, 1870-06-13

fand is a4a6o por ton In Go1d;o Thcso bear
dusy pf: IS Fer can't in gold, q S21.So,
making an aggregate cost IN gold, exclusive
OF freight, inaniahee, and exchange, of
5000. This, reduced to currency, makes
the cosa IN this country about $50 par ton.
A writer in the Protecttonist and Au9eicau
Ad"uyaeturers' Circular, in giving ths
reasons Why this tax Is not sufficient, states
that the value Of steel rail Is in the pro-
portion OF twelve to one that is, tho stosel
rail will last ns long az twalye iron zsi1s. He
also explains away delusion which protee-
sionists have indushious1y encouraged, as
The competition Of pauper labor. In e1-
planning why these rails can be made IN
England so much cheaper than in The
United States, he says:
IT y said, although mistake, that the high
Price Of labor In this country, and the cheapneas
Of labor n Europe, Is the cause End the opponents
Iahot. This ia a mistaken idea. The expense In
labor for the conversion Of pig ne.al luto Steel Is
but kmall portion Of the expense as it Is prnct-
fItte manual labor: only one experienced min ~
Ing required, sfstetcd BIZ ye5y few men At conf
| mon lahor prices We speak more OF the manufac-
ture Of the steel INTO inEots to be rolled INTO ra,s.
ri ,ns sd q ss saR f. 70 et n 81 = ss.a ss ~
=: n @ ,f I'll l,s r ~ - ar N , ny ny
tarrSs and no t1o1bie il running ther iron
ssnoe m s Il & ,9 sesF bfn m SslnssS Sspss5 cn ras rs M
Of foreign makers and our OWL is only {: per Ton,
while on steel rails the foreign makers can under
By ss5 Pc. ton. Both of these rails ar made
| from pig iron: the conversion Of pig iron into
gTssier ssnoont d is6of inn . convert
| VSn ,{Frt tTt, fnte GfnA1 ant ffnF r.
rocesses at completed, The roling Of the two
products into The turm Of rails "a The sa,1e and the
rom sn,s IL Would Appeal m int * steei % rai, should
be made for less money than N ison rall and g =
il, 80 Tar as money for labor u concerned 0nt Tor
stee the pig metal ts r0Hhefc found IN this coun-
~ convenient 70 eoal to mike steel rails from.
while pig iron for iron rails is often found Of PRO
duced on the same bed with coAl; therefore, With
Is, either coal lLust be transported great dls.
tancer, or pig metal irritable Jo5 dtan5 thif STEEL
Hust be Transported gress dissAaceA"
It will be seen from this statement that
iron rails can be prohtably made And sold
IN this country at 50 per ton above the cost
at which foreign rails can be sold for; but
tho tariff imposes duty of GIG per ton,
and the result is that tho country is taxed
sll per ton on al iron rails, TO add that
much to the profits Of the manufacturers
I But the proposed duty on Bessener ktee,
rails, which it is proposed to increase from
Is to It per cent, is not asked for to pro
tect American labor. Tho labor employed
in that production does not amount
10 moro than IS per ton- The cost
it is said, is in the transportation O.
the proper coal, to tho proper iron, O.
eice fersd, and this tar Of rs per cent i'm
posed upon the people is needed to pay tn
cost of transporting pig iron to the Goa
beds. The Almighty, it seems, has dis
criminated against pennsylvania, by placinI
the coal and iron suitable for convorsio1
into steel rails in different parts of th
country while in England He has place
them near each other; and, consequently
the people Of the United States must ia
themselves IS per cent in order to brin
these two articles together, so that th
th1ce persona holding the exclusive righ
3 to make Bessemer rails in this country ca
. do 30 prohtably.
This kind Of logic is extremely absurd
. oven if it were founded upon facts. In th
5 same number OF the paper in which thi
statement is made, are advertisements b
; American manufacturers of steel rails, an
of all other forms Of steel equal to the be:
imported; and this they are able SUCCESS
J. fully and pzodtably to do,under the prese1
protective duty of 45 per cent. If the ad
= ditionh cost in labor for nanufacturin
u steel rails is but FIVE dollnsa per ton, ths
Z colt is covered By the additional duty pt
l. ton which the present tariff affords.
10 In the same papet, we find an -editori
y contradiction Of the statement tha. CO
j. and pig iron, Suitable Tor the manufaetu
VI of steel are not found in this eountr
IL They are AZ near each other as the CO
L. and ores ara which produce pig iron, Al
e. the additional duty is really demanded aH
n mere bounty to the close corporation vi
u haye possessed themselves Of the e1clusi
right to make these steel rails BY the Be
- semer procekA i,