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pr" ."ia' ewi>ea>v^^wawei>n^iuiia 'i.e iiiwi vi ' i i )iiaNw'ei^mwBiwy^wBrm r ll^a*Nw^aNemewuiwweiei>wm < *-- Ak.nat. -MMf Ll^23l^9 -v-. ^a*-..r mninav LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4M LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW VOMC 17, H. V. ./! / lurch 25, 1914 To Members of the lead Industries Asaocistloni SPBJCCTl KTSIPg /JTO U/JjrtT COKj-TTlDICE I so pleaded to enclose alseoprsphed copies ef all the papers delivered et the Hygiene end Market Conference sponsored by the Metallic Lead Products Di vision of the Association at the Blltnore Hotel, Hew Tor* City, on Uarch 16, 191*6, with the exception of the three papers on lead hygiene delivered by Drs. Hillin C, Wllents and Lloyd E. Hanlin, and Ur. Herbert J. Veber. Becrjse of the pernsnent value of there three papers they are being printed end copies vlll be provided neater* as soon as they ere off the prees. A list of those vho attended t': ferenee is also enclosed. Vrr7 truly yours. Secretary V /a WMPfLV -2 A o"l'' ^ 315 M^.r . .. uriffViitmlitiifiii y gCONDAKT METAL HARKLTS PitJl KUtZOO OEHERA1 MAHiOTt. oOIJU' PUIICHk SINQ DEPARTMENT ----------------FT;;."U SliULS DM'flrd3-------------- AUEJucxr :"m;1m3 iiwj'KirmTO co, rented at ths ! H7rjn i ^ n ..VKKET COKFERBCK " * """ " (sored by JETr. ,.C .1--AD PR00XT3 DIVISICW LE.'.- T-E1U5TRIES ASSOCIATIOM lift Pork, March 16, 19U8 1 Before discussing the subject of ey telle, pensit a* to essure you thst Z ea neither e professional cor amateur eoonooist or statistician, but slwply a scrap metal buyer who has teen affiliated with the secondary industry for the past twenty years. Nevertheless, I aa glad that I accepted your Secretary's request to tala to you or. the subject of secondary aatal*. While you cay be the sufferers, I derived s great deal of satisfaction in preparing this talk and checking soar of mj own pet tliecries on the relationship of secondary to primary metal*. Let s m first present to you a picture of zj o d recent developaents in the field of secondary lead and sooa of the c a.tributions cade to our industry by the scrap dealers end the secondary saelters. fore than 90% of the scrap laad supplies cose to the shelter froa the scrap osaler and lass than lOJt di rectly frea industry, and sere than one-half of ail scrap lead consists of battery plates. In fact, according to 0. S. Bureau of Vines statistics, in 19L7 battery plates accounted for 60$ of all scrap supplies. This was an alltime high but previous years still show this source was $0% to 55% of the n total. I * There are today s o bs h,230 dealers throughout the 0.S.A. engaged in collecting and breaking up battery pistes and of these, tone 1,200 dealers art regular truck or carload shippers to the aaelter. To the dealers as whole, battery plates represent toraia/cwis* the Ko. 1 scrap itta on the list, out ranging by fr any other nor.-ferreus grade of scrap. Y- r 19b7, saelters re port total receipts of 362,0V) t ns .f battery plates, nil* the next itea in dealers' tonnage is copper scrap, welch probably dll t.. t utount to nore than 120,000 tons, or 1/J of the tonnage of Littery plates. There are individual dealers who actually derive their entire livelihood frua Ivindling batteries and who ship annually thousands of tors of j-lntes to the aaelter. On the other hand, because of the huge tonnage involved, battery plater are also the aost competitive itea among dealers and turned over in nomal tinea at low margins ; of profit. I have heard nany tlaea dealers chaplain that they average no acre than 12,CO per ton grosa profit .n handling buttery plates. Nevertheless, it it considered by many as a kind of 'loss lender,* Just as a dapartaeit store trill sell a popular article at little or no proiit to attract cuatcoars. i i "y^^gsr U-iWi `ege|WWwe^wys..jniv.om9ns^pses^gBsgawsBj^sBgk|.Wp|i n *- ii. nw N 2032.01 LIA23151 r r f a i i n u f t ^ i f^thfcaililniinfliiiMUttfiihl'MIfciilfliflYliWi11iiii^iMHIiliiTiiimi ill iniMMfteiiMiil 9 Xttde from battery plates, the balance of ItOf to $Of of the scrap lead supply cones to the smelter in various forms such as cable sheath, chemical sheet lead, plumbers letd, lead drosses, end lead contents in various percent* age metals. Nov, let's look at the second;ry smelting industry. There are about 200 to 250 small and large lead and lead base alloy smelters spread ever all parts of the 0. S, A. Of these, shout 20 Individual plants produce as average of over 1,000 tons of lesd products per month, from Lo to 50 average between 250 to 1,000 tons and the rest probably overage between 50 to 250 tons monthly. These are ey own estimates, which Z believe ere not too far off. In 191*7, car Industry produced between 2*75,000 and 500,000 tons of prod ucts, which is an all-time high and is probably clso rather dose to the indus try's present full producing capacity. There is no break-down published yet as to the distribution of this huge secondary production, but ny own guest would b that since the demand for antlaonid lead was pretty steady during last ye-r, mort battery plates went in to the prediction of grid metal. Probable 300,00 to 325,000 tons of antinonial lead were produced, about 30,000 to 1*0,00C tons of lead in solder, ebout 50,000 tons in percentage metal such as babbitt^ bearing metals, type and temee metal, end about 50,000 tons in the form of soft lecd, sheet lead, and extruded lead. The outstanding quality of our industry is its ability to switch frost one product to another as market conditions cry require and to utilise scrip alloys of all kinds by taking ecvrr.tege of all or most of Its ingr*Mer.ts. What may be an impurity to a primary producer in treeling scrap and dross, may be an asset to the cccar.dajy smelter. 1 wes gratified to reed in one of the recent year books publiched by the l'. S. Bureau of Lines some interesting and complimentary remarks about the skilled metallurgical werk done by our industry and the general luck of recognition of the ingenuity of a secondary smelter who must find his sources of supply from the lowest cost scrap available and yet be able to switch his production, emetines from month to tv-nth, depending upon what his market requires and v-h-re he cm moke the most -ro'it. However, I in not here to tell you cf the ir-ortrnce 0f our industry, lou are apparently aware of it since you have invited several second try smelter* to this reetlng and myself to give this talk. Put I would Just like to sdd thst very likely, the total manpower oceuried in collecting, sorting, shipping, and smelting sersp ir far in excess of that ec-loyed in this country in mining, concentrating, and am-ltlng lead ore-, rhetb-r the same is true ss to capital invested, I ao not 'blc to state. With these preliminary remarks, I now com- to the mtn topici The Relation of Secondary Production to the Total lesd Picture. In order to studs this interesting develop-vr-t, I hsve prepared some tables covering a pverlod of twenty years. I ahull not threaten you with the reading of these tables here -- by the time I hod flnl'hed, /ou would be either aound asleep or would hsve withdrawn to the nearcat bar... However, for those of you *vo enjoy looking at statistics, I have copies of this table available, which I snail bo glad to hand or nail you. But I would like at least to tell you what thsss coaparlmons show and what conclusions ws may draw from then. i TWW a unijM.. rwer CTB" w mmmmz -*. *.i -a LJA23152 uUa4fr-u,-,- '-"-vTiVi >k^ -3- For cocparative purpose*, the'e figure* coyer lead -- copper -- tine -- for the period from 1928 to l>i7. Some of t .* I0I7 fleuros are estimates! all the rest rre taken from 0, S, Bureau of Mines and American Bureau of Metal Statistics source*. i Mhile donestie lead nine production docllned fro* 627,000 ton* in 1929 to 375,000 tons last year, secondary load inerfsed froa 300,000 tons to 1475,000 ton*, 19^7 showing the highest recorded *rcondf.ry production. Measure : ing scrap in percentage of total U. S. production over the Fact twci.ty years, our table shows a fairly conatrnt irrre.