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So much attention Ia now heinz attracted TO
,,c mine. Of I,caivl1c. Col. that tlo acvom.
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panying geological scct'oh VIII pc lonno 10 pos
sess interest to those Interested In mining.
The orc is found in what is known In geology
t,,aan ,,.o ,,fro,o,t ,,ra,o In thia ,ssc +, /.
s"ccu wv a'Acfehb etluta. ~ 'n's sass :. -
limestone, EioFe or 'ess sil'eions underneath
This orc bed or vein, which varies from five to
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9,.,'s 49,. 80 ..,..s.I :. ,,s.1 49,, .n.,..s
III oalue Q. IRON, ea''ona1e u 'cau a'lu s"sc',
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Ills goods stu more rhsa1ay, and thus undcrsell
us hv atttl larger difference. -.,.
Yet. further, there Is vague hope. recently
cxprcslg1 by Lord HcaG0nafeld, among Others,
that tic recovery which s now tn progrcss III
America will, rs Of uld, extend ITSELF TO En-
Eland. The fnl'acy Of thts expectation becomes
apparent when tho nct.lal facts arc looked
al, Recovery III Amertca docs not n,can
now, as It once did, merely bountt-
ful harvcsts and Increased power Of consclnD-
tion by' the people. II n,cans, also, Increased
production OF manufactured eoods, Increased
exports, and. consequently Increased eon'pctt-
tfon in foreign markets. An eminent American
wroto tne sumo tine ago tlIat Eecovcry n Amer
| len would 1rfnG deeper depression In England.
It Is difficult to sec now It can bo otherwise.
The r!ya!ry Of American manufactures Is
phenomenon 0f sufficient magnitude TO deserve
our most anxious investigation. America has
| more THAI one-fnurtli tho number OF sp!ntllca
| which we possess; AlIo IL aOlU tU Ind cnlploy-
mcnt for these; and slio Is constantly adding to
| their number. Her consumpttDu OF cotton is
| equal to one-llalf Of ours But few years
ago We shut hcr out from alI foreign
markets, nl,d tn the lacc Of excessive du,
Tics VIC landed on her shore" md sold
| to advantage large quantities Of cotton
cloths. To-day she Is able to supply almost tho
whole Of her own waits: she meets = US In N"
her Gluthes arc to bs found IN all our lnrgo
Towns, competing fairly with our oWn. strong
popular scutin'cnt supports this aggressive
| movement, and all export trade III nlnup1hrt.
! ured goo.la has bcc1ne IN America nu object
I ot natoDal desre. Journals specially devoted
to this trade have sprung up n'l appear TO
lourtsi,. tsosernment ilas lent IL old BY direct
| tion lifted t., bo scrvicCablu to manufacturers.
Arivalry which has already achieved 50 much aud
ains Ut so much tnoru cannot be regarded otlicr-
tempt fully to explain the causes Of tlc success
which has thus far attended It; but propose to
notc few instances which appear very relevant
| to such All Investigation.
i. Tie Amerteaps havo recently made orc
| their processes III manufacture, and thus fu re-
lucuK the cost OF production.
The Increase Ut production luc to improved
in Massachusetts lDo per cent. dn mol, Of
course, suppose TINT tbs American fnanufactue-
er 10 Id alvaucc of bis English rival to the extent
OF this difference, for presume that hc started
UPON the career OF improvement from a lower
platform. Hut progress 80 greatly nnro rapid
than ours viii DO admitted to cast much Hight
on she change which has occurrct. IN our rria.ya
Comparison can to yeriiird by any inanufacturcr
jrou, bia own or penence. The American sitle
ia drawn from tle rcuaus Of Massachusetts and
the rcoorts OF the bureau OF l.abof-statistlcs oi
psinstskipu ut.tl cotnplcts ol thclr class In tho
World. The abscnco Of such stattstIce IN En-.
Rlsnd MATES the work Of comparison dIfllculs
and tts results uncertain, and kecps Us ID
vitaIIy lmpurt en. ipr Us to know.
8, Not very many years ago tile Americans
| inportcd tlicEr cotton machinery from Et,.
gland, This has wholly ceased. All such ma,
faeturcts nsssst that native machinery ts cheaper
tu working, ~ Il requires lnss power for cqua
nroIuctio,,
A Thu question Of tho comparative cost oil
1al1ur In England and America Is one for III.
solution OF whleh WI have no sufficient n,ater
is1s coniaips The results Of roturns from 10 lei
cent Ut tho wagt.rtcclytrg class, regarding
whose rarI,iugk W. arc. therefore, fully informed
The Manchester Chamber OF Commerce en-
deavoscd recently to collect statlst!cs bearing
on tbl& subject, hut abandoned the effort In d.
| snsir fr,,straked by tlu eussfctuus or the III.
pipcpess Of tnosa TO whom they applied.
Ia 1875 tic average annual earnings Of f.
males engaged in tie cotton trade III hlassauhu
setts wss Slv9 currency. or about 497, gained
by tho labor Ut ~ days. Ine earning OF
males was S44S, or about 4.Sa gained BY The la'
bor OF ~ uayv Two ycars latcr-in
fY77-wares i,ai fallcn per cent, and tho
wnrktug- -ttIue had Increased by i've daya The
wurklnr. tit,,c In 1917 was, therefore, aldYya 10!
f.,nSirs and 57 ivr maies, aud tht wages y1r r,le
.ssra .hauI ErS md IJb rsauectiyetY. yejuIua
an ayaraue fur llu numbers actually ca,pi0ycd
II IN, i},s, {oy 9iV Aavs. The sasxae!tuss.tt
worciwr t's7 in ali industries i've have M se,,a
r.t r.,.,t, inr ru.tn,l averages lU3l hours ft,,
,nsirs and iu,l0 iur fetnsles, Tho Eng,la!I
MnrLj,e .Iay Il w hol,Es,
r. HGsrt1n,ro' w,.e1u ihe operatIycs aru re