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Show AMERICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO REPLACE E JROPEAN IMPORTS . ) Several medicinal articles of which petroleum forms a largo percentage were Imported into tho United States prior to the war, especially a carefully careful-ly refined oil having about the consistency con-sistency of a very light lubricating oil. This has befi made, for convenience, con-venience, In Baku, Russia, and some of It has been manufactured in the United States from petroleum distillates distil-lates Imported from Russia, and has been sold as "albollne," "petrolatum oil," etc. The working up of tho trade for these oils on the basis ot Russian ruw material was largely n mnttcrof pure chance, but not of necessity, ne-cessity, Inasmuch ns oils of tho same character can be readily produced from American petroleum and In fact havo been produced in smell quantities quanti-ties for many years. Thus vaseline oil Is a by product in tho manufacture manufac-ture of vaseline, and has been used for tho samo medicinal purposes for many years. Thero Is no other product pro-duct of petroleum manufactured In the United States. Arrangements have been completed whereby American Amer-ican albollno will bo on the United States market In quantity bofore the end ot the present calendar year, whether hostilities cease or not. (bulletin C99, U. S. Geological Survey). |