The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-17

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We await patiently the next move
mcnt of tho 'tin-plate liar and are
anxious to hear what he will have to
say to prevent tho English tin plate
manufacturers from coming to this
country to establish their business. II.
c. jenkins, leading tin'plate manu-
facturer OF Monmouthshire, who also
has large works in New South Wales.
has accepted twenty-five acres Of land
near Joliet, Illinois, where he will es-
tablish his plant, which has a capacity
OF 1900 boxes Of tln-plate per day and |
he viii! bring along with him the men |
to operate the plant. He very senslbly
acknowledges that Americans have got |
the upper hand In the tin business,
that through the Mckinley tariff they
will be enabled to undersell the Welsh.
man and he proposes to be where he
can become an honest competitor and
pay his hands American wages.
Tho Pittsburg correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press. that sends the
news OF Mr.. Jenkins coming to Amer
lea, also says that it has been develo-
ped TINT o corporation OF Englishmen,
who are in no ways identified wit h the
Welsh tin works have about decided
TO erect great tin works in East Tennes-
zee. The company has, it is said, a
capital OF e., coo, 900 and has also IS, 600
acres Of mineral land with two blast
furnrces already In operation. John S.
Wilcox, general mangger.of this COM
pany, says the steel and timing plant
will cost SO, 500, 900, and the capacity
will DO 5000 boxes OF finished tin plate
per week, besides 200 tons OF steel
slabs. Mr.. Wilcox says he has gone
carefully over the matter, and finds
that tin plate can be manufactured in
this countryat profit of SLIPS per box
at present prices, and of course at pre-
sent American wages.
OF course it may be expected that
the free trade press Of the country will
say that these arc all wild, coniectural
dreams put forth by the protection
lists on the eve of the Ohio campaign,
which is' to decide the fate of the next
Presidential election. They have been
saying all along that tin-plate could
not be manufactured in this country
because there was not suitable ore, and
nobody here understood the business.
They will reiterate what they have
said before that there is no block tin
amongst the minerals OF this country,
and that 1t will have to be imported
from Australia. These people who are
coming here, however, seem to know
differently, and are willing to take the
risks, and to provide against the emer.
gency OF no skilled American work
men, they propose to bring their skill
cd workmen along with them.
We may now expect to hear thesc
same free-trade papers tell these
Welsh English manufacturers that
they cannot bring. their workmeI
along, that it will he violation of tn,
immigrotionl laws, and in short moth
ing will be left undone to dlscourag,
the industry. Should the tin-plat
manufacturing industry centre in tn
United States II will give the lie to al
Democratic predictions that Ameri
cans would have to pay dearer 70
their tin. The Democratic paper
cannot afford to permit the Tin inaus
try to become success in the Unite,
States.
It would open up employment TO
hundreds of thousands of hands, an,
1t would increase the home market
Tor the farmers, whereas utter pros
tration of business was positively pr,
aieted. The Mckinley tariff was to h
the forerunner OF dire ruin to III
farmers and grass was to grow gree
In the commercial streets of our cite,
The Democray cannot afford to hay
1t otherwise.
They lied when they told the peopl
they would have to pay more for thei
sugar under the Mckinley tariff, the
He'd more when they told the farmer
they would have to pay more for the
binder twine. They cannot afford I
let their lie about the industry h
found out It would be their ute
ruin, aud so look out for mora lies a
along the tin plate line.
REppnIIgAN iyniHer IN ti,rnucrh u