New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-21
IRON PROTECTION FOR SIX MONTHS.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT 1898 WILL FALL FAR
SHORT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SHORT or THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
Philadclphin July co." The Bulletin" Of the Amer
tenn Iron and steel Association has received complete
statistics of the production Of pig iron In the United
states In the FIRST six months OF 1893: also complete
statistics Of the stocks Of pig iron which on hand
aud for sale on June 30.
The total production OF pig iron In The United
slate, IN the first half Of 1893 f.j63.9l3 gross
tons against i.3e- .ll7 tons In the second ha'f Of
ls9a al Increase OF 175.f0 tons. The production In
the first half Of 1892 was however. 41696S3 tons
COMPARED with the first hnf OF 1892. the production
Of the first half Of 1893 shows decrease OF oOd'6o
TONS The production Of the second half of the present
year The Bnilc,in" says, Will undoubtedly be less
than that Of the second half Of last year. that the
total production OF 1893 will be- much less than the
tonl production OF 1897. The facts upon which this
forecast Is based are well known that they need
not be- stated. II l.. however most remarkable fact
that the production OF the first half OF TINS year OF
great depression In the iron trade should show an in
crease that OF the more prosperous second haif
OF 1892 Pennsylvania largely Increased her produc
ton In the first half OF 1o93, ana there was large
decrcnse In Illinois.
rhe production Of Bessemer pig iron In the first
half OF 1903 was the largest half yearly production
IN our history. amounting TO 2s}74s9o gross IONS
against 2ls0 800 tons In the second hall oi leo2 ana
3254.3i3 tons IN the first half The production oil
spiegeisen and ferromanganese In the first hali OF
1903, which Is Included In our STATISTICS Vi tou pig
iron production only A. 07G gross tons. against
OF 7J7 tons in the second half OF 1892 and e'3'4
Ia the first half The number OF furnaces In olast
On June 80. 1903. 225 against @13 on December
81 1e02, and $50 on June 80, loo2. The NUMBER
out of blast on June 80, 1893, was 3l2.
The stocks OF pig iron which were unsoli IN the
hands OF the makers their agents for June 30 1913
and which were not Intended Ia be used by the manu-
faciursrs. amounted 10 540.l4i gross tons. In which
figures included part Of the stocks held Al the
yards Of the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Com
pany and which under the control OF the makers,
the part In these yards not under their control
amounting 800 gross tons, which, added to the
540141 tons above mentioned. makes II total OF
1881 gross tons which were the market at
that date. The stocks OF pig iron which uns0ld
I'm the hands OF manufacturers their agents.
under their control In warrant yards oil December 81
1892 and which not intended for their own con-
sum pton, aggregates 3O6,l16 gross tons. ON the
same date there In storage warrant yards and
not under the control OF the makers. 30 800 tons OF
pig iron making total OF $50 6l6 tons which were
ON the market at that date, against 51s,o3l tons
similarly held On June 30, 1893 There was there
fore total decrease in stocks OF pig iron on the mar
ket at the close Of June last, compared with the
end of December 1902. Of 1925 tons. The accumu-
atson OF stocks was chiefly In coke and bituminous
iron