The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-09-24

would reach but 8l,0O0. Upon this basis
we had better board these prospective tin
plate workers In idleness at a good hotel
and continue to buy our tin abroad.
On the other hand we have over 100000
workmen employed in industries which
are effected by this tariff, such as timers,
rcofers, Gamers and producers OF fruit,
vegetables, fish, etc., for canning. When
you consider that all Of these workmen,
wup are already with us, are TO be injured
aud their industries jeopardized tor tne
sake OF n few possible laoorers who must
be brought mainly from Wales, the outrage
upon labor begins 10 be understood.
The old tale of "home Market Is in
this case again preached 20 the farmers.
Ihey arc told they must put up with cost
livr unware because they will ultimately
be enriched by selling produce to these
mythical tin workers. An agricultural
paper, the Minnesota journal, Farm,
stock and Home, exploded that fallacy re-
Gently ia the following vigorous para
graph:
Making tin in this country cannot raise
the price of farm products, because az the
utmost II illuot take the products of over
three aver. .:e western agricultural coun-
tios to feed Ill the help that will be em-
ployed in the tin plate industry. IL will
cause no increase in the price OF labor,tor
il is confessed that the labor must be i'm
ported; but IL IL Is not the quantity EN-.
market.
Who wanted that tariff That question
is one which will bear q great deal OF close
examination. Senator Plum told, in the
debate, who did not want it. He said:
know II is heretical, MIR. President, to
doubt the propriety of conceding anything
that the manufacturers ask. But also
know that not one single consumer OF tin
on this continent has asked for this in
crease Of duty. The volume of testimony
taken does not disclose one, the news
papers of the country have not brought
him to view and public opinion does not
demand it.
"rHERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE"
Somebody wanted it, however. Who2
A section of the law provides that after
July /, 1893, tin, in the form of black oxide
or az bar, block or pig tin, shall pay
duty of 4 cents . pound. For years no
duty had been exacted. This new duty
was laid to develop alleged tin mines in
Dakota and California. These mines are
wholly owned in England. No "Ameri-
CAM money is invested in them. The
California mines are called the remes-
cal,n or the "San Jacinto estate" The
official list OF directors and officers show
there is not q solitary citizen of the United
States among them. The same 10 practi-
caily true of Dakota. There are 700 claims
in the Black hills, or Harney peak dis
trict. II is possible that a dozen may be
owned by AmerCans- certainly not
enough to cut any figure. The English
also own all the otner tin mines in the
world, whether in Great Britain, Austral-
asia or Malaysia. These are the people
who will reap the harvest, IL there be one;
yet we hear from every stump the mock
ing cry OF America for Americana
A year ago | said in Canton, and / re-
peat il here today: "Every dollar of capi-
tai protected by his infamous tariff is the
capital of people who live in England,
who do no service and pay no taxes in the
United States of America. l charge here,
in the home OF the author OF that bill, that
there was deliberate conspiracy to fos-
ter and protect English capital at the ex-
pense OF American poverty and labor. Un-
derstand me. l do not charge corrupt
motive; far from it. l believe Major Nc.
Kinley TO be pure and honest man, but
in his anxiety for protection, and in the
overgrown notions and distorted ideas
that have come into his mind from long
pondering OH the beauties of protection,
he has been party to that conspiracy
which does not protect dollar of Ameri-
can capital, which will have to bring
laborers from England and Wales into
this country, and offers nothing whatever
to the laborers of America"
This being the condition of the tin
mines, how 10 ii with the prospective tin
plate factories? A syndicate was formed
with Congressman Niedringhaus as chief,
10 work up the tin plate duty. They had
two strings TO their bow. Ii they estab-
lished the lin business they would reap
the fruits of protection on tin, and, il 1t
failed, people would be forced to use the
galvanized iron which these thrifty gen.
tlemen manufactured and they would thus
get their profit in another way. In either
event the great American goose would be
plucked. In order to present the appear
auce OF cooperation from workingmcn,
they played a confidence game on the
"AmalRamated Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers. In consideration that
the latter organization should help to pass
the tariff, their wages were TO be advanced
from is 10 20 per cent. The tariff was
MIR. Niedringhaus proposes to run the
works at lower prices than before, and at
tempted to import cheap foreign labor.
He was also careful, before the duty was
taken off, to stock up with some $4,000
boxes OF tin, which netted him a clean
profit of 81 per box.
Mr.. Mckinley tells us there "are going
to be" tin plate mills at Niles, at lronton,
and other places in Ohio. If so, when
In recent issue the st. Louis Republican,
one of the most carefully edited newspa-
pers in America, said:
We challenge Mr.. Niedringhaus or any
other member of the combine to take
down a map of the United States and
locate the spot where q tin mine or an
American tin plate factory is located.
Upon the day Mr.. Mckinley made his
opening speech the National Provisioner,
periodical devoted to the interest of
packers, meat dealers, grocers, and kim
dred occupations, said:
We have investigated the machinery re-
quired and the amount needed to estab-
lish a tin plate mill or factory in this
country, and we find that IL will probably
take years. slow and careful construc-
ton for the machinery, furnaces, build
ings, ETC., and an expenditure of about
Sl50,000 TO $500, 600 to establish a tin plate
mill which is large enough to make tin
plates in commercial quantities, and in
quality equal to the imported goods, and
with any possibility of competing in price.
Whatever is done at present in this line is
either done for political effect or for adj
yertisipg rather than for business pur-
poses. No tin plate for canning purposes
Is made in this country; whatever is used
is imported and of poor quality at that.
This is non-political statement, from
a strictly business standpoint, and pub
lished for the information of persons en-
gagged in the Industries in whose interest
The "National Provisioner" is published.
Curionsly enough, upon the same day
Mr.. Mckinley stated:
1t is said we cannot make tin plate. How
absurd, for we are already making ii Land IL
will not be long until we shall make the
| rser part Of the consumption. We are
making tin plate. 1t is to be made
here in Niles. Democratic discourage
ment cannot stop it; foreign interference
cannot check American genius and reso-
luton.
Who is misinforming the people? The
able protection candidate for governor
should tell the people OF Ohio just exactly
how many OF the numerous processes re-
quired in making tin are carried on in
this country. He should inform us where
this is done and 10 what extent, how long
il has been going on, and how much daily
wages IL pays, These things are what we