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Show u. I blw&au . MR. R-- r,. U. OF U. V li f r UK MINES HrlAD" ' tJITY -- .. it ira ALT LACK VAIXKX IMCLTEB nicH liRABf pif pwwl OOLU iim ..... UOPPU ZINC SILVER SILVER MU ' bim,' fliMlf MlltllillSl Miittill , (ht mm.Bw MtiH) ) (nr $C5t M.N IUt k on data tabulated : from reports submitted each, month by an iden-ticcontrol group 'of more than 1,100 nonferrous scrap ; metal. dealers whose combined transac-- tkns cover more than three- j; fourths of- the total for the entire nonferrous. scrap metal industry. ' .'Figures for each type of scrap were expanded by , appropriate j factors to include virtually all dealers in the United States. The number of nonferrous scrap met-a- l dealers in the United States is estimated to be approximately : 4,500, exclusive of peddlers and auto wreckers.) . (Prepared by F. H. Wright and W. M. Winbury, under the super-- ' vision of Thos.. H. Miller, Chief, Metal Economics Division, Eco j nomics and Statistics Service.) - al ! . i e - . - , brass nonferrous Stocks of. copper and ; Sees Need Labor Leader ... For: Free Enterprise - - . t. scrap scrap held by metal dealers increased to 48,65 1 short - tons in April, ending the downward trend maintained dur "Effectiveness of the Ameri'lng the first quarter of 1943, Re- can war effort is. being hurt, to ceipts barely topped shipments to consumers, but both fell from an indefinable extant, by a fear the' high March levels (Figure 2). running through bur whole midst A total of 44,172 tons of copper and brass scrap were gathered by the trade during .April, and 43,556 tons were shipped to con sumers. Receipts dropped very slightly (1 per cent) compared with March, but were 12 per cent greater than receipts during April, 1942 (39,490 tons). Dealers' Shipments of copper-bas- e scrap to consumers decreased 5 per cent from the March level, but exceeded April,' 1942, shipments by 13 per cent. This report does not cover all copper and brass scrap supplied to consumers, for a much larger tonnage was shipped directly from fabricators to brass mills and . " smelters. A total of 17,575 tons of copper-base scrap was recycled among dealers during April. . . . . . .Lead And Tin Scrap that the war's end will find: us in some sort of "a totalitarian state," says John P. Frey, president, Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, writing in the magazine Steel." .Some people cry out against what they think is an encroaching Fascist state, others against an encroaching Communist state" Mr. Frey continues. We visual-- , ize something; instead by which private enterprise and private initiative will be submerged under an overall- government and By private enterprise a free private Initiative, I mean system by which Investors, men with capital, will dare risks of enterprise in the hope of receiving an adequate return. : And by private enterprise and private I mean a free system under which workers will be able to Select their emlOyer and to be protected in their right to bargain collectively with him, a right to gang up, if you please, to assure themselves a fair return for their abilities and energies. I believe the organized .workers whom I represent there are some . 1.500.000 . .in. the. M$tal Trades Department and the industrialists are, together in a fear, perhaps. .vague; that this .system, under which we have Hved is cn . - tion" : -- . 0 Frey in analyzing' the out that points depression, profits and dividends rose out of all proportions to salaries and wages. This threw out of balance the consumers, ability, to purchase the rising volume of manufactured products. He concludes, It is to be hoped that . industrial management in the future will be mindful of the fact that wages mean purchasing power, and that wages and dividends must be kept in balance. Just as failure to pay dividends discourages investment of capital in industry, so fa'ilure to pass on .to the workers their fair share, of, profits invites disaster. It seems to me that nothing is more, important in planning .foe .the- - postwar period than a clear understanding by management and labor of the problems which they- - face, coupled with a joint willingness on the part of management and labor to work out joint understandings which will result In an economically sound distribution of the annua volume of wealth created by the and joint action of management ' labor." . . Mr. -- -- ex-te- y , ' should be permitted to set aside adequate reserves of the peacetime transition of their plants. to I am unalterably opposed the destruction of the private enterprise spirit through taxa- e, . um have a number of industrial applications, including use in reReporting on the condition of