Show THE TIlE IRON TRADE The daily output of iron according to the Iron i Age for last month was tons In January it was tons In December it was tons against tons in February last year When we think of the number of men employed to produce that am amount when we think that the months month's total production was gross tons then comes the tho thought of what will be when that work stops and as things are going it will stop in iii great measure pretty soon The wr writer ter asked a shrewd business man recently re reo what he would do if he was engaged in the production of steel under present nt conditions He lie sa said d I would establish my works on Puget sound I would bring my iron from China I would get my coal from Alaska because it is cheaper to lay down iron from China on Puget sound than it is to produce pro du duce e it from our own though the iron in n China is miles from the coast That is he le he would mine the iron in China load it iton iton iton on steamers and land it on Puget sound paying all expenses land it there for half or less than half of it for And what our om own iron miners can produce this is simply because in China they he r pay the sam sarn weight of silver to their working men that they did before through our legislation silver had fallen 60 per cent in value v ue in terms of gold We Va do not see why our labor unions do pot drop ou to the fact that a menace is hanging over them from the orient which unless arrested will in a few years starve their babies to death |