Show TH IRON anu knust how turne alo tint crift trift all 1114 tile Moli ii iMi tivis i i I 1 li ill estoch I ig UK tile mcanley Mcl nley ii tho ather day mr andrew carnegie Oar nesie uig aig sly ly ih aliat a t his priido qa I 1 elutil or inasmuch us ila tho tha rat ul of ilnay have won lean r rp 1 me 41 tillon t H which lit li i it was is certainly wry very generou generi I 1 N lit in carvie gle to lo lavish I 1 apoi 1 I a Ille asuro florl which as 1100 lio aa 13 i ns its lie he no benert ext to t steel ctet 1 rail liis his most important fact ures are i ro Lo brains vains raf terr crr joisey colnul ng anil ami bunns of iron upon these ts tho the foi fonnier mer antte of duty was twenty live five dol mrs a 1 ton toil lit in pretended pretend cil deference tu the complaints of a against ainest this most exorbitant duty ill the mckinley McKin lcy rec luceil tho the rate to eighteen dollars a 1 ton toil it was believed believed that this thia reduced rate bo be sufficient to wari ward oil off competition with tho the structural iron combination on this sido side of tho atlantic antl tho the expectation lias hns not been disappointed I 1 tile tho price maintained by the american beata association to which mr carnegie 0 belongs belongia is sixty 1 two wo dollars a ton toil most if not till all borms 1 anns of sarn structural clural iron irom in belgium the telling belling price ot of the 3 manufactures is francs per metrio metric ton or 42 1108 per ton of 2000 pounds at the mills in germany tile price is ia I 1 per ton toil adding the duty of eighteen dollars the price of belgian and german forms of structural iron boull bo be when laid down in phil philadelphia adelphia ra 03 anti and 1073 1072 respectively 0 of freights and commiss ions of hn importers port making the most liberal allo allowance for tho difference differ enco in wag wages esthese these comparative figures show the the extent extent of the ext extortion or that is kracl practiced i i ced upon tb the 0 house builders of this country by mr carnegles Carne gies american beata association under cover ozithe tariff alt cougil jile ho 19 0 oj 4 structural ti iron are so insi insignificant as to receive no mention in the treasury returns of wo ire are reliably informed that belgian and german beams ire are offered today in now york and loston boston at 10 ia 0 o per ton this is the price for forms of structural iron made by foreign works for their honie trade for patterns required by american consumers the price is yia 53 a ton toil under the ho discouraging influence of the tariff upon the import trade the american beaw association is enabled to swell its enormous profits by charging tile the builders of this country 10 a ton more inore for its products than tile tho highest price of the foreign foreia a article with duties frei freights ghis commissions and all included while mr Carne gios disinterested ness is not very apparent ili his aroun ground I for extolling g tile the mckinley tariff is 13 quite i obvious yet notwithstanding the high duty tile the wide voide margin in price be between tw een american structural iron and the foreign ei ii article artial 0 affords ili an opportunity cl P saving Illo money licy of which builders should avail themselves we ira aro assured that it r foreign beams beallis should ili bo carried in stock by american merchants there would be a large markot market for theta them in this country in ill of tile til duty of 18 a ton importers tire tAn unwilling willing to tiko take this risk because the Anie american rican beam asso association associate ciati ion could drop its prices be below lowthe the lowest rate of the foreign article anti and still have a considerable inar margin in of profit tims aloi the mckinley tariff in obstructing tile alie imposts its of structural iron neally neaily a BA effectually is dai did its predecessor imply amply jus justifies fifles tile tho warm praises of mr cal negie philadelphia record euord rt |