The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-26
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, ARRoEEcTIVE FARIiF,FlF.
Meeting of the American nor; -,
Steel elAssOcIatIon.-sVfeVT OF EIatiIen
Men ON Our Foreign and DoniestI
Revenue Policy.
The fourth quarterly meeting of tbi
Association met in Cleveland ON Wed
tnesday, and was called TO order b,
\ q. B. Ward, of Detroit, President of tn,
Asspetatiop. II. 81. Lanborn, Esq.
Secretary fthe Association, then called
i the'roll; when REPRESENTATIVES from tn,
:. following corporations responded:
! Columbia Iron Co., Johnstown. Pa.
Lehigh. Crane Iron Co., Catasauuun
4 Pn.; Eairmount Iron Works, Phfladel-
phla; Clinton Furnace, Pittsburgh; Du-
IqueSne Iron and Steel Works. Pitts
burgh; Indianapolis Rolling Mill Co.,
indianapolis; Blair Iron and Coal Co
Holidays burg, Pa; Kensingtons Iron
works, Pittsburgh; Wyandotte Rolling
/ Mill CO., Wyandotte,; Mich; BethIehenI
Iron Co., Bethlehem, Pa; Black Din-
mond Steel Works, Pittsburgh; Juniata
! Iron Works, j Pittsburgh; Freedom Iron
Co., Lewiston, Pa; BenwoOd Iron
| " LA1H W. VI H. kStlDl0 Iron
Works, Pittsburgh; Kittanning Iron
Works, Pittsburgh; Northwestern Iron
Co., Milwaukee, Wis.,; hIcReesport Iron
works, McKeesport, Pa; Chicago Roll
ing Mill Co., Chicago; Eliza FURNACES.
Pittsburgh, Pa; Shoen berger Furnaces,
P1ttsburgh; Lawrence IRON Works, New
Castle, Pa; Cleyeland Rolling Mill Co.,
lCleyelandi Globe Iron Works, Cincin-
natl; ta1rchance Iron Works, Union
town, Pa; J.dS j. Rogers, Iron and Nail
Works, Ausable Forks, N. VI: Pitts
burgh Steel Works, Pittsburgll; Hia-
watha Nut and lBoltNN Works, Pittsburgh:
Chess, Smyth & Co., Pittsburgh.
The President delivered an address
in the course of which he remarked
that: 3a{iEa{f go
Efforts are being made by the Free
Traders to create sectional enmity be-
tween the eastern and western MANU-
facturers. But I am happy TO inform
you that perfect unanimfty of senti-
ment and concert of effort exists be-
tween these two sections, and that there
tlS. .ria no u 55eaa4so9 aa4so tQ aRggebeqa i6aaEe
of all parties concerned.
The feeble muttering of a clique called
the Free Trade League, organized in
this country, New York city, J is some
times heard in the West, begging for
proselytes to their European policy, but
their efforts fall stfll=born on the public
ear. The great northwest has proclaimed
herself a power in this nation, and j be-
lieve that many of the owners of the
thousands OF factories now in the
East, will in time find 1t to their
| interest to moXe part of their capital
to points west of the lakes and the
Mississippi, where they will find
cheaper land; cheaper food, cheaper
operatives, and q more ready market
than they now have. The time is not
far distant when the Northwest will
counther manufacturers by the thou
sand, and her farms that are now de
clining in fertility, will be recuperated
by the manures collected at contiguous
and numerous fnctories, in the same
1 manner that England has raised the
product of her farms, from ten to thirty
bushels of wheat per acre. ,
The circulation of the publication we
have printed, has had the effect OF
bringing a large proportion of the
western press to see that it is their in
i terest as well as their duty to aid us in
the propagation OF. our views. !
4 An auxiliary association was formed
in this city, soon after our last meet
ing mt Chicago, under the auspices loi
NIr. A. B. Stone and his co-laborers
that promises TO spread its benetieent
fruits over the Whole State of Ohio, nnd
4 perhaps will reach into Virginia, Ken
; lucky, Tenuessee and-puft Of Indiana
The importance of these auxiliary asso
Citations is manifest. They reach
through local personal effort, many in
dividuals who otherwise would be. lei
, in ignorance of our views, and the ne
4 cessity for action. Pittsburg, Oleve
land, PIattsburg and other points, fur
nish examples by their eo-operativ'
unions, which it is exceedingly i'm
portant to have initiated in all parts o
I the Union. ~
Importations from Europe have large
ly increased during the plst thre'
months. but little gold has been eN
ported, the large balances due on for
eign bills being paid by the export o
United States bonds, A slight improve
; ment has recently taken place in the troI
and steel trade, but q general depression
still exists throughout the country
Our national finances will float aloni
: easily SO long as the government con
are freely taken in npayment OF Euro
peant balances. But when both OF thes
Elements cease to operate, MS they sure
llV must, all prudent business men VII
: use the propriety of exercising NOR
3 than ordinary caution, rs the accump
lllation of a huge interest-be4r den
lin Europe cannot fail to produce qlti
mate strtngency in money, and stagna
Z tion in alI kinds of business. . Z. q .
i As oIIr organization has kept 1tsel
1tfree from all combinations aiming d
: increasing tie prices of any class 9
e etcommodities, trust they Will In futnr
) carefully avoid all acts in their assoc
lated capacity tending towards that re
Esult. f5.i 5,.i Z: Z, A.
q The report upon the adoption OF 2,ge
a ms. to the ton, was then presenteG q q
1.-the Secretary, in the analysis OF wh1c
1--we find In favor of the adoption of :, ,gg
ibs. to the ton, S. in Massac chusetts, l =
!. :. Vermont, is, in New York; IN Nel
s Jersey, ~ in Pennsy lvaniaS 2 IN ~ aF5S
lIand,.fp In Ohio, g in Missouri, " 4
4 wisconsin, IN tchigan, and IN III
4 tnois.. Opposed, 1s a which 2 are
I AIassa6husettss in Rennsy wanna 9 I
4 Ohio; in addition are 8 doubtful repliei
Il or. taking members alone, 80 are "a L
s The report states that 81.
g The tendency of the replies show
= that that the majority of the IRON an e
ii Steel Manufacturer are in tayor OF t1 Li
: kproposed uniform ton Of 2, goo, Tor q
j fifoUoWinp reasons