Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-06
LAYING IN THE TIN.
NIgDRlN6HlUS BUYS BNOUGH wglSH TN
10 LAST NEARLY A YEAR
Many Thousand Boxes in tie Union Warshoasa
Es Got Il 10 at the Cd RAis ci Duty.
$4,000 Proii-A Practical States
man with an Eye to
Basinsss.

ST. LOUIS, july 5.-While Mr.. +. G..
Niedringhaus, President OF the st.
Louis Stamping Company, has been
writing newspaper articles and supply
| ing Republican conventions with tin
plates dipped by Welshman at his toy
factory on Destrehan street, he has not
suffered politics 10 blind his business
sight. His enthusiasm over the future
OF the tn-plate manufacture In the
! United States In general and In the DeS-
trehan street lean-to in particular has
! not carried him away 20 such an extent
as 10 lead him 20 believe in the promises
OF himself anu others to supply the
American demand"
On the contrary, with business fore
sight, he has seen that the effect OF the
| Mckinley bill, for which he voted In
Congress, would be 10 raise the price OF
tin from 10 to 20 per cent, ana he Gc-
cordlngly provided for the occasion.
While In his capacity as n Republican
politician declaring that the Mckinley
bin would speedily erect factories in
this country, Mr.. NledrnghauS In his
capacity IA a business man has been
laying I'm an abundant supply OF the
product of Welsh pGuper labor which
he will sell at Mckinley prices In COM
petition with the alleged American pro-
duet.
Men I'm the same business with Mr..
Niedringhaus say that as result of
his business shrewdness he will have
reeped profit OF $50, 600 as the result
of the increase IN the tariff on tin plato
for which he voted. To-day Mr.. Med
rinVhaus has stored I'm the Union Ware
house. corner OF Main and Florida
streets, a vast quantity OF Welsh tin
plate OF the brand known as Adelaide
he has recently imported, having In
view the Mckinley tin plate duty
which went into effect July |, fifty ear
loads (about 100000 pounds) OF this
tin plate. 1t is this plate which was
! stored in the Union Warehouse.
With view of ascertaining the facts
regarding this Il reporter yesterday yis-
tied the warehouse. The warehouse
o company's property covers four blocks,
being in detached buildings. Hugo
q signs at every entrance inform the un-
wary that "rhis is private property"
n and to "Keep out" knowing from
: former experiences that warehouse
!. clerks and employees are gruf and would
4 refuse 10 give the requisite information
IL asked. tho reporter began t0nrUf
Investigation on his own account. After
considerable time he located the Med
rInghaus tin stored In the building
: bounded by the leyee, MHllanphy, Flor
ida and Main streets. The building IS
: a one-story brick structure, divided In
compartments, huge doors giving
- entrance to wagons. The Niedrlnghaus
o compartment is about the centre OF the
. building, being entered through the
! third wagon-way.
The reporter, on entering, found
stored here, on rough estimate, about
! $1,000 boxes OF Welsh tIn-plate. They
} were ranged In long rows, there being
, from five to six rows. some having al
ready been partially removed. In each
row there were about thirty piles and In
each pile from seven TO fifteen boxes Of
tin-plate. The number OF boxes con-
veyed in each car ranges from ESQ 20 300,
so that the amount OF tin-plate found in
storage would seem TO confirm the state
ment that Niedringbaus had recently
| MY idI-iOtAN VI NlI-UiHk's
a negro laborer was az work near by
unloading car, aud the reporter asked
him to whom the tin-plate bel longed.
"Nedringhaus, was the reply.
"When did 10 Gomez" was asked.
"Oh, It's done been comm hoah TO-
de las six munf. Dore's lot OF It."
Chow many carloads are there?'
81 don't know. Pears like dere's
carload comes ebefy day durin' do
NUM-"
About this time a two-horso wagon,
bearing the sign on both sides "Tho 50.
LouIs Stamping Company" drove up,
and with the assistance Of several men
load OF the tin-plate was tnken from
the Niedringhaus compartment. When
the wagon drove away the reporter FOL
lowed II until II reached NiedriDghans'
plant, where IL was unloaded and the
wagon returned for more.
Further pursuing the Investigations
the reporter called upon gentleman
who has many business dealings with
Mr. NeidriDghaus and who is familiar
with many details OF tho business. be
| said:
"The ST. Louis Stamping Company
uses about 25,000 boxes OF tin-plfte
! year in their works. In addition ~
this they sell about 1900 boxes, max
/ ing their total requirements for business
about 1000 boxes. / know Neidring-
haus Is well prepared for tho increased
duty. He has already made 5000 out,
OF 1t. Last November, just after tho
Mckinley law took effect. ! mes Ton
Neidringhaus one day. and said
"rom, how Is your father fixed for
tin-plate?'
"'Oh, he's all right replied Tom.
'He expected the price 20 90 up pretty.
big and placed an order for 10000 boxes
at the old price
"The old price was about $50 ..
box, and since then tln-plate has ad-
yaDced 10 s5.75.. Prnb1bly cOnsidera-
bic OF this order k1s already been dis,
posed os by Nledrfbghans and tbe rest
Of il IS Ia the store. know that sirce
that tine Nedringhaus has placed sov-
era. otherord but just what amounts
never learned"
Thrown on a Train.