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' -J "-4 h ? * LIA21552 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION n LEXINOTON AVCMUt NSW YORK 17, N. 7. a'vyy... December 20, 1946 To Umbers of the Lead Industries Associations ' SUBJECT TARIFF BRIEF-LEAD PKTSLTS A.UD LEAD ARSERATE Zn cooneotim with the forthcoming trade treaty negotia tion* with eighteen countries, attacbod please find a copy of the stateaent which, with the approval of the Executive Committee, ha* been filed with the Committee for Reciprocity Information with reference to Par. 721 Lead Figacats* Litharge) Orange Mineral| Rod Lead) "iThite Lead) All Pigacate containing Lead, dry or in pulp, or ground in or nixed with oil or water, not specially provided for, and Par, 461 Lead Arsenates Lead Compounds not specially provided for* of the Tariff Aot of 1950* Very truly yours, \ . / Secretary* ) '* '. _ - ~ W .\.....>.-_ , , w._ 4^ ^ _. 5`'-. ri~! ` >5 2 1 "P 1 ! ; 0 STATEMENT of the LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION to the COUCTTEE TOR KECIPROCITX BffORLUTICM Washington, D. C. > on TRADE AGJiEEHEtiT NEGOTIATIONS V.TTH AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, CUBA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, nUnCE, INDIA, LEBANON (5YRO-LEEANESE CUJTQMS UNION), LUXEISOURC, IwTJUUAIfDS, KEN ZEALAND, NOS?AT, UNION Or SOUTH AfRICA, UIIIOi; 0? SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUB LICS, UNITED KINGDOM. covering Par. 72: Lead Pigments: Litharge; Orange Mineral; Rod Lead; frite Lead; All Pigper.ts containing Lead, dry or In pulp, or ground in or mixed with oil or water, r.ot specially provided for. Par. bo: Lead Arsenate: Lead Compounds not specially provided for. . c LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION L20 Lexington Avenue New fork 17, H.X.' December 20, 19L6 3 *`J 'j . jwwmwfmu ij 'ijjrww!<weeike^-^;iwBf^iiap!0eywwrwMn.wvw^`*wweyw>5^ ^`rf*..-%ai<tfu'1a*-. weelirtt' r iwi'iii 11V r'afaiwr'jK^tffi.Wira< iff i pgwpwss-yM iB v pwwiMy i ).g fin fw m m i" , ; < j i i STXr..EJ.T OF LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION December 20, 19L6 The Chairman Committee for Reciprocity Information Tariff Commission Building 6th and Z Streets, N.KT. Washington, D.C, Subject: Trade Agreement Negotiations with Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, India, Lebanon (Syro-Lebanese Customs Union), Luxembourg, Nether lands, Ner Zealand, Norway, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Social ist Republics, United Kingdom, Products: Par, 72: Lead Pigments: Litharge, Orange mineral; .iea Lead; White Lead; All Figments containing Lead, dry or in pulp, or ground in or nixed with oil or water, not specially provided for. Par. L6: Lead Arsenate: Lead Compounds not specially provided for. Dear Sir: The Lead Industries Association, representing practically the entire lead ainin,,, priaary lead smelting and refinin0, and lead pigsents manufac turing industries of the United States, respectfully revests that no further changes be aade in the prc>.-<u tariff schedules estab-.r .ti by the Act of 1930 or under the operations of the Trade Agreements Act, u-...-. the products in- eluded in Par, 72 (Lead Pigments: Litharge; Orange liii^.-al; Aed Lead; White Lead; All Pigments containing Lead,. dry or in pulp, or ground in or mixed with oil or water, net specially provided tor, which were reduced in Trade Agreements with the United Kingdom, Trance, Belgium and Switzerland, or upon the products included in Par. L6 (Lead Arsenate; Lead Compounds not specially provided for). ' i ^J^f,iif..*-if^'g^r.rr.';^...^a*^ .-haa.;.