Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-02
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
Irsn ststist,os.
My late reading results in some information
which I will put down whilst yet have leisure.
A London letter Of the 18th November reports
extensive sales Of all surts Of British Iron at pri.
ees that were no. previously ob'ainats. The
London and York Railway Co. had appeared in
the market as buyers Of rails to the extent OF
20 600 tons, and various other orders had been
in the market for foreign as we'll as home &C.
count, which has had the effect Of causing the
iron masters 10 decline entering into contracts
a, previous rates. 1t was therefore confidently
anticipated that very important advance will
take place upon this article before the close of
the yesr-some refused under ell.
A Liverpool letter of the same dsts Usth)
says orders are nov in the market for about
100000 tons of rails to be given out before the
lst January, IS47, which is nearly three months
of the make OF Great Bri,sin. This quantity.
| added to the extensive orders on hand in pro.
Cess OF execution. make the iron masters very
| Independent, and no reduction can be ressona'
purposes i. rather increasing, and good deal
has lately been done in Boiler Iron and best
! Bar Iron. Those who defer. ordering under
the expectation that a reduction in price may
Take place in short period. will most probably
be disappointed. The market is in 4 healthy
s,a,e--Cold Blast Pig No. l, E5 lOs
At the late mesiing Of the British Associa'
ton at Southampton paper was read on the
consumption OF coal and the probable duration
nj the coal fields. The consumption is calcu.
lated al l25OOOO0 tons annually. The ex.
ten, Of the coal field. $500 square miles at the
average Of 90 00OO 900 Of tons to the square mile,
from which it is deduced that toe coal fields Of
Englan contain an ample supply for at least
1900 years.
At the same meeting therc was presented an
elaborate report on Iron. notice the qnar,i.
,y made in different years in England, Wales
and Scotland:
10 l7SS. 81, 800 tons; l796, l25,019 tons
1906, 255, ,2O6 cons; 1923, 4S2 056 tons; 1890
67s4l7 tons; 1896. 100000 tons; ls40.
l,3i3. 400 tons; 1912, l0i6 a2s tons.
The great increase after 1880 is attributed
TO hot blast and the decline in lS42 is accoun
,et. for by the commercial depression.
Since 1910 nearly all the Increase in the ia
brick of iron has been in Scotland the prodnc
OF Scotland having been doubled since lSio
being now 500 600 tons per annum. ...
The strongest fact given in this report is 'ha
only OH 800 tons OF Iron were made in Eng
land, which is $4,000 tons less than the pro
duc,on Of lS40.
The report attributes this fact to the work
men-the number of these skilled and properl.
trained being 50 limited that they make de
mands tor On enormous and disproportlonste IN
crease of wages on the frs, appearance OF pros
perity, and thus the cost Of production has NOR
than kept pace pith the rise ia prices. Tn
= supply os material is abundant, and since tn
: discovery of the Black Band ore in Scotland, an
' the Black Band in Wales and the Rider j
Stanhope, the ore is considered without lmi
but the difficulty arises in the supply Of labou
it being hopeless to stimulate the excr,ions {
those already employed. They are na'urali
, ready enough to cxae, high rates OF ~sges whe
;, the demand fur their labour becomes more u
gent, but succeeding in this, they prefer to OF
tain the came amount Of earnings, with hig
rates of wages, TO the securing Of greater galr
by the exer,ion OF even the same amount OF tol
{, so that greater urgency on the demand ma
' be, and frequently is accompanied by les'e'
:, ed production.
F" 1t now appears that but for Scotland the pr
V due, of Iron would have been wholly inadequst
- In 1874 Pig Iron was sold in Glasgow &
- CO 81. exactly $40 ton, and they say the
can make il tor that when labor is down;
! have also met with calculation which T
o. suits in this. That il will take five years
I" overtake the Railroad demand; that until th'
:" the demand will evceed the sup2ly; but g, IN
'e period the great lines of Road will be flied ,
:. that after tha, period the demand with fl
of and the prices go down, al, .-... alb.
TIT FOR TAr-The editor Of the Alhai
r, Herald says that he once knew widow VI
cut out her own daughter 10 the good grac
BY of her lover, and married him herself! IO {
ld, tain revenge for this mean, unmolherly uic
no the daughter set her cap tor the young moi
- father, (of whom he was the only heirD a
w. actually married him, and bad children, TO I
sss infinite annoy snce OF the other parties. III
ss- occurred in Onoadsge county.