The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-30
THURSDAY july 80, 1891.


The EBgiisn View of It.
The tin plate industry is very calmly
and intelligently discussed in tile Lon
don Ironmongcr, conservative indus
trial journal that Inns about the same
high standing in England that the
Iron Age, has in metal manufacturing
circles in this country. II looks evld-
emily with the greatest fear upon the
movement to establish the tin plate in
dustry in the United States and with u
jealousy that is excusable forewarns
tho English manufacturers OF their
shortslghtedness in not preparing to
meet the event.
One OF its complaints is that THO
English and Welsh manufacturers haSe
shut down for the time being The
stoppage IL says has thrown some 30
COO persons out Of employment and in
many respects Is very serious mat
ter, not only for the work people, but
also for the coal owners, steel manu-
faeturers, and other traders who are
intimately connected with the indus
try. We desire to call special atten-
ton TO this part OF the Ironmongers
complaint. A few days ago the Every
Evening, in referring to this contem-
plated shutdown spoke of tho 10000
tin-plate workers that would be thrown
out Of employment and deduced from
1t that as the United States consumed
half the tin manufactured. that it
would only take 1000 hands to make
all tho tin-plate this country needed,
the object being to shown that even II
established in this country it would
not be such great industrial move
ment as was claimed by its support
ers.
This was a misleading argument,
which the Ironmonger completely re-
flutes. 1t says some few OF the manu-
facturers have declined to take part
in the stoppage, SO that the 10000
hands thrown out of employment by
the shut down only included a part,
the largest part likely, OF those en-
gagged in the manufacture. But this
as will be seen by the arguments OF
that paper which we have used has no
reference to those employed In the
coal and iron mines and on the rail-
roads and every branch of industry
connected with tin plate manufacture
ing.
Referring to the results OF the stop.
page of the works tho Ironmonger
says:
THE Americans have duly an ticIpa-
ted the state OF things which have como
about, and it is stated that their agents
are now busily engaged in Wales in
picking up good workmen, as well as
In exporting machinery and appliances
for tinplate making. Thus it is
obvious that tho united wisdom of the
Welsh firms in question has had two
serious effects already 1t has alien.
ated the good will OF the workmen,
and has made them willing to emil
CRATE to the United States. II has al.
go prevented fail In prices at juno,
ture when low prices are OF particular
Importance to the Welsh manufaGtu.
fers.
They have tho key of tho situation
yet they are so short sighted and so
devoid OF q proper comprehension OF
the forces and resources of theirenenlJ
that they voluntary code their hest 20,
sition and give tho Americans the ire
mendous advantage of reaching dis,
contented and unemployed workmen
with offers Of higher Wages than have
ever been heard OF in the trade 1t Is
safe TO assert that in no other trade
would anything Of the kind have been
done.p
Here we havean explanation Of the
wicked habit alluded to by the EVERY
EVENING OF tho United States tin platt
manufactures or rather those about t.
engage in the manufacture OF it of go
over to Wales and picking up goot
workmon as we'll az importing ma
chlnery and appliances for tin-platl
making
This leading industrial Englisl
paper evidently finds no cause for cen
surfing the United States for pursuing
this course 1t only finds fault with III
English and Welsh manufacturers 70
shuttlng down their works ard giyin,
tho Americans an opportunity for taA
ing away thor best workmen and bes
machinery.
But II we are to believe the Ever,
Evening and other free trade jonrnala
there Is one cause for the serious ar
prehensions OF the Ironmonger. Their
never has been, is not now. never wi
be any tin plate manufactured 1
America. II this be true then the lin
plate industry in England and Vale
can never be injured, and all tho fret
ting over it by English journals /
grataitous and out Of place. Tho Iror
monger should send an aceredlto
agent to Wilmington and PHILADELPHIA
to consult with the tin plate editors Q
the Every Evening and the Record, bt
fore il publishes such diseolraginj
news Of the future OF the tin plate in
dustry in its own country.
We RAVE been under the impresslo
chat arrests for debt were long az
abolished In Delaware, hut we sec b
our morning contemporary, that tw
arrests were made or debt yesterda
land both parties were released on ri,