The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-12
TIN PLATE IN PROVIDENCE.

At the present date there is in Provi-
dence a considerable quantity of genuine
American tin plate, whose quality cannot
be impeached by the Mugwump press
nor by Democratic stump orators. The
following letter, received by the secre-
tary of the Young Mems Republican
Club from the president of the United
States Iron and Tin Plate Manufacturing
Company, is fully explanatory;
DEMMLER, Pa, oct s, 1891.
Lcicis r. Cddy, Secretary s6SlHigh street, Pfoct-
deuce, II. L.:
DEAR SIR-Your favor has been received and
we take pleasure in sending you to-day by ex-
press a package OF our tin plates We could
not send YOU lC plates as we are not working
on that quality just now, and what we have on
hand are boxed and we could not very wei
open a box for this purpose, but we send you
TX plates and hope they will answer your pur-
pose just as well.
We have also put into the package few
portraits Of the Hon. William Mckinley, Jr.,
which were sent US by one Of his admirers In
Ohio. We thought you would be pleased 10
have them.
We enclose herewith copy Of circular con-
tanning testimonials in regard 20 the quality OF
our tin plates also copy of an affidavit, which
will explain itself Yours very respectfully,
u. ;. Iron AND TIN PLATE MIRO. Co,
w. G. CRoNEMEYER, President.
Accompanying the letter is a rather
unnecessary affidavit, which is printed
below. Mr.. Cronemeyer, who is max
ing tin plate and who knows he is max
ing it, naturally takes lively interest in
refuting the tin plate liar at every point.
Here is his affidavit
ALLEGHENY COUNTY sc
STATE OF PENNsYLyANIA.
Before me, a notary public in ana for said
County, personally appeared w. c. Crone-
meyer, who, being duly sworn, says that he is
the President OF the United states Iron and Tin
Plate Manufacturing Company of Demmler
Station, in the city of Mckeesport, Pa, that
his company shipped by express TO His Excel
lency Gov. Campbell, of Columbus, Ohio, a box
of Bright Timed Plate; that this box of timed
plate is of same grade and quality as the plates
which are being manufactured at his COM
pany's works and shipped from there In regu-
lar commercial way and which are known TO
the trade as the United States brand of Timed
Plate and as such are quoted In the weekly
market reports OF the Metal Worker and other
trade journals; that those plates are made by
American workmen, I'm American machinery,
from American steel billets, and that the only
material or substance contained in the plates
which had TO be imported IS the TN Tor the
coating and that the relative weight of this
coating is about six 90 per cent. of the whole.
Sworn and subscribed before me this "a day
of October, 1891
(Sgned) w. c. CRoSEMEYER.
Csigned) EDWIN SoLEs, Notary Public.
The curious in such matters will note
that the tin coating of the plates is still
imported. 1t need not be, long. Great
Britain has possessed almost a monopoly
OF the production of tin from the days
when the Phenician sea rovers named
the rude islands from that metal, but its
monopoly is about to be broken. Our
own wonderful country, which produces
in abundance about everything we need,
is equal to supplying us with tin also.
Considerable deposits of that metal have
been found in Montana and are now
being developed, Welsh tin workers
fiocking in some force to the new mines.
In comparatively short time Mr..
Cronemeyer can use American tin and
probably cheaper the production of his
plate by its use.