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iifmi -^^krj ------- .,,..9. V LI A2 3098 ;...., 1 ,,..... ... - J.*g:^^_-; .. -^- ^^aLA3ffchalfcglh.^_ . ^iVfiB LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4S0 LEXINOTON AVENUE HEW YC*K )7. M. V. ". February 5, ISt? To Ueobers of the Lead Industries Association: SUBJECT: APD.J3S BEfO^ TtE COLOItADO iOKIKQ .A^SXL'T^O.j 6:.' tl'-V L.ul l j .'U) rnODldlO.' IS HTI.DED* Attached please find copy of an address to be delivered by your secretary at the Convention of the Colorado Hining Association la Denver, Colorado on February 6, on "TThy More Lead Production 1j Heeded.* Very truly yours, ' Secreterr p w w p w w w ig a iip B W W i^ p Fjip a j ^ i w jp w iw iw j^ L,jn> iiwsih ii n m> ' s w w ^ t lihA. m.N11 u nxiiie^ii'iiwLy '.mtWfW 'Mu; WKflf ipguaaju,^^^'Hi. i. |i^ii i. jpiiLir^np i % S**f LIA23099 For Release February 7, 1>L7 '-A S? -f .. WPl Address before Colorado Inins Iwcdlttw Denver, Colorado February 6, X9U1 VHT IPnS UJJ) muWCTIOr IS HTJJEP gr Felix Ldgar Vorsjer Secretary - Load Industrie! Association Kcw fork City I want to take a little tine today to tell you what happens to your load after tie shelter aettlea with you and why It la highly Important noradaya to redouble your efforta to mine existing load ore dopoaits and to discover new ones, itinera generally are not as well acquainted aa thay ahould like to be with tbe sarlcet for their netala. This ia quite underatandable as rlners have enough protlais turning out ..ictal under a constantly fluctuating ecor.oaic background besides worrying abo-u v*mt hap.ens to tbe natal after they obtain a aoelter oettleeteat. It will be r.o surprise to you that there is currently a world wide lead shortage well advertised by the fact that today tbs price of load is a record-breaking 13f per lb. t:ew Tork, brought about largely, by aa Intense deaand for tbe octal fraa various sources, together with a diminished supply* Perhaps you have tried to buy son# white lead recently, or a storage battery, only to have to do an extraordinary asount of sapping In tha process before boii<g successful. Those are but two illustrations of tbs use of load L.JSfcjSj.ljjMii J.jagMH* |MWg|gll- IS 2001.01 vmm *23^ Ll mp .ifcl'Wen -2- which typify the shortage. Uary other important uses of which the public 0 eeldoa hears ere just as vital to our economy, such as the use of lead for cable sheathing and gasoline, but more about than and their Import* anew later on* . Last year, I tried to tell you cbout the iapediaeats to a free rc-.: i operation of the lead Industry in the fora of government oontrola on prices, Y uses and Imports, ill of that we can now happily dismiss. OQos again we are almost entirely on our own. The future Is largely up to us. I shall, therefore, try to tell rou briefly something about our peacetime position with respect to tbs use of lead. I don't know of any other metal that has the wide diversity of uses r of lead, both in metallic and comical tors, nor for that matter any other metal which las so many important outlets each representing a large volume of production for public consumption with only a modest mount of replace- ability by other materials. I refer, for example, to the use of lead la storage batteries. This is at once the largest single use of lead. Practically no substitute is available, largely because it Is a stagger v ing probler. to serve the 26,000,030 cars on the road and the product to do tie Job must be in plentiful supply. To be sure, some competitive products such as the nickel-iron battery and the cadmium battery,are kneem, but they have different electrical characteristics and are not available 1b sufficient quantity to do the job. Therefore, look to the continued use of large amounts of lead for storage batteries for an in definite period. At the same time, from a cc.serration standpoint, the storage battery industry returns to the lead auelUn,, Industry a large part of tbs metal manufactured into storage batteries each year - at least three fourths of it. On balance, therefore, its importance as m permanent lead consumer is not great. I think It is fair to estimate the battery requlrerwnta as about >30,000 tons of lead per year but of this vast tunnago only about 75,000 tons is now lead. a r` - 'mm mmmm * . -* _ *. _ "' >t>V' t!aa3&:- " 23101 u* j- ?i 1 4A -U f-. i Vr:'| * is -- M 3 * -3- The second largest use of lead Is by the electric cable industry, both for telephone toll cable, which is so well known in our metropolitan centers end nsy be found stretched on poles alongside railroads through ths United States, or buried in the ground, and also electric power con ductors for underground high tension powder oonwunlcation. Thelarge growth ' -S;&- ' in tlie use of telephones in ths United States, and the prospect Of Still further growth, will require extraordinarily large mounts of Iea4,\V. - ' ,\v? >* The American Telephone ft Telegraph Co. recently announoed that it would e;q>end about 000,000,000 to enlarge its facilities in the United Staves and that, within the next three to five years, sows 20,000 adles of tell cable will