New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-29
40 IMMEDIATE PURCHASE OF NICKEL.
TIE NAVY WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE IT At
GOVERNMENT PRICES

TIE NAVY WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE IT At
GOVERNMENT PRICES.
Washington oct % Especial The Secretary Of tns
Navy has decided not 10 make immciii" purhA>,
Of nickel TO he used ally in the manufacture q
steel armor plates. when the arInor trials Annap,.
liz demon sred the victory Of the nickel plat"
cape tod that ricrl would advance In price. 30 far
the Information possessed by the Department ,0ud
form the base of judgment, some difficulty in pr i's
the metal looked for. Congress was a,.-d 10
make provision for the purchase OF nickel without d.
lay. The urgency Of the matter wa, made more Obyi.
by the efforts making by foreign arnor and ord
nance manufacturers 10 secure for their worl,
product OF the Canadian mine-. which regarded
tho ACCESSIBLE. II seems that inquiry
lad ever been made into the exact quantity
of nickel in the world. The disutercsted al
thores were somewhat abridged on the sub.
ject, and tie statements made Ly operators If nickel
mgics In effect that the metal scarce, e,
IDENTIFY accepted. The Department detailed Officers 10
examine the known nickel mines Of the world with
vlcw - their productiveness. Commodore FOlec;,
Chief Naval Officer. visited the NINE at >GIbury. n
Canada, and brought back some specimens Lieutenant
buckingham sent 10 the mine, in Nevada, aud
officers who are attached 10 United states legations
abroad visited % nickel IN Europe. The
suits OF these examinations, as expressed in docunc:
reports and shown from specimen, gathered IT IN:
'arOuS mlne' show that the supply OF nickel /, mob
limited. IL appea.s that there small
Tor immediate action. According TO reports all tIs
nickel required Tor the a!inOr plates he >crurrd
prices proposed By the Government. II discovered
early that resort to competitive bids would remove
the liability ot anything like imposition upon the De-
parmcnt and the consequent inquire, into Ito
quality quantity and Of nickel demon, rated
that nothing short of combination among the nickel
miners would force the price To degree of eXtoron.
The statements to the effect that the attitude VI tho
nl,El In, mira
do not apply 10 the Navy Department. whose purchase
nicAc limited only within tho million dollar av
prop ali0n While The Annapolis tests undeniaby
affected nickel ore, the material difference Will
tlOso nations which will adopt the nickel
plate. Whatever difference there may be il doe, hot
seem TO involve the ntcd states This Government.
according 70 Of it's Representatives. has developed
u condition OF affairs that leaves thu purchasing prl'3
~ nickel almost all optional matter Admiral kim
berry report on tie Annapolis test Will BE- interesting
meal results. the mathematical findings. calcp
lated bc matters OF record they were anttl-
pate in their general aspiration and lniuefc. BY Inc
Departments request for immediate provision fr th1
acuurnrnt If nickel. The o.dnince expert arr v't
Ing with something like impaieDcc the comments frh
tho English authorities on The re>litN at Alap1Ii'.
In conversation with your 0liesp0huent ye-teniay,
Naval officer said the tess could not, would not. b."
they would not DC expected 70 accept The result, T."
adoption without further and moro substantial inquiry
there wa, no doubt that the nickel pate wouh repa'
80 present compound plate on English shlps OF war;
II was likely that test, similar 10 that AT tr Nav Al
proving C,rouid would he held bv England athoIsh
no American lost lad all the mpartsltI and honest,
derived from desire to ascertain the exa't merits "
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