New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-02
IRON AND sTEEL-PKODUCCB ON sN
AMERICA.


dent the secretary read report, whence We CLEAN.
THAI the production OF Anthracite Pig iron wa,
n - .C.4 o., tuus In ls65 i79, IS tuns
| Decrease IN '6J .-......-.. . 20l 400 tlns
or raw coal ,bi,umnous) aud coke Pig Iron thsIo-
was made
In l-6I 202l7I tun. In 1866 .l79OJ7 tuu.
Decrease (mainiy in Ohio -. lGrtuns.
o charcoal Pig Iron. there produced
In l.6i 2i40sl tuns. In ls6j .5s.3.0 TINS.
| Increase -...--.----- =, I'D tuns.
Toti product ~ Pig Iron in IS 9lo, J5J tu;rs
Oh l;a' Iron .bcre rolled in this country FOL
lows
In ls9l .s5aG'o tani. In 1850. u Oio tuns.
| Decrease. .--.--. - - tuns.
OF Rail. including those rc rolled there made IN
ls6s 3,Io.s tuls OF about half the capacity N our
mills
Of steel. there made in '65 oasiuy in Pelpsyl-
! ysnial lJ-i2 tuo-.
III, estimated thu, the makers o. all this lrJu and
Steel have paid into tbe Federal Treasury in taxes
shereupon no less than sg,2ls,0-.
Committee appointed by the char to draft resolves
embodyus the views OF the Association, reported. IN
the evening the following. which unanimously
adopted
R,soir,d That the American Iron and Steel Asaocia
ton hns been formed not IN the Interest OF capitalists
and cmpoyers hui 10 the interest 81 The hbpr OF our
whole country: that We believe In tie harmony al 10
terest, betw capital and labor that they prosper
only tor,Eher and together mGs steIthli thCiT des
tinie- cannot be and should bot BE- d' acred; tat we
believe in the harmony Of interests between 9nuac
tuIc- and agriculture ana between production ana
com le ce tha; believe that Amcrenu capitalists
emp overs. aborers and irgnspoftrs are cJphfthers
Will each other and with their Government, ana fbdt
we GeplecHtc wicked and unputiiOtlc all hdsdyOrs
to introduce dscOrd into thi. community Of Interests
by false teachings. that ogisation FOR the benefit of
all j. desi-ucd ,Cr class and that the relations be-
tween thcse copartner are not always those "i mutual
good. but iu their nafr'r aHtagoni' tie.
R1s7'rS. That tbs association feels Mat II is que 20
the ona interests and due TO the wisdom assdnlly
and tlorOughnes. wit. which the Commissioners APP
pointed TO revise tie lnirrrai Revenue system 81 ne
tnileG States have dule 'Lc'f work to express. our
O.! The rai ynne ~ their lahors and our
approval ~ the suggestions contained IN their report
ard especially OF then staesnanlke Indication OF tue
true and only remedy tor he ruio0us want OF equaiHa-
ton between the tar.h and the excise, which they IN
icris saS they INCREASINGLY prepared to recon
] o. fIs Tsifd .Siafss iron al dircrf farafi0n.'
gesgrsd That this association composed Of meu Ell
caccd ILL., ana practically familiar Wi,h. many OF he IL
dusfful pursuits whore Iteress have been siuGied and
rcprPica upon by the Internal Revenue Commission.
ectl urge upon Congress the speedy adoption of
the. several recommendations OF remedial changes, az
being founded 90 positive knowledge of the influence
O our cus and excise syhems upon che laDOr OF the
COUNT, md being. 20 our JUDGMENT. Practically
adsrfrd o. cure The many eys hch do now seriously
retaru or Wholly suspend tue production OF wealth by
| the Amr. 900 people.
