The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-13

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Our Democratic contemporaries,
now that they can 90 no more to de-
Met the operations OF the Mckinley
<1fin bill, especially in relation to the
Manufacture OF tin and tin plate, en-
tlcayor to misrepresent every success
fal effort to manufacture tin plate
IN this country. A Washington
daspatch says that the firm Of Merton
Esoiliars, OF Chicago, is actively at
work manufacturing tin plate, and
then product is pronounced better
Than the imported article. The firm
Is also OF the opinion that they can,
before long, by the use Of an improved
Process, reduce the cost Of tin Plates
below the prices paid abroad. This
isrm embarked in 1850 in the manufac-
tssr of fruit cans by machinery, and
fiiny were told that they would not
anceecd. as such cans could only be
laade By hnnd. But they have in ten
years so reduced the labor cost of
aaeh cans by the use OF improved ma
<bbiery that what formerly cost IS,
low only costs 30 cents, and at the
same time their workmen are getting
better wages than ever before.
They express the opinion that pre-
y d eely the same result will follow the
Manufacture OF tin plate in this coun-
tl.y. as 1t Is well known that no im-
provement has taken place in England
III the production of such platcs for a
long period OF time. Although the
now tariff on tin plates does not take
ellcct for several months the Chicago
firn Is already engaged in manufac-
turing them, as is also the United
\ States Iron and Tin Plate Company,
limited, OF Demmler, Pa, while mills
are being constructed in several other
places.
SO much for the tin industry but
hsrn Il another business that is picking
t4b since the Mckinley Tariff bill went
Into operation. The Democratic papers
went almost into hysterical fits Of
laughter over the idea of laying a
tariff on eggs, but the laugh will be
on the other side before long. Photo
Eranls are produced on albumenized
!. peuN and eggs are required TO
NJ henize the paper. A tariff of
~ t5 to So per cent has been laid on
Z HI paper besides the tariff on eggs,
10 the cry went out that photo
"A bis would be dearer. Before the
Mckinley Tariff bill was passed this
~ sper was controlled 10y three firms in
M 4w York and was sold for S3S PEI
X ain.
When the bill passed these firms
A c3mhined and put the price up TO -
psr reann, and this rise in price formed
b Democratic stock argument agains
"a The tariff during the campaign. Blu
now one Of these same firms is Offering
albumenized paper for s4 per ream
u the result of homo competition
twenty years ago, when the duty ol
albumenized paper was s. per cont, /
&as all albumenized in this eountr,
and none was imported When IN
tariff was reduced to % per cent, am
later to Is per cent, the industry wa
destroyed, and out OF Hu'oJV reaulS q
that paper used In this country onl
1000 reams were manufactured here.
IL took 100000 eggs to albumenlz
the paper used in this country Ia:
ycar, and those eggs were all pm
chased in Germany, where the wor
was done at less than half the labC
cost in this country. Under the Nj
n Kinley bill the industry is again star
ing up in this country and as a rcsu
albumen paper Is being offered at -
roam less than the old rates But the
4 OF course the free-trade papers wi
study up some kind Of lnisreprese
.fation to put before the people in rel
spn to this industry, similar to the
Misrepresentation OF the tin industi
Ahey will be asked to believe
Unfortunately many viii belle