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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

I supplies are drawn from the great
| Cornwall ore beds of Eastern Penn
sylvania and from Cuba, where they
have inexhaustible supplies OF Bes-
semer ore. which can be worked by
steam shovels and are close to tide
water. Three matters have impressed
US in reference 10 this seaboard COM
petition: First, that the Eastern sea-
board iron and steel competition OF the
Steel Corporation has an ore supply
wholly independent of Lake Superior;
second, that their location near the
seaboard gives in many cases SUB
stantial freight advantages over the
Steel Corporation; and third, that the
greatest advance in ore and steel pro-
duction in the last ten years has been
made by the seaboard competitor OF
the Steel Corporation, the Bethlehem
Steel Company. The market reach OF
basic iron and steel plants is meas
urablv restricted to its own district
by freight limitations. The supplies
/ from which steel is made and the basic
articles into which il is turned are OF
such bulk and weight as TO thus local
, iZe or restrict their markets. Freight
forbds such heavy product being
hauled to far-removed markets. The
proofs show that the competitors oil
the Steel Corporation have abundant
ore supplies, cheap water freights and
a great accessible surrounding market.
Blast Furnaces for New York.
"The proofs further show that with
the enlargement of the Erie Canal sys-
tenn Lake Superior ore will be canal
freighted from Buffalo to New York at
% cents a ton less than the same ore
is rail-freighted from Lake Erie ports
to the Pittsburgh district. With the
enlargement of that canal, the proofs
are that blast furnaces are now planned
/ for location on seaboard waters IN
New York Harbor limits. Lake SUI
perior ores of the same metallic unit
grade as the Brazilian would, in the
view of the Michigan Tax Commission,
ost 81 a ton delivered at the Atlantic
seaboard, as against ore OF 50 from
Brazil. As to the Cuban ore, the total
cost will not in any case exceed S2.2o
8 ton. This means that the ore reaches
Philadelphia Cor New York; at n net
cost Of four cents a unit of iron. 1t
is the cheapest ore in the world de-
livered at Eastern Atlantic ports or in
German or English ports
Points to Relocation of Steel Industry.
These expressions point to a relo-
cation of the iron and steel industries
of the East, with their attendant in
dustries, such as hardware. machinery,
tools, railroad supplies. stoves and the
like. This is of the greatest Importance
to the whole City of New York. as it
means participation in the worlds bust
ness in iron and steel. They should
come TO The Bronx, where every IA
cility is offered them.
Four elements must be considered
in the economical manufacture of iron
and steel. The business must 20 where
these elements can be had most
cheaply:
Cost of iron ore.
Cost of coke.
Cost Of limestone.
Cost of distribution of products.
Success in producing high grade iron
eheaply depends upon ability TO pro-
cure the different kinds Of ores neces-
sary for mixtures az low prices. A
| comparison of Pittsburgh and New
| York facilities for obtaining raw ma
terials eheaply shows New York 10 have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

most Of the advantages. The average
lake and rail freight per ton for Lake
Superior ore to Pittsburgh is sos,
while the total rate over the Barge
Canal TO New York will be Sl.75. As
there is about 80 per cent of metallic
iron in the ore, this saving will amount
to about fifty cents per ton OF pig iron.
The strength of the New York position
is that it may secure a great variety
of ores at low prices. The Adlron-
dack ore mines are easy OF access 10
New York. These ores will cost Pitts
burgh 1884 for transportation, while
thew can be laid down in New York for
II cents per ton at present, and thls
rate may be cut in two when the Lake
Champlain Canal is completed.
The Texas ores are of good quality
and NAV be brought to New York for
about 1870 per ton, which is lower than
the rate to Pittsburgh. The Cuban
ores are in great quantity and cost
$3.50 a ton TO Pittsburgh and Sl.8O to
New York. Newfoundland has immense
ore deposits which can be laid down IN
New York for $l.52 per ton, as against
s4.3s to Pittsburgh. Venezuelan and
Chilean ores are likewise accessible to
New York at low rate. The adyan-
tage to New York in the Brazilian,
Venezuelan and Chilean ore trade
would lie in the return freight bust
ness which the vessels could enjoy.
American manufactures going to the
three places named would be carried
bv the same vessels which brought ore
to New York.
Can Produce Cheap Coke.
New York is able TO produce coke at
a low rate because it has plentiful
coal supply and a sufficient market for
the by-products. Pittsburgh. however
has an advantage over New York in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

