Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-01-28
IRON

IRON.
Dispatches from Washington state
that lIo, Hiram Price has offered an
amendment TO one or more Of the
Pacific Railroad bills, TO the ctfec, that
only American iron shall he used in
the construction OF said roads. There.
upon all the journals in the county
who prefer that British Industry shall
b. loStcrcI to the exclusion Of tie
American, are howling over the prop
osition IS one made directly IL the
interest Of = few monopolizin. toun-
dries and mines
Nuw We make a great deal Of al
iowance Tor diversity OF temperament
and individual organization, but we
frankly confess tina; we cannot con
c,eve how any one can look q, the
matter III this light One paper of
strong British proclivit;cs makes a
loud wall over the TACT that certain OF
tbs manufacturing companies OF the
East have been paying their stockhol-
dcfs lafs" r turns. They forget, or
do not Know, tina, by means OF TIE
tohtinua. elalter about tariff v hich the
.""r'aIs make, capital is kept aloot
i'""! entering into these businesses.
ana ihey themselves bring about the
'e'y monopoly they deprecate. 1t
seems as plain as daylight that il all
'ht manufacturing companies are ma
".":- money, ether capitalists will put
tn'l money into the business if there
), .ry assurance that after investing
~, t"rln. viii not be SO t;nkered with
Il. 10 make their investments total
.nssls.
.'utpo,.ns the tariii remains as 1t is
-. 4. ph't:es acquiesce thcaein and
.n-,e 10 effort To eject n reduction
'."fvot. ne effect would certainly
IL lo ".atiply cotton ana wooden
'n.pa,ia>iorles lonOdr;es. and ioliug.
miss With the multiplication OF, these
-" e$sa.1ly comes cheapenins OF
her pr"'.ucts. Surely when every :
'oi.. who can command the reqni site
amount OF capital, and has the proper
a'gtre OF skill and energies free to
,ns"r pursuit, or not, as he shall de-
ierm'ne, there connot be said to be a
m 'anpoly OF that pursuit by any tos-
III. hereof by Government. When
e>cl any one interest is over fostered
Ia. monopoly is destroyed. If Mr..
Prices amendment should prevail tie
e,:u.t would not be to Tighten and
strengthen cursed monopoly, but it
"enId add to the rolling mills Of the
g" ,niry 10 such IN extent tina. very
soon railroad IRON would be as cheap
bar. As ii can De furnished by the pau
pr ianor ot Europe. Look at the
s'>urdify Of the idea. Pennsylvania
Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro-.
llaa, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and
Missouri confirm almost inexhaust. ble
amounts OF iron ore. 1t is Just be
i'c.sht. the surface waiting for The
may touch Of capital to bring ii to
h-a 1t never will be brought out
'....il some security IS afforded tina, the
ra"p"r labor OF Europe will not be
bioAsht into competition with Amer.
lean intelligent labor in its process of
beiy wrought into commercial values.
10 say that. by fostering and protect
ing the labor, capital and skill Of the
miner. founder and capitalist in this
branch Of industry, mon poly will
be established is ioolishness 10 the ex.
IRENE. Let the proposition Of Mr..
Price he accepted and the furnaces OF
Penn ,ylvania, Virginia Yves, Virginia,
and Tennessee viii he started anew,
and nul,ltudes OF them be established
in Missouri and other states. Every
tafnaec will open up new section Of
farm :is country and give a new
market tor large amount of acricul.
1ural products. The establishment Of
any new Industry, or the extensions of
Al Of! one, quickens iuto greater &C.
tlylty life and trade.
Mr. Prices amendment is all right
and we hope to see j. adopted. Bv
Is adoption millions OF dollars will
10 retained IN the country, which
Nonin otherwise go to Europe; by its
lao4t.o' comes the multiplication OF
III ,!.e Industries by which Iron is
III .1ai Il IN tue ore to the finished
rali and by It's adoption is presag, d a
new "fa n the life anl activity OF
American trade and Industry.