MARKET REPORT AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES O F STANDARD CHEMICALS, ETC., FOR THE MONTH OR SEPTEMBER, I913
OEGANIC CHEMICALS Acetanilid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Acetic Acid (28 per c e n t ) , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Lb. Acetone (drums). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcohol, denatured (180 proof), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., G a l . . . . . . . . . . .Gal. Alcohol, grain (188 proof). . . . . Alcohol, wood (95 per cent), . . . Amyl Acetate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gal. Aniline O i l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benzoic Acid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benzol (90 per cent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,Gal. Camphor (refined in bulk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. .Lb. Carbolic Acid (drums). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Carbon Bisulfide.. . . . . . s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Carbon Tetrachloride (d Lb. Chloroform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citric Acid (domestic), crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Dextrine (corn). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dextrine (imported p o t a t o ) . ... Ether (U. S. P., 1900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Lb. Formaldehyde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glycerine (dynamite). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb.
21 2.00 153/4 36 2.48 45 2 20 101/8 23 21 4Z1/2 9 6‘12 73:r
25 52 3 12 6 14 81f2 191/1 77/8
Salicylic Acid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Starch (cassava). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. L b .
. .c. . .Lb. . .Lb.
Starch (sago),.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. .Lb. Starch (wheat). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tannic Acid (commercial). . . Tartaric Acid, crystals. . . . . .
1.20 28 3114 2.34 4Ii2
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23 @ 2.15 @ 1631, @ 39 @ 2.50 @ 47 Q 2.30 @ 105/8 Q 27 @ 23 @ 44 @ 111/. @ 8
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.Oz. 38 .Ton 10.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .c. 55 . . . . . . . . . .Lb. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. . 1.00 Lb. 23/r Lb. 4‘/2 C. 60 . . . . . . . ..Lb. 8l/r Sodium Hydroxide, 60 per c e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. 1.47l/2 60dium Hyposulfite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. 1.30 C. 2.40 C. 65 Strontium N i t r a t e . . ......................... .Lb. 6i/8 C. 2.20
35 52’jZ @ 4.00 @ 7 @ 20 @ 91/2 @ @
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1.40 30 4 3 00
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S1/r @ 35 @ 30’14 @
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Zinc Zinc Zinc Zinc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. merican, d r y ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. L b . Carbonate,, . , . , ..Lb. Chloride (gran .................... .Lb. Oxide (American process). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lb. Sulfate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb.
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8 Q 2.60 @ 2.00 @ 1.75 @ 81/2 @ 6’/a 21/P Q 21/2 3.171/* @ 3 . 5 0 @ 1.80 1.60 51/4 @ 51/2 19.00 @ 23.50 1.25 a l . 3 0 51/a @ 5119 33,‘a @ 4114 @ 7l/2 22.00 @ 22.50 30 @ 35 85 63 1.10 4 @ 4l/2 nominal 8.00 @ 12.00 Q 17.00 16.00 55 @ 60 1.15 @ 1.55 3.55 @ 3.60 83,’8 @ 86/a 63/4 @ 7 65 @ 70 5112 @ 6 30.00 @ 35.00 3’18 0 4’/4 211/2 0 251/2 45 0 1.00 1.50 @ 1.70 @/r @ 7 39 Q 40 3.40 @ 3.65 81/4 0 91/2 19 @ 24 4.i5 @ 5.25 2.95 @ 3.00 4aia @ 5 93a: @ 10 40.00 @ 7 @ 7’/r 55 @ 65 73:4
2.50 1.75 1.25 8 5’1s
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0 12.00 65 @ 4l/2 @ l . l O @ 3 C 5 @: 80 Q 91/2 @ 1.521/2 @: 1.60 @: 2.45 @ 1.50 @
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76/8
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85
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75
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80
46
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48 6 10 5 63/1 3
53/r
9 4l/2 @ S3/8
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21/2
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OILS, WAXES, ETC. Beeswax (pure white). ....................... .Lb. Black Mineral Oil, 29 g r a v i t y . . , , , .Gal. Castor Oil (No. 3 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , .Lb. . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lb. Ceresin (yellow) Corn O i l . , ................................. .C. Cottonseed Oil (crude), f. 0. b. mill., . . . . . . . . . ..Gal. Cottonseed Oil (p. s. y.), Cylinder Oil (light, filtered), , , . . Japan Wax ..................... Lard Oil (prime winter). ............ . . . . Gal. . . . .Gal. Linseed Oil (double-boiled) .......... . . . .Gal. Menhaden Oil (crude), . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neatsfoot Oil (20°), ......................... .Gal. Paraffine (crude, 120 & 122 m. p.). . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Paraffine Oil (high viscosity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gal. Rosin C‘F” grade). ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Bbl. .Gal. Rosin Oil (first r u n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shellac, T. N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. . . . . . . . . ..Lb. Spermaceti (cake) Sperm Oil (bleach . . . . . . . . . .Gal. Spindle Oil, No. 200.. ....................... .Gal. Stearic Acid (double-pressed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. . , . .Gal. Tallow (acidless). . , , . . , . . T a r Oil (distilled). . . . . . . . . . . . Gal. Turpentine (spirits of). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gal.