-rc since l^BB froa 321 to $!.i last year. Tcs, believe it or not, in the past y* -r 563C of our domestic lx: pro-.kiitica cone froa secondary sources. This is -r.-i.tc n record, but we should realist that while true, it is not truly cov*"-**-!* with the historical relatlor be tween primary and secondary sources, ihu is *o because since l?i J wi h*~i bocoac a lead importing nation ard it is not entirely frir to cor-pare .do.-. rtlc scrap against doncstic cine production when we produce no j sotac of o i- r< !",> froc toe lead which wc import. Therefore, w should riphtly compare srruj tonnages against C. S. lead concusptioa and cn tr.ia basis, our telle Jo-s that ' we have cade no striking advance over the pret twenty yctv.s, Tr.- -.-Ten'./-, ear average is 37.5X, which is exactly the sane percentage tz "ve r/er:t-s tie five year period Cron 1928 to 1?32. The prat two 4.--ever, n'.cTw d 12*., but as e shall point out later, ce believe that l'ofi nu 1-4:7 wrre, in -i.c. respects, abnormal years in scrap prodncticn. 4 is I've *nid, over twenty year* secondary lead g-vc us 3?.^< of nr 0. S. lead requlrer-rts. In copper, hoi'cver, the equivalent fipjrrc ho- only 27?, figuring tom.ges for old rerrp only. I htve elia&r.it'V p.-..s* kill run-around* ser.v* free the picture because I believe that to dd . . scrap only confuses tho cocarleon. But *n coptwr, the variations tr. fere n*.- ages froc year to yerr ere cuch Tc-tr then in lend nd show a lour a. *>f: .a one ytar against a high of 52? in other yaarr. it far as tine is cjr.ee r-cd, the twenty year ver:ge is 1L.2JC rtth vr/ sllo-.t variations froa year to yier. Most tine consumed is irretrievably lost to the ^cr.-p certet as It goes into the production of grlvmlaed steel ond lr.'-s :llor*. To summarise, our tabic slews thrt of th- three base metals, Iced secondary supplies 37.5$, copper secondary 27.2>, and tine secondary Ui.Tf. But we have also seen in lead rr.-cor.drry pro ductile, r constant rising corparod with totcl 0, S. production, which, to the e.rc extent, is neither Into for copper nor for tine, is far es domestic lead is concerned, ><on<t-ries have b* coco the big sister end mine production tnc msdler one. that conclusions can wc dr.-..- froa those figures end -hat docs th* future hold in ctore for ust Before s .culrting cbout the future, pemit to to quoto you tho famous answer which, according to the Bible, inoa gave when he was asked to prophesy couing ev-nts, Neither ro ! i prophet, nor the sen of a prophet, but rtthcr a shepherd froj the hills,* I don't prof.-sc to bo a prephot, or even a Shephard froa toe Milt. 7h< rw arr n. hill* t ay kr.jwledge arewid lcwer Broadway, although there xiy u, s'mep in -all Etr< ct. So, in all nodesty, I autoit th* foilowing J 1) The first Inquiry 1st ttiiat secc-Mt-Ty proauctiun ny w expect for 19hfif It acoos to me that 1917 production was soncwbst unusual and la not likely to be repeated soon again, Wc had two important factors which contri buted to the record tonnage. Or. one hand, tho rtoady incrcaso in lead price* MNgpiH ^um-ugs*) JIawyypyrsisvwi'J^jpBiiigyuu. miwurw "m pm rm m rm  k - wul ^j p iu mj i L-l-i - -. -a --r. yw; -. . *-- "* r - 'y. ^ - *5h ^ *-.'- ^ * t * i i -I- of to March brought out a huge tormRgo of hoarded scr-v from dcflors, aalters, and industry. I venture to say that of the 1,75,000 tons produced, sons 75,000 to 100,000 tons did not represent current orodiction, furthermore, considerable tonnages of tOA surplus cane to the smelters, consisting Bslnly of submarine battery plates, lend forming i`les, end sons cables. Soa* of these were alrerdy smelted in 191,6, but the loli? figure may amount to as tmeh as 35/1j O,COO tons. Today, the derlers* scrap yards are back to normal inventory and we cannot expect in lbL8 any surplus fron previous years. Likewise, little WAA surplus is cooing on the market. On the credit side, however. <H km the constantly Increasing automobile registration, which Beans Bora bittefy plate scrap. According to the A.K.A., wc had on December 31, lli7, s o bs 31^000,000 motor vehicles (passenger end truck) registered, which Becns 7,000,000 Bore ears on the rood then before the war. Taking all these factors Into considera tion, I would suggest that we expect for 191,8, a total secondary supply of be tween 350,OCO and 375,000 tons. 2) that is the distribution of the sacondary lc-rd production In 19U8 like ly to be? I have pointed out previously some of the unusual features of 1?I<7 as is tonnages. Another unusual feature of the past year has been that the de mand for antirunid lead end other lead base alloys war so persistent that practically all available secondary lead has been used for alloy purposes. Xn fact, considerable tonnages of Virgin Iced are required by secondary smelters for the production of tin end le*d base alloys. X n Inclined to believe that the rttr.rnd for all kinds of alloys this year will be considerably less thanlest year. The first fr-w months of this year hav'1 already shown a decliningdemand for Iced b- -< Toys, while soft lead is still on the critical list. Ondor normal cor-".L'-ns before the war. there was iilwcys an excess of scrapsupply over alloy d<-: r.d. As we go back to ncrsal tine*, this condition should return again and with it, an increasing tonnage of scrr nc- be svailablc to rrtnry or secondary refineries tor the production of soft lead. Although, as pointed cut before, the totrl scrap production this year may drop to sor.e 350,000 to 375,000 tons, I ^el'erc tr.rt out of this tonnage, a larg'-r amount of soft lead r.lll be available to the rrrkit than during tho past year. It ia Just impossible tb make e*y gu'-'s at this early date about the tonnage which may bcoet available, but I b I'.cvc that you can certainly look forward to sotoa help in your soft lead ixquin cents frow secondary sources. 3) I* secondary Iced likely to influence the price of load in 19l<8? I cm asking this question because In ny own xferirnec, X Have twice Seen a condition arising where secondary influenced th-- price of primary metal. In 1930, with copp .* at 13f, it sas the appearance of large tonnag. a of scrap which, after abate nonthc, CMjaed the d-.-clino to lii.OOf. A slcllar development took place in 1737, rlthough not quite as drastic. Now since scrap lead con tributes percentagewise more to tre lead picture than copper and linee we have now reached an all-time high of 15.00#, could scrap lead force e price redac tion? It is an aemitted feet that secondaries are ruch more sensitive to market Jevclopnenti than primaries, nevertheless, we have today a condition where we have becoae a lead importing nation and if the alloy Industry earaart -- msmm ' ' f " l i ^3i5A X -5- absorb 11 the scrap which cones on the nrrket, rnJ *r# soft lead becomes available fron secondary sources, it will only replnce sons of the lead which is now inported without necessarily having a depressing effect prieewiss. There is one basic difference, as I see it, between the lead and cop per scrap picture. The cycle in lead froe product to scrap is far shorter than in copper. Between 50S and 60S of our scrcp lead tonnage cones to ua in the fora of battery plates and since the life of the average battery is SStil nated today at sixteen aorrths, it neans that it takes core than one-hrlf of our secondary tonnage less than two years to return to the sersp pile* Is for the rest of the tonnage, sons 10S cooes to the taelter in the fora of dross within three to six nonths after it is produced and tha balance, consisting of cobles and sheet lord, nay require a cycle- of fro* ten to twenty-five years* This Beans that our national reserve in lead which will return to ua eventu ally in scrap fora, is potentially rush less than in copp.-r, because in cop per the cycle for all grades of copper end copper alloys is not less than fifteen to twenty-five yc'rs. Figuring the yearly consumption on a emulative basis, it scens clear that oar national reserve in co; jvr Is aany tlacs larger than in lead, free this we c.