Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-08-28

increased tax on tin plate will not amount
to over q cents Per dozen on the average
of all the sizes OF tin cans used In hia
Dover cannery. That is one way OF put
ting it.
Several yesrS ago, in 1888 we think IL
was, this Eaas IN plRte svindle being
then under consideration, Mr.. Richard
son told GAZETTE representative
that the PROPOSED increase would add
-, 900 per ysss to The Cost o. the tin
used in his establishment. That is an.
oster way OF putting it.
There is no Disagreement here. An
advance of 81 cents per dozen would
amount to a. 800 on 20O $50 dozen cans,
and We presln- the oltpu. Of the Rich
ardson It Robbins oaaasEy reaches fuzzy
these figures IN good years.
The market for osuaed goods is 70
ported By tina .Am.rfcaa Gr0csr as
booming this ga nmer. The almost
total tAil1re Of thu fruit crop this siie ).
the Mississippi river has left vacuum
that must be psr.is filed by tomatoes and
con-, snd the high prices at which the
small stock OF canned fruits is held has
naturally much increased the demand for
the cheaper vegetables and caused them
to rails higher. This Is tho law of demand
and supply. Canned corn OF ordinary
quality las gone up within one mouth
from SIS cents to 50 cents per dozen. SO
that an increaia in the cost o. tin to the
smouat Of II csas par dozen would
probably, az Mr. Richardson says, not id set
the canuet muan ): the present TINA. Ba,
had tbs market gons the other way, and
canned corn aud sonAtoaS dropped to 90
osnts, IS may aspper another year, it is
easy 10 see thA! sysn II cents Per
dozen might wen nave wiped out
the margin Of prohs with many
small Gamers and forced them to
close their doors. Such wss the
outlook wnen the National Association OF
Canned Food Pioksrs met in annual CON
Tention at B4l,inors last May aud de.
Glazed that "tas Ia. "a pro ,ranne, II car
yisd out, will restrict CONJUNCTION SO
per cent and viii weed out 81 per cent Of
the packers" Ia fsot said thu spokes-
man OF that convention, 80 par cent Of
the packers now in the hsld are bank.
rups already Ga basis OF present liquida.
tion, and nothing bat most favorable
market can sass them Ihe most favor
able markst has come. IL has no: besu
our province ever to have reported such
an active condition OF the canned goods
market during me sunmsr months ~ il
the case this season, says the AassricIa
9rocsr. Which is remarkable iIluetfA.
ton Of the old pFoveFb about an iii wind.
We viii therefore admit that the Same
causs which has hrcnght ths pea.h grow
ers Of Delaware face TO face With i'm.
Poverishmsnt his 30 enhanced the prioes
Of other canned goods that the Gamers
could stand now without seriously feeiiaR
It an increase Of tax tuat, in the ialg-
ment of their picked repres sntatiyes ia
convention at Baltimore, would have
"Teedsd out 60 per cent Of them LIST
Nay. What Of il DOea that lord any
further justification for bleeding them 10
fetten the pocket books OF Cronamayeg
Gua his associates? Suppose the mhrAFt
had gone down iGstesi of up, vo1ld
CronemeYes 4 Co, have then stepped in
to save the embirfasl red cannsr3 from
bankruptcy Itiss poor rule that wout
work both ways. That Baltimore couyen-
tion said, through its saoSsms1
The solo Petitioner zas th,s Increase OF
duty is the Amet!aaG ,iausi Plata Ass5cia-
ton 81 Pitisputg - whic1 20. Gfonr.
meyer IA sectet.-Y, W. L Lewis president,
sud b I, JvnhiuR4, tteAsarsr. Thls aud4-
cious society 2. tnt.ionstres Is not al asso.
citation Of Retu4stia piHte PRO iucers. Ghey
sra pniy colisssei eiyantUfsrs, WHO pasl
their claims over II! Irresponsible pledge ID
aeeome SEQ q! IHtiy 70 a gigantic
schsms ~ nAAl thu iatty 81 the nr-t
part stipuRter tax consumers Of tin
plates ts30t0,AO 81 rad 70 uc3bie the party
Of Tie sseel1 p4st - sx5ertnaul win
tAfsfy aut o Edrw Tin a marEil 10 over
throw ieai'ng i.ais;Elns.
This was uot Democratic convention;
it was gathering basiness mon vsa
kneg sTactly ia. thsy wsss talking
about, and who wers presided over by
Mr.. Z. g. Seager o: Gilman. Iowa, an
avowsd protecaonist. Bat, like tie viii
mington morocco manufacturers. they
did not propose II sit ETH and ses, with.
out protest, the enactment Of legislation
that would hoard the hes; Interest OF
COCO concern, with Rn invested capital
Of ever 100000 U00, which siys employ.
ment to over 900 O00 persons.9
Tits proposed increase Of the t!rif on
tin plate from ono cant to 2 $50 cents
per pound small matter On ole
! single can of would mean IS 600,
GOO per year aided TO the cost o. the tin
we import Though it Be o4ly q. cents
per d0zan cans, the at frgers are ii htins
for it VITA al thur N Kit. Mt 0roue-
meyer a. Senator Gray sad the otnsr
day. 'conss hers Whining snd complain.
inR'-for tAtf suts which is not
"8orh speak n',ani IL the
ponr people a ltFeoGn ~ 10 max, ii up
q lin. Whist as the farmer got tosay
4 to tsla, VII Rhsat VI tie Atlantic
ssaboard as,s -3nts psr basl.I,
uf very li5.l a3 laaa ia cost Of
rs asel.ng lily t5Dl s4I pr1due.
/ .ion, al ua l,n g-lla ~ Ill cent. i
baaa M hi tora5c tsa lusl!as? m
Dg9s se nor here ara 4ss lie Coz.
4 er.a q tis tls8 si.te4t u as in con
diI2n wket Is Az G4e Congress Of
the Unlt.d s;st Issa up 10 bin tao
din rlnee Ae.aen tub high price aud
low pfia7 to ross.s wheat 70 ST Oh
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