The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-15

What Trade JORrnaIS say or the Situation
In Various Lines.

In Various Lines.
The Labor Tribune says:
The Industrial revolution involved in
the appearance Of American steel in
England has created sensation out OF
all proportion greater than here. How
great the sensation Is becomes appa-
rent in the reports received from the
English iron district. English newspa-
pers see In II the ultimate supremacy
OF our steel trade the world over. Eng
llsh steel masters face on one side the
cheap labor and technical skill Of Ger
many and Belgium, and on the other
the dear labor and cheap materials or
this country. English coke costs over
81 a ton, where Connellsville Is 81 % to
81 90. Yet our best furnaces use only
500 pounds OF coke TO the ton OF steel,
when English furnaces use 1000 pounds.
English newspapers are asking II the
invasion is to be permanent. AS II Is
based on q cheaper cost-sheet, 1t mas
certainly come to stay. No country IN
the world can compete with $50 steel
rails or billets At SIS or SIG.
The Iron Age gives the following re-
view:
Very little Is doing In the steel mar
ket In the east the contract Tor ABOUT
II. 900 tons for Pennsylvania wire mill
has been taken by an adjacent plant
There Is little that Is new in finished
iron and steel, Some good plate orders,
aCgreGatinE about 5000 tons, are COM
Ing UP in the Philadelphia market. and
there Is n very good prospect for
large Tonnage OF structural material In
The eastern cities. Chicago is doing lit
tic in this direction, but has a good deal
OF railroad work in sight The wire
trade continues to take a very large
tonnage and IS doing heavy export
business besides. at advancing prices.
In foundry irons the only event OF In
terest has been the purchase OF consld-
cradle blocks OF iron by eastern pipe
manufacturers at very low prices. II Is
reDorted that all the requirements for
contracts Of pipe made have not yet
been covered.
There are n considerable number Of
InouIries in the market for foreign Ship
ment, the range covering rails, ingotS'
old material, basic Bessemer pig, hoops,
beams and other materials oestHes ths
regular lines. It Is evident that many
Of these inquiries are feelers, and they
often relate to goods on which there Is
little urosDect OF business. The trouble
in many cases Is that frclghts are din
emit 10 arrange, being held too high.
Steamers are asking 10 to Il shllllngs
from New York to English ports.
An interesting trial shipment, which Is
now being made, is n lot OF speciality
high phosphorus pig iron with per
cent and over. which Is being made by
| southern charcoal furnace. II many OF
our furnaces were In u position TO make
tLc ordinary basic Bcasemcr metal
thcre would be a good chance to sell
| cutie heavily to Germany. Nearly all
n,'r, basic mig produced thus far for the
onen market has been adapted for the
omen hearth, and Is too low In phospho-
rus for European basic Bessemer prac-
tiCe.
china, Glass and Lamps says OF the
'J In general lines Of medium and high
| nrirad dinner ware and high-Class spe-
| rIaltIcs, trndc is improving. Jardinieres
of fair grade decorations are having
very large sale, and as shapes, bodies
onj decorations are being generally
| improved as result OF rivalry ana
| cntnpetltlon, the art sense OF the peO-
| ale is being improved ana TINS branch
| Of the potters' art, Intimately connect
cd with home decoration. seems likely
| In dnvplnp into undrCamcd Of proper
Hons Novelties Of small size, out OF
| lie ordinary in either shape or dccorn-
L
lion. are selling rapidly. and potteries
which have made specially or TINS
class OF goods are kept busy. Hotel
china md white granite are moving
Sairiv while most OF the excellent new
toticis have been making trade brisk.
! on tho whole potterics east and west
arc fairly employed. some are not run
ming mi. but nll are working with more
hope than for years past.
conf and Coke. in reviewing the coal
situation, says a..
Tncrc has been no improvement In the
General coal situation since our last re-
nort Prices are not any higher than
/ me- were two weeks ago, nor Is he
dcmand greater. About the only con-
tro"ts Of Importance for lake shipments
nave been mndc by the Cuddy, Mullen
ns,nuauv. az Cleveland, ohio, with the
I,,ti,,o,,iI,r conf Company and Beading
nr , These miuce are located on the
| Panhandle road.
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