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  NEW 
  YORK 
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  American 
  factories, 
  the 
  imports 
  having 
  remained 
  nearly 
  station- 
  

   ary. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  in 
  1883 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  also 
  began 
  

   to 
  export 
  some 
  portland 
  cement. 
  With 
  the 
  increasing 
  use 
  of 
  

   Portland 
  cement 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  increasing 
  number 
  of 
  purposes 
  for 
  

   which 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  understood 
  that 
  an 
  enormous 
  

   future 
  awaits 
  this 
  industry. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  the 
  following 
  

   remarks 
  of 
  Prof. 
  S. 
  B. 
  Newberry 
  may 
  be 
  quoted 
  : 
  

  

  General 
  remarks 
  on 
  portland 
  cement. 
  The 
  American 
  cements 
  have 
  

   largely 
  replaced 
  foreign 
  ones 
  throughout 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  This 
  

   is 
  specially 
  true 
  of 
  English 
  and 
  Belgium 
  cements, 
  which 
  are 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  considered 
  inferior 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  German 
  brands. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   difficulty 
  whatever 
  at 
  present 
  in 
  selling 
  a 
  good 
  American 
  port- 
  

   land 
  cement 
  in 
  St 
  Louis 
  and 
  Chicago 
  at 
  a 
  higher 
  price 
  than 
  any 
  

   well 
  known 
  English 
  cement, 
  nevertheless 
  the 
  fact 
  remains 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  among 
  contractors 
  a 
  considerable 
  prejudice 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  

   certain 
  brands 
  of 
  German 
  cements, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  still 
  com- 
  

   mand 
  a 
  higher 
  price 
  than 
  the 
  American. 
  This 
  prejudice 
  is 
  un- 
  

   founded 
  and 
  is 
  therefore 
  certain 
  to 
  depart 
  in 
  time, 
  but 
  it 
  still 
  

   exists. 
  American 
  cements 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  a 
  price 
  which 
  will 
  

   allow 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  cheaper 
  than 
  the 
  best 
  imported 
  German, 
  

   and 
  where 
  the 
  two 
  come 
  together 
  in 
  competition 
  on 
  large 
  con- 
  

   tracts 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  generally 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  manufactur- 
  

   ers 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  price. 
  This 
  was 
  clearly 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  letting 
  

   of 
  a 
  large 
  government 
  contract 
  at 
  Pittsburg 
  last 
  winter. 
  The 
  

   offers 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1 
  Belgium 
  cement 
  $2.50 
  a 
  bbl. 
  

  

  5 
  German 
  cements, 
  average 
  price 
  $2.60 
  - 
  " 
  

  

  4 
  American 
  cements 
  " 
  $2.28 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  price 
  of 
  portland 
  cement 
  is 
  steadily 
  coming 
  down 
  and 
  the 
  

   fall 
  is 
  being 
  hastened 
  greatly 
  by 
  the 
  successful 
  competition 
  of 
  

   American 
  against 
  foreign 
  manufacturers. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  

   that 
  within 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  years 
  practically 
  all 
  the 
  portland 
  cement 
  

   consumed 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  domestic 
  manufacture. 
  The 
  

   prices 
  of 
  some 
  however 
  will 
  hardly 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

   now. 
  When 
  the 
  demand 
  is 
  completely 
  supplied 
  by 
  American 
  

   manufacturers 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  works 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  producing 
  

   2000 
  bbl. 
  a 
  day 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  Germany 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  result 
  

   will 
  be 
  reached 
  here 
  as 
  in 
  Germany, 
  namely 
  the 
  complete 
  re- 
  

   placement 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  natural 
  cement 
  rock 
  cements 
  by 
  arti- 
  

   ficial 
  portland. 
  

  

  a 
  S. 
  B. 
  Newbf 
  rry, 
  Brickbuilder, 
  1897, 
  p. 
  108. 
  

  

  