Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-29
THE ADVANCE In IRON.
WHAT IT MEANS IN PITTSBURGH.
Il Means an Increase Of $4,000 Per Day
in Pittsburgh's Receipts and an In
crease Of $1,000 Per Day
in the Wages Of Pud-
ders and Helpers.


saturdays Pittsburgh Post
The Western Iron Association in
special session yesterday advanced the
price Of iron from p cents to Scents
per pound. The importance to Pitts
burgh of the increase can be imagined
when we state that il means a daily in
crease Of from $4,000 to $4,000 per
day in the receipts OF Pittsburgh iron
manufacturers, and an increase OF from
81 900 to l 200 per day in the wages paid
puddlers and helpers.
The Western Iron Association COM
prises about all the manu-
facturers west Of the Allegheny
mountains, and the meeting yes
terdav was one OF the best at
tended ever held by the body. Very
many Pittsburgh manufacturers were
present. and in addition, representatives
of the Mahoning and ShenangO valleys,
of Wheeling, Cincinnati, and the lower
Ohio district and of It. Louis and Chi
caro- were in attendance. J. G. Lewis,
of Portsmouth. formerly Of this city,
was called % the chair, and ID. Weeks,
Secretary of the Association, acted in
thlt capacity.
But few members were opposed to IN
cr.aSIu- the card rates, though there
was considerable discussion on the
amount of the increase. The II. Louis
AMI Chicago district representatives.
were i'm favor OF a card of over cents,
while the Pittsburgh and other district
m, favored a lower card. After gem
erIl discussion and the offering OF sew
ertl resolutions, one was adopted which
raised the existing card from . 10
cents on bar iron. This iron IS the ba-
SIS of this card. and the advance affects
the following classes ot rolled iron: Flat
bar. round and square rolled rods and
blrs. horse shoe bar, band and hoop iron,
oval. half oval and half round bars, tires,
tank iron. boiler plates and hanps, plow
slabs and wings, sheet irOn-COmmOn
and charcoal. The new card goes into
OBJECT Monday, September 18th, Just one
month later than the date OF the pre-
ce ling card.
This action carries with il an increase
Of the puidlcrs and helpers wages.
Under the Sitting scale the puddlerS re-
ce,vc ten cents per ton of 2.24O pounds
for every tenth of a cent per pound ad-
vance I'M the selling price. The price OF
pu idling is = per ton at the y cent
carl ami will be $50 per ton on Mon
dav. The pudilers will share their IN
crease with the helpers. To give more
definite idea 10 the general reader ot
the increase the reporter last evening
requested a manufacturer TO figure 1t
out for him. The average puddler
makes a ton and a quarter per day. The
action Of the Iron Association therefore
gives Us the following comparison OF
present and future wages:
At Present. Hereafter.
Pulller's wages each per day-St U5 - B
Helpers wpges each per day. 10 ID
This will make a total increase Of from
$1,000 % -, POO per day IN the WAGES
paid % pudilers and helpers Of the
Pittsburgh district alone.
The present cart rate, y cents, means
that iron is selling al $50 per ton. The
new card rate means that iron will sell
after Mon iayucNt at $50 per ton, which
will make an increase of from $4,000 to
So. 900 per day in the receipts Of iron
manufacturers in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
and Immediate vicinity. These calcu-
lations are none too high. The action
of the Iron Association, therefore, Is "f
Importance 20 every resident OF Pitts
bursh