Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03
the TN PLATE cONIROyEnSy.

DISPATCHES from Swansea, walcs,
10 the Nal aud Erprcss u New York,
state that the tin Industry uf Wales IL
crippled, because OF the sudden stop
page Of tin plate shipments 20 the
United Staiss. There were iis0 boxes
Of tin plate shipped altogether from
Swansea Last week, but only 800 boxes
were marked for America.
The stock Of tin plate IN the ware.
houses IL said 10 be- accommodating nj an
increase Of nearly my per cent. n
week. Hut tho welsh Manufacturer,
are reported TO 10 In Measure con-
tont. They have had a prosperous
season, and ar, willing 10 await doyel.
opmrnts In America. They contend
that the manufacture of tin eau no, DO
made a success In tho United States.
However, the welshmen are not NJ
Indifferent ~ they pretend TO be- In
thi. matter. They hav. an enormous
capital invested In their plants, aud
they will do everything % Offset the
high tAriii which tho Mckinley bill
Imposes ON tin plate. Wages will be-
reduced, the cost n raw material Will
10 ohrapeneI, freight charges will ba
lowered, and mos, important Of all,
welsh capital will be- content with
small profits.
on the other hand, the workmen are
organizing into unions In anticipation
u attempts bcing made 10 lover
wages. Hut employers are conolllat.
cry, aud honestly cndeAyoFing 10 show
the men that the crisis Is not Of their
making. The suspension Of the tin.
plate nanuisc,ofl,s will affect the Iron,
steel and coal industries, aud will
throw a number Of men olt Of en-.
ployment
A dispatch from swansea, dated July
2nd, says that tho rinplater's Union
will not demand an advance u wages
In Angus, rs previously ann ounced.
This change has come about because of
the situation In the United sh,es.
This tln.plats issue bears n resem.
blance TO the silver question IN a Ger.
tain sense. The more ono digs Into II,
the more bewilicred no becomes. ~
course tho protectlonist organs contend
that tin.p plate manufacture eau be- made
a leading domestic Industry. The
owners Of Black Hills tin mines say
that In u short time they will not need
a tariff. They claim that their mines
are Of such unusual richness that In a
short time they will 10 Able ~
compete with Wales In the
foreign markets Of the world.
In the remcscal mines Of California
tin Is being dug out In large quaint.
ties. only week ago seven tons OF
pig tin from these mines was sold In
Fan Francisco.
On the other hand many Of the free
trade papers assert that there Is no tin
In this country, aud that II eau mover
he madeA profitable Industry.
Viewing this question from an i'm.
partial and purely non.partlsan stand.
ard II would appear that there is some.
thing significant In the American
The suspension Of the
works In Wales, and the fact that
sixty delegates from the Welsh Tin.
platen' Union are on the way to this
country, to consider the feasibility OF
obtaining employment at their special
calling, mean something. II tin IL
not produced ut the Black
Hills, and In California, the truth
very readily be ascerlalned
The San Francisco Cdyonioie say.
that II tho protectionist he wise he
viii decline to argue the tinplate ques.
Hon NJ the present time. ole willsln.
ply keep still and lot time answe. the
nonsense which the frostrader i'm.
agines 10 be argument" Perhaps II
would DO well also for tho frsetraier To .