New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-22
AMERICAN TIN-PLATE.
SOME IMPARTIAL EXPERT TESTIMONY RE
GARDING IT.
uHE INDUSTRY HAS PASSED THE EXPERIMENT."

VHE INDUSTRY HAS PASSED THE fxPFi'i MEN
srAGE-EvERY GRADE AND QUALITY OF
r1S-pIATE. AMERICAN MADE. NOW
on THE MARKET
From The American Architect ana i'"''""e
TENDER "a advance sheets =,
M, since war dimes when military eAse". "a
ropded the rondd production Of war hi'e''"' .n,
equipment has there been wi'nts"eu u ri,cb are
as is now presented In over NV ~ ,, the pro-
willing TO ion In the effort to ch''T upo"
duct,on Of material for tinplae ana lo' Vo",o ,ho
49, ,na mills now rolling black sheets are lao
.s ,ron md Steel Works, PittsDure' '"o
rn,tod states Iron and Plate Company D'"
Penn the American Tin-ilae Oon'p@,''' va,I,o.
Ohio P Lauf InaIss Co; ONO a0i the American Tin
p,sn company. Of Ewood, Ind Marshall Mil
PPS iSm Penn; the Evansville E0i'"s "''''
ew Works under erection fer g rH1s OF psnG
ghis ais Co. ElizsbetIlport. n. j., and at ,as
tsty Ind. both works wi use imported p's end Vai
6ns Sspsy oh 10: sR ne nm I'm
Plate Company Of Camberlssna MS of aHa newcastle
Penn. IN, ,o, ora e,e,, manufacturers il Is
,,rnd That very much depends as 20 me lu,u,u M
T 1Uam Of capital the making and p s9anHg 81
plates on the outcome OF the aaen inr.rs is that
ecf foSg years more adhesion TO existing policy can
be that many w9Ts VIA and Dc large amount
81 capital invested in this Industry
rUEINpUsrRY NOT \ MYTH.
7, there were any occasion for me
continuation OF the importation OF Pi'.
,han some reason might exist for the assertion
~. ~, ,ndus,rv Is MYTH to use favorite term oil
hostile critics But there IL nothing 10 be- saiheu u!
e,cn luportatolis. American mills can under eA'sV
Ing duties, turn out " good, and In several aunenu
ts S "ase better plates than be. or at least nav
Sa t1rmisheS rom abroad, In short American mag,
ss of Tin and ierne plates have already pfoveu U; -
npat that tie question Of meeting the entire ;Nr
Is
and equip them, and they are gong anot MI h.ivcn
R TsS and St. Louis Those who write tia'
dens1dtnce upon foreign plates WI cOnuh.r " o.,
HSI hc 81 so,nr 81" among TIE rolling mill Interests
Reliance on foreign plate Is temp pm ,1r mn hy magic
WDon the signing BY tile President q The act cr;an r
tie Industry L those familiar % se TO ," ss. ready
to make plates timing plant is coi@ S W. ssp p
sy and can ,s Be , S.h ep pat nP and s1 1 sG
nnd sSil 10 put 1t in operation The csta6ls nne'
Of this industry need not be questioned When W ,In Ve
Why. Under duties it should not thrive There Is i,
nothing mysterious or difficult III the ~ &c aispn
them into molten metal when made ms Is an oslt
,iet American Ingenuity and skin UNEQUAL to the
