The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-23
sDuT;tEf,s costpgrlIfo
What il Is Doing for pemn-yi.a... ant.
Difficulty of Overcoming IT.
tpiitsburg Iron worII

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There are some notable statcp,en,, .
the case Of the furnacemen. For the q.
time Northern and Western pig iron m.
ufacturers c0ncede that their ,r,do =.
mill iron is being injured by Son-fa-
iron. 10 he sure, they do not acLro-.
edge that the Southern mill iron ia,
character that will permit, Of it, c1ie,..
use in making bar iron, but only 10 -
extent of % per cent Of the puddln. 81.
mace charge, but it is an nckno@lelc4s..
that Southern mill iron has found !,
ket rival.
They also complain as to the ra,s
freight OH this iron. In round unmi..
il is about 500 miles from Brmin.l,,-
Youngstown; the rate is $40 ro,
226s pounds. This is practical, ..it
cent ton mile. AT the present as.,.
tons of iron at youngstown. ,ay &la-.
this would net the furnace, $oio. an5
majority of the furnaces in the nci.i.i
hood of Birmingham cannot max iso,
this price per ton. On the Other a,.
the rate OF freight on pig iron ~
Youngstown to Pittsburg-Gj mie.-.. :.
cents ton, which is equivalent 10 49,.
l.23 cents per ton per mile, >
greater than the rate on pig iron from
Southern furnaces TO Ioung>toHn. e.
rate on raw materials from the mpt. s,
ovens of Alabama to the Biru.in..,-
furnaces is not gwen. but it i, vcr, n....
less per ton per mile than are d, .r,i,.
rates on raw materials from Tie g
and ovens supplying the Nalley furnace
so that both on material 10 TIC ..
and on product from The furnace ua
product from the furnace the Sou ...
irons which are entering into comretr.-
in the Valleys with the yellow IRON. b.. +,
very great advantage
As we have heretofore pointed or.
impossible that the pig iron mauGa5r.
crs of the North shall permit the cart.
ton of affairs regarding freight obi
iron from the South into the Nof' :,
continue. The Eastern furnace,
months ago made 4 ch rcprc>en'afian
the Pennsylvania lroad rcgaiir-
condition of alta that Wa r
about bv these ra OF trcighl Iaal
railroad was comp 81 cd to notice tier.l
to advance in SOM nstancc- thrrr
freight on pig iro rom the south
Eastern furnaccm did not ask ftl''
rate of freight frSe the furnace
points Of consumption should he H.i'...
iallv reduced. but they did ak ihat
smaller amount Of freight that IL, >-Ht
ern furnaces gave these roads Should
be carried at less rate per mlr1.la,
PENNSYLVANIA furnaces were paving
1t occurs 10 us that the COMPLIANT.
the VALLEY furnaces i'll ihi> respect
iustfable and should be li>tcnc, ~.
make a strong point in their claim
the railroads bringing this irol la'o.'
Valley should not, in order to ,cia
on one ton of material that i ial,enl
very low rate. he willing to lose TIL,
on tour tons of material that would
ouircd in connection with the prodae'
and marketing Of every ton ~
made in the Valleys.
We do not understand thai the
turnaccmcn ask that the railroad,
put the rate of freight OH iheiv ilI.i
and products down Ia the >ninr 4f
they receive for hauling the >oHt.eu
iron, but they do claim. and jg,'IT'o
think, that Southern pis iron -Ia'.
rate Of freight per ton per mii' io
10000 tons of pig iron that are tr
into that valley, equal 10 thar W'....
Valley furnaces pay on the l."".''1o
which they produce. and in Tie mala,
ure Of which they use NJ least 5'f'1.
tons of raw material.
Very many of the Southern ilH
which have been built much in ad.
anv legitimate demand lorthelr iIou.
been built to meet the necti> OF ttci.u.r
for freight MANY ofthc railroad cn
in the South depend for the lAr@cr
of their freight over long -tro,,.
their lines upon the freight !um-
furnace companies. The furnace
South have been OF vastly great.
tancc TO the railroads than anl oi.
dustry. and therefore thcse ralIra~'.-
not be blamed il they DO cvct1iaH-
their power to keep all their into
operation, but why Northern ie.
which these furnaces bring al
fnitcsinal amount Of freight. rn
with that which their own lu,ta
them, should assist in this cioir.ca.
or otherwise, to take away TIL i
the furnaces along their line. j.
our cOmprchenSion