The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-05-15
THE TIN PLATE LIAR"

Troy Chief:
The proprietor of canning factory
in Warren county, Ohio, has contract
ed with an Illinois firm for 100000
two-pound tin cans, made of Ameri-
can tin, for putting up sweet corn.
The contract price is S1.S7 per hun
dred cans. Last year, before the
passage of the Mckinley bill, the
same establishment paid S2.25 for the
same kind of cans. 1t will be remem-
bered that this tin can business was
one of the things that was going to
ruin the farmers, by increasing the
price of tin; but a single firm max es a
clear gain ofS1, 1i0 on its orders, under
the Mckinley bill.
We tahe the following article from
the Boston Journal, both on account
of what it ""-s of the "tin plate liar"
and for its account of the extensive
tin works being erected in California,
under the encouragement of the Nc
Kinley bill. 1t contains statement
written by..a former citizen of this
County, whom We all know to be
truthful and reliable:
AMERICAN TIN.
The tone of angry incredulity with
which the free trade papers invariably
refer to any report of the establish
ment of plants for the manufacture of
tin plate OF of the discovery of sources
of supply of tin is one of the most cur
ious Developments of current politics.
1t might be supposed that as Ameri-
cans they would be gratified by the
discovery of new mineral resources or
the development of new industries. |
Their sympathies, however, as sal |
lies" of the British tin plate monopo- |
lists, do not permit this. Fortunate |
ly, the growth of our material prosper
ity is not limited to the lines within |
which they would like to confine it. |
More energetic and patriotic men keep /
pushing forward the national devel- |
opement, and nature opens her stores /
in their behalf. Recent reports, for
example, seem to place it beyond u
doubt that the California tin mines
not only can he worked to a profit, but
are already turning out a considerable |
quantity of tin. We have received
the following letter from a gentleman
who recently visited these mines:
To The editor of the Boston ourndI:
For the information Of tine many readers of
your much esteemed paper, allow me TO say
that three weeks ago to-day visited the Tenn
iscsl Mountain range, about sixteen miles
southeast from Riverside, San Bcrpardino
County, California. Quite large amount of
work has been done there in erecting buildings,
opening up the mine, putting the stamp mill in
running order, building furnace, cooking oven,
tc
Five stamps were crushing ore for the sep
arators; enough had been run through them TO
make five tons Of pure tin. had the pleasure d,
Of seeing the first run Of several small bars of
tin. Tho operator in charge of the assay Office
me that some Of them were 70: be sent !
to Major Mckinley, Of Ohio, and part to San !
Francisco as an illustration Of the fact that tin
6aa be produceiin this country. An English
owns the land on which the mine is !
ocated. and intends TO invest ohe million dol I
lars in opening up and working the mine, I
which extends over an area of land several
miles in extent
The out groupings of ore indicate ineNhausti- / !,
J.e quantities Of tin. &. w. MOVES !,
Boston. April 4. :
In confirmation of this statement we /
ind letter in fhe San Frsucis5c But, t