The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-06
Produces Greater Quantity
Than Any Other State
in the Union
NEW YORk'S OUTPUT
EXCELS IN QUALITY
Ground Tale Used for Lubricating and
Toilet Powders-G Greatest Use is For
Filler in the Manufacture of Paper
is Not Soapstone.

If one accepts the draft census figures
people or mere in the United States, OF
whom at least one-fourth are women of
more or less maturity, each with a nose
TO powder once or many times every
day, rain or shine, he is almost in
clined to doubt the declaration of the
Geological Survey that only l9s,6l3
tons of talcum was produced in Amer
lea last year and only 1S,6O9 tons was
imported
And the figures become more and
more amazing when it is asserted that
the total value of this talcum was
$l,SS9,672, and that of this sum more
than nine-tenths of it was paid for
talcum to be used in paper making and
other industrial processes. Subtracting
the amount used for industry (not tina,
powderng a nose may not be indus
triously done) from the total and TAX
ing into account the millions of babies
that get a daily busting, and the tons
of tale that BARRIERS put upon their
patrons clothes to give the brush boy
a chance to fitch tip, it surely leaves
Less than one would suppose for com
plexions and force the conclusion that
little talcum goes a long way in re-
dueing the glare Of a shiny nose
But regardless of noses and foot-casc,
and soap adulteration and the many
other less vital uses of tale, it is a high
ly importanb mineral, remarkable for
its softness, unctuous feel, and sta
bility, properties which render it use
full for many purposes. In its natural
state it appears in the so-called French
chalk used by tailors and in crayons. In
ground form it is most commonly seen
in lubricating and toilet powders, al
though its most extensive application is
as filler in the manufacture of paper.
Much is used in rubber and certain
kinds OF paints. Some of that mined
in Virginia has been suceesSfulIv used
as foundry facing instead of graphite
It's high insulating qualities gain for it
a large application in electric insula-
ton.
The sales of last year show gain of
nearly 3 per cent. in quantity and of
more than per cent in value. Thirty
seven producers reported to the Geo
logical Survey, of whom seven were in
California, six in Georgia, one each in
Maryland, Massachusetts, and New
Jersey, four in New York, six in North
Carolina, two in Pennsylvania, five in
Vermont and four in Virginia
Heretofore New York has always
been the premier state in the quaint
ty and value of the tale production of
the United States, but it has given way
in quantity to Vermont, although on ac-
count of the fbrous character and conse-
quent higher grade of the New York
produce for making paper, its total val
ne is still $256,3l2 greater than that of
Vermont
The most striking feature in the pro
duction of tale for the year is the in,
crease in quantity of IS per cent il
Vermont, with large reserves. and the
decrease of nearly 20 per cent in New
York.
The highest average priced tale in
Guiding that which was cut for ga>
tips, pencils, and insulators, was from
Georgia, North Carolina, and Vermont
and the highest prices ranged from So,
to 5000 a ton. The lowest priced ma
terial was sold as rough tale (crude
at prices ranging from SO to- SIS ton
or an average of 1888 ton. Its valu
was greatly increased by grinding an,
ranged, when ground, according to quail
ity, from 50 to $50 a ton, althoug
the general average was only $9.l1
ton.
The most notable feature of tn
year S tale statistics is that the outpu