The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-03
AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL.
Members OF the National Association
Visit Speaker C0lfax - he FAVOrs ~
HIGHER Tariff

WASHINGTON, March AT eight O'Clock last
evening some forty members OF the Iron and
Steel Association called at Speaker Colax's resi-
dence, when Mr.. Bruno, of Pittsbu-g Addressed
him in behalf of his interest. To which Mr.. Col
fax replied es folloWs:-
Gentlemen IL thank you for the honor of this
call my duties have prevented attendance the
SEE sons of your Convention, in which Ihave felt
deep interest, The Gamcliel At whose set lClrlod
the value OF fostering end developing american A.
dusry was Henry Clay, end oil olVation and exps-
rience have only confirmed and strensGh sGhened !hc-e
principles, Iwould Ilther import the lndEstrous
laboTers Of the Old World, who with their families
sex ahome under our flag, than 20 import the pro-
dLcts OIL foreign looms land iuIEa os, accumuaknE
foreign debt against US When the present tariff
ppssed IL was nsis ed that il was prohiDitory, and
would isolate US commercially from other nations,
like Japan IN past yee-s. But under At orr I'M,
for tue shipment of our bonds abroad, to
pay this balance of trade the draining OF gold from
commercial crisis. In O long journey the past sum-
mer learned more OF tue mlneral resources OF our
country than / had ever known belore--eut other
deveopments grati6ed me exceedingly. The Rocky
Mountains had attracted immigration TO Colorado
territory 10 secure the gold waich gntteI5 IN IT'S
Tocl 8, Ifs rivers and ravines. But iron and coal
have both been recently discovered there and
dorado has commenced iron manufacturing in a
small way before becoming state. Ca iiornia had
been supposed TO be destitute o. coal but it has
been found recently IN Mount Dla6oio, one OF the
o. ss o o tbS cret of tbe ers
Nevada, an IRON IS found at many p0ints there.
After speaking briefly Of the wonderful pro-
gross and providential history oil the New World,
MIR. Colfax concluded as folloHs:-
People will travel TO the very ends of continent
for the precious meta 3, but precious as they are,
the less valuable metlls-'rou, copper lead, etc =
which abound in our land contribute moro greatly
to our national wealth. Theorlze us We may, cxpe-
Renee proves that wherever the busy hum OF in-
dusrry IL heard wherever the shu.te flies in the loom
aud the spindle and the Tip.hanmer is active Ia
our ctones and forgos labor W in quick demand,
And prosperity smiles on the land. When there
is stas nation and decay In our manufacturing
industry and we import from foreign countries
what we could produce within our own borders, the
of the Republic, and by every interest Now that
the war for the Union has closed blessed as we are
with nation vast in its area from ocean 10 ocean,
within the very parallels OF latitude in which Is
found three-quarters of the worlds population
nearly all Of it's highest phases of civilization,
abOundina In all kinds Of mineral wealth, with un-
equalled agricultural resources with D0undess water
power, with an industrious population, with Ameri-
can energy aud American enterprise, our future, II
our legislation Is wise, win be moro brilliant than
the most glorious annals OF our past