- n^kUt'J V'lf .r r f~. rnV.it--il." |^j ^ ^ 5 5 4 -2- suasuY 1. The lead products under consideration in Par. 72 (Lead Pigments; Litharge, Orange Mineral, Red Lead, V.Tiito Lead, All Pigments containing Lead, dry or in pulp, or ground in or nixed with ail or water, not specially pro vided for) and Par. L6 (Lead arsenate; Lead Conpounas not specially provided for), normally account for about one--third of the total lead consumption of the United States* 2. The domestic lead mining industry, which is basic to the national defense, depends upon these products for a substantial part of its market* 3. Reduction in the duties on these chemical products would subject then to a flood of foreign competition which would not only damage or destroy the domestic industries manufacturing them but also Injure the lead mining, smelting and refining Industries in this country which produce the nocessaxy raw material, pig lead* li. Irreparable damage to the national security would follow, because a healthy lead mining industry is dependent upon healthy consuming industries, and mines once shut dam cannot be quickly or easily put into operation again. 5. The national security would be further impaired because the incen tive to prospect for new lead deposits and further to develop existing de posits would be reduced. 6. The tariff admittedly raises the domestic price of lead, which la turn helps to develop marginal ores and thereby assists in curing the serious temporary lead shortage* 7* The reciprocal trade agrce.jer.ts are dc3i_rv.d to stimulate imports and exports. The lead industry, for the first time in the id story of the United States, is on an import basis, and tht- tori, f is no barrier to imports, as they are needed tooay and for ari indefinite period. The tariff will not pre vent anyone from importing lead into the United States, nor for that matter, manufactured lead products, because the domestic price is equal to the world market plus the tarliI and cost of importation. 8. The large volume of lead imports icr the first time in history will bring in substantial revenues to the government. Heretofore production and consumption have teen substantially balanced and the revenue derived from the tariff of minor importance. 9. Tnen ceiling prices were recently removed, the domestic price of lead rose and subsidies currently paid the mnin^ companies were in some cases eliminated, and in others greatly reduced. 'Uthout the help of the tariff or of subsidies, domestic sines would shut down in ^reat numbers. We believe that a tariff is preferable to subsidies as a means of encouraging production. 10. The present protection a.forded the products under consideration is extremely moderate, being merely compensatory above the duty on pig lead, and is about the same as similar compensatory protection ,,iven by the Acts of 1930 anu 1922, despite rising manufacturing costs in the United States as com pared with other countries, and rates of exchange favorahl- to fnralgn atrnp facturors. jtWWjgMW W- uyjMuuwi yjyyjwgqw1 B 'K3(3PCW! -U W I I> iT 1I -- .tatalW. mrtit I,,-lim tan I I'l i - a - i *msm * "WwriW* jfitsav.Vfr l h z i^5 q -3 1 11. Ttw lead pigments under consideration all received substantial cuts In tariff protection in trade agreements already consummated with the United Kingdom, France, Eeluius and 5witsorland, Further reductions would leave them with little or no protection above that afforded the row material, pis lead, and would make it impossible to compete rritli foreign products made by nuch loner paid labor with lower living standards. As a sattor of fact, no increase in these rates was , requested or received in the Tariff Act of 1930, and since the rates arc specific, and not ad valorem, the amount of protection ntwr provided is negli.gih}'* and is well below the protection, both specific and ad voloren, provided 1.. 