The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-10-15
THE MCKINLEY BADGE ON ITS
TRAVELS.
fProm tho New York world.1

tProm the New York world.l
Among those who read the amusing
story of World correspondents ex-
perience in trying to locate the great
American tin-plate plant at Piqua, o.,
was J. b. Reynolds, of Chicago. He
acts as agent for large dealers in tin
plate, and being en- route for the East
when he read the article, stopped in
Ohio long enough to obtain one of the
famous Mckinley tin medals such as
the Major wore on the breast of his
Prince Albert coat while dilating upon
the merits of Protection.
Upon his arrival in this city Mr..
Reynolds visited the firm of Gordon a.
Dilworth, Nos. 563 and 565 Greenwich
street, and exhibited the so-called
American tin-plate. The firm express
ed surprise that any one should attempt
to foist upon the public such palpable
fraud. They manufacture tin cans,
and feeling convinced that the tin-plate
made at Piqua was only a campaign
bluff, they authorized Mr.. Reynolds to
send the following telegram
NEW YORK, Sept. %, 1891.
Mr.. James Hicks, President Cincinnati
Corrugating Company, Piqua, o.:
L am authorized by Gordon IL Dill
worth, responsible firm here, to offer
you for trevarth or tregoning tin..
14x20 plates or squares equal to
Seamans Martin steel, for drawing cold,
a price equal to the price paid to i'm
porters at time of purchase for one
thousand boxes IL delivered within six
months. Doyou wish TO make contract
to deliver these goodsp Wire quick at
my expense as below. J.B. REYNOLDS.
He received the following reply:
PIQUA, o., Sept. %, 1891.
j. p. Reynolds, New York:
Thants for inquiry, but we make
terne-plate only and have sufficient
orders from our regular customers for
the immediate future.
CINCINNATI CoRRUGATINa Co.
The difference between tin-plate and
terneplate is that the former is "thin
iron plates covered with tin" and tn.
latter "thin iron plates covered with
an alloy Of lead and tin"
The Piqua company admits in the
dispatch printed above that 1t does not
make tin plate, but says it does make
terne-plate. The Mckinley badge
which Mr.. Reynolds secured and
brought to the World yesterday, is sup.
posed TO be terne-plate. Such 1t would
be undoubtedly but for one fact
1t contained no tin,
Anybody can tell at q glance that the
medal " covered with lead and nothing
else. Mr. Reynolds, who is thoroughly
posted on all qualities of tin, says there
is nothing about the piece of plate that
could not be made by a school boy. 1t
is simply piece Of cannon sheet.iron
plate covered with cheap and useless
plating which by use of muriatic acid
and piece Of very poor solder could be
made on any kitchen stove.
He rays that the plate is worthless for
all practical purposes. 1t is coated with
lead salts, and If the plate were used for
household utensiles, food placed in
| them would absorb the poison.
hr. Reynold says that the whole
| country about Piqua is laughing at the
effort to make the country believe q
large plant for the manufacture of tin
plate is located at that place. The
company has been swamped with
orders for tons Of the alleged tin plate,
he says, is placed in O serious predica-
ment. 1t must stand by its pretentions
or the whole Mckinley campaign will
l go to smash in Ohio-and it does not
stand by them.
The badge which Mr.. Reynolds
brought from Piqua is inscribed, like
all the others, thus: "Made from Ohio
steel and California tin, Piqua, 1891,
Mckinley and Protection