The U.S. now has more than 100,000 tons of tin left from the large accumulations made during 1940-41. This is not enough to last one year at the 1941 high rate of consumption (143,342 tons). But by using tin sparingly and substitute materials generously, U.S. wartime tin consumption has been cut to about 50,000 tons a year. The U.S. stockpile will therefore last about two years. But the real news about tin is that the U.S. Government, despite this comfortable supply, has no intention of taking tin off the critical list.
Though this two-year supply is big enough to free...
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