The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-30
BRASS OFFICIALS
GUESTS OF HONOR
American Brass Men In
spect Anaconda Mines
in Montana.
DEMENT'S NEW MERGER
George H. Allen and Clark S.
Judd Tell Hosts of Meaning
Of Recent Merger.

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I Making their first inspection of the
vast mining properties of the Anacon-
| da Copper interests in Butte and Great
Falls, Mont. six representatives Of the
American Brass company, all widely
known in Kenosha, are being warmly
welcomed there as the new bonds be-
tween the two companies are being
more closely cemented. They have
visited the copper mines above ground
| and. have. been amazed by the gigantic
shafts of the company with which they
are now allied. They have also gone
down into the bowels of the earth to
see the sources of the metal which will
be sent to the various plants of the
company, including the one at Kenosha.
The party includes operating and
technical chiefs of the American Brass
company, men who are familiar with
the manufacturing side of the bust
ness which is now intimately associated
with the Anaconda Copper company,
the producers Of the raw material used
in the plant. The party Of "distin-
guished Yankees" as they are called
by the westerners, includes George H.
Allen, formerly of Kenosha and now
vice-president Of the American Brass
company and in charge of the plant at
Buffalo; Clark H. Judd, president,
in charge of the Kenosha plant; W. H.
Bassett, technical superintendent; J. r.
Coe, chief engineer; R. S. Wildman,
general manager of the Ansonia
branch; and George H. Braman, pro-
duction superintendent.
Allen Tells of Merger.
The fasteners are being tested roy
ally while in the west. They were the
guests of the officials of the Anaconda
company at the Silver Bow club in
Butte, at which luncheon George H.
Allen made it plain both by his manner
| and words that there soon will have
been established the closest of business
ties between the great copper produ-
GERS and the great copper consumers,
the eastern and the western end of the
A. C. MA. B. c. interests.
Mr.. Allen, who is vice-president of
1.-THE American Brass company, said that
the recent merger or his concern with
the Anaconda company promised to be
of very great mutual advantage to the
stockholders Of both corporations. 1t
was a business proposition, the adj
vantages Of which already were evil
dent On the one hand it provided a
market for metal produced by one con-
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and adequate supply of raw materials.
What 1t Means.
'These are things you must already
know" said Mr.. Allen. "The American
Brass company is the largest concern
of it's kind in the world. In state
ment made by John D. Ryan not long
ago it was said that our company dom
mated the manufacturing and fabri-
eating situation in copper and brass
and that its plants had a capacity
sequalling approximately 1920 of the
total copper and brass manufacturing
business of the United States. He
added that this volume would utilize
the maximum production of copper and
zinc capable of being made by the Ana
conda company. That was why Mr..
Ryan and his associates sought an alli-
ance with our concern. In normal
times about half of the copper mined
here found market in foreign lands
Because of conditions we'll known
outlet for metal in large quantities,
and it became necessary to look for
other markets. Mr.. Ryan, after study
ing the matter, became convinced that
it. would merely complicate the situa-
stion to build new fabricating and man
ufacturing plants and so turned to our
concern, with the result that is known
1 FiSIn a statement made by him follow
ing the acquisition of American Brass
company stock, Mr.. Ryan said that in
1921, because of the inability of the
Anaconda company to market it's cop
per and zinc output, the necessity was
forced upon it to suspend operations,
which, it is estimated, cost the com
Epany 100000 and that during the
same period, the plants off the Ameri-
can Brass company operated on basis
which would have enabled the Anacon-
Ida company to have produced 100000
pounds of copper and at least 4,000, 900
pounds of zinc per month during the
rontire period of the shutdown, without
any accumulation of metal stocks. This
wonld have enabled the Anaconda com
nagy to have avoided the necessity for
closing its plants and resulted in the
saving of S6,000,00O in shutdown ex-
pense and would have been stabiliz-
ing factor in the economic condition
of Montana and of the entire copper
industry.
Finding New Uses for Metal
an recent years the American Brass
company. has used in its various manu-
featuring and fabricating plants more
copper and zinc than is produced in
this state. We are constantly striving
to increase the market for manufac-
tuIed brass and copper products. thus
increasing the demand for copper ard
zinc. I might add that since the deal
uniting the two companies, our bust
ness has been especially good and we
look for an increase in production
Mr.. Allen said that his party had no
definite program in Montana. They
were in the hands of their friends, he
added, and would not start back east
mill fhny had Sncnhctad +be ,olonts ~