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Show SHORTAGE IN LEAD IS HELD EVIDENT Through a committee of procuKr U.c Teed industry has come under covc-nutcnt 00" trol in much 1 he sa me v. a - a - f he copper production has been niauac-.ti for the past year or more. tn aid:tlon to pi vine san. imn to :rm :-actions :-actions a nd araneine ric i veries. a is done by the copper committee, ih le id producers, through a committee, handle the saJes end as well. From a position where a surplus existed, exist-ed, the lead situation has completely reversed re-versed itseif, and during the past fw months an actual shortage ha-s developed. August production was s'i'ntiy better than in July, while th1 September output is expected to reveal furihr gains. Shnrt-age Shnrt-age of labor, part ifuiarly at rer:nery points, will restrict tonnages of marketable market-able lead below a-'f-'a! consumm ive rc-quiremenLs rc-quiremenLs for some time to tome. Fos-ton Fos-ton News Futru. |