The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-06-04
Trrom the 81, Lnuls Ronnblio1 I

tFrom tho st. Louis Republc.l
The New York Evening Post having
asserted in its issue Of April "a that
trade Journal, Hardware, had been inn
posed upon by somebody, and that the
statement made by Hardware that N.
g. G.. Taylor & Co., of Philadelphia,
were manufacturing tin plate on an
extensive scale was misleading, the cd
itor of Hardware addressed the follow
ing letter TO the editor of the Evening
Post:
To THE EDITOR OF TIE EVENING Posr-Sir:
II Hardware has been imposed upon In regard
TO the tin plato interest, as implied In tho cd
itorial columns Of the Evening Post OF yCster-
day, your help IN setting II right will be greatly
appreciated. The reference in Hardware to tho
N. & G. Taylor Company Of Philadelphia was
no more based upon their advertisement, which
you quote, than upon the genealogy OF Poca-
hontas, but u Is substantiatod by a statement
from that firm and by Information gained from
other tin plate makers who have no in.
terest in tho Taylor firm. By the way, the
Taylors, during eighty years Of aotivo bust
ness have acquired such q reputation for
trustworthiness that any editor might bo par
donod for accepting one Of their statements
without going further TO got II confirmed.
But TO return TO the Evening Posts correc-
tions II the Messrs. Taylor are misleading
the trade, please state whore the roofing tin is
made which they arc selling as their own; also,
where their block plates are made. Hardware
will be pleased to be corrected on any point
concerning which II ulay have printed any mis-
leading information in the course Of its investi
cation, during the past six months Of the ef.
forts made to build up the American tin plate
industry II Somers Bros, Of Brooklyn, tho
Britton Company, OF Cleveland, Mr.. Nledring.
Gs4 4 10 prtA At .tnaf
Mr. Lautmnn, of Apollo Pa, the United States
Tin Plate Company. and other concerns which
have been mentioned ns making progress In
this direction, can be proved TO be erecting
works for amusement alone, while lying about
their intention TO make tin plate, It is q duty
which Hardware owes TO its readers TO mako
the facts known-provided the Evening Post
will kindly point ont wherein the deception lies.
What you meanhy the manufacture of block
plates ION q commercial scale" is not clear but
tho writer has been assured by one rollingmill
proprietor this morning Of his ability to furnish
such plates at the rate Of twenty tons weekly,
and at the same time he made out q list OF nine
neighboring rolling mills supplied with ma
chinery for making plates suitable for timing
on q large scale Very respectfully,
TIE EDITOR OF HARDWARE.
NEW YORK, April 25.
The Evening Post, to substantiate its
claims that tim plate was not being
made in America in such quantities and
at such pricessas to warrant calling tin
| plate making a thriving industry, began
an investigation of the alleged factory
of the N. Sc G. Taylor Company at
Philadelphia, intending to show If pos
sible that If tin plate was made there
| at all it was turned out in such small
quantities and by such small plant as
to make the whole affair farce of the
broadcast kind, pretty toy with which
the republican managers proposed to
trick and amuse the American public.
The Evening Post speaks as follows
| of the results of it's Investigations, con-
| Quoted by agents of the highest integ.
! rity:
THE PHILADELPHIA SHAM.
''Now, as to tho result of inquiries
| made in Philadelphia on our behalf by
persons of the highest competency,
| moral and commercial. The first inves.
tigator says, April 30: up to the pres.
ent time we can find nothing to sub
stantiate the assertion that N. 81 G..
| Taylor &c Co. have any tin plate works,
or any place whatever to dip their tin
| plates, except the solder-pots which
we spoke about in previous let
ter. We have heard from one Of
the parties we sent there to buy
box and to get sample sheet
or piece, but he was, like - -, un'
able TO get any information, sample
etc. Another whom we sent to invcs
tigate has come in few moments ago
He returned with the money we gave
him to purchase box, and was unable
to get one box, nor could they tell him
when they could give it to him, neithe,
was he able to get sample piece. He
was informed in the Office that they
could not furnish any American tir