1922 and 1930. The duties on those pro ducts on an ad valorem basis now overage only about 1$%, or less than SOJC ! of the 1922 and 1930 protection. (See table on page 6 for details)* 12. The lead pigments and chemical products under consideration are all essential to the national security. They represent large industries of fering an important source of employment in the United States, Export trade in these products by United States* manufacturers in the past has been negli gible because of their inability to eexapete with low cost foreign producers, proof of the effect lowered tariff protection would hnvo 0:1 the American industry. i RELATION OF 1LANUFACTURH) LEAD PRODUCTS TO TIE ItBJIKO | nrjusTHT ______________________________________ The lead pigments and chemical products under consideration here are essential to the national security, and of even greater importance is the fact that they are made from lead,-which is basic to national defense. There fore, the effect on lead, itself, of any change in the tariff schedule 00 lead products must be considered as well as %:& effect on the products. The problem is one of true conservation. How best can the lead resources of the United States be developed to provide at all times an adequate supply of the metal for purposed of security and public welfare? THE SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF IFAD / There is nor both a domestic and world temporary shortage cf lead. It may be argued that tariff reductions would er.oeura^o the import of products made from foreign lead and thus conserve the reserves of lead in this country by reducing the demand for domestic lead by American manufacturers. This argument i3 based, however, on the mistaken premise that there exist always be a shortage of lead in this country, a theory which we cannot hold. It is our firm belief that the greatest true conservation of lead can be accomplished by providing the lead nininc industry of the United States with active, h'.althy domestic markets for its product. To foster foreign competition which will curtail the markets for the pro.urt re l-ad mines in the United States can, in the long run, but aggravthe- current lead shortage by encouraging the stagnation of lead sinln( iwrc while eooouraging other countries to build up greater lead reserves and stronger lead mining industries in areas V Jin their control. TJe believe that this problem must Le considered, not in the likht of the lead situation as it exists today, but rat'or for its effect on tho long term position of load, an absolutely essential industrial and war commodity. r J - V'-- -i. '^L Li a ?i 556 -l - Yfe urge continuation of the long established policy of moderate protection for lead products which has Dade the United States tho greatest lead producing: country In the world, so that healthy markets for lead may continue domestically and that further developments of the lead mining industry nay result, REDUCTIO;: OF OHS' RESERVES The war just ended placed a terrific burden on the lead mining industry and proved reserves of lead in the United States have been momentarily re duced. The reduction of reserves and the current shortage can both be attri buted in large measure to the fact that exploration and development work suffered during the war, nearly all available men and materials being devoted to production. To conduct mineral exploration and development, and get new ore bodies or extensions of existing ore bodies into production is not a quick process* A period of many years may be involved before production can be expected, starting from scratch. Furthermore, a mine once shut deem for lack of market or too lew price for its product cannot bs reopened quickly and often considerable delay and ex pense is involved. Stopes may cave, mines fill with water and shafts became unusable during periods of idleness. For these reasons, it is imperative to encourage markets and prices which will keep the lead mining industry operating actively, and searching far end developing new reserves which we are confident exist in the United States, It has never been customary for the lead industry to shoo more than a far years of reserves ahead. Under proper incentives, it has always been able to find the needed lead. The history of the industry shows that, unier the free worlking of the economic system, higher prices have invariably brought out greater supplies of lead tuid conversely, low prices have caused mines to curtail or discontinue production. Therefore, anything with a tendency to depress prices will reduce production and the search for and development of new reserves. This