ba required, 12,000 nilas of it coaxial cable for television purposes, as well as for phots nessages. I an reliably in- foraed that this program alone will necessitate a consumption of about 125,000 tons of lead per year for telephone cable sheathing. This estlaate does not take into consideration the requirements of the power cable Industry for high tension underground Installations. About 75,000 tons o; lead could be utilised for power cable construction this year. Substitution for lead in cable oenufactur* can only be done with greet difficulty and inconvenience. . All in all it looks as if the cable Industry will require for the next few /ears sons 200,000 tons or aore per year. Although 200,000 tons of lsei asy rppeer record-breaking, it is approximately the tonnage consuaed by cable acjjufacturer* back in 1?2^ and 1?}0 but it is far greater than the cable requi.*eaents of recent years when cor-rtruction of all xundj fall off. Proa time to ties you I war of substitutes to taka ths place of load but none, so far se X lower, are practical, considering ths engineer ing requirements of s good cabIs installation whether for telephone or . pesrer use with swphasis on longevity or durability, TMa is not to ooo- cludt that satisfactory substitutes say not be ultimately forthecodrg ' "w /pi/) m w u u ;.m It I now wish to talk to you about an old friend of ths load ulnars which has bsan a standby for ysars end forderly ecoprlsed ths largest out let for the *lner, namely white lead, ft recently as 192k white lead was the leading outlet but, owing to drastic restrictions on its use J! w pwi r")uipu,i ^ [mm ji unm during the war, and the inability of the wldte lead corroders to procure i an adequate supply of pig lead today, the whita lead industry has suffered ] oora then perhaps any other lead using industry in being restored to a peacetiae economy. without difficulty 100,000 tons of wtdte load, or ore, could be sold today* It reaains a market of great Importance to ths lead wining industry. The sd.ners are justified in going to extra ordinary swasuroa to pretext its competitive position. White lead reaains - unssoelled for exterior painting, but because of its relatively high cost : compared with other paint pi{pent3 there is a tendency on the part of paint awnufacturers to use aa little as possible of it in thslr famu iHffl i ! iH j i letloos, let me show you what I Kean. 1 i I have here a booklet which shows the analysis of sene paints yi and vamiahea sold in the State of K^rth Dakota, where the regulatlortf require the formulas to be printed on the can, a practice which msseroua other states have since followed. The reason for such a regulation is obvious. So oany abuses occurred in the marketing of inferior paint f-- the famers that, in self defense, ilorth Dakota passed labeling laws and occasionally publishes results of its paint investigations. Bert are several examples of exterior pair.ta manufactured by large oooptnles that * contain water and excessive aaoonta of extenders, * I think you will see free this brief expost how important it la to acquaint the American public with the merits of white lead. Hundreds 0 of <. thousands of people insist on having nothing but pure white lead on their hones because they knew by experience that whit* lead provide* durability in paint. We must do a lot none to educate the people of the United States to the uerlts of white lead and the respo:isibility in part II WWR |l Bwesceewiu"'wp-ise--mrstua^mn pi ' 'r>' *3* ^ .'Yr - ,Y'"*>: '-:Y^YY<Yy ^ O nmn ' ' v LIA23103 ^ ; -3 0 -5- nust rest upon the mining Industry Tor, after all, the paint manufacturer can use other and cheaper ingredients in hit paint. In this connection, you trill be interested to know that the IvA Industries Association has been worsting closely with the 0. S. Offlue of Education and the State educational departments of nearly every state la v - .the United states, seeking to assist then In establishing courses ea Y paint instruction which would help ths universities, colleges and trifh schools of ths United States in developing an appreciation of good paint. Bars is a sanual entitled, "Painting Farm Buildings and Equipment* which was prepared with the cooperation of the U.S. Office of Education, and which has been widely distributed in the United States. Here is another manual entitled, "Instructor's ..anual for Teaching Exterior Painting of Faro Building; and Equipment," designed specifically for the use of instructors and prepared for us by Frofessor C. A. Schmidt of the Colorado A L V Collage. As a result o. nil of these e.'