The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-07-09

prices. al rather less than the actual result.
Pennsylvania is the great iron region o
United States. Its extraordinary and truI.
valuable varieties Of COAL which irequentl
lay side by side with the noB ore, render
'he iron region not only oftbe US hut of III
worlI. or the $4,000 tons ofiron consumed
in the United States in the year 1874, Penn
syIvania furnished one half OF the whole a
mount The remainder came fiom abroad
of was made in New Jersey, Maryland an
New York.
New Jersey is also well adapted to the iroI
manufacture, from an abundance of the fines
qualities of ore, and its proximity TO the val
uable coal beds of Pennsylvania. Neunder
stand that Ferges and Furnaces are now so
Ing up in all parts of New Jersey, particular
" OF the line of the Morris canal The pres
cat profit on iron invites capital ex;ensivel,
from the city Of New York.
Maryland, in the region OF the Cumberland
caaI. h1s extensive iron works. The Noun
.SGcIg: Company has the largest capital o
any iron association III America. The amour
now invested is 81 .500,009. with power to in
crease to 100000. The stock is owner
mostly in London. Here, railroad iron i,
made on large scale, calculating 10 turn GU
~ leas; $4,000 tons in a wear. There are va
rious opinions as to the value Of the Mary
land beds ore and coal. BY some il is though
that Il cheaper as well as better quality O
iron can be made in the Cumberland region
than in any part of the United States, while
others hold that Pennsylvania in the varieties
of its ore and coal, as well as their favorable
location, has the superiority. The progress
OF the iron manufacture in Maryland has I'M
doubtedly been retarded by lis being slave
State. The competition and superior activi-
" of free labor enables il 10 command the
market.
We come now to Northern New York,
where the iron manufacture is destined to run
n career of prosperity inferior to thar of no
other section of America. The iron district
ir this State embraces the Counties Of Gin
TIN, ESSer, Franklin, ST. Laurence, Jefferson,
Le,cis and Herkimcr. Biologists say that
there is orc enough 10 Essex county alone, to
supply the world with Iron. The famous
Adirondack Mountains are mach like the Gel
rbraied Iron Mountain of Missouri; yet as
there are no means Of getting the ore to The
Lake, the mines are not yet worked, but they
must he before the lapse of many years.
The present prosperity of the non trade
is working wonders in Northern New York.
FORCES and Furnaces are being erected at al
m ,st every mill site on the Ausable and the
Sarana-, and it it is estimated that this guam
iiiy of iron made in Northern New York will
be tre5lcd this year. The Northern iron is
well known To be Of superior cast-verv tough
--ani nearly equal to the celebrated Swedes
Iron. Charcoal only is used, which makes
a much finer iron than hard coal; but Of
course the process is more expensive. Wheth-
or Northern New York will ever manufacture
railway iron is question; that requires min
er ii coal, and as yet none is found there
but fortunately in its vast and inexhaustibe
forests Of wood they are sure Of an abundance
of fuel Tor making the finest kind OF iron.
Notwithstanding the recent decline Of iron
in England, the prospects OF the iron trade
of the United States are more than favorable.
Their prosperity seems fixed for years to come.
Tie demand for iron in Great Britain, and in
trl,II, upon the whole coniincnt.'is so enOr-
nous, that it will absorb the whole produc-
surpassed that even the vast iron works Of
England, which can now produce (when fore
ed) !, 400. 900 tons, cannot meet the home
consumption during the present or the next
yelr. So far from regarding the recent de-
tltllS w luC 80 VIC
consider it highly favorable TO the extension
of the trade Prices had become too high
exorbitanily so,-in England, higher even
thln the inflated prices of sc. A result pc
ruliarly dangerous TO IFS prosperity had al
really occurred-consump;ion was seriously
checked. Sound railway enterprises were
suspended on the exorbitant price of IRON
Notwithstanding the large decline, we are as
sured by an experienced iron-master. that at
present prices, the profits are not only fair,
but heavy, and this seems TO be The prospects
of the trade foi some time to come.
1t is also TO be remembered that the Empe-
rOr Of Russia is entering upon gigantic sys-
ten OF Railways TO inersect all the principal
cities Of his vast Empire. One of these lines
alone, the ST. PeterSbargh and MoScoir, is
two thousand miles in length. The quantity
of iron required, will he enormous. He will
dr'w largely npon the English market for
yelrs to come.
These various demands for iron show that
The time was never more favorable for The iron
manufacturers of the United States to keep
th- whole trade oftheir country in their hands.
NJ Isl fortunately the price % iron is now in
dependent o: all tariffs. The great law of de-
mand assures the dealers fair and iemuner-
niing price, without any protection whatever.
This renders the business Of that substantial
cast which must invite capital and labor; for
when business is certain 10 remunerate, even
under iny notifications of the tariff, it pos
sesses the highest induce,ncnt 10 awaken en-
te prize, Stimulate labor, and unloosen The
parse strings of capital. Every thing now IA
vo:S the extension of the iron business, and
we entertain the hope that with the facilities
we enjoy, before the lapse Of Of many years,
like the cotton manufacture, our iron manu-
facturers will not only supply the whole home
.mand. but NEE; England in the markets Of
the world. The extraordinary progress. and
the present superiority. ofour cotton manu-
features, manifest what the people Of the Uni
te States can do, when they take hold even
of those manufactures In which Enslan has
deiied the competition of the worId.-Albqny
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