would be the long time effect of tariff reductions on lead products embraced by Far, 1*6 and Far, 72, which would jeopardise important outlets of the lead miner and eventually depress the price of his product. THE ASPECT 07 gLITAF.Y SECURITI Furtheraore, the lead products under consideration are themselves materials important to the national security, represent a heavy capital in vestment, and constitute an important source of employment and wealth. They are used in storage batteries for automobiles, submarines, tanks, torpedoes, aircraft, trucks and other implements of war, and for the maintenance of our overall transportation facilities, In aviation gasoline, in rubber, in paint for slips, and for all sorts of steel structures and equipment used for war production, and actually in waging war, in insecticides for the production of food and in oil refining. They are also used in making glass, ceramics, house paint, and for various other purposes. Imports*dch would Injure the domes tic industry manufacturing these products night well leave that industry, in times of war, unable to cope with the demands of national security. Lead itself is essential to the national security just as it is to the civilian econccy. A strong lead producing industry is needed at all times, ready to produce lead for atomic boobs, storage batteries, bullets, high test u*soline, equipment for the production of explosives and other chemicals. 'WiHBW.a! WW r:, .-w-j^r'V.> _____ . ,. . > M<*\tii*itStf'i\'&iir-- 1' r- <`j t -'- LIA21557 - -5- cable for communications and power trana-djoion, bearings for marine, plane and other engines, solder, insecticides fer food production, and many- other direct and indirect military uses. To fill these requirements, the lead industry must operate so far as possible in a stoady mannar replerdshinj rained ore through new explorations and keeping tlie properties in first-class operutin, condition without foor of losinu markets in peacetime, l e a d co;:strjiTion x.v t il u k it k d s t a t e s The following table shows the importance of the products under considera tion and their relation to the total market for lead in the United States! RELATION OF LEAD PIOltKTS Aim CHEMICALS COVERED III PAR. 1*6 and 72 TO TOTAL UHITED STATES LEAD ________________________ MARKET ' YEAR LEAD USED IH PIGEEIITS AMD CHEMICALS TOTAL O.S. LEAD ___ COI.UIUPTIOW RATIO 07 PRODUCTS TO TOTAL 1923 1295 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 192*1 19ii3 192*5 224,500 261,900 22*3,630 252,200 166,200 11*1,200 16i*,200 215,300 232,500 310,600 279,100 299,1*00 763,000 856,500 eu.,000 92*6,500 567,700 249,500 533,900 673,700 667,300 1,050,000 1,100,000 1,000,000 31.8 30.6 29.6 26.6 29.6 31.1* 32*.2 31.7 3i*.8 29.6 25.1* 29.9 MOTE: This table is leased on/U..5. Pureau of Mines and Am-.-rican Bureau of Metal Statistics data. It Is incoraplete for lead arsermte, which, if coaplete, would raise the amount of lead used in products and - the ratio soaewhat. Also lead U'cd in white lead was drastically curtailed by the Government! during the latter part of tins war, Bakin,. use of lead fdr tha, purpose abnormally low. Fd.yurts for tetra ethyl lead are not included prior to 1937# COMPARATIVE EAGE RATES Tiaje rates paid labor in the production of these products in Oreai britain, Holland, Belgium, C*ech03lovaJda and other potential competing countries are considerably lower tiian in the United States. Productivity o! labor, however, should be about the sane as the processes and aethods em ployed are quite comparable. Obviously the manufacturer of these products in t!*'. United States and the wa^e earners employed by him nood the nodest cu'per-'iiiory duty above the duty on pic lead in oi-der to survive against low wi^e rates and to maintain higher level of liVizit, standards among American labor. I D .1;:' .':;-.,.r " . .-.: ^ ------- ---.b -- v';-^ -L- --- ' rL.:,..- ......- r-~---rViV .