Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-09
TUE REDUcrIoN or THp DuTY on IRoX--How

been touched upon by the late Congress, that
the ,lnty on iron has been reduced from, thirty to
twenty-four per cent WoOlens, sugar and coal,
have been modified to the same amount AS
regards the effect of this modification upon the
iron business Of the country, generally, We be.
Iieve it will be disastrous, and viii result in the
closing up of many of the mills now in success
full operation. It viii be remembered that some
time ago We published an article from an Eng
fish paper, called the Mining Journal showing
that scheme was on foot among the English
iron masters, tn supplant the trade Of this coun-
try in that business, By reducing the prices
nearly,5l0 per ton. But it seems that there
will be no need Of this, and that English iron
will now be freely imported at good living rates
to the manufacturers. We said that we believe
that the general effect of this reduction will be
disastrous. This is our reason. Last year near
ly nine hundred thousand tons of iron were
made by the furnaces Of the United States
Out of this, twothirds, at least, Of the rails laid
down our railroads, were manufactured We
saw it estimated some time ago, that in the nu-
merous direct and indirect employments which
the production of ore and the manufacture of
iron gave rise to, about half million of the
people of our country were engaged Ttisyery
safe TO say, when once We contemplate the vari-
Gus uses to which iron is employed, after its
manufacture, from stoves, anchors, and the hea-
West articles down to the manufacture of nee
dies, and all such delicate branches Of our in
austry, that there is no interest in which the
people are SO deeply concerned as the iron in
1crcst
The effect then of this reduction upon the
general product of iron, will he diletcrious;
but .npon various localities it will have no per-
cCph6lc influence. We take our own locality as
an example of the latter. We are ready to be-
lieye now, that this reduction will be rather
beneficial than otherwise for ns. It will hasten
on, as it were, our manifest destiny We
believe it viii bring about concert of action
among our iron masters, which action will re.
Hult in the building Of the proposed iron flrna.
ces. The present modified tariff takes of six
per cent Of the profession which American
manufactures had before. This will cut off the
siiShtprotits which many of tho out of the way
mills had. Many Americanmills have been born
and reared under protection in places where the
natural resources Of the business were anything
hut first class. This modification will fall hca.
Willy and rutnously upon such. But, as we had
occasion TO say the other day, wo have here the
resources right at our hands-!just as much aud
more than great part of the English factories
have Much Of their ore is supplied from Wales,
and brought to Birmingham aud other iron cit
les We have great advantage in fuel. They
are obliged, at vast expense, to sink shafts far
under ground; and cheap as their labor is, they
cannot raise the coal without heavy expense.
But allowing that our advantages are just the
same-offSctting our resources in ore and fuel
against their starved labor and still the cost of
transportation, and the "a per cent. of duties
must come over to our credit So that
with the large margin for contingencies,
which We left the other day, and tho still
remaining large dividends sure to accrue from
the establishment of blast furnaces in this vicin-
ity, we do not regard the modification of the
tariff upon iron as at all detrimental tous: be.
cause in the closing of some American mills,
the demand will be greater upon the balance
A MERlTED RsBuxE-About one of the tru,
est and most scathing reviews we ever read, Is
that Of the New York TINES, of Friday last,
npon the New York Herald Itshows it to be,
what it really is, public cesspool OF immor-
atty and obscenity. To slow it up, in its tue.
light, the Times proposes the ALLEGATION hy the
leading religious bodies of the city of some por-
ton of their funds to the republication of the
Hsrq0d articles Of every two months, in paral-
lei columns, in order to show its various changes
of opinions and contradictions-with all bad
grammar, bad English, slang, obscenity and
SANDER, marked in italics
Tar PRoPosED ENlGRATtoS FRox rms HoRru
TO VIRGINIA. The last number Of the Rich.
mond Wig. has a long article upon tile above.
subject; the substance ofwhtch is, that it threa-
tens death and disaster to the proposed en-.
igration from tho Northern States to Virginia.
Go on with your abuse Mr.. W6ig--Westernl
Virginia viii open hor arms to receive these
men, and viii let you sleep on in your sluggish
repose, until you arc awakened by the hum of
industry that viii echo from every hill and val.
Icy this side the Ridge
Hos. JONATHAN ESIaar The following eds
toriNl paragraph No take from. the last number
Of the Washington Pa.,) Eramiasr Mr..
Knight it. viii DO remembered, vas defeated
last fall, in the Washington Congressional Dis
trict, by slr. Moatgpnery. Coming from a
political opponent, this paragraph speaks vol.
uuns In favor Of NJ. knights Congressional
term as Representative ofthat District:
The Congressional term of This gentleman
having expired We take this opportunity to re-
utrai our sincere thanks for the numerous and
Important tayors e9 tsitded TO us during thep past
two years. Although differing with AIR. knight
in political sentiment and consequently disap-.
proving Of his party votes in Congress, we arc.
constrained 20 acknowledge that he is a gentle-s'
man in the best sense Of the term. Nay the res
mainder Of his days upon earth be many and
full OF happiness, and may he at last go down to
the graSesuPported by the christians hope.