Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-30
AN OCULAR DENOMINATION

To the Editor OF the New Mexican.
SANTA FE, N. NJ, Jan. 20, 169l.-Sir:
During the late congressional campaign
Democratic orators and writer's took a
great deal of interest in the working.
mans dinner pail. Those gentlemen
cared very little about the pail, its con-
tents or the man who used them, their
only object being to make misleading
statements about the Mckinley bill and
the duty imposed by that bill on foreign
tin. Assuming the solemn air of prophets
they declared that the immediate result
OF tie passage of said bill would be to
raise the price of foreign tin, and as we
could not manufacture tin ourselves, every
workinxman who carried dinner pail
would be compelled to pay greater price
for every such useful article. Floods OF
crocodile tears were shed by the above
sympathetic ~ patriots over the
fragrant robbery which was about
to be inflicted on our workingmen.
Well, the bill became Law and l here
with present you with fne specimen Of
tin manufactured In America. Being
anxious to disprove the nlendacious state
ments referred to and do 80 In way
which could amt of no quibbling contra
dictions, wrote to one of the many es-
adjustments In which thus early this use
full article is being produced and received
prompt reply. from which 1 send you
the following:
United States Iron & Tin Plate Co.,
Demmler, Pa, Jan. 27, lo90.-Dear Sir
Complying with your request OF 18th in
slant We mail you few samples of the
tin plate which we have made at our
works and in answer to your other
questions would say that we expect to
make frst-cla.s quality of tin pate and
sell it at about even Prices with imported
plates OF same standard value.
The tin plates We are no"
making have coating on body Of
steel, OF which it consists Of about per
cent. We have assurances from tin mine
owners in the = ed States that they
will be able to furnish us with block tin
ST. that all the material necessary to pro.
duce tin plates will be found in our own
country"
Surely to any honest man this evidence
should be absolutely conclusive, that with
the protection now given we will be able
to produce all or nearly all OF the tin We
need for home consumption, and thus
create a new industry which will keep
millions of dollars at home and employ
thousands Of honest American miners,
laborers and mechanics who will spend
the wages thus earned amoung our own
farmers, tailors, shoe-makers, and instead
of sending that money abroad to enrch
foreign capitalists whose Golfers are filled
at our expense and out OF the sweat o.
the wretched serfs who toll from
morning TO night for from 40 to 80 cents
per day, There is something almos,
miraculous in the rapid creation Of thii
important industry in America even be
fore the effect of the Mckinley bill is fell
on our importations, and if our patriot,
people would insist as they ought to d,
in buying American instead of foreign
tinwars the efforts of the public spirite,
men who are now furnishing us with tina
material would be speedily crow ned will
success. l hand you specimen OF TIT
first tin plates manufactured 10 our coun
try which you can show to any doubling
Thomas no must have ocular demon
straton before he believes, and ! expec
that your free trade contemporaries vii
hall with Joy the FIRST fruits Of the Nc
Kinley bill and hasten to correct the mi
representations they have been limo
Gently or ignorantly making to the
readers. A. l.. MORRISON.