The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-14
Answers for Tin riass sneerers.

The Every Evening OF a few days
ago contained the following:
Now TINT Npylor u Company have
, started that big tin-piate factory In
Philadelphia, of course Snellenberger
will get his Ohio barn rooted. Balti-
more emner5 will stop importations
Of foreign tin, ind that order for 10000
boxes of American tin which has been
stanting in the adj vertlslng columns
OF thu National Producer, will of
course be snapped up forthwith. But
how In creation is the American pig
tin to be procured before the ''protec-
ton of four cents pound takes ef-
feet, which does not happen until July
/ list, 1893? Are the owners of the IeInes-
cal mines going to be so imprudent MS
to turn out tue metal before the
American people become legally char
geable with this taxi II so, will it not
di5credit their prospective infant in
dustry and ieopartli2e their pull at the
national nursery bother
Had our neighbor read Its exchanges
closely. it would have found that
Sternberger (not Snellenberger) had
his barn rooted with American tin and
paid for before it came out with its
sneer which was out of place because
1t was too late. Here is the inrorma-
ton no doubt that the Every Evening
did not get hold of:
PIQUA, o., Oct. Oh. S. Sternberger,
who went to The Cincinnati Corrugat-
| ing Company and Thought to bluff
them on getting tin roof for his barn
began his crow-eating to-day. The
article OF agreement is as follows:
I'VE agree 10 furnish Ii. S. Sternber-
ger within two weeks from this date
tin manufactured by us entirely of
American materials at as low price as
the dealers OF this city sell the import
ed article. We also agree that the
quality OF the same viii be equal to
said imported tin, and will guarantee
the same to such an extent as to wear
as 1t Is customary for tin roofers to
do.
THE CINCINNATI CoRnUaATIse COMPANY.
-. t. BAT1ELLE, Secretary"
II accept the above contract and de-
sire tin sufficient for roof Skill.
September II, 1881"
On October ], tho tin roof was de-
llvered according to contract, and to-
day MIR. Sternberger accepted and
paid for his roof. lie thus admits ii
to he equal to the imported article and
to tie of purely American materials
The local Democracy arc denouncina
Sternberger. Keifer Il Co. for the
blunder, and are begging for quarter
And here is an answer to the latter
part OF our nelghbors article which IL
could have found as easily In, THE
Roofer and Timer and Sheet Iror
Worker" as It found its gratuitous
sneer against tho tin industry in the
National Producer"
Morton Brothers, OF Chicago, are II
receipt of an Invoice of aboutfour tom
OF pig tin, mined at the Iemesca
mines, San Bernardino county, Cali
fornia. The agents write thut this /.
the first shipment which they have
made to points east of the Rocky
Mountains, excepting some small lots
as samples, though they have beer
selling some in Sun Francisco for max,
lug solder and tin-lined pipe. They
also say that they have nm inexhausti
bic supply OF ore and are putting in &
large mill, which they expect will bt
In operation in September, when thew
will be able to furnish all that Is want.
cd. This tin will be used in Timing
plates made in the Unitod States, and
the work will be done entirely by citl
zens OF the United States"
We have few more shots in the
: locker If our neighbor can stand it and
wants few more.