Arizona republican., 1902-05-19

Tie immeasity of the United sl,tes Steel corporation aa a producer of
 steel and iron vas THE WORLDS well set forth in a GREATEST statsrne!!t submitted 1 CORPORATION. by President Charles
 Schwab at q recent ;.eatjag of the directors of the com i lsany. For the year ending March 21 lsst, the steel trust mined about 13 ;-2 million tons of ore, it manufactured over nine million tons of coke. end pro duced 9,C25.049 tons of steel ingots. or in the Eeigh5olhooI Of , per cent. cf the steel output of tha United .Stat-t Tor the year. Great n1;it9ia prcdu- -e,l ! il t..e same le.iod 4.S10.021 tons Of st-eI or half the anount manufactured I.- the single organization. The oorrorl- tion made fast year 7,152.l2l tons. pv 45 per cent. O. the pig iron produced in lha United States, and tlf seiiing Eal,:a of its steel manufacturing produsts VAS SE1Q.6i3.6Z 6Z5. The n,Inufao turin,; cost or this oytpt:t was $3I5 G5s. .Ssl T.ie ,onnany paid for freight to trau~i35t-- ,1tipa companies. nol in,ildil:g cflrss- es paid to its own lines s-t Is1,5C-. CT mole than $l,cae.0o3 B week. What this means may .5- Understood j1tta, g, hen t is st"tel 5hat me ;oial freight rove r;-,s received bs all tha la.lway sys- tons :n the United States for the year ending June 20. 1901. CT ie-.0co n.iie5 os road. were 1,1It@t millions of dollars. so mat the steel corpotatioa p25< aa amount opc1; e-u"l lo ca -j,-oztt.@t,l oG t1e to.al freight b.L Of th;s nation cf 1SQC6 Gte peotle- The gross freight receipts on tAe I'e.4asyivatia saiI.q d. on lines directly og,..ege.l. 1n2oo,i.ed .ast year t. S-2.s92.-49 CT abalt s- sGs9.- 5yy more than WAS paid :ct sieia st bv tl> United -ta:e5 Ste-l co.nal5;iaa: ti.e freight receipts of the Alchison systcla last year were $ae c5- -5.; O. l Eric $22,2Si,ss6, and or Rock IsI,.ui sl'.lsc.2y1. The total -i osa lseeints a4. the Chicago. Milwaukee and st. laul 1 system (6.-1- Inilss} were Si2 aaa.ooa :-et i year The receipts of the Southern Pa ] eidc syst7al >s.C15 .niIe.3 @era s1G.IGa.- 55s, and O. New York ;-cn-r..I t..S-3 . n.iies} <5f,:t1.1i4, The freight bu=i....,.. of 1ae steel trust. ii s:ven to g since company. Wouli l.,ehahly hc suEfci.nt t. operate a system e :5C5 re.->4 ur {. road withou- Q dollar Of paasene.r o. other cutsiae earnings.
 The Steel corporation employed ia-. year oa an average 1aS.-a3 pelao.s. ,a whom t paid i! wages $1t2. .s-g. 9sa. If it 3e ass,i.-l@,! ,ilat each employee r.l.- resel.1e- i've i..rso--z. th, taya! nu.nber .: people directly dependent lpon tue company for stti:ort reaches nearly oCo0o9. The population Of &t. Louis is 5.s.JGt. that of E3st5n aG9.Co aal oe Baltimore 5GS.355- IT. fact, ther~ age only three cities in the United st.,tes which repor, more Jaan ojo.039 inll..:,- ltants. and there ale seventeen states 'iih less than that nrln.ser each
 The payments for vases. a1ouati.i., to $11-. .lg6 in a year. are equivalent -o about $2,f-o,ov1 per week. or $.ai.tC5 tcg every working dey. This is at .:.e 's,te of $15059 for every hou. in ,se lay, ur s-57 Der minute. The C.i,el states atv"l corporation is certainly lie most sltTe.Gous c.--,..1li.. 1s i.,I5... .t5l..I concentration the world i.;.s e, e.- seen.