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PWPWff fd fP M P P p | P iP I^ ^ MW W LlAl63lg s.: Jf'~ r' 1 '*'* 'T 1 * I "iKrfV -rTitA 'jiTrftiB raii'iiiT'i i rAif rm hiiirtMSirtilrtlfcWi LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION. 410 LfiUNOTD* AVtMUC MW TOM If, M. Y. I taro* or till) n sa caurn ooosaa J, 3. Mcrdylea Tba tagle-Picher Sales Ccapaqy Plttaburvh. Pennavlvanla The eamdo industry la a relatlvaly small bat lnportant Mcuuur of lead chaedcalsi small, la term of mstal constmd, because clrcunetaaoea hare not permitted it to roach a lerol of eoasmptlon arynhere near lta full potential Important boeauao a nt potential exist* If It ahocld ever becaoe possible for u* to assure a steady supply of load chemicals at attractive prices, I \ ;j Tba field of oermice la ouch broader and la larger la oar total national econcny than la generally supposed. In 1950, It accounted for a gross dollar volume of approximately 3^ bdlllca dollars, 7 Jt Includes all of tba nary typea of glass products, refractories, vitreous enamel products, chinjarare and porcelain producta of many kloda, sol structural clay products, Tina does not permit area a casual Irrrentcry of the nacy lndiriAial item involved. Tba mwher mna Into tba thnuiarris and wa oaa many of then every day of our lives. * According to a preprint free tba Bureau cf Mines Klnerel Tear*, r* bock for 1950, tba oeramie Indiatry used a total of 30;567 tons of load pi-meets durirt that year, 'fith litharge reported aa 27,771 tons, tba caraalc Industry rtaksd second to storage batteries in litharge oo*s> adaption, Complete figure* are not yet available far 1951, bat It seem apparent that tba total tonnage was considerably less than In 1950, feed elth the prospect for inprmred supply cf ply lead this year, ee are not expecting 1952 sales of lead cheatcals to the caraalc Industry to 1> crease materially. r The principal reason for the 1951 decline ms, of course, shortage of pig lead and our consequent Inability to fill the las aid. Of lesaer laportanoe In the 1951 figures, but a source of oomlderabla ooncem for the future, la the changing technology ahich la bringing about a redaction In tbs use of lead per unit of product In the oeradn Industry, High lead prloea, repeated shortage and constant fear of recurring shortage have stimulated a great deal of resaarch among glass manufacturers mo In recent years have accounted for a very large pari of the total use of lead producta In oermlos. This research bad tba goal of reducing or elinlnalinj thair dapendancy on lead, or of making ; i Preeanted at the 21<th Annual Meeting, toad Industrlae Assoeiatloa, \ April 13-JL9, 1959, CMoago, Illinois, m .it. IS 3299 *!*9M / J* S* Sordyks LIAJ6320 trfitti SlrJrowinMIi ft. iU-K\>H^aiili ~"i `I'm possible the nanufacture of * greater vclua* of produet with a 1 1st tad supply cf lead, Unfortunately for us, it ha* suoceeded far beyond their first hopes, Jkswly drreicpod type* of leadleas glaa* ind glass of reduced lead content hire recently gone Into production for *uoh Item M television picture tube bulbs, coon sign tubing led other type* of electrical glass, If the glass namfacturer* hod not been fcrcod to Bike theee changes, e would not cow be feeing the dinger of even further reduction In leed requirenent* It 1* not MSy or pleasant to watch new lurkrt* develop to Bijar inportsnee end then Bee the* dry up largely because of real feare concerning availability and prloe. These changes have not put ua oat of the glee* business by iry Mans, rxc ere they likely to do so, they ere, however, now beginning to hart in the loee of buelneta which they ropreeent do* that tho supply of lead 1* again relatively free, Ve have i greet deal of hope for the future in the phaeaaenal growth in production of ell klals of glass end the prospect that growth in doaiad far tboee gleseee atdll requiring lead will auataln dssand for lead near its present levels, 'Ve art, in addition, always hopeful far the drrelopnent of new uses for lead glasses, which have e way of appearing fraa tine to tins. In a scaesfcat sladlar way, we hare lost ground in the porcelain enamel field. The use of lead ehenleals In enaaal far cast Iran bathtubs and sinks baa dwindled to e relatively winor tonnage. Ve have reason to hope that we isay bo able to pronote a aoderete return to use of lend products not only in cast iron ware, but in enaaelled sheet notal, k concerted effort In this field sight produce sane Interesting results. On the brighter side af the picture Is the dot end lively interest in rltraces eeaaels of hijh lead content for application at 100GF. TThile it Is too early to say how soon and to what extent the use of those enaaels will develop, there is reason to belie** that thi* use far lead will eventually develop to bo of considerable lnpctw gamy, to us. It Is ocrtolsly verity of ojr vocy doso attention. Bee of leed catpounris in chinswaro end wall til* gleses is net seriously threatened so far, although shortage has farced aany producers to cut the load corrUxit of their glares ncro than they would wish la order to spread the supply over acre ware, Uamfacturere of glass frits are therefore expected to continue as substantial consmaers. Polar frit Benufacturer* slnilarly ere dependent on lead chasicals for the production of low acltlng color frits usad in fused labels for beer, ilk end soft drink bottles end for decoration of beverage glasses tod so forth. The Lead Industrie# Association is taking s step la the right direction in including ceraaics in the progrea of the PigMot end Chen leal Division, Vo cannot say with ary certainty what if ary airoclM will result frtn this. It does sess reasonable though to believe that a more complete understanding of the prohlnos of tho eeraslo nsert of lead ty the Asaodation nay well preduoe results of benefit to ell of as*. 4iSaWi