Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

Dfltish Uoscrnmsnt Has Proved Nioksi
steel Superior.

New. York. Nov. ga special to the
New, York Herald from Toronto, Can
ada. today, says;
By an order In council signed by the
lieutenant governor Of ontario, SIT
Oliver Mownt, ON the report Of the cnbi-
net, and especially of the crown lands
commissioner. the Hon. y J, Davis, to-
rether with a memorandum from the
director Of mines. Mr.. Archibald blue,
II IL proposed 10 renew the ncHOtln-
tons opened with the british govern
inrnt In April, 1891, which had for
their object the concession " an inter
est IN nickel ores Of the ungranted
lands uf the crown for imperial and
national uses, on such terms nn may be-
mutually agreed upon"
The object ~ these negotiations IL 10
secure control Of the nickel ore lands
10 the British government. which could
thus control the production OF nickel,
holding u as monopoly and using II
only Tor IT, own war vessels There are
said to be only two deposits OF nickel
Ia the world Of commercial value
those In New CALEDONIA. an island In
the further Pacific belonging 10 France
and In the sudbury district ~ ontario.
Tho plan TO control the ontario ORES In
the Interest Of the British government
WIS FIRST suggested In 1891.
The offcr did not at that time com
mend Itself 10 the officials ~ the Brit
I
has since accumulated e. prove the
superiority 81 nickel steel over every
other Kind OF armor plate HugguHta that
possibly the time may have now ar
rived when the proposition made to
the imperial government eight yCnrH
ago might be hopefully renewed.
II remains 10 be- seen. however.
whether the commissioners ~ tho ad.
| mlrnlty VIII accept the oifer now
made BY Ontario. II seems scarcely
| probable that acceptance would mean
the placing uf an embargo on the con-
/ tlnuod export to the United stntoa FOR
naval purposes of the nickel product
/ o. the Canadian Copper CO., which Ia
/ composed mainly of Judge stevenson
iurk, NJ Cleveland, and several ohio
capitalists. This company has up TO
now had a practical monopoly ~ the
supply. Of nickel for American nrinor.
In the seven years, isa2-ihss. the
| quantity ~ ore smeltcd ana reduced
IN the sudbury district was sgi.si2 tons
and the estimated metallic contents
were 2a.10a.00D pounds of nickel and
| %. $4,000 pounds ~ copper, Al the
selling price OF matte at the furnaces,
| which " the form In which II " cN.
ported TO the refneries In the United
| States, the total value of the nlckle
| product for the seven years was 1894, p
900. and Of the copper, fi,aO2, sos, or q
total Of N5aG.sGj. But NJ the average
/ hrlllng price OF the fiHtNlH uutlWH inc
/ seven yenra was 1894 900. and Of COP
per would be so. 1896, 100 for nickel and
s3,97b.C05 for copper. or total Of 3ii.-
| 372.a57.
While the export nickel plate will
doubles be checked, perhaps altogether
stopped sudbury WIN under any ar
rangcment that may be- made continue
90 supply refined nickel for Uncle
! Sans ships.
a special dispatch TO the Herald from
| Warrington says:
"The United States Will not be pre-
vented from getting nickel even "
Great Britain ana France should at
temp To control the supply NJ nickel
ore. The principal deposits ~ the
metal are M Sudbury, nCnadu, and In
New Caledonia, n French island In the
Pacific. hut nicklc N being produced
In oregon and In other parts Of the
United States. n England and France
should refuse 20 allow their nickel TO
be sold 10 other nations II would prob
ably Increase the price In the United
States. hut would not entirely shut on
the supply.