Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-10-06
H'KINLEY BILL TOO MUCH.
FOR THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN
THE SYNDICATE.

walter d Bogss of the Cortright Roofing
Company Explains the Effect of the
Mckinley BIN on Tin and His Reasons
for Believing the Republicans are Legis-
lating Against she People.
DOVER, Oct. 6.-Walter D. Boggs
formerly Of the town Of Dover, but now
of the Cortright Metal Roofing Com
pany of Philadelphia was seen in Dover
Saturday by sn EVENING JOURNAL repor-
ter. The firm he represents is next to the
largest one of its kind in the country
and consumes annually from $4,000 to
10, 600 boxes Of terne plates. Concerning
the result of the present canvass In
Delaware Mr. Boggs said:
1.-THE truth of the matter Is that |
used to be q Republican but the tin
plate clause in the Mex inley bill has
convinced me that the Republican party
is not working TO the best interest of the
people au large, and | am Democrat.
base my conclusions on the fact that not
q single pound Of terne plate Is made in
this country, and It is highly improbable
that any ever will be made for this
reason. il case any tin plate works
ever should be started they will manu-
facture bright plates which gives a
larger profit to the manufacturer.
On bright tin the profit is not derived
from the tin itself to the small consumer
but to the importer The small con-
sumner makes the profit not on the tin
itself but what he puts In it, excepting
such as is used in household articles, and
even then you can hardly say that he
realized the profit on the tin itself but
the profit made is chiefly for labor ex-
pended on putting into shape for the
market With terne tin this Is different.
The profit must be derived on the article
itself, as the coating upol the plate is
not pure tin but a composition Of tin and
lead, which precludes the possibility Of
putting peaches, tomatoes, meats and
othe~ perishable stuff into packages made
from it.
For what are terne plates chiefly
used27
"0nly for roofing purposes.
''WhAt effect will the additional duty
haveG"
Instead Of giving the building public an
opportunity to use fre.proof roofing this
bill will necessitate their using cheaper
article. or paying about 81 more per hun
dred square feet than under the present
duty of one cent per pound.
"lf farmer or workingman wanted to
build house costing from $4,000 to
81, 800, what would be the increased cost
to him If he wanted to use these fire.
proof terne plate shinglesY
"As l have said before, 81 per 100
square feet. think though, on
ordinary houses, such as you have here In
Delaware, the increased cost on q roof
would be anywhere from $40 to SEQ"
"Do you lose this or does the con-
sumner pay the duty on the contract price
you give himi'
"The consumer in every instance pays
the additional duty, as we always con-
slider the increased duty on every esti-
mate given.
Then why do You object to the billf"
For the reason that the people will
not be able to pay so much and will be
forced to use cheaper roofing material.
There Is no protection afforded In this
bill, because there is nothing to protect,
and fail TO see the philosophy Of taxing
90 600, 600 people to benefit few manu-.
facturers who do not claim that they
will ever be able to manufacture the
article ana place 1t upon the market at
prices which have ruled during the past
five years"
How many people are engaged In the
manufacture of tin platter
1t only takes about 10000 working
people to make all the tin that is con-
sumed in the whole world, and II the
works should be started here what would
he the RESULT Simply this, that as soon
as they are the European laborers will
idock to this country and do the wsrk.
Where does the American workingman
come In in this2 The only Americans who
would be benefited would be the manu-
facturers, who would realize not only
upon this cheap imported labor which
will be prone 70 come here, but also upon
the tin plate itself as honest competition
Is an impossibilitY. They can fix the
prices TO suit themselves, as they will
form a syndicate and even healthy com
petition here at home will be thing
unknown Under existing circumstances
there should not be q duty upon tin, as
the government does not need 1t as
source Of revenue and IL does not serve
TO protect any interest in this country"
surprising there should be no duty
on tin, how much better would II make
1t for the poor man who wanted to build
house aud use tin for roofing IT, TAX
ing ], 800 square feet as a basisf"
Under the Mckinley bill he will pay
the government $24 on his metal shingles.
Tin ranges in price from $1l to SIS
according to quality, and In every box
under 1t he win pay pay the government
$40. The duty is based on 2i6 pounds
to box. and you pay upon weight and
not quality. The difference In duty OF
81 and SIS is very slight Just think o
III Paying duty Of &475 on an 81
box Of tin. This shows you that If yol
take this duty of the cost to the con.
sumer for the same box Of tin would b
1925"
''Will the Mckinley bill make man
Democratic votes among the tin con
sumersr
"All that have heard express them
selves viii vote the ticket which offer
relief from this heavy burden-namely
the Democratic ticket. The president o
our company, who has always been
Republican, says that he viii never vot
for another Republican Congressman
uncer existing conditions, and he Is onl,
one OF thousands. do not see how any
one who derives livelihood from the sal
of tin plate OF who consumes It to an,
great extent, can be Republican"
Howard @. Sewer Dead.
Howard .. Sewer, the prominen
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