Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-11-01
THE pIeuA TIN Works.

Mrs. Helen n. Cougar, aprorntnent
member Of the ". c. T.. u, recently
visited tho so.cal!ed tin .plats worke
MT Piqua, Ohio, and mt n Prohibition
let rally in BOSTON the other evening
gave the following accounted her
experieaco whils sccrc:
al was takcn to tho t,n-plato mills
OF Piqun and said To the maupS'r, By
whom I was kindly .~recnised in MS
oIlee, 4 have como 20 6ettlo Tor my
eolt the questin whether tiu-Pla'o is
mude in tho cit, of PiquH or not l
want 20 know il tneso pcsty Demo
Gratis arc telling awful fnlschoods
ABOUT this tia-piuto .nill. / want To
REQ for mysslf. Will you kindly let
IN. SEQ the p7lluct OF this mill?"
Standing in his office and By his
desk, he picked up apiece OF tin about
Jax2l inches. held 1t up and suid,
.Madan, this is Our produrt.'
II asked: is that oil your prodncL?'
(GJcat laughter ard n~prlause.)
Well he said, 'rndnni, it's nli we
hnvo o. hand Just now--(morn hugh
tsrl--would you not like O write Your
nu:oS.rch on it? I:e~s's.str. Mckin-
ley's autograph an, alao tho names IF
some friends q! his;
IT said: oh, no. I want -nn {" nj
low mo tn make Il picco OF tn ri,'r
here to-day, SO that J cGn sond it To
my husband rs q motncnto, because
Mr.. McIl:nloy mnda n piecc aud sent
It TO his wife Qauahtcr)-and l want
tn have the Sam pnriIcge.' l added:
.You must have had a great many
orders TO l,ave your stock 10 OK
bursted.' (Gireat mcrrimont.)
He said: Yea, wo have had IL large
number OF orders, 80 stociS is CA
hrrE'cd.'
"'How many boxes can you pro-.
duro in n day."
Thinking for n moment no said:
"You know this factory is quito young
caly about thirty days old
Yes | said, established since tho
campaign began in Ohio. Great
laughter anit applause y Exists most
j. ~ paper. docs il not, Mr.. Manager
"WIth II slj.hu L%iuiIio in his eye
and n smiIe no said: Il think We
could produce twenty boxes in n dry.
We l,ope to 60 that much
avery WE'LL said l, won't you
please tGko me aud let mo 500 tho
Gi2c OF tho box ss?'
"'Ncll,' said hc, I'VE have 10 boxes
or hand jusL now Cloud laughter.)
Wont you lot me. 20. and see
whore tho l,oSoj arc n.ado and the
moHsurom mt from which you make
the boNes?'
"'Heli,' lio slid, 'wo have no boxes
In process of construction
'Whatr'said |, IA busipcrs that is
STD rushed that you have hud your
otoak exhausted aud your boxes goce
and you arc not having any more
mnde? Why snid, 'thc advertising
this establishment Is receiving has
c~crtninly given you n wonderful boom
iii business. suouid think it would
be good policy to keep it up. But il
! cannnt seq the product and cannot
ecu tho boxes, won't you take mo to
tho fnrnac6 wlicro Mr.. Mckinley
stood and lot mo stand there, too? /
want to ba honorcd. and ! think it.
would DO an honor /" tho Prohibition
party Ia lot me stand in tho tracks Of
MIR. Mckinley. And wont you bring
Iao those tongs, FOR / want 10 grasp
them us dir. Mckinley did,
$50 he took me through tho room
wiIcro they ure in tho habit Of wash
ing corrugated, iron to give it tho tin
process. Fl. thcro sl,hw cd mo n fur.
mace. It consists Of an old-fashioned
coup ko.tio set in n brick casing.
Kettle and furnace. Ill tod, wcru not
over TIRES feet ACCESS and eighteen
inchos hiSh; and this WAS the boiling
caidron over which Mr.. McKinley
bent his manly fos u. Cloud and pro-
longoi laughter.)
And wion tho tougs wero brought
TO mo BY tho maoagcE, with q broad
emile ripping over his TACO, l asked
HIN II / might not buy them md
frnnio them. Moro lnughter) He
could not think Of pai ting with them,
but no said lie should frnns tl:o piece
OF Tin which Mr. Mckinley had mnde.
IL eaid, 'Pieuso let ne mako II piece
oi tin
"lhn kettle seemed TO DO covered
with ashes from n coal bin, and I saw
in it wt'at looked like moltcd lead,
md when ! asked to dip u pieco OF
STEEL ia IL they apeurcd me that tho
fires werc out aud il was not in q
snoIten condition. SO l WIS deprived
Nf tho honor OF presenting to. night a
piccc OF Tin made in tho United Statee.