The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-09-23

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IdAissx CoxstS. AT Middlsbu.
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M lrsa Ix1sssls Il ~ vniAeA ola1ss.
There are tsw minerals moro widely
di6med. and meme u gr~sssr valsr than
Iron. The ore q shh msssl h fesRd il
Amos, every state. ihssrSh rsacsylss-
nia 10 smpha.ically tho greatest lroN
producing S,ate Of tho Union.-Other
Stssea. Row ever, contain the orc Ia no
less abundance. Il haze been esiia,ased
that jn sOhi. 1909 square miles are
undvriaid with Iron, which tract h cal.
cnla,ed 10 contain 1854, Ooo, 00o ssaa.
In Masylaad, Tsansssse, Missouri,
Kentucky. yirSiaiA, m sebse G(tsss.
shs ore l. fcand N stsasl6a1e, And
~ wisk ~ ~ lastlA honsk ~ uneneU
N t,,is rsspses, s'samsajly tmpsst ~
Far from &c. O00, 900 worth ~ il1n n
the pig or manufactured by rolling!
Great Britain - the Sseaisst Iron
producing country VI ihe world, der
annual production being esiimased q.
100000 tons. Five ycara ago the Cni.
ted States produced The samv amoont.-
In 1850. according TO the census 70.
turns. only 5Ct,755 tons were made
This decline in prodse.ion & in = grea,
measure attributable 10 the Reduction Of
the duty under tho frce-trssia tariff Of
l8&0. The cheap.oss Of foreign iron IN
our markets sets Vt defiance the comps.
,i,ion of our own miners and manuiac.
turcrs. Sumo il+x may be formed Of
the great loss Which l,As ressl,sd from
the abandonment Of the policy Of pro.
tec,ing our own producers, by an ex-
animation Of this staiistics Of tie iron
manufacture Of Pennsylvania. There
arc 304 blast furnaces and bloomerics
in the State, with capacity for making
550,950 tons per annum. In 1877,
these furnaces made $50. $50 tom. In
1850, they made but about POO, 1000
tons. The number Of FORCES and roll.
ing.mills IN the State Is 200, with a
capacity for Masking 224,65e tons per
annum. Their actual product far ES47,
was o02,727 tons. In l8t9, tina pro-
duclion had fallen of 10 l36,S53 tona.
The capital invested in tie above mills
amount 10 not far from s2O, OOO, 900 and
the deterioration must b. At least so
per cent. Probably not bali - may
lal'orers are now employed in the man.
ufActure as were employed In 1885,
These facts show the extent Of the Ok
listing depression IN iron business Of the
country. .,..-, s,.., .,f,y -s.. -"fle.,
Its doubtless ssaases II ssrpeiss
with many. how il is. thst 20 heavy,
and yet comparatively cheap an article
~ iron can he produced in Gseat Brit
ain and sold in this coun,ry. after pa.
viug duty, freight, and commissions. at
less price than it can be afforded
from our own mills. The answsr 10 oh.
vious. We have The Skill. tho fuel, the
faculties fur reaching a market nod ev.
cry o,hry yegnisi.e for the production
Of iron which is to he found abroad
except cheap labor. - Labor enters
largely into The process Of iron making,
md lsborers can be obtained by the iron
masters Of Scotland at from ~ tn 81
cents a day. IL England from 81 to
~ cents per day ia paid. In this coun.
try the wages Of common iaborers 10
from IS cents to 81 per day, the aver
age being about 80 cents day. Here
is a difference of about 100 per cent in
favor of the British manufacturer, ena.
bling him 10 produce iron ut cost Of
only about $40 per ton. which cannot
be manufactured here for perhaps twice
that sum. ...
II follows that without judicious pro-
lection, or II great reduction in the wa
ges Of the lsl,orer, the iron interest, like
many other branches Of manufacture,
must continue depressed. The desired
protection YVES accorded 10 the iron
business BY the tariff Ut 1872 tariff
which was smph~,ically 7 Wing meas.
ure, and which VISA repealed BY the De.
mocracy. The latter party Is empl,st-
ically responsible for the existing de-
preston In the manufactures. Here
then we have broad lire separating
the Two parties. and . distiaet and in.
portant Issue In the pressnt. eanvass.
The Wings aim 10 snt ourass he iron
intereat in every other branch Of do.
nestle iadustry-the Democrats seek
by free trade to throw our markets
open to the competition Of the world,
thus breaking down our manufacturing
industry, Or reducing the wages Of The
laborer to par with the stasva,isa pri.
crs in Europe, Those who contend
that there il no important issue between
the two great parties will do veil u
ponder upon these facss.--Besfox Joxv.
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