-n drew the conclusion thrt the scrap dc.-lcr, with his well developed sixth sense about markets, c?n drr.-., in an over-extend ed and declining market, c ftr bigger su->pl7 from the huge copper reaerve than from the smaller lead reservo. But let bc assure you that the secondary smelters and rcrap dealers prefer to op.-rate at all times in lev rric'-d markets, They dread nothing so such as inventory losses. Since they cannot h dgo their inventories or sell futures except st considerable discounts, th-:y have every reason to feel safer when Ic'd prices return to norail. 3 Before closing, permit me to ark" Jurt * few r-narks on recent events. We hive heard lately of led being sold at *fre;- rhet prices by secondary sources and of huge profits wade on such de-ls. Suen sales there *y be and aone big profits may have been made, hat by cxd large, the dealer or smelter who sells at a premium passes on to his supplier nost i f the benefit which he derives. Likewise, during the third quarter of last year when lead was rettlr< hard to sell and ths narnet looked like a sure drop, cony of cur friends sold < their lesd at prices far below the 15# level, but I doubt that they received anyone's sympathy, nor were they entitled to it beesuse as soon as they sold below the market, they reduced their purchase price accordingly. It is a most wrlcooe sign that your Association la Inviting the coopera tion of the secondary inAislry for your worthwhile alas, tJntil now, it has seated nany t'sva as if the to -- primry and socond-try -- were very distant cousins and barely on a^rklng terms, I believe by gett.lr." together, both groups hnre only to gain and i ' I nay bo permitted, I wmV like tc make two practical sugg -stlons for a program right new. ; 1) One of the most serious problems in nr ln<'ustrv arisoa from the diveraity of sampl'ng B.-thods on battery plitrs. It seem* to w. at if every j saeltcr has his own method and nore tlee is uastcA dlieusslrg settlements on battery Plata* with scrap ahl prrs then on irrt other problem, I would cer tainly wclcooe It, If under tho guidance e!4 this Association, all the sw-tallurgleal brains of this Industry got together and recommended some acceptable WWIICWSWEPS -SB HSWIffMSgmujmi III w 'J-SjP'fWJM' ^ r -;/ .' ' .' ') *.' - k'( Ll^23155 r 6 uniforn enthod for the entire industry vhich would be fair to seller and buyer. ?) Although we arc tod^y * Iced Importing nation, wo still hare to pay an Import duty on load. The irrert duty on scrap load la temporarily suspended by Public Law ti97, t.Meh dates trek to the beginning of Ttorld Tier n, but ex pin,s on Juna X>, ll*fl. Although tonnages of Imported lord scrap are not large, many eacltcra hrr* bought such Iced fnd I hope that rubllc La* L?7 will be extended for st least another year in order to enable smelters to contlnuo importing scrap load while the lead shortago In this country continues. In conclusion, I wish to thank your Secretary agtin for the opportunity glren we and I sincerely hope that the secondary salting industry will Join with you in all constructive acasur s for th: comnon benefit and prosperity of our lead industry. .1 " w * v s iy p iii'i!m p w i M i n m 1 ' .t L S ^ iZ: 1-v V -^-y :'?;' "- - * LIA23156 Atffafa CWUWiSON OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY St'PPlY IN U. S. OF LEAD-COPPER-ZINC* 19ifl-19*7 .V v. ICAO i corrti 21 C ! t*a i: ttN 1411 mi my nx 1J 1*94 l*>7 . I. MOtKtfTI'H wire UT.tM iM.MO N.X< 40*.4X ] w.** j ii.W I *7,*00 J):.Je JO*.-' 311.*^ tsft.tK IH.JOO 200.-00 270. -0i 4*4. tOC 2?5. .v. * r - ; ;. 3 >.) .j l.t 42.0 44. t *1.3 >.i ! V. ft. OtOOuCTlOO . s. ft v*T?00 sett? 00 >oo 7*-.tOO 33.1 31-. 3).t ft*?. 700 01. Mime 13.000 1.0C1.400 47.200 wi.wo OLD SCO** 200.500 242.000 2*2.400 144.200 *i*.?#o 7.ft 272.00C 114.400 ft sen? 14.1 21.4 25.0 22.7 >.i I ftt o t al . s. | co5t*mo* JCtAO I 040.300 20.) 1.244,000 12.4 1..3..3W 23.3 o**. 300 .T 3-..M 3.| . *. MNUCTIO. *tf - .*90 m,u>i CM7 74.000 ttjtM H.M 2.3M 24.000 ft 101*7 11.5 1M *. U.T U.4 10TAL 0. ft. f CMUMMIOO 5C**f 570.100 43-3 579.000 12.1 13.4 u- 2:4.400 13-2 441.100 400.000 S3*, too .M0 470,700 IM 42.? 50.1 41.5 00.5 225.000 2*4.000 Ml. 000 0*1.000 4>4.TOO 1*0.500 112.400 210.300 204.700 3.30* 3*. 3*.l 3S. 244 24. 320.00C 200,100 525,000 55,000 1,007.400 . 52.4 94.0 1 3i.a 21.0 304.400 355.400 412.200 *41.OM 551.200 54,590 0.330 77.000 *3.400 40.400 15.2 10.2 15,7 M.O 14.2 325.700 Mi. *00 *57.700 534.000 570.300 50.2 UA 14.0 17.4 1 15.4 ( : Jtt.TOO :v 4K.C90 1*40 ! 437.0C ltt M1.40C m.m ) 453.904 1M ! *:t.tco IX} * xo.ioe ftt4 . l.M lt*7 I ?M ** 2*i..'*.J JSMX 323 we W.1M 991.*00 >o.* 9*2.*co Tft.OOC >7.1 5* 1 *3 9-0 4t.| 40.t ft.t >1.1 5*4.000 <47,000 ?4?.*>w0 l.o<t.*o4 l.oor.oa 41.1 >.J >3.3 3'.* 33-3 i.ioc.cec !.(*?. eoe l.ttX.OOC 25.000 1.141.000 31. t >0. X.) 2.4 *1.4 542.300 712.TOO 004.100 111.1(4 i,^i. >c p 1.019.000 1.005.400 773.000 504.000 71.000 M9.300 *.1.100 2**.3 2*7.000 411.700 521.000 504.TOC 347.700 3*3.500 427.300 2*.0 25.4 24.1 13.* 27.ft 32.3 3>. 3.0 M.O yi.t 041,400 52.500 1.215.>0C 1.527.300 1.794.500 1.704.000 1.727.700 l.9C,700 1.145,000 1.479.400 21.4 rt.i 23.0 14.1 1 24.2 r*. 2M x- 3. 34.000 .*1.130 540.COC 452.009 .3^-WO 54*.30c .00 447.100 450.000 575.OOC 40.>00 70.000 *4,400 114,roc U2.4X 12.2 17.1 13.1 15.2 tut I04.70C 112.000 114.300 110,000 125.000 11.4 14.4 14.0 14.4 l.ft >75,000 407.500 477,200 744.000 T>C.t40 i4.i ; . 1M 15.2 15.4 5*4.300 045,000 021.000 I>.00 450.000 13-4 <3.3 11.1 U.ft - TTtM. j ! nx j i*i fI.WT.JW ft.tee.000 1.2 1ft.754,000 3. 14.054.904 ft.T21.2M 20.4 21.000.IX 1. Ml.004 1,041,300 U.4 11.7M.2M 14.2 * All f Ifrm refer t rt IM art*) co*te*tl ^ wtlftM fro* *rrtc*A Owrrtu *f Mrtal fttotiftkt **0 *U l. Ir^W * **. WHWwaqwwp ij j u iMip,apAig7i.'i.c-><gjW'W|jwy ,ijri.j*'w;wif1 'j i - iij .ii..in ijiuii jpy.iy MWi^tuawmw1> mm****- " - ' " ' ` ' " T? ` ,j. ' ix, ... ** ''\. _ - -. f. - .m- _ i ...5 i $ j j i e THE AKTD10WI UAJKST by E R. DONPChg KAKAGER, METAL fa.icKAuLs. KATIOKAI. UUP CO, Presented at the KTOIEHE A1!D MARKET CCi.TUgXCE Sponsored by METALLIC LEAD PRODUCTS PmSTCH LEAP TKOUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Hair Torit, March 16, l&fl Then I was asked to speak on antimony, I wondered whether I should tackle the subject frera the consumers or pro&joen point of slew, A cooiuMr, of course, could relate a sad tale of woe, of the difficulties ha has la cattin*; the type antimony he reeds, ar.d getting as ouch as he needs when he wants It most, a pro ducer also has his sad tale to relate, but fron an entirely different ancle. He has e very Halted supply to sell, and is frequently faced with what looks like an unlimited demand. Consequently, he has to say "nc" to air.y customers who ask for more octal than he can give them, and do so in a pic- .'\ut manner, in aplte of all their pleadings. Our company being the largest producer of antimony in the United States, also happens to be one of the very larko cjr.mnera of the metal. Consequently, we get it going sr.d carting, Tr view of tnis situation, 1 ehail aerely try to paint up saae of the highlights cf the situation, as though I was neither e buyer nor seller of antimony. As yoj probably know, the Goverment has Jurt extended the control over antincry and tin until day >3, 1915. Under tie prv.icnt control act, (Oeaeral Preference Order 1-112) the distribution and e nsu.^tion of antimony is regulated by the Office of Materials Distribution, Department of Caaaerce. iniIt there are no end use restrictions on ar.tlci.ny, tho centrals correlate the Individual demands for antimony with a type that is test suitable, :.j Uio supply of which is avail able. In other wordi, ever, though wt curselvue art large can*users of the metal, and even though we are the largert producers in the Jilted States, nevertheless, we Bust file our requirements for the -a- tal with the Office of Materials Distribu tion, the saae as any other consumr. Although the shooting war caw*- to an end about 2} years ago, the supply of antimony la ctill fer below what the consumptive requirements are la the United States. As a natter of fact, the situation seems to be getting progressively worse Instead of better. The reason, of course, is quite obvious, nxaely, that while the United States is tho world's largest consvner of U*. metal, our domestic production ol primary octal is distinctly limited. Th storage battery industry hat bean going great guns in trying to keep up with the eonsining demand in U-st industry, and as y.iu .:njw, antimony Is s very important alloying element in the tanufactun. of r.lor.-t.c battery plates. The metal la also nooded in the oanufncturu of type act.-.i, bearings, and in the hardening of lead alloys generally. In addition, it is used in paints, oenuaios and for fireproofing - and each of these industrial has boon asking for a great deal more mitimony than is available. Mmiii...mijpw!UA^AimPwqw--u>HMiiuiwijimaajiw i taw'Ji mil' iiUimeiaBMMWjlMSijii'J m in mi N 2032.02 LIA23158 m K--.T."S -2- The Office of Materials Distribution recently compiled s tabls showing ths supply of antimony, its uses, anJ th* utocks that ars held by the Oorernment and industry, Yhils the flaures for 1968 are only estimates, 1 think the table (ires a pretty clear picture of what faces t he industry^ AKTIMOinr. U1JITED STATES SUPPLIES, CONSUMPTION, AND STOCKS Supply i mIei*Ta]l 19^8^) Domestic mine production Imparts of ore Import! of metal Scrap 1,912 e,76i 6,662 20,64* 6*800 6,000 6,000 18,000 TOTAL 38,55? 32,800 Domestic consumption and exports: Allays Paint and lacquer Frits and ceramic enamels Flameproof compounds Other Processing loss 30,836 1,1*02 1,767 157 3,226 2,338 23,000 1,600 1,700 600 3,500 2,600 Total domestic consumption 3?,706 37,600 Exports 1,512 2,000 Total consumption and exports U, 216 39,600 Stocks (end of porlod)t Ocvermsnt Industrial! Primary forms Scrap TOTAL 6,700 6,700 Ji22 15,/o 100 6,700 2,500 9,300 (i) Preliminary (B) - Estimated lou will note fron this table that the available supply for the current year is estimated at 32,800 short tuns, as compared with 38,55? tans in 19L7 a decrease of about I5f* I as not too sure that we will reach the estimated supply of 32,600 tons for this year, because in this total sre included It,000 tons of natal that are expected to ccoe into the United States from Chba. There is no doubt in egr mind that It,000 tons could be scraped up in Cldiut, but, whether under present disorgenlted conditions in China, collections cm re affected, end whethsr shipment can be made to the Unite 1 States, are entirely problematical. Wifi* ,Miinim , . i m. i--wlrtlrtil 11 o ei iftf fjSBULMP LIA 2315*? p - - 3 - Aiida fra* our on production of About ti,800 tons this year, ths ohif soure* of supply is Mexico, The United Stetes bed been receiving fair ton nages froa Bolivia, but 2 doubt whether we oen expect to get as much from thst country this yesr as we did in 191i7( beoeuse a large pert of Bolirla'c produotion for the first half of 191,6 has Already been sold to consumers Abroad, The emount to be recovered in the fern of scrap is estimated at 18,000 tons, but there is no assurance that it will reach this total, and at the rate thkt scrap has been casing in lately, the total is likely to be such smaller* Consequently, the 32,600 tons estimated supply say be reduced saterlally before this year is over* Added to all this shortage is ths fact that the Government is most seri ously concerned over ita dwindling stockpile. As you know, antimony is regard ed by the Army and Havy Munitions Board as ona of t)e very important strategic SLateriala that are to be stockpiled. How large that stock,die is to be, is s - strict military secret. At the end of 191,7 the Reconstruction nnance Corpo ration earried a reserve of about 6,51,6 tens* As of Pebruary 1, 191,8, this reserve stood at 6,2iUt tons. The indications are that this reserve will have to be dipped into still further ss the ye-r protases, in order to take care of those consumers who simply oust hare the metal. I can see very little chance of the Gorenxsent being able to build up any appreciable stockpile of antimony this year* 1 It is for these various reasuns that the Go'.cmsent la seeking to retain control over antimony and, in the li,,ht of the facts that I hare outlined, I do not believe that Industry can build up a good e&so in opposition to such control. If controls were removed, I very much fear that there would be a sad scramble for the metal and, even though ouch competition among buyer* night forca the price to still higher levels, my own conviction is that a higher price would In no case servo to increase the available supply. Consequent ly, I cannot help bat feel that the antimony inaustry faces a continuation of control, as does the tin Industry, and for the very same reason. -? '.1 j " m -wmrt~ iur st'Mps -5 '.V: "^^3P ~ - " ' 'V LU23162 ragL^'slStoMrtasd -4 o J - : : p p b l ic r e l a t io n s t r o r l ps or p l u mb is * *v MANFRED BOTDIICH DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AHD SAFETT LEAD ir'DDSTRISa ASSOCTATIOW Presented at the HTOTTM- K'.Z) "ARKET CONPEREHCI Sponsored by METALLIC IJAP PRODUCTS DIVTSIOM LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Hew Tork, March 16, 19U8 ,i A* a newcomer In thu lead industries, I should perhaps explain shat I aa and what I aa not. Bavin* devoted the last twenty-three years of wy life to rather generalised work in industrial or occupational hygiene, lead poisoning has been only ore of a great many health problems with which I have had to deal, and I cannot suke it too clear that I a-s no specialist or authority in this spe cific field. I was for six years in the employ of the General Electric Company, mainly as an industrial hygienist in their J'edical Department, so I haws seen industry from the inside. I was for f.-'irteon years in charge of tha Industrial hoalth work of the State of Massachusetts, so I can qualify as an ex-bureaucrat. Our state laboratory carried on a considerable amount of research, and sy last two year* hare been as part of a very well-known industrial research organisa tion, the Saranac Laboratory, so, though no scientist cysolf, I have been pretty Intimately exposed to the eethods anl thinking of one sector of science. But a month and a half with the Lead Industries Association is hardly the basis for any great erudition on the subject of Public Relation* Problems of fluebis*, so I hope you will bear with as in the few words I have to say. Yy work for your industry, as I visualise it. will fall mainly within two categories, the promotion of hygiene in the production ani industrial use of load, and the disseednation of factual Information with regard to lead'a real and al leged hatards. The first of these it not priaarily a natter of public relatlona. and I hare thua far visited only ono giant of wr member companies, so I will con fine myself to reading an excerpt from a 1' tter of one of /ur most noted medical authorities on lead poisoning, written on learning of ey nuw connection. For a goodly number of years, I have bee-, d-xply Interested in bringing about aors effective control of lead exposure, both in the community at large, but aore particularly it tha lead trades. Ky lapresulon is that thus* industries, by and large, have not taken full advantage of the available infor mation that now enables ratlsfuctory control to be achieved. : I should like to see the lead trades generally brought into such a state that wo emjld say and demonstrate that this hy i gienic problew had largely been solved. It is entirely poa. , ibla to do this, and I hope that the lead industries will not wait until the state of society am the attitude of or ganised labor compel then to do what they could have done with great profit to themselves and to the coecamlty, at a such earlier time.