The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-12-31
rnuRspAr. DrcrmurR 81. 1871.



The fratftrade papers have ventured
70 say sinl,e their has not been SO much
said OF late about the tin tariff ques-
tion that the whole thing has collapsed
and the matter has dropped; further
that oil the tin used is imported and
that the Mckinley tariff on that arti-
clio would be one of the first and sure
things to be- repealed by the present
Congress. While there has not been
30 much said about the tin tariff since
the late elections, no ba kward steps
hnve been taken In the manufacture of
BIN, and It is untrue that all the block
In used in this country has been i'm
prted. A few days ago a despatch
pm California announced, Qt appear
&in the Every Evening of this city
arrival Of thirteen tons of block
4 San Diego, from the now ia
Temascal tln-mines.
se mines are sending forth their
product rapidly and 1t Is already on
the increase. Instead Of there being
any lack OF enterprise in pushing on
the tin manufacturing industry it is
still on the increase and works are
going up all over the country for the
manufacture of tin. This manufac-
tureis carried on right here In Philadel-
phia not more than twenty-five miles
away. as the following letter from the
N. 4 g. Taylor Company. shows:
We are making roofing tin and
bright tin; at the present time we are
making bright tin from steel sheets
rolled in PenusylI ania, coated with
pure tin from California by American
workmen. BON, bred and raised in
Philadelphia. II this Is not American
tin plate from start to finish we would
very much like to know by what term
IL should be celled.
We are making one grade Of bright
tin and three grades OF roofing tin. The
genuine Taylor ''0ld Style brand
which is the finest quality and heayi-
est coated plate that can be made. The
Taylor Roofing fin" exactly the same
quality, carrying a litsle less coatiu &
evenly distributed over the whole
sheet. We feel that we have succeeded
In making great improvement in
this particular.
This plate has received the highest
commendation from all sections, and
Is frequently spoken of as the most
evenly coated place ever offered for
sale.
We are also making tho "Taylor's
Columbia, which is'exaetly the same
quality, made in the same way, but
with a little less coating than the lay
Tor Roofing Tin.
These are all fine quality plates re.
squared and are absc lutely Perfect in
every respect. Very respectfully,
N. a. q. IAYLoRCo.
There seems no backing out by this
very responsible company. No doubt
they are using some imported tin for
their plates, but at the same time they
are using pure tin from California. II
Is a great mistake to SUPPOSE thai
enough American tin is mined in this
country yet, to supply the American
demand. That could hardly be ex
pected by the most ardent protection
ist. The truth of the matter is tina
but small portion OF the tin used il
Great Britain is mined there Tht
great Cornwall mines that have beer
worked for thousand years produce
annually only 5000 tous per annum.
As much more is imported from Aus
tralia while by far the largest quantlt,
comes from the Straits OF Banea.
1t will be seen, therefore, that Great
Brltaiu supplies the thin iron platet
and does the manufacturing Will,
tin is imported from othcr couutries
Even though our own country ma,
not furnish a 1.-THE of the tin required
ut present to supply the needs of gu
tin manufacturers. its presence ha
been discovered in so many places tina
there seems TO be no doubt that In TIA
course OF few years one shall pr oduc
nearly, il not quiteall the block lin re
puired. II we fall In this we will nav
to do as England does, import Il tfcI
tin producing countries. Eothinl hu
transpired yet to show that We shal
aot become a large tin PRODUCING
country in the near future.