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MM PPP PlPPPIPPiPiPiP^PPPPP L IA16406 iapiafliiififeir rin ii*;miwiiiii',|in <* jw y a jp p q p a p p p Ist.i^ini j iid cooocmj unarms ms sx ms Kuos* fcpr Jtchert i. Iluffsld* *crt*ry, Ihod induatrtet Aaaoolatlan, In Jork, 1. t* Load la an axtroasly inpcrtant cr--nllty to tha Stata of Idaho aa all of yen ora wall awara. Last year tho load aiaod la this atata had a value of acre thaa 21*000*000* Ccnveraely Idaho la axtroatly important to tho load laduatrlaa. la 1953 It aoeoaatod for aboat 19 porooot of all 9*4* laad ulna production and o*er 6 percent of all tho laad otmanaad ty United Stetee industry. If vs add the adjacent atatoa of Maefclngtoa and Montana in vheee laad production aary of you haso a dtract interest, thaoa figure# riaa to 37 percent and 9 paroaat rsapactisoly. That tho load laduatrlaa aa a Ado recognise this lapcrtanoo of Idaho 9 to thea la evidenced by tho fact that oaa of your past prasldooto la dost proaldant and ehairaan of tha Board of Z&rooturo of tho load Iodtatrloo laaoclatioe and year prosant proaldant la a aaabar of oor Board* X hop* thla dost ralationahip bstveen tha toad Industries Issodatlon and tho Idaho IClnlnj issodatlon will alwayo bo aalnt lined for tha food of both and It glvoe aa particular pleaauro in being baro* I knee that rooant aontha have not baao happy cnaa for moat laad ninsra, but I fasl that basically oor industry la aound and that aaladjuataanta atdoh haso lad to hardahipa aro boing oorractod* For a aaaaot let's look at tho currant laad altuatlon, load conra--r bualnaaa In tha United Stataa la running at a high level. In tha flrot few aontha of thla year about 37*000 tena aoro laad oont into oonaunptlon thaa in tho llko ported laat year and If eoneuaption eontlnoao ot that roto about 9 1*200*000 toco would bo uaod thla yaar. paradoKloally, tha laad nlAlag industry la tha United Stataa la auffaaw lag undsr a prloo Aich la unprofitable to aany and not vary profitable to Addroaa baftaw Idaho Mining iaaoclation* Sun Tallay* Idaho* July Ik* 1951* nnnpw^igpaiiujaw)i sieuuana*' ~S, W PSP " ' wni| ;iti| [|.|>nipiilitJMI ,W"iwimiawpeffsas'siai i| ^ . yliirv~y- ' " I 'W . H|!!? r v * T S - w* rnlwrtf. N 3338 rnmmmmmmmmmmm* ViHRPipHlPpVMBP9P9PP|M!P^^ ~ * LIA1640 7 -.'- * -- - - ----- ri'ii<m. uSu- ethers, This oaplaeaant aituatloo 1* th* raaslt of a mabar of uraaual aranta, imjtfcl t i I -i Plrat, th* tort of th# Korean w orsatsd externalws #c*rw baying both her* end abroad, causing ta^xrary artificial shortage and a rapid disk 1a pries*. Than builutu In load product* bar* la th* early part of 1952 i fallad to coa* up to expectation* and buainaaa abroad hat boon la th* doldrums for taat tta*. This, plut currency diffleultlaa and th* large stocks that had accumulated abroad kapt foreign buyer* out of tha markat. That large amounts of foreign produoad load sought a markst bar* and at tha ** tlma axes** foreign atcck*, particularly 5rlti*h, war* liquidstad* 'flth th* opening of th* London Jtstal Etchang* laat October, cashload with th* foregoing factor** th* markat brcka badly. American bu*in** just could not absorb *11 this l*d. V. F Today, this situation has changed and l*ad appear* to b* la a ecsgmrm- I tlsaly sound position statistically. Excess stocks baa* baas liquidstad and I do not knos of ary largo atoeka of load anywhere hanging osar th* mark*!. A Cf couraa, thar* la our government stockpile, but that la fresco. In fact, r abroad, buyer* *eaa to be operating on a band to aouth basis and bnalncas kaa aboan tea* slight improvement which has bacama moro pronounoad In tha last oak or