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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
Gro/bor Ivfldlng, 420 Uxlngtofl Av*fK
Nw Yorft, N. Y.
february 19 1936.
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ft# following It a brief reman* of the activities of the Lead Industriss Association, covering 1935, th seventh roar of lit existence.
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There vcr* ao chaayr# of aav consequence la oar etxtlstlcal report# for 1935. la eou* .11 recti or., particularly la the statistic* corolled ea behalf of the products covered bjr the htalllc lead Products Division of the Association, there It ouch rooa for laproveoent la the eoapllatlon of the lata supplied. So nany lead cocmodltles are cow grouped voder one heading that the slue of the reports It correspondingly dlolnlthel la following the trend of the metal110 lead products 1 ndustry.
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(a) P.3Jl. - ftere It ao need here of reviewing the experience of the lead Indue tries Association with the <t.3.A., a chapter which woo closed whoa the Sitnrea# Ceurt uade Its deeded on. Suffice It to say, that the lead Industrie* Association cooperated fully with tha Administration during the life of the X.SJt. and, as Denbero know, a releasing feature of oxr experience le the fact that the coit to our industries was probably lowor than for any other In dustry In the baited State* eocparhbl# In site. Coreldering the nuaber af related Industrie* represented la our association fr< mining to fabricating of load products, the cost * extrenly eaall - shout 512,500. The teralnatlon of the Code focuses at tention on the Lead Industrie* association as a tool of the In dustry for solving those trade problea* which can be legally handled through a trade association.
(b) Tariff - The adalnlstratloa la *e*hlurtoa he* actively continued It* policy of concluding reciprocal trad* agrreBonts -1th foreign countries, and our association has been vigilant la protecting the Interests of It* ainbere whenever treatise of Interest to us sore under negotiation, ft* Trad* Agreeaonte act, approved oa June 13, 1934, ga-o the President the rlr-ht to eator into reciprocal trade agreement* -Ithnut the approval of the Senate, and under this dele gation of authority, the Stvte "lepartosnt has been acting as the agency through which the treaties ars usgotlated. In 1935, the Belgian agreement was signed, and tc our surprise, contained a out In the tariff on shit# lead. A strong protest *at oado to the President over this action. fortunatelj for Aooestlo lead Bluing and for the white lead Industry, It has not to far resulted In any
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flood of Importation* from *urop*aa *ilt* lead producer*. * may point out that th* cut In the rat-io granted to S#lglua *u proejptly extended to other countrla* with hlch ha** moit-fevored-nation agreement*.
Our treatment In the Belgian trd* agreement lad no t* file briefs la rapport of *rltlng tariff* oe *11 load product* for th* Mjotlation* with Spain and Itair, frano* and Canada. Outtld* of a lull cut In tlu rata on rub-oxide of l*ad (a* puhllihrd la th* Srit* Troaty), thor* her* been no further Chang** In th* tariff tractor* a* it rolate* to l*ad and load product*, announced in th* treat!** collated with Canada and itrtMl other nationa.
In making oar tariff presentation, special thanh* l* dna to th* cooperation of the Wee tern Mining association*, who ear* extremely helpful,
(0) federal Kourlnr Adadnl ttrotlon - We ha** acted In th* inter*(t* of our meuberahio In cooperating vlth th* federal Housing administration, becoming a meaber of the Manufacturer* Hooting Display Council no as to keep abreatt of tbs bcurir,; activities roon*or*a by the Ooraracmnt,
(1) B*rrr Conference - She Board of Director* of th* Lead Industrie* Association carefully cousldared th* advisability of reporting the to-called Berrr Conference of recent me-iory, but unanimously decided not to participate In It,
(a) Draebach - for the benefit of our manufacturing onher*, the Leed Induatrle* association succeeded In procuring a liberalisation of th* Draebach La** extending the three rear period preacrlbed la Section 313 (h) of th* Tariff Act of 1930 to th* exportation of drawback orchaadl** another y*ar aa It arrolle* to importation* made in 1931 nd 1932.
