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-t W .c.T -. >.-' " f*g,;T^-*^TTSirtiiirfia' ^r^4-^' t ii LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4M LWMCTOM AVBHUt M*W TOM If, M. T. mm cr urn a rax o t amic nocsot* 3 S. Vordyfce The tsgle-Picher Sales Coapany Pittsburgh, Pnnayle*mi* the oereaio Industry la relatively nail bat Important consuaer of laid chad cals, mil, la tarsi of metal consumed, bsosusc circoastancoa have not permitted It to reach a level of coosusptiom anywhara near It* full potential important because a raat potastlal exists if it should evsr beciam poaslbla for a to assure a steady supply of load ckecdcaln at attractive prloee. The flald of oamlcs la such broader and Is lartar la ear total national eeonccy than Is generally supposed, la 19SO, It accounted for a cross dollar volume of approximately 3} bllllca dollars. It Includes all of tha Buy types of glass products, refractories, vitreous enamel products, chlnavara and porcelain product# of HBf kinds, and structural clay products, Time does not permit avsm a casual Inventory of tbs many ladivl&ial Items involved. The naber mas Into tha thousands and ms use many of than every day of our lives* According to a preprint from tha Buraaa of Mines Ifl naral Teerbook far 195, tha cermtic ini:* try used a total of 10.-56? tons of lead plwtenta during that year, >fith litharge repcrted as 27,771 tone, tha ceramic Industry rtnkad eecoori to storage batteries In litharge con sumption, Complete figures are not yet available far 1951, but It seeam apparent that the total tonnage was considerably less than In 1950* Brea with the prospect far Improved supply of pig load this year, ve are not expecting 1952 sales of lmad chemicals to tha oeraadn imdvtry to increase materially* The principal raaaon for the 19$1 decline mas, cf enures, shortage of pig lead and our consequent Inability to fill the dwsnd. Of lesser Importance In tbs 1951 figures, but a source cf considerable concern for the future, la the changing techaolo& mhleh la bringing about a reduction in tha use of land par unit of product la the ceriels Industry* High laad prloes, repeated shortage and constant fear ef recurring shortage have stimulated a great deal of research among glass manufacturers mho la reoent years have aocounted for a very large pert of the total use of laad products In oerMd.cs, This research bad the goal of reducing or eliminating their depsadaacy on lead, r of waking ePreeented at the 2lith Annual Meeting, Lead Industrlee Association, April 15-19, 1952, Chicago, Illinois* ' ` M UM IWWIffjPIWIU,. jWUI mu nil. ijss LI A16381 -"J" " ... 1* s kordjrk* poealhl* th# manufacture of a |rltr volume of product with limited upply of laai. U.'.fcrtun*toiy for us, it ha* *uoc**d*d for beyond tbeir first. hopoal BeeLy develop**! type* of leadl*** glass and glass of re&tesd load content hire r*or.Cly goo* into production tat *uch itMS ** television picture tub* bulb*, neon ign tubing sad other typ** of electrical Elea*. If th* (las* mamfacturers had not b**a farced to Mb* the** chang**, w* would cot no* b* facing th* dangar of *r*n f farther reduction is l**d requirement. Tt 1* not easy cr pleasant ( to watch no* sorbet* develop to cajor importance and then *** tham Ary * op largely because of real faare conosrrdng aril lability and prime* These change# hare not put us oat of th* gla*a bueio*** by ary ewe, nor are they likely to do *o they are, however, nor beginning to tnrt In th* lace of basin*** which they repr***at atm that th* *upply of load i* again relatively free. W# bar* a groat deal of hop* far th* futur* in the phenomenal growth In production of all kind* of glaa* and the prospect that growth in demand for tha** glasses still requiring lead will sue tain daaand for lead near it* pr--at levels* M are, in addition, always hopeful for th* development of nev oooo for load glaasea, which has* a way at appearing fraa tin* to tin*. In a senen&at aiirilar way, s* hrrt loat groond in tho poreelsla enamel field. The us* of lead chadcal* in enmael far e*at iron bathtub* and sinks has dwindled to a relatively minor tonnage. V* base reason to hop* that we may bo able to presort* a moderate return to us* of lead products not only In cast iron ware, but In enamelled sheet motel. & concerted effort in this field might produce *omm Interacting recult*. Ca the brighter eld* of the picture is the osar end lively interest in vitreous onamrls of hit lead content for epplioaticn at 100CF. Ehil* it is too early to aay ham soon and to what extent the us* of those eneaels will develop, there Is reason to believe that this us* for lead will eventually devalop to bo of considerable in**tnaoo to us. It is ocrtaimly wertiy of oar very dose attention. * Us* of load compounds in chlnawaro and mall til* glatae is not eeriously threatened so far, although shortage has faroed many prodnoers to out th* load content of their glasea ncro then they would mlsh la order to spread th* supply over more ware. Uanufecturer* of glase frits are thcreforo expected to continue as rubetenrtlal eonnasar*. Color frit manufacturer* similarly are dependant on lead choaicals for the production of lorn molting color frit* usad in fused labels for bear* milk and soft drink bottle* and for decoration of beverage glesae* and eo forth* The Load Industries isseetstien 1* taking a stop la the right direction in including oorendca in th* pra&m at th* Pigment and Qm. leal Division* Wo oannot say with ary certainty vhet if ary mired** mill recult from this. It do** s*m ie*aon*bl* though to b*li*v* tha* a store ocnplct* understanding of th* probleas of th* eeremie u*r# of lead ky th* Association may well produo* results of benefit to all of um* IW ... -------- ,,,,J.,|V| f t i t ilT IIf I Ifn ^