Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-30
The Iron Trade and Manufacture.

There Is no business which has in prospect
such "a good time" as the iron business. We
are told that "a soon as our manuftctuIers get
under way. so as to complete wi h England in
our own market, and furnish a reasona leexpec-
latlon that we can supply any considerable por.
ton of the demand for home consumption, the
iron princes of England will knock down the
pficcs TO the starvation standard and ruin our
own capltalists.as they have done in tunes past
A reference 10 statistics and facts will show the
faiiacy of@uch an apprehension. The consump-
ton ofiron has increased a thousand fold with
IN the last ten years and Is sill increasing in an
accelerated ratio. Scarcely a store Is built that
tons OF iron do not enter into It's consiruc
lion. Pillars, llntels, and c%ornices are composed
Of ron. Bridges are built oil IRON. Machinery
with lis shafts aud whe, Is, which formerly were
II wood, IS now composed ofiron. The lmplc.
mems OF husbandty are being composed almost
exclusively Of irou. Depois, & storclo1sts.and
even dwelling houses are coming to be made Of
lroE. But more than all this, the vast amount
used IN The construction Of railroads alone will
furnish abundant market for all he IRON works
now IN operation in the world.--The amount OF
railroad lronnow In use is esiimatod al 5000 900
Of tons and the amount that will lie r, qlired
to complete the roads now under contract. or
about beng organised, will require for the next
five years al Leaf ! 600, 600 Of tons more. The
3,OO0 600 OF tons now in use will have To be
replaced within the next ten years 10y new rails
These facts show how utterly impossible il will
be lor any country 10 control the IRON market.
The demand for years 10 come will exceed the
supply. Furnaces and FORCES must he every
where multiplied to answer the increasing De.
mand.
NJ
There is no country in the world where The
facilities for manufacturing ron exceed those
possessed by the United States. There is
hardly a State in the Union in which ore is
rot abundant, easy of access, and Of the best
quality. Pennsylvania alone possesses more
aud richer ore than all England, aud it is easi
err of access. Northern New York has an in
exhaustlbIe supply of the richest and best
quality and IN close proximity to navigable
waters. The iron business Is every where at
tracing the attention OF capitalists, and MILL
ons are being invested in the various branches
oil manufacture pertaining 10 that business
A large amount ofrallroad iron is now being
made IN tins country, and establishments for
Its manufacture are multiplying. The increase
oil tins lron business is among the signs of pros.
perity every where visible, and is not the least
OF The causes which give new impetus to the
progress of the age. Hitherto manufacturers
Of iron in this country have labored under ma
ny Disadvantages. Lack of capital, of expert
ence, and skill. as vel as the prevalence of a
false opinion in regard to tie quality of Amer
can iron. have greatly embarrassed their oper
atoms. and made us dependant, to a very great
extent. for supplies from abroad. That time
In passing away. and the day will soon come
" hen a home supply will be in a measure
equal to the home consumplion-Aibany Re
gaster.