Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02

Iect or in charge of the preparation of
bill; on the contrary, the promis OF the
itself is that if America does not pro
duce with six years one-third Of its an
ual consumption, the duty shall then be
taken off This shows that the trainers
of the bill knew that 1t would take from
one to six years TO erect the mills aud
get them in good order for making a
large output.
Mr.. Borden's next statement, that no
plates have been produced for eighteen
months beyond a few IMPLIES for ad
vertislng purposes. is equally unbound
ed. | have before me a list of twenty
seven tin plate works, published by the
Timed Plate Manufacturing Associa-
ton OF the United States, Jan 8. 1892
with the capacity OF each per week and
the capital invested, which shows that
their joint capacity was about forty
thousand boxes a week, and that their
aggregate capital is about three million
dollars
have a letter statement, published
by the American Manufacture of Pitts
burg, ON the first of the present month,
giAng list Of forty establishments for
the manufacturer OF tin and teri plate.
or these, six are org anized, fifteen are
building and nineteen are running In
whole or in part The statement
adds
"Erom the detailed reports received
from the above firms aud from outside
information, it appears that these works
have week capacity, when constructed,
OF about 30 600 boxes week. Other
works contemplated which will prob
ably be built, aud which we have not
included in the above, will bring this
total up to $4,000 This is the capacity
actually operating or under construc-
ton at the present time, or for which
which plans are being drawn This IS,
at 4J weeks in the year, more than
three-fths of the imports into the
United States, and nearly one million
boxes in excess Of total consumption OF
Great Britain
The New York Sun, Democrat paper
of Jan. %, contains di. patch from Ell
wood, Ind, describing the tin plate
works Just established there by the
Jersey Tin Plate Company, of Briton
Ferry, Wales.
They are under the uperintendenCe
Of Mr. + Stanford, who has been max
ing bright tin for % years IN Wales Mr.
Stanford said: 1--WE shall turn out p
500 roXes Of American tin-plate day
by the first of May He further said
that the Demmler, Pa, Is making 1000
boxes of bright tin plate a week; the
work at Apollo, Pa are turning out 500
boxes a wees; Anderson, Ind, is making
500 boxes a week; the Neidringhaus
Company, of ST., Louis, is turning out
1000 boxes d week, and Somers of
Brooklyn is turning out large quantities,
] do not know how much" The sun
further said: "Elwood had about 1000
people two years ago; to day, with its
plate glass factory, natural gas, and tin
factory it shows 5000 people
also have before me statement by
the ~ & G.. Taylor Company, Philadel
phia, IN which, under date Of March s,
! they say
There is no question as all to our
minds but that the industry of making
tin-plate will be successfully carried on
| III this country aud assume large pro
portions in a short time. II has always
! been contended that the cheap article,
such as Gamers tin could not be made
in this country. We clearly exploded
! this impression not lllg since, by secur
ing the largest order that has yet been
placed for American tin, placing nearly
1000 boxes, 2Sx20 We we're in Competl-
ton with tho imported plate, and not
only secured the order on account Of
lower price, but we have since been in
formed chat the imported article as re
ceiyed oy our customer, all Of which IS
very encouraging hut not more so than
We expected We are doing everything
in our power to hurry forward the work
Of our new plant. which, when finished,
will produce an output that will satisfy
the most incredulous