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All About Quinine

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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There are oonsumed In the United 8 unmuüly l,OOQ,0000 ounoea of quinina. . Jerseyis-iargely rcsponfble tm-tliis, of coursr. 81 nee the dutje on qujnipe wm roini(;!, ilic richett bark lias gone to London and the poot h;i come here. The quiniiH' c.ir;ictcd ïVoin eacb i the same in qualily, but more oí the lower BÍkalókJs are fouud in the poorer grade ol bark. Tlie stock in the wdrlil's marker has Increased in the yeara trom 53,134 bales to 11,1O5 In I880. This increase ia owtne largely to tlu' noreased popularit] of quinine ns ¦ (nul. , aiij .1 nol nifiinlly ' l'1" rlemlc of malaria. To-day there ia on hand in the uuitdi market of the world only aboul fór montlis' wpply. Bince the iluty on qufninc waa removed, i hal become an artlcle of ipecolatlve trade, whereai formerly ii wa n dinple lualter ot' üupply and di-mand. twing to thi tlu; prit'e of quinine haa ipcreasecf instoad of fullen off, as t waa oxiiectod t wauld do. 'l'his advance lms not been feil by the rutail biiyT. I.at yiar (here as a fair, healthful deiikuhI and eomuinptlon of qainine in the United statcs. aneaaally divfded between the east and vreat, tmt aggregating 1,000, 000 ouncec In the eMl the consumpllon mts rti:icii(linaiv. In the went it feil off proportionateiy. ' During Jannary and Kclirnary of tlü.s year there was an onsaal ilcmaml 'tor quinine n tliis country, luit it s considerad to be almosl entlrely gpeculatire. Jut at thls time dealen are waltiiir tor an ezpectud decline iu pric trom ui otince, wliicli (inniiic brlnga at wliolcsalo. II' the recent wet K8J0n im followed by a perlod of dronth, quinine vrtü liarclly be a drag i Mie market, tor jnst thosc condltions are neoesfwry lor the development of the malaria which maket quinine active. Tbê löWer nlkalolds extructed from tb nuinine, sell al wholosale at trom 3fl cents to f 1 au ounce, and are Bomctlhnea used In tlie west. (Ireat iUantities too, ot' tlie ]ovcst icpule are exported to China, where thev command bonl V cents an oimce. h s i.ot denled Uiat the cinchana and other alkaloldl thui extracted are to all pnrposei nearly as aaeful as qainine, it 1 1 1bnylng public bul believe it. Aboul 600,OOOounccsof cinchona are cbtisnmed In tlie United State. I" Burope noUiingbol the bes) quinine is conwmea.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News