The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-11
A BIG Tin PLATE PLANT
To De EatublIshed Nenr Chicago-AmOr
can Labor and Material.

To be Established Nenr Cbicago-AmOri
eau Labor and Material.
PHILADELPHIA, May l0.-The McKin'
ley bill in its relation to the manufac'
ture OF tin plate in this country is strik.
ing very close to Philadelphia. A great
company, most Of the incorporators oi
which are Philadelphians, has been or.
ganized, and will soon be incorporated
nnder the laws OF Pennsylvania for the
purpose OF the manufacture OF tin and
terne plates, black plate, taggers and
sheet steel, with capital OF 81 100000,
with the power to increase this capital
The chairman OF the Board OF Directors
Of the new company is F. K, Phillips,
who said last night that the mills will be
located in the neighborhood of this city
on one OF the main lines. Four mills
will be erected at first with product OF
1000 boxes OF finished plates per week,
and it is proposed as soon as possible TO
increase the plant to twenty mills with
product Of 10000 boxes per week, or q
total yearly product Of 900, 900 boxes.
FOREIGNERS ARE NOT WANTED.
1t is declared that the company will be
thoroughly American, and that no
WeIshmsn, unless he has become a nat
uralizad American, will ever be allowed
10 be stakeholder. Neither will any
Welsh. or other alien employees be en-.
gagged, unless they are citizens, or have
declared their intantion OF becoming cit.
izsns. 1t is also proposed TO give
skilled wOrkmen a pro rata percentage OF
the profits.
The promoters OF the enterprise are
among the largest business men OF this
city, aud they are going ahead in a sys-
tematic way to build and operate Their
plant on the same lines as those followed
in the great miles OF South Wales, and
the product OF the Pennsylvania mills
will also be the same as those OF South
Wales. The development OF the tin
mines OF this country does not enter into
this enterprise, although the promoters
will probably become interested in the
development Of the mines in Virginia
and the Black Hills as individuals.
The bulk OF the pig lin that will be
used in the making OF the tin plates will
be imported from the mines OF Australia
and the Straits OF Maacca. Mr.. Phillips
saya that the reports from the tin mines
OF Virginia and Dakota for the supply
OF pig ti1 for all the new mills that are
sprinRing up in the country since the
passage Of the Mckinley bill are favor
able. The mines, he declares, SHOW
plenty OF metal, and all they need is de-
yelopment.
wHEEE TIN COMES PROM.
Mr.. Phillips corrected the false and
general impression that most Of the Tin
used in plating steel came from England
As matter OF fact not m ounce oil tin
Goues from Eugland. 1t allcomes from
Australia ana the Straits Of ,MalacCa
An analysis shows that the tin OF thiI
country is OF finer quality than that oI
Cornwall.
The tin from the East Indies that viii
arst BIO 9spd in the Pennsylvania mills
can be brought 70 this country cheaper
than 10 the mills in South Walled. "fht
plant that will be erected near Philadel
phia," said Mr.. Phillips, will be bis
enough to successfully compete witt
tie biggest in South Wales. There is {
great rush Of capital into the tin plat
business since the passage eI the Mc
Kinley bill, and more especially sine,
the Republican victories IN the reCen
eieCtion. A large number OF smaller til
plate mills viii soon be in operation ii
the South. Rehneriss are alUo going VI
for treating the tin ores Of DAKOTA"