New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-05
PART II.
PAGES II TO ID.
AMERICAN TINPLATE..
DEMOCRATIC LIES ABOUT IT DENIED.
LOTS OF 1T MADE IN THIS COUNTRY AND PLENTY
MORE TO BE MADE If HARRISON

LOTS OF 1T MADE IN THIS COUNTRY AND PLENTY
MORE TO BE MADE IF HARRISON
AND REID ARE ELECTED.
Messrs Phelps, Dodge 4 Co. have been quoted n
various Democratic newspapers declaring that No
tinpate was made In this country. In paper they
are quoted follows: Mr.. Mckinley knows, as wen
we do. that there Is tDplate made In this coun-
try. We sell great deal Of american tinplate,' but
there Is absolutely nothing American abou It, except
The wooden box 1t is shipped in and the nails which
hold the box together Yet the members of the firm
have issued circular saying that they prepared
furnish TO the trade American nplate in quantities.
and recommending IL as Of excellent quality and suit
able to customers.
A reporter Of The Tribune called at the ofhce Of
Phelps, Dodge a Co., Nos. IL and 10 Cifst., this
city, get the facts and learn In what they had
been mlsgs presented. The members Of the firm, how
ever declined to say anything whatever upon the
subject. ono OF the firms circulars has been seen In
the once Of The Tribune. declaring the firms readi-
ness TO furnish the plates and recommending them.
Other dealers in the same lines Of goods Phelps,
Dodge Co. have been surprised at the statements In
the Democratic newspapers regarding American tin,
purpOrting " come from members OF that firm. Among
them Is Il. r. De Mlt, Of II. X. De M,lt & Co., No.
a3s Waterst. When asked BY Tribune reporter
yesterday whether there any genuine American
tinpate produced in this country he said: "0f
there is, and plenty OF 1t. do not see hoe
any firm in the trade, knowing the facts as II should
know them, can say anything 20 the contrary. 40
cordng to the statements Of the manufacturers,
shown by the report OF Ira Aver, Sp cia AZ nj OF the
United states Treasury, dated october - last thrytwo
works in operation during the three months end
Ing september 80. That the first quarter OF the
fiscal ear They produced 10 s52 72o pounds Of tin and
terne plate proper. OF this amount 502O,Oe2 pounds,
or more than "a per cent, were from American made
steel plates 3,0il 1857 pounds, or about oneird OF
the whole amount. were bright tinpiates. while the
rest roofing tin. This, bear in mind was the
product OF the last three months only, and includes
nothing Of last years product. The report has been
published throughout the country, and must be known
to all DESTROYS Of learning the facts
"Have you any American tin for saei"
asked.
yes, answered Mr.. De Mllt, large quantities
Of both bright tin and terne made by four different
msnufs cturers. All Of these manufacturers make
their black plates, and do every part OF the
work from the steel billet which is American to the
finished tuplates. such plates are, of course, AZ
much American any made In England are English"
How On you account for the statement said to
have been made By Phelps, Dodge Co., that In
the American tlnplate sold b. them the only things
American the wooden boxes In which the plates
packed and the nails which hold the boxes to
setherl-
alt Is difficult to believe they ever made such a
stafement,' replied Mr. De Milt. :" As 10 the plates
they sell, II may be true that the black plates are
inn ported and are timed here But II that be true,
America produced more than the boxes and nails
The plates when imported were mere sheet steel
They were timed here. and thus became tinpiates.
The coating also is principally OF lead, and that
certainly Ia American. There Was also something
American about the transportation to and from the
Timing works in Pennsylvania That was bene-
fetal 10 some American workingmen. The firm, too.
has advertised the plates Hs American Here Is one
Of the firms circulars, which reads follows:
American roofing Plates manufactured exclusively
for Phelps, Dodge d. Co.. OF New-Yorh. Apollo Best
Roofing. All made from the best Semens-M Martin
steel, with an extra coating OF tin and lend. We now
recommend this brand of roofing plate TO all parties
wa nting good and durable roof at fair price,
You seen continued Mr.. DE Milt, 1T is not called
American roofing tin. but American roofing plate. IL
was plate before It timed II II was American
plate before The timing process Certainly ms" p
Lsufn Apollo brand Of rnpate Is cer,anly American.
Denial. and protests against The iase assertions o!
% b psp5S anS Sm and
cutters OF tin In all parts Of the country stephen
city one Of the largest cutting firms in this country.
made an interesting statemsnt based on personal In
poer ye.erday ST. Gna has been frotectonss
for thirty years, but he y no blind partisan. Two
o s d ssSsy sR'SsS RSTSH
against the interests Of the business In this country:
AT that Time ne went TO washington ana appeared
before the Ways and Means Committee In endeavor
to q modification Of the duty. lie was open
to conviction however and when the tnplae industry
began be established In this country. under The
operation OF the Mckinley law be frankly admitted that
he wrnng
Yesterday he said The terne plate for roofing
now produced In this country 10 Very superior
article 1t Is being turned ont IN large quantities ard
Is sale nearly everywhere. Bright tnplae. or tin
plate proper made In this country. cannot be bought
In quantities I'm open market, II IS true but II Is not
because the unpate Is not bein, produced here Many
OF the leading Arms manufacture as well rs cut their
tinpate and II Is because the manufacturers use their
product that the general market IS not supplied
II must be remembered that the industry In this
Is young yet. Ii costs between 100000 and
$500. 900 TO establish plant and many manufacturers
merely waiting for improved machinery. Yankee
ingenuity has already Invented machinery superior 10
that used In Wales and the limit OF perfection has BY
no means been reached.
The difficulty Is not In dipping The plates. but In
rolling the Iron plates down TO 20 To :'e gauge We
are producing 4 large proportion OF the amount
CONSUMED. and BY next year there Will be large
Us am confident he Will b.. predic' that the entire
factories during his Administration. The price Is
about the that Of the imported - cle formerly.
| expect 70 see q repetition Of the conditions which
marked the establishment Of the manufacture OF steel
rails. There will soon be lively competition among
American manufacturers. and the price will gradually
20 down lower than II ever was
1T WILL RE- A GREAT PARADE IN RAILWAY