* yilisi*1 N 2032.03 LIA23163 I -2- Ky second category, the dlsseainitlon of factual information, obviously goes hind In hind with ths correction of non-factuil bclilfs, thit body of per suasion with regird to lead, both medical ind liy, for which Or. Client* his coined the word "plur.bophobii. Hiving hid s hind in then sgrself, I know thit legislation ind governmental regulation will beir witching, ind 1 know thit leid his icquired in unsivory reputition in the fields of public ind Industrial heilth, by no neins ill of it deserved. In getting it the ficts md lifting out the filliclel, one could hardly oak two better guide! thin the leid poisoning statis tic* ind incllliry pipers of the late lir. Frederick Hoffman, coaplled by his froa 1901 through 19U3 ind entrusted ty his to our Association, ind the pains taking work of Kr. Zoreser which bore such fine fruit in the conference an leid poisoning arranged tgr his with the Aserlcon Medical Association In 191*6. It la y hope that the former say be brought up to date and c.trried forward, and that the quality of the latter may it least be approached. Sorae breakdown of the witters which hive thus fir cose to ay desk say perhaps best serve to illustrate whit I have .tust said. Either arbitrarily, I classify then is occupational, research, puhlie health and regulatory probleas. There hive been but two in the last-nosed group, certain provisloot of the Hew fork State painting code and an apparently quite drastic lead law recently en acted in Queensland, Australia. The painting code will be the subject of con ference with Dr. Oreenburg of the Ken York Statu labor Department and, as 1 first step, 1 copy of the Australian statute is being sought through colleague t Broken will. The public health questions, also only two, involve the iaportation of leid-palnted toys, in which the Interest of the Public Health service his been enlisted, and 1 request fo.* assistance in a problem of lead in the water supply of the city of Halifax, Sava Scotia. This is assumed to be similar to the Sew England experience and will bo taken up in Boston later this Booth. Seven research natters ire currently claiming attention. Three concern leid poisoning therary, two of then involving HAL, the British anti-Lewi site is to which there is narked difference of opinion in scientific circles. One is with regard to a newly established toxicolotical service, another is 1 roentgeno logical publication on skeletal changes in childhood caused by lead, and the two remaining relate to plucblsm in cattle ini in ducks, both subjects quit* new to 07 ken, Johns-Hopkini and the Universities of Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and Virginia are involved, and correspondence is quite active with several of these seats of lsarning. Of the occupational questions, also seven to date, five have bad to do with plant control sethods and could be quite simply hanl.r-J. Another was gener ated by four apparently genuine cases of lead polsonlrq occurring in shooting gallery attendants in Baltimore, as to which both tho finalngi and the proposed preventive Beans have been ascertained. The ost amusingly interesting occupational item cane to us through a telephone call fro* a aecber corapa.qjr, asking that we lock into an alleged lead poisoning case at the plant of a concern to whoa wire solder was sold. A coll to the conpany nurse brought information that the patient was a girl of twenty who had for four years been engaged in the light assembly soldering coatoa to radio plants, thit she had not previously beer, employed, and that the cilia was based on the diagnosis of her personal physician. An inspection of the departBent where the girl had worked uncovered nothing not usual in this type of ? >K ';f.!,,^-r; ' ;\.-^"^'4vV;.. ". .'.j,-' LIA2316A Q f" " .' "' ; - s - 3 - employment end nothing In the least likely to cause pluablaa, as Indeed there had been none reported aaong the forty workers similarly engaged. It was said, however, that the Insurance carrier had Indicated that the dais would probably be allowed. borne days were permitted to elapse before an appointment was wads with the girl's physician, who remarked that be had heard that we wr* inresti- gatin* the case. On calling or. the doctor, again some days later, he told we that lead poisoning was eooewhat out of his usual line, that he had no* wade sows teats which he had not previously undertaken, that he had withdrawn his dlggnoaia of lead poisoning, and that he would so notify the state authorities. iV-v In a paucity of words coeoensurate with tho brevity of *y expertsoos la sgr present work, I have tried to outline its anticipated nature and ^iat has transpired thus far. In dosing, though I do not doubt that most of you are familiar with what we call the "green and blue reports,* I would like to Bake sure that you know that single copies are available without Charge froa the Lead Industries Association. The titles are "Occupational Lead Exposure and lead .1 j Poisoning" and "Methods for be teraining Lead in Air and in Biological Vaterlala," and both are reports of tho Cossalttee on Lead Poisoning of tha American Public Health Association. They are authoritative and concise, and particularly tha first one, the "green report," should in By opinion be at hand wherever plumhisa la a problem. I.* 1 wwwa1rn-pa '--s**i*s. s. ' -'em1 mpe u nj..n fmy? >IJ|| w liywwggpPBBlJifffHMjl I"" LIA23165^ ihni 4junniii i ti , yy lt i unJ33H ad er es s By JU.TKTr FLETCIER PRESIDENT. St.~ JoSEftlTRAr OOHPAKT Presented at U HYGIENE AND &JJGZ COKfTKJKE Sponsored by METALLIC LEAD PRODUCTS DIVI3I0M LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIAHOK Hew York, March 16, 1?U iia faMMa e j I an pleased to attend this important conference on hygienic and econocic sub^ec's of paraswunt inportruvce to the acnufacturers of vrloua netallic prodacts. I as sorry that Mr. Crane could not be with u3, t'Jt :>c has asked as to convey to you his best wishes for a cost successful necting. He has always felt that the strength of the Lead Industries Association lsy In the fsct thst it was a vertical business organisation, representing nearly all eleaents lu the lead industry fboa tine to finished product. Re has believed that the lead niners hare ouch to learn fron studying the problens of their customers, and similarly, the nanufaeturers hsve mch to gain fron examining the aining industry'! difficulties. He has gone on tho essuaptlon that all part! of tha industry oust be prosperous, if the entire Industry Is to be prosperous, and that what benefits producers cust benefit th- coroners, and rice versa, or it la not sound. I think Mr. Crane's .Judgment, which wes shared by all of those who founded the Lead Industries Association, has been thoroughly vindi cated over the last 15 years or so, for I do not '.now of any one industry that cooperates so closely in their own, end the public Interest, as the lead industry. For one thing, there is no snt/gonlsn between buyer and seller, vd-.lch so often plagues other industries. Everyone la our Association knows that, in the last analysis, we sake our living floe the efficient cos$>etltlvw use of Iced, and that we rust do all wc eta to laprove our productive effici ency and to cultivate our oarkets intensively. The nanufacturera of netallic lead products cosprise an extreaely Important part of the lead industry, and as such, the Lead Industries Association should happily extend to then every facility for the consideration of their probleas. The conference which me are holding today typifies sone of the benefits, as, this norninc, the question of leni toxicity end ir^rorinr the fceelth standards were discussed this afternoon, the papers will cover the econoale phase of the situation* I should not be surprised to find that those of you who r> /wiping to sake this conference e success will conclude that you will w-.nt others to follow. The Lead Industries Association belongs to 'is all, and there Is no reason why it cannot provide nor# ncetlngs of this nature, if you want thew. I know that Headquarters, and tha Executive Cosdttee, till be piad to hear fron you in that connection. Jt'jMi'.s'wii* 