AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF STANDARD CHEMICALS. ETC., FOR MONTH OF AUGUST. For Full Lilt of Weekly Quotationb
Organic Chemicals. Acetanilid ......................... Lb Acetone (drums) ...................Lb Alcohol. grain (188 proof) . . . . . . . . . ..Ga1. Alcohol. wood (95 per cent.). ........Ga1. Alcohol. denatured (180 proof) ...... .Ga1. Amyl Acetate ..................... .Ga1. Acetic Acid C. Aniline Oil ........................ Lb Benzoic Acid ..................... .Oz. Carbon Tetrachloride (in drums) . . . . .Lb . Carbon Bisulphide .................. Lb. Chloroform ........................ Lb. Carbolic Acid (in drums) . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb Citric Acid (domestic) ...............Lb Camphor (refined in bulk) ...........Lb . Dextrine (imported potato) ..........Lb Dextrine (corn) ..................... C. Ether (U . S P., 1900). . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lb. Formaldehyde ..................... Lb Glycerine (dynamite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lb. Iodoform......................... . Lb. Oxalic Acid C. Pyrogallic Acid (bulk) .............. Lb. Salicylic Acid ...................... Lb Starch (corn) ...................... c. Starch (potato) .................... Lb . S-ch (rice) ...................... . Lb. Starch (wheat) . Lb. Tannic Acid (regular in bulk) ........Lb Tartaric Acid. crystals .............. Lb.
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Znmganic Chemicals Acetate of Lime (gray) C. Acetate of Lead (brown, broken). .Lb. Alum (lumpj ...................... C Aqua Ammonia (in drums) 1 6 O ......Lb. Ammonium Chloride, gray ...........I,b. Arsenic, white .................... . Lb. Ammonium Carbonate, domestic., Lb Aluminum Sulphate................ Lb Ammonium Vanadiate ............. .O z. Brimstone (crude, domestic) ........ .Ton Barium Chlorate ................... Lb. Barium Chloride ................... C Barium Nitrate .................... Lb . Borax. crystals in bags ..............Lb. Boric Acid. crystals ................Lb Bromine, bulk .................... . Lb. Bleaching Powder (35 per cent.). . . .C. Barytes (prime white, foreign) ...... .Ton Blue Vitriol ...................... .I,b. Calcium Chloride ...................C Calomel, American .................Lb . Chalk (light precipitated) . . . . . . . . . ..I, b. Cobalt Oxide ..................... .Lb. China Clay (imported) ..............Ton Feldspar ......................... .Ton Fuller's Earth, powdered ............ C Green Vitriol (in bags) ..............C. Hydrochloric Acid ( 1 8 ~.). . . . . . . . . .C. Hydrochloric Acid ( z z o ) ............C. Iodine (resublimed) ................ .I.,b. Lead Nitrate ..................... . Lb. Lithium Carbonate .................Lb Magnesite (raw) ................... .Ton Mercuric Chloride ..................Lb Nitric Acid. 36'. .................. . Lb. Nitric Acid. 42 .Lb. Phosphorus ........................ Lb . Phosphoric Acid. s . g 1.75. ........ .Lb.
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Plaster of Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potassium Bromide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb . Potassium Permanganate (bulk) . . . . .Lb . Potassium Cyanide (bulk) . . . . . . . . . . .Lb . Potassium Iodide (bulk) . . . . . . . . . . ..I,b. Potassium Chlorate, crystals, . . . . . .Lb Potassium Nitrate (crude) Potassium Bichromate. 50 Pumice Stone ..................... . Lb. Quicksilver ....................... .I,b. Salt Cake (glass-makers) . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb . Silver Nitrate ..................... .O z. Soapstone in bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ton Sodium Acetate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lb. Sodium Chlorate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I. b. Sodium Bicarbonate (English) . . . . . . .Lb Sodium Bichromate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb Sodium Bisulfite (not incl . pkg.) . . . . .C. Sodium Hydroxide, 60 per cent . . . . . . .C. Sodium Hyposulfite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Sodium Nitrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Sodium Nitrate, g j per cent., spot ... C Sodium Silicate (liquid) . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Sodium Stannate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lb. Sulphur, Roll ...................... C. Sulphur, Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. . Sulphuric Acid, 60' B . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Talc (American) ...................Ton Terra Alba (American), No . I . . . . . . .C. Tin Bichloride (50') . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Tin Oxide ......................... Lb Tin Chloride ( 3 6 O ) .................. Lb. Zinc Chloride (granulated) . . . . . . . . . .Lb . Zinc Sulphate ..................... . Lb. Oils, Waxes, Etc . Beeswax (pure white) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lb. Black Mineral Oil, 29 Gravity ....... .Ga1. Castor Oil (No. 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lb. Ceresin (yellow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lb. Corn Oil .......................... C. Cottonseed Oil (crude), f . o . b . mill . . .Ga1. Cylinder Oil (light, filtered) . . . . . . . . . Gal Japan Wax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lard Oil (prime winter) .............Ga 1. Linseed Oil (raw, city) ..............Ga1. Linseed Oil (double-boiled) . . . . . . . . . .Ga1. Paraffine Oil (high viscosity) ........ .Ga1. Paraffine (crude 1 2 0 @ 122 m . p .... . Lb. Paraffine (refined, domestic) 1 2 0 @ 1 2 2 m p ...................... Lb. Rosin Oil (first run) ................Ga1. Spindle Oil, No . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ga . I. Stearic Acid (double-pressed) . . . . . . . .Lb . Sperm Oil (bleached winter) 38O .... .Ga1. Tallow (acidless) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ga . 1. Tar Oil (distilled) ..................Ga1.
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