The advocate., 1891-10-28

The following master Is nom the
Topeka State Journal which il well
coined by tin plate manufacturers
whose champion is Mckinley:
PrrTsBURG, Pa. October 9l.-LAgt week W.
O. CrOnemeyer, Of the United States iron and
steel plate works At Demmler, Pa, sent TO
President Harrison q box OF tin manufactured
at the DemmleT works
This morning Mr. CrOnemeyeF received the
following letter from President Harrison:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 10, 1891,
". II. CrOnenaeyer, Dcmmler:
MY DEAR SIR:-I have your letter Of October
is, and alsOa box Of bright tin plate, which you
send As . specimen Of the product being turned
out by the United States iron and tin plate COM
pany I have no skin in determining the char
aCter OF this work, but to the eye Il seems to be
emlnentEy satisfactory and thank you for this
evidence that q new industry has been egtab-
llshed In the United States.
cannot quite understand how any American
can doubt that we have the mechanical skin and
business saGacity 10 establish successfully here
the manufacture Of tin plate. No other country
mrpAsSeS us In the inventive genius Of its Cltl.
zens or In the business BagScty Of iS capitalists
It is surprising to mo that any patriotic Amerl-
can should approach the question with deSire
10 see this great and interesting experiment fall
or with unwIIllngness TO accept the evidence Of
les success. It win be q great help In the d.
Eect1On Of commercial Independence when We
produce our own tin plate
It seems to me that nothing unless 1t be lack
Of faith In the maintenance OF the present law
can thwart this desirable achievement. can
understand how our success should be doubted
and our failure accepted In Wales, but cannot
understand how any American can take that
view Of the question, or why he should always
approach every evidence Of successful establish
menC Of this industry In this country with dis
position TO dIsCredit and rejectit. If the great
experiment is to fail our people should not add
to the modification Of failure the crime Of re-
j0lCing In 1t. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Forty years ago Millard Fillmore
was serving as the last Wing presi-
dent Of these United States Of
America. Like. President Harrison,
he commanded the federal patronage
to secure his denomination to the
Office in 1852 like as our present
Benjamin is moving heaven and
earth with the federal officials to se-
cure denomination in 1892. Daniel
Webster, President Fillmore's secre-
tary Of the state, was as distinguished
in that department then as James G.
Blaine, and the most pitiful efforts
were made at the Baltimore conven-
tion of 1852, to save Mr.. Webster's
last chance for the presidency, but to
no avail, for General Winfield Scott,
was made the candidate, and in the
following November he succeeded in
obtaining AZ electoral votes, which
came from Kentncky, Massachusetts,
Tennessee and Vermont. His ma
jority was 1887 in Kentucky; 1880 in
Tennessee; 5O8 in Vermont but he
lacked 1909 votes Of having ma
iority in Massachusetts,. But Fill
more perSevered and in 1856 his poll
lical supporters gave him the eight
electoral votes Of Maryland.
Benjamin Harrison, is the last Re
publican president and he is just
about the same kind of a political
bourbon as was Millard Fillmore.
Preaidant Fillmnra in tha aatina-