1 -re4 jnaa.aw-iii u. ugai ..aj^jn.'jwws.1 ij su .i .g.j N 2032.04 nnHiiiHW|im' '4 --V - '* i*UL i^-JP PllW? " v -' "1 LIA 23166 T* -3- I i *5' o .1 S In coapariaon with the problens frclng cur nation, w* are apt to belittle our own loaediate problem. However, ww In the lent* industry are vitally affeetad by international events, because It will be necessary to import at leant 175,000 tons of lead If we are to hcvc, In 1916, the suae aaount of lead as In 1?17, Therefore, the foreign exchange situation, the effect of the Marshall plan, and the peace of the world, have a great bearing on our Industry, Another natter of solely doaestle la,ortance la the question of stockpiling It Is east unfortunate that stockpiles cannot be built up in tiaes of surplus production. If It Is necessary to have a stockpile of le> d, then the lead can only be obtained by reducing the amount of lead going to you and ether consumer* of lead throughout the world, Tou have proj-.bly heard considerAle discussion about the advisability of subsidising lend, tine and copper pro duction in the United States. It Is ny personal view that less lead will be produced if a governoent subsidy plan, like the wartime Prenlua Price Plan, la adopted. The reason I here this feeling la because nore lead has been produced since the Preniun Price Plan w*s terminated. The ultimate end of any governnent subsidy pirn will bo controls of profits, wages, salaries, etal allocations and decreased efficiency. Ih nation has yet succeeded In regimenting an economy without eventually refinonttng the indviduala and the companies whoa the economy was supposed to benefit. Our country has been built up by encouraging the individual to build for 11nself, and so to create wealth. Me have built a society thrt is unique In the world. Por the flret tine In history, hundreds of thousands of ent*rprl-cs, big and snail, competi tively operated and individually osnagtd, rre effectively creating wealth In teres of a better living standard for ell. let we seer, to have lost ground In our effort to cake this basic idea of our accicty ur. ferstood. The philosophy that nan and his affairs nust be sanagad by the Covemaent Is certainly a re actionary doctrine - you can therefore understand why I, and the other ncribers of the St, A>e Oreanltation, are oppo-*d to a governnent subsidy plan. In our opinion, we rust do our part to defeat the belief of the advisability of governnent nanagea-rt, because only as long as the Deans of livelihood of a people resain unrestricted, can they as individuals remain free. The simplest nethod to build up a stockpile, if one is needed, la to decide as to the tonnage of each netal to be placed each year In the stockpile, and to secure this tonnage by having a high price for the pcrticular octal screen its conaunption, and at the arnc tine stimulate its prediction. The free enterprise ayaten, free markets, and competition, are t beat Deans of decid ing what nines shall operate, and which shell close do-.'. Oovcrnaent Inter vention through subsidisation would be the first step toirj-d the nationalisa tion of the elnerel industry of the United States, a point which nay be over looked under the conditions of high price* and de-vand now being experienced, but which will becooe vividly apparent In titles of declining business. H ' WSJIWMU'ni"1 imnw.liM, J mile iS^g^g 1r :~' - J -. -- r' ~ :; lT nw DURING 19U7 AND OUTIOOK /OS 1918 ty unriN vc o l l s *n o CHIEF, TIN AND AiiTKOHT GECflOM Qf^IQ. Of MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION, DLPARrtj.Hr OF COfltERCK Presented at the HTCgKE AttD HARJCt-T CONFERENCE Sponsored by METALLIC IBID PRODUCTS DTTTSTOH m-. r-'W.. .'~c. :.-5h .' LEAD TtPJSTOZS ASSOCTATIOM Bee Tork, March 16, 1918 The pressnt shortage of tin Is the direct outg-owth of the wartime devaetation of Far Eastern producing areas. The United States which normally consumes almost one-half of the world's output Is entirely dependent for new supplies oo other parts of the world, jurln' the -rxr, the United States, like most of the other tin-consuming countries, was completely cut off from the major sources of supply. Although increasing quantities of tin are now brooding available fro* Far Eastern sources, this cncourxgin,, development is partially offset by lower produc tion In other areas such as Bolivia. At the April 1917 reetin^ of the Tin Stuuy Group in Tuarela, Bclgl, world production during 1917 aa esti-ated at 117,iXO tons. Final returns are not yet available for the year Hit it now appears that production aid not exceed 110,OOC tons. This compares with production of 37,030 ton- in 19*,6. In general, the Far Eastern areas showed the gre\test icprovuoent whll< th.ae areas upon which the United Stales was d-persdent during the war did not fart- so well. Production la Malaya rose frox about 9, $00 tons in Hub to 17,000 tons in 1917 and production lr, the Netherlands Last Iniie* increased traa approxiaatcly 6, $00 tons in 1916 to 15,910 tons In 1917. On the other hand Bolivian output probably declined at least 1,000 tons from the 37,$00 tons produced in 1916. Production In Kigtri* end the Belgian Congo was slightly higher* Good progress is now being mode in Malay* although such rehabilitation re mains to be done. The rusher of dredges operating had risen 'rot 17 in January 1917 to 19 in September. This compares with 1% In prewar use. Even better prog ress Is being sad* in the Netherlands East Indies. After the war eight new dredges were ordered. Six were built in the Netherlands end two (.n the United States) all have arrived at their destinativa and four are alroet/ in operation. The other four were expected to start production at the beginning the year. AS e result s substantial increase in production can be expected fru, the Netherlands East Indies during 1919. Available supplies of tin to the United States during 1917 wvr* 90,677 tons consistin', of 30,503 tons of tin in concentrates, 33,692 tons of pig tin and 26,162 tons reclaimed from secondary sources. Consumption, exclusive of smelting losses sod restricted by government control, was 67,593 tons, iniiestlng a small surplus for the year. Government stock* of pig tin roae 8,200 tons but this gain was counterbalsncwd by a sharp decline in stocks of concentrates. Stocks of con centrites at the gorerrseent smelter art si a minimum working level and productloo during 1918 will undoubtedly be limited to new receipts, UJ'i'-W LU i|HL qmrn ix l - *n wugia i T? swept1 w'1 '>U|"|WIX.JI" N 2032.05 TV ', ' '""' .' ."' " '"^''f : LIA 2316 8 r/ . . --- . Z> ___ _ ifem. 3 -2I The year 19U7 also saw a sharp rise In tha prlea of tin. With tha ending of price control in November 1*1.6 *h Reconstruction Finance Corporation, tha distributor for almost all tna tin in tha United States, sat the price at 70#, thereby stabilising tha market at this level. This action was baaed upoi tha price of 1372 par ton ez Singapore or Penang established by tha British 'Aniatry of Supply. The price of 70# for Orade t tin in Hew York was held until April 2 when the R.F.C. was forced to raise the price to 80# in erdrr to colons with the higher price for Bolivian concentrates under an agreement reached an tha latter part cf Uu-eh. Uher in tha year the R.K.C. again begin ncg.Uatlona with tha Bolivian producers for delivery of concentrates during 191.8 and again a higher price war expected. However, before the agreement was concluded tha British Kiiw istry of Supply took the initiative in setting tin prices by raising Its moiling price far pig tin fro* U37 to 510 per ton. This action occurrtd on December 16, In conforaity with this price the R.F.C. announced a telling price of 9l*4 on 1 December 18, On December 31, the R.F.C. announced a new agreemenv with the Boliv ian producer* calling for a base price of 90# f.o.b. South American porta. Since this was in lid* with the domestic prlea of 51.