The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-16
IRON AND STEEL
Spccial Dispatch TO The lntclliEcnC"r

Special Dispatch 10 Tic lhlclIIE'HF'T
! NEW YORK. Aug. l5.---Thc Iron Age
! will say tomorrow: TIL" fact mat
makers OF agricultural machinery nave
! secured q reduction Of S. ton on Stcel
bar shipments in the second half "l
! III" year is widely commented on IN inc
| steel trade as concession to this IN
j lcrest on it's bar purchases has hcrn no
uncommon thing for years Govern
: mrnt price liking promised Ia b" the
end of it, hut Their" was pressure at
Washington 10 prevent amy advance IN
| implements Ia the farmers. Tho I'M
element manufacturers finally agreed
to made no advance if the government
would get them Il - reduction on bars.
The steel men were appealed 10 ana
the reduction WAS granted. II remains
to b. seen how far complications IN
! other har-conSuIning trades VIII reSu.-
j from a.i5 per cent bars for agricui-
! tural purposes, but no other inuus'r!
hcrcinforr has been able To secure the
preference given To implement makers,
and the odds arr even greater now With
the government thrown into the agrl-
cultural scale,
Higher heat and humidity cut down
pig iron and Stcrl outputs last w"ck
estimates for Pittsburgh district rum
ming from IN In Ii PR cent. wHiic
,nsscs nj SONIC eastern Pennsylvania
PLANTS were cnrsid rahly higher. y fa"-
tor In be counted on. AS III" American
army in France grows. is the spirit "t
the steel workers. particularly in mills
supplying tho chief essentials rs plates.
, shell steel and latI"rly. rails. There
arc some signs sor the Same effort to
got OUTPUT that has hcrn seen nj ship
! wards. but they might be moro r"n-
rral. Tho estimated July production OF
steel ingotS, hasrh on the compilation
nf tho American Iron and Steel lnsti-
tutc. is ?I3l. 500 gross tons. Tho daily
rate fell off about 80 per cent from
| that Of juno. and while the estimated
annual production rate on the July hs-
urcS Counting ~ da:-s) is only. i'fN.-
: nnn TONS. tho rate on tn" actual ont-
mi Of the last five months. or sine"
| Tho winter and railroad hnndI'nrS 81
! January and February. is t".f?'."" y
, tons
! \ meeting nr tho special commute"
| on stool manufacturers with III" dlrrc-
! tor e stool supply Will hc hold Al
, Washington next week, IN" nrclSl"h i"
II" madc having 10 do with IN" recent
NOR" pressing demands from apr"hu'
ar" regarded a. among the most I'M
/ phrfInl III tnf' nTrS'nl VI W. w 80
war industries board to meet the S''-
uaiInn. The action nf n" war lhduS-
tries hnnrd in denying steel Tor pas
SnnCcr automobiles is III lin" with what
has boon plainly Iulicat"d for months
as Ia the narrowing Of IN" chahncis OIL
slcel uses. Some sir"l as IN shoot ana
wirr lines. arc tending 70 steady t."
nrr cent. npcraiinn. In tho attempt L"
increase pig iron and steel output 'he
new hy-rrnduct cnking capacity IS
strongly counted IN.
! OF the proposal for government aloou
! now construction in iron and steel. inc
main tangible development is IN con-
ncrtion with new steel capacity IN nv
| BIRMINGHAM district. Evidence OF I"
! rrnwinr, ShorlaE" If scrap Is given III
! tho action Of tn" american Iron ana
! Steel institute" committee in putting an
embargo for 20 days nu shipments OF
Mornings md turnings to blast furnaces
! I'm exception is made Of stacks pronu'-
| ing low phurphoruS mig iron. but other
! wisr thcyn forms nG SCRAP ar" reservoir
! for iron mills and steel works.
Fcrromrngancsr has henn quite ao-
tive i'm thr past week. ono lhtlsnnrE'
| buyer having contracted for 6."oN |"
mn tons cf tho domestic product.
! some domrSri, nros have not mot OK
! prctatinns aS to quality. and there u
| likely To nc ncrd Of NIL the Rrh%iI'a"
ores scheduled fhr importation lhlS
! vcar.