.cri*, I o r ulad to say that aany technical courses and text bodes used tirou^'cit the United States for -I' -*5 4*3 instructional purposes have been improved in their treatment of paints and painting. But, chore all, we must tint and produce as much lead as possible to satisfy the great unfilled demand for white lead from the public. Red lead Is also important in the paint industry for protecting steel work from corrosion. In fact about 20,000 tons are used annually for the purport. Competition is keen for business and our industry has mobilised its technical resources to make sure that ths preeminent position of red lead will be maintained. Recently we have made scrae rmxarkable ad vances in the use of red leed for marine .ulntlng wilch are being disclosed currently. Becides being applied to the interior of buildings as paint, sub stantial amounts mf lead are used elsewhere, in plumbing, in theater pans, and even in flashings. Indoed, lead plumbing, which lias been known for nw .r'aiwJ1-", u mi- ,,ii ay..i h im w 0 *J ; X i 'S j -J a ! vmim - **ui^pan *)nun i mavmmmmmw " ' `*"" - H LIA2310A ?-- -jh,V 6* oenturiea , (till accounts for some 20,000 ton* of lead per /ear in the fora of pipe, sheet and solder. If to this is added the substantial ton,.a;e of lead used for calking oast iron pipes in buildings and in the distribution system of waterworks, we oust provide another 35,000 tons* Needless, to say, these are highly competitive outlets, for lead, and it trill be interesting to see hoe they survive tho intense period of competition ahead in the changed relatioi'amp In ts* price of lead with brass, lloe and and copper and noneetallic calking compounds. Hi have not been altogether asleep and have developed s unit type of lead plwnhin*, illustrated in the photograph I have here, which has the cerit ef permitting the pliraber to fabricate part of the plvab- lng Installation in his shop and then a djusting it on the Job by virtue of ths flexibility inherent in lead, ' Sheet lead is widely used in hospitals, in x-rcy rooms, and wharever x-ray equipment cay be found, it is ths most efficient barrier, know to science, to x-rays and kind**d radiation. fherever sulphuric acid is used, and sulphuric acid is tha ccanon*it acid used in industry today, one is ap>- to find lead in ths font of rats, sheet or pipe to convey the acid from point to point. Hence, rayon plants, oil refineries, cokt plants and other large industries are constant users of lead. Often the mining industry. Itself, in cany leeching and electro lytic operations involving sulphuric acid, use large tonnages. But, competition here fra glass, rubber and alloy steels will be keen. Perhaps 50,000 tons of lead are consisted annually for x-ray protection and for use in Us chemical industry. I haven't yet .mntioned another fertile field for lead, nanely its use in alloys. The commonest lead alloy known to you it soldar, which requires about 50,000 tons annually. Then the aar.unition industry, which generally uses an alloy of lead and arsenic requires about 50,000 tons of lead annually, Tl>e printing lrxlu*ti7 isos tope netal to the tuns of soea  ...' - v " l i ^3105 . ../ a&iaWSut - - i j -<: -* 1 i * f ' P '^s Sr. .4. 1 3 - . -7- * 30,000 tons of load annually. Than, wa hive beartnjj metals for railroads, automobiles and other machinery, which probably require about 1,0,000 tone of lead annually. Then, the copper industry, in various bronses and brasses, uses substantial quantities of laad, perhaps 35,000 teas of lead a year. The steel industry uses it both in production and as a constituent v . of free machining steel, . . . - ' 'C^; ' : >fi\* There are so many minor uses of lead that we could spend the . be'.ter part of an Itour discussing their fascinating applications. Tor example, the usa of lead in cUiti for ceramic ware, glassware, fluoreeoent tubes, casoline refining, brake linings, and the,like. 3any of that* uses have been found indispensable with no substitutes svallabe. Often the lack of a small quantity of lead nay asan failure to produce an important component part of, cay, an autooobile. Recently the officer of as important pottery conpany told ae taat 1,000 of lead pigments nean `,$00,000 in eaploy.vait in his factory where the lead was used in plates. But I want to devota a aooent to a rather spectacular cooperatively ns* and larLe use of lead which has crown increasingly important to the lasl industry, namely the use of tetraettyl lead in gasoline whirH did yeoman service durin, the war in providing the high octane gas for airplane operation ar.d in year by year contributing to the production of better automotive fuels in the United States. About 60,000 tons of lead are needed yearly for ethyl fluid. Indeed, if lead beousee olentiful or shall soon have gasoline* of such high antiknock value that we shall be able to run ears with higher oompress.on ratio* at cotparativaly high speeds, that is 50 to 60 sdles or sore per hour, with eoonosdos double that of prewer dayr. This la one good reason wty we should ineraasa our efforts to cure the lesd shortage - we are tolping the American standard of living olatently to grow. T -___ ' k * -8There ere (till other isqxortart uses,' far example, lrwectloides. Lead arsenate, which li eo important In the ecooaqy of the northwest apple end fruit induetry, should contuse about 20,000 to 25,000 tons of leed per year. When I recently spoke to the convention of the Agricultural Insecticide end Fungicide Association in Hew Jersey, end'told than About the leed shortage, I felt that perhaps here was one use which we would have ' .