New-York tribune., 1867-01-04

change in tho classification Of iron from that accord
ing 10 which duties now levied is asked ior by poth
string that the csssfcatons e and shapes may be
made specific and numerous and remain s9Dstan m
the contrary request that the classification be made even
more general thar at present MA sd% tba
| the object sought for In both instances Is TO
SS obtain ahted asked Sn for directly VIZ an in.
! crease in the tariff IN the one case, and a
reduction In the other. The Commissioner therefore,
recommends that the classification Of the common forms
Of rolled and hammered iron prescribed under thc exist
ing tariff remain unatered It being represented TO him
that is the custom OF manufacturers both at home and
abroad 70 include under one price the varieties 0f iron
for which rate of duty is established The cX
listing classification has also the further recommendation
that has been long In existence, and Is one To which
business interests of the country have become thoroughly
accustomed.
In respect TO railroad iron, the Commissioner wond
recommend that the existing tariff OF 70 cents per 100
pounds remain unchanged -
Scrap IrOn.On scTapiron low rates OF duty are recon-
mended This article is a raw material upon whlch
great amount OF coal ana labor must neces-ar De e1
pended in order to make available ana Dy adhtung II
free at low rate OF duty the importation ot nuch
manufactured iron would be rendered unnecessary mas
much many kinds Of such iron could then DC mado
cheaper al home than they could he imported.
Al present nearly all the scrapTon which accuInplates
In various parts OF the world iinds us way 10 Grgne @
Britain because it is there admitted free OF duty; ana the
direction thus given TO this material Is not unimportant
determining the of commerce as respects other
and more valuable products
She-On steel much higher rates OF duX Ihah % thoso
recommended upon iron are submitted Although these
rates much higher and are protested against Dy not
"a American
sented 10 the Commissioner tends to establish the laot
that If any less granted the development or most
important and desirable branch Of domestic Industry Wl
owing To the present currency derangemehl ana lhc gh
price and scarcity of skilled labor be arrested not en-
trcy prostrated This is claimed 10 be more especially
In regard 10 steel OF the higher grades or qnaes
II is also represented 10 the Commissioner that since inc
Introduction OF the Manufacture Oh lese gues oi sei
in the United States or since 1882 the price OF i9iel5h
steel OF similar qualities has been very considerably re-
duced through the effect OF the american an %
ana that the whole country IN TINS way mas klcV oo
than sufficient to counterbaance the tax levied as pro
lection for the American steel manufacture which mas
grown up under its Influence.
COAL
So far rs the general interests OF trade concerned
anthracite and bitUmnOus Goals may be grouped To-
gether The price OF to great degree regulates the
price Of the other because for manufacturing iron, gen
Grating steam, aud for household purposes either WIN DC
used ndffcTCnty according 10 the chtapnes lts cost
We have already stated that the production of each OF
these Goals In this country Is about equal In auhee
there is no competition; the whole country must look 70
ar iST ~ Fl Fpand m depeHds mainly
onthe adjacent coalfelds in the British Provinces New
York receives portion Of her supply from the same
quarter the balance being Obtained rom lhghhI ana
from Pennsylvania and Maryland; Philadelphia ana Ba
timor substantially stocked from the mines OF the
states In which they are respteuVt! eIgae1, % anu ''
Valley Of the Mississippi as Tar down rs NtwOrcah~ -
mainly furnished from the coabcds OF PENNSYLVANIA ana
Willie the fullest tabular statements can be obtained In
relation anthracite coal II Is not easy 10 obtain reliable
tables Of the value Of btumnous coal IN thcse various
markets for series OF years. Goals of the same grade Ia
Philadelphia s. in Baltimore and 81 ~ in Pittsburgh hut
during the past year, the price In all oi the North'h s
h gold, OF per levied on Provincial Goals 10y tnr
expiration Of the Reciprocity Treaty IN March iso In
Boston, Provincial coal has averaged, during the past
year, about sS 80 per tun; while Cunhrrlhd coii 9iy
land I'm the city has been worth ahoutS a. Ia New
York Provincial Goals have aYeIagcdNJ 30 ana western
Pcnnsvlvaua about $40 per tm The cost of freight of
Western Virginia Goals has been from s. to $40 per tuh 10
NewYor II fhould be here noted however that coast
wise frcghts ruled at 50 low nate during the past
season. that the legitimate effects OF the duty eS,d o"
Provincial Goals not yet apparent IN Philadelphia ana
Baltimore price, have ruled lower than IA 1868, WINE, III
respect 20 the Valley Of the Mississippi me Gte- ngfi. ~
ii
per tun; Cincnnat s. 80 per tun; Louisville Kentucky
s. 6O Cairo, Illinois, s. is Memphis Tennessee, v "a
Ncw-OTlcaus, S. % per tun.
The great difference between the prices Of coal IN the
interior and on seabOard. s caused 10y the superior IA'
ties for distribution afforded by water carriage. No
Pennsylvania Maryland Goals can be distributed on te
seaboard, without M the first place paying l'Ig 'os !.
Of the trustees ~ the Philadelphia Gas works appears
that upon purchase Of coal amounting to upward OF
81 400 600 more than 100000 of the paid u
tolls to the Pennsylvania Railroad Compacl, Wm'i
mtes situated west Of the Alcehae have paid for the
transportation Of their Goals To the city OF DIX not
Proceeding to an analysis Of the items which make up
the cost of Goals at these various poinr may p' SUN
cent without entering into further particular 70 60 am
ine plices In New York and Boston. A. regards Boston
Cape Breton and Pctou Goals have cost al hc mines AN
average ~ 81 in gold per un 10 tlr ada TOT duy a
payable In gold " 2 ana We nave cost "i ~ =, tou
which Bt 90 per cent premium s rqhai 70 - ~ iu
add further 10 this amount s. G2 for commission freight
and insurance and have the price a. before stated
In NewYOrk taking the same iIoNlhelM cVas AZ the
for coal and duty, have Tor Ttgii, nrNl
ancc and commission. currency margin ~ ~ g. WIN
the Pennsylvania coas costing go per tu We nave " as
the original of the coal with s. for carriage ana rN
penses with Newcastle Goals selling for $40 90 We have
the original cost oi thc COAL ~ IN gvu iI w uut ~ y
in gold leaving balance Of V o. for freight ana othcr
charges. ,
American coal obtains less Tor hir coal thhn NE
foreign coal the port Of shipment aud that The
large cost OF the article at the seaboard Is caused by the
expense OF transportation
The following table exhibits the course OF trade IN FOR
egn coal from 1883 10 1905 inclusive and covering the
period OF the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain: