The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-11-05
Protection VS.. the Bessemer Steel
Monopoly.
Ioctober number Hotcllkiss III

Monopoly.
October number Hotchkiss Flr9iliasl.
The American Manufacturer OF Pitts
Sistent friend of protection, has the fol-
lowing quotation and comment in its issue
Of Oct. 2
'1he Vdgiaias for September shakes its
fist in front of the Bessemer steel-makers
in this threatening fashion The near
future will probably see some basic steel
works in operation in Virginia and else
where in The South. where ores adapted to
that process are cheap and abundant by
permission OF the hoiderS0f that patent.
or the Bessemer steelmakers who have
'poeketed tile basic process will find them
selves voted ont from the duty list. The
only tariff that can stand in this country
is q reciprocity one. Not only must all
our hone raw materials, so-called, be
protected. but every part OF the country
must have the largest fIee-tfade liberty in
processes for working up these raw ma
terials into more valuable forms.
"a great many things have been said iii
favor Of protection, but the above contains
a point in it's favor that has not hitherto
been brought forward. and which the
author himself possibly did not notice
as =, a,,,;na se oo,nnnls;an q, ,last r,,stion
,os;,,s4 bnSa who ave. 1isnase ia IN, too
a ,rsas,,ir.s 800. .,,d n,onono,;stic =
NJ, 80 ar .,.,t eot..rana.
rot In a,,t5or,. INF e,,1,a.l ~ ,oaka
~, ,,nint, IL he cs,sa Of ',,ateei;o ,xs.s,s
nsosopoiu. thus early in the coming tariff
reform or ..taliif revision movement.
just as he u del stands him to have nadeit.
The great states of Virginia, w Va. North
aud al,,ns ~ 90 10 fnrihe,s nossvfr,ft r.
fnilv avtbat thts have nnrnld millions Of
tons sf ir,,,, ore dolomitic limestone and
cokinp coal All ~ The hest quality for The
chsaf, ma,,,,tact,,re If bosic steel because
the raw materials arr not only ahnndant
Is. + are in prox:mity to each other where
labor IS nIentjfnl food chean and The Gle.
ments n,onitious INT thew are ccmnel]ed
n SOC afiNthese honnties If Prnyidence
INF en,ed for heir ,,nhnild;no in wea ii ard
mover and for ,iving them indnstriaI ,; t
lie dorma,,t and to Them useless hecanse
the owners of be s.Isessemar Steel nrn.
cess onprat mo in sections less favored in
s,,s.h rsro,rcas hara Epom;ngIv advisedlu
and ,,rasn;nglS Win the varv money thay
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., ue at ~ .,,1 th ~
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bn u1otos with N
tha arlIS tat ,roSt aho,'nJ =, 1ha Statas
s.,r nt fnr t,,e ,,.r'1osa If nsi,'o g
than.aa,, ~ ~ - pooo - os.s -
anrnno eSso y = ,soit h,t for nc oSnrasS
pis taFS ~ pIo ~; = M rora,etin@
pu' pooG ~ ~ auu on,iS rs
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~ ausanaastoueiy useu ~ o.ps, yn" eo LUG
,,nonopoiy " ssee ~, ilianiilg sney naye ~
tGng d'st ~ r tpj a:ts; aa"J 70 a
sinueu, ~ slie NY ~ ING
ia ~ anu lnVio NEW! poasio'i = ~ oo'n-
mon country. .,..., ,.A a.,
AIu uioie. NV sa.isneu WIN ,Ie ~. nv
nopoiy ~ pIoGesses slias ~ noies, eiidS
ons aiu il th S'e Ell sy = has
Strong ~ the Wealth ahg power u Ass
acquired iuring wears u fostering plo-
tectlon, now comes poldly FORWARD ana de-
mands thab forelgn IRON ores. sucn do Iney
need Tor the only process tney VIII allow
to be used, shall be admitted into THIS
country duty free 1.-THE iron ores mined
and loaded Tor trifle by the convicts,
paupers and slaves, or the lifted and poorly
paid laborers OF Spain. Alglers, CUBA and
any other region where so-called sBeSsemer
ores can be cheaply bought. so they may
weld another LINK in the chain OF their
monopoly and be further strengthened IN
their ability to hold processes for their
OWii potS tDN WV 1bh1Off
The steel-makiilg Industry Is now pros
periDg and we hope 1T may continue to
prosper, but the people OF these States
have no intention OF having less than their
legitimate share i'll the prosperity OF the
country. They propose to take manly
part in the struggle for indus trial supre-
macy and all that that implies, conse-
quently they do not propose to be either
passive or active agents in any scheme OF
tariff revision or reform = that does not
give them a fair field for this contest.
They are informed Of what the world is
doing in these matters; they know that in
many of the largest steel-pFoduelng coun-7
tries the basic process is the leading and
most successful one. and they are right
fully Judgment because the monopoiist OF
processes Will not throw open TO nome
compehltlon, on Iaif Terms. tne making Oh
steer SIS 10 9, any ana every locallIy py the means
adapted 70 local Iequliemenls. 49,
we WISH ~ uistlnc.is utuelstoou thae
We ale ~ lavoI u paoseeelon w every
Algelican tlAu sIf5 agalAsI 81 we WORM.
glu .aae Vie on ~ Iise.saauo Me aie ~
iay sCie y - Honio Lies .Iaue. oae e9antiy
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