MARKET REPORT.JUNE. WHOLESALE PRICES PREVAILING IN
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INORGANIC CHEMICALS
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Acetate of Lime 100 Lbs Alum. ammonia. lump 100 Lbs Aluminum Sulfate. (iron free) .L b. Ammonium Carbonate. domestic Lb Ammonium Chloride. white Lb . Aqua Ammonia. 26'. drums .Lb. Arsenic. white Lb Barium Chloride .Ton Barium Nitrate .I,b. .Ton Barytes. prime white. foreign Bleaching Powder. 35 per cent 100 Lbs Blue Vitriol .I, b. Lb Borax. crystals. in bags., Boric Acid. powdered crystals Lb Brimstone. crude. domestic Long Ton Bromine. technical. bulk I,b Calcium Chloride. lump. 70 to 75% fused .Ton Caustic Soda. 76 per cent 100 Lbs Chalk. light precipitated .I, b. .Ton China Clay. imported .Ton Feldspar Fuller's Earth. foreign. powdered .Ton Fuller's Earth. domestic .Ton Glauber's Salt. in bbls 100 Lbs Green Vitriol. bulk 100 Lbs . Hydrochloric Acid. commercial. 2 0'. Lb Iodine. resublimed Lb . Lead Acetate. white crystals .I,b. I,b Lead Nitrate Litharge. American .L b. .I,b. Lithium Carbonate Magnesium Carbonate. U S P .I, b. Magnesite. "Calcined" Ton Nitric Add. 40'. .I,b. Nitric Acid. 42'. .I, b. I,b Phosphoric Acid. 48/50% Phosphorus. yellow Lb Plaster of Paris .Bb1. Lb Potassium Bichromate. casks Potassium Bromide. granular .I,b. Potassium Carbonate. calcined. 80 @ 85% .Lb. Potassium Chlorate. crystals. Spot .T, b. Lb Potassium Cyanide. bulk. 98-99 per cent Potassium Hydroxide. 88 Q 92% Lb . Potassium Iodide. bulk Lb Potassium Nitrate Lb Potassium Permanganate. bulk Lb Quicksilver. flask 75 Lbs Red Lead. American. dry 100 Lhs Salt Cake. glass makers. .Ton Silver Nitrate .Oz. Soapstone. in bags .Ton Soda Ash. 58% in bags 100 Lbs Sodium Acetate Lb Sodium Bicarbonate. domestic 100 Lbs Sodium Bichromate Lb Sodium Chlorate Lb Sodium Cyanide Lb . Sodium Fluoride. commercial Lb Sodium Hyposulfite 100 Lbs . Sodium Nitrate. 95 per cent. spot ....... 100 Lbs . Sodium Silicate. liquid. 409 3 6 100 Lbs Sodium Sulfide. 60%. fused in bbls I,b Sodium Bisulfite. powdered Lb . Strontium Nitrate Lb Sulfur. flowers. sublimed 100 Lbs Sulfur. roll 100 Lbs Sulfuric Acid. chamber 66' B6 .Ton Sulfuric Acid. oleum (fuming). .Ton Talc. American white .Ton Terra Alba. American. No 1 ,100.Lbs. Tin Bichloride. 50'. .Lb. Tin Oxide I,b . White Lend. American. dry ............... .L b. Zinc Carbonate Lb Zinc Chloride. commercial. . Lb. Lb . Zinc Oxide. American process XX
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0 8 1 50 20 @ 21 60.00 @ 65.00 8'/2 Q 9 9 Q 10 8'/z Q 12 1.05 Q 1.30 2.00 Q 2.50 44 @ 45 1.35 Q 1.36 40 @ 50 39 @ 41 nominal 80 Q 821/2 3.75 Q 4.00 27 Q 30 2.50 @ 3.00 119.00 Q 122.00 10.79 @ 12.75 22.00 @ 25.00 62114 @ 65 10.00 Q 12.50 2.25 @ 2.45 nominal 3.00 @ 3.25 27 Q 28 24 Q 25 40 @ 43 17 Q 18 2.50 Q 2.60 4.75 Q 5.00 2.50 Q 3.00 nominal 11 Q 12 Q 28 22 4.05 Q 4.50 3.70 Q 4.10 37.00' Q 40.00 60.00 Q 65.00 18.00 @ 20.00 1.17l/a 28 Q 30 1.00 Q 1.10 91/4 Q 101/r 28 Q 30 15 Q 16 14 Q 15 7a/4
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Acetanilid. C P., in bbls .Lb. Acetic Acid. 56 per cent. in bbls .Lb. Acetic Acid. glacial. 991/n%. in carboys . Lb. Acetone. drums Lb . Alcohol. denatured. 180 proof., ............ . G a1.
