The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-05
AMERICAN TIN PLATE.
An Immense Factory to BIO Started
Soon In San Francisco.
AMERICAN TIN is NOT 4 MYTH
Introduced for Campaign Purposes.
a Capitaiirt'B Visit to Wales aud
What he observation-disclosures Result
of the Mckinley BIZ =. Governor
Campbell Gets II Present from
Dcmmlar, Pa.

San Francisco, Oct. 4.-American tin.
plate is not n campaign myth. Major
Mckinley may look to this city Tor Il
substantial argument on the tariff and
Governor Campbell need not dispute
him, for there Ia no doubt 81 tho fuc,s.
One Of the most prominent and
wealthy manufacturers of this city is
soon to engage in the manufacture OF
tinplate on Il large scale. For the pres
cnt he wishes his name withheld from
the public, because, he says, he is soon
TO purchase u site for the factory and
does not wish to be besicgcd by real es.
tate agents or to have the price OF prop
erty which he desires to secure in.
creased.
Tho gentleman alluded 10 said that
four weeks ago he returned from Wales,
where ho found the tin making indus
Try stagnant Oh account OF the Mcliin-
Icy act.
EMPTY FURNACES AT SWANSEA.
an Swansea, the chief ~tin-making
city OF the world" he said, "therc wcrc
about sixty factories turning ont tin
plate when the new tariff act was
passed. These factories now stand
with motionless wheels and empty
furnaces, with tho exception Of Il lew
that are turning out orders Tor the local
trade.
81 went TO Wales with n view to
obtain information On the subject OF
tin manufacture, for | saw a promising
field for it in San Francisco. | managed
10 gain 4 knowledge OF the latest i'm
prOvcmcnts in the art, and purchased
some Of the new machines invented by
rs Edwards, which can he operated
by laborGr, and by the use OF which
there is L great saving Of time and
material. The patentec will send
mechanics TO this city to put up these
machines, and give instructions to the
hands employed in the factory. in
Wales the tin-maker earns SIS per
week and works about eight hours per
day, and Us our workmcn IRE more i'll
tclilscnt they should earn from so to
So per week. We intend 10 employ
about 200 hands rs soon rs our build
ing is erected, ind hope to have from
500 10 1000 1T work before the end OF
the first year"
"Wherc will you obtain your mate
rial?"
THE SUPPLY OF r.
"From Australia, San Bernarlino or
the Black Hills. Most OF the tin used
in Wales now comes from Australia. 1t
will cost much less to bring it here, and
i'll spitcot the tariff we can manufacture
to advantage, for we save the cost OF
transportation over the continent, the
cost OF boxing our product in a~ir-tight
cases to prevent it from r~usting, and
the insurance. Then the manufactured
tin from abroad often comes in bad con-
dition, for which the Government
makes no allowance, and is taxed at the
rate OF $3.50 per box. All this is our
favor.
Remember that tin forms not q
small part OF wlHn is known rs tin plate,
that is slieet-iron, or steel casted with
tin, and ii we are compelled to import
ore from Australia and pay the duty
upon it we will still be able to realize 4
good profit. | believe, however, that
We will be able to obtain all the ore we
want within the United States and will
thus be able to reap the benefit OF the
duty imposed on imported tin by tho
Mckinley act.
"Our market is right here. Fully
l,OO0,GOO boxes OF tin are annually COLI