The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-30
Prom the Troy IN. W Budget.
The Iron Trade and Manufa cture.

The following remarks which we copy from the Albany
Register are full OF interest. and are ,omewhai ns,fuc
tive wiiba In copying them cannot but express our
asonishmen al such sentiments from such source. n
appears alter ALL If the Register he right, that 1t
the pauper labor Of Europe. ,hs was not The tariff Of s4e
that depressed the iron interest IN this county, but lack of
capital sk and experience. This IS sa-ge doctrine
for wing Journal 10 nculeaie, but it shows that The
hgh-isrf notions oil the wbg party becoming
modified. and the democratic doctrine will be uni
verssly conceded 10 be the only founded in reason
and consistent, with sound judgment and common
But we proposed only 10 introduce the article from
the Register, which, for lis force, is valuable, IL
IT have other element OF interest: There Is no
business it eays, (which has in prospect such "a good
time az The iron business. We are told that
our manufacturers got under way 40 as 10 compete with
England in our own market, and furnish reasonable
expectation that we can supply any CONSIDER portion
OF the demand Tor home consumption the iron princes OF
England will knock down the prices TO The starvation
standard and ruin osr own capita they have done
in tunes past reference TO statistics and facts will
show the fallacy OF such nm apprehension. The con-
sumption OF IRON has increased q thousand fold within
the last years, and is sl increasing in an accelea
ling ratio Scarcely store built that tons OF iron do
not enter into lie construction Pilsts. linsls, and
nicee composed OF iron. Machinery, with its shafts
aod vbeels, which formerly were Of wood. il
posed OF iron. The Implements oil hnsbandy are being
composed almost exclusvely oil non Depos and store
houses and even dwelling houses, coming to be
made Of iron, But more than all his The vast amount
used in the construction OF railroads alone will furnish
market Tor oil the iron works in operation in the
world The amount Of railroad iron now in il est
mated at 100000 tons and the amount that will be
quired TO complete the roads now under CONTACT nr
about being organized, will require for The next FIVE
years. AT least 900 900 OF tons The 900 900 Of
ions in will have be replaced within the next
ten years by new rails These facts show how utterly
Impossible will be for any county TO control the iron
market The demand for years TO will exceed the
supply. Furnaces and iorees must be everywhere null
upl,ed TO answer the increasing demand.
There country in tbe world where the facilities
FOR manu- ung iron exceed those possessed by The
United States There hardly State in the Union in
which 10 not abundant, easy OF sceess and OF the
best quality. Pcnnsylvana alone possesses and
richer than all England and il Is easier of sccess
Northern New Yort has inexAaustibie supply oil the
richest and best quality and in close proximity 10
gab. waters The iron business 10 everywhere attract
ing the attention of capitalists, and millions being
invested IN the various branches OF manufacture pertain
ing 10 that buA,ness large amount OF railroad iron 10