New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS IN ONO.
DEPRESSION IN THE IRON TRADE-noPEFUL con-
DrTIoN OF THE CROPS.

nYpRrssIoN IN THE IRON TRADE-noPRFUL con-
DrrIoN OF HE CROPS.
lPHoM An occAsIoSAL CORRESPONDENT OF ThE rhBUsB-i
TALLMApGE, Ohio, July 4.-On my way to
this community Of farmers 1 stayed iong enough In
Cleveland 10 ascertain that taree months
are likely To be a dull lime with the iron workmen The
state of tue iron market is discouragng. Tho
only spaent consolation Of tue rolling mills Is hat the
condition affairs cannot become worse and II there Is
any chan e II Will have 10 he for the better Inc Union
Rolling Mi which enploye 800 men. viii shut down to-
day. and Mr. Fuller the treasurer, says that the NIL VIII
probably not start again before autumn number Of
other rolling mills also expect TO shut down for few
weeks great deal OF FAULT Is found with the specua-
,ors m New York and present sagnaton OF the iron
market is atriDu,ed Prices arc nearly IA low
M they tunes Of panic; tho producers are
not sell At present, anu there IA FAR demand
from CONSUMERS. Another reason given Tor the present
condition of Things Ia that many mills nave
spng into IN the past three or four years that
.e activity IN the iron industry has caused oyerpro
duction which the slower working Of the mills will soon
remedy There Is a feeling among many thai business
will become iveler in the a because the crops promise
well and the business is or less affected by the
products Of the soil.
Inannes Of the farmers In this section show little
1rmer feeling with regard TO the crops Two months
AGO the on look wheat very dlsconraglng. the
severe inter- having created sad havoc aud killed much
of the gram in the ground Though "A much larger
acreage was sown the farmers expect only fair crop.
and some OF the fields la such condition
early In the spring that they were ploughed up and
planted with The harvest Is to begin right after
The Fourth and In two weeks from both grain and
Rrass will all be down. The Ia later than usual,
ana two years ago the harvesting all lone by the
| last OF June The grass Is good one and ths
wheat heaas hanging thus Indicating a
tu ana heavy grain One feature In the wheat crop Is
SHOWN IN the fact that In the flOwed ground
Was more susceptible to tho frosts than tnat which
pOugh.d up Just before sowing Farmers nave Just be-
gun to run cutvators through the cOrn The crop
was planted late. but Ii growing 80 rapidly mat good
Yield peccd deal OF acreage IL gwen up 10
potutoes year. which Is farmers not
consider that potatoes, with the amount OF labor eI
penGcd upon thei. are paying crop
IL IN almost beyond realization tnat sixty-fiye years
ago this farming region was an undisturDed Forest
The spot wlerc writing Is tue site OF tho lOgaOn
of AN Ola uncle OF the first settlers In Ohio. IL
the home OF newly maj RED couple w"o came out
here 1915 driving yoke OF oxen and Lending cow.
They stakeo their purchase, cut down few
aud after hewpg about forty logs, nterlocked the
ends ana put up home whch tIey lived Tor many
Tue openings between the logs were
ned which used largely In he p0teries
mere After getting a roof over their heads tle young
couple set aoout clearing the and anu the result TO-DAY
is In The OF 200 acres OF excellent farming
land wnca resulted In goodszed bank accounts for
the children and grand children
drove 10 Akron Yesterday. II Is q thriving place,
boasting OF several Touring mills, iron rolling mills and
Buchte College, latter founded by Jobn H. buohto
farmers hereabOuts Here also the home Of Henry
| H. Abbey's father, who kept a jewery store. Young
Henry welreincmbered by the residents iere boy
OF unusual character. lie know associate
in his faIner store attentive to the busnessa OF
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