New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-07

else and the removal Of the duty wonld nure me N !
would nure anybody but the fact Is that no foreign roI
sold here at less than 80 while anu selling my
ore equally rich. ior "a ton. The removal OF e dntJ
as there is a margin OF So per ton in my
favor now, a-d II ore be made iree % ,ora1a s9ar
ore in is because do not produce enough ore
low in phosphorus for the manufacture Of pig iron re-
qured for the Bessemer steel process Last year because
the country did not produce this ore aud dd not pro
dnce enough B"ssemer pig we imported over ~
egn iron. II the had been free, the pig iron which
| We imported would have been manufactured mere OUT
Of foreign which would have given large ADDITION
al openng for American labor and would not have re-
therefore, that free ore woui be benefit to the Whole
country well as to the iron industry in which am
tol is opposed on the ground that it will in:
tererc with the manufacture Of pig iron on II
as large producer of pig iron, but as matter OF
fact scrap and pig iron friends and not enc
worked combna ton each Other aud the cheaper
the scrap car be mad the better price the buyer can
mand when the business has adjusted itself to the more
favorable conditions thus produced.
am aware that the iron-nasers as Dody 40 not
agree with me in my views but they, and the gentlemen
VINO rep esent them in Congress. are making mistake
ton whereas the depression the iron business is due
solely to domestic competition. Localities In which
to the superior advantages OF other regions In
s4s country where Iae cond lions OF pro- ocol rs
vent this competition interfere with the inevitable re-
process disagreeable but 1T is necessary aud healthy.
Cheap food cheap fuel and cheap iron the essential
elements OF growth and prosperity IN any natUn ana
without them no nation can be great and free The IN
erest OF the American iron-master therefore, Is not to
devise methOds by which iron may be made DEAR but
TO find out how IL may be made cheap, and
II there by anywhere an unnecessary lmpedl-
1t should be promptly removed. The duties iron
and scrap iron purely obstructive and unnecessary
impedments 10 TIL chea enng Of the cost OF iron and
tney should be at once abol shed.
l do lot think that have right to advocate my
personal interests the floor Jf Congress except so Tar
as they are cOEcitent WITH tue intee s Of cOnstu
ents ana the whole people. represent district teen-
Ing with Industries the basis and mntt rial OF which IN
iron in form Otner Ny const tuents want
cheap lron therefore, and In this respect their inter
esls IN harmony with the wants the whole prOple
Tue experience which have gained an iron-inas er
should, taerefOre, be devoted pointing how iron
be made cheap III the people tnink that there s
honest effort part OF Interest to respond
10 just demands ana to advocate obvious reforms they
Will not be disposed to press for REDUCTIONS OF
duty which would involve embarrassment business
or cutting down the Of labor. Tho peOpe under
stand tuat the iron business cannot exist IN ts cOun y
VITA WAGES AT their present level without cOuncrvang
w paid here aud abroad But they Will Obct, and
very properly, to tue imp ,ston OF duties wncn
simply prJhiDory and which have effect wuatcyer in
putting up tue wages OF labor. but simply
sumer and produce loss TO the community whicn
there Is no compensation whatever. therefore urZe
upon tne Of the iron interests upon the
oor Oi the House not To seek % raise duties, Dut dill
< nty 10 find out every item which can be made
upon wDich duty may be reduced without nury TO tho
business ana not be deceived by the Outcry wuch
cecds from irUn-masters have works located in
favorable positions and whose 1nal extinction from
domestic compel ion II only question OF time.
nave Iad 10 abandon such works myself and expect
To abandon more O them, and should be ashamed
rOn-naster an a. Representative 90 ask tnc people OF
tms country 10 indemnify against folly against
tue inevitable and healthy progress OF the age.