# announced earlier no change in selling price* was necessary. i The contlmin*, inadequacy of supplies haa nade it necessary to continue conservation and allocation controls over tin. The authority for these controls was extended by the Congresi until February 29, lSi.3 ty Public Lew #188 known as the Seccnd Decontrol Act, Legislation was introduced to extend the period of con trol for at least a year beyond this date. On February 28th the authority for controls was extended to Hay 31, 191.8 and before that tine exhaustive hearings will be held on the operation and desirability for continuation of controls. The controls or. tin are contained in Order X-L3 adainiatratod by the Of fice of Uat*rials Distribution, Dtpartry-nt of Coaserct. This order controls tha distribution of pig tin and the end uses of both pig tin and secondary tin. Both imported metal and metal incited in the Texas smelter are assigned to the Office of Hotels Reserve, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and ere distributed in aceortance with authorisations issued by the Office of liaterlalt Distribution, The p`l tin produced by private eorspanics from secondary rate rial la also sold by special authorisation. The pertlttod us^s of tin are list.d in five schedules of Older K--1.3. These schedules specify the uses and the tin content of the various permitted alloys and coatings. Order K-91, which aupplrxcnts Order X-L3, speci fies the type of tin plate which nay be used for cans and la one of the principal means of conservation. By means cf the shore controls it has been possible to bring the United supply of-tin into line with the basic need* of industry. The permitted uses, alloys and costings, hare been determined by years of experience and constant contact with tin-occsumlng Industries* Since the war the policy with regard to conservation haa been one of grad ual relaxation as more tin supplies became available. However, under this policy no provision can be made for addition* to the strate*ic stockpile under Public Law #5?0. Furthermore, the supply and demand outlook Ji such that little or no tin will be available for stockpile accumulation for at least 18 to 21. months. Thermfore, in November 19*7, the Secretary of Coeoeree announced that the use of tin plate for certain non-food items would be restricted and that the savings of tin *o effected would be made available for the strategic stockpile. Conferences with tha industries concerned took place in order to work out the most effective and least disruptive mes.is of accomplishing thla purpose. A* a result of those con ferences, Direction 10 to order H-81 was issued on January 30. This direction *VvhW> WJLr*-tm1!*> FVJip> 1*J wp I T-TSHRV esenw sm '.11 mm '.,:- J r' - -- Vk - - ---- - - -- '- T* ]T ' . ?:T-'--~ *--- ---CT" .*> ' - u : ; _ .3-. .... .. --"j ^ Z33-fcq uU -3- effective February 29, placed restriction on can manufacturer* and can ultra with retpect to beer, animal food*, coffee, lubricating oil and pigmented oil paint*. In general, the effect of the Order will be to held tin consumption for tin plat* to approximately 19b7 level*. During the war, supplies of both tin metal and or* available to the United llollor* were allocated by the Contained Raw Materials Board. When that Board was discontinued at the end of 19b5 in accordance with a Joint declaration tqr the President of the United States and the Prise Minister of England there was estab lished the Combined Tin Ceenlttee, which now allocates the pig tin exportable sur pluses of the world** major producers among consuming countries. 1b* original members of this Committee were the United State*. United Kingdom, Prance, Belgium and Holland. Canada, China and India later Joined the work of this Committee. The United States receives allocations fron the Committee in addition to the pro duction of the Texas smelter, the output of which is not involved In the alloca tion. The allocation system established an orderly distribution of a very scarce commodity of which the United States has no supplies. In 19b6 the United States received allocations of over It,OOO tons of tin octal from the Cooedttee, and in 19b7 received allocations of over 31,000 tons. Part of th* latter amount was from stocks found in the Par East after the Japanese occupation and Is therefor* - a non-recurring supply. The Coecitte* expect* to continue operations during During 19b8 world production should rise to at least 190,000 tons, and may reach 160,000 tons. This assumes political stability In Bolivia and th* Far East ern producing countries- Out of this production the United States should receive at least 32,000 tons of concentrates and 35.000 tons of tin metal. These amounts, together with 2b,000 tons from secondary sources, would provide supplies of 91,000 tons and without ary transfer to strategic stockpile would allow a consumption of 3,500 tons more than in 19b7, A decision to transfer t'n t> such a stockpile would mean correspondingly less tin available, and caisix-j lion would have to be held to 19b7 levela or less, depending on the amounts it* .lved. ^ * w pm Iii^air LU23170 y*?-s?Sri'ifhVn kflM^eaa. <5 * 6- rr? 0. S. SUPPLIES, CONSUMPTION AKO STOCKS t.. & supmisi Iz^ortf of Concentrate* - Ijeporti of Pl( Tin * ' '! Doaeitie Secondary Pi( Ha1 Domestic Secondary Alloy* ri c o n s u mp t io n a x d k z p o s z s i 1966 * 38,116 6,716 2,512 22,02J 69,369 80,386 12fcl 30,903 33,692 3,160 23.322 90,677 87,598 k-\ STOCKS t r January 1, 1966 January 1, 1967 January 1, 1 *.-. Government Concentrate W U Induet:rial PU Other 32.53* 23,350 16,SSI 8,60S 26,662 17,197 16.537 9,109 19,282 26,555 16,638 9.112 Total y 79,683 65.785 67,387 Fv .<. tr., - >< < y Doea not include Munltlone Board ctocka, < y The difference between auppllea and conaucption dooa not neeeaaarlljr *<jual the change In ctocka becauae saeltlng lossea are not taken into conaldera tion aa coneuaptioev. \3 liueiiaSuiSiwi tiishWi '.UWCTMM^e'FJMWBi Li**3171 SIM'AJtT 0, Pi-HEL DISCVS3jC.l (V LEJ.D SITUATIOH Presented at the HTOiDn: x.n u^orrr y:.TERSJ<cg Sponsored by TfTAIXXC LE/J1 ?!lfiroCT3 DIVISIOM UVJ3 IKEUSTRIBS A3~PCIATI0M Kew Tort, Karch 16, 19l>9 -a (As the panel discussion of the lead situation was Israeli c..Ur noraneous we are unable to proride the soir'lete reeerks of each speaker but tre presenting herewith a suscary of their remarks.) P/m Chairman, Simon Streuss, sales Bancger, American Soeltine n<* Refining Co. Irwin H, Cornell, rice president, St. Joseph Lcud Co. 4 & cf: Clarervre Glass, vice president. Anaconda Sales Co. Korsva Hlcknan, rice president. The Aaorican Metal Co. Ltd. Kell R. Taylo-., United States taalting Refining 4 Mining Co. Inc. V. The supply of lead actually shipped to consumers in 19li7 was the great est on record. Supplies rvcIV bio to consumers in 19h8, however, are not llka.y to be a: lrrge as in 1^J*7, -rtaarily because 1/at year it was possible to draw on stocks of ore and a.-rap accumulated during 19L6. In that year a series of strikes st large smelting rimtr interfered with production end the effect of O.P.A. price control tended to rtl'courege the collection of lead contained in scrap Material, such as battery plates. Actual new cine production in l^ltS Is expected to be greater than In 1917 both in the United States and in the foreign narkiv. If demand continues at present levels, however, tho supply nay be inadequate to oeet all consuaor de mands. A further factor conrllcatlng tho situation ia the probability of at tempts by the Oovomxnt to accumulate r substential stockpile of lead. This could only be accomplished at tho expense of reducing svrpllea available to con sumer*. Substsntlsl incr>. 'i* in new Mire production of lead cay be expected '.d over s period of aevorau. yurrs as a result of exploration and development work now under way. u.^awi rwi'jp- cyp" N 2032 w k.^JW.'lUPjjj **p*p TV `^ ' ',- -' S j. LIA23172 -f- In discussing the lead vituatt'n in va.