New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-19
INDUSTRIAL, PROGRESS.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN IRON MANUFAC.

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/ EXCITEMENT IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROSPECT
| OF THE BRITISH HARDWARE MANUFACTURES
ANOTHER CHOICE aORsEL FOR PREE-TRADERs
| The following, under the heading "a Warn
| Ing" appears In The London Times Of JulyI:
Not little interest and some sppre hensOn ha ve been
excited In tho hardware district, OF which Birmnghsn
Is tho center by sdyices lately 10 hand from NewYork
| respecting the wonderful development OF the iron anf
hardware industries OF the United States The acour1y
or these adyces is indeed 10 extent confirmed by
hardware, the manufacturers Of which have hithsrts
found In the American market their principal customers
tent with satisfying the requirements Of their own mar
ket, for their productions are already suDplant-
tent IN %ustTSs and Zealand 0V Wslt a
formed correspondents, writing from New York under
| ham Post: ION point the hardware nerchant "a Of
NewYork are all agreed, that the day for the sao VI
parted In some few special articles such pliers &C.,
the Germans Will probably always be able TO underseh
all competitors some English manufacturers OF long
established repute, such Rodeerss cutlery, Will also
continue 20 be In demand but for the rest foregnmade
hardware will soon DO unknown ~ this market nhess
Of trade. And not only 10 this country now COM
peteut TO supply its own needs. bat every year Il IL
gradually increasing IT, exports OF hardware 70 Canada,
10 the South American States and 10 the British Austria
lassn Colonies Indeed 1t Is a common boast that in
very short time the superiority OF Yankee skill and IN
genuity viii force market 10 England itself for many
articles OF American hardware; that Yankee Cutlery
will appear on English dinner-tables, and Yankee
saws, augers, and chsels, be preferred by tho
carpenters Of BrmiDgham and Sheffield" These state
ments to extent corroborated by the adyieos
now being received BY the merchants IN Birmingham
aud Northampton. There can be no doubt that tne
account the Opportunity afforded by the
events In the English labor market For some years
the American manufacturers have had 70 contend VITA
tho disadvantage Of dear labor. but this very ercu-
has in the long 1 % nSesdn % Of as
saving machinery on much larger scale than 1as oeen
ns SS ss. hss fhs Sen
and In the earlier years or hardware man
was largely compensated By the substitution OF cast
for wrought iron In almost all classes Of produce This
the quality OF the goods for strength and endurance.
and the necessity OF Increased soo
years the leading manufacturers OF the states
The wonderful system Of aOor-saying msehlnery Low
snrin9 bars curry-combs tinwares and some descrfp
tons Of edge tools are among the classes OF produce
ohsly felt in Birmin CHAM and the South StsffOrdsbre
district. Last years produce OF iron rails IN tue states
yielded nearly One-haR Other Descriptions or finished
iron also being produced In large and rapidly n
the shipment Of iron from England across che atlantic
viii soon become a thing Of the past.
In order 10 show that there is substantial foundssn
for the views above given, have compiled the follow
ing statements from the Of 1910. and the official
reports of the Bureau Of Statistics of Commerce ana
Navigation. The first Is statement Of the values Of
certain minor articles Of iron and steel manufacture n
the United States. as given by the census The second
Is statement OF the values of foreign imports and do
exports Of corresponding articles, embracing in
fact manufactures OF iron and steel except pig bar
boiler band. hoop sheet aud scrap iron, anchors,
bles and CHAINS and railroad bars. and consequently In
GLIDING numerous articles not given in the table OF
American manufactures. For example, have omitted
In the first table. castings stoves heaters and hollow
ware 10 the value OF sOOO0OO and products clsssed
by the census forged and rolled iron, which In
cude many articles which given in the table Of ina
ports under the heads OF manufactures no; speoed
1t should also be understood that tho imports for the
seyen months ended with January, 1873 though show
ing increase In value really represent considerable
decrease In quantity, owing TO the great rise IN tss
prices OF coal and iron which has taken place In In
Gland since 1871.
IYalues in 1870 of certain articles Of Iron and Sel
Al an he Tr,LLed S11Lss