Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-27

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| The Baltimore Argus states that MIR. Alex>
anier, and ohets, made saemenl 10 the L.
glsdure OF Maryland, som. lime since, 20 me
Ell CT that they could manufacture iron in Alle>
| shany al Sl5 per ion, which a, hat price, would
| yield them lair profit.
| The superior value Of American iron over
most kinds ol British lha, are brought 10 this
country, is coming 10 be generally understood,
and will operate greatly 10 the advantage Of our
ifonmasers. The Harrisburg (Pa.) Union OF
the i2,h August last, stated the following TACT
! which is 10 The purpose:
"The Uarrisonburg aud Lancaster Railroad
Company are now having delivered al our
wtarves, and along The line Of heir new road
some two thousand tons Of Dunville (T) railroad
iron; for which, we learn, they pay $50 per ton
al Danyillc. This company purchased, lately
one thousand tons OF EGgiish iron, at about S45
per ton; but upon a comparison with the D n
vile iron, wach they had formerly nsed, ,hey
determined tia. in the end the American iron Al
$50 per ton, Was decidedly the cheapes, article
to The company. A great portion of The English
'fun now Drought Iho This market is brittle as
cast iron, whilst the American railroad iron is SO
tough hat il caanol be broken"
Says The Philadelphia Ledger:
"The Eaglisl iron, we have understood, that
is Afforded here to- our railroad companies
$40 per ton, has been found 80 inferior in quail
~, as 10 b. tearef than the domestic manufacture
is al So0 per finland the probability is that
rial or Two OF The foreign low priced article will
prove what is now asserted, and its use be- aban-
doncd for our own ctcopsr, though higher priced
ariicie Those who have been asking an increase
Oh iafif IN order 10 shut out foreign competition
will see, IRON this, that he difficulty complained
o IS not in The tariff, and that the 3 Irish cannon
DOW, under he present rate Of duty OF thirty per
CEN, put INTO market iron ot equal q1sIay al
price wcr than team he made here with p-cft
IL IS not desirable that the duties on iron should
be so high as 10 raise the price on consumers,
merely 10 add fortunes &c those engaged in the
domestic production. All unnecessary taxing
should b. avoided as far as possible"
A S.aiI9fdshire England, iron-Inas.er, in a let.
Ter IN the London Miners Journal Of July % h,
1919. accounts for The deterioration in English
rails, sucn las are usually sent TO this Country,
10 ;ha iollowing manner:
WHAT is the case now Why, the very
worst ircu that can b, maze or purch lsed, is
now nscd IN the manufacture Of railway bars
Ho:-oiast c.de. iron, made into while pigs, is
now sought alter to b. used for This purpose,
and The price OF railway bars, instead CT being
To- % rs ier ton morr han good best lion IS
!tiu e, & as low, an! in some Instances, lower
IMAM the conmone5i tIr-ifon that can De found,
Cih-l III y 6HpIusulIc VI w dtts-S'Hp
Trash; aud YET some If The pIfcaaseIs will have
! yon believe they &c. the best iron at less than
II m two 10 three pounds per ton above wh4!
laeY arc now selling al.
"rhis stare OF hincs has been brouoh. about
| b. an unha ural stare OF the trade Since the
| d'mand tor railway iron hes become SO large,
many ioia. stock companies have been brought
| tosetacr, and large works built and put 10 me-
,ioa by boards Of director; AMI these men,
kno@ing nohins about making ifon, and having
no come 'ions 10 take their iron, have 10 force
| sales by lower prices than are asked by the pri>
vale iron master, working with his own money;
and 10 fIliow Ihcse common dcsruc ives, he is
Obliged 10 resort 10 The use OF az inferior ma,e-
rial, or so oruin, and thus il has come, 10 seIde.
fence, Instead OF using the very best pig iron thai
con.d b. made 10 using he very worst and cheap.
ISL ha, could be go; and this accounts Tor The
! delerioraled quality Of The rails How can this