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STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAN IRON TRADE FOR 1894. 43<br />

tons in 1890. Blister, puddled, and "patented" steel, including<br />

i< "patented" steel castings, are embraced in these figures.<br />

TOTAL PRODUCTION OF STEEL.<br />

The production of all kinds of steel in the United States in<br />

1894 was as follows: Bessemer steel, 3.571,313 gross tons; openhearth<br />

steel, 784,936 tons; crucible steel, 51,702 tons; all other<br />

steel, 4,081 tons: total, 4,412,032 tons, against 4,019,995 tons in<br />

1893 and 4,927,581 tons in 1892.<br />

TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ROLLED IRON AND STEEL.<br />

By the phrase rolled iron and steel we include all iron and<br />

steel rolled into finished forms, as follows: (1) all sizes of iron<br />

and steel rails; (2) plate and sheet iron and steel; (3) iron aud<br />

steel plates for cut nails and cut spikes; (4) wire rods; (5) iron<br />

and steel structural shapes; (6) bar, bolt, hoop, skelp, and rolled<br />

axles. Hammered axles and other f<strong>org</strong>ings are not included.<br />

The production of all iron and steel rolled into finished forms<br />

iu the United States in 1894 was 4,787,807 gross tons, against<br />

4,975,685 tons in 1893, a decrease of 187,878 tons, or 3.7 per<br />

cent. Twenty-seven States rolled cither iron or steel or both<br />

iron and steel in 1893 and 1894. The following table gives the<br />

aggregate production by Stales of iron and steel rolled into all<br />

kinds of finished forms in 1893 and 1894, in gross tons.<br />

State*—Gross tons. Staies-GrON* tons. 1KO.<br />

Maine<br />

New Hampshire...<br />

Mmathoitttt<br />

Rhode Island<br />

Connecticut<br />

New York<br />

New Jersey<br />

Pennsylvania<br />

Delaware<br />

Maryland<br />

Virginia<br />

West Virginia<br />

Kentucky<br />

Tennessee a<br />

Alabama<br />

6,866<br />

2,900<br />

95,782<br />

13,497<br />

29,975<br />

126,675<br />

2,862,833<br />

32,499<br />

135,088<br />

34,394<br />

76,352<br />

40,303<br />

8,584<br />

24,542<br />

2,786<br />

3,100<br />

79,392<br />

10,420<br />

18,912<br />

123,389<br />

77,596<br />

2,865,392 :<br />

27,652<br />

5,283<br />

24,378<br />

103,319<br />

34,449<br />

5,120 ;<br />

28,326 •<br />

Ohio 639,884<br />

Indiana ! t49,055<br />

Illinois.<br />

407,070<br />

Michigan<br />

13,932<br />

Wisconsin<br />

71,416<br />

Minnesota<br />

6,000<br />

Missouri<br />

28,103<br />

Iowa<br />

1,677<br />

Colorado<br />

48,643<br />

Oregon<br />

1,522<br />

Wyoming<br />

0,290<br />

California<br />

23,581<br />

577,080<br />

156,763<br />

432,598<br />

11,445<br />

64,932<br />

4,530<br />

20,391<br />

5,200<br />

74,637<br />

1,254<br />

5,372<br />

19,091<br />

Tolal ! 4,975,685 4,787,807<br />

Pennsylvania made 59.8 per cent, of the total production of<br />

rolled iron and steel iu 1894, 57.5 per cent in 1893, 53.5 per cent.<br />

in 1892, 56.4 per cent, in 1891, 58.5 per cent, in 1890, .57.4 per

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