so. ilso th* tfalnnasa of tha London markat baa bsan rasllsad and It no longr ulalda th* asm* irfluone* on tha big markat In th* United State*. Contumptlon bar* Is good and even though Imports eootlnu* at a high rata, metal do** not saam to ba accumulating. At tha ias Uma, production both S * bar* and abroad has bsan moderately curtailed. What happenad apparently was th* rault cf bad timing. Exoaaait* buy ing at on* period created a ta^orary ahortag* with tha consent*at high prioa* and accumulation of mstal ehara It was not needed. Than dlapcaal cf this natal and withdrawal frm th* market by those Sto had aoommlatad It, brought a temporary sarlcua owaraupply and collapa* of prices. g jmiijuiwji^ .wim.juijm in Auffjw'.iw'iwiw m'i m 7 mm mm Li A 16^09 mnww'wi- 0 I I Bm tbit the aoat eerlcus maladjustments m to have bNS corrected end the market hae recovered caaevfcat, the future of lead appears to dspaad mainly on shat happana to tallness generally and tha load oonsualag lndnatrlaa In particular. Tharafera lot'a taka a look at some of tba important load consuming industries, Tba atoraca battery Industry uses about a third of all laad conauaad in thin country. Tba praaidaat of tha Association of iaarloan Baitary Marafaoturers rooaotljr aatiaatad that cansuaptloa of laad in battarlaa thia year mill ba about 1*15,000 tana. Thia aaana that la 19S3 battarlaa will use aoaa 50,000 tooa more than in 1?52. Slnoa tha battary bnsinaaa la aaaafinal, about tan-third* cf tha raplaeaaaot battarlaa, by far tha tdggaat part of tha total, ara ahlppad In tha aaeoed half of tha yaar. Tha Battary ImdcU atlon aatiaataa that 23,1*70,000 replacement battarlaa will ba sMiyari thia yaar, a million more than laat yaar. Sine* 6,633.000 mare ahlppad la tha first five aontha, that means that 16,637,000, or wall oear tale# aa wy, will ham to ba ahlppad In tha last aaaan aontha If tha aatiaataa ara oorreei. therefore, tha irawdiata outlook for laad eansoaptioa la battarlaa, tha biggest usa, la dlatinctly encouraging. 1 farthar faw words about laad in battarlaa will ba interesting* Tow ham no doubt raad of tha trand to 12-volt lnataad of &.volt battarlaa la automobiles. These larger battarlaa uaa 30 to 1*0 parownt aera laad par battary. Thia will assn aora laad per unit for acow tin* to com but la tba lone ran, aay aftar two or threw yaara, tha longer Ufa cf tha bigger battary should larftly caspens*te for this and orarail ccoemption will probably not ba greatly affected* Ton aay alao ham raad of various naw typaa of battarlaa that ham bean developed. J think it la life to aay that aona of them* threaten tha large automotive lead battary market. ISoat are special purpoaa battarlaa ff k f F r k p "P 1*4,111 ^ )i j* IT mm mm -^''itBtTi wiiaiifr'afcgiiiiiaaeifaii LI A 16 409 m* I < 1th limited flald* of application, nd, at ltaat t data, da net appear to b* iaportsnt facto*-*, tonnaga-wlsa, as ooapatitton far lsad. Taming to th* saeond large*t usa of load - tatraethy load - tits pictar* is also encouraging. la 1952, th# Uni tad stataa u*#d about 150,000 too* and ti>* rast of tha world another 10,000, for a total of about 160,000 toe* of lead for this pu-po*#. In thinking of tha** flcuras, r*r--bwr that no load was nsad for th* jMrjxos# antil about 30 year* ago. This as* of load dapend* upon th* nuabar of ear* oe th* road and th* distano* tha/ ara driven. The** or* constantly groalng. Both produoar* of TSL in tha Unitad Stataa have reoeotly *xpanrisd thalr plant capaoltlaa to aaat th* growing 1--ml and th* oe* In Oraat Britain will have expanded facilities in operstloe in l?Sb. Shan all this now capacity is ceaplats, it