-I .rn.i.'i^T*, T^*r.r...i LIA21558 i ) }, ;i i 1i ffaanf -6- PROTECTION ALiCADY LOTERED JJot only has the specific protection ^ranted Dost of theoe products since 1922 already been substantially lowered in most cases, but the greater cost or those products today, both here and abroad, has resulted in a sti.ll further substantial reduction in real protection as shown by the spcclfio rates converted to an nd valorem basis. The following table shows the specific rates established by the Tariff Act of 1922 and continued in the act of 1930, when no increase was requested despite general increases requested and granted on other products all through the Act, and reduced specific rates now applying as a result of previous trade agreements. It also shows these specific rates converted to sn ad valorem basis on the prices prevailing in 1922, 1930 and 191*6, and emphasizes the great decrease in the aaount of protection already effected and the meaner protection now afforded* PROTECTION NOT AND WHEN TARIrr ACTS WERE PASSED Red Lead LJ tharpe White Lead Price Cents Ave. 1922* per lb. Ave. 1930* Dec. 20, 191*6 6.35 7.7 15.15 7.65 6.7 Id .15 6.95 7.0 13.75 Tariff Cents per lb. 1922 1930 19U6 2.75 2.75 2.25 2.5 2.5 2.25 2.5 2.5 2.1 Protection on. ad valores basis, percent 1922 1930 192*6 32.? 35.7 12*.6 32.7 37.3 15.? REDUCTION IN PROTECTION (PERCENT) 36.0 35.7 15.3 192*6 compared with 1922 55.0 51J* 57.5 191*6 cacpared with 1930 58.5 57.2* * 57.1 Based on tannage sold and value reported by U.3. Bureau of Itines. WASTE 0? ORE RESERVES It is well known tliat nines can not shut down and reopen as easily as factories. 'A closed nine rapidly deteriorates, fills up with water, or caves, and the injury to the ore deposit through dilution of the ore with waste aay be so serious that costly reopening nay be prolonged indefinitely or the nine abandoned altogether. A report of the National Resources Board (1935) de velops this point in an able nanner, and althou ,h its remarks were written with copper in nlnd, they are equally applicable to leadi Not least iaportant, these fluctuations in pries and output lead to serious waste of the resource. l&nlng efficiency an! resource recovery require orderly and contin uous operation and are handicappod by violent charge in de mand. Existing nines wore laid out with a certain price level in mind ii*l with a certain anticipated life. When prices r. r ; i -<*fyJtMWir:^H^ i ^j^lri'tiirV ne^V^^^-V >>PIM r^SuM^wyygg^S^"^^ LlkZl559 -7- collapse, the Initial plan of operation crust all too often be discarded. Today nine operators art driven to neglect the most elementary work of maintenance. The;, are driven reluctantly to practice selective alnin,,,* that is, to take only tho richest portions of the ore body, abandoning tlio attempt to recover the associated lower-,,rade material. Ms pr; ctico of gutting the mine or 'picking tho eyes out' reduces the average value of the ore left behind and at the same time increases future cost of recovering it, through coving and flooding of the workings. Again, nine owners arc forcod to take out the pillars previous ly left for support, when they contain bodies of hitii-grade ore, thereby allowing old stopes and levels to cave. As the shut- dcs.-n continues, tho danago grows progressively worse. Shafts and main haulage-ways collapse. Barren rock and ore are crushed and nixed together. Baking future separation difficult or i*^ practical. In the great shrinkage stopes used in some minus waste rock mingles with the oroken ore, diluting the metal content of the product and greatly increasing the cost. In ;a.chigan and elscwire mints are filling with water. The condi tions cited are not imaginary. They are actually Ccdng or. in many once famous mines, and taken together t.Vy act to endanger resumption of mining and to raise future cost;-. increase in cost can not be estimated closely. It depend;; or. conditions and or. the time that may elapse before attempting resume production. Lut ar.y sdnia. -tan can visualize cor.oitior.s t p ;-e Urn unit cost of later reopenir.