Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-11
TIN PLATE TRADE.
BritiShers Rushing All the
Goods to America Possible,
To Get Ahead of the Tariff
Taking Effect July /.

Indications That the Welsh Factories
leading Information Concerning Our
Ability to Make Our Own Tin Plate-A
Manufacturers Statement.
LONDON, June 1.-THE tin plate trade
in England is in a state of feverish ac-
tivity over the approach of the 1st OF
July, the date on which the duties on
the importation of this commodity into
the United States under the provisions OF
the new tariff law go into effect. The
shipments from Swansea, Bristol and
Liverpool for the United States have
never been so extensive as during the
past fortnight, and they have been
further accelerated this week. Some of
the cargoes aggregated over 5000 tons OF
metal, and one cargo was more than
1000 tons.
They Have but Little Left.
The stock of tin plate in England has
become much reduced, and is expected
to be well nigh exhausted in another
week. The exports for the current year
10 the United States up to May 81 are
valued at So, ,947 ,5S4, against ca, 326, ,66I
for the same period in 1890, and about
G2, 100000 in 1889.
Welsh Factories to Shut Down.
The resolution passed by the tin plate
manufacturers of Wales to close work
after July 1 will certainly be carried
out, notwithstanding that contracts for
delivery during July and August We're
taken last week at the very good prices
of G13 Gs per box for Bessemer plates.
The quotations for immediate delivery
for the same plates were from G14 Us to
Els IS.
Misstatements.
Despite the plain facts here started and
recognized by the tin plate manufactur-
ers in Great Britain, the latter seem to
have been wheedled into mistaken CON
fidence in the future by reports of their
agents. and by the false statements of
certain newspapers in America, winch
persistentfy belittle the measures of the
United States government, and the en-
terprise and resources of the American
people. The effect of this is apparent i'll
the fact that communications sent to the
tin plate manufacturers at Swansea have
elected replies which pretend to deny
that the trade is at all alarmed over the
prospects of the operation of the Mckin-
ley tariff.
These responses concur in expressing
doubt as the success of the attempts to
establish tin plate industry in the
United States, the statements which
have reached here asserting that factor
les which have already been started have
been inquired into by agents OF the
Welsh manufacturers in the United
States, who report by late mail advlces
that only experimental attempts are in
process, and that nothing is yet in view
of the nature of extensive production.
A Manufacturers View.
A leading tin plate manufacturer OF
London says: 1--WE must walt ana
see how far the Americans will venture
to invest their money III doubtful IN
dustry. Anyhow, they will not be able
to conflict with the English producers
for some time to come. The trainers OF
the Mckinley act introduced provisions
in the tin plate clause which enables the
whole duty to be abolished in October.
1897. The gentlemen who were the
promoters of this clause probably expect
that the American production Will, by
JnilJ tllne, nave dUJdlueu OllneIlolOIlS po-
yond the reach of foreign competition;
or else they have relied upon congress
refusing to repeal the duty in 1897. iae
English importers do not expect the
American trade to undergo expansion
to the degree thus anticipated. On the
other side, if any changes in the Nc
Kinley tariff under the development Of
new ideas concerning the rev1Rue should
become accepted by the house of repre-
sentatives and the senate, the tin plate
duty would not be maintained at two
and one-half cents per pound. The
possible alteration in this way OF the
tariff as now formulated ought natural
ly to have the effect of keeping Ameri-
can capital out of the risky investment
which tin plate would thus become"
Don't Fear the Future.
In the meantime the English tin plate
firms are doing great trade, and do not
fear that paralysis of their industry will
come about even after the Mckinley
tariff is in full swing.