Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-06-06

RED miles by rail and their natural gas
fuel 60 miles through pipes, and ye'
be able to compete against English
iron, suggested wonderful train Of
thought touching Americas capabili
ties. 81 fear" continued Mr.. Farm.
worth, "that if Mr.. Turner and Mr.
Keep paint Americas capabilities in
such glowing colcrs we shall have q
great many Of our rising young mer
going to America. Certainly, if
was 20 years younger, 1 should &c
myself to stay, as l have been to visi,
America"
The Mr.. Keep mentioned is super.
intendent of the Michigan stove fac.
tory. while Mr.. Turner is an English
professor of metallurgy at Mason
College in Birmingham, who has re.
Gently visited this country and on his
return has dared to speak plainly to
his countrymen of what he has seen
in this country. The discussion took
place before tile Iron and Steel In.
stitute, on which occasion q fue col.
lection Of samples Of American
foundry-work was exhibited. Much
surprise was manifested by those
present at the great progress which
was shown to have been made by the
American ron-founders. Admiration
was expressed during the discussion
at the low sulphurs which appeared
in the analyses, and our success in
this particular was attributed in much
part to the character of the fuel deal.
with in America. Another point
which occasioned expressions of great
surprise was the circumstance that
high silicon ores were produced from
the clay stoves. These stoves, Mr..
Turner declared, were exactly the
same stoves as exist to-day in South
Statfordshire, and from which we never
expect to get glazed iron. The silica
in the American ore appeared to be
very much higher than in the Stat
fordshire mineral.
RAPID WORK OF AMERICAN FURNACES
The large production obtained at
American blast furnaces created some
uneasiness among the Staffordshire
furnace-owners. 1t was admitted that
America was in this respect "putting
England in the s,ade," but it was
urged IN defense that considering the
high blast pressure used in America,
something like eight pound to the
square inch rs compared with four
pound or five pound in English prac.
tise, the American furnaces ought to
produce 100 per cent. more than those
of the mother country. In support
of the present practise in this country
the opinion was quoted of the late
Manchester meeting of the Iron and
Stee! Institute, where this same ques
ton: came up for discussion, that the
rapid driving of America would not
be found suitable to the ores and fuel
available to the English pig maker.
One speaker, however, remarked
that an eight pound blast pressure
had, he believed, been frequently ad.
opted i'll Wales where an anthracite
coal was used. Anthracite coal, too,
always gave a low silicon iron. 1t
was an absolute necessity to have a
high blast when employing anthracite,
and this was one of the great diff
culties found in working anthracite
in this country. 1t was remarked that
we shall most probably have to re.
main content in England to see Am
erica go ahead in this matter of
pressure. The much greater frequen.
cy with which furnaces were blown
out aud in in America, than with the
English, was remarked upon as at
tributable to the same high pressure
driving.
WHAT WOULD RESULT FROM FREE
TRADE.
1t is hardly to be expected, re.
marked one of the speakers, that
English pig.makers will submit to
nearing the praises of American pig
manufacture sung in their presence
without having something to say re-
garding American tariff duties. "If
they were to come to free trade where
would they bc?" challenged Mr.. James
Roberts, of West Bromwich, ono of
The largest chilled-roll makers in
Stsffordshire. "Is it not q fact that
but for protection in America we
could undersell them in all their home
markets? We could send three mil
ions Of tons more iron there than We
at present produce if we had not to
pay duty Of 45 or so per cent"
Mr.. Farnworth declined 10 accept
The challenge to enter into a discuss.
ion on the American tariff. Indeed,
he questioned the wisdom of abiding