San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-13
EXTRACTS Concerning Tin plate.

Extracts Concerning Tin Plate.
The tin plate makers of Wales are
still much disturbed over the problem
of how to overcome the competition
" hlch they foresee In America. For
nearly 200 years they have felt
secure in their monopoly, just
as their predecessors in the industry
Ia Bohemia felt. in the seven teenth
century, that no other country could
ever deprive them of their eminence
in timing plates. SO recent WORK
as Flowers History OF tin and Tin
Plates" (LOndon, 1880 contains a
boast that Wales will always lead
the world IN this industry.
Why it does not appear.
The Welsh import iron ore, metal
lie tin. charcoal, vitriol for picking,
palm oil aud wood for packing boxes
and make Welsh" tin plate. OF
course much native material is used.
but the United States are just as rich
in the same kind Of material Evi-
IDENTIFY nature mas done nothing to
mark Wales as the permanent home
of tin plate making.
The idea IS widespread on the other
side Of the water tnat some hing
ought To be done over there TO dis.
courage Americans from trying to
make tin plate-that is, something
more effective than the epithets and
Of the New York
Evening Post.-Hardware, May 25
We regret 10 learn thai at meet
ing of Tin plate makers, held at
raararIoy rngnl1tfin,, 10
arrived al TO close the tin plate works
OF South Wales in July, and that
consent to this mistaken policy had
been received from 367 mills out of a
total OF about 500 II this resolution
is carried to effect the consequences
may be more serious than the
Welsh tin. plate makers antlc-
pate. That such a decision
should be taken in April, more
than two months before the com.
mencement of the contemplated period
of stoppage, renders the proceed
ing still more extraordinary. II gives
the enemies of Welsh tiu plates ia
America additional time TO prepare
the ground for American cOmpetI-
ton, and places a weapon IN the
hands OF the high tariff party which
they Will not be Glow to use II is 10
be hoped that wiser councils Will pre-
vail before further mischief has been
done RegaI ded even as a "brutem
fidmen" this avOwed hostility TO our
principal customer tor tin plates is
grossly unwise. - Liverpool Daily
Post.
There would be just as much g 'nse
in describing large shoe m8Dufac.
tory by illustrating the man ith 5he
machine which puts the polith b III a
shoe when finished, as to il us rate
one set CT timing pots (ot whicn there
were three at the time OF the repOrt)
with the necessary men to run them,
and then palm it off on an intelligent
pu bile as complete till plate works.
A complete tin plate works consists
of furnaces of various kinds, such as
heating, pair, sheet ana annealng
furnaces, steam hammers, series Of
rolls, bar, breakdown, sheet and cold
Or polishing rolls, with cranes and
necessary buildings, and finally a tn
house, where the plates receive their
polish or tin coating, as well as ware
mouse for storage. The Ntedring haUs
works, when completed, as aboI Q
stated, will cover nearly seven acre
of ground in North st. LOuis.
There are now over 365 men en-
gagged in these works, and when con
pleted $50 more will be added, incluC-
ing a few boys not under "A years OF
age, TO clean the sheets, making IN
all over 600 men. At least halt, il not
three quarters, of this number will 70
in the manufacture of tin
plates. The number of men
will be still farther increased
later on, as the company intend
making tin plates directly from the
ore The cost of tin plates in st
Louis will then be made up entirely
OF labor, when we include the coal
and iron miners. It requires about
800 tous of iron ore, and perhaps 500
tons OF coal, with only five tons o.
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