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(a) Pinching Promotion Program - Continuing tb* orogrra of 1934, ouch Intend** work v*e done among palter and Journeymen pluabtri, and plumbing lnepector* in the Lotted State* during 19?S, -1 th two reoreeor.tatlvea In th* field. Detailed report* -ere medial to all n*abort supporting tb* Plumbing sroaotlon Progries froa time to tlae, frea which thj* have been able to Judge the territory covered. *lthout the work the aeeocletlon ha* don* in the plixsblng field in the last three rear*, I belle** th* nee of lead would havo further de clined. la city after city, where the continued ut* of lead wan threatened by the encroachment of *ub*tltute*, *o oucceeded la pro tecting our internet* by haring laad Introduced la plumbing coda* rfxare It had prwrlouely been oealtted.
i?or plnmblrg effort* remain the nott Important pronotloanl activity la th* field and practically th* only on*. *h*n wo ooodder that let* than 114,000 we apent during 1936, and that th* master and Journeyman plumber*' organ! tatlon* la Stat* aftar State, a* noted
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A fair amount of sub-standard load plusM-i< *oods has boom old la tho United it-.tss, ik < of which it now faille* doi oa tho .lob, can*In* no no snl of treublo la tr In* to protect tho nans of load, aad seriously affoctln* tho future of oar industry. Tho aaaofactoror* la our Association are holding aeotlcgs la aa offort to olr this difficult probleu.
Vs exhibited at mnsrous ouster plumbers conventions throudvout tho United Itates aad oa-tlculsrly at ths rational association of Ifcater 'lumber* at Chlc\*o. Our flold rep-woe atatIves aoooarod osos tho crocraa of naay of thooo eouTsntlons aad also opoto at local or district as tln*s.
Bupplcaontln* our direct contacts with clunkers, oobt 11 shod a a*con-1 oditloa of tho booklet 'Laud 'loe* aad dlstrlbatod
wall hangers shoving eorrset lod plumbing Installations,
So soccsssfol has bjsa tho plpubia* work that sororal of of oar skobors ors desirous of lnersoslr.* tbs naaber of aoa la tho flsld. "*e now hors two field representatives. IXirlr* ths fall of ths ywar, ws and* oar first stteupt to survey ths pltssblog ulto stion aloe* tho Pacific Coast, wbsrs ws had bssa lsd to be Her* other astals woro bsIn* favored by plrabers at tho expense of load. Vs find, however, that ths situation tears Is ths swao as It is la Other parts of tho United States, that It lo oascwptiblo of (ml laprorsasnt rlth tho cooperation of plucboro aad that thsy aro anxious to hslp.
toad remains wltlimt a pssr for csrtnla parts of tho eladbl"j orstsa, for sxaoplo, oerrleo llnss, bathrooo nsts llnso, shower pans sod oo roof flsj^so* Tbo work so hat o dons sill hslp to laerssso those oatlstl.
<b) Tore*! Product* - jsttsr Pslat >spelqi - Darin* Its second r*r, ths forest products - better `slot Caopalgn continued to arMso In tense Interest anon* lumber (maps cc ths lnportanoe o' *ood paint
ou food luabsr, as It stands today, the Campaign has ths sndorsoasat of ths following Influential lunbor associations!
