Show 1 PIG IRON 1 census bulletin Dal letin no noa 9 creati treating n gon on 1 the manufacture of pig iron baa has just bet been issued from tile lie office of bu superintendent ariu porter from hie this document I 1 it ie in seen that the production I 1 during daring the year ending june 30 1800 aggregated tons of 2000 e pounds to the ton too as compared with 1 ton tons prod produced daring the t cenido year of 1880 and tone tons daring during the census year of 18 1870 10 I 1 the development of the I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 1 t I 1 i IF mr ir I 1 11 r antho in the united state states during I 1 the he ten ton years from 1880 to 1890 bai has been phenomenal no menal and ai at the present rate of In increase creaso in production this thle country is destined dee tined eoon soon to become the leading producer of 0 pig iron in the tile world poa pos sibly reaching this distinction in the calendar year 1890 2890 in new england the industry baa has been practical practically estatio stationary nary daring during the tle past tw nty yeara years weilu during the same period and especially since 1880 there has been a wonderful development of the manufacture mann facture ot of pig iron la all other se sections of the country in the census year 1880 the pig iron industry was located I 1 in n wenty twenty four states and one territory but at pie pig iron wag was produced prud prod aced in only wenty twenty two states the furnaces furo acea in minnesota north carolina and utah being idle in that year in the census year 1890 1800 there were twenty five states which contained contain eJ complete blast blaa furnaces and pis pig iron WAS made mado in that year in each of these states c exi 7 capt minnesota since 1830 1880 the man manufacture u of pig iron has been abandoned in vermont and utah and in this unfavorable connection oar our territory receives ite its only mention in the report it la Is a distinction which we hope to see eoon soon eradicated |