Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-08
The Tin-Plate Syndicate I'm
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Home Market GLIB.


TIE tenacity with which the tariff
fighters continue their appeals fer free
foreign trade, or failing that, greatly
reduced duty. is not only desperate, il
is even pathetic. One by one have slip.
ped away those monopolies through
which foreigners have been able to ex.
tort from American purchasers what
ever price they close to demand, until
the list is now so small as to its portend
disappearance in the near future.
Much of the trade in steel rails, cut
lery, fabrics from silk, cotton and wool,
with long list of chemical products,
once controlled from the busy manufact-
urng centers of Great Britain, is nc
longer within the grasp Of her trades
men. This 10 mainly the result of wise
foresight and wholesome Legislation on
part of such nations as have developed
their natural resources and encouraged
the lndusty and ingenuity of their
peoples.
Among the most prosperous and high
" priced of British manufactures is the
tin-plate industry. For long years this
has been spared anxiety for its welfare.
because supposed to be beyond reach OF
the foreign competition that was SO
steadily trenching upon the once I'M
challenged sweep of other manufact-
ures But at last shadow falls athwart
the ruddy glow from the chimney tops
of Swansea and kindred centers, and
anxiety takes hold upon the syndicate
that so long has held the throttle of the
tin business of the world. The McKin,
ley tariff has warned them to heed the
admonition that no matter how firmly
one may stand, it is we'll to have some
] heed lest he fall
The United States consumes two
/ thirds of all the tin plates made in tn,
world. The manufacture of this is con
fined to a small district of Great Britain
and is under control of less than one
hundred men. Is it TO be wondered
that these men, rolling in wealth extort
ed from the steadily augmenting deman,
from this country. should look with els
pleasure upon that feature of our TART
which proposes to extend towards til
plate making by our people the sam
opportunity that was given for rail roll
ing. the manufacture of cutlery. nail
and the long list Of equally necessar
articles that are now made by home la
Dor and sold as cheapy here as any
where else? OF course. they object t
the enforcement of such law. just o
vehemently rs their attorneys in Cor
greSs objected to It's enactment. An
the vigor of their opposition is now, Il
then, intensified by the growing Gel tair
ty that, once given opportunity fo
foothold, and reasonable assurance
being allowed to hold the market with
bAb AhAEtANAb VI AAN hNhAAONlt
difference between wages here an
abroad, American enterprise will rope,
in tin plate manufacture the history
so many other industries in which tn
scepter Of monopoly has been wrenche
from control of those who once fondl
dreamed that Britain was TO remain th
workshop of the world, and that he
capitalists were to retain the privileg
of naming prices 10 suit their own NJ
tions of monopolstic profits.
OF course, neither the British tim plat
syndicate nor its representatives in TIL
country are satisfied with tie ouuool
No confidence is violated when it is &C
mitted that the supporters Of our tart
law never expected that they would +
satisfied.