^ and recoverin, the rest of an abandoned ore body might be $0 per cent, 130 per cent, cr 2'X> per etr.t more than the cost if the same ore had been taken out ir. one continuous operation under the original plan of development.* a=.0AD e t r j c t ct: coasrar factories producing the lead prouucts truer consideration are widely scattered throughout tho United .TtrtC3. Injur;' -> this industry would thus ^ be felt in many states, resulting ir. unemployment and its consequent effect/on local business and prosperity. Below ore llstca states in which ouch factories are located! California Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Kansas Louisiana Karyland Uichi.an dissouri !iev; Jersey Kev fork Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Jest Virginia 'Wisconsin To an even ..rtater extent would injury to t)* markets of the lead mining and smcltinc iniustry be felt, hore widely scattered t:cm the manufacturing plants, this Industry is also often the sole business of the cut rarities in which It is located. Lead mines, smelters or refineries nre located in the following states* Arizona California Colorado Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Missouri Montana hefcrarka Nevada Bow Jersey Lew Ucxlco Net Tork Oklahoma Tcnnessea Texas Utah Virginia Washington Xisccnsin j a&M^rdifoiafta. **&& ~*su - --'v<i!tej'-rft rinwifcl. LI821560 i j i -8- j expo r t s Because cf hirhrr costs In this country and despite the Tact that United 3tai.es aanufauturt rs can use forcl,-;i lead under the driiwbad provisions of the lariif Act, uouestic manufacturers have bte.. ur.i8ie to provide any real competition to foreign manufacturers even in countries wnere these product* are nut made, From this, it may be concluded that Tilth lower tariff protection, American manufacturers would fin! it virtually impossible to compote even fer the American market against foreiu-n producers with lcwur labor costs nd lower pig lead costs as well. The foliovrii:- tabic shinrs horr s.iall American export# of lead pipnents have been in the pa3t, except during t;>e war wher. European manufacturers '. ere completely out of the market* TOTAL SHTPULOTS AI.D E/JPOdTS Or LEAD PIGliErlTS Tear Value of Total Shipments (a) Value of Exports (r.) Export* Terccr.t of Total Shipments 'i * 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1981 1983 1985 $57,255,785 70,700,7143 56,603,606 58,169,622 2d,fC2,80l 20,707,1*87 27,988,683 35,179,073 35,31.5,223 1*6,302,391. 1*1,751,685 36,787,700 61,209,38? 1,876,75? 1,216,602 1,828,752 987,1S7 326,961 512,266 536,838 715,833 1,223,350 1,826,602 not yet available ^ 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.6 3.3 1.6 i.a 1.7 2.0 2.7 3.8 not yet available ( a) Induces Xite Load, Ht-d Lead, Litharge and Shite Basic Lead Sdphate. t LI7fU*tG The importance of this tor.3ri.de cf lead is sho": b/ the following table of sales* SALES or LITHARGE TEAR SHOW Tbrts VALUE 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 191*1 1983 1985 75,107 66,586 61,655 67,916 63,690 61,193 79,930 83,902 69,513 122,260 113.091 13B,798 *18,059,979 13,537,399 * 13,068,086 13,607,037 6,933,281 6,197,121* 8,266,33? 12,033,989 11,050,883 16,816,507 17,186,672 20,207,218 gF*----- * V i * } i 3 3~ *3 jv^-: ' '..., ^^^^igwewy ggwawe^,*i^Mt|I^Wl^<3*^ 'v -^--i -~-'r-.............-r^'-:nirar:--m-t"-Mril nft. n^Tfif ' * LIA21561 -9- Litharge 1; ucod In the manufacture of storage batteries, paint and varnish, insecticides, color plants, ceramics, i-ubter, in oil refining, and to make a variety of other lead compounds. It is a basic raw material for many large industries and has no substitute in its more important uses# There is already a large amount of excess capacity to manufacture lead oxides in this country estimated at three to four times normal consumption# RED LEAS This is another oxide of lead made from litharge. Its principal uses are in the manufacture of storage batteries and in paint for iron and steel# Its importance is shown by the following table* SALES Or RED LEAD TEAR 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 191*1 19U3 191*5 SHORT TOKS 33,037 1*1,669 39,073 1*3,021 25,653 21,988 ?e,776 33,931 39,976 53,833 53,378 1*7,361 TOITE LEAD TALUS *7,611,508 9,1*1*5,527 6,980,01*2 7,536,513 3,325,675 2,637,61*0 3,1*92,11*1 5,1*29,182 5,615,838 b, 637,1*6? 