New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
WHAT A LITTLE MORE DUTY WOULD Do

THOUSANDS OF MEN WOULD fiND "
MORE MONEY WOULD STAY IN AMhHiON'
Tho Central Stamping Company, which has one Vi
IFS extensive factories In Newark, uses ia'Ec qua"
t,tics OF tin plate In tho manufacture OF u" "s' ,
ohort onc third of its production IS exported '.o
Co,orrnert making a rebate OF the duty on inc u"
,, ,sod IN all tho ware exported. While TIN pia'o
&c tho raw material OF the company, ~ Is inc oP''
Of the company's representatives that Tue u'S ,,
nIate should be increased TO mako II prO'ec"'c
nrcsent duty IS / cent per pound, winch y ot"
about 90 per cent This duty Is not pfo'co"No,
cause labor in Wales, where the brl''h "'"
manufactured IS so cheap that the importer can pay
no d,tv and still greatly underseu American makers
Americans nav England every year about r24'OVoV0o
Cor fin nlate and the duties amount 10 aO'"'
az 600 600 reporter Of The Tribune Ias' W.
aslod George W Kctcham, Of the Newark Common
Council the head Of the concern In newark J" i'7''
10 the duty on tin plate. MI hctcham s"'"'
am heartily in favor OF increasing the duV Iro"' W.
to two cents per pound, and unquslihedy coni'""
>,is hill for nlacng this important article on the ie |
You might say that the Mills bill would give Us Ou
material cheaper. we ought to favor It, sar hox
the matter from that narrow standpoint MI oi'
q, Tin Mate weighs los pounds At the present uuS "
80 . nor mound or al Os per box, the difference IN 'he
cost ., welsh and home is not covered MuAe w.
duty two cents per pound and the result WIZ - &,
Every sheet Of this tin plate can then be manuao 49,
,,,s country for we have now the finest sheeron-no"
nrotected by duty OF $40 cents pound eqna, "
nor cent-and we also have pg-tn duty iree' WIN VI
duty 40 per cent we should see in re" moh.n' 100
mon so, to work ON plates alone and PROVIDED win e
novment for twelve months in the year at good "aH
rl,teen million dollars that now 60 to England "o "
maid 70 American labor be spent with American u"u
mon and 40 900 900 would be paid to our sheetroh HILLS
for their portion of the product .,.-
put that IA not all. Mills, houses and machinery
uld no needed for this industry, and housdhoS oi
artisans would have work to supply them TINS increase
~ nronerty would be added to the taxable faluauon dn
helm To Tighten the burden. Why thhK u ~
win n protective duty tin plates we couiu sV,.1
city a. bic as Newark and keep It's chimney nreS 'o
Tho wear round 1t would be market Tor inc lafe''
which doesn't exist to-day. ,,X
And now about the price Of the dlnnerpah' "mon
,,uIs and Rrecknridge are eloquent about without
much reference to what goes into the dnner-pal oe
reve 7 am in a position 10 know whereof speak "hen
say that the cost OF dunerpa pail would not De increase"
a picavune by a protective duty on tin plates Inc ue
wbo now pays sl7 gross. twelve cents esch "o"'
no obliged to nay Just thirteen cents EACH ana ne "ou
coil at his former rate OF twenty cents ana no more
have teen familiar these facts for years ana s"
bv them OF course they have no weight WIN men
who are not IN sympathy with our industrial progress anu
have M real friendship American labor. tut heS
ought 10 have weight with the great majority ana par
culary with all who directly or indirectly h'ecs'eu
&, the countrys material welfare