The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-29

wilds of Micouri; and everywhere coal and
limestone lie in juxtaposition with the ore.
1t is stated that 'srom I74O to 1856 the produc-
ton of iron increased seventy fold. IF the same
rate of increase should prevail for the next one
hundred and fifteen yesrs the annual make
would reach 400, 100000 tons; and it is 70 be
observed that the ratio Of increase has been an
increasing one for each period Of ten years since
l740, and not decreasing one. Commencing
with 1906, it required till 1924, period Of
eighteen years, to double the production in
Great Britain. BY 1886 it was again doubled,
requiring only twelve years In l847 it was
again doubled, requiring eleven years In 1855,
period of eight years, it had risen from 2,OOO,-
900 tons to 100000, at which rate it would
double in ten years"
The present annual production of iron is esti-
mated at 100000 of tons OF this product
about one half is consumed by non-producing
nations, thus forming large basis of inter
national traffic. The average value of iron as
raw material, in the forms of pig, bar and plate,
may be estimated at $50 per ton. With this
data before him any one may see at . glance
the immense future of the iron trade that at no
distant day must fall into our hands. Assum-
ing that the present relations of consumption
and production shall be maintained, that is,
that producing nations shall consume the
same proportion OF the general product VIC
shall find that in less than fifty years the iron
trade alone will equal in value the whole present
:-xo of <bo Tn
view of such results the iron trade is destined
to play an important part in the future industri-
al and political influence Of this country and
the globe. The policy adopted by the admins
tration toward that branch of industry will
mark an era in its history.
WALL STREET LIMNERs LAYING ON THE
CoLoRs THICK-Our Wall street stockjobbing
contemporaries but more particularly the ESen-
ing Post, are laying the colors thick on their
candidate for the Mayoralty. All this glazing
and vanishing, however, resolve themselves into
the one substantial recommendation, that Mr..
Tiemann is paint manufacturer and therefore
fit Mayor for New York To Mr.. Tiemann's
merits as paint manufacturer, of course we
can offer no objection. The vocation is an
honorable one. and demands some peculiar quail
lications. In the first place, the person pursu-
ing it must. in artistic parlance, "have an eye
for colors" Next, il not an educated chemist,
he must be an intuitive one, so far as the COM
pounding of sap green and Prussian blue is
concerned. Mr.. Tiemann is all this, and some
thing more. He is thoroughly posted up on
pigment statistics in all quarters of the globe;
and having visited most of the drug stores Of
Europe, can tell to shade how much vermillion
or copal annually finds its way into the COM
MERGE of the world. Mr.. Tiemann is besides
what is called representative man. No ones
pursuits respond more generally to the wants and
tastes of the community. All classes have, in
fact, direct interest in him. From the vir-
tuoso of the Fifth avenue down to the thrifty
housewife who does her own mural decorations,
all must feer anxious for the success of a can
ddate who has such reputation for fast colors.
There is no denying the fact that in the knew
ledge, the experience and the skilful manipu-
lation of Mr.. Tiemann much Of the ornamental
beauty and pictorial effect of our city depends.
He supplies the decorators of our mansions, the
scenic artists of our theatres, the sign writer's
of our business premises, with the glowing tints
which gladden. and refresh the sight. II is
said-but we will not vouch for the fact,-that to
his cunning skill even the cheek of beauty
sometimes owes its heightened attractions. If
so. we may expect to find the female element
prominently developing itself in the approach
ing contest The Duchess of Devonshirc
did not disdain to kiss greasy butcher
to secure his vote for Charles James
Fox. To what extremes may not cur
Broadway bellies venture on behalf of
a colorist who paints the lilly and gilds the
rose. Although somewhat advanced in years
for n cupid, he cannot fail TO interest the SYM
pathies and monopolise the sutlrages of the
frail Clorindas who rejoice in borrowed charms.
There is another recommendation which has
been kept in the background in the enumera-
ton Of the advantages connected with the can
didature of Mayor Woods opponent. These
are hard times, and there is no superabundancc
of money to waste on Mayosalty contests. The
item Of political banners Is serious one in the
calculation of electionecring expenses. Have
not the cunning stockholders of Wall street
been specializing on an economy of the raw ma
terial in pitching upon paint manufacturer rs
their candidate? If they have not, the coinci-
dcnce is a remarkable one.
Taking all these circumstances into con-
sderation. we quite agree with our Wall
street contemporaries that Mr.. Tiemsnn is
very useful man in his way, and,
considering the times and the high price of
naint a ,.rv ,,noa candidate Cor thpir pnrnosa
Whether he will suit the great mass of the con-
rtituency, who do not believe in mastic, is how
ever. q very different question. We ourselves