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Californio ladwood .sroclatloa Douglas fir 'lywood -.ssoclatloa ilatloMil Lusher Mr'.isrfactursrs Association National 2* tail Lunbar Doalers Association Aid Color SMcglo Bureau
Southern Crpra** Uanufaeturar*1 Association Southern Pino Association test Coast Luatornon'o association *ootern Pin* Association Vostora Rad Cedar Imhar
On* rssuit of tb# work has hoan tho printing of Fainting Instructions
Toller* hr roglonsl ltnbar oajrofacturar* ossoclntlons, which hart haaa
distributed in tha Delta! States by tin tans of thousands, Inserted la
bunalss of lvuober siding. 7* astloota that tha rational 1outer croups
spent prosably 45,000 oa thalr printing hill alona, cooperating with
our Campaign, not to Bastion tha labor o' Inserting tha foldara la tha
si line bundle*. arldanoa raachuq us that not onljr la tha distribution
of ahlta Isad la oil growing 1 luabsr rarls, hut nonr yards fornsrly
handline prwparad paint of qpsstlonabl* quality ara no stocklnc
snparlor asrciuudlss, Va bo* of at laast ons laportant ralnt a*sa>
facturar turning out a landless product
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to lncluda a substantial aaount of la^d. Tha Caupalrn has bean placed
upon a broad hails oa\ rocouuande as an anewer to tho poor ralnt problea
althar tha uaa of a high crada sized paint or whit* laad in oil.
Bar:Its fra* tho Cacpoign should accrue to u* na they apparently bars,
from tha uaa at oor# ahlte load In oil pasta paint or dry ahlta laad
la oraparad paint.
Tha sneoastful urnlocution of ths Caapalfpt has not haan with out Its trouhlasoaa prohlaas, hat tha first t0 year's axparlauca la11 cuts that this* ara tolng ha-flly aolwad and that tha 1unbar Industry Is wary daslrous of haring tha Caopali^ eoatlnaod. Ter tha rear 193d, t-o flald Dan hava haan etgncad rathar than one as heretofore, so that a oor# lntanaivo Cora rag* of tha ratall lusher daalars 1* to ha azpactad in 193d.
During tha ysar a puhlithad a hooklat, T2*T JIDOc, ST t h a? THAT Sea, which has had an unusually fin* r*caption hy luihar paint cOTPanlas. Threw printings hue* had to ha Bids to satisfy tha daaand and nuiasroua unsolicit*! cocpllaantary lattars har* haaa rrlttam to us about It.
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(a) JUSL " Our housa orran, Li-JJ, has a circulation no* of 30,00% Cactprlslng a salactad list of archltacts, oastar pltabars, engineers, eduw cational Institutions, as*tar paintars, a to. Tha aditorlal aatarlal lacludad la our nsgasina ha* haan principally original and tha bull*tin raoalns a usaful publicity Mliua for our purpoa*. Kaylnqul-lcs for laad can ha dlractly traood to tha infltano* of our oagatlna, not tha laaat of ahloh Is tha us* of shaat laad on tha Rahway Reformatory la Saw Jsrsey, n hug* Datal Jib requiring shout 73,000 lhs.of (hast laad. Thar* Is a larga daaand for sea* of our aditorlal aatarlal frea abroad and It Is
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being reprinted In Srttlih and Vrench publication*, not forgetting xt*nim reprinting In American pltmblng, *haot rntal and othar periodical*. Our relation* -lth foreign organlaatloni haring a promotional objective ruch a* our own, art vary cordial. 1* ar* constantly exchanging material of mutual lntarait.
(b) Contributed Article* - Th* itiff of t'na land Industrie* Aveoclation contributed to a groat number of paoar* throughout tha mar to rarlou* technical publication*,*uch a* tha national Hotel* Hand book of th* American Social* for St*l Treating, Th* American Mining Ccngrei* Journal, angln**rlsg and lUulng Toumal, Mining and Metallurgy, food Inductrl**, Shoet Metal borloer, Th* American Antl*an, aid tha American Roofer. Xaadla** to *uy thl* on* b**n raluabl* publicity for laed at practically no co*t,
SHZaT LUP
In th* Tall of 1935, * began th* nraparatlon of a Handbook en the ass of (beat laad and bailor* that rhan tola t o Imm appaare, which -a hopa rill ba eoaa tie* during tha cooing year, It *111 do a lot to anconraga tha allar *iM of ahaat leal In building construction.
