The morning news., 1891-01-27
PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON.
AN INCREASE OF OVER 2I PER
CENT. LAST YEAR.

/ The Joint Increase OF the Past Two
Years over 80 Per Ce ,t-Englsnd's
Output Exceeded Blowing Out Of
Furnaces in the Latter Part of the
Year Held Down Production.
PHILADsLPHIA, Pa, Jan. 26.-The fol-
lowing is from the Bulletin Of the Amer
lean Iron aud Steel Association: "The
American Iron and Steel Association has
received from the manufactures complete
returns Of the production Of pig iron in the
United States in 1890, and also complete re-
turns of the stocks Of unsold pig iron in the
hands Of the makers or their agents at the
close Of the year. The total production Of
pig iron in 1899 was 10,307, ,02S
net tons of 1900 pounds. or 9.2O2, ,7O3
gross tons Of 2, s40 pounds, against 4. .6OS ,642
gross tons In 1SS9-an increase of ], ,599, ,06t
gross tons, or over 81 per cent. The pro-
duction in 1889 was over IL per cent. greater
than that of 1858. The Joint increase in the
last two years has, therefore. been over %
per cent. Our production in 1890 was about
], 200, 900 gross tons larger THAI tnat of Great
Britain in 1882, which was its year of great
est production.
ALL RIVALS BEATEN.
"Our production Of pig iron in 1890 was
larger for the first time than that of our
European rival. Our production of pig
iron In the first half of 1890 was 4,56O.513
gross tons and in the second half of 1890 it
was 4642, 1870 gross tons-an increase Of
81 ,677 tons in the second half. The increase
in the second half would have been
much larger but for the blowing out of
many furnaces in d -cember, caused by the
strike Of the Alabama coal miners and by
Apa .fal -. IL Z,
duction which occurred in December has
been continued since the beginning of the
new year. The number OF furnaces In blast
on June 30. 1890, was 339, and on Dec. 81 the
number In blast was 81l. Since Jan. l at
least twenty more furnaces have blown out.
THE INCREASE WELL DISTRIBUTED.
The increased production of 1890 over 1899
was well distributed throughout the lead
ing pig iron producing states, although the
increase in Pennsylvania was exceptionally
large, amounting to 763, ,927 net tons. The
next largest increase was in Illinois, with
1S4. .204 net tons; followed by Ohio wi h
1858 tons; Maryland with l31,7l2
tons; Alabama with 123,5l5 tons;
Wisconsin with 87,603 tons; Vir-
ginia with 1856 tons. Michigan with
A, los tons, West Virginia with % .070 tons,
Colorado with 20,9l0 tons and Missouri
with l4,36o tons. Some other states made
sAA IA AiOA cooCo III VIGIL pEoduSlAOns 1uo
production Of Maine, Massachusetts and
Connecticut declined. and Washington
made no pig iron in 1890.
SHOWING OF THE SOUTH.
"The production of pig iron in Alabama
in 1890 shows a very much smaller increase,
both absolutely and relatively, than in
either of the two preceding years Ten
nessse, Kentucky, Georgia, and North
Carolina made only nominal progress In
1890, but Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia contributed handsomely to the
grand total of 1858, 459 net tons for the
southern states in 1890 against 1,566, ,703 net
tons in 1854 gain of 386. 757 tons.
'There was a large increase in the pro-
duction of spiegel iron and ferro-mang ganese
in 1890, the production beiug 149, 162 net
tons, against S5, 1923 tons in 1889, 81, ,769 tons
in 1888 and Al, ,598 tons in 1887.
THE STOCKS UNsoLD.
"The stocks Of pig iron which were un-
sold in the hands of makers and their
agents on Dec. 81 last and which were not
intended for the consumption of manufact-
urers, amounted to 6S1, ,992 net tons or
oOs,92l gross tons, against SS9,244
277,40l tons on Dec. 81, 1889,
and 563. .286 tons on June 80, 1889. In adoi-
tion to these unsold stocks at the close of
1890, there were at that date in storage
warrant yards SO, ,2S9 net tons, making
total of 74l, ,2S1 net tons Of pig iron the non
the Market