, 1870-06-04
David A. Wells.
He Puts Ris Inquisitors to Rout.
Great Decline IN Bessemer Patent
Stock,
The Points or His Reply.
Verdict Of the Non-Snborned Com
mittee,
[FRoN OUR OWN OWN CORRESPONDENCE


OF it is signed by . set Of chaps who have
grown rich out Of Congress and the taxes Of
the people diverted from the Treasury, viz:
Danncll J. Morrell steel-saa1 maker, PennsYi-
vanta- --
oakes Ames, iron and steel maker. Massa-
Pniletus Sawyer, protected lumber dealer, Wis
Stephen Sanford, carpet manufacturer, New
IOrk.
u; - %ss;i;5aS :, S?s5Ss' ss?'; + Cir,
This part OF the report is merely undignifed
and spiteful. The committee hnvo very prop
erly suppressed it, aud three Of them now de-
ny that they ever signed it.,
The true report, bearing tho signatures Of
two efficient members, who represent constitu-
encies and not mills, IL remarkable in that it
is mainly written BY Nj. David 4. Wells HIM
self, that young champion who never puts a
stone i'll his sling but he drops whole row of
blockheads.
WELLS GOING IN.
Thero is nothing in the world 80 beautiful
as to see man, who knows Lis craft, get
down to business. After the SHUTTER, the
swearing, The frothing, aud the fumins of the
amateur Committee Of Manufactures, Mr..
n
without splitting On his banda, OF invoking
Mars, or any other fanfaronade, ho opens fire
thus :;
"Thc Commissioner does not ctalm that his re-
ports have been free from mistakes or errcrs In
asmuch as his Investigations, embracing great
fields, have often been most liTffcult, especially
through thc absence Of proper data, which data,
ee1 m " @ !as q s
First hair of tho scalp! Mr.. Young, OF the
Bureau OF Statistics. told me he wsa many
weeks getting from the pig iron aud steel men
their ordinary publications, because, said they,
that Internal Wells will get hold Of tlom and
pick them 10 pieces" This is good deal Of
the sort Of literary courage which il afraid to
publish = book because Of the book critics.
The pig iron people would like Congress to
read their reports aud vote upon them, but not
to examine them. Yet this jolly assortment Of
Literary lobbyists hasten to ba employed As
critics upon Mr. Wells reportst
COST OF FLO IRON
Mr- Wells first offences which smellod to
Heaven were these: l.. He said that the
average expense Of producing a ton Of Dig
non In the United States WAC SIG; 2. Tuat tle
pig iron producer in the interior OF tho country
had a protection in the cost Of railway trans
portation equal to e1.50 ton for crerv 100
miles, counting from the port Of entry Of the
foreign iron.
AS to tho cost OF pig iron, Mr.. Wells quotes
Ahram s. Hewitt, special pct Of the Penusyl-
yania men, and one Of those in the iron buai-
ness:, sin the Lehigh Valley pig iron III pro
dneed at an average cost Of ;::24 per ton" He
fnr rom aiahnn. .,1,n san :. a. ~ CGns M
tanooga Furnace iron costs from s18 to 5al2
per ton, and it will be made soon Tor a15" He
quotes Charles E. Sackett, Of Albany, n. Y,
Who eavH: "Iron cau be made for S.S5 tN ncr
ton here, with large allowances, and furnace
will pay dicitie,id Of Mirty.tre per- cent, He
quotes D. W. Tnti,ilj, pig iron maker Of Dur
ham, Bucks County, PeunByIvauia, who SAWS
II made It for s22 -, and 81. oG per ton, aud the
company even then, eSnecta t9 clear 50 per cent
~ ~ nor 1onts ~ te mksss pS ron ior
i.r eT nn ~ oag T.; 1b ~ yo1t Sreu1
certu,ny would net answsr " yo eIe AZ thc aai,
ttmc, consider the du.y on PIX lion an enormous
burden on tic people, for the benefit Of less than
oooo Persons, who are Interested In making this
anicse-
4. he quotes James i. omith, the official atatis-
tician OF the manufacturers in Khode I4land,
who says . II costs in Providence, to manu-
tactnre. s22.37 ton" He quotes one of
Delano's Assessors OF Southern Ohio, who
says:
i is claimed that Iron can be produced O. 1ess
hn T9Ss cnst ne.e = san n IL or evsn 10 wales
- ner ~ I'm ~ 1s 1s'ueeu ~ solaes'ne 'css lnan
*|Lc' eou
lie quotes john Noach Sons OF the
great Morgan Iron Works, New York, who
eayS: The Reading {p1.l Furnace people
alierc that their bo,1kS ehow tbn cost ~ the;r
nlr iron NJ. r. oTcoa1 ASs 80 ~ IL
nnotpa Ta,arIes HicS.ir ~ r.. S,ro,5.iat
H Hau4SS WI. a. 1cHait " tns Carohoelot
1t for $50 = ton. He quotes Brown, Bon
uell 4 Co., Of Youngstown, Ohio, who saws.
he whole cost Of making one ton OF pig
metal Is about :a5.' He quotes George 4.
Lewis, or Clarksvllle, Tenn., who says:
=. i1g i1on can 70" be made in Tennessee,
oSWote!a, anu 1Aaoama, ALL deAFe1ed at Lonle-
I.L riue II Cost o. - Cincinnati. *23, and
rit!spufEn, @ F:s 70: H9 quotes W. H: Powell,
o1 'ne tl1toh Iron WORKS, Ohio, who says:
~. "At The present prices Of pig Iron La the West,
ING entire foliing-1n nail factory, and founury
are comisisl! rasalyzei and rendered
ali nnHsib, e ,aseses.s Lave
dIibirndt.T eASA' f9'' sN'1tnoa7
.wuruE WAS TOT. GENERAL, PATTERSON ~
After then demolisLioQ pnir OF notnr;ors
tctgiyeraators at Youngstown and ST. Louis. !
wtu told the truth vithn,,t .,,nrox;nf, i rTnu1i
over ro tn Nr Wc1a mi t3a, +~;aJ - Ia Ho1u ~.
III, a6ke n; uav;n war t,r;T 1a;,,s ~ " WIZ.
haro ~ ea.n u, IN shia telr,ly1hg manner
.o,ara.n,s nase snoWn that IN numerous and widely
dsEa,a.g e positions nt PIG oa IN be and Is pro-
,9nr u1ns[ 10" :, n1nsanE sat cannot
h sirnet,i.. no "' @ ep1t tneu aa55 aIe numbered
with oE without proitttfon II ia fh9 si,nni.. tTHm
law Of progress, and il is In vain to ,tTn.pie
against II. As we'll might the lntian demand that
seled' besanss settlers dye on .ne buffalo, and
tat ahon s @ 81 she Indian as
,nn ~ ~ ar4tc, 1 p,oec.lon me pEotuc
and wnsteftl cost Of iabor' IN fac, ysnts,nsn sns
Inc more you accumulate evidence that Tou ara
expending TOO much On the production of your
commodity, tho more evident you make IT that you
3d' q" nos deserve protection. The country cannot
u ~ puote you Ii "astlng aoor or employing
Az 1"s"naun,. ~ -,
H.v;n<, do1n ~, ~ tI; iG ~" ~ - -: 49,.
nua'n6 oone W tHls part u LIS WORK with
~! tno ease OF iols'phemus eating seven Of tho
wonden-horsc manufacturer from Tror. whosn
wife worked in ,ronllon. ~ r1,;c, fha.eNr,s,
being Glyssea. penc1ona + coS Mr WaIiu
takcs mn fho chs-ce ~ ia oo,,1r;,t.o ~. ~" .Iae