, 1870-06-04
ID a>ntta, 70 d. s~.1 welfare Of

a. the 1Et4H1hek3IeIs-Hpt t09 lI18fQfy.
Row A:1cw TkHr s111c1 A1zs aAx9IAcTuREs.
Mr.. wells nxxt ahows how, undsx 1lov tariff,
| de ru1npfsctass; Of The country inroase, and
under low tx1ia how thsy dse, and he gives
@D' @WSss su = svnera1y called the low t.zn period
Of IL @ % IL isss down 10 tie breaking ous of ise
war in 1851. Non. Mtne was tae course OF he
| iron Industry In the Mshon1nE Valley during h1f
r. tWo 5o' osne 5 saiis I'd pa IN
operation. In l55o-51 the n1Zuh furnace Was COZ
su uucted IN 1855 gae nrn m 1851 rne stxrn,
:trcme lov tafsd, si1 laore fa1nsces were. oails
mixing IN u tTe,ge fa1nseea. Vow, % tas other
nnua'9 i'eu 6es inesssd ines; sede' ~ saonai iar
:naces were crecred; but from 1875 % 1863 n!e
iS Ga.e been put Y operation, Tas ssssenent. n
rcdtsoD. rs the legitimate irference% from 1t are
clear snd unmIstakahle-r
I. BRssKNHR sFKK-
/ But the most terrific part of NJ Walls
iniquit!, which il worthy the xttent5UL Of
every citizen, Of the West, psrticu1Asiy::
y fs cta!mea y the nasjostsy OF the consnIstse
that the tall ia the PRICE Of steel and especaly ~
sstRbIishment OF Be.eEser steei works In this
country. They 4aote b evidence tha nenaoFfa4o1
NINETY ot.teers Of principal nAltoads asSn1 spe-
do not thow- however, shAs theae officers were:
ever authorized by their companies to 4sk for anr
~no u hos asay s1a
the BeAemef steel esssblshneat In thIs country,
The Bessener process wAs Invented sixteen
steel e4ssply II il tn England md in Ill Europe,
As well a In America, IN Infant industry. 1t ha8
been very rapidly successful and the manufsctur-
ers Of this country have ths advsatese Of having
saved the gleas expense and loss always Incident
10 an experiment In manafact1ze- They waited
until all that experience had been g4toed By
Others. They started their work under what
seems to the Commissioner au1c4ea<ly protec-
tive duty for anyiaing, viz: forr5-nve per cent.
But the result Of The process has T1ptdly proved
to 30 what ltS msentor claimed for
It. 1t has became possible to produce
steel at very small advance on the price Of iron
Competition, not with American, bus with English,
French, Belgian, and German manufacturers has
brought the price down. Steel rails are chesp
subject Of complaint that 1t is 50. The wAole value
1nttee asks Congress to advance = duty Of foztJ.
i've per cent to a1most double that amount, that
rails may be dear, and % that He MAY enjoy tue
tnestlmhble adVaptAgp OF using the Be9seuief pro-
cess, without deriving from Il ia only benent,
The whole capacity for the production Of Besse-
magnificent success Of the Besscner psoceasr tna: @
can Congress should be seriouslJ aaked to re;ett
the advantages 10 the whole railroad industry that
mnss folloE trosn this I'm In pstoa would 30 10
ontcIy OF those who think IL disadvantage to buy
ny }ha SanS sne.R. a1es4 .o.,,,. +. ru
steej rsI1s bas hern xhonT ptse o. o.
the rapid Improvements that have been made IN
England u this new branch Of manufacturing In
sold ~ ,o a. III ~ tn ~ es1 nne Ill., nags 1esn
tnE ~ Gha;gts, tas iate Hqnld br1ng their price
,aroe tec,tne INN ft's r.,e ant Ivy nope - sse ~
a. ~ cansa1ty ~ tets ses an proGag!y saa
far exceeds the demand. Such an Indispensable ar-
We ce ~ @ toa TILE Caunot te 700 ION InaI domestic
n9iee Il ne1fectr 1 70 40 & tn .ne ~ N
~ =, ~ .as u ~ nolnn9 me Eng
~ sn ,raan4t ,.ta G. asI iNe ptoat upon
LIZ p.e5Hn+ st fa!ss MnCA y ~ tAat sney can 40
camnt- unu91 Aae eoAnlEtL'oa "mca eA1sB IN taat
1uu41J.
., what We DO get cheap rails7 What will be
clothes, cheaper hoases, cheaper fuel! At the
ae er mag ~ az annn ,hsse fnnss , VII Se
he mner M e ec te nte9 e s TRs asx,nd and
eaeSaea "h! os aiyded between consumer nnd
u.s. us a Inc me Tine u shia way5 Is there no protec
upon us7
Of ia9 a,e n mes
Quantity Of nils, and competent authority
estinates esa,aaIa t tnaL soooU IONS viii be used
rent year, ntsldes sooooa tons re-solle' Tint this
1at ,ha asso1ang to tas e satisfies q ne 1ion
tons refe % 10 iii tHs ass1e se!ts
t. Tsa ss t1ae 1 S 1 s
The Treasury Department has not yet reported; 50
mat II ali not less than 9oo,ooo tons must have
There we're moved On the railroads Of this
country IN 1ss9, 19o 00n 900 tons Of freight. One
Gi inc largest Items Of the cost Of doing this work
was The cost Of rails Tor KepNlf8 OF rpl4a The
crater durability Of steel rails gretty reduces
this cost We cannot an6rl 10 throw away the
advantage which the cheapness Of Bessemer
steel oilers to us. In short. the Commissioner
feels that u Is hardly worth while to arguc that m
industry that cannot live under protection Of 45
fr en- maRss Il ha 4s
raIslng. ..'
The Go. Sonmissloner feels that If proper to
the 'eet rail- uelt b spaT<d t,ons e treasury,
from ifstntire atro9as'on- Steel rails may now be
rcncy, gc1h st liz; this would place the price at
once below that OF Iron rails, and nohody wouLl
buy iron were steel 70 BE obtained ~ cheap:; and
been manifested IN this particular industry, In
which 30 sman an amount Of capItal has a. yet
been sIeafkea; naf. - IL !; The t'0-'ai aetrs sho
II the 600 0u rou5 OF rails which arc tl.B year
10 he laid down, either on new roads or in repair
cost Of repairing them would be reduced from 10
per cent to per cent, and probably less per nn-
nun; difference which, On the rails
ence Of A,eoo,ocp, to be saved as
proportional annuity, deducted from the cost Of
SnXsa 's the Hta Of ,ss
the whole - 600 miles Of railroad In this country
u laid With permanent steel track as It certainly
nai w ipe, w,n ns aaS p ~ o. ras xa M O.
cent and per e5t Oh Aat an1ntsh o. 900 dDaaSt
16s go tons, t96o q TN. sa3 1o9,olo
1.-THE Commissioner states these things broadly,
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