R,.al-., Fiat the inteiDal stability and political
Iihf4 N. Aftplrf lNfi FilFtANu III nv
groRtr 90. Their commerce, and their accumulation OF
/ wrnlfi-in a word. their tyhZaton-prOcecds from
the eraera and profitable employ ment o their citizens
10 dyer,ted industry shd that among the objects for
which government is established among men, chief OF
Al il tLc sy.'emsic ard continuous prot elton OF that
industry hy law until Il reached the point OF de.
ycopmcnt who're rivalry with the xiii aud taste OF
other nations equally IuOic developed viii be prof
table q stimulus % better work and TO cheaper
processes
R,.oi-sd That unrestricted aud untaxed domestic
trade i toe policy Of the States o. the American uon
bat that internaoul free trade between these States
aud older and richer foreign States should only be ar.
rived al through protection. ard that our Government
H. conducting the development Of tie Resources aud
labor Of The country 10 that end sbond be- guided by
the wise policy OF the British who, with extreme Jeai-
ousy and riCof projected their Manufacture and the
commerce which grew out Of them for an unbroken
period OF two hundred years aud that the bank
ruuicy waste impovcrishment. and suffering which
four times IN less than halt century have cursed the
American people the punishment OF their ria Of IL
ternaoua free trade before they were prepared for H.
should sufioe as warning against arepetiion OF the
Rrsogrtd. That We favor ard tha, viii welcome
the uurestrciet emigration from all the world ofskied
and unskilcd labor and " manufacturing capital and
experience.
Pe.olref That there Is IA struggle between American
labor and British capital Tor the possession OF the
American markets. which should command the imme'
date Intervention Of our Government ana tie ANXIOUS
svmpgiay OF all people. that this struggle Is I'M
equa for the reasons that the Itish nation Is IN
sc.sio Of the markets OF the world through the
nous dey eOpment " il Manufactures aud commerce.
tat IL Manufacturers Superior to those OF all other
nations in tAe adyantf rcs OF accumulated wealth; the
control a. money without Init az low rates OF interests
~ abundance VI cheap skilled labor whose wages are
but . third or a Quarter Of what American working
men properly demand and justly receive. IN the
proximity OF their mills and factories 10 ne1haasI!be
supplies vi iron and cOal in the Complete eX-
enptlon OF their manufactures from taxation.
aud the additional governmental protection OF
free trade in raw materials. On the other hand,
the wages o. American labor ae 200 and 800 per cent
higher than in Great Britain; the rate Of interest for
tue Of money averaged through period OF years Is
than three tmes as great here "a there the per
.cual uncertainty Of the revenue polcy when hangs
yer American manufacturing enterprises dlseourages
Investments the e1epi 0i our country and the sepaTa
non OF its labor from materials and markets enhance
the cost and diminish the profits OF production aud the
war TO save lhs nations life left behind II heavy taxes
v ch enter with the elements of every product OF skill
and crown the finished result with fresh addition to
tie cost and give large premiums to mporiaons from
abroad.
R,soirtd That cur present tariffs in'uhclentto give
American nborers equality In this unjust and unnat
IRA struggle wrost rom them the possession OF ther
own market, and Ia take nom them th,lr rght 10 90
! their countrv's work
Re.oired That the truest pan OF reconsructing the
South and restoring the Union Is 10 establish perina
Den'ly "A uaiOna revenue policy, which snail develop
the coal iron. gold, copper, petroleum. and other min
eral wealth Of Virginia. Georgia, the Ca-olinas, Ken
lucky Alabama, Tennessee, and their sister states
vary and enrich their agriculture ana plant manufac
turing cties upon their heretofore ased erpOwers
and save them forever from the pauperiztlon and lnfc
rority which externally attach to the expectation OF raw
products and the importation Of goods and give them
that prosperity and content that deprive politics OF ami
mostly and take from sectional strife its object
Resoirsd That We in the enormous ind unpreee'
denied pOrtation of foreign goods bought on credit
q. well shipped here upon adventures IN our vast IN.
debtedness 20 Europe upon Federal, state, corporate
and municipal bonds; in the steady CROWN OF our
necessity 10 part with gold IN the rapid dminuton
Of the consumption of coal which is the bread of man
nfnctOres IN the alarming Increase OF rents In the
principal importing city Of our foreign trade in the