! manufacture of coke. 1t can make coke
for Sl94 a ton of pig iron, while II
would cost the New York producer
S3.S5. This is more than Offset by the
saving in transportation of Adirondack,
Cuban and Newfoundland ores and the
cost Of delivery of manufactured iron
from Pittsburgh to the New York mar
ket.
New York has large and cheap
available supplies of limestone on the
Hudson River and Maine.
New York has the largest supply OF
labor, both common and skilled, in the
United States.
Cost of Distribution of Products.
The convenience Of New York TO its
own large market and the markets OF
New England gives it a great advant-
age over Pittsburgh. Much of this dis
trbution can be made by water.
New York has an unusual location
for the manufacturer of steel because
Il can produce the pig iron cheaply and
can buy the scrap iron for melting at
low rate.
Beyond the unusual facilities for rail
and water domestic distribution The
Bronx affords fine accommodation for
foreign shipping. Ore bearing vessels
from Cuba and South America need
not go through the tortuous and con.
gested channels of the East River and
He'll Gate, but can come around the
east end of Long Island directly to
The Bronx This slight extra distance
is of no importance. On their return
they can carry manufactured products
The establishment of iron and steel
industries in The Bronx will be only
one factor in the tremendous industrial
development which is bound to come to
that fortunately situated part of
greater New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
Bronx Getting a New
Lease on Industrial Life
Permits for the Erection of Bronx Factories Issued in
First Eighteen Weeks of This Year-Commercia
Survey of Borough Being Made by Board
of Trade-Hunt s Point Improvement

featuring. With such important facili-
ties for the deepest draught oceangoing
vessels, and an industrial development
of over two hundred acres, with rail-
road connections, The Bronx should
be one Of the most attractive locations
to manufacturers and this development
should encourage the improvement Of
other industrial locations on the east
side of The Bronx which is so favor
ably situated for this class Of Develop
ment.
At present, although The Bronx has
many miles of railroads running
through it and has a vast stretch OF
water front, there is practically 10 big
district available where a manufact-
urer can locate with adequate rail
facilities connecting with docks and
piers equipped to handle oceangoing
cargoes on large scale, and the de-
velopment of such facilitiec, conse-
quently the establishment of the new
industrial centres in The Bronx, will
do more than anything else for tho
permanent prosperity of the borough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
TUNNEL STATION
in THIS BUILDING
Degnon Terminal To Be
Built on Steinway
Tube Line.

The new Degnon Terminal Building
to be erected at Van Alst av. and Hunt
er's Point av., Long Island City, will
be one of the most modern freproof
structures in the Borough of Queens.
1t will have unexcelled transit facili-
ties, inasmuch as the Van Alst av. sta
tion of the Steinway Tunnel will be in
its basement, and the Hunters Point
av. station of the Long Island Rail-
road will be Immediately adjacent, se-
cess to which will be by means Of
covered walk connecting IL with the
building.
The running time of trains in the
Steinway Tunnel from the Grand Gen.
trail Station, Manhattan, 10 this build
ing will be within five minutes. There
will be an elevated extension running
from the Van Alst av. station 70 the
greensboro Bridg. Plaza, which is now
under construction, and passengers
coming from Manhattan may travel by
this route to Astoria or 10 Flushing
and points beyond for the single fare
of five cents over the line, which will
be jointly operated by the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company and the
Brooklyn Rapid Tr.nsit Company.
The Hunters Point av. station of the
Long Island Railroad will afford
convenient transfer point for COM
muters using the Port Washington and
Whitestone divisions Of the Long Isl.
and Railroad, as we'll as those going
to and from Jamaica and points on
the south shore. 1t is understood that
the Long Island Railroad will operate
trains on a regular schedule from the
Hunters Point sv. station to accom-
modate this traffic, and will thereby
relieve TO a considerable extent the
congestion caused at it's Atlantic av.
station, Brooklyn. by tie large number
OF passengers who now use the subway
from points in Manhattan to the At
lantic av. station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

