The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-22
THE TEhESClL TIN HINES.

T}iE TEHENC.lL TIN HINES.
No n will doubt the stalwart rCpub-
licanism of the New York Tribune. nor
will anyone question its fcalty To- rotrc.
ton as cNcmpliticd in the N.kinlry
tariff. 1t was solid in the tin schedule
of that measure. and in its zeal had pub
lishcd statements concerning the tin
mines of the country. which the truth
fulncss of which has been repeatedly
challenged by its contemporaries. In
order to satisfy and place itself right up
on the record and before its readers, the
Tribune directed its san Diego. Cal.
correspondent to ascertain the truth
concerning the Tcmcscal tin mines.
The correspondent visited them. and up
on his return reported that the mines
cover $4,000 acres of land; that they are
owned by AN English syndicate. and that
a good deal of fiction and ~eXaggeration
have been printed concerning the mines
by the local papers, which they have i'm
posed upon the eastern press copying
them. And then he goes ON to state
that the management of the mine deny
they have shipped 5000 pounds of pig
tin at y cents a pound to the tinplatc
company in st. Louis; that they have
orders to the amount of S.'0O,OOO in ad-
vance of their output: that their works
have at any time been closed down:
that they are employing 80 men: that
they have promised within any definite
period of time to produce any stated
amount of the metal: and that they
have arranged to send each member OF
congress a little tin pig" The Tribune
correspondent states the present mining
situation as follows;
Up to the present time the active OPP
erations of the mine have been confined
strictly to experimental tests. y mill of
moderate size, with the requisite ma
chinery. has been built. Besides this, ii
smeltcr has been erected. n has been
subjected to more or less change to ac-
%commodatc the mode of reduction. which
is entirely different TO that employed in
Wales. TO promote and perfect the
means of production has occupied the
whole attention of the company. which
has made no effort as yet TO court the
market or solicit others. The result of
the operations. however. has been an in
cidcntai output of a fine quality OF pig
tin. which our eyes have seen, and which
has been caught up by an eager trade as
fast as produced. One lot of S.l3 pounds
and another Of ll.43G pounds have been
shipped in small orders to different tin
factories. The manufacturers of tin
goods in st. Louis. Chicago. Cleveland
and Philadelphia have taken small in
voices for the purpose of trying Ameri-
can tin. In San Francisco the metal
has been found efua! to any obtained
from foreign mines.
This is quite IA different picture from
that which republican prints throughout
the country have presented with such
evident relish in proof of their unwar-
ranted assumptions in regard to the pro
duction of the metal. While every
American would feel proudin the knowl-
edge that his country will be able to
produce every pound Of tin which it may
! onsum and would take quite AS much
pride in the fact that it can successfully
manufacture its tin-plate, he will. il
honest. condemn all the pretty stories
about our tin products gotten up for pc.
litical effect alone. There is where the
| hypocrisy of the mouth" tin producers
comes in. Let us hear no more of it.