could conw* about 215,000 tana of lead at full operation. Shila a* cannot plan oe full eparatien, nevartbalae* it is cMobs that this os* of lead can ba expected to coetiaoa its healthy expansion. la a Batter of fact in tha first fcnr Booth* of this year, lead eoasnapUce for SL avurajad about 1,500 too* a Booth graatar thaa in tha saa* 1952 period. la this coonsctiea you may have read recant advortlseaanta of s lary* oil ccapaiff about Its new prealta gssolla* containing yep - tryuresyl pho* . phata. Bias# ads elaia that TCP is tha graataat advance In gaeoline slaca tha dcvelojasnt of tetraethyl lead H yaara ago. Our lnvaatlgatioca indicate that TCP is net a threat to TZL bat la a further additive intended to laprova gsaolin* and is being used as such. ^ Tha thlrd aoat i^ortant asa of laad is in cable shaathing. This ass hss act intense ooapetitioo Area plastics snd alvarinua in raeaet yaar* and ill continue to. They have already sad* alsable inroads on lead sbsathlng, both ty coapleta replacement in acae types of loa-voltaga poser aahla and is tit* at* I rtAtrnWlllftfr -5aona telaphona cable, and by wfacing the load thleknaaa where eoablMUci lead-plr*tia eheathe are need. Revertheleae aone 11(0,000 toai were o^xlcgrod for thla purpoee la 1952, aad no (root change aood bo expected In tho loodU ato future. In fact, tho flrrt four nentha of 1953 eho# a alight locnua aaar tha 1952 annul rata. Heworar, thla application baora careful watching bgr tha load lnduatrlee and la being atmdled for poaaibla etope to protect thla market. laad haa oartala wlrtuae not poaaoeeed by lta oa^atltara that In tha long run nay wall outwulgh tho adaaotacoa of tha cabolition. # Fourth on load'a Hat of Important applications la construction, dilefe lncludaa both ordinary buildings Ilka haoca, apartments and ccnaurclal build. Inga aod tha eonetraetlon of chaadnal plants. Ifca principal products imrolwad ara load sheet, pipe, flttioca and calking lead, for tha Iwairtl atn future, tha aaount of load seed will depend open tha couraa of oonetructlan itself, tilla contraction may bo alodng up allghtly, It la atlll si an extremely high lcral. In tha flrat four waetha of thla year, load la eootroctlsa aw|d about tha aana aa last ywar, around 9,000 tono a aeeth. la 0r ehanfa right now eoema likely. for tha lon( pull, however, lead neeta atreng eaapatltloa In the field. In building courtruction, lta main competitor* arc Iron, steel, copper aad braaa, with alvii rmw and piratic* aura to mate a bid la tha future, la ebaadoal construction, thara aro aoch copotltora aa atalalaaa ateal, noaal natal, plaatlea, rubber, oerwrtes and (lraa. Ill thoaa competitors beam abean themeelvae willing and able to apand large soma to aaptara tha markets* OOy a|{niaiw selling and ecnataot technical vigilance will anabla lead fee hold lta plaoe, but X think that aiaabla tonnages of lead will be uaod for t I t- f i !>m t w ww m,)hi "i<a w y jpyw^l,WULfi<uijainw. w*wa> ir.wiipijj;B^BBlMi;iaj|-iiijMt u gi rnmmmmpmm mm LIA16411 0 those purpose* fear ft lone tia* to com beeouao of inherent tdvuUfel p<a- #oosod by lfttd and booufto of tho potential growth that aay bo oxpootod of those conousing indnatrlea, particularly tho eheadcal proooftft Industrie*. Th* four uftft of 1*id that I hftfto Juat diseuaaod eonauae about twothird* of oil tho lead used in tho Cnitod Stotoo la o year. Jhe course of those ttcoo la tho future will thoroforo beau tho aajor effect on tho load aorta, t. Bat lead la used la a groat aaay other industries which add op to ftitable tonnage* aad oood watching at ill tloua boeaaao of tho eagwtltica they Boot. Taka paint, for uxaaplo. ibis waft onoe leading oao of load that hoft gradually (dwindled ovor the. peat X) year* because of tho adtent of now plgprnta. 