Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-06-13
MORE ABOUT TIN PLATE.
..Three Stars Attempts to Blur But It
Won't Down.

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.'Three Stars Attempts to Blur But 1t
Won't Down.
A week ago we had occasion to cor
rect some misstatements in regard to TIN
plate and its relation to the Mckinley
bill made by a Republican correspond
yent who signs himself ''* ~ To-day
he again occupies space in the columns
of our contemporary, but his etfuslon is
more in the nature of an apology than
an argument. He declares that the
United States is rich in the material
that is used in the manufacture of tin
plate, says that any one can get any
reasonable order filed for block tin by
the San Jacinto estate, but adds that 1t
will take time to develop the industry
and a manufacturer cannot be de-
nonnced as dishonest because he cannot
promptly fill an order. Right on the
heels of this statement "Three Stars"
gives list of twenty-six firms who, he
alleges, are already manufacturing or
propose to manufacture tin plate.
The advice of the Chicago Tribune,
Rep) given to certain parties within
few days, to ''stop lying and build some
tin plate mills should be whispered to
its reckless correspondent by the able
editor of the Republican, who knows
that the enormous duty of S44 per ton
on the steel sheets from which tin plate
is made has not induced anyone.to man.
| ufacture American tin plate for COM
mercial instead of for political uses. The
| fact is, as we stated before, tin plate
cannot be made in this country at a
price anywhere within the bounds of
reason. The Mckinley tariff offers the
American tin plate combine profit of
eighty per cent over the price of foreign
tin delivered in this country and yet the
offer of N. L. Cort & Co for {, 1000 boxes
| &c 70 no oil
within year, finds no takers. The
New York Post has made a long search
for American tin plate in commercial
quantities and the result is summarized
as follows:
1.-THE Tribune went so far as to say on
April "a that the American market has
been so far filled by American tin plate
as to compel the Welsh trust to shut
down. We continued our search for
some of this tin with renewed vigor
after reading this statement, and several
American tin consumers and dealers
Joined us in it. One of these, after
spending several days in vain efforts to
buy American tin, sent to us, on May
IA, an order for the entire supply of
American tin plate for the trade during
1891, accompanied by a guarantee to cut
up in their regular trade all that would
be made in just one week. We pub
lisf ed this offer, which came from
one of the largest firms of tin
consumers in this country, and solicited
orders in response. On May 20 we pub
lished for the first time the offer of N.
L. Cort & Co, for 5000 boxes of Ameri-
can tin plate, and few days later dis
played posters with beth offers in our
counting room windows. Yesterday
we published second offer from N. l..
Cort & Co, to take 200 boxes a month
!, for six months from July to December.
and another order from G. S. Trench
& Co, for 5000 boxes during the same
period. Both of these firms are dealers
of the highest commercial standing, and
both of them have been trying foI
months past to find some American tin
to buy. They can find samples and
small quantities of a kind of tin which
nobody wants, but no American tin in
commercial quantities. They get as we
have, an abundance of personal abuse
but no tin"
While his bill was i'll the orks Con
gresham Mckinley asserted that before
July 1, 1891, American tin plate could
e be bought at price lower than the
!, price of foreign tin plate at that time
which was about 81 As per box, and that
in the interim the price of foreign tin
plate would not be increased. Every
, body knows that Immediately after the
L, passage of the Mckinley bill in the
Y house May, 1890, the price of foreign
> tin plate began to rise; that it ROSE
sharply with the passage of the bill il
the senate; that before the end of the
+ year "A dollar had been added to the
I price of a box: and that in the las
$ three months the imports of tin plate
I have been enormous, at high prices
The average price has exceeded the
n price at the time of the passage of the
D. bill in the house by at least one-half of =;
e cent per pound, and probably the excess
has been nearer three-quarters of cent
The fact is hardly enough tin plate
will be made in this country during tn,
2 next year to furnish horns for the re
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