Comparison of the Pig-Iron Statistics of Great Britain and of the United States. [Volume: 8, Issue: 1, 1888, pp. 50-55]

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This makes the home consumption of Great Britain,
Gross Tons.
In 1886,...................... 5,686,776
In 1887,....................... 6,157,567
The exports of Great Britain also include large amounts of
manufactured iron and steel. The total exports of all kinds of
iron and steel to all countries being:
Gross Tons.
In 1886,....................... 3,388,494
In 1887,..................... 4,146,907
The total stocks of British pig iron at the close of 1887 as
compared with 1886, were as follows:
1887. 1886.
Gross Tons. Gross Tons.
Scotland,......... 1,228,040 1,183,039
Cleveland,......... 637,682 652,445
West Coast,........ 503,120 356,720
Other districts,....... 247,524 299,302
Total,......... 2,616,366 2,491,506
To properly appreciate these figures, we may compare them
with the statistics of pig iron production in the United States, as
compiled by the American Iron and Steel Association. Our production of pig iron in 1887 was about 13 per cent. greater than in
1886, the figures being:
Gross Tons.
Pig iron made in 1887 in the United States,..... 6,417,148
Pig iron made in 1886 in the United States,... 5,683,329
Increase,................ 733,819
The augmented output of the American blast furnaces in 1887,
was therefore 162,557 gross tons in excess of that of the British
furnaces; and our total production was but 1,024,779 gross tons
below that of Great Britain, although but a few years ago we made
scarcely one-half as mulch pig iron as our English cousins.
Separate statistics of forge and foundry pig irons are not collected in this country, but we produced in 1887 of
Gross Tons.
Bessemer pig iron,................ 2,875,461
Speigeleisen and ferromanganese,......... 42,500
Leaving for forge, foundry and basic iron,..... 3,499,187
Total as above,................ 6,417,148