MARKET REPORT AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF STANDARD CHEMICALS. ETC., FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. I913 O E Q A N I C CHEMICALS Acetanilid Lb Acetic Acid (28 per cent) C Acetone (drums) .Lb. . G a1. Alcohol. denatured (180 proof) . G a 1. Alcohol. grain (188 proof) Alcohol. wood (95 per cent) Amyl Acetate Aniline Oil ........................... L b Benzoic Ac . Lb. Benzol (90 t) ... . G a1. .. . . Lb. Camphor (refined in bulk) L b. Lb. Carbon Tetrachloride (drums) Lb Chloroform. ................................. Lb Citric Acid (domestic). crystals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lb.
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Acetate of Lead (brown. broken) .L b. Acetate of Lime (gray) C Alum (lump) C Aluminum Sulfate (high.grade) C Ammonium Carbonate. domestic Lb Ammonium Chloride. gray .I, b. . Lb. Aqua Ammonia (drums) 16’. L b. Arsenic. white Barium Chloride C. Barium N i t r a t e . , .Lb. .Ton Barytes (prime white. foreign) Bleaching Powder (35 per cent) C. Lb Blue Vitriol .................................. Borax. crystals (bags) Lb Boric Acid. crystals (powd.) Lb Brimstone (crude. domestic) Ton Bromine. bulk Lb Calcium Chloride fused C Chalk (light precipitated) ..................... Lb China Clay (imported). ...................... .Ton Feldspa Ton Fuller’s wdered Foreign Green Vitriol (bulk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydrochloric Acid (18“) ....................... C. L b. Iodine (resublimed) ........................... Lead Nitrate ........ Lb Litharge (American) ......................... . Lb. Lithium Carbonate.,. ........................ . Lb. Magnesium Carbonate L b. Magnesite “Calcined” Ton Nitric Acid. 36’. Lb Phosphoric Acid (sp gr 1.75). Lb Phosphorus . . . . Lb Plaster of Paris . B b1. . Lb. Potassium Bichromate. 50’. Potassium Bromide . Lb. C. Potassium Carbonate (calcined). 80 @ 85% Potassium Chlorate. crystals L b. Potassium Cyanide (hulk). 98-99y0 Lb. Potassium Hydroxide .... ........... c. Potassium Iodide (bulk) Potassium Nitrate (crude) L b. Potassium Permanganate (bulk) ................L b . Quicksilver. Flask (75 lbs.) .................... Red Lead (American) Salt Cake (glass-makers’) ...................... C
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Silver Nitrate Soapstone in bags Soda Ash (48 per cent) Sodium Acetate Sodium Bicarbonate (domestic) Sodium Bicarbonate (English) Sodium Bichromate Sodium Carbonate (dry) Sodium Chlorate Sodium Hydroxide. 60 per cent Sodium Hyposulfite ........... Sodium Nitrate. 95 per cent. spot Sodium Silicate (liquid) Strontium Nitrate Sulfur. Flowers (sublimed) Sulfur. Roll Sulfuric Acid. 60’ B Talc (American) Terra Alba (American). N o. I . , Tin Bichloride ( S O 0 )
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FERTILIZEE MATEEIALS Ammonium Sulfate C. 2.95 @ 3.00 Blood. dried Unit 3 . 3 0 @ Bone. 41/1 and 50. ground. raw T o n 27.25 @ 28.00 2.05 @ 2.10 Calcium Nitrate (Norwegian) ..................C . Castor meal ................................ nominal .Unit Fish Scrap. domestic. dried .Unit nominal Mowrah meal ..... Ton nominal Phosphate. ac t bulk Ton Q 7.00 Phosphate rock; f . o. b . mine: @ 3.00 Florida land pebble. 68 per cent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ton 2.75 .Ton 5.00 @ 5.50 Tennessee. 70-80 per cent Potassium. “muriate. basis 80 per cent . T o n 39.07 Q Pyrites. furnace size. imported . . Unit 0 . 131/, ..Unit 5 . 2 5 & 10 Tankage. high-grade .........................
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