Excerpt from Statistics of the American and Foreign Iron Trades for 1898: Annual Statistical Report of the American Iron and Steel Association, Containing Complete Statistics of the Iron and Steel Industries of the United States for 1898 and Preceding Years and a Brief Review of Their Present Condition Sincetheapmarnneeot'ourlastannualreportin September,1898. The work of this office has been continued on the lines with which our Inmnbers are now so familiar, and upon previous explanations of whichwmkitismgtherefomneoemry nowtoenlarge. Muchcler ial laborhasbeendevotedtothetaskofkeepingarecotdot'the changes in ownership of iron and steel works that have taken place unconsequemceot'thenumeronsoonsolidationsolironandsteel firmsand commutes inthelastt'welveortifteenmonths. Ourlarge miscellaneousconespondencehasbeenpromptlyattendedto. Oursta Mes have been industriously collected and given early publicity in the columns of the Bulletin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.