CYRUS c. Miller, former Borough
President Of The Bronx, who has Tor
many years made a study of The Bronx
from an industrial point of view, Is
enthusiastic over the possibilities OF
this section of the borough.
On this subject he says: Great
events are happening in the industrial
world which will affect strongly the
future of The Bronx. Heretofore the
principal industry of the borough has
been the erection of buildings, some
for business, but largely for dwellings,
for it's citizens who labor outside OF
the borough. A new industrial idea OF
enormous value TO New York is prog
ressing among capitalists, namely the
location of iron and steel industries
around New York Harbor. For this
The Bronx is peculiarly adapted.
The building industry of The Bronx
is hound TO 20 on, but, in addition 70
;ts activity in dwelling houses, it Will
eynand so as to include Industrial
buildings and plants. The population
of The Bronx has grown very fast, to
over 100000, because people have come
there TO establish homes and bring up
their children.
Irnexcelled Industrial Factors.
It's industries, however, have not
1rovn so fast, and its residents dall!
snend time and vitality in travelling
eisewhere for their work. An all around
JnvoIonment of the borough demands
tho establishment Of industries WITHIN
saev distance of its dwellings. us
natural facilities for such industries
orc not TO be excelled in any city OF
tbc limited States. Its miles OF front
ece on the navigable waters OF the
Tndeon River. Harlem River, East
River and Long Island Sound, ITS many
Ives ~ railroads and its nearness 20
q large market and full labor suppi!
Give II advantages over any comPetltors
E, tbe matter of location OF such IN
These railroads must be connected
hy an industrial railroad running
ayopnd the southerly and easterly
sbores of The 81 onx, on which 1relgh
broupbt into the borough on any ran
road or steamship line may, be Trans,
torycd 70 any other line either betore
mr. after it is manufactured
Tbo barge canal, TO be opened IN the
future. and the Panama Oahai,
NC NC, IN oneration, hold out promises Oh
Ia
E tU industrial development OF Inc
Rronx which are almost lncoiceiVaole'
How the Steel Trust Decision VIII heip
The Bronx.
Tho decision of the United States
nistrict Court for the District Oh Ne"
Jersey in the case of the United states states;
If America VS.. the United States steer
Cornoration ct al. was of tar-reacnlng
;nonoTtance, and especially to The
Rrpnx In it's opinion. dated June 8,
igi8' the court concludes. that the steel
C Corn is not an illegal comblnae-
ton because the steel and iron pusl,
ness is not and can not be monopoiiz re
nv il. The court comments on the
strong competition which the Steel cor
noratton has had and will have to meet
Turning first TO the Atlantic seaboaru
we end the Bethlehem Steel Company,
the Pennsylvania Steel Company ano
The MARYLAND Steel Company. The two
latter companies are here referred 70
only 20 note their tidewater location
as an advantage which the Steel Cor,
noration. with its inwardly located
works, does not possess. Their ore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

main road, Westchester Avenue, was
built so as to cross the streams miles
from their mouths where they are mar
row and easy to bridge. This peculiar
ccnfiguration has provided a large
amount of waterfront, which serves a
section practically undeveloped.
This undeveloped condition makes
it practicable to build railroad lines a
few hundred feet from the shore to
serve industrial plants located here so
that they can be readily reached by
rail and water, and without interfer-
ence by a marginal street such as ex-
tends round most Of Manhattan. The
fact that the territory is undeveloped
makes it possible to build these tracks
on grade, which is necessary, as the
expense Of connecting with an elevated
or depressed track would be prohibit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

Neck sections there are myriads Of op-
portunities for the speculative builders
of hathouses."
William A. Cokeley, who is familiar
with this section of The Bronx, says
THAT part of The Bronx lying, east
of the Bronx River is, in all likelihood!
to become a commercial and industrial
district. Trisected as it is by the
Bronx River, Westchester Greek and
Hutchinson River alone insures it a
commanding place in our citys deyel-
orment, and the fact that the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
is within easy reach of Bronx River
and Westchester Greek and the New
York, Westchester & Boston Railway
also can serve Bronx River and Hutch
inson River adds to making it in much
demand in the near future. The locat-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