* ' T' . to kies goodly because of the advent uf DOT but, to ay surprise, X ewa M informed that DOT is not yet a complete answer to insect pest control. Apparently it controls the coddling noth but not the orchard site. This was confined by a {rivals carmmieatlon frow the Departoent of Agriculture which estimates that DDT nay displace 1/3 the lead arsenate used in the northeest this year. X think this brief analysis indicates wly there is such a huge dwaand for lead todry. If you were to edd it up with ae you will find that the total accounts for over 1,003,000 tons and as the figure* X have given are purely approximations I think the over.-Xl figure should be used with sene reservation. The sarkets I have described to you are the result of research, invention and evolution retching back deep in our history. They illustrate what can be dene with one of nature's great natural resources. Ye want to keep these markets, and to develop others if need bt. Indeed, that is the traditional American way - to depend on our own roaourcefulneas in creating a market for our wares so strong that the lead wines will operate steadily and profitably rather than to depend on e Government subsidy to keep us going. Last year only 3)0,000 tons of lead were wined domestically, the lowest output since 19Jli. In fact, lead produced free scrap was largar than that citing from our domestic nines, or about 350,000 tons. If it had not been for imports of 125,000 tons, which were unfortunately United UllWitU JWSESawger IBWtMP.JffltHPW ')gAPB Wt)UW.`l --JBSW .' t jii.w pngm y iiji iy ip nyipi-fp^ 1 piJBi y fU jP m* w % .: j J j ;4 -' i i s~ S 2 Cl r h I ; r1 ? *mz LI A2 3107 0 Y' ntftrWiseah 9by the Ooverraent as the sole Ijvorter, and for heavy withdrcvals from lead stock* lit the hands of private Industry and the Government we would indeed be in a serious Jam today. As it was, the total available supply outside of stocks in tbs hands of manufacturers and refiners was only about 805*000 tons to meet requirements of roughly 1*000*000 tons* The rovemeant and private withdrawal froa/utocks is estimated at 150*000 tons in 19li6. Larger imports as well as increased domestic mine production are needed to help os out of our difficulties and to hold our marietta* as the s tocke of ell description in the country have been severely depleted. The United States is now on a different lead economy than it was before the war. Then domestic production and consumption were approximately in balance* but now* consumption has grown to such an extent that we el*ll need imports to supplement domestic output. The tariff to protect the domestic mining irx&irtry frankly becomes s needed revenue measure and a subsidy to the dooastie miner to compensate him in part for his higher cost of production compared with low cost foreign operators* but it 1s a subsidy paid by the conxiner and not by the public at large* I place ry faith ir. the operation of a free market to cure the leed shortage speedier then any form of Government control. The price of lead will ultimately r ettle at a value which will create a balance between effective supply and demand. Ho one knows r!m price will do the Job* In this connection I tlnk we shall have to revise our conception of what constitutes a high price for lead in the light of the greet rise in tin cost of farm commodities* house furnishings, wages* in fact everything relating to our economy except possibly rents, which are still under control, Ir. looking at the Index of the Dureau of Labor Statistics recently* I was struck by the fact that load is oertaiiily not out of line with farm commodities and other items* m mmm- tew ,a.';i "u h m .agj ^jiiLwyjripwp^^ ^ \ tT- . ' *''* * ... me* '* *** - 10 I hop you will shire with me the conclusion thst til the energies of the lead mining, waeltlng and refining industry Bust be centered at cnee upon the problem of increasing our lead production through the in* tensive working of known deposits and prospecting for new supplies* .She high price of lead today warrant* extraordinary efforta on the pert of proapectors or adnera in looking for new deposits end demonstrating to the consumers thst we ere not * *have-not-nation* but that in Colorado and elsewhere there is lead waiting the enterprise of the winer* m Hn M H U l iiJi) I v v? ?` ii -A A ;j w Same people, without thinking, had the impression thst once Government controls disappeared the lead shortage would likewise vanish. But you and I know that it takes time to bring a new nine into production, not to mention the difficulty of increasing production in sinos that operated during the war on a scale that subordinated necessary development sad ex ploration. lot us now use extraordinary efforts to stimulate output froa every conceivable source, Ey doing so we shall hold our priceless markets end serve our own best interests, as well as the public's, ffe cannot afford to lose our markets, Qpce gone they may never be recaptured. There fore, in conclusion I urge all y mining friends In this wonderful Booky fountain area, so bountiful in lead in the past, to demonstrate what they , can do in increasing lead production a* quickly as possible* vsewwej. --L ru "mu.