1874 there were 10,000 lb made and sold. 1875 there were 600,000 lb made and sold. 1876 there were 2,840,000 lb made and sold. 1877 there were 12,863,000 lb made and sold. 1878 there were 26,655,000 lb made and sold. 1879 there were 50,337,000 lb made and sold. 1880 there were 80,500,000 lb made and sold. 1881 there were 120,000,000 lb made and sold. 1882 there were about 180,000,000 lb.

The record for 1883 is not yet made up, but will probably show a corresponding increase.

In 1876 Mr. Glidden disposed of his half interest in the concern of Glidden & Ellwood to the Washburn & Moen (wire) Manufacturing Company, of Massachusetts, receiving therefor $60,000 in cash and a royalty on the future goods manufactured, Mr. Ellwood retaining his interest.  The new concern began the purchase of prior unused and conflicting patents involving itself in extensive litigation, but, sustained by the courts, soon gained control of almost the entire barb-wire business of the country.  Nearly all wire-making companies are now running under license from the parent concern.  The following is a list of the licensees of last year: 

  Pittsburg Hinge Co.—­Limited, Beaver Falls, Pa. 
  H.B.  Scutt & Co., Buffalo, N.Y. 
  Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Co., Burlington, Iowa. 
  James Ayers and Alexander C. Decker, Bushnell, Ill. 
  Indiana Wire Fence Co., Crawfordsville, Ind. 
  Cedar Rapids Barb Wire Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
  Cincinnati Barbed Wire Fence Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
  Cleveland Barb Fence Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
  Ohio Steel Barb Fence Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
  Edwin A. Beers & Co., Chicago, Ill. 
  Crandal Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill. 
  Chicago Galvanized Wire Fence Co., Chicago, Ill. 
  Lyman Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill. 
  Daniel S. Marsh, Chicago, Ill. 
  Oscar F. Moore, Chicago, Ill. 
  National Wire Co., Chicago, Ill. 
  Herman E. Schnabel, Chicago, Ill. 
  Aaron K. Stiles and John W. Calkins, Chicago, Ill. 
  Thorn Wire Hedge Co., Chicago, Ill. 
  Baker Manufacturing Co., Des Moines, Iowa. 
  Superior Barbed Wire Co., DeKalb, Ill. 
  Jacob Haish, DeKalb, Ill. 
  Frentress Barbed Wire Fence Co., East Dubuque, Ill. 
  Grinnell Manufacturing Co., Grinnell, Iowa. 
  Janesville Barb Wire Co., Janesville, Wis. 
  Iowa Barb Wire Co., Johnstown, Pa. 
  William J. Adam, Joliet, Ill. 
  Lock Stitch Fence Co., Joliet, Ill. 
  Lambert & Bishop Wire Fence Co., Joliet, Ill. 
  Alfred Van Fleet & A.H.  Shreffler, Joliet, Ill. 
  David G. Wells, Joliet, Ill. 
  Southwestern Barb Wire Co., Lawrence, Kan. 
  Arthur H. Dale, Leland, Ill. 
  Union Barb Wire Co., Lee, Ill. 
  Lockport Wire Fence Co., Lockport, Ill. 
  Norton & DeWitt, Lockport, Ill. 
  Iowa Barb Steel Wire Fence Co., Marshaltown, Iowa. 
  Omaha Barb Wire Co., Omaha, Neb. 
  H.B.  Scutt & Co.—­Limited, Pittsburg, Pa.