3 Tot tho point Industry at! 11 oaaa seae 70,000 tona of load yaar In all foraa, that la for a white pl^ent In houao point, for aotal protect!** pointa, for color*, and for drier*, toot of th* loo* ha* boon suffered aft whlto pdgaant but a growing recognition of lead' chewlcal action In paint and draelepoeat of new load pijnents, I bellow, will atep the doerwrard trend and at lcoat atablllio tho oao of lead plgaentc If not actually reverse the trend. In th* field of dotal protect' we paint* load coffered tenporary loooes but an aggroa* riTft technical progrta by the Industry through cur Association in tho intoroot 4 of rod load La definitely recovering th* looooa and putting our ooapotltca* oa tho dsfbnalwo. In tho printing field, nognoolua and rubber plate# and photographic Mthoda of coapooitlon throaton lead*a tin* honored plooo, but boro any lea* la not ao aorloua to tho load nlnar bueauao cooperatively little now load la uaod. it la largely a elroulating load of old type actftl eoalng baek for olftanlng op and to bo brought book to exposition bcAwv being uaod ftgslA. In tho ocraaleo field, which he* naod oa aueh aa 25,000 tona of laod la a year, new eoapounda, particularly thoau of lithiua, aro strong competitor*. - " PiMaWBaWB^ifaigl^w^akm-!.. '"T' ium wi. jw m iliai6412 - *+4*f&et-j*, n^iyiriMiiwn'-1 0 I I i -7tvehcical knowlodjc is needed to ecnbat thoa booaase Isad has oertaln advan tages that othsr products have not yot boen able to reproduce* Of course, now lead products often epoa up completely new fields for lead. la the last few years, load'has boon esployod as a state!liter in certain plasties, mainly the vinyl plastics for insulation, floor sod furniture cover ings, shower curtains, pips snd ths libs. **ille ccly a faw pcrcont of load generally gosa into tba plastie six, la tha aggregate it now adds up to an appreciatela figure, over 7,000 tons of load last year, with this business sheading an increase of U0 percent in the first quarter of 1953* Too ars all aware of tho trowondous growth In the use of plasties lddch shoes no sign of abetawnt for a long tlao to ecsee. Che of our wabers also has a derrolcpnent prerrm under nay on certain other new load eonpounda that will eventually noan now ccoemption of thaweanda of tees of lead a year. Gnfortunately I an not at liberty to say aipu thing detailed about that at this sta^o of tho gene. ind of course, no one can guess what tho devtlopacnt of etcadc energy nay naan to tho use of leni for radiation protection in tha long run. 1 have (m Into acatt detail on certain lead eonsuadng ltms bocauso It is what happens to thoso things that will detonaino tha future of load, particu larly enr tho years. Me are in a buyer*! aarfcot in load and we have to da saw selling. To soil an industrial product aoans aoro than ringing door bells. It aaans research, so that tha sullor knous all about Us product, sfcst it can do In ewparlson with Its coagsetltlon, how it can be used to got ths boat results, what new applications oaa be found for it. Than it bum adver tising and prowotlon to pass on tho technical infomattoc gained by research to tha prospective user, and engineering sarvteo to help tho proepect to know hear to use tha product to advantage. It Mans Market research to find ass outlets that technical research nay suggest. tawiMBiwijwiyii. mpjiip;ipfpp^|gp|BlSfflPIP iHi liim'ini t i 11 >r ri im 'i ii>i<i mf n irwriwiiT ilintiah^ai ifil* tihhIiWmIhiiwt wBhin mm nj>irinH i iiraVriMiwi ~