The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-06
ABOUT TIN PLATE.
Talk With Mr.. a. Bernardo, an
Evansville Gamer, a bout the
ssAmerican" Product.

"American" Product.
Evansville Courier
II A great deal OF talk has been indulge
lin 10 this city during the past week rela
} tive TO Tin plate, or, more properly. 4
American tin plate. IL has been elaine,
that the American tin plate Il beinl
used by : certain mandatory Ia th
}. city and many persons have beIfevsl
these asssrtions, strange to say, but the,
have been mislesd, and II remsins fol
The Courier 10 Get the matter right Ii
the eyes Of the public.
| A reporter for The Courier called q
the Office OF the Bsrnardin Bottle CAP
Company yesterday afternoon, tor Il
had been stated this company is using
nothing bot A merican lin in The mann.
facturs OF their bottle caps. This firm
is one OF the Iargest OF its kind in the
West and they do an immense business,
manufacturing bottle caps for several
large bre wsrs 10 Chicago. Nil v sukee and
other cities.
NJ. A. Beraardin, President OF the
company, was q the Office when The
Courier called. The subject OF tin was
mentioned. and . smile lit up the lace OF
the gentleman. aud he was heard to
wink the other eye"
"Yes." said Mr.. Bernsrdin, Eve have
used American tin in our works. the
very large amount Of twenty-five small
boxes We are not, however, using Il
now, despite the assertions Of some per.
s0ns 10 the contrary
''JuM now we are making all our goods
from tin imported from England. or
g-~~.
why don't you use American tin"
"The resson 10 very simple" be said.
We can't get American tin. We should
Be very glad II We could. how ever, for IL
would make great saving TO us in d
year."
~It seems to me the public have been
wrongfully misinformed on this subject,
and q the tin tariff Il . sort or bug bear
to ne, don't mind doing what can TO-
Get them right, for no matter who the
shoe hurts, the truth should be told In q
matter ~ important - this.
1T has been stated that the Bernardin'
Bottle Cap Co., 10 using nothing but
American tin in their product Well. III
We were, the product would be sw fully
small. However, We have used Ameri.
can D-made lin. On July 3. 1891. We re-
ceived q our factory two boxes Of Amer.
tin from the United States
Iron and Tin Plate CompsDy Of Demm-
Ter, r.. There were about forty sheets
10 each box, in size eighteen inches long
By about forty in width.
'.On July ~ We received 20 boxes more
Of the same product from the same firm,
but only after constantly begging i6r II.
The first I"t cost ua SD 20 and The sec
Dnd Was $l0O. or IS per box That l. allll
he American tin We have been sble To-
get. although have written 10 every al.l
eyed factory in the country. They ALI
have the same answer. We are not ready
o s0pply the demand yet have been !
waiting for some time 10 hear that they
rs ready, but I have waited in vain. Il
s'H0Wever. think the time 10 coming /
vhen We can get oil the American tin
ve want, and q reasonable prices, tool
sut the only relief tin consumers canlI
ope for 10 the repealing Of the robber|i
arif. The duty We must pay on I'm. '
orsed tin amounts to about o2O per daylu
o ne. which in . year would aggregateIb
be enormous sum Of t6,tOe. Before the I
lckinley Law Us adopted II amountedlf 4
D less than 5000. II
a few weeks ago I purchased 557|c
oxes Of tin plate from r. g. Wheeler, odlI
lev Haven, Conn, : prominent tinl
r0ker. he representa- the firm NJ Hum II
hrey 4 Sparrow. Of Liverpool, England, !
tho selIs any amount Of lin In thisltI
ou 0try. all manufactured In Wales. iii
aid on this lot 81. .2SO.67 duty. The tin, .,
freight cost o3.l86 20. You'll
70 readily see how much The duty alopeh
Ill cost NJ In years time. Ia
II am President OF the Indiana Can.lO
|Dg Company, and can also tell you|b
'mething about tin on that account. lir
Or tin cans will this year cost us t6.OO0I
ore than they did 10 1890, and this -. la
g 90 the increase 10 the duty la
WHO 10 20 pay this increased cost. NJ IsI
srOardin 2" Ia
The American consumers, Of course 1lfu
Brief Them Properly. 70