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Alcohol. sugar cane. 188 proof .Ga 1. Ga1. Alcohol. wood. 95 per cent. refined .Ga 1. Amyl Acetate Lb Aniline Oil. drums extra Benzoic Acid. ex-toluol Lb Benzol. pure .Ga 1. Camphor. refined in bulk. b.bls .I,b. Carbolic Acid. U S P., crystals. drums Lb Carbon Bisulfide Lb Carbon Tetrachloride. drums. 100 gals Lb Chloroform Lb Citric Acid. domestic. crystals Lb Creosote. beechwood Lb . Cresol. U S P . Lb. Lb Dextrine. corn (carloads. bags) Dextrine. imported potato Lb Ether. U S P 1900 . Lb. Lb Formaldehyde. 40 per cent Glycerine. dynamite. drums included Lb Oxalic Acid. in casks Lb Pyrogallic Acid. resublimed. bulk Lb Salicylic Acid. U S P .I,b. Starch. cassava., Lb Starch. corn (carloads. bags) pearl 100 Lbs Starch. potato. Japanese Lb . Starch. rice Lb Starch. sago flour Lb Starch. wheat Lb Tannic Acid. commercial Lb Tartaric Acid. crystals Lb
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Beeswax. pure. white Black Mineral Oil. 29 gravity Castor Oil. N o 3 Ceresin. yellow Corn Oil. crude Cottonseed Oil. crude. f o. b mill Cottonseed Oil. p s y Menhaden Oil. crude (southern) Neat's-foot Oil. 20° P a r a 5 n . crude. 118 t o 120 m p Paraffin Oil. high viscosity Rosin. "F" Grade. 280 lbs Rosin Oil. first run Shellac. T N Spermaceti. cake Sperm Oil. bleached winter. 38'. Spindle Oil. No . 200 Stearic Acid. doub1e.pressed Tallow. acidless T a r Oil. distilled Turpentine. spirits of
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63 Q 65 22 Q 23 29 Q 33 17 @ 18 16.75 @ 17.00 171/~ 0 21.00 @ 22.00 95 @ 1.00 3.45 Q 3.55 128/4 @ 13 40 Q 41 10.00 5 6 Q @ 64 63 @ 34 32 2.23 @ 2.25 @ 40 38 @ 25 23 1.58 @ 1.60 Q 36 35 63 @ 64
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METALS
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Aluminum. No 1. ingots Antimony. ordinary Bismuth. N Y Copper. electrolytic Copper. lake Lead. N Y Nickel. electrolytic Platinum. refined. soft Silver Tin. Straits Tungsten (WOa) Zinc. N Y
@ 34 Q 131/4 Q 3.65 23.06 23'/r @ 7.25 Q 7.50 0 56 55 nominal 99 1/2 nominal 20.00 @ 23.50 7'/b @ 8 33 13 3.50
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FERTILIZER MATERIALS
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Ammonium Sulfate 100 Lbs Blood. dried. f o . b Chicago .Unit .Ton Bone. 3 and 50. ground. raw Calcium Cyanamide .Unit of Ammonia 100 Lbs Calcium Nitrate. Norwegian Castor Meal .Unit Fish Scrap. domestic. dried. f o b works .Unit .Ton Phosphate. acid. 16 per cent., Ton Phosphate rock. f o. b . mine. . Florida land pebble. 68 per cent .Ton Tennessee. 78-80 per cent .Ton Potassium "muriate. basis 80 per cent .Ton Pyrites. furnace size. imported .Unit Tankage. high-grade. f o b Chicago ....... .Unit
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