Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-03
PROTECTING sRlTlSHERS.

W. ~ oNti iStf1ttSs
low McKinley's Tin Tax Will Work-Odr
Tin Mines owned by Rich English Com
panies One Expects to Make ~, 1000, 900
Year.
McKinley's duty of four cents pound
on tin mot tin plate) does not take ef-
feet till July, 1893 This duty was, of
course, imposed to protect and encour-
age american industry but it turns
ont now, amusingly enough, that the
people to be benefited by McKinley's
tin tax are Englishmen.
There are only two places in the
United States where there is any pros
pect that tin will be mined profitably.
These are the Black Hills of South Da-
kota, and the San Jacinto mine in Cali
fornia. The first of these has not yet
put any tin upon the market but the
agent of the company reports that ''the
mines are among the richest in the
world" and he is reported by the re-
publican organs as ''talking enthusias-
tically.'
But this company is owned principal
ly by Englishmen. Two years ago it
was stated by the New York Press, a
well known protectionist organ, that
''the English are going to put So 800, 900
into the development of Black Hills
ores before there is protective duty
on tin plate and an American industry
of making tin plate" Last May Mr..
Samuel Witermyer, of New York.
through whom the English capitalists
seem to be operating, came from Lon
don, bringing 81, 900, 600 of English cap
ital, backed by S3 0OO, 900 more in Sc
curities, for the Harney Peak tin mines
in the Black Hills.
The San Jacinto mines in California
seem to be still more promising ven
ture, and have actually sold few tons
of tin. But these mines, too, are
owned by British capitalists Here is
list of officers of this company:
Chairman and directors-Lieut.- Gen
Sir John Stokes, X. C. B., vice-presi-
dent Of the Suez canal company, chair
man; j. r. Francis, Esq, of Messrs.
Richardson e. Co., Swansea; f.. Harring-
ton, Esq, of Messrs Harrington S Co.,
metal merchants, Liverpool; Col. c. T.
Surtees, director of the Southeastern
Railway Co.; N. j. West Esq, of
Messrs Harvey & Co., limiied, Hayle,
Cornwall.
Consulting directors-The Hon. Hal
lyburton G. Campbell, director of the
Law Life and Law Fire Assurance
societies; Herman Gwinner, Esq,
director OF the International Bank of
London, limited.
Trustees for the debenture holders
The Hon. Hallyburton G. Campbell,
Hermann Gwinner, Esq, Col. c. L.
Surtees.
Bankers-Messrs. Barclay, Bevan,
Triton, Ransom, Bouverie & Co., 81
Lombard street, +. c. and Pail Mall,
east, 5. W.
Solicitors-Messrs. Johnson Budd &
johnson, "a Austinfriars, L. C.
Auditors-Messrs. Monkhouse, God
dard & Co. 80 st. Swithin's lane, f. c.
Secretary-D. L. Schonberg Esq, Of
fee "a Austinfriars, L. C.
This is the complete list, as published
by the company itself. The Mckinley
ties will see that it has an English look.
In fact, there is no American in it. All
the officers are residents of London, of
of Wales, OF Liverpool, or of Cornwall:
the bankers, solicitors, trustees and
auditors are Englishmen residing in
London, and the Office is in that city.
These gentlemen doubtless regard with
much satisfaction the efforts of our
high tariff cranks to prove that they
cannot get along without duty that
will enable them by and by to exact
from the people OF this country for
their tin a price considerably higher
than the price of tin imported from
Cornwall or the British East Indies.
These tariff cranks are indulging in
much patriotic gush about the pros
poets of these tin mines yielding hun
dreds of tons weekly before congress
meets" And this, they claim, is build
ing up american industry" McKin-
ley put duty of four cents pound on
tin, and this will enable the rich Eng.
lish company to sell us our own tin four
cents pound higher than they can get
for it in their markets. Mckinley
claimed that his tariff measure was an
american bill, not a European bills"
but his protected Britishers are fgur-
ing on a yearly net profit of $1,000, 900,
ell of which sum, it is needless to state,
will be taken to England to be spent
The English abolished protection"
for themselves long ago. But now the
good Mckinley gives some of them a
good slice out of American pockets.
There is nothing mean about Mckinley.
He is so accustomed to voting away
other peoples money to our protected
manufacturers that he does not stop
short of giving some of it to rich
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