The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-03
Captured by British Iron Founders
From Americans = Republicans
Believe in TariT That Will
Make This Impossible.
CAieago Mter.Ocean.

low bids, being well aware what thei
English competitors would do in til
way OF low prices. A letter from Den
yer says that the contract after all ha
been let to two firms in Bradford, Eng
land. The bid Of the AmercaI
parties was under $50 per ton
delivered in Denver. The contrac
has been taken by the Englisl
parties for still less. The castings conse
quently' will be made in England
shipped to Galveston, Tex, and theme,
taken to Denver blythe Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad. Now, the Denvel
Street Railroad Company has affected
saving Of nearly $500 by taking advant
age OF this difference in prices between
tie American and foreign bidders, ant
yet the prices asked by the American
bidders was based on the less than ! &c {
pound in Chicago The basis OF bids
made by the Americans was on pig iron
in the neichborhood OF SIG per ton il
Chicago. And the English firms have
to pay duty OF 40 per cent nd valorem
and still they are enabled to beat Amer
lean competition on large contracts, and
ut figures that allow scarcely any margin
Of profit to the American manufacturer
What would be the result to American
foundrymen il the duty was still further
reduced?
This contract going to England means
the non.empIoyment Of over 100 mold
ers for six months, OF over 200 Other
employees in mining manufacturing iron
and fuel for the same period Of time. II
means the loss OF over 10000 tons oi
ore to American consumption, and oi
over 10, 900 tons OF fuel. The labor item
in this matter amounts, or would ii
the contract had been let here, to oven
$1,000 in wages to American working
men, not including the labor OF traus'
portation. The 100000, in other words,
simply includes the wages for mechan'
ical abor.
"Wnat are the relative wages OF Amer
lean and English moldersY
"The wages here for molders are about
50 75 per day, and in England about
81 25 per day. But this latter price is
only paid in England to first class mold.
ers-to the very best-whiIe the lower
class OF their moldcrs do not get over 0C
cents per day, the average wages here
being - IS per day.
"I would add that there is large Clas,
OF work given out here in quantities
such as car work aud bridge work, that
is made from standard patterns aud in
large quantities, that the English firms
can bid on, and that they have moi
hitherto done SO TO any extent may bl
accounted for, probably, from their no
understanding the large field there il
here for such work.
"The same class OF figuring that has
secured the Denver job to English par
ties would, il carried out to any extent
result in shutting up nearly half the
ioundries in the United States, ever
with the continuance Of the present
tariff. l will also add that there wer,
four Chicago bidders for this DenvcI
Job, namely, N. Vanderkloot & Son
Vierling, Mcdowell 4 Co., the BOutOr
Foundry Co., and the Dearborn Touudr!
Co. In addition to the bidder
in Chicago, there were also bids iron
foundries in st. Louis, Cincinnati, Kan
sas City, Belleyille, ILL.,, birmingham
Ala, and Omaha. Birmingham, Ala.
claims to make iron cheaper than IN!
other point in the United States, anI
vet its foundrymcn were unable Il
figure against the English foundrymen
and still, Notwithstanding facts lik'
these, it is claimed by the Southern
men that they can do business profit
ably under still lower tariff than W,
have now. The English bidder sue
ceeded in outbidding the Chicago men
Notwithstanding tho very lowest Gu
rates ever made were promised the lat
ter in order to enable them to secur
this contract and have it filled in Chi
cago."
The successful placing Of the Denve
contract in England, is partially ex
planned by the fact that a cable railwa
Of st. Joseph, Mo-, had previously con
tracted for cable plant in Bradford
England.
The following correspondence speak
for itself:
W, N. Shepherd, Esq., Editor Of Herald, 81. Jo
cph, No.:
The statement has been made that tn
Engines, Driving Machinery, Pulley
Yokes and Rods, in fact the entire irol
work to be used in the construction Q
cable street roadway in Joseph, wa
manufactured at Bradford, Eng. Is thi
statement correct?
(signed) JOIN G. oRRIcK.
The answer is as follows:
"All the materials were purchased q
Bradford, England, So say the officer
OF the cable road"
(signed) W. NJ. SHEPHERD.
What does this show?
Fint-That notwithstanding the pres
, ent duty Of 40 per cent ad valorem OF
this class Of work, English manufacturer
can make the castings, engines and othe
iron work, transport them over tn
ocean, and across the country by rail an
} deliver them in Denver and st. Joe a
less price than the manufacturers in 81
Louis, Chicago, or any city in the Unite,
States.
SeCond-Thatin order 10 compete wit
foreign manufacturers, it will be neces
sary for the American molders to accep
much lower wages.
Third-That any reduction in the pres
ent tariff on this class Of work, mean
r the closing up OF every American foundr
engaged in it.
, Fourth-That the Denver or St. Josep
/ railway companies get the benefit OF 10,
. prices, English workmen get the pay fC
. the work, and the molders OF AmeriC
get nothing.
Can you see any benefit to youselvC
in having this work done in England
, What matters it to you II a suit
clothes costs IS or $40, il you have n
work and cannot get the money to bu
it any price?
I Win the transferring OF this work
England have tendency to increai
}. your wages? Or to reduce the cost
:, anything you and your family eat m
i wear2
T. Do you think the Denver and st. j
e seph Cable Railways will reduce the
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