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48 STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAS IRON TRADE FOR 1894.
trict in 1894, against 691,994 kegs in 1893, 1,180,213 kegs in
1892, 1,609,933 kegs in 1891, 1,744,385 kegs in 1890, 1,825,956
kegs in 1889, 2,137,845 kegs in 1888, 1,848,116 kegs in 1887,
and 1,858,551 kegs in 1886. Cut nails have not been made in
Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, since 1890.
PRODUCTION OF WIRE RODS.
The production -of wire rods in the United States in 1894
amounted to 673,402 gross tons, against 537,272 tons in 1893,
an increase of 136,130 tons. Nearly all wire rods are now made
of steel. Pennsylvania made the largest quantity in 1894, with
Ohio second, Illinois third, and Massachusetts fourth in production.
Four other States, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
and Indiana, also rolled rods in both 1893 and 1894.
The following table shows the production of wire rods by States
during the past five years, in gross tons.
States—Grow ton*.
New England and New York..
Ohio
18M.
96,338
18,755
134,219
131,262
76,505
457,099
17,677
439,422
1891.
114,507
20,589
166,255
147,272
87,984
536,607
13,623
.vjl\:i.. i
ISM. 1 1893.
111,432
20,943
197,708
176,007
121,739
627,829
15,422
612,407
PRODUCTION OF WIRE NAILS.
79,618
23,013
227,257
140,047
67,337
.-.::7.272
1,125
536,147
1891.
88,913
20,880
246,101
173,272
144,236
673,402
5,772
i;67.er
that made nails in 1893.
In the following table we give the production of wire nails by
States in the last six years, in kegs of 100 pouuds.