9,136,015 6,82*0,366 This may be either the basic carbonate or basic sulphate of lead:, main use is in high quality paint, but it also fiivis scoe application in ceramics, rubier, putty -and miscellaneous uses# The basic carbonate white lead industry, by far the more important of the twe, reached a peak In 1922 and has beer, declining since that time, i"hite lea* has been subjected to drastic curtailment by government order Uurir.w and since tie var even up tc the pre sent time, a condition iron which it vdll bo nc.t difficult for the in3ustry to recover. 7h. following table chows salts of fi-itc lead* SALES Or Warn LEAD TEAR BASIC CAR001 UTS SUITE LEAD Snort Tons -- Value 1922(peak) 191*, 991 1923 162,673 1925 163,905 1927 1929 1931 1933 157,695 11*7,031 97,368 72,982 1935 96,831 1937 1939 191*1 96,213 93,1.2? 113,000 191*3 191*5 76,167 51,170 *3S,513,395 33,625,230 39,975,753 31*,537,385 30,501,075 17,727,600 11,136,319 15,1*39,15? 17,01*2,733 ie,092,926 20,075,796 11*, 768,366 16,570,530 BASIC SULPHATE .ttITE LEAD Short Iera pin? 13,765 12,71*9 16,066 11*,51*3 16,811* 9,686 7,91*5 6,299 3,622 5,533 10,370 5,597 3,895 *1,629,665 1,959,063 2,692,069 2,027,333 2,271*, 917 995,685 736,101* 727,001* 973,211* 565,616 1,122,622 700,592 765,566 F'1.!1.1 mJ.i - di'njfj* 11' . vws'ns* \  ' LI A215 62 - 10 - TETRAETHYL LEAD In r-cer.t years, this has became one of the nost laportant outlets for lead. Unknvon prior to 1925, the following table shows the use of lead in its production in the last few years* LEAD USED IK ftiODUCTIOH OF TtiilALTHYL LEAD YEAH SHOSTTOJid 1937 1939 19L1 19U3 191*5 21,1(00 30,000 h9,S00 60,300 75,900 Addition of tetraethyl lead is the nost economical way to sake high test gasoline needed for airplanes and modern motor oars. ORANGE aiKEHAL This oxide of lead is nade froa white lead. It is a mall tonnage pro duct but finds isportar.t use in printers' inks. 3 LEAD ARSEKATF. i TVhile the statements made in this brief apply in general to lead arsenate, we respectfully refer the Caamiitee to a brief dealing specifically with lead arsenate presented by the Agricultural Insecticide and Fungicide Association. '*e concur in the views of that Association and urge that they be given full consideration by the Committee without repetition here. Respectfully submitted. ^ *< * i ' Felix Edgar Womci.r, Secreta*7, i w.C ! 1. - ( :.c iS ,i t . < * * '. '- ^ m . . i u AFFIDAVIT i Personally appeared before ne, a Notary Public in and for the County of New York, State of hew Tor*, tlds 20th day of i December, 191*6, Felix Edgar "eraser, personally known to ae as tl*<- signer of the ferx-gofr.w, who alter having been duly sworn rt--rltrcs upon his oath that he has read the foregoing, that it was prepared by him or under his direction, and that the aaae Is true to the best of his knowledge, Information and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before sc, this 20th day of December, 19L6. Notary rutile L^21563 - uLEAD PliOD'JCTO SUBJECT TO TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AMD APPLICABLE DUTIES Agreeaent in ';; Tariff Act of 1930 Rate After Change Which Change Was Made ,, PAR. 72: Lead Pigment*i < Litharge 2.5# per lb. 2.25/ per lb. Unltea Kingdom Jan. 1, 193? Orange Mineral 3# per lb. 2.5/ per lb. France June 15, 1936 i tied Lead 2.75/ per lb. 2.25/ per lb. United Kingdom f Jan. 1, 1939 White Lead 2.5/ per lb. 2.1/ per lb. Belgium May 1, 1935 All Fitjaent* con taining Lead, dry or in pulp, or ground in or mixed xith oil or water, not specially pro- * Tided for: In chief value 303 ad valorem 31 per lb, but .Switzerland ) of suboxide of lead net less than Feb. 15, 1936 15? nor sore / than 303 ad vlorea Other ( 30? ai valorem 203 ad valorem United Kingdom 1 FAR. 1*6: Lead Arsenate 3/ per lb. Jan. 1, 1939 Lead Compounds not ' specially pro vided for: 303 ad valorem r! wry**1.. : f