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LIA16256 1 erMumnim i n^aaLh jrinriSiftii^iVe^.idw'1! 1 i 11| i^ wpp ^ ^ ^ w iiw p w iiiw iw ^wg.w uit.w 'f i t k s oirux* roK mm ianis* Walter ?. Carroll, vice president, National Laad Cccpany, Chicago, Eli. Sic really the outlook for alxd settl* In jrotrlnt industrial oeuctry 11km our* Would be very good over period, Mid Kr, Carroll. ft la true shortage* and high prices for lead, tin snd antiacry during the peat sir years here brought abcut the use of cheaper substitute* but increased unit* and new use* have nor* than held the voluse. Probably 90< of nixed eetala are or asy be of scrap origin. Battery grids, * rider,bahtitt, type aetala. airplane dies, bullet *lre, shot, castings - chceloal and atoede, and biacellaneoua aired astala, represent &r% of the load consuaed annually. Thlla battery sales have been above noraal the past 1L oonth* and though an old battery is scrapped for each new one, Kr. Carroll 4ee1*w^ * Vd ft# eAftt >1 eeeeft 4 m Ve * * 5Sli rcflnod lead to offset our loes of lapert lead. Because of prloe control in this country end e higher acrid prioe, each of the lead noreally imported to tud* oountry la now going abroad. It--38 order reocntly Branded restrict* Mnufaeturlng of nse batteries, etc. farther, said hr. Carroll, leas scrap will be available resulting La eore drastic curt*,leant of lead oonsuaption tbia ceaiag at To conserve steel, Hr. Carroll pointed out that all of the autcoobUe aenafacturars would be obliged to increase their acldar eonauaptien cn 1952 eodele this fall. Be indicated that one of the leading manufacturer* would require aa additional 1001, Several other instances of increased core cptlotj planned for the future havw been postponed. Kr. Carroll stated that all aixed aetal manufacturers urge tlwir eensue*re te return their scrap natal and drosses through regular chennals or direct proeptly and regularly in order to keep the natal flowing. is of this data, the lead picture for the belanoe of 1951, declared Kr. Carroll, la coat confusing. Kls advice; Tighten your lead belt and ocneerve aixed aetala. until the foredgi aarket la satisfied or until oer Oovemsent oaaes to tha rescue, cProeetrtod at the Ord fnnoal Keating, load Industrie* Association, Kr 17-18, 1951* at the Faaol Discussion of Lead Consumers. y