, 1881-11-21
STEEL MONOPOLY.
c,,an+ic Robbery Upheld by a
Corrupt Congress.
,rh. Vast Profits Of Eleven "Pro.
tectcd" Mills. j.,
1yny They Refuse to Uso"tha Gill
christi Thomas Process.

N1irlgL.AllOHhtta L XVASsc6s
W. david A. Wells Story Of the Amer
lean Bessemer Monopoly. ..
,,o,w,cu. Conn. NM. 10, 1ssl.-Th!s story. al
.Ia,,.h nftcp iold, embraces. nevertheless, Some
.ao" ao,. hat arc not generally known. and which
ssnnut too often be repeated 10 the American
public ,,,.s,,,., on r,o,,.,rn,r ,,,..
..r.J n new rrpcess for making steel. As fur
IN nro11ct WIS concerned thore was mot
W ',,.,, ot novelty IN what br. ncssomor accom-
u,'.ncj fur just as good. and oven better, steol
p ~. ,node. and n1udn abundnntiy before. hut
IN o,ent merit Of DeasomtaiA discovery was
.Ss, Ss n ,nalo cheap mn article most es8ontfnl to
tsa progress " clvfllzdtion which Waa beaoro
ss,r AM, tho whole world rejotoes III the re-
usu' .., ~ one Of tho grcat achievements Of tho
s.,rstconth century. Wo sny tha whole world;
w.. w.. wc arc mistaken; the United statca up.
s,rcnttr did not rejoice. for a r0rtiOn OF Its
proonte. after waiting until the new discovery
r., h.an prvyel SUCCESS md 60 avoiding par-
.'sInstjon IL, tho loss and expense that u always
,nr,dent to MI experiment In manufactures,
went 10 WORK to ........
SEuTnArtzE THE BENEFIT
=, ur, I,esscmer's discovery by doprlvlng 1t Of
,,,spec.a nert-namoy: chcapucss. And they
sncceedsd Ii, great degree In 80 dolnw by In.
s,c,nr Congress u Impose a duty Of 100 per
so"t m tho import Of Nil Hcssomer steel import
al tfou Europe, uud then augmentlng tho prlco
NJ nIl steel that wRs nude III this country to MI
eqAi y. y. f,rthor purt OF tn,s history thut tho
nstsors who s0ught and obtnisled from Congress
t6e powcr 10 tax to such ~ etlorlnons Gxsent
f w. ~ no the nuw sicrl-tnn railroads inores
.nac',iys In tic ilrat nstuuce, ana thoii ll those
xho t,n,,4y mse tm9 aeu,lrcJ Gy Iiarrbaso at yury
ea1 p[Ss'tuh pp5f.s. ths exclusive cosrn Of tho pa.etr
s*usseS a* se,Sii 10 IT, ssscinrr ii tho Un.ea states;
M hn, tsy 1e1 M possGo cpeto NM n{ t hoc
III sr irua alrund, formed il oomDnny. or ring, nf
sn1 n,her persons 10 cilxago In the Manufacture
~ asIthe INV strel e1cet1t Of, condition ut pAyl4
~ ~ t.o Inc H,ncfcu,, 0w,nrs vi thu patents rayni.
Wsg W,,,st Il. III S,Ifsltlu uartcs. - ''4
10 tbo t1uss''tss outsi.le Of tho operations nt
the eleven hssoe!atcs naB 1lot Eht;l very latcly
pecn ~ II stS stS, ,s,.tnu, ,Ms"nis h,,n oxmtr.d :,
,eae oHar N IN rrttes alra hsan,nW 10 enpnuu in
!sw ,n,ss MnGs Tin Amrrirm,, utsn,,ft nis.cvnr
ihe Duehtss ~ t ,%,i1 "r III ,t,n W..
seasua H. ~ III thsir as"ncr sts ar wv
" "oe'o'' .or ,.r ,"r'' % tr rt1,, sI ,,u1ou
p,,d by tho penple Ut utter Countries, their
tSmpccrs In wenlth mud civilization.
10 % %anpualIyy lit Us sco. fho domestic prt,-
deiloii OF steel r,Ils for tho yonr l8sV WIS p 41
MT tsHs. tho Impartauons were 20 ssso tons. y:
j,ji.s1j tons. The average prize Or tho Anps-
jsan product for tho ychr lBSJ WIS $67.N!. por
ong Onot NY !; pounds }.1nnt r, tn %,sese os
nsfod were IL and I'd l0s., or from &;W to f:f,
pet t,ng lon nf @2asl0 pounds, -"
,stinns * tho t,rices OF tnctaiy #, EnRiu,,d ind
ia IDS country. liguotcs s,eei rniia Ut is l5s.
I:t io say ,t most Il, It tao =! #, ,FeAers T.,
npty mn Sttcl rnIa Ia 4H Dcr tOIt. Add thfA ytlu