The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-23

Gsnufaet.rs 81 lrSn n the U. States
tsths conplissntary dinnsf given in Philadel
~. Is DIS CO. landsr Of ~ Glasesw City,
\ q - - steal ax. Johnstsn. wa,
- epeecS on s resource 10
Us a bdedA % the fspd q
\ 61| u ertl yzely elabcfsx able, shbysin,
&49tunt Of capital invested, capacity Of produc
the highest amount Of product, and the pres
/ emf depressed condition of the trade. Iron, like
ALT and ssedr. il one Of those articles Of first ne
cessiy which every country must produce for itself
Il would betzulI jpdspehdent. It requires, too
large amount 0f human labor, and the larger par
iofIk vkde friJee ffSk the labor thus bestowed
Il Is eiiihentN sdkmocratic manufacture. The
spinning isnng and the leon mako cloths of cotton
tanf wool, and machinery, not human hands, are
chiefly Osed IN thef production. But notwithstand-
in4 the gigantic tts rolling mills and
fth3 lall fc3qrss, rtte, mappfactqrs pf iron in in
yatous RyocessesJ from theesude ore to the decHse
twfch.aphsgs requires human labor., Il il, thefs-
{$f. Or ought 70 hi species Of industry exceed
indy favored inabi country: yet at thistime 10 Is
fon1 1.-THE verge Of absnaonment, unless Congress
kDblfes 70 IL relief rs'ss
pom e6s Jgkhsto III tables and such other OF.
- documenss = ers.jnssue reach, we have gath.
|6ls many interesting particulars The continent
lnds in iron, and one of the first grievances suf
sferfd BY the Colonies at the hands Of the Mother
Co4ntf1s' twas the prohibition TO manufacture iron,
-hotIeven for home use. Afterwards they were al.
4ovfd 70 srpski Il. and in its first rude form to ex
porl It to Great Britain. b1s not to Manufacture it
IN Any, other form and it was in this condition
|wh4n hAs RsYolntiona War freed. it from these
imppsidcns. mi1610 IND mahpfacture was Of the
hnnliat neof 1i4. 3Sa 526, in 1885,, 'the arnoupr
PHtA4 ufse.ied was 1903 tons, add gave tesnplop
Enet 70 p, 264steborefs, and gave support to I46,
2z3 lpEfHopa; s thes ,Spaid were $8,T76 400
andexpsnded forfood Sa;096s0O0 in 1910 The value
Of theiron:wss S26s5s5 800, the expense.df labor
for 4ame year was 9fA762 800 ;sIhs Dumberef men
employed in .tfr4ry wis 81 the wages, Will.
avehge dollar day; The number. of persons
sppdprted is approached BY giving 70 each taborer
4 wife and three children; this makes 257,025
II e3cK 0fithsse consumes l2s eefiss of fopd IT.
A3vet fhe IA inert * ,726166 !; the captal, en- I
p3oytd, A2g,5Q0, 600, HI 1916 The Production was
5a5, t7 tons, and value Oh, 7s46 600 CIV. John
l5onk that il f847 there were made 500, 900 IONS
4 pE iron; in lS49 it wss ess than 650,0oo tons.
l
APO 200, who consume food of the value of $50.
go dOo while the export of bfeads.uffs in 1919 to
stesf Britain and Ireland was only sl4157,666. I
AZ tips time there are in Pennsylvania 29SfnrnAces,
aslfPf which ARE closed; The capital employed
u t4at- fsEts III so 500 O76 The number Of per
sQns Employed is 4l,6l6,s and those dependent on
heir is3 sHSos co., The goat of the American
Jpn For labor averages $il per ton; that Of The
foretn $3a5l Within the last two years the prei
inctPn hes fallen off more Than one half Il is |
IBIS Interest vatehis calling for additional pfotec
ton If me Constitution does not permit it7-if{
Congesd thz been in error since 4he day of its frf
assenbfhg shdM All aGtsfQs incidental protection
have besn usurpations Of powet;7 then the fofess
MUST ktop their ff6s, and the men heretofore en-
,Ioye must I'LL the soiland add to the already glui
ed nhrkes of prc 1uce If however, tlfe right to
liscr3Di1afe III taSof Or home manufactures Of the
lfst Importance, is still recognized, then this ifof
from its geographical extent the large CAPT.
al inFesteuy apdfthe gisat number of persons emf.
loyet, will be among the first to claim the foster
lg aF of legislation But there are other branches
{ TinFustry equally entitled to protection the
l9arFuiture Of EdtisianH and Texas demands ad-
security We shall endeavor to- show the
aImt Of the sugar plaatern One fact IL generally
aRcePed, that the revenue will not meet the an an
Mi Fxpensegf The revenue under the present
riff tannot exceed S45, 0O0O 900. The last wear
iy Produced @S9 00D, 900. and This was gained 4
ly \ an Importation Of $l35 900 900. The an.
al dkpenses, ~ authorized by democratic Cons
sss, are $50. O00OC0. The lands will not weld
y rdFanps Hrgsara If sxaf. Either an increase Il
dSis Al: 81 Sssgs tasAtiee; i the only mode Of