The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-08-07
WHAT EYPLAISs ~.

| The Mckinley tariff against compcii
tlon In tin~platc offers the American tin
plate combine profit q SO per cent. over
the price Of foreign TN delivered III New
York bafbor. The natural expectation
would be that TO realize This profit they
would hasten 10 pot American tin plate
on the market. yet after a long search for
American tin-pla.e In commercial qaaniI.
lies the New York Rsepiog Pest thus
summarizes the result;
The Yfijans went so far ne to say on
| April a that tie "Aucfican MARKET has
been so far illIed by American lin-pJate
az 10 compel The Welsh trust 10 shut
down" We continue onr search for some
OF this tin with renewed yigor after read
Ing this statement, and several American
tin consumers and dealers join us In IL.
One OF these, after spending several days
In vain efforts TO buy American tin, sent
to us, on May "A, an Older for the "entire
supply OF American tin plate for the trade
during 1891" accompanied by guarantee
Ito cut up In our regular trade all that
viii be made In just one week" Sc pub
lished ibis offer, which came from one OF
the largest firms Of tin consumers IN this
country, and solicited orders in response.
On May 20 We published for The frat time
the offer Of n l. Corr IL Co. foi 6,ooo boxes
oi American tlL-plaie, and a few days
later displayed posters with both offers In
our conn,Ing'reo,n windows. Yesterday
We published a second offer from n l.
Cort u Go. to.take 900 boxes a month
for 1ix months ircIn July TO December,
and another order from c Trench * Co.
for 6,ooo boxes during the same period.
Both Of these firms are dealers Of the
highest commercial standing, and both OF
them have been trying for months past to
find soine American tin 10 buy. They
can find 'tampies" and small quantities OF
Kind OF tin which nobody wants, but no
American TN in commercial quantities
They get. as We have, an abundance Of
personal abuse, but ro tin.
Where the price of foreign Tin Is TO be
forced UP So 20 hundred pounds by
taiia tax, 1t Is seemingly unaccountabie
that the TN plate combine docs not hasten
to collect this bonus, but Tie Re5abLc has
already suggested an explanation which
results Will probably show to be sufficient.
The .in-plate combine Is largely. Il rot
entirely. composed of men already firmly
| established In the iron business making
some form of sheet or plate iron, OF IRON
ware, with which Tin plate. which ls only
timed sheet-lron, completes. This eslat-
lished business is largely profitable already.
The tax against the competition of tin
plate with I, will make IL more so. The
amount Of tin-piate they viii make Will
depe nd on Tie profits of this, their regular
business In Iis relation 10 the possible
profits OF lin-pla,e making. They may be
able to collect the tin-Plate bonus without
making any considerable amount OF tin
plate through the effect Of the iIn-piate
AK In lessening competition with their
regular products. Or. under the tax,
they may find from time 10 time, in max
ing tin-piase itself. profit large enough
10 meet their views Of a profit that Is
worth their while as Iosiered iavorites Of
pa,ernal government.
This viii depend largely on how small a
profit the English manufacturers will
work for. They have way oil taking >
per cent. when they cannot get 20, and 1t
is very disagreeable TO fosi.rcd favori,es
who think competitions crime. Ameri-
can consumers canno. get around the tax
OF s. 20 a hundred on tin plate. The,
must pay il on every pound ,in pate i'm
porte.i, but the English manufacturers
may lower their American delivery prices
from so.per-cent to a a-per cent level of
ProtiI,or by close management and ingenu
ity they may cut down the east of produc.
ton.
All such matters are seriously consid-
cred by our fostcrcd iavorites. When
they see an opportunity for So per cent.
profit, they will make tin plate. When
the English manufacturers, by cutting
down both expenses and profits, set a
price in this markc, that has much less
than SO per cent in II for fostered favor
ties the fostered favorites will go on
attending to their regular business, though
they may offer newspaper articles on the
benefits of protection TO those who try TO
buy tin-plate of them.