Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-02-03
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tbs; Tie liz OF eonloa Usa is rot tho
roai article hal caiS she-:-i-on or steel.
zith "a fztaitssnaI covering OF TN on
tae suzao=- i : this fact that in a
measure. E7Ss 6uPSs OF the public
and =or-s - size disadvantage of rep
ptALle manufacturers In a boA OF
roud t~fH-rlste which Weighs il2 pounds
ts,eTe Sre only s,uUl TIVE pOEuds OF I'm.
81 yVu c2H SC huE delicate the finn j..
Ie: tin-pla:e Is imported constantly
box BESIDES tAc-c Is = difference in
the quality % the Glling. or black
sheets Is we call them Cokc-fnished
j on sheets are much inferior TO char
cssl-inishei. ard these. in turn, TO
pcsseEer stecl. Hence there IS Il wide
field for inferi2- manufacture. and the
market Is clUtted with goods that re-
tail 1t = lower price than serviccAble
articles could possibly IL manufactured
.AoA- ~ - L. lF14bAst 80 EtE l4SA--
he King stamped ware MADE OF Inferior
pia e. - 4 nero song the bc:sc! staple
o! gc0dS Is run out Of the market.
The cost OF rnanula ctrring poor
s:ap.pcd ware is approximately ito
same as It is 10. the best. The diGc.-
cnce IN The retail price o! the Two !!cs
in the stock. Poor plate tin requires
more intermediate steps before the
manufactured article is finished. since
the brittlcrcss of The filling will not
bear much OF n stu.in without being
scanned and cracked. After being
sfamped into Tie form required the one
t;dies more rubbing TO get II the tiny
crcases than The other. 1t is all ma
chine work. you see. The beaded rim
on the inferior goods is IN imitation.
merely there being no wire inserted To
strengthen the rim as in the case OF the
bette. staple. Tho masses think that
Tin Is tin and that it is the process Of
stamping that makes the article s retail
80 crcaP. They ough: rather To think
that mist tin is shce, steel. and that
when they wan good stamped ware
they should 20 to a hurdwu!c tore ard
not 10 Sy-cent counters"
Does the marufr cturn OF stamped
tinwnrc require much skilled lnbor?'
NO; less, probably, than ANY other
class OF %tin-worS. y man of ordinary
intelligence can learn TO operate n
stamping machine in n day or two.
since all he has TO do il TO put the
sheets in proper form under the de.
Rubbing on crcnscS. turning rims. and
reIipping in mo ten tin. when this j.
done, c II scarcely be cal ell skilled Ia
Dor. II i rather . li;..o higher form OF
cosamon labor. Boys do most OF the light
stamping. IN fact, in Tin manufacture
the wOrEmcu require less preliminary
training and get better wages in pro-
portion 70 the wors done than In any
other Industry ! knox Of. There : not
Il detail: 81 the trade tina, n bright rnan
could not become proficient IL in from
eight months to q rear. and be conpe-
tent 10 earn from :l2 to SO "a week by
piece work IN stamped tiH-worl the
wages I'll about 81 or $3.50 q day.
Even girl soideFers earn from - to :l2
a week on comparatively little cxper-
fence.
"a significant fact regarding the
maauiac,urc Of Stamped ti1 ware is that
the worETncn 10 not advance Or grow.
as'thc Phrase goes. The wC-l; doesn't
offer facilities for development: Of per
sonal skill. 1t IS chiefly feeding ma
chimes, md in IA certain sense the men
become machines. 4 man OF ten years'
experience is OF little more value than
a recruit OF Il month or twO's standing.
y boy fifteen years OF ago is worth a.
much for light stamping rs he will be
ten years latc", since the machines ne
'c-sitatc or Induce Il certain degree OF
speed or Gcxtcrity = ChicGgo %s2sa.