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INOEGANIC CHEMICALS Acetate of Lead (brown, broken). . . Acetate of Lime (gray). . . . . . . . . . . . Alum ( l u m p ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aluminum Sulfate (high-grade). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Ammonium Carbonate, domestic. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. . Ammonium Chloride, g r a y , . . . . . . . . Aqua Ammonia (drums) 16O., , . . , . Arsenic, white. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Barium Chloride.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Barium N i t r a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Barytes (prime white, foreign), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T o n Bleaching Powder (35 per c e n t ) , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Blue Vitriol.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Borax, crystals (bags). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Boric hcid, crystals (powd.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brimstone (crude, domestic). . . . . . . . . . . . . Bromine, b u l k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. ... Calcium Chloride, fused . . . . . . . . . . . . Chalk (light precipitated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. China Clay (imported). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .Ton Ton Feldspar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuller’s E a r t h , pow.dered. F o r e i g n , , . . . . . . . . . . . , T o n Green Vitriol (bulk). . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydrochloric Acid (18’). . . . . . . . . . Iodine (resublimed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Lead S t r a t e . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Litharge (American). . . . . . . . . . Lithium Carbonate. . . . . . . . . . . Magnesia (powdered). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hlagnesite ( r a w ) , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,Ton .Lb. Nitric Acid, 36‘. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phosphoric Acid (sp. gr. 1.75) Phosphorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaster of Paris. ............................. Bbl. Potassium Bichromate, 50’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...L b . Potassium Bromide. ......................... .Lb. Potassium Carbonate (calcined), 80 @ 85 70. . . . . C. Potassium Chlorate, crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. . Potassium Cyanide (bulk), 98-99$, . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Potassium Hydroxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potassium Iodide (bulk). ..................... .Lb. Potassium Nitrate (crude). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. . Potassium Permanganate (bulk), . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Quicksilver, Flask (75 1 .......... Red Lead (American). . . . . . . . . . . Lb. C. Salt Cake (glass-makers’). .....................
Silver N i t r a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soapstone in b a g s . . ..........................
42 @ 45 131/2 @ 14 S7/a @ 10 12 @ 22 6.65 @ 6.70 43 8 43‘/2
95 50 31 98 S1/2 26 4.30 27 231/2 30 72 18
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97 51 35 1.10 33/4 28 4.35 31 24 35 74 19 101/2 65 31 421/2
METALS Aluminum (No. 1 ingots), .................... .Lb. Antimony (Hollet’s), ........................ .Lb. .Lb. Bismuth (New York) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lb. Bronze powder,. . , . , Copper (electrolytic) . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Copper (lake). . . . . . . Lead, N . Y... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Nickel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Platinum (refined) 02. Oz. Tin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Zinc.. ..................................... .C.
221/2 @ i3/4
23
@ 8‘/2 @ 2.10
2.05 50 @ 162i3 @ 16’/s @ 4.75 8 50 @ 43.50 @ 61 @ 42.00 Q 5.80 Q
3.00
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55 44.50 62 43.00 5.90
FEETILIZEE MATEEIALS
. . . . ./ . . . . . c. 3.05 @ 3 . 1 0 Ammonium Sulfate.. , Blood, dried. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Unit 2.85 @ Bone, 41/z and 50, ground, r a w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ton 27.50 @ 28.00 Calcium Nitrate (Norwegian). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. . 2 .05 @ 2. I O Castor meal.. .............................. ,Unit 3.10 Fish Scrap, domestic, d r i e d , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. U n i t 3.00 & 10 Ton nominal Mowrah meal., .................... - @ 6.75 Phosphate, acid, 16 per cent b u l k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T o n Phosphate rock; f. 0. b. mine: Florida land pebble, 68 per cent. . . . . . . . . . . . . , T o n 3 . 0 0 @ 3.25 Tennessee, 70-80 per c e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. T o n 5 .OO , @ 5.50 Potassium, “muriate,” basis 80 per c e n t , , . . . . . .. T o n 38.55 @ Pyrites, furnace size, imported. Tankage, high-grade. . . . . . . . . . .
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