Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-24
One Congressman Who is Not Afraid
to Put Money in a Mckinley
Bill Protected Industry.
SCOPE OF NIEDRINGHAUS PLANS.
he Places Orders in Pittsburg for
$4,000 Worth of Machinery for
His Remodelsd Works
REASONS FOR HIS FAITH In TIN PLATE.
Fuel is Chsap and wOrkmsn o1n be Imported undsl
the New Tariff Law il Needed

Congressman F. G. Niedringhaus, of St.
Louis, has faith enough that the duty on
tin plate is sufficient to enable him to COM
pete successfully with the Welsh and
English manufacturers, and his brother and
he propose to 60 into the business on an ex-
tensive scale. In addition, they have
offered 10 take stock in the United States
Iron and Tin Plate Company, in which
Secretary Cronemeyer is interested, but
they can't get it for love or money.
The Messrs. Niedringhaus have been in
Pittsburg since last Wednesday placing
orders lor the machinery and material
necessary for their plant, which they hope
to have in running order at ST. Louis BY
July l, when the new duty goes into effect.
The Garrison Foundry Company has Sc
cured the bulk of the Job, which will aggre-
gate about $500, 600.
Ten years ago Mr.. Niedringhaus built
tin plate mill at St. Louis, but he was soon
forced to discontinue work there on account
of the low duty. His intention now is to
revive business which will employ large
number OF fmen.
PLACED IN AN ODD POSITION.
In speaking of his venture yesterday, the
Congressman said: LAS party expedient
opposed the advance in duty on tin plate
before the Ways and Means Committee be-
cause 1 ielt we would be misrepresented be-
fore the people, and the claim would be
made that the intent was to advance the
price of tinware, but when questioned by
Mr.. Mckinley 1 had to admit that from a
national standpoint it was the best thing for
the country. Mr.. Mckinley then stated
that he was not working tor the party, but
for the people, and in such grave issue ex-
pediency should not rule, and agreed with
him.
Congressman Wilson, of West Virginia,
insinuates that the Mckinley bill was the
result of hard cash. l deny this most en-
phatlcally and If anybody spent money it
was the New York importers, in their at
tempt TO defeat the measure. The average
importer these days is nothing more than
the clerk or representative of foreign HOSES,
to whom they invoice their goods, duty
paid. This information L secured from a
member of the commission appointed to in
vestigare this matter, and am told that the
importers are responsible for many of the
frauds committed in evading the tariff law.
shortly after the election an English tin
plate man who was in the country with a
view to locating here, remarked 10 me at St.
Louis, that he thought there were enough
free trade people left in America to make
his business profitable on the other side, and
he would stay there.
SATISFIED WITH THE OUTLOOK.
EsT he
will combine to make the price of tinware
as low as possible to bust the makers in this
country, but if the present prices were
maintained l have figured that 1 can dis
count them. The duty, however, has been
put on to guard against such a contingency.
"The foreign manufacturers claim that it
is ridiculous to try and make tin plate here,
as our labor is from two to three times as
high as theirs, but they forget that fuel is
handy and cheap in this country, and will
offset the difference 1t doesn't have to be
moved very far and the freight is slight.
Il has also been stated that we haven't the
workmen in America, and ander the con-
tract labor law we can't import them. This
is not true. Under the new law we can i'm
port as many men as We please for new in
dustrv. and we intend to bring over some,
from this country. This ought to dispose of
that difficulty.
LAS for the tin, we have good supply in
the Black Hills, from which we will soon
secure most of the block tin in this country
when the process for separating it is COM
pleted. The greatest difficulty is to secure
the water to wash out the quartz. England
gets the bulk of her supply of block tin from
the Dutch Islands and Australia, and the
freight TO America from these places is only
a trife more than to the British Isles.
SOME FIGURING ON AN INCREASE
Recently I saw it charged that the ad-
vance in the duty on tin plate would in
crease the price of milk. Well, l have
figured out that for a family who used a
gallon can and that much milk per day they
would pay about 2l3 cents in three wears
more than they do now, and this is a won
derful increase. The duty on a box of tin
which contains five pounds is only l Il cents,
and that much tim will go good way in
making tinware.
$50, we lost the last election through the
ignorance of the people and the deviltry OF
the other side. The list of articles on the
free list has been greatly increased, and the
advance in duties was made on tin plate
fine cutlery, champagne and imported ci-
gars and the finer varieties OF wooden
goods. These articles are usually denom-
mated luxuries and only the rich buv
them. The cost of living for the poorer
classes has not been advanced in the least,
and when the people understand the facts,
they will see where they have made a mis-
take
Mr.. Niedringhaus returned to St. Louis