Bisbee daily review., 1922-12-12

NHN OIIN, DeC. ll.--Al Ine SEC ond annual meeting of the members of the Copper and Brass Research As sociation. held at the offices of the Association, p Broadway, New York, the following were elected directors to serve for the ensuing year, the first eight mentioned comprising the executive committee:
 R. L. Agassiz. president. Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.,; Walter Douglas president. Phelps Dodge Corporation; c. F. Kelley, president, Anaconda Cop per Mining Co.,; stephen Birch. pres ident, Kennecott Copper Corporation; Chas. Heyden, vice president. Chino, Utah. Nevada Ray Companies: F. s. Chase, president, Chase Rolling Mills; Edw. H. Binns, president. C. G. Illus sey (S Co.,; H. J. Rowland, sales man. ager. Rome Brass. (& Copper Co.,; J. | w. Allen, treasurer, Green Cananea Copper Co.,; Henry F. Bassett. presi- dent, Taunton-New Bedford Copper Co.,: H. C. Bellinger, vice president, Chile Exploration Co.,; F. IT. Brown ell. vice president, American .Smelt- ing & Refining Co.,; J. Parke Chan ming, vice president, Miami Copper Co.,: Carl F. Dietz, president, Bridge port Brass Co.,; B. Goldsmith, presi- dent, National Brass & Copper Co.,; E. o. Goss, president. ScoYill Mfg. Co; Robert H. Gross, president, The East Butte Copper Mining Co.,. U. T. Hun- gerford, president, U. T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co.,; C. V. Jenkins, treasurer. Utah, Chino, Ray Nevada Companies: H. B. Paul, auditor, Calu- met & Arizona Mining Co.,; R. M. Ray mond, director. United Verde Exten- sion Mining Co.,; A. F. Seelig, mana ger Michigan Copper & Brass Co.,;
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 The directors, at an organization meeting immediately following the annual meeting, elected the following officers:
 President, R. L. Agassiz; vice pres
 idents, c. F. Kelley, F. s. Chase, E. J. Rowland. Walter Douglas and U. T. Hungerford; treasurer, Stephen Birch secretary, G. A. Sloan, and manager, William A. Willis
 In connection with the conclusion
 of the first full year of the associa- tion's activity as an unincorporated'
 voluntary organization of the Brass and Copper industries, R. l.. Agassiz,
 president. of the Calumet & &Hecla
 Mining company, who is president of the Copper and Brass Research Asso- citation, said:'
 Consumption Greater
 "The research and educational work of the Copper and Rrass Re search Association has played an i'm
 portant part in the rapid growth of consumption of brass and copper dur
 ing the past year-for, despite uncer- tain business conditions, copper con sumption in this country is now sub stantially greater than in pre-war years. Having digested an unprece- dented quantity of wartime scrap metal, the industry is now in strong position.
 "The underlying purpose of this I whole effort is to develop to the max | mum the domestic consumption of the metal. Export trade will always | be a large factor, but it will be possi- | ble, we believe, to so augment the | American use of the metals that the varying industrial pulse of Europe | will be much less influential in deter mining the prosperity of the industry. 'Tn this connection, it is interesting to note that while the 1922 consump- tion of copper and brass in the build ing industry in this country was about 150. .0OO ,000 pounds Gan increase of over 1O0,000,000 pounds as compared , with 192D yet. the potential market for copper and brass i'll the building industry is placed at approximately 650.000000 pounds annually.
 "The constantly growing domestic use of brass, which is only next to the electrical industry as consumer of copper, is another helpful factor. 'The electrical industry, where the physical properties of copper are in dispensable, is in reality only in it's infancy. The high cost of fuel, with uncertain and expensive transpOrta- tion. are responsible for the growing use of electric power generated at central points, distribution over wide areas being possible economically be- cause of copper's high conductivity. Free Service Provided "Our plan is to provide through the instrumentality of the Copper and Brass Research Association a techni- cal and advisory service which may be freely called upon by users of our metals-a service which no one cop per or brass producer or manufactur- CT. could reasonably be expected to un- dertake alone. Already wide use is being made of these facilities. Infor- nation has been furnished on the use of copper and brass for almost every conceivable subject, from safety pins to locomotive boiler tubes"
 An important accomplishment has