New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-04
American steel.


American steel.
Iron and It's products form the material basis
ofthe stately and complicated structure Of Human
Civilization. Without this single metal, our race
could never have emerged from barbarian let It
now be taken away, and they would speedily re-
turn 10 a semi savage state. The fabrication OF
Iron and Steel are objects OF the first aud widest
importance, aud any sensible improvement there
10 IL a step forward in the progress OF mankind.
A recent paragraph in our columns respecting
the formation OF n company to manufacture Steel
on the Potomac brought US pressing invitation
10 visit the new aud extensive works Of the
aAdirondac steel NJ auulscturlug Company across
the Hudson at Jersey City. which, IN difference to
the personal friends interested and the public I'm
portance OF their enterprise, We examined on
Saturday.
In the mountain W lids OF the AdIrondac region,
at the sources of the Hudson, in the town OF New
comb, Essex Co N. Y a company OF intelligent
and enterprising capitalists have purchased a
large tract of very cheap laud embracing an Iron
Mine I'VE know not how many others) producing
a metal of extraordinary qualIties-beeved to be
fully equal and in some respects superior to that
Of the famous Dennemora Nine IN Sweden, from
which nearly all the good English Steel Is iaoH
Gated Poor Steel. not worth So much as the Iron
which should have been it's base, is one OF the
oommonest articles in market, aud Prooaoiy tue
source of more mischief and loss than counter
,s;t money The Adirondac Company have
for wears been making extensively very choice
Iron at their works, but transforming 1t to Cast
l.. -, ma 90 j
City, as already stated.
We witnessed with interest the various pro
cesses of pudding melting pouring hammering'
&c. &c but shall not attempt to describe them
some, indeed, being improvements on the most
advanced English processes. not known out I'll
this establishment aud not intended to be- Sutlce
II here that at the Adirondac Iron Works about
$50 and nj the Steel Works about 90 workmen
find constant employ ment, and at the latter Is pro
anced something more than ton per day of all the
reouisite varieties of Cast Steel that Is pronounc
ed by stman, Allen Go. OF the Novelty "orNs'
aud several eminent mschioists, INSTRUMENT ma
HERS &c to be at least equal t. any English Steel
No other than the Adirondsc Iron IS used The
works consume over seven tons OF coal daily ABOUT
half anthracteIand half bItumneous, from Cumoer'
land. The warehouse of the Company is at Il
John-st. in our city
But we had proposed to use the above facts to
illustrate an important yet ilt-understood eo"nomi
cal truth. Here is a concern making 5uo tons oi
the best Cast Steel per annum, while scarcely any
was ever before made in the country, and We are
probably paving some millions year for our sup
ply from abroad, Including Steel manufactures
Ia the very infancy of the business, when neces
sarily lacks many of the facilities for which exPe-
rience and extensive operations are needed our
artisans are producing as good an article as Tue
best imported, and selling 1t quite as cheap In
invention, adaptation and efficiency, our people
have no superiors-they have already made I'M
portsnt improv ements on the approved processes
of their British rivals. What need, then, OF Fro
lection
1t is needed for this, if nothing else-Io g're
our producers a far toothold an struggft0r Our
owR markets. At present, their British rivals
have an immense advantage. Saying nothing
here Of their cheaper Labor and the swearing down
Of thirty per cent. Ad Vaioren, just consider the
fact that the goodness Of EHghSh Cast Sfee' IS
ecery rhere notorious fact ,chile hatcf rs A''eT-
icam competitor IS get 10 be dgHsed. The oiaeS-
smith, however illterate. on Lake Superior
Copper location, by a Galena esd-mine, or Lou
issna sugar plantation, knows right well that
English Cast Steel is a good article and will answer
his purpose, but what does he know, or for years
can he know, Of its American rivAll Mainly this
that there have been several attempts to make
Cast Steel in this country, but the product as he
understands was always worthless or nearly so.
90 bs writes his order for 60 much best Eaglist
Ca, s,seI, and the merchant of his vicinity buys
accordingly. and SO through the whole trade down
IN the wholesale dealer IN this City, who Is init
m.,elv connected with and interested In behalf OF
the British houses that supply hun. mus nearly
every body who sells or works Steel al 'n,'''
NAL member of vigilance committee engaged III
tho conservation of our markets Tor the br's''
.tsel.mauufacturers. What tremendous onu'
against the new sspirant to Puohc iS'''
Yet il is against this very odds that almost
every description of American Manufacture n"'
been doomed TO make its way ana YET tue
minimizing still ask, What need OF Protection
In view of these facts, we hold 1t nst'on~ uu's
of every American to favor the Manufactures u
his ow n country so far as practicable ana esPe''
slv tho.s in their earlier and feebler stages, al
least 90 far as to give them fair trial The per
soDal sacrifice need not be great, while 'he u''''
mate public advantage would be incslcuiaoie'
or The steamer Cherokee, Capt. Lfos' arrived
Saturday morning, q hours from Savannah Tee
Capt L. and our friends of the Georgia" and kPa0''"'