor Oil, No. 3. .......................... Ceresin. yellow.. ........................... Lb. Corn Oil.. ..................... Cottonseed Oil, crude, f. 0.b. mill Cottonseed Oil, p. s. y.. . . . . . . . . . Creosote, beechwood. ....................... Lb. Cylinder Oil, light, filtered.. ................ .Gal. Fusel Oil, crude.. . . . . . . Japan Wax ............ Lard Oil, prime winter. . Linseed Oil. raw (car lots).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,Gal. . Menhaden Oil, crude., . . Naphtha, 68 Q 72’. . . . . Neat’s-foot Oil, 20’. ..... Paraffine, crude, 120 8z 122 m. p . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lb. Paraffine Oil, high viscosity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,Gal. . Rosin, “F” Grade, 280 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bbl. Rosin Oil, first run. .... Shellac, T. N . . . . . . . . . . Spermaceti, cake. ...... Sperm Oil, bleached winter. 38’. ..............Gal. .Gal. Spindle Oil, No. 200.. ...................... Stearic Acid, double-pressed. ........... Tallow, acidless. .......... Tar Oil, distilled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Gal.
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METALS 34 42
Antimony, Hallets’ ....... Copper, lake.. ............................ .Lb. ............ Lbs. Lead, N.Y.. Lb. Nickel, electrolytic,. . . . . . Lb. Nickel, shot and ingots.. Platinum, refined.. ......................... 02. .Oz. Silver.. ................................... Tin ................................... 100 Lbs. Zinc, N. Y.................................. Lb.
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FERTILIZEB M A T m I A L S Ammonium Sulfate... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,100 Lbs. Blood, dried.. ............................. .Unit Bone, 4I/z and 50. groun Calcium Cyanamid.. Calcium Nitrate, Nor
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Phosphate, acid, 16 per cent, bulk.. ...........Ton 8.00 @ 9.00 Phosphate rock; f. 0 . b. mine: Florida land pebble, 68 per cent. . . . . . . . ..Ton 2.25 Tennessee, 70-80 Ton 5.00 @ 5.50 Potassium “muriate.” Ton 220.00 @ 250.00 Pyrites, furnace size, i Unit lOl/s @ 11 Tankage, high-grade. .Unit 2.50 b 10
