Show 2 vp aw 4 4 SHIPLOADS OF E amount of crude crada sulphur received Bec elved sn in this Con country otry brimstone as a commercial commodity is ot of grea importance in many branches of manufacture but the tact fact Is 19 not generally known in business circles that tons tois came to the united states from sicily in 1897 and that the year before the importation W was even larger says the now new york tribune this commodity comes exclusively from sicily and to a great extent fr from a M the able port of palmero it Is shipped in bulk balk like coal and looks in its raw condition like pieces of broken stone about the size of those which are used on macadam roads it is a dull gray and from that to a bright yellow according to its quality the higher the grade the the sto stone ne it is handled by the large importers in its crude form only and these dispose of it to the manufacturers by whom it is 15 subjected to processes which the dross and bring to the surface its valuable properties it Is used by the manufacturers of fertilizer materials rials an and d sulphuric acid and large quantities are consumed by the manufacturers manufacture ars of wood pulp and paper the brimstone goes in great qu antles also to the sulphur re finers and after it becomes sulphur it plays an important part in the manufacture of 0 vulcanized rubber the addition of sulphur to plastic rubber vulcanizing vulcan izing the mass between two tin sheets as an experiment gave the world the valuable commodity known know as hard rubber and no substitute has yet been found for the yellow dust in the process the brimstone statistics show that united states receives more of the material than any other country countr 7 forthe for the same time that tons reached the ports of new york baltimore philadelphia charleston boston wilmington and norfolk the following exports were made from sicily to other parts of the world france tons italy tons united kingdom tons russia 1753 tons portugal tons germany tons I 1 austria tons greece turkey tons Belg belgium zum tons sweden norway and denmark 11 tons spain tons horand holland tons the 9 districts of 0 europe use large quantities of the material to destroy the insects which attack the vines and although many substitutes are employed the most careful growers never abandon brimstone tor for that tb at purpose the supply in sicily ready tor for transportation iz is larger than it his has ever been before there being no less than tons in storage |