The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-21
IRON MONOPOLIEs.

IRON MONOPOLIEs.
NJ Epercn:E The PAsE.ADryx a
last eeef stated tn s.sanone Tho
wos b zvssrs Of tls p1ssent
yea N Do re(konsd thu shirmenA
Uf-ncn hsh, the United States Il
England Well, I suppose it may
be reckoned among the. ';,wopderful
events" not because there Are any
NATURAL causes but because why
we have not been shipping iron to
England and al the nations OF the
earth" ter, the last hundred years, is
the question This question re-,
minds one Of the quack doctor who
had very sick patient, who, after
long and serious suffering, finally
recovered with q broken-down con-
stitution- The doctor, feeling
thankful for the recovery Of his pa
tent, [they always do feel thankful
for their skill and recovery Of their
patients boasted great deal around
the neighborhood how he had cured
his patient and what great success
re had in like cases, when it was
generally believed that his patient
got well in spite of the doctor and
his s'doctor stuff" just 80 it 10
with American manufacturers. Only
give them half chance and they
will succeed nine times out of ten.
Now, how 10 It that We can export
iron to, England when there. is q
heavy 'starifr' on the importation
of iron into the United States1 /
will tell you The .tariff' is paid
by the home-consnmar, the same as
it is in the sewing machine man1-
facture. A sewing machine, manu-
featured and sold in the United
States for &75 or $50, is exported
to England and sold by the agent
at retail for $50, in gold, or $50 in
currency. So, it il with the salt
, monopoies. The Onandagua Salt
Company lDecember, 1861 sold
their salt in Toronto, Canada, after
paying the transportation to and
across the lake, at, $l.35, gold,
while on this side Of the Canada
line it could not be bought for less
than Sl84 in gold per barrel the
purchaser paying freights. Thus
you see the consumer always pays
the .tariff" just 80 in the iron
monopoly as in the manufacture Of
salt.
The FIRST ssyonderfl event" OF
shipping iron to England occurred
during our colonial state, when VIC
had no ''tariff" but on the other
hand paid duties to England of 3s
/ Sd. per ton for the privilege of ship
ping it. In IT'S we shipped iron
to England, and m173O the amour,
increased to 2,225 toms. The ex
ports Of iron continued to increasf
gradually until It'll, or about the
time the war broke cut, when The
amount arose to 5,303 tons, after
which it began to decrease, on &C,
count of the war. So, Mr.. Editor
you see that the wonderful event
of shipping iron to England is moi
NEW after all. But the most sswon-
derful thing" in the whole matter
is, why we have not been shipping
it to every nation in the world.
FREE TRADER.
@-Ws don't care especially shout sweat
ing over The tariff qusstiou this hot Esaths
or further allusion to the Gwonderfal thing
our friend r. T. opens his safety valve =
bout, bat refer him 70 this IN order to pre-
| dues moro motive power 70 his mschissey.
i During the first four months OF ahs pres
emit year thsrs were exported from 0rea
Britain 10 The United States 8I,Se6 toss a
iron rails - against lSo, ls3 tons duriul
| the corTssponding time IN 1877 shown
! sfalling 81 Of more Shan one haK. 0rsa
! Dsitain's exports ofrails 70 oil countries 70
four months Of The year were 1888 $40 toni
same tine IL 1879, 2S9.26t tons. The q
| port Of pig iron is only about two thirds 4
! 10 little larger.
A Washington dispatch Saws th