New-York tribune., 1883-03-12
- u -la nro.ident of the Iron and Steel Insti.

address of the president of the Iron and Steel lnst
tute of Great Britain;
The firm of Messrs Bolckow u Vaugha, VINO wgro
the nioreers of the Cleveland iron trade, ana Mno
now produce onethlrd OF the t3ta, h I'D in
produced in the district, nave also tahoh 'no i" -
the establishment OF steel WORKS. ,,.,.
"One-third of the amount produced in this dis-
trict"
What does that mean 7
DIV table shows that it means an amount OF iron
ore far exceeding the total product OF the ennre
Lake Superior district in 1880.
The fact is people in the United States have no
conception Of the yastnes5 of the monopolies IN
England. A few firms control this entire district; ;
own every acre of it.
What does that meant
1t means the control Of an area Of ironstone Of
42O square miles, with an average yield per Of
20 900 tons and estimated contents of five thou
sand million Of tons Of iron ore. l have already
shown the amount OF coal vet in the great adjacent
northern coal field TO be ten thousand millions OF
tons 80 that there IL sufficient fuel in the coal dis
trlct TO smet the main of iron ore in the other
This district is capable of supplying the world
with steel rails for couple of centuries to come
controlled by few wealthy men, capable, If the
barriers of foreign tariffs removed, OF crushing
out the steel interests of country on the GLOBE
and of then controlling the worlds markets and
prices The truth Of the monopoly is substantiated
nv the presdent of the Iron and Steel Association OF
Great Britain and by visit to the district; the
truth of capacity in wealth of coal aud iron and
economy of manufacture by the best scientists.
| Comment is not necessary. Let every one judge
from the facts present.
And vet the manager of the firm producing one
third of this immense output calmly sat down with
ma and unblushingy talked of the grinding
monopoies OF the United States preventing the free
] importation of steel rails" and actually spoke
| diparagingly of "such an otherwise sensible mau'
| NJ the Hon Abram S. Hewitt for his 81 absurd pro-
lection heresies."
It did not seem to occur to him that the IRON
manufacturers of England are worth millions Oh
pounds while American manufacturers are worm
millions of dollars; the British iron districts are
crowded within an area Of hundred square miles,
while Americas spread over vast continent, every
| State nroducing iron ore; the manufactures OF
| ENGLAND are controlled, a. have shown in the
Cleveland district, by few enormous capitalists,
| the annual product of Que firm alone exceeding
that Of the entire Lake Superior district while
American iron and steel industries are scattered
| over a continent giving employment aud builIing
no towns in the agricultural districts, and making
more permanent the progress of the mining
| States; it is exception In England
| to find a situation which the ore and the coal
and the coke and tho limestone are separased iVV
miles while in America 1000 miles very often in
| teryene From the ore mines of Lake Superior and
Missouri to the coal of Pennsylvania is 1000 miles
Connellsviile coke is taken 600 miles to the blast
furnaces OF Chicago and $50 miles to the blast fur
naces of St. LOUIS. The average distance over
| which all domestic iron which Is consumed IN
! the blast furnaces Of the United States Is trans
portsd is not less than 400 miles and the average
distance over which tue fuel used to smelt 1t IS
TRANSPORTED s not less than 200 miles. Aud yet
here within rectangle of rs miles by 80 miles and
n square Of 40 miles Is produced over one-thIrd OF
| EDgland's annual ore supply and One-hfth OF her
annual coal supply. The following map, which |
have drawn TO a scale Of thirty miles TO the inch,
shows 20 glance the proximity of the great North
umberland and Durham coal fields and iron mines
10 the Cleveland district ironstone mines, together
with the location OF thirty of the principal towns
| Whom the limited area covered by this map Is con-
.,dered II bring. out more forcibly than words thu
geographical advantages enjoyed by England IN The
manufacture OF iron. The Important places ot tnle
region contain nearly SOC, 900 inhabitants. and. l
,npposc. taking the rural and urban districts to-
ccthcr the population would far exceed a million
II NAV Justly be called one of Great Brtans grea'
mining. manufacturing and shipping districts
FNGIAND's COAL AND IRON FIELDS.