The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-19

eThe Illustration OF tile wire nails Is only one OF
a hundred Instances which | could give you
bearing on this point According TO James II.
Swank, Manager OF the Iron and 81 eel Assocta-
lion of The United States, aud the best authority
we have, We are today making tin plate at ST.
Louis, at Chicago, at Demmer aud Opollo.
Pa, In commercial quantities, aud not expert
mentally. Mr.. Swank says: "In BROOKLYN
and Cleveland tin.plate plants are now in
course OF erection" The st. Louis Stamping
Company says, under date OF April 28th; 1--WE
are making from twenty-five to forty boxes daily.
but by July our new works will 10 ready with a
daily output of 500 boxes"
CALIFORNIA; TIN MINE.
Mining tin is also being developed In this
the course OF his journey, aud 10 me since have
been IN this State. / hold in my hand a sample
OF IN taken from tin mine in your own State of
California, in San Ber1ardino county. am "a.
sured that IL Is good tin, aud that 200 people are
at work developing IL. Under protection these
mines Will some day supply the manufacturers
OF TN plate that under the Mckinley bin will
certainly establish their plants on this Coast 10
supply your canning factories with lin cans
cheaper and better than those made from the tin
OF foreign countries.
Mr.. Wilson Is afraid that even II we reduce the
price OF TN plate and manufacture It here in.
steao OF buying 1t abroad the manufacturers
VIII form trIst. He omitted TO tell the GOOD
people oil california that while the Democratic
party had been prating about trusts tile Renub-
mean party mas passed law making them I'M
lawful. he also omitted TO state that In putting
sugar on the free list the Mckinley bill smashed
Into Smiihe eenS one OF the most powerful and
pernlcOuS OF trusts. Mr. Wilson thinks the pc
adjustment OF tin plate manufactures aud en-
ployment OF 10000 men therein will take that
number from the farms Such argument is sim
ply grOteSque when we remember that beside
the natural growth Of population during the last
decade over 5000 900 landed on our shores
we need new industries, aud more agricult ural
products too, To supply our artisans with food
A DECADE OF PROGRESS.
After showing at considerable length the
in OF a,,A
ductiOn in the United States during the past
decade, as well as the sprnglng into life of
new industries, Mr.. Porter specially re-
ferred to the subject of irrigation, in which
the people OF this Coast are interested to the
extent of $50, 600, eco of capital Mr.. Wilson,
he said, looked upon the progress OF the dec
AIDE as unsatisfactory. inasmuch as he
claimed that the opportunities for young
Americans have not been enlarged. But are
there not, he added, boundlesS possibilities
10T the future here, as we'll as IN the won
derful DEVELOPMENT of the lumber interests
and electric forces, in which there has been
an increase of capital of $3.50, 000, 900 in the
former and S563000,000 in tho latter since
1880.
The remainder of Mr.. Porter'S address
was devoted to an exposure Of the falIacies
embodied in Senator Turpie's free-trade
speeches and an appeal to CalifOrnians not
TO be led away by his sophistries
Great applause followed Mr.. Porter's ex-
hibition OF small block OF native tin from
san BernardinO County.
HON. j. f. PLUMMER.
The next speaker was the Hon. J. F.
Plummer, Government Director of the
Union Pacific Club, who dwelt on the close
sympathy between the Union League Club
OF New York, of which he is a member, and
the organization of the same name in this
city. The speaker touched on the irriga-
ton question and predicted great things for
the Pacific States and Territories when the
principle IS fully developed. He also dwelt
on the march Of Industry as taking its way
Westward, like the Star of Empire. The
day will come when the looms of the West
will thrOb in unison with the looms of / he
East, and the sparks from the Western
turnace-tres viii rise to mingle with those
on the Eastern shores of the continent.
CONGRESSMAN MKENNA.
Congressman McKenna, who had been
previously called for. yielded to President
EastOn's request for few remarks, and
kept his hearers well amused with apt and
witty criticisms Of free-trade politics. 1--WE
don't say" remarked Mr.. McKenna, that
the protective tariff Is substitute for energy,
ability and brains, but we do say that il
gives American pluck, energy, ability and
brains chance. must do Mr.. Wilson the
justice to say that, however much | differ
with him, he states his free-trade position
clearly, sqUarely and fairly. He is a man of
ability and one OF the best diaecticians in
the House. Mr.. Wilson's argument Is just
this: You American fellows don't know
how heavily you are taxed Well, now,
my friends. what would you think OF a man
who would move ont of Gods free air into
vacuum because he couldn't stand a pressure
OF fifteen pounds to the square nch?"
IN A NUTSHELL.
When The laughter had subsidized Mr..
Mckenna continued: Such 4 man is just
the person tor the Democratic party. Such
a person would not drink a glass of water
because told that with a little of the vigil
ance which Mr.. Wilson recommends and
with the aid of a powerful magnifying glass
he could see animalcues in it. Why, what
a colossal preposter0usness! Senator Car
Isle was right in one thing when he said
that the question is not whether a tariff inn
plies fractional advance on the price of
tin pan or other article, but whether it puts
a burden on the productive industries of the
That is the whole question In
nutshell. And now having gotten the thing
into nutshell it will be a good thing TO
leave it there
CRACKED THE NUT.
President EastOn then suggested that Ii
would be good time TO crack the nut, and,
acting on the hint the assembly dispersed
to the various club-TOoms in which a cold
collation. was served and literally patron
lied.
Music was furnished during the evening
by Won der Mehden'S orchestra Of four
pieces The round of social chat was kept
up merrily till after midnight.