ing of floating terminals and the adop-
ton of the marginal railway scheme
clinch the place which will assure to
the East Bronx, for we have low
priced land, the physical makeup is
adaptable, the new transit facilities are
all that can be desired, all of which
are necessary or precedent to the
building of factories and tenements."
Francis H. Weeks, president Of the
Twin City Ferry Company, which OPP
crates from Clason Point to the Long
Island shore, is very optimistic regard
ing the future of this section. he
says:
THE eastern section of The Bronx is
indented by several streams, producing
a series Of long necks which have been
developed only slightly, because the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
MAYORS Order Causes Joy

small parks. Nicholas F. Walsh, a real
estate man, called the Mayors atten-
ton TO the few tenements that sur
round the block of the old encum--
brance yard at Rivington, Mangin and
Tompkins SITS, a neighborhood which
is not nearly as thickly populated or
has cne-thrd as many tenements as
that surrounding the site upon which
il is planned TO put an encumbrance
yard. Mayor Mitchell referred the mat
ten to the City Plan Committee, OF
which President McAneny of the Board
of Aldermen is chairman. The owners
OF the ward feel satisfied that Mr.. Nc
Aneny will not permit the encumbrance
yard in the neighborhood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

tory. The important streets can be
carried over or under the tracks.
THE problem can be easily handled
as nearly all the streets in the area al
fected exist only on paper and can be
easily changed The expense Of pro-
viding this section with railroad facilI,
ties for thousands of plants will
amount to only a million or two, in
stead of the many millions required in
other sections of the city.
"Of course, the railway lines which
will be built will be open to all lines
reaching New York and on equal terms
A great deal of quiet work has been
done, and considerable progress made
in the matter. | think the road will be
an accomplished fact before very long.
There is a great industrial future be-
for the East Bronx"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
JAMAICA BAY PROJECT
s1,S50,000 Appropriated fol
Carrying On Work.

The Sinking Fund Commission has
approved plans for the improvement Of
Jamaica Bay, for which the city has
appropriated sl,000,000 for drainage
and wharfage. The state has coded the
necessary land under water and the
Federal government has appropriated
$3.50 900 20 deenen the channel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
FOR DEEPER EAST RIVER
Necessity of Getting Federal
Funds Urgent.

Dock Commissioner Smith empha-
sized, at a meeting last week of the
Queens Chamber of Commerce, the
necessity of getting from Congress the
funds for the dredging of the channel
of the East River to make it navigable
for ships of heavy draught.
"Ships of large draught are destined
TO come to the shores Of Queens" said
Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith indicated that he believed
the Queens waterfront would be an i'm
portant part of the development Of the
Port of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
To Become Big Factor in Iron and Steel Business

of of BnxSa Was Far
for
New Limits
| Dc for the Section North the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08
CEREAL EXPORTS WOULD
DECREASE BUT FOR WAR

Had our expectations of corn. wheat
and flour to the belligerent nations of
Europe, and to those European coun-
tries which depend on other sources
for those products in normal times,
remained at the mark set in 1913, I'M
der Republican law, the total ex-
ports of this country for the fiscal
year 1915 would have fallen short Of
the record set in 1913 by about $9,0OO,-
900, Notwithstanding the tremendous
demand of the Allied Powers for all
other munitions of war from the u. s..
Without the gain made in expectation
of breadstuffs, alone, for the nine
months, September, 1914, to June.
1915, the "war order" months. over a
similar period, September, 1912, to
June, 1913, under Republican law. the
total exports for the whole year 1915
would have fallen short of the 1913
record by $13.000,000.
Taking the second statement first:
Our exports of breadstuffs for the 10
months period September. 1912 to
June, 1913 amounted to $lo6,000,000 in
round numbers. For the same period,
l9l3-l9l4, nine months under Demo-
Ni"tlC law tiCy diiOuulCu ~ plEOt-
100000, falling aft of nearly 40 per
cent for the periods named For a
like period, l9l4-l9l5. when we were
supplying food to the countries at
war, they jumped to $512,700OOO. Our
total expectations for the fiscal year
1915. exceeded those of 1913 by $685.
100000 The gain in breadstuffs. 1915
over 1913. was $3l6,0O0,000, but we
lost on other exports.
The total value of our corn, wheat
and -four exported in 1913 was about
$l7l 100000. In 1914. under Demo-
cratic law, it fell to $l4oO00.0O0 and
in 1915 it rose to $467 100000. Con-
sidering those countries which drew
most heavily on the United States for
these three foodstuffs during the war
period of 1915 We exported to Bel
GUM, France, Italy, the Netherlands,
Great Britain, other European coun-
tries. and Canada. wheat to the value
of 1921 100000 To these same coun-
tries in 1913 our wheat exports
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08

