Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-10
A TIN PLATE PLANT
Of Large Capacity Will Soon Be
Started Near Philadelphia.
AMERICAN LABOR AND MATERIAL.
No Foreigners will Be Allowed to Own Any
Stock in the Concern.
AN ESTABLISHMENT OF MUCH PROMISE

PHILADELPHIA, May 9.-The McKin'
ley bill in its relation to the mauutacture
of tin plate in this country is striking very
close to Philadelphia. A great company,
most of the incorporators of which are
Philadelphlans, has been organized, and
will soon be incorporated under the laws OF
Pennsylvania for the purpose OF the manu-
facture OF tin and terne plates, black plate,
taggers and sheet steel. with d capital Of
81. .o0o, 900, with the power to increase this
capital.
The chairman OF the Board OF Directors
of the new company is f. r. Phillips, who
said last night that the mills will be located
in the neighborhood of this city on one OF
the main lines. -Four mills will be erected
at first with a. prod uct of 2, 900 boxes Of fin
ished plates per week, and it is proposed as
soon as possible to increase the plant to 20
mills with a product of 10, 900 boxes per
week, or total yearly product of 800, 900
boxes.
Foreigners Are Not Wanted.
1t is declared that the company will be
thoroughly American, and that no Welsh
man, unless ne has become a naturalized
American, will ever be allowed to be a stock
holder Neither will any Welsh, or other
alien employees be engaged, unless they are
citizens, or have declared their intention of
becoming citizens. It is also proposed to
give skilled workmen pro rata percentage
of the profits.
The promoters of the enterprise are among
the largest business men of this city, and
they are going ahead in systematic way to
build and operate their plants on the same
lines as those followed in the great mills
of South Wales, and the product of the
Pennsylvania mills will also be the same as
those of South Wales. The development of
the tin mines Of this country does not enter
into this enterprise, although the promoters
will probably become interested in the de-
velopment OF the mines in Virginia and the
Black Hills as individuals.
The bulk of the pig tin that will be used
in the making of the tin plates will be i'm
ported from the mines of Australia and the
Straits of Malacca. Mr.. Phillips says that
the reports from the tin mines of Virginia
and Dakota for the supply of pig tin for all
the new mills that are springing up in the
country since the passage of the Mckinley
bill are favorable. The mines, he declares,
show plenty of metal, and all they need is
development
Where Tin Comes From.
Mr.. Phillips corrected the false and gen.
eral impression that most of the tin used in
plating steel came from England. As
matter Of fact not an ounce of Tin comes
from England. It all comes from Australia
and the Straits of Malacca. An analysis
shows that the tin of this country is OF a
finer quality than that Of Cornwall.
The tin from the East Indies that will
first be used in the Pennsylvania mills can
be brought to this country cheaper than to
the mills in South Wales. 'The plant
that will be erected near Philadelphia"
said Mr.. Philips, will be big enough to
successfully compete with the biggest in
South Wales. There is great rush of cap
ital into the tin plate business since the
passage of the Mckinley bill, and more es-
pecially since the Republican victories in
the recent election. A large number of
smaller tin plate mills will soon be in opera
ton in the South. Refneries are also going
up for treating the tin ores of Dakota"