The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-17

VIZ tll pluie ~lluHutuctuTc'l III tllc WoIlN
Is consumed in the United States. There
is us much ground and. reason for the
existence Of the tin plate industry in
tho United States rs for any other-thc
galvanized industry in particular. in
making which about 10000 people are
employed, directly and indirectly, and
the product Is now sold at n lower price
than when 1t was imported free OF duty.
The tin plate industry will employ
100000 people, thereby keeping At
homo at least Sl00, 00o, 900 that has been
sent abroad and never returned. With
tho increased duty you can buy rs
much Tin for 81 as yon could before the
war for two or three dollars. The duty
means only II cents on a pound Of tin
ware.
Before the war tin cups cost So per
gross; now they sell ut ono.hali that.
Tho increased duty means .! cents on II
gallon milk can, thereby costing a small
family 9! cents in twelve years.
We will soon DO able to lay down
block tin in New York and New Orleans
as cheap MS it is laid down in London.
There Is no duty OH block tin. Not an
ounce OF tin is mined in all the British
Isles, except in the county OF Cornwall,
and the supply there is almost exhaust
ed. The Welsh manufacturers 0rcdraw.
ing most Of their supply from the same
source as w have been, viz: Australia
and the East Indies, and Great Britain
imports eighty.four per cent OF the orc
she uses for making the steel, while We
have mountains Oil here in tho United
States.
1t requires 800 tons OF iron orc, COO
tons OF coal and five or six tons Of
block tin to produce 100 tons Of tin
plates. Steel costs four cents per pound
and pig iron twenty.one cents. First
rate bright tin contains ten pounds OF
tin to 100 square feet OF plato. In
England rolls arc used which spread
tho coating OF tin so thinly that one
pound is made to cover 100 square feet.
AcoMrLErE TIN PLATE WORKS
consists OF heating, pair sheet and
anncalinY furnaces, steam hammers,
a series OF rolls, bar break down, sheet
and cold or polishing rolls, with cranes
and necessary buildings, tin house,
warehouses, etc.
There arc within n mile OF my Office
three establishments that make steel
sheets, which for coating is unsurpassed.
Tin plato workers from Wales are
found in nearly every rolling mill in
the United States where sheet is made.
Tho census reports show there are
thousands. Any boy can learn to do
timing in . few months.
GOVERNOR cAMrDELL's BREAKS.
Governor James Campbell is making
votes for Major Mckinley by belittling
the industry, and any mar who will
ridicule an industry because it is Amer
lean, especially When it isin Its infancy.
ought not to be elected to Office in the
United States. Some OF my Democratic
friends try to make me believe that
there is no tin mined or manufactured
in America. I know differently and
won't have it that way. l have on ex-
hibition here in Martins Ferry block
tin from California, bright tin and terne
Tin plate made at st. Louis, Demmler,
Apollo, Chicago, Pittsburgh two tirms)
Philadelphia, Piqua and other cities.
American tin plate makes many OF
the Democrats squirm, and its sharp
edges cut them clear to the quick.
Their arguments generally are absurd.
One OF them is that much OF the So
called American tin is merely iron
dipped in lead. This is an absolute i'm
| possibility. Lead alone will not adhere
to iron or steel.
Much OF the information given to free
trade papers with the wlllful intention
OF misleading, is by those not familiar
with the tin plate industry and by the
importers. The latter class are kicking
and crying down the American product
because it will be dollars and cents
with them. They will have to 20 to
manufacturing, or invest their mouey
in some other business.
Like, iron, steel, glass and pottery,
the industry has come to stay, and the
people will pay no more than the aver
age in the last twelve years, and the
American manufacturer will make 4
fair profit, The only way the English
manufacturers can run out the Ameri-
can manufacturers is by selling below
cost. JOIN W. Crooks.