Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-29
TIN Plate INFORMATION.

AAO UoiSu gln-pldIo mdnuldCtuIcIs
made over 81, GOO, 900 by the blunder Of
MCKINLEY in giving the importers sew
eral months time in which to stock-up
with the plate before the increased
duty went into effect. Tin-plate Con-
gresham NIEDERINeHAUs alone i'm
ported years supply in advance Of the
duty, for which he voted. The rush to
get ahead OF the MCKINLEY bill was
unprecedented and kept the Welsh fac
tories running to their utmost limit.
The natural and inevitable result Of
this filling up Of American warehouses
has been sudden stoppage of importa-
tions and consequent stoppage of
many Welsh mills. The Republican
demagogues attribute this stoppage not
to the real and very plain cause,
but to the increased duty. If they
desired to be fair they would wait
till the present immense surplus Of i'm
ported tin-plate is exhausted before
claiming that the Mckinley bill has
stopped importation. immigration Com
missioner OWEN in his ruling regarding
tin-plate workers imported under con-
tract afirms that the tin-plate industry
Is not established in this country. How
then, could the Mckinley tariff have
stopped importation unless the Ameri-
can people had suddenly ceased to use
tin? There is no American tin-plate on
the market, though buyers have hunted
and advertised for it high and low, and
there is not likely to be any. Conse-
quently when the present overstocked
condition OF the warehouses is relieved
and the supply brought to its normal
level importationS will begin again,
tariff or no tariff.
In view of all the loud-mouthed boast
ing of the Mckinley press concerning
the production of American tin-plate
Commissioner OWENS confession that it
is mot an established industry" is very
humiliating. But it had to be made as
an excuse to secure the advantage Of
importing cheap labor from Europe
under contract, though bald excuse it
is. That many industries do it, In de-
tiance of the law, is generally known;
but if permission can be gained, that of
course is a trifie less risky.
NEIDRINGHAUs, the applicant for the
permission, is the same who lately said
in the Shipping List that the English
tin-plate makers have determined to pay
the increased duty themselves and beat
it out of the aboring man, so tin-plate
will not advance in price; that tin and
stamped ware will not advance, and |
that the people can buy as much tin
ware now for 81 as they could for So in
the free-trade days before the war. To |
these statements REEVES, PARvIN &
Co., of Philadelphia, reply in their July
price list as follows:
THE above from the New York Ship
ping List is directly in line with other mis-
leading statements that have emanated
from the prolific Mr.. NiedringhauS. The
fact is, there is altogether too much lying
about tin plates going on for the good of
the cause. We have seen currency given
by reputable newspapers to the declara-
tion that tin plates are lower to-day than
before the passage Of the mC1xinlOy lin,
whereas the price in the United States to-
day is % per cent. higher than a year ago.
COkeplates, such as our Gamers use, tnat
were 1920 this time last year, are now
quoted in the shipping List at $3.50 per
box. We happen 10 know that none can
be bought under S525, and this, be it
known, is for plates that were imported
under the old tariff New duty plates can
not be bought below $40 per box"
If the price is thus kept up by the
TARIFF block tin remains on the free
list so we can make american tin"
out Of foreign tin-if cheap labor can
be imported from Europe without him
drance-under these circumstances no
doubt tin plate can be made in certain
quantities in this country. But what
good will its manufacture under such |
conditions do to the workers in this
country who are taxed several millions |
a year by the increased cost of tin?
IT'S announced that the Italian deficit |
for the year 1s9O-91 is about 100000 |
lire, Notwithstanding all the economies
introduced, and the country seems fast
approaching bankruptcy. Italy evil
IDENTIFY possesses a twin brother Of our
late Billion Congress. This is certainly