Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1891-06-04
,TEsv1LE CHARLTON COUNTY MO, THURSDAY 4 1891.

entered the next room, which is practi-
cally, to all intents and purposes, the tin
works of the st. Louis Stamping Com
pany. In a room about 15X20 in size he
found three men and two boys at work.
In the northwest corner was the Dip
ping outfit, incloscd in brick, like q
furnace. The area of the dipping
plant was about 5x3 feet. 1t consisted
Of three pots. Two men were at work
here. At one of the pots q workman
was engaged in dipping the white
sheets" into the tin, which was boiling
and bubbIing within. The sheet was
ct once lifted from this pot and placed
in an adjoining enc, also containing
boiling tin, from which the second
yorlcnen seized it with his tonSs and
passed it between a pair of rollers,
which were revolving in the midst of q
pot of hot palm oil. The tin plate, for
ouch the piece Of sheet iron had been
transformed into with these nanipula-
tions, was placed en- an adjacent rack
to cool 4 moment later it was picked
up by q ten-year-old boy, and quantity
of bran was thrown upcl one side Of
the plate AID rubbed with u rag until
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second boy, who polished the other
side. A short, hcavy-set man, who
seemed to be directing operations, then
took il, and after critically examining
the plate put it on pile of others, and
it was ready for boxing and shipment
as n piece of domestic tin plate.
There bcan't much to this" said the
man, his voice and dialect betraying at
once that he was an Englishman. ''AQ
this ere polishing's gals work in the
old country, an l suppose they'll have
them ADDING it ere. The ole tricks
hin the dipping. There bean't many
men in this ere country what can do
hit, but then they'll learn en- in time. "
what part of the old country did
you como from?" asked the reporter.
"The Swansea district. l were born
within fourteen miles of Swansea.
That's where they make nearly all the
tin plate used III the world. There are
factories in Germany and some in Spain,
but they don't amount to Euch,'
''Ilow long have you bccn ovcr?"
I've been over and back three times.
was down ia Tennessee when they
starred up their works. had been
there d couple of years working in the
rolling mills. You see, I've been q
workman in every branch OF the busi-
ness and can make tn plate from the
steel billet through every process"
TIT; OUTPUT.
How many boxes Of plate are you
turning out now = dgy?"
about twcnty-fvc.~
''lIow many c2l good workman
turn out in a dav?"
About thirty"
How many sheets are there i'll q
boX?"
"One hundred and twelve of the size
they are making here. This here fur
mace Is only a temporary thing. We
are putting NJ new one out in the
yard.
The reporter then viewed the new
furnace and dipping pots which were
being constructed il the yard. They
were nearly completed, and were twice
the size of the temporary affair in the
lcan-to. The woriincn said they were
of double the capacity-that Is, that
fifty boxes of tin UiEhy be turned out a
dGy.
The third room Of the lean-to was
hardly more ti.an large sized pantry,
and in it was kept the tin metal and
other articles.
The reporter then visited the rolling
mills to see the black sheets turned
ont, but upon examination found they
were simply sheet iron cut to the suit
able size.
In one corner Of the ground occupied
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feet was being constructed. This ad-