Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-03

Those mills shipped 635, 2ld.Oll pounds
n lin to America last year. Tor which
s20,0O0,O 900 Of American gold was paid.
Mr.. Bfitton Ia Of opinion that In a short
time we eau become entirely indepen.
dent Of Welsh tin producers. He
says that after the firs, attempts to pro.
duce iron aud steel In this country q
similar state Of Affairs existed rs In the
tin industry now. Steel rails formerly
cost $40 ton, but IN fifteen year.
they were sold for $50. Il Is possible
tin may cost n little more under the
Mckinley bill, but In the end tho In
dusIry will succeed aud tin become as
cheap proporiionately as steel rails.
But 10 return to the Ohio campaign,
u IA charged that the Republicans In
that State produced some tin made
partly from the imported article, and
used II for campaign purposes. Many
VI the leading Democratic papers In
the country took up the matter, aud In
sensational manner, described
how the plot WIS hatchrd
at Piqua, Ohio, with the aid Of
the Cincinnati Cofrugatlng Company,
whose tin works are situated In that
town. The whole trouble was occasloned
by misconceplion u the word tin.
II appears that In the trade there are
two species OF this article, one known
ls icrnc, the other n bright tin. Tho
latter Is used for manufacturing domes-
tic articles, the other for roofing pur-
poses. The McKinlcyiics In Ohio did
no, claim that they produced bright
tin, but ihoy produced tcrno tin, aud
sent specimens Of II to many news.
papers. No better way Of explaining
the Ohio bubble eau be adopted than
by reproducing the all lavit Of the
foreman Of the works at Piqua.
Here II Ia.
Personally appeared before me John
y. MoCabo, who being duly sworn, do.
poscih aud says that he O. tho foreman
~ the galyanlzlng and Timing depart
monts ot tho Cincinnati Corrugailng Com
ptny, and that on sop. u, 1891, ths dr,i
torne plates made by tho Cincinnati
Corugating Company were made under
his supervision. aud that tho -heet' used
ihon and since In coating undor atlantis
supervision, were OF stool rolled by tho
Piquh Rolling MN Company; that tho
pot holding the bath los coating con.
tanned thrvo thousand pounds, composed
Of thcusual PROPORTIONS Of p.g-iin from
California, aud American lead; that on
sept. Is, 1891, Major william Mckinley,
In my presence and that OF many o.hors,
coated In tho regular way ave sheets Of
steel plate, by dipping In the aforesaid
pot containing tho Aforesaid mixture OF
/ California tin aud American lead, aud,
| furthermore, that all coating done under
niliant's supervision since a. the works oi
the Cincinnati corruRiiins Company has
boon done At aud with material hcfctoior,
described. JouS +. McCAnE.
"sworn to before me by John y. Me
Cabo, and by him signed In my pros
onco, this 22d day ofsept.. 1881.
~. II. HArcH, Notary Publlc,
"Miami County, ohio"
The battle In Ohio Ia one OF III,
flcrcest ever fought In that State
Every point that the political rhetor
lclan can make II awaited Of on botl
sides. Every maneuvre that tho STRAIT
cgist eau suggest Is carried into prao
tice. On oct. S, the rival candidate
for governor will meet for debate n
the campus Of the Ada lohlo) Norma
College. This Institution IL attends
by over 1000 " the sons and daughter
Of Ohio farmers. Campbell will opel
with n speech OF sixty.hyo minutes
his opponent will reply In one OF ninot.
minutes, Campbell win cloao with /
twenty-five minute speech.
===--=====