New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-09-20
Railroad Iron,

The Loco-Foco State Address OF Georgia as
sails inc Tariff savagely, and especially the duty
it imposes on Railroad Iroa. Il represents Geor
gia as paying an immense tax on the Iron she
needs for her Railroads in consequence of the
Tariff. 1t keeps out Of sight the part that Mr.
Evans (Whig) Of Maine attempted last winter to
nave the duty taken off Railroad Iron, but was
resisted by Mr.. Buchanan, G1oco) Of Pa. and the
bill defeated by niajority OF both parties, That
was right. Railroad Iron is somewhat-nct
much-dearer n5~ than i, world Re # there were
no duty upon it, but the will not long continue
Ak this moment several extensive establishments
for the manufacture of Railroad Iron are going
up bth in Pennsylvania and Mar land; and Il
Clay is elected we shall doubtless have good
2 ills as cheap as ever before within three year,
maze b. American wcrkmen, who receive Amer
can wages, consume American provisions, fuel
sc. weir American cloths, and heiP support
American scao9is, churches, and governments
Even row, the Paterson RELOAD Company has
Just made 4 contract for the Rails to relay then
Road for S52t per ton, delivered in Jersey City
This is three dollars per ION cheaper than tn
areragc cost Of the same IT. Rails in this Gil,
during the serea years that Railroad Iron '1a
admitted free Of duty. Is not this fact most in
s!ructively significant
Our People supposed, when they took the du.]
off Of Railroad Iron, that it would be just ST
much cheaper; but this proved serious mistake
[. did not fail 10 the amount OF the duty, and soor
began to rise, as the demand for it from Euglane
increased, and kept up till We broke down here
and nearly stopped making Railroads. 1t Is t
US plain as demonstration that Rails would have
been far lower today, and for five years past, i
we had kept on the duty from the first. On
Iron masters were driven out of the business BY
Free Trade just when they began to turn theil
attention TO it, and have never since attempted &c
do any thing at it until after the present Tari1
was enacted and stood the first Loco-Foco on,
slaught last winter. Now they are just going
heartily into it, and will be ready to make largely
next season. Let them be sure that they are to
be protected against Foreign competition, and
they will lay down good It Rail on the Atlantic
at S45 ton before three years are over. But il
the Tariff is to be ripped up and overturned by a
Polk Congress, they will be driven out of the
business, and the English Iron. masters, having
control of the market, will again make their own
prces-or, more strictly, the resort to the British
Iron-works for all the Railroad Iron to supply
10th Great Britain and our Country Will force up
prices to higher point tkan they would stand at
il our mines and theirs were both turning out
Railroad Iron.
The following table of the average annual price
of Railroad Iron in England and our own Allan
tic seaporis has been obtained for us from the
eminent importing Iron houses Of A. & G. Raj
slon e. Co. Philadelphia, and Davis Brooks
s. Co. No. 81 Bioad-street, New York
It begins with the infancy Of the business and
traces ii TO the present time. We give the Eng
sh cost, charges TO New York, duty, and New
York cost OF T Rail throughout We have sim
liar statement with regard to Flat Bars, showing
t,o esrY,e raculfs