amounted to 100000. To the
Netherlands, Great Britain and other
European countries in 1915 we export
ed -four to the value of $4,000, 900.
To these same countries in 1918 our
-four exports amounted to about $ZO,-
100000. To Denmark and the Meth
erlands in 1915 We exported corn to
the value of $22,000,000. In 1913 our
corn exports to these two countries
were valued at $7,000,00O So that of
these three products, to the countries
named, we exported in 1915 to the
value of $409,0O0,000 compared with
$o7,000,O00 in 1913, a difference of
$3l2,O00,000 due to the war.
The total value of all exports for the
fiscal year 1915 was $2,768,0000OO. For
1913 it was $2,465, 100000, which was
something over SOL 100000 more than
we exported in 1914 under the first
year of the Democratic tariff law, and
$303,OO0,000 less than the 1915 period.
So it will be seen that corn, wheat and
-four alone more than accounted for
this increase. 1t is a pretty good
showing for the American farmer,
but Mr. Red6eld has no reason to pat
himself on the back unless he started
the war.
Again, there are many other items
to be considered in accounting for
this huge export trade. The figures
of the Department of Commerce very
plainly show that on all exports which
would properly come under the cate
CORY of munitions of war, we gained
between $800O00,000 and $1,000,0O0,-
600 for the ten months period Sept
1914 to June 1915, over the similar
period l913-1o14.
The administration has press-agent-
ed that phrase "a billion dollar trade
balance" all over the country but if
people will stop to consider that our
exports for 1915 with all the great
manufacturing nations at war exceed
ed those for 1918 by only $3O3,OO0,OOO
more than the entire amount of
which sum came from the soil, it may
pave the way for a little serious
thought on what is going to happen
when the war is over and we face a
desperate competition with Europe,
we being armed with nothing but the
Underwood tariff law.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08
WHAT KANSAS WOMEN cANDo

Kansas is the Women's Free State.
When women find their status in the
other states combining their inalenable
rights, let them try the Sunhower
state. Here are some of the things
woman can do legally in Kansas:
Can take back her maiden name
after her husband dies, without legal
process or legislative act.
Can keep her own name when she
is married.
Can persuade her husband to take
her name and give up his family name,
if she does not like it.
Can keep her maiden name, and her
husband can keep his name.
Can retain her maiden name for
business transactions and use her hus-
bands name for social affairs.
If wife does not like either name.
she can take "a name that suits her
better.
A woman can wear mems clothing
without restriction, except that she
must not pose as man.
She can vote at every election.
She can hold any office in the state
and run for Congress.
In other words, a woman in Kansas
can do anything, almost, a man can
do, and something's he can't.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08
A WORD FOR MOTHERS

tits a grave mistake for mothers to neg
lect their aches and pains and suffer In
silence-this only leads to chronic sick
ness and often shortens life.
Hyour work is firing; if your nerves are
excitable; if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, you should know that SCOTS
Emulsion overcomes just such conditions.
1t possesses in concentrated form the
very elements to invigorate the blood,
and build strength.
SCOTS is strengthening thousands of
mothers-and will help you. No alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. MI
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08

For the first number this year, we
are so fortunate as to have the Or
phean Musical Club. Mr.. Williams is
first tenor. and saxaphone; Mr.. Den
mis-, second tenor and mellophone; Mr..
Crumbacker, baritone, cornet, and also
does comic and dramatic impersonat-
ing; Mr., Henry is basso and trombone
and in addition will entertain the au-
dience with some rapid-fre cartoon
work. The entire company are artists
in their different lines. We can be-
speak for them a splendid entertain
ment. Remember at the Huree, Fri
day evening, BIS.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08

in the world was yielded by an actor,
In what particular line do you eN'e''
When a man is caught with stoieII
fruit the other men stand around anu
criticise its quality.
Lake Eric produces more hSh SUI
the square nile than any other Oou'
Of water in the world.