Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-11
I'm PLATE FACTORIES.


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Cold Facts Which No Amount of Demo-
cratic Lying Can Alter.
The tin-plate liars seem to be getting
in their work out west. We are in re-
ceipt of number of letters within the
past few days. from parties in Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri and other western
states inclosing all sorts of falsifica-
tions and misstatements clipped from
the columns of democratic free-trade
papers in those states, and asking us
for information on the subject We
will briefly state the sase once for all
as we know it to be, aud ask our friends
to accept it and not bother us with
sending any more of the screeds of
these falsifers.
Tin plate is made of thin sheets OF
iron or steel. coated on both sides with
a covering of tin. To manufacture the
plate, first requires the building OF a
rolling mill, with its furnaces and all
other machinery, to produce the steel
or iron plates of the proper gauge. Sec
ond, it requires an outfit for picking
and cleaning the steel or iron plates,
for coating these cleaned plates with
metallic tin, Furnishing them, etc.
The new tariff on imported tin plate
does not 60 into operation until July L.
1t was hardly to be expected that men
would go into the manufacture of tin
plate before that date, but there are
already FIVE tin plate mills in opera
ton. These five are: Fr
Diafo
limited, Demler. Pa.
Morton Bros, Chicago Ill.
3-P H. Laufman & Co., Apollo, Pa.
IN. S. Taylor Company. Philadelphia, Pa.
5-The ST. Louis Stamping Company, ST.
Louis, Mo. a3 A4t
The last is the company in which
Congressman Niedringhaus is inter
ested, and this establishment is the one
that the bltterest attacks are made
against by the tin-plate liars. An illus
trated article. pretending to describe
the works, has been prepared and
spread broadcast to free-trade papers
all over the west for publication. The
facts in the case aressimply these:
Ordinary rolling mills are not fitted
with machinery for the manufacture of
sheets of SO thin gauge as is required
for tin plate 1t required special out
fit Of machinery, because the iron or
steel has to be rolled with extreme
care in order that it may have the prop
er degree OF softness and tenacity in
the completed tin. The st. Louis
Stamping Company's works being en-
gagged largely in the manufacture of
articles stamped from sheet iron, gal
vanized iron, etc, is already fitted with
the expensive machinery necessary to
roll sheets to the thin gauge required,
hence all that is necessary with their
extensive works is to put up the build
ing and plant necessary to pickle and
clean the sheets and cover them with
tin. This is the cheapest ant. -mallest
part of full tin plate outfit. q
This company fitted up an expert
mental plant for this purpose, which,
compared with their extensive works,
cuts but small figure; and this fact
has been seized upon and made to do
duty in the free trade papers under
such heads as "a Toy Tin Plate
Works. etc. The fact IS, it has been
stated time and again by Congressman
Neidringhaus that they propose making
large additions to their works,
which will include a very extensive
plant for picking and cleaning the
sheets and covering them with tin, they
already having the entire outfit needed
for rolling sheets of the required gauge.
The following tin plate works we
know to be in actual course of erection:
1.-The Brton Rolling Mill Company, Cleve-
land, o.
The Lewis Steel Sheet g. Tin Plate Com
pany. Joliet, Ill.
3-Somers Bros. Brooklyn, N. Y.
4-The Welsh American Tin Plate Company,
Philadelphia Pa.
The following tin plate companies
have been organized, but have not yet
begun the erection of works:
1.-THE Chicago Tin Plate Company.
2.-The Anderson Und) Tin Plate Company.
3.-The Elwood Qnd.) works, at the head Of
which is Hon A. L. Conger, of Ohio This
company has accepted plans for buildings and
is now advertising for bids for machinery.
In addition to the above the follow
ing list contains the names of those
who have determined at some time in
the near future to engage in tin plate
manufacturing, and who sent represen-
tatives to the conference of tin plate
men recently held in New York city:
/. Bellaire Nail Company, Bellaire, o.
2. Falcon Iron & Nail Company, Niles, O.
5. Mccullough Iron Company, Philadel-
phia, Pa
4. Arethusa iron works. New Castle, Pa.
5. Fleming & Hamilton, Pittsburgh Pa
6. Marshall Bros, Philadelphia, Pa.
2. Scottdale Iron Company, Scottdale, Pa
8. Schoenberger & Co. Pittsburgh, Pa.
0. Reeves Iron Company, Canal Dover, Pa
10. Joseph earns Sons, Massillon, O.
H. Piqua Rolling Mill Company Piqua, o.
~ Devices, Wood & Co., Pittsburgh. Pa.
13 Standard Iron Company Bridgeport O
a. Jennings Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
l5 Cannonsburg Iron and Steel Company,
Cannonsburg, Pa.
16 kirkpatrick Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
These are facts whose truth cAn
be ascertained by any man DESTROYS of
understanding the matter. 1t is to be
remembered that it costs money to put
up tin plate works: there must be fur
naces, steam hammers and the heavy
and costly machinery of the rolling
mills. This must be of the best and
finest, because the sheet metal used has
to be much thinner than that required
for any other purpose. 1t is this por-
ton of the works which is costly. An