. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL (CANADA) 1917 pt. 1. is number of the Weekly Bulletin. Drugs and chemicals are another line of goods of which there is a great shortagein Siberia at the present time. Although Canadian producers may not be in aposition to supply any of the products mentioned in the following translation of anarticle which appeared in a local paper—The Omsk Messenger—the particulars giventherein may nevertheless be of interest as indicating the high prices which are beingpaid for drugs and chemicals of all kinds. As an instance of the inordinate prices at present being paid for
. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL (CANADA) 1917 pt. 1. is number of the Weekly Bulletin. Drugs and chemicals are another line of goods of which there is a great shortagein Siberia at the present time. Although Canadian producers may not be in aposition to supply any of the products mentioned in the following translation of anarticle which appeared in a local paper—The Omsk Messenger—the particulars giventherein may nevertheless be of interest as indicating the high prices which are beingpaid for drugs and chemicals of all kinds. As an instance of the inordinate prices at present being paid for chemicals anddrugs it may be mentioned that prior to the war a kilogramme of aspirin (about 2£pounds) sold for 13 roubles.* Last winter the cost of this drug was 400 roubles perkilogramme, but with the arrival of a large quantity from Japan, the price fell untilit is now 170 roubles. Like nearly all chemicals, aspirin previous to the war wasmostly imported into Siberia from Germany. Salts of lemon, selling in pre-war days * Rouble = 51*5 Type of burner for kerosene lamps used in Western Siberia. DEMAND FOR DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES. WEEKLY BULLET IS 199 for 32 roubles a pood (36 pounds) now brings 300 roubles. There is very little of iton the market and only small quantities are sold at a time. Vanilla has increasedin price from 16 roubles to 225 roubles. Druggists goods are being largely importedfrom America. White resin, which is used by soap-boilers, has increased in pricefrom roubles per pood (36 pounds) to 12 roubles or 13 roubles. The price ofthis article may be expected to fall in the near future with the arrival of a largequantity from abroad. As the railway from Vladivostok is fully occupied, chemicalproducjts for the most part are obtained from Japan through the post. This methodnaturally enhances the cost as the postal rates are heavier. The postal charges on aconsignment of chemicals recently received by one of the merchants here w
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