The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-18

equal to the price In tho united Statcs Plus
the Canadian duty OF S13 per ton. The duty
or pig iron is 81. and the homo producer gets
n bonus Of Sl.5U per ton besides. Yet ut the
end u five years there are only
five furnaces in the Dominion. with
bcgsary output OF 1900 tons: and al
these furnaces. or as many, were III
operation before tho iron tariff was imposed.
Tho explanation ~ found in the limited nome
demand and in tho exclusion OF Canadian iron
from the United States. Canada imports
about 10000 tons OF PIG iron annually. ana u.
is computed that II to this quantity he auueu
the equivalent Of all the iron and steelgoohs
| imported. together with tho product oil inc
Canadian furnaces. the aggregate pig iron re-
| Quiremcnt is 100000 tons per nnnum-a do-
mand too mengrs TO warrant the erection OF
many now furnaces. especially when any sur
| plus production would be shut out OF It's only
available market, Tho American duty OF
| seventy live cents per ton crippled tho mining
OF iron ore. lust s n like duty on coal prevents
| Nova Scotia from turning her coal measures
| to the best account.
An effort to foster the manufacture OF retro'
leum IN western Ontario is attended after
twenty years with equally barron results. Tho
| duty on American refined oil is l-J cents
| pcr IA lion: then there is duty OF 40 cents on
| each barrel OF 40 gallons ani All inspection
| foe Of II cent per gallon more. making tho
| whole impost 10 cents on an ARTICLE worth
| eight or nine cents wholesale ut Buffalo Ivy
| tho time the oil reaches the Canadian con-
| sumner it cost him from b TO - cents retail.
| Tho Ontario rcncries supply about two
| thirds of tho annual consumption. and. OF
course take iu!l advantage OF tho eNorbi'ant
| tariff. They employ thousand men. more or
| less. II has been suggested that 1t would be
money in pocket for Parliament to buy the
| ri. Il CO tt, Ia ihpn, Tho allow
| that the public is being swndl.d. but contend
| that if American oil is admitted free they will
| be entitled to compensation from tho Treas
| ury. It seems that Parliament has no right to
| abandon an industry it has once col,llc,l.
The petroleum Of western Ontario. being
all inferior oil. would not stand Il chance
against the petroleum OF the United states II
without doubt the Canadian coal and iron de-
posts would be of immense value IN con.
tinental market. good deal OF the magnetic
ore in eastern Ontario contains sulphur. but
it is said that by employing the magnets
ed ore to heat The sulphur IS driven OH with
out much extra cost. There is no pure an;
the :outhIis OF the liorkv Mountains. Tho
The Pacific States, The Cape Ercton mines
produce coal said TO be- equal ;or. gas, coke.
enough. the mine owners think they cont not
rompeto in Now England with tho coal from
Maryland and West Virginia. At the last gem
era election u letter from Sir John macdonald
TO the Senate Finance Committee mt Washing;
nS sr g ohn c the
present Premier. was Obliged to rcpudiate the
nroposi9n in order to says the Interests 81
bituminous. which enables the Cape Breton
Montreal. The miners in western Nova Scotia.
at Snringhl :or instance. would be, glad to
SEQ tho Now England market opened to them
arrangement would certainly suit tho manu-
iacturers of Ontario. VII" IMPORT their coal
mined in ape Breton long whieago. Enrlyin
province were granted to tho Duke OF York.
who turned them over in, payment Of 1nbtsto
coi"pnny bought tncm. but little work was
done unit! $50 or !herriabonts, o, when n, the
thing: hun tho export 70 New England
The gross production in Nova Scotia in lS,o
900 in tie Territories l2s0oo. or a total Of
over three millions. 1t is not clear why the
T TRs ErG'1 % states fs s H ua free o i nss
coal be as good MS represented. some Of them
assert that MARYLAND coal can he mined
cheaper. but probably tho truth is protection
has made them fat and lazy.
The nickel industry is til" only ono of any
Wnited States ' and it IS s,ili ia its infancy ,
Nickel was found in tho Sudbury region llfty
years ago; hut none WIS produced nnth = com;
States Senator PAYNE. struck it Will mimi.
copper. In 1876 John Gamcee. nm EnGlishman;
offered to treat yellow fever patients along
the Mississippi, hy incnIrcera,ing them in Il
floating hospital in which low temperature
was TO be maintained by tho use Of liquid am
mona. iamcc" found that nickel -stcel pos
of II" Of All his ID
ne Het", w.s well ona detsa 70 re-
Navy Department. at Washington was shown
and Commodore Folger hogan tho trials OF
armor plato made from the compound with
which Americans are familiar. The Mckinley
abolishin. the old duty, of $500 per ton. Nickel
matte bears substantially the Same relation to
duced to one ton of matte. The supply Of orc
100000 tons being in sight at ono place. There
is is, nothing IKE it in New Caledonia; from
come. Last year tho exports from the Sud.
bury country amounted in value to S240.uOO
stn WhG4 n n w sSGi $4,000 aud the United
with the United States. so far 9s minerals arc
year Canada exported mineral products Of tho
value OF S5.SUu.OUu. Of which. Notwithstanding
ITS onerous duties upon everything except
nickel the United Ststcs purchased S4.GuO.DOD
worth. while England purchased only sS5O.OVO
worth. mostly asbestos copper orc. and phos-
rhntes. II = tariff Gordon were drawn round
Pennsylvauil evon her gigantic mineral
wealth would avail hor, little. Yet in an
economic scnso. Ontario. Quebec SovH Scotia
or British Columbia is Just as much n part
Of the United States. The best portions OF
Ontario and Quebec lie south Of n limo
drawn between Minnesota and Maine. II is Il
amoniable. thing in tho sight Of Intelligent
Canadians that young country with 50 much
natural wealth should bo losing hundred
thousand OF it's best men md women every
year to the United States. That Is part OF the
price paid for the connection with Britain--a
tribute more runOus than any eXactod By
Rome from her subject provincrs-but many
Of them arc bu"yed M with the hope that tho
Democratic party will enable them by its tariff
legislation tu export minerals instead OF flesh
and blood. Here Is n letter on the subject adj
dressed for obligation to TIE SIN CORE
spondcnt by the Hon. j. W. l.on.lcy tho At
tornry- General Of Nova Scotia:
Al the Present moment political union
with the United S,nies is not fashionable in
this part OF Canada The feeling Of loyalty
has been practically universal for many yenrs