The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-07-30
THE TIN PLATE sw1Np1R.

Anyone desiring TO see genuine
| sheet Of American Tin Plate made In
the United States, under the benign in
fluence OF the life giving forces Of the
Mckinley bill should call at the Repub-
lican Office. We have piece this day
received from the N. & G.. Taylor Co.,
of Philadelphia. 1t has the appearance
OF the genuine stuff and has the
old style registered Trade Mark of N.
~ q. Taylor Co., Philadelphia stamped
into 1t. 1t does the true American
Protectionist much good TO look upon
it and read the impression "Made in
Philadelphia by N. Il G.. Taylor Co."
and there Is further qualification in the
fact that the above firm advertise W
I'LL all orders made upon them for this
brand of tin, which is known In the
trade as the best. They say that they
now make their own tin plate for roof
ing.-[Wooste Republican.
Now, one swallow does not make q
summer, but one plate of American
washed welsh plate makes a furious
NATURALIZATION on the triple plated
tym-pan-um Of q Republican editor,
though there Is not enough of IL to roof
John Sherman's barn. But while our
editor is practicing his devotions be-
fore his little tin god 1t may be well for
us to look into the history of tin plate,
as exemplifed by the father of the tin
plate tariff, Niedringhaus of st. Louis,
who has just shut down his tin plate
works at st. Louis because he would not
pay his men living wages aud his entire
force have been thrown out of work.
Niedringaus Is the tin plate congress-
man who labored to increase the duty
from 81 hundred pounds to S2.20,
then made large contracts for Welsh
tinplate and In the interim between the
passage of the Mckinley bill and the
going into effect of its tin plate sched-
ule he stocked up to the extent of
several thousand tons of imported plate
at the low rate of duty, which he now
holds at the advanced rate consequent
on the increase.
Now when his men want to share in
his profit, having all the tin on hands
he needs for Mckinley horns and
badges, he shuts up shop and throws
them out of employment. How the
laborers were wheedled into the support
of such bold, bare-faced fraud as the
tin tariff, Is outlined by President
Weihe of the Amalgamated Associa- |
lion, who visited st. Louis with the
hope of effecting compromise between
and his men. No settle
menu could be made, because Med |
ringhaus turned deaf ear to reason,
and refused to confer with the commit
tee. 1t will now be fight to the end.
In brief the situation is this; as given |
by President Weihe.
When the Tin-plate Association, of |
which Mr.. Niedringhaus was prominent |
member. went before congress to have |
the tariff on tin-plate raised, they were
afraid to go before the ways and means /
committee themselves, though they did
sight of lobbying. They came TO our
Increase in the tariff would start the
lin plate industry on boom and would i
DO a big thing for us, and they wanted us
10 help them out. IL was necessary, they
said, to have us, the laborers, to go before
he committee. We took in their talk and i
we're really persuaded that il would be
good thing. So we sent committees to
appear before the ways and means COM
nittee, and they agreed to a tin plate
'cale in which they agreed to pay
he workmen 10 per cent extra for /
'oft steel work and 20 per cent for
changed ron and steel. Now they want
70 crawfish out, They say they cannot
at such a price. They are
'ight-they cannot. Another thing. They 4
will not be able to turn out the required /
amount OF tin-plate by 1897 called for by |
he Mckinley bill. They got the associa-
ion to help them, and now they want to
'ecede from their agreement with us, and
Mr.. Niedringhaus, who should be the very
ast, is the first to try to back out.