Telegram-herald., 1888-10-28
AMERICAN LABOR ROBBED.
The TIA Plate Iadostry- 10 Has Been
Killed - = Rodactaou Of ths Tariff

The Tin Plate Iaaastry-How It Has Been
kiued - Reduction Of ths Tariff
During The past year We imported 30, coo
tons Of IA plates, az . cost OF S2L. 90. .0Oo.
A. she lowest calculation. SIS, 10000 Of thai
sun vas paid % European labor, or The
wages VI 1000 men m this eoaatry al S60O
year. Sinee ne duty vas reduced 70 one
cent = pouaa. net Ton OF TN plates has
been INSIDE IN ne United States Before
tne 1l-y Was reduced We produced $50 900
tons year. our consumption thea being
30, 90 ions, and had the duty renamed IS
is Was We should now % producing every
pound we Use.
We're tin plates cheapened BY reSfCsing
the duty 80 that We can not make them in
competition with European cheap labors
Let IS see Ia is75. under the higher duty,
three Tan plate nils were established N
tlis country. one ~ Wc1sville, n thn State,
and the others IN Psnnsyiva8ia The best
ia plates uP 70 that time sold for S14 IS
box The establishment Of these three
mills, and others that followed, brought
down the price 70 IS - a box The redac-
tiOn Of The duty that el0@ed the American
niiiis ought 20 have reduced the price OF the
Imported arsscle, II The theory OF President
ClsTc4NDd. ths Mis- bail ard the Demo
c-zttsc parry Is correct Did II reduce the
price. or the Tax as It Is sometimes
ealiedi Not a evati The price Of the best
tiD plates IS O. 70 box to-day.
" bat was the gam. thcni Absolutely
DoEAing What was The Ioss2 Had the
duty renamed - n was, we woald have
the I'm p.ates and the money also. Now,
We have ths tin plates Dat the money Is IN
EsrOps, whlie the product has not been
saeap-osd a cont. The loss, then. Is sIs,-
oocscoo year, and growing larger every
year. IL - t8st 50 n0ch noaey taken out
Of TIE peckets Of AmerSosa working men
Bat. thy sly, We have no tsn and can not
prosisA5Iy proeiCce In plates. That Is
flseAood. We have moro tan bhsa any
otnor eounsrT, i1 Asscs-sslsiC EsEDcs that only
need dsveloFsag Ensszn1 imports bali the
TIA sfre makes ap ss.s IN plates for this
ulEo0t The ore q aso IN unes OF Ca<rs-
wsil does nos aTcTare o<~r - per cent o<
Unssafisc tn. The Czj1fico mines of Cab
furnHa yieid from "a - per esot rss
rls1rs AZ FsockhTiSsge, Va, yieid from n 20
a. hsgh al - p<r crFrt of Essstaflic TN.
There are gery excessive DEPOSITS o< I'm IN
the Black HIS Pref B...a-y, Ussted
States guoioEsss f0- Msotsz1a. says saere -
@iAtfA - - 81 = - FtElyn - Et4Futyt
PEAK. Blsck His. thai caa bc qaarrsed
frssa -he surt@ee, 20 Sapply rae sshOse
yao~afi
Tn piates ars composed Of g 10 % per-
cont. og lfon. The eer.,sntage q tn u osssy
- 5 per cszze Whom Us import snOoo
tins 81 IN plates We import about SrD.Ooo
1oas of ir0a ADD 1000 tons 81 tn fns
Nils hlr proposes - pat In panfss On d.
fvs ssss, ~ttie rs<aiulSg duty q 0ae 20
enc ard a qnartev csnIs pound oo@rhs
sh-eI E-n q warn IN pis<-s re Enssfs.
This. xoyS ne Clsvsfz1d Lo-d<r. r--ztEi
aIi0v ne noporaaaes ~ M pa.t<ss % s<a<s
80 pis-s q i5o.eoe Eoas 81 sbe>t iron usrd
for ZstvsnEaag. rssfing s,d kso1red g-ar-
puses rhis w0ax+ roo Auoercsn s>oor Of
SlQooe.opo z1ors n wages.
Tie arr pohcT e ne Dsrnncrzfsc party.
r lsioptea. w0uls almost immediately isad
~ sbs transfer q $50 CsO ESQ year aow
pad - Americas haAer n Esrope. there 10
Be rs.pi oot Or Eurecean lascr. The s7ect
o. nat every xorklnz nan ean see for asa-