Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-11-19
Gbe Carroll fire. Dress,
X. CROSIER, Editor.
CarroIllOn.;;:;:::;:;::::;F Friday, EOv. 10, 1859.
Advance in Iron.

All our exchanges, that speak upon the sub
ieeI. teach US that the price Of iron has recently
gone up about thirty per cent. We have had
some conversation with our merchants on the
subject, and their testimony corroborales the
above. That such is the fact there eau be nr
doubt; and our farming community, when they
come 20 town TO purchase The article, will learn
the reality for themselves. ...
The first question that suggests itself to the
purchaser, in regard to this matter is, what has
caused this increase in price We will atiemp,
TO answer 10 very few words.
When the Wing tariff Of I842 went into ope.
ration, there were but few furnaces in the coun
Try, and these were worked more for public con.
veuience than with view IL making money
The price Of European iron was so low, and
The duty upon il so hight, thar j, could be broi
into our market little cheaper than American
operators, paying much higher wages to their
workmen, could afford In produce il. The
only way 10 which they could compete with
British iron masters was, Oy reducing the price
Of the labor by which The commodity was mau.
uiacIured, to the prices paid by British compel.
TORS, or procure an increase of The duty on It's
importation The latter alternative was adopt.
ed and Tho Iorif act Of l842 was passed.
Under It's benign influence, furnaces we're
lighted up all over the northern portions of the
country. We produced our own iron and con.
sumed it. We were entirely independent Of
England. Instead Of shipping off our specie to
England, we kept it al home. Great Britain
soon felt the effects Of this policy, ard set her
self about procuring a repeal Of this measure, so
odous in the estimation of The workmen OF
Manchester. Well, by DIM Of perseverance,,
and the corruPling Influence Of British gold, she
succeeded in changing the administration IN this
country, and securing the liberal revenue law.
known as the tariff of 46. This measure, now
in force, has done its work most efeclualy and
successfully; and the workshops Of Manchester
and Sheffield now supply The world with hard.
ware. The iron interest is completely prostra.
ted in the United States, and john Bull is with.
out a competitor on this side the Atlantic.
As was predicted by The wise men Of the
Wing party, having no competitor, they have
put up the price Of iron thirty pc cent. 1t will
continue to rise so long as there is no compell-
lion here, and she knows she need not fear that
so long as " Democracy" Iriumphs on this side
The wafer.
Il is very apparent fact, that England looks
to the political movements in This country very
carefully. She did not dare to increase the
price OF iron before tho presidential election,
well knowing that it would operate RganI the
success Of Mr.. Pierce, her layorle candidate !;
but just as soon as the telegraph conveyed TO
New York the intelligence of his election, Iha.
moment iron riz.'
But il is useless to pursue this subject further.
Every intelligent man will al once understand
the cause of this sudden rise, and every one
who has occasion to use The article will feel il.
Three shoes for your horse vii! now cost az
much as four formerly did.
Yet, 10 view Of these facts, ocofocos claim
10 be the friends of the country. lGsuch be the
fact, good Lord deliver us from our friends.