The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-13
RnSII9h Iron land Coal Indus

Il Dependent IUE bAo hoAh' Va SAAS
on tho production Of coal and the manu-
facture Of iron the question whether these
industries are beginning TO show signs Of
revival il seen TO be Of vital concern to
the national property Reports have
now come in from nearly all the mining
districts showing the operations Of the
p.,. yeir, and We are bound TO say that
he state Of thing thus exhibited Is as IN.
promi,ipx as possible.
II seems that the production Of raw
;,ou 4, being gradually abandoned in It's
fo,m.r sea,s and tending 10 concentration
IN regions more favored from an econom.
;o.l min, Of view. notably in the district
~ cIsyel.nd. where alone the returns in.
dic,,s sny eop,iderable gain. In general,
bo.svsr. he den.essiop weighs rather on
m~,rnf,e,nred iron than on the crude ma.
,s,i,l. In Scotland, the numbsr Of fur
n,cs. in oner.,ion has much diminished,
ana ,be ,ame NAV be said Of Lancashire,
s~,.Fnrd,b;,.. Derby.hire. Lincolnshire,
slano 49, 80
a. .,.,,.,;c, in,ni,bed. that not less than
soooo ION, Of Iron were forwarded from
w g non W. - 1877
III 49,. ~or.,,iti., we're also sent 10
L..a;.t,,o,. orcs .~.lt.supportipe, but
othef distties op'e r. I. oh..n
no longer aoie 70 'ompen s r
reduction oil iron Ores 'ne e1p',s =.
the rough metal TOOK place only from
country TO country, and were confined 10
England, there would be an ultimate gain,
~ cour.s. In this economic revolution,
L..a,, an n entail
although IL couiu nAty
great suffering on certain aislfies' ~ Ii
ALWAYS the case when the seat OF q great
;.I,.,,v 4, chano,d. But the truth Is
,.;,or 4, ..nd;no Isrve
that Tue oiefeianu
quantities oil raw iron utotthe country,
and especially 10 Germany. The Ger
-, tonndrvmsn have learned that they
MA 49,, n Cleveland than
can puy iron '.ep.t ~
they can make u AZ nome, anu ai'ef"afu'
BY reason Of the low rates Of wages In
a.. country ..nd hack Ihe manufacture
T--,..I .,k,..,;,, n.
cd Articles 70 Eps'a
British manufacturer TO q harAssing COM
petition. The result Is that the English
vo,L;,oman loses the whole price OF the
-. lid l. f.b,;c.t;on
manual iapof aPp' ""s."
while Great Britain Is daily teno'ps !"
exchange its preeminent situation as 4
pnrvsvor Of manufactured iron for the
f..,,oe,.bI. ,oIs n , n,oducsr
~reialveiy unpto
Of raw metal. Even In Cleveland, where
the conditions are so favorable, the de-
1;,.,, ~ manufactured articles has de-
49, ,,.-L.- a.. l-iu;,,,;o, I.
cnned, aha wv
immense. To cite the single case oil YORK
shire. we are told that iity.nine COM
-. $50 t,rrdad ,bs,s be.ween 1856
pAs, 80 NSS.S.s.t-o,L;..;,o.
and 1870 LOT lhe urpUs .Ou'
with an aggregate capital oil nearly lot'y
million dollars, but their shares, which q
a.. ,.,,. ,,o ware much above mar. are
10" ' o. 49, ~.
now offered ~ = aise0ah. o. 'nen.' ~,
cent. Indeed, the naked fact that steel
4. at present worth only about q third Of
q. ,.irsi In 1879 Ia suf;eiently sivniecant
=" ..-.re,.I Al.
oil the change MniSh nss P,'" 9e
iron workers Of Great Britain.
Since In England the fabrication Of
ron 4. n Variable regulator OF the price
-, =. .hor,a o,nsc, ,hs co,I ,ndn..
oi eoA' W S f...,ss... 81.
Try, under e1isunR c'feums'apees' " pe
anything but prosperous; AS q matter
OF fact, We ind nearly AL lhs mises Oh
st~atfordshire abandoned, ana IN soulh
Wales, where the coal WA slmost eIcln.
siyely employed In IRON works, y mas oeen
found necessary 70 close the eoiiiefles: vi
course, the priyations u sunetlngs
among The welsh miner: are holtiole;
At Cardiff the poorhouse Is oeselseo, aug
the municipal anthori'ies are constralnsd
to find employment or me Starving wotk
men. In the valley OIL hhondda, the rieh.
est basin In all wales, the mines are only
worked two days In 3 week, yet each ION
aaI.l Ia aaIH IN AntAil n l0Ra nnOl ia OWQs