Many ca*a* of faulty lnatallatlon of cheat laad ham baas sxamlaed by u* after complaints are rtoolrad froo axchltacta and other*. I *a pleased to report that Invariably th* builder or archi tect ha* been gratified by the service given hla. n# hsvu level th* good name of la.ii fra* crltlclm bacouaa the** failure* invariably Mr* Caused by Poor luitallatlon and rlolatloa of tha baale principle* of (boat metal con*traction. without thl* terrleo, I am confidant that tha merit* of *ha*t lead could hex* roffared. Tha Load Industrie*, Aiaoclatlon la now tha only aourc* of aadatanc* arallabl* to aha*t d *tal worker* and architect* for aid In their ahaat laad problaa*.
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W* ham eoutlmad making an appropriation to Harvard Collage for u* by Dr. Aub and hi* associate* at the Medical School, In thalr laad Investigation*. El* work 1* progroeelng tatl cfactorlly, according to lata*t report*, and it ia oulta likely that *han the racults ar* published, another signal contribution to medical re March *111 ham boon and*. V* ar* cenetantly being called upon to help with laad polconlng problem*, c a m* far too OMaerou* to d*tall bar*. <i*stlona of laad polconlng througn tha u*a of l*ad composition foil, laad arMnato, laad toy*, paint on toys, th* relatlr toxicity of l*ad compound* and many othar (-uaetlona arose for our eonildaratlon and attention, without tha halp of Doctor* Aub and Talrhall, m would lndaad ham baaa hard prsttad to ham t*k*a car* of many of thss* Inquiries.
X problaa of particular rlelouanst* a* tha promotion of A chad cal expound In ^uabae vfclch a la* of that Prorlnoo aada It Man datory for paint manufacturer* to add to tholr product a* a Medicinal Ingradlcnt to eliminate laad and banaol polaonlng. V* Investigated th* prophrlactlo and therapeutic value of tha chemical and found It eorthl*** and hava been helpful In having th* (ltuatloa aatlafaatorlly *dJu*tod tn Canola, It *u* essential froa our point of vie* t# (top fantaitlc l*gll*tlon of thl* tort bafor* It raachad th* Cnltad State*.
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Th* laad Induatriea Assodatlon for th* last five year* 1m* ahown In a aoriast way what con b* eoccspllchad on behalf of tha lead Industry through the siuandi tur j of relatively nod*rat* *ms for educational sad proootlon work. The remit* apeak for tksaaalv**. In each ease It 1* noteworthy thnt our activities eooprlte work wlth a fundanantal bearing on tho future of tho induatry, work will eh would bo on unfair financial load far any one member to carry, and work which tha Industry can not afford to neglect. Taka, for example, our plumbing work. It thla ere abandonod, I know of no nwcbwr wix> could or would look aftar tha laureate of lead as economically aa It can bo dono through tha oedlia of tho load Induetrlaa association, a apedaUy In cooperating with naator and Journsyaon pltxabar*, or working with ualclpalltlsa wuch aa tha Iwdaral Government, In pltnblng regulation* relating to our Induetry, la alallar Tola, I do not too how any Individual member could bo ozpactod tn carry tha burden of our work with tha lusher aoaodatlona on common point problaaa.
Tha competition far existing mvkwt* Day bo keen, to bo rare, among tha fabricator* of land products, but tiara 1* awthar true of competition which la lust at Intense, If not more ao, and that la tho eocpetltlon sblch lead Met* every day from other natal* and non-oatalllc products. It la In Dieting this particular typo of competition that th* lead Industrie a aasodatloa can do It* beat work. Cnleae tha leal Industry la organlaad to root aocoaaafully tha effort* of other groat Industrie* coroetitle* with our* to wldn th* outlet for their ota products at our axpcnao, I think our natal *111 ruffar. Tha Lead Industrie* ~aeocletlon, fo-tvnately, seaat to havo found a place afclch halnt lead successfully Vo Met this *1 tuition.