-lous ooctlons of the United State* and abroad, attention was c;lld to tV fact that in tho Tri-State o p Joplin District, the nine production in tons of lea'" nrs greater in I9li7 than it was in 19li6 in spite of the drop in tine production and th* end of tha Proedua Price Plan in 19li7. -r In Southerat Missouri the labor supply 1* now adoquete, but tha district is very far behind in development work and none none? la being spent than at any other tine in history on developing known ore bodies end prospecting for aftr ones. The prediction in lli7 wm slightly lota than in 1L6 but it la hoped that 101,8 production would bo cprroxlmrtel* whet it war leat year* The Northwestern Stater, Idaho, Hontan'- end Wa*hington, present the aost encouraging picture for the limed) etc fut ire. There new developments and inprov ed labor supplies have already resulted in Increased production in recent nonths and a further increase qf as ouch tr 1$ per cent nty be a possibility. lapreved aethods are bringing lrrge tonnages of low grrde ore into production in addition to the discovery of new ore bodies. On the other hand, it is doubtful if there will be any ncterial increase in lead production in l?!r' in Utah and tho Southwestern Stotcs. In Otah several large construction p.reje v- are getting under way and the mining industry will have to conpete for labor in this area which has a litltid labor supply. Onder these conditions incrceed lead production can not be expected until the last quarter of this year at the earliest. liexlcan prediction is at least temporarily effected by strikes which nay srread and have a serious effect on productlor. Should they be settled shortly, however, their effect should not bt great on the total count of lead to be expected free Uexico thir year. Although production of lead frea Canada has been lagging slightly in 118 lr-orts will probably equrl or slightly exceed 19li7 import* froe that country. Peru is an x*rnle of a country where high price* for lead have resulted in little laprevcocnt In prediction. Labor in that country hr* little incentive to work because even with high r trgea they can not buy what they want and naod* PTo q Africa sons lsnrovcrwnt nay be expected. There are two important developments on that Continent which will add to supral c. One is in Koroeec and tho other in South host Africa. Production of lead froa Burma will probably be resuned on a snail scale lrt.r this yorr and Argentine prediction could be materially increased if aorc transportation facilities were rvallable* It was cnphasltcd throughout that considerabl* tine la required to do development work and to bring now ore bediea and new alnei into production. As exploration and development work is proceeding at an urtprccedonUd rate, tha outlook for thv long pill Is <.ncouraglng, but that cm not be said for the lmcdlato future if betand is nelntaiivd on rich high levels. * UTl-TI" muw m . wui.,111' mn\r TM ij.fiw -' '*"'" -iJa; .... *" ggjb-.-.gpj LIA23173 T15H I - LEAD SUPPLIES 19l*5 19li6 (tons) (tons) 191*7 191*8 (tons) (tons) (estimated) (estimated) Receipts of lead In doawatle era 387,733 332,876 1*01,336 1*20,000 Receipts of lead In foreign or* 90,776 5l*Bl8 52,31*7 60,000 Receipt* of load In scrap 68,060 L6.092 71.L80 60,000 Total* received at arbiters h?j 369 l*31i,616 525.163 51*0,000 Change In stocks of ore, sett*, and bullion, at snelters and refineries 412,1*65 423,112 U. S, prlnarjr refinery output 521*,328 1*13,903 -31,637 583,716 unchanged 600,000 Chang* In stock of refined lead at refineries 475,210 4 L,31*2 -27,191 unchanged Shlpaects fro* refineries Production ty 'secondary plants Inporta of refined aetal 5oo,oc3 1*U,U3 212,000 295,900 255,200 116,21,8 606,121 3U,320 159,512 600,000 320,000 150,000 Total shipments *-.rr:stable lead 997,2C3 823,561 hni.fy 1,070,000 '" srH-:i ~K *mjwM 7' ,u IW*S|f5P"W?5"WF**, LI A 2317 A TABLE XX - STOCKS Of LLO AKD LEA&-BEAaiW3 MATHtHULS Dec.31,ll6 Dee.31,1917 ec,31,19W (tons) (tons) (tons) ______ (estimated) (estimated) In ore and matte and In process at sadtar* In base bullion at shelters and refineries In base bullion In transit to refineries In process at refineries Refined pig lead at refineries Antlnonid pig lead at refineries 111,836 8,L53 ',?11 16,01*2 U.057 7,0? 77,lo> 7,65? 5,07 16,328 13,866 7,921 75,000 6,000 6,000 15,000 11*,000 6,000 Baaed on Aaorlcan Bureso of Metal Statistics. ill these figures are based on recoverable lead content. An Incomplete report of manufacturers* stocks indicates that during 19L7 these Increased slightly - perhaps 15,000 tons. dUp-Ma..... -...^ " a "frfr :<seymiwgswkpm,jBPjW|iiiw1 - 1 -X,+f . *. '&!>* m m w,ss^!*^^lK^B,r' * wy gipjwjf. w *b." ..,-r' _....... "jsa ,,,*J 'X >_.""< LU23lfc0 __ -v - -- i|i ^ r rr r.. v. "v r' ft v P- 'j, 3 d j *H \ ATTENDANCE at HTOIEKE AND HARCT CONFERENCE sw.'ii-'Kia mt iiT^L\'cnrci-r,'c.T!r;vjjvisjoi 0>' ISAD TNDuWSrAJliOCytffoil----------- American Brake Shot Co. L. t. Hamlin, M.D., sod)cal director R. J. Veber, Industrial hygienist The American Metal Co. ltd. American Smelting 4 Refining Co. Homan Hickman, vioe president J, Vulllequet J. H, Auburn ; ' t.'iV -;'''' t.itr-;:-:.- -_ Vtv:`- Q. B. Augustine :.' -.57. * B. Clancy. assistant sale* manager K. C. Rrownuil, vice president R. L. JwinU.t,iUnacer, Ore Par. Dept. S. D. St muss. sale* manager Anaconda Jtlu Co. Clarence Glass, vice president B^ira 4 Co. Inc. Jailan S. Bare Uon K. Rose Consolidated Mining fc Seeltlng Co. of Canada, Halted Division load Co. H. Koivirlcks, assistant to president K. A. V^lfklU, sales manager J. A. Stone, sales manager E. I. duPont de Seaours e-Ca T. K. JUrt, assistant division pur> chasing agent Dr. J. M. Herndon A. C. Jones, division purchasing agent R. K. Kars ha11 Dr. S. L. Nankin Eagln-plcher Co. I. R. Diet, vice president Electric Storage Battery Co. Dr. P. R. lanahan, eedlcal director D A. Sonnencair, purchasing department Ethyl Corporation E. X. Andcr.'on J. A. Cost alo Federated Metals Division Ar*rlcan Smelting k B fining Co, Olaser Lead Co. Inc. Vor,,e K. Baumann V. Poodle assistant to president Leo Ktlpera, assistant to president Paul Heraog, genoral **nagr, scrap purchasing department K H. Kathaaa E. L. Jkehouse, Jr., president D. Csurvierd R. D. igrlor,Kgr,,PerthJkbqy,HJ.Plant ftooerl Glaser, vice president Simon GUs.r, president Grant Storage Battery Co. Daperial Type Metal Co, Manfred Hus.bo, president L. S. Somers, rice president >e.g yipu.is.^j._i*l J(J. 14" I -JJMJ* BtyMi'j.1-1 ^ 2032.^ - . - ' .. - - - ,\ . ... ;3 :! a ! `s -2- *;.i..auci. />; h y -Hl ^l a ;<d iu r /^.t covrvnL.CE SPOhoOHEJ 3Y tiLl/J,LIC Lfc0 PrUDUC.L Ul.'IoIOM OF Lo.J J.uXljjnltJ ...joOCIwflO Magnolia Metal Co. R. t. Oe*t \. r. Killer Metro Smiting Co. Rudolph Spitaer Rational Uad Co. Morth imrlean dmltlng Co. Tha Okonlte Co. Phelps Dodge Corporation E. R. Dondorf, nan*gar, mtal purchase 4. R. Dree**, assistant president C. 4. Ooatty, director -5 / J. 4. Martino, president \,/- D. 4. Jkrton, director - ` 4. Stewart, dlrector of research f. J. Tcleh. Manager, mtal sales dept. P. J. WhitJun<sl,Mgr,r3r7 Rg. AOetic Brash R. C. rildncr, comptroller W. C. nicnti, K.D., nodical director 4. Charringtoo E. J. Ferguson, Tie* President R. S. itfcfer, vice president, sales R. K. Spofford, porchaslng agent J. Douglas, Secretary thelps Dod*e Refining Corp, W. W.11 Rochester Lead Work*. Inc. St. Joseph Leri Co, Sllversteln 4 Plnaof, Inc. C. Tennant, Son* 4 Co. Dnited imrlean Metals Corp. United State* Smiting Scfining 4 Mining Co, Inc. Rjman Tltner 4 Son* Enrln Vogelsang Western Electric Co. Inc. Willard Storage Battery Co. I. H. Cecil, {r-.-aldeot 1. H. Cornell, Tice president 4. Fletcher, president C. R. Inca, sales aanager D. Marshall F. E. Worrncr, aasl stent to the president W. Sllversteln, president Ox>. E. Biscay* W. H. Str.ct. rice president . R. Ta: lor R. Tiener Chief, Tin and IntlBosqr Branch, Office of Materials Distribution, 0.5. DepUof Caamrce h. 0. Rots, assistant purchasing agent T, 0. Stover, purchasing agent r. 1. Rule*, purchasing agent C, E. Murray, executive vice president B. X. Shaffor, vice president, in charge of sunufacturing finch#iter Repeating iru Co, ft. C. Swanton, vice president 1 roW'. mvrRS|^gJUAi|gppwi.sMMit.p y:jpi!Sjjg U, J. %*t > '