Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-21


TIE Iron TRADE AND MANUT AcruRE. There is no
business which has in prospect such " good time
as the iron business. We are told that as soon as
our manufacturers get under way, so as to compete
with England In our market, and furnish rea-
sonable expectation that we can supply any consId-
cradle portion of the demand for home consumption,
the iron princes of England will knock down the
prices to the starvation Standard and ruin our
capitaitalists, as they have done in times past "A
reference to statistics and facts will show the faacy
of such an apprehension. The consumption Of iron
has increased thousand-fold within the last ten
years. and is still increasing in accelerating ratio
Scarcely store is built that tons of iron do not enter
into its construction Pillars, Gntels and cornices
composed of iron. Bridges are built of iron.
Machinery, with its shafts and wheels, which former
ly were of wood, is now composed of iron. The
implements of husbandry are being composed almost
exclusively of IRON Depots, and store-houses, and
even dwelling houses coming to be made of iron.
But, more than all this the vast amount used in the
construction OF rail roads alone will furnish abundant
market for all the iron works in operation in the
world. The amount of rail road iron in use is
estimated at 5000 900 of tons and the amount that
will be required to complete the roads now under
contract or about being organized, Will require for
the next five years at least 100000 of tons more
The 5000 900 of tons in will have to be re-
placed within the next ten years by new rails These
facts show how utterly impossible it will be for any
country to control the iron market. The demand
for years to come will exceed the supply Furnaces
and FORCES must be every where multiplied to
swer the increasing demand.
There is no country in the world where the facili
ties for manufacturing iron exceed those possessed
by the United States There is hardly State in the
Union in which is not abundant easy of access,
and of the best quality Penns vania alone posses
ses more and richer ore than all England and 1t is
easier of access. Northern New York has an mex
haustbe supply of the richest and best quality, and
in close proximity to navigable waters. The iron
business is everywhere attracting the attention of
capitalists, and millions are being invested in the va
rous branches of manufacture pertaining to that
business, A
being made in this country, and establishments for
its manufacture are multiplying The increase Of
this iron business is among the signs of prosperity
every where visible and is not the least of the cas
es which give new impetus to the progress of the
age. Hitherto manufacturers of iron in this coun-
try have labored under many disadvantages Lack
of capital of experience and skill, well as the
prevalence of false opinion in regard to the quality
of American iron, have greatly embarrassed their
operations, and made us dependent, to very great
extent for supplies from abroad. That time pass
ing away, and the day will soon come when home
supply will be in a measure equal to the home con-
sumption. Az6anV Register.