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The Treaeurwr rweoeetfully mVdtt the report ea the Kid.lt of the 'account* of th Aeooclatlon as of Doeootar 31, 1936, by Jii'dcl A Soil*, to
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Load laduotrfet atoodatloat
*o hart nada aa examination of the balano# eheet of Load laduotrioo aoooclatloa ao of December 31, 1935 and 1934, end of lto eti.terent of coeh recelot* tad dleburwieent* for tho yoare ended thoee data*. la connection therewith, o made a review of the accountlnc
method* and examined or tooted accountlnc record* of the loooditloa oad other euppo'tlnc evidence In a manner and to tho extent which * conoldored aooroprlata In vlow of the Aoeoelatloa' o orotea of Internal accounting oontrel..
la cur opinion, baeed uoon ouch examination, tho aceorapanylnc balance ohoot, with the foot-note* thereon, and otatesont of caoh ra ce ipt i and dloburoeoesto, falrlv preeent, la accordance with accepted principlei of accounting eocdetentlr follorod by the JLeeodatloa, lte
financial condition at Secoaoer 31, 1935 and 1934, and lte caoh receipt* and dloburaeaente for the /ware ended thoee date o.
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ASSETS
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119,723.90 (7.015.39
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636.75
352 .25
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500.00
500.01 1,950.16
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TOTAL ............................. $21,165.66 muTii
111,353.05
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Ordinary fund,....................................$19,189.25
FluaMnf Promotion fund................ $ 1.414.8$
foreet Product* - Better
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361.58
t21.165.65
$11.383.05
TOTAL $21,165.65
BOTali Bo effect bat beoa cl wen la the book* of account or la thlt balance
aheet to aecruod oxoenoot at December 31, 1935 and 1934,
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Cod. Authority - Par Ezpaaw. Admncad
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493.50 99,658.60
7.576.00 14,925.00
227.50 13.8in.00
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TOTaI SLOilPn TOTAL
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WS8URSasm Q&niil SCDOfit Expacaaat Salarl.l hst, llfht and Ur
Prlntlac traral .roosaa Palaphona and talagrapfc Soo3ca and aubaerlptlona Offlea axpanaa alaoallaaaa'ia Po.tac*
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6,808.80 956.69 627.78 356.88
1,256.75 831.50
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Adrancaa for traral axpanaa - Vat Pumltura aal Plxturaa
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tofjL Dissuftscortf 0E5DULRT BQDUT - (Tomrt)
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761.50 33,996.75
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m. PUSS ::3J T>-C-.^<.A 311 1935 ini 193*
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T*ir Xndad pjoaubar 31, 1935
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131,432.95
Tear End*4 D*c*abr 31, 1934
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lxp*n**st Salarle*
Cr*y*l *zp*nM Adr*rtl ring Printing Milling Mlaeallaaaoua
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1,221.37 340.07
1,414.65
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Plw.Wcg Promotion
Por*t Product* - Btt*r Paint Cm-ialra Xxpea**ai S*l*urt* Trarwl *zp*SM Printing Mailing Ml*cllaa*eu4 Total *xp*nut Xdr.-_nc* for trarwl i.xp*n* - JTat
SU. 582.45
S 5,275.00
4,488.85 2,365.22
71 1.08 2.610 GO S15.711.75
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Total 11 s^u-wnaat* Por*t Product* - Sutter Paint C*epds*lBt011.75
itodlca} a*M-rch _ Pn-mnt to Maryard Madleal School
(1934, lot* chargua to cooperating amber*)
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Cod# Authority - Advaac** for xnana*a - Mat
Total dl*tar**a*at*
S64,027.15
s 3.825.OC
3,500.58 120.50 49.49 27. JO 590.85
S 8,113.92
f 4,800.00
3,604.02 453.10 147.12
2.322.49 811,326.73
111.326.73
S 1,535.28 lisso.is
SS2.643.S9
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619,728.90
I 6,915.38 122*22
S 7,015.39
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