The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-14

fOlllnS OF the steel SneetS, put that
is being successfully accomplished
at Chattanooga, at Chicago and
other places. 1t takes time and a
great deal of money to establish Il
plant for the manufacture of tin
plate, but the effort has been at
tended with a fair degree of success.
The Norton Brothers, of Chicago,
in the tin can business are making
their own tin plate to the extent of
some 1000 boxes per day. They
save considerable by timing only the
pieces to be used, as they cut out
their work before timing. The
pieces which go into the scrap pile
are not timed. They also cheaper
the product by employing labor saw
ing devices.
Why should this industry be
driven away from this country?
Must we go on depending for ever
on another country for an article of
necessity which can be made here
as well as any where on earth In
the event of a war with England
we would we left entirely unsup-
piled.
The Democratic and the free
trade papers act as though their
very existence depended on crush
ing out the tin industry in this
country. Nobody who depends on
the free trade papers for their in
formation will ever know anything
about it for the is precisely what
they do not want the people to
know.
Where is an industry of immense
Importance i'll the grasp of foreign
monOpolists who use their money
and their power over their poorly
paid labOrcrs to crush out Ameri-
can competition by Il reduction of
prices and just us soon as that is
accomplished the price is advanced
again
The free-traders find no fault
with this, As long as the monop-
oily is in the hands Of foreigners it
is all right, but just as soon as an
effort is made to establish the bust
ness in this country by asking the
foreign pay for the use of the Ameri-
can market a howl goes up through
the length and breadth of the land
as though it were merely a scheme
to rob and plumber the people.
There is no scheme about it-no
conspiracy-it simply is an honest eff
fort to establish an important in
duStry i'll this country by the only
means possible. That is to make
the foreigner pay for the use of the
American market a sum equal to
the difference in wages between this
country and Wales.
No wonder the English love the
Democratic party, and pray and
work and put up the sinews of war
for its success. They know that
Democratic success in this country
means the destruction of American
competition in great many lines
of industry, and an open market
for English as against American
merchandise. j. S. Clarkson, presi-
dent of the Republican National
League, returned recently from a
trip to Europe. He made a speech
at Il reception shortly after his re-
turn in which he said ''Another
thing that strengthens the faith of
the Republican visiting Europe is
the plain expression of hope heard
in many quarters that the Demo-
Gratis may return to power in the
United States and reverse the
American legislation in European
interests.
81 have never been where the
Democratic party was so popular as
in England and yet noticed that
many visiting American Democrats
hardly seemed proud of such popu-
larity for the party
Sensible people are not deceived
by the unreasonably frantic efforts
OF the Democrats and free-traders.
They know that they do not want |
tin made in the United States I'M
der a protective tariff and they |
know that it cannot be made with
out protection. They should be
ashamed of their record and all |
true Americans should be ashamed |
to be found in such party. W.
Industrial DEVELOPMENT Under Re- |
publican Rule.
The oft-repeated Democratic
declaration that the country would
be ruined by the supremacy of the
Republican party, stands in gro
tesque contrast with the facts and
figures which everywhere bear tcsti-
mony to an unparalleled development
and expansion of American indus
tries.
No one conversant with the prin-
ciples and policies of the two parties