fractories, in making magnesium s mar- metal, magnesia Insulation he ferrpus and for boiler pipes and medicinals. kets in the 11 western d dolomite, employed chieflythrough the late spring, Don -as a steel - furnace refractory, chief of increased Partridge, associate 15 per cent in quantity Western M e ta 1 g says: , De- output in 1942 compared with mand continues to Improve and 1941, setting a new record which in many instances producers of reflects the Intense activity of the plpites, sheets, wire products and steel furnaces throughout structural shapes are unable to. year.' . accept orders for shipment before Mine of domestic crude rise is noted magnesiteoutput July. A half-poiin 1942 reached the e in the national steel ingot prohigh of 497,368 short tons, duction figure, from 99 per cent an increase of 33 per cent over in March to 100 per cent during the 1941 production of 374,799 April. In some districts, produc- short tons. Increased inquire-ment- s tion exceeded 100 per cent, while of basic open-heart- h steel in other areas less than 100 per furnaces for magnecent was recorded. sia refractories was the chief facOf outstanding interest was tor in the record magnesite ouf-pu- t; the award by the United States but demand for caustic-calcineMaritime Commission of 229 Victormagnesia in plastic mag- 68 Liberty-typ- e y-type, and 181 nesia flooring and magnesium tanker ships to Pacific coast ship- metal manufacture also stimulat.involving. 1,645,420 tons ed production. yards, of - plates and 298,489 tons of J3lesj0tf.deadJurnecLjnagnesit9 tructurarTMiapflSrThese'toimages in 1942, exceeding the .40th for plates and shapeston- increased record'1941 shipments. The bulk times" the exceed by many of the output-w- as consumed in nage placed.-durinany previous the construction and repair of inmonth in the history of the -- steel furnaces, basic open-heartdustry, ein this section.1 The new though some of the purer mater- Victory-typships, the first of ial was used in brfekmaking. An their kind to be awarded, are impending of magnesite shorta larger and faster than the Lib- brick was allevia by increased erty, type. . use of periclase with chrome ore .Oregon Shipbuilding Corpora to form the - kromag" type of tion, Portland, Ore., booked 105 brick, said to be interchangeable Victory and 17 Liberty ships, in- with or even preferable to brick in certain areas volving 308,660 tons of plates and 75,450 tons of. shapes. Califor- of steel furpaces. i Dead-burne- pre-193- . 1. 1 , nt all-tim- dead-burne- V : 1 - d ! d' ' 9 i . h open-heart- nia Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, Calif., took. 84 Victhink that we are more concern- tory, 50 tankers and 20 Liberty vessels, calling for 469,370 tons of ed" Mr. Frey points out that neces plates and 84,722 tons of shapes. sities of war have placed a cer Permanente Metals Corp., No.Vic-2, tain control over our lives cer- Richmond, 6 Calif., secured 75 liberty ships, requirtain controls over industry with tory and to coordination where ing 174,930 tons of plates and A view tons Of shapes. Yard No. necessary. With this control over 47,658 1,. same company, topk 35 Victo is. a clamor there Industry, regiment labor by way of being tory, and 25 Liberty ships calling fair. Such agitation, he says, did for 151,800 tons of plates and not come from trade unionists. 37,080 tons of Shapes. Kaiser As a matter of fact.-h-e says, ITou Company, Inc., Vancouver, Wash, would be surprised at the alarm booked 48 tankers involving 198; with which most of us have view 144 tons of plates and 19,632 tons of shapes. ed It" Mr. Frey says, Industrialists and Dealers stocks of lead-bas- e e scrap remained virtually unchanged during April, while receipts and shipments, to consumers both decreased, .from March levels (Fig. 3). Of 22,352 tons of lead and tin scrap received by dealers, 22,187 tons were shipped to consumers plants. Stocks of scraprlead and tin gained very slightly (less than 1. per cent), to close at, 31,093 tons on April 30, 1943.' In April; 1942, nonferrous scrap metal consumers dealers furnished with 17 per cent more lead and tin scrap than In April, 104$. Lead and tin scrap circulated among dealers totaled 7,180 tons dsnK&rcdf "The members of the- - America;. ' In April, 1943.. n Federation of Labor, to the Aluminum Scrap '. to tf which.. I represent them, 'concerned-todaAlthough aluminum scrap re- are certainly its muchthis in preserving system ceipts fell sharply during April, industrialist could possishipments to consumers Increased as any and as I have viewed the at the expense of the stocks bly be, parade over rerapidly moving cent years; X am inclined to (See NONFERROUS on pg 4) - tin-bas- ri . I Copper and Brass Scrap High In 42 me states Activity in the nonferrous scrap' metal dealer - trade de-- ! creased during April, according to the Bureau of Mines, ' United States Department of Interior. Shipments to consumers totaled82,543 short tons 'in April com-pared with 86,391 tons, in March, and dealers' receipts dropped to. 82,253 tons in contrast to 84,042 ' March. : tons gathered during ; Stocks coiittnued the downward trend, .but fell less than 1 per. cent, during April and closed the . .month at '94,699 tons., Consum-:ers .o( nonferrous scrap m at a 1 'were supplied with 82,543' short ' Qf.,3KhiQbL. iPS. !&. . withdrawn from dealers stocks, nnwniwii(Hii . since receipts from all sources DEEP IK: THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH begins . the drive (82,253 . tons) were slightly less as tree world. Miners, pictured' above, take than shipments. Dealers' stocks for victory and a were end of April, 1943,. from the rocks the ores which make the metals which make the !" 11 per cent above those of April, tools for, fighting on the battlefields and a shortage of mine 1942, net receipts were 6 per cent higher, and shipments to manpower is no less serious than a shortage of soldiers ia the consumers were 10 per cent lICTWo a. , ,, , greater than shipments in April, ' All-Ti- non-ferrou- . 1942. To Demand Up -- i $2.00 Year, $1.00, 6 Mas.; Metal ; It IL f the wwiri Mtk week. U prq-luctio- . ' imm nbfMi Prepared by Charles L. Harness' nesium metal and other products essential to the war program, and Nan C. Jensen, under the of Oliver Bowles. Chief. a new record In 1942, 4onmetal Economics Division, increasing 33 per cent In quantity Economics anl Statistics Service. over 1941, according to the BuThe output of crude magnesite, reau of Mines, United Stales Dea mineral used in making mag-- partment of the Interior. The n of magnesium compounds from magnesite, brucite, dolomite sea water, well brines, and lake brines also increased in 1942 com-- (NOTE: This report was based at-th- A Magnesium Output Rises nonferrous . i Artici ! Um iil hI B hhatrlN T DM iM th WmL Salt Loke City, Utah, July 2, 1943 . t ' OEVEC Features Mining, Oil, Financial 14, NO. 27 VOL. WNTUN MINERAL h magnesite disin its adaptability to the war program. The largest use was in oxyclxolor. ide cements for industrial spark- interior-mar- ; ftroof flooring and the decking. Fortunately, lower and more abundant grades of caustic-calcinemagnesite (82 to 84 per cent MgO before ignition) were suitable for this purpose. Oxychloride floors are particularly- valuable in explosives and aluminum-powde- r plants plants, as their electrical conduc- (See MAGNESIUM on pg. 2) - Caustic-calcine- d played a wide versatility d WPB To Continue Order U. S. Gold Mines ClosingAfter In addition to this valuable careful a WASHINGTON bor pool acquired by the closing order, much critical material has been estimated as valued at some Evidence submitted to the WPB revealed that the closing order has resulted in an increase in available labor supplies and stepped up production of other critical minerals such as copper, zinc and lead. Since the labor situation in the mining industry especially copcritical per, has been extremely ' fox some tiine, it is imperative that every available relief be sought and every possible remedy be applied at this time in order to meet the essential needs oE the armed forces, WPB has terials heretofore consumed in gold mine .operations are now being saved. This saving has been estimated as high as $20,000,000 annually. The War Production Board in its study of the gold mine situation took cognizance of many proposals advanced toward a solution of the problems involved. A continuance of the order was decided upon, with the right to appeal for exemption only if: (A) The critical material output of the individual mine makes an equal or larger contribution of the war effort than the materials and labor absorbed in operations. and (B) The necessary labor can be obtained without, drawing upon 'any essential war activities, am? certification to tills effect can be obtained from the War Manpower Commission. non-essenti- al DG&lS . decided. Investigation has revealed that, to date, at least 1,200 of the disgold miners have been placed metal moved into mines, 500 have been placed in ether essential industries and 800 referred to other Jobs with placement not yet reported. non-ferro- 975,000:000 . . la- study of the effects of limitation order closing gold mines, the War Production Board today decided 'to continue, the order in effect, and issued clarification of exemption ap-L-20- 8 4 and is moving into essential production at the' rate of about $100,000. a week.' Also, large quantities of critical ma- j |