, 1879-05-09
uois, alone male a. mnnr ra!1, In NV
to 1aD, ''s' Tess p1tnr

uofs alone made IA munr ra,3, !, ~.
TO 1Stsp. "A5 'ha Yess Mn,
Tie flrst importation Of Dc,.cm., '
II th!a country was N 1867, wirn s'eel sa!ls
wern ''nporten from ENGLAND, an; s,'eeH teH tons
r:,.p9 wsre , at.t t.t 'e qa u, Eoll In s.as
rails 70 NJ or1crd, the prlyu Of rna'n,et slc.l
rdiis fe' IN our nnrkots tn sliS IN in'sIiIh Sih a!eel
result Of thu dnsnes'le coinpetitiun n s"la, Asa
faetura OF steel raits which wns en-. ti mann.
t1t year the ,rlen of these rates aa.;a.d aa. .;,ad Ia
% Ansrica Mi Bcnsesr ssua ri, r.,nsnar',y @ ii 1s M
SiU ton, WIN an arcrnEe for the rcsr =, ~ .' y
while th 1878 the avcragu foil to si1 ), =. S455l;
n6pnt tho prlro rltg Mt tlu work. NJ ~, ,m,hlch Il
81 tttls report The ps'ca nt stcel rail-. i,e a.ts
,ess ra ia!t @ te os'cc ot Iron rails at 10 rsssa @
rAonucrtor or no1trD 1nos Ann MIR,
nails III tho Un,tc States in lSN inr;,.Non Non aud
ra!lst WAS t,h5,518 net Ions, wfci, W.. ,.ls lFoa
crease 0f tons user the pronctio,s N.Y. at e.
The production Of Iron ratls rcarhej n. VI ls1.
mtln IN lS1 A1l It has a,nunlly dsc]inssa mall as
tsat yrar thc decline iu 1s o. compsred sfs w.
dactIon Of all other forfna oi roleI Iso, ,he ro.
Its maximum IN 1878, when Ij ,'ois IT 1eat,ed tae
wrro produced thnn III 1877, md IG Gie 81e Ions
tons tf'al1 III l5 tic ycar Ut The nnnic UHse IT
prHluetlo'l nf ail rolled lrun, exclusive n ~. 70
mnTe than doubled from 1868 to ISIS. u f'e'
The production Of l,nr, angle, ,h,lt. rod ,,,,-
mt huop iron III 1878 VIA 830 0S,; ~ ttSs!e1
nuainet 3i tons In 1871. D top. .'Gs " 3D. ,Ss
Gs,1h tons ~ 1876, US7,gj0 tons in III, 's,n sa
7o5, ,t tons IN lS18 i'c production n; .'. esa
ani shset:ron IN ISIS, not inrlung ,ai1 II ivy S.s
w. W. 1ss9 net os a,Eainst 1S2 ton. i
1156sS tons in 1874, nn 1BI t00 ton. y n iss iss,
The produettnn OF cut nails bi,l srEn. ~ M t1sa ;
waa 4,3VH, 100 caus Of 1CD pounds coeh :" ~
4,S2S9i3 cags iu 1877, 41a7,8l4 Gags IN isSs
4,MSSl cngs IN 137b 491a. is0 cngs in 1s;4 s,a ,na
a,Esi.fi caea n !o1B Ihe tunnugu Of rolIsi
alnl previous years was rs follows: ,sS N
9l0611 urt tons; 1877. 241,45G ton,:. III ises
907,500 tons: 1875, 231,B ,B43 tons; 1871. s,sa3 VA
tons; 1873, 3!ll ,235 toms. 1t viii be obscrsst;
tint ,ht nu1iber Of Gags Of cut rails aud snisss
manutassnret IN 1878 wns 43s,758 less than n,
1911. This reduction In the ptod,es ol 1s;S W.
not caused by dccrease Ii, demand In thai rr,r
but hY oyer-production In 1877.
Now nall-fllakfnH works. hare recently b.e, a..
tabl1slcd a. Centralla, ill.,. alld at Omaha T.b =
both u which will this ycar mako nails Ia, tbs
first time. ~ 1's
PRODUCTION OF sTBEL.
The production Of cruciblo steel Ia the unNa
states y ae n 1878 @ was 4s,9o6 net tons, nvalnst
n, pudded steel, md Of atcel made by ''1r yari.
~ ia:p n.,o,,sst -, s WIS n.359 toas
Sait,., a1 ~ 1van ~ 1S any pc.
tons, agalnst ii, ,03l tons In 1877.
.yvnrtG " irt H., m a1lu iefro+
process tn tho United States In 1618 WAS T1 iii
i,ot TONS aEn'nst 59 ~ tons In lS77 Tha% % nans
bcr OF net tOtl8 Of Bcssemcr steel japotA oroi
duce1 in 1878 was III, go, against 56O,537 iond
sss rr,,t,,no T., 1as aps ~ q ~ dnetstei
sS, tn sa.n ~ en ~ io'o VIZ pNa9 a9afnst
.s,a WI .I, -. sn is ~ m.asso ~ ~ Jug saala
.so,r" 1u,rrs IL IT,, SUI " w "o.Kea Up y tht
t,,,s - i,rnts 1rhn.o .,oro aotna n tAafo usi
rnr.s ~ ~ ,,nsat,or 1, .s5a tGn nssselhef Aes
,rorrs IT.. Vlron ~ n. - i. mI Gly @ tema'aIns sa ~
,rot,.st WITH, ,S r"r, ~ n , nSg iee le
mvnr,ar. nns,n ~ W ,ha , usea on,5 tSeaty
contrv bau nro,ect IN to,oi i'oi' " y ses a. tnss
.oms s.oa, ~ nus - .Le ieo heHe'
1n HUI o1ra. n t T., NnI WY w. wc ane e. Met, 10
aeso, uaI ~ " ~" ho5.t uve arc III reRns5lfa'
i''a' ooo ID ~ oilu' a"" t4i'ed "eo III 1lHao'a a.
HtrofsTs AND EXPORTS.
A table Is published In the report showing tta
details Of our imports ot iron und steel ii fectut
wars, from wlle! II Is seen t!lut NC Imported Ia
| 1873 more pjg-iron, custnEs, md bar.lrou, aud
n,ore cutlery and tlro.ars, than In 1871 md ess
Of all other forms Of tron and stcel. No i,qp.
rails werc imported In either 1877 or 1871, but ID
| 1870 NC imported 987 net tons. OF setJtls,
ye imported th.rty-lvU net tons fl 1871 and teu
| imports Of pig-iron In 1877 md 1873 consisted
mainly of splevcseiscn. a table Of exports shoas
that our exports Of pig-ron In 1S7S were uot ball
60 urge rs in 1877 and TINT our expurts baFipo
| wcse less; but that our exports Of boItrplstt
AMI some other iron md steel products kLghtit