M A R K E T REPORT 1913
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF STANDARD CHEMICALS, ETC., FOR TlIE MONTH O F AUGCST,
OBQANIC C H E ~ C A L S
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Acetanilid.. Acetic Acid (28 per cent) Acetone (drums).. Alcohol, denatured (180 proof). Alcohol, grain (188 proof). Alcohol, wood (95 per cent).. Amyl Acetate.. ............................. Aniline Oil.. Benzoic Acid.. Benzol (90 per cent).
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,Gal, Lb. Lb. ,Gal.
Carbolic Acid (d Carbon Bisulfide s) Lb. Carbon Tetrachlori Lb. Chloroform. Citric Acid (domestic), crystals. ...............Lb. Dextrine (corn). C. Lb. Dextrine (imported potato). .Lb. E t h e r (U.S. P.. 1900). Formaldehyde. Glycerine (dynamite). Oxalic Acid.. Pyrogallic Acid (bulk). Salicylic Acid. Starch (cassava). ............................ Lb. .C. Starch (corn). .............................. Lb. Starch (rice). Lb.
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...... .................... Starch (wheat). .......... Tannic Acid (commercial). Tartaric Acid, crystals..
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Lb.
21 2.00 1S3/r
36 2.46 45 2.20
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6l/2 73/4
25 46]/2 3.12 6 14
23 2.15 163/4 39 2.48 47 2.30 10v8 27 23 44 13
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S1/4 35 47 3.75 7 20
81/2
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1S3/r 77/a 1.20 28
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@ 2.60 @ 2.00 @ 1.75 @ 81/2
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@ 2’/2 @ 3.60
2.35 1.60 @ 1.80 51/4 0 51/1 19.00 @ 23.50 1.20 @ 1.25 5
33/, 7 22.00 30 85 4 11.50 8.00 16.00 55
1.15 3.05 81/, 6l/2
65 S1/2
30.00 37/8 211/2 45
1.50 63/4 39 3.40 8l/4
19 3.00 2.60
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35 1.10 8 4l/a @ 18.00 @ 12.00 17.00 @ 60 @ 1.55 @ 3.10 @ 81/2 @ 7 @ 70 @I 6 @ 31.00 @I 41/. @ 25]/2 @ 1.00 @ 1.70 @ 7 @ 40 @ 3.65 @ 9‘/z @ 24 @ 4.75 @ 2.65
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91/2 @ @ 40.00 6l/2 @ 55 @
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47/r
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391/z
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70 41/2 @ I .SO Lb. 8 3 Lb. @ 47/8 Lb. @ 80 Lb. 81/4 @ 91/2 C. 1.57’/z 8 1.62’/2 Sodium Hyposulfite. ......................... C. 1.30 Q 1 ,60 Sodium Nitrate, 95 per cent, s p C. 2.35 @ 2.40 65 @ 1 .SO Sodium Silicate (liquid). Strontium Nitrate.. 6’/6 8 7’/8 Sulfur, Flowers sublimed .................... C. 2.20 @ 2.60 Sulfur, Roll . . . c. 1.85 a 2 . 1 5 85 8 1.00 Sulfuric Aci Talc (American). ........................... .Ton 15 .OO @ 20 .OO Terra Alba (American), No. 1 . . C. 75 @ 80 . . . . .Lb. ll3/, Q 12 Tin Bichloride (50’).
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1.40 @ 30 31/4 @ 4 2.34 @ 3.00 4’/2 8 5 8 @ 9 2’/r 23/s 8 5 Q 6I/z 35 @ 36 301/, 8 303/a 73/4 2.50 1.75 1.25 8 6l/4
371/2 10.00 65 4 1.50 Z3/r 41/2 60
91/2
INOEQANIC CHEMICALS Acetate of Lead (brown, broken). Lb. C. Acetate of Lime (gray). Alum (lump) Aluminum Sulfate (high grade). Ammonium Carbonate, domestic. . Ammonium Chloride, gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. A q u a Ammonia (drums) 16’. Arsenic, white.. Lb. C. Barium Chloride.. ........................... Barium Nitrate.. . . . . . . . . Barytes (prime white, foreign). Bleaching Powder (35 per Blue Vitriol.. . . . . . . . . . . . Borax, crystals (bags). . . . Boric Acid, crystals (powd Brimstone (crude, domestic), .Ton Bromine, bulk.. ............................. Lb. C. Calcium Chloride, fused.. Chalk (light precipitated). .................... Lb. .Ton China Clay (imported). ...................... Feldspar. ................................... Ton Fuller’s Earth, powdered, Foreign. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ton Green Vitriol (bulk). C. Hydrochloric Acid (18O). C. Lb. Iodine (resublimed). Lb. Lead Nitrate.. . . . . . . . . . . Litharge (American). ......................... Lb. Lb. Lithium Carbonate.. ......................... Hagnesia (powdered). ...... Magnesite (raw). Nitric Acid, 36’. ............................. Lb. Phosphoric Acid (sp. gr. 1.75). Lb. Lb. Phosphorus.. Plaster of Paris Bbl. Potassium Bichromate, S O o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Potassium Bromide.. ......................... Lb. Potassium Carbonate (calcined) 80 @ 85%. .... C. Potassium Chlorate, crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Potassium Cyanide (bulk) 98-99%. . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. ........... .c. Potassium Hydroxide.. Potassium Iodide (bulk). . Lb. Potassium Nitrate (crude). Lb. Potassium Permanganate (bulk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Quicksilver, Flask.. .......................... Red Lead (American). ........................ Lb. C. Salt Cake (glass-makers’). .....................
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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..
7 65
Zinc Sulfate.. .......................
Lb.
21/4
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5 ga/s
23/r
OILS. WAXES, ETC.
Beeswax (pure white).
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Ceresin (yellow).
Lh.
42
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45
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12 6.65
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22 6.70
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Lb. Cottonseed Oil (p. s. y.). Cylinder Oil (light, filtered). Gal. J a p a n Wax Lb. Lard Oil (prime winter). Gal. Linseed Oil (double-boiled). ...................Gal. Menhaden Oil (crude). ,Gal. Gal. Neatsfoot Oil (20 Paraffine (crude Paraffine Oil (h‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gal Rosin (“F” gra . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bbl. Rosin Oil (first . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gal.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Spermaceti (cake). Sperm Oil (bleached .Gal. Spindle Oil, No. 200.. ....................... Stearic Acid (double-pressed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Tallow (acidless). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gal. . T a r Oil (distilled). . . . . . . . . . .Gal. Turpentine (spirits of).
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21’/2 9 95 54 29 98 3l/i 26 4.40 30
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22’/2 @ 23 73/a 8 81/2 Lb. 2.10 a 2 . 1 5 Lb. 50 8 3.00 Copper (electrolytic). Lb. Is,;/, @ 16 Copper (lake) Lb. 153/( @ 16l/, Lead, N. Y... .............................. . L b . 4 . 7 5 @ -Nickel.. . . . . . ....................... . L b . 50 @ 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. O z . 46.00 @I .Oz. 59‘/8 @ 60 Silver. ..................... ...................... .C. 40.00 @ 44.00
Aluminum (No. 1 ingots). Antimony (Hallet’s).
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Ammonium Sulfate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Blood, dried., ....................
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Calcium Nitrate (Norwegian). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. . 2.Oj @ 2.10 Castor meal., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Unit 3.00 Fish Scrap, domestic, dried.. . U n i t 2 .75 S; 10 Mowrab meal. . . . . . . . Phosphate, acid, 16 p Phosphate rock; f . 0.b . mine: @ 3.25 . , . T o n 3.00 Florida land pebble, 68 per cent.. .. . . .Ton 5 . 0 0 @ 5 . 5 0 Tennessee, 70-80 per cent.. Potassium, “muriate.” basis 80 per cent.. .Ton 38.55 @ 0.13’/z Pyrites, furnace size, imported.. .Unit . . . . . . . . .. U n i t 2,72’/2 2 . 7.5 & 1 0 Tankage, high-nrade.. . . . . . . .
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