Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-15

On the same day that Mckinley stood
~ to apologize for proposing to double
she duty on tin plate, the National Asse-
cation Of Canned Food Packers was
lsalding It's annual meeting in Baltimore.
p this convention we're represented the
Canned Goods Exchange Of Baltimore
eAs Western Packers Canned Goods
Association, which includes the whole
Mississippi valley, tue New York State
Canned Goods Packers Asaouiation, the
New Jersey Fruit aud Vegetable Packers'
Association and the Virginia F.uit and
Vegetable Packers Association. These
organic atoms are O. purely non'partisan
~ the New Castle County Farmets' lnati-
tute, being made up OF Republicans,
Democrats and, we presume, Prohibition
lists, but, like our morocco manufacturers,
when the tariff treads on their toes
they take the tariff out OF politics and
tys1t II as q matter OF bu7iness. Tbs
pEEdcalar business Of the day was the
discussion OF the proposed tin plate
svesdle, and every one will admit that
tlte convention was pre-eminently quai-
fed to speak with authority on the busi-
ness aspect of this question. The pre-
siding officer, Mr. l.. G. seager Of Gil
man, Iowa, introduced the matter by
sAyinRI II am, myself, believer 10
the theory Of protection, but sometimes
fail to understand the modern Rpplioa-
tlon Of III" sentiment which might
hses bean happily expressed in the same
lssetH5go by one Of our high protection
morocco men when he went down 20
Washington to plead for free goatskins.
Vice President t. L. Bunting, of Ham
burg, N. Y, then proceeded to read an
article which hs had prepared and which,
after short discussion, was adopted by
the convention as expressing the sense Of
the Gamers on the Mckinley proportion
aud committee was appointed to dtats
memorial 20 Congress END dying the
views therein expressed. From this
authority we learn that "ths tariff pro
Rramme, If carried out, will restris. con
sumption about 80 per cent and will weed
out so per cont Of the packers. 10 fact,
so per cent OF the packers now in the
field are bankrupt already on a basis OF
present liquidation, and nothing bat 8
most favorable market can save them. 10
wantoniy restrict tine markets when the
emergency calls for thsir extension to
arbitrarily advance tho price Of canned
pyoduata uyhan fba nnruYlJna Ia iuatlv a q
manding lower prices seems to be the
proposed oonsumuation OF party policy
and the deliberate boast of tbs Fifty
first Congress" Bear in mind that
these are not tbs Rlarmist utter
anoss of soma imperfeetly informed
free trade newspaper, but ars
put forward as the deliberately endorsed
declaration Of nan-partisan body OF
business men who know exactly what
they are talking about and whose 1t Me-
mem carries with it equally a. much
weight and il entitled to equivalent con.
Bi6ersiion with declaration from the
Morocco Manufacturers National Agso-
citation in advocacy of unit .xed sog.stins.
Here is another extract from Wee Presi.
dent Buunns's paper which SHOWS thai
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e'-1' pVtzSs ~ !,,S5-' ''H'uS VIC ell
'r.o5 80 - ' 49, = '49i''a'is - n'aA'
iooA NJ $500 SofsA'Sn ara Mslsa
osAeta ~ t'l' II "Aa 'peSA'4s "''uIA
'ety "''p I'M, ,,.,.
datp 4 tHs AmssiI st III ee .T, .
ton IL pitts6ars, N 8Ann ". q. Crone.