Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13
sustain Them. in their unnatural con-

sustain 4hemin their unnatural con
a dition by high protective duties
Many of these furnaces were change,
to the use of mineralscoal, for whicl
f they were not advantageously loca
4 ted. In many other cases, Locations
3 where ore and suitable coal were ad
s4jaeent were not found, and were ia
ken with but oneeo Of these material.
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fssThe state Of our market has beer
such for the last ten years. until the
! last year, that iron could be produced
/, with profit under these dfsadvanta.
ges, and the producers have devoted
J theirs energies rather to improving
their present chances, and TO keep.
1ingsup high prices by means of gov
s ernment intervention, than to cheap
J eningz their precessessby improve-
mentsz in their works or BY seeking
fppoper locations. But we may rea-
senablyexpect that this will be rene
died an time. The restricted con
samption Of high prices will inevfta-
bly, result inz ever productions, in
'spite Of all laws to keep up prices ;
and the decline caused by thisswill
force the use of allsthe eeono MIXING
methodss5 in>the production. And
thus lower prices viii cause an extern
sion Of the sconsumption that will
widen the basis of thesiron pfoaue-
ton, ton multiply It's prosperity.
T IS not necessary TO argue to any
intelligent-person the restrictive et-
feet Of high prices on consumption,
and thereby their restrictive effect on
Industry itself And to instance all
the branches into sswhichssthis effect
extends would besaboat equivalent
Etes smentioning every branch Of in
kdnstry That il sexelndessfhe use of
Iron fro 10 the whole field dsof' ship
building IS perfectl plain, aud is ad-
mitted by air Aaether greatsbrapch
is in labor-saring machinery fall
kinds, from an agricultural tool and
machine to cotton and wooden ma
chinerY ana steam engines This re-
|striets the growth of these Industries
and renders them unable to compete
With other onntriess The deteriora-
tions of cotton and Woolen machinery
IN this country, and its falling behind
other conntries In impropements in
this machinery, are notorious and
mortifyfng facts.
The use of machines in agriculture
is greatly restricted BY the high price
Of the material and thus altthe great
industries that are engaged Sin the
mannfaeture sof iron. above the pro-
dnetion of crude metal. are restricted
in their growth All this will be
changed in time The interference
of law to MAX e hig d prices win only
retard the change, but cannot prevent
it. The iron productions and the
iron fnanufacture are yet in their in
fancy in this countf y, compared to
the real needs of the country. It'll
even suffers the mortification Of see
ing a1arge part of its railroad iron
imported, while it is holding on to
high prices, for the crude metal, and
is increasing the cost of itsspreduc-
ton BY high taxes on the consulpp-
tionsof. the laborers:. s-s.s -. s,.esss = 4
4 Under natural conditions, the iron
industry, in which we include all the
working of iron, instead of beingl
IN amount to the boot and
shoe manufac acture, the cotton manu-
faeture, ,sand theawoo olen mannfacture
as itsnow is, VIII exceed any ofthem. |
&c swill take possession Of alIsour
inland waters with iron vessels. lItl
will restore our sea-go1ng com |
merees 9E VIII stimulate our cot
TOM woolen, WOOL, ands alIi
other manufactures, by eheapening g |
1T will supply every |
farmer with labor7saying machines.
H will multiply the use Of sand |
household Utensils BY greatly cheap |
ening them 1T will enable ssodr
Ingenious ymechanics TO supply the
Vest Indies all Central and |
North America with iron machinery
and implements. It will take posses
sion Of the Canadian Consumption
instead OF leaving to Canada the ad-
which she now has underf
our system of artificial high prices. |
Ltis bound TO grow to dimensions
Ii1atawiii cause those who now live to
ook back with wonder. that. they
could even have thought the present
narrow and restricted limits of this
a triumph Of governmental
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