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STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAN IRON TRADE FOR 1894. S>I
PRICES OF TINPLATES AT NEW YORK.
In the following table we have compiled from quotations in
the Iron Age the wholesale prices, per box of "full weight" 1.< January, 1894 5
5 17
May
:;n February 5
September.
5 49
June
29 March
5
October
5 44 . July
25 April
5
November
5 24 August
21 May
5
December
5 35 September 20 June
6
January, 1891 5 17 October
27 July
5
February
5 36 ! November 45 August , 5
March
5 26 December. 49 September 6
April
5 17 January, 1893, 35 October , t
M»y
5 35 February
35 November 4
June
5 28 March
n December 4
July
April
6Q January, 1895 S
August
i;: May
50 February 3
September.
Jane
41 March
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Statistics of the production of tinplates in the United States
to June 30, 1894, and of the imports of tinplates from 1871 to
1894 will he found in the supplement to this Report. The Government
has ceased the collection of the statistics of production.
PRICES OF ANTHRACITE COAL AT PHILADELPHIA.
The average yearly circular prices of hard white ash anthracite
coal in the last six years, per gross ton, free on board at Philadelphia,
for shipment beyond the Delaware capes, were as follows.
Yean—Average prices. Lump.
$4.04
3.924
3.85
3.974
3.90
3.90
Broken.
$3.78
3.74
3.68
3.72
3.77
3.833
$3.95
3.92
3.84
3.98
3.97
3.974
Store.
$4.12
4.05
3.93
4.16
4.24*
4.184
Chestnut.
$3.92
3.73
3.61
4.00
4.23
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