ning fiber is greater while the iron content is lower. There is a demand for this special product even at a higher price. Owing to the fact that in practically all the Arizona fiber the harsh and soft material are so intermingled that it is difficult to separate them, these fibers do not bring as high prices as the Canadian. In 1918 soft Arizona fiber was selling at $850 to $1,250 a ton, according to its length, and the harsh Arizona fiber at $350 to $600 a ton. The shorter fibers, or mill rock, have about the same value as the Canadian shorter fibers. An increase in the Arizona output may be looked for but it is not likely greatly to exceed 1,000 tons a year, which is not 1 per cent of American needs on a purely tonnage basis. The Georgia production also supplies a special demand, and may be expected to continue. The costs are low but the grade of material is poor. Asbestos, unmanufactured—Production in United States. [From Mineral Resources, Part 2, U. S. Geological Survey. Product marketed.] Asbestos, unmanufactured-Production in principal foreign countries, in short tons. 1 Figures from Mineral Industry. • Figures from Mineral Resources of the United States in 1919. (Preliminary Report). · Asbestic. Estimated. 5 Statistics not available. • Union of South Africa. Asbestos, unmanufactured-Production in principal foreign countries, in short tons-Con. [Mineral Resources of the United States in 1919.] 8 Exports. From "The Mineral Industry of the British Empire and Foreign Countries.' Asbestos, ore and unmanufactured-Domestic exports-Continued. Asbestos, unmanufactured Prices per short ton-Sales price of Canadian asbestos, f. o. b. mill. 1 Figures 1916 to 1918 are not available. 2 Preliminary statement, Department of Colonization, Mines, and Fisheries, Province of Quebec. Asbestos, unmanufactured-New York prices per short ton for Canadian chrysotile fiber. COURT AND TREASURY DECISIONS. Asbestos fiber with a slight admixture of gray rock was held exempt from duty as asbestos unmanufactured, and not dutiable as a manufacture of asbestos under the act of 1890. G. A. 819, T. D. 11828. Carded asbestos fiber consisting of amphibole asbestos in fibrous form, white in color, and used in part by chemists for filtering acids, was likewise held exempt from duty as unmanufactured rather than as a manufacture of asbestos under the act of 1894. G. A. 3369, T. D. 16850. Asbestos fiber, invoiced as "asbestic finish," which had been separated from asbestos rock by mechanical means and containing portions of the nonfibrous rock, was held free of duty as asbestos unmanufactured rather than dutiable as a manufacture of asbestos under the act of 1897. This importation was found to consist of the shortest asbestos fibers and not to be asbestos sponge or any form of asbestos cement. G. A. 4903, T. D. 22937. Asbestos subjected to a process called first carding, whereby a portion of the impurities was removed, but which had to undergo two additional carding processes before the fiber was ready to be spun as carded asbestos, was held exempt from duty as asbestos unmanufactured under the act of 1909 and not dutiable as a manufacture of asbestos. Abstract 32612, T. D. 33511 (1913). An importation invoiced as "asbestos finish," consisting of the shortest fibers of asbestos screenings, or refuse obtained in eliminating the longer asbestos fibers from the rock, and used in the manufacture of paper and cement as a filler, was held exempt from duty as asbestos unmanufactured and not dutiable as a manufacture of asbestos under the act of 1913. Abstract 41761. A later importation invoiced as "asbestos finish, ""asbestos sand finish," and "asbestos ex. finish,' and found to be a finely powdered by-product or refuse of comparatively little value, was likewise held exempt from duty as asbestos unmanufactured under that act. Abstract 42733. |