The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-23
The Pr sidsnt helping Mckinley.

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In our dispatches yesterday was letter
! from President Harrison TO Mr. w. G.
/ Cronemeyer, of the United States iron and
steel tin plate works, at Demnler, Pa,
acknowledging the receipt OF "a box or
bright tin plate" and saying that he can
not understand why any American should
always approach every evidence OF the sue
cessful establishment Of the tin plate indus
try in this country with disposition to
discredi. it and reject it."
The President appears TO be sensitive on
the subject Of the manufacture Of tin plate
in this country. There is no disposition to
reject genuine evidences Of the successful
establishment of the tin plate industry, cut
the protectionists have made so many state
nents to the effect that it hiss been estab-
lisAed, which investigation has shown not
to be true. that the public has begun to
doubt tie truth OF reports sent out from
various localities that tin plate plants have
been established there and that tin plate Is
being made in large quantities.
Soon after the Mckinley bill became q
law a sheet iron manufacturer in st. Louis
asserted that be could make tin plate, and
that he would do so within very snort time.
He made small quantity Of something
which he called tin plate and the Mckin-
leyites went wild over the matter, but
nothing has been heard from this alleged
tin plate manufacturer for long time, and
it is quite certain that he is not man ufactur-
ing tin plate.
Many times it has been stated in the re-
publican papers that tin plate plants had
been esta blished at this or that place, and
that hundreds OF thousands of dollars
had been invested in them, but inquiry
proved that the statements were without
any substantial foundation. The impress
sion finally got abroad that the statements
were manufactured for political purposes
mainly to help Maj Mckinley in his canvass
for governor of Ohio, he being the author OF
| the provision in the present tariff law which
increases the cost of all articles manufact-
| ured from tin.
Not long ago it was announced that tin
plate works" had been established at
Piqua. O., and the McKinleyites were IN
| high spirits. The republican stump speak
ers in Ohio declared at Maj. KcKinley
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| great industry in this country. But it was
found impossible to get any tin plate from
| Piqus. Mrs. Helen Cougar, prohibition
| ist orator, who went there to see how tin
plate was made, found only an old-fashioned
soap kettle, set in brick casing, with lit
| tie lead in the bottom, but did not discover
that any tin plate was being manufactured.
| The management admitted that 1t was not
doing wholesale business 1t had succeeded
| only in manufacturing piece of tin plate
| with McKinley's autograph stamped upon
it
Under such circumstances il is not to be
wondered at that the reports OF the essab-
lishment of tin plate plants are received
with doubt, and even ridicule. The people
are paying heavily for this Mckinley ex-
pertinent. AS soon as his tariff bill became
q law the price Of tin plate advanced and
the price Of all articles made from tin in
creased. In view of the burden which Maj.
Mckinley has placed upon the people by
means of his tin plate tax they have right
to expect that the making of tin plate will be-
come an industry of the country. Thus far.
however, their expectations have not been
realized. The tax they pay does not benefit
them. The President, however, talks as if
the tin plate industry was established, and
ch;des the people for questioning the truth
of the reports which the republican papers
print about it. Ii he was less interested in
having Maj. Mckinley elected he would
have no more confidence in the reports
probably than the people.