San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-08
rHE Tin PLATE OUTLOOK.


The tin plate liar con tinues to get
in his work satisfactorily to himself
and his foreign hackers, and the
American tin plate industry contin-
ues to enlarge its operations to the
satisfaction of the country. TIN plate
works in the old country are arrang-
Ing to put in American plants and
transfer their operations to this side
OF the Atlantic. LeystOn & Sons, as
was announced by English cable
some days since, have abandoned
their works at Upton and Tividale
and will transfer their operations to
the United States, where Mr.. Leyston
has secured manufacturers rights in
valuable patents for timing sheets.
Notwithsts uding the high duty paid
by foreign tinplate the foreign article
can be bought for less today than
before the Mckinley hill took
effect This is easily understood when
it is known that the entire tin plate
manufacture of Europe was in the
hands of five persons, and that enor-
NOUS profits were realized, the selling
price being out of all proportion to
cost. The fact that foreign plate can
pay the present heavy tariff and be
laid down IN America at q profit,
cheaper than ever, is proof conclusive
that the free trade tin plate man has
been a commercial freebooter. The
of inventors is now directed
to economic appliances for reducing
costof prod and in time these
will more than over. bal
lance the cheapness of foreign labor.
1t is all very we'll for the
free trade tia plate liar to
assert that no plate is be-
ing Manufactured ia America, but
the commercial world knows better.
DR.. l.. R. Coates of Baltimore, iron
and steel manufacturers, are engag-
ing In tinplate industry, and are
planning for 20 mills should the initial
be successful. Baltimore |
capital promises to back the enter
prise for all that is necessary to |
carry operations to any extent and |
the machinery for the initial plant Is
being pat in. Speaking of the out
look for the tinplate industry and !
the probability of home manufacture
DR.. Coates says:
II was at Pittsburg few days |
since, and while there saw tinplate |
mills in various stages of constitute |
ton that when finished will have |
cost an aggregate for this part of the !
alone of about 81 900 900 |
These have been ordered by some 80 |
firms or corporations that are making |
or are preparing to make tin.
plate. This 81 100000 OF machin-
cry OF course does not include |
the full machinery equipment,
but only the tin plate mills. From |
this you will see that there are Others |
besides our firm who believe that this |
is destined at an early day to be q |
tin plate manufacturing country
ID will be time enough to pronounce
tin plate making in America a failure
after these thirty firms report pro-
gress. The 100000 or $4,000, 0rO
that we have annually sent aoroad
for tin plate can be very profitsbly
spent at home, and the American la
bOrer will not object to see the sphere
of his operations enlarged and prof
liable market opened for the product
of thousands of craftsmen for whom
this tin plate industry will afford en-
ployment. 1t will be no loss to the
American farmer that he has these
additional thousands to feed at home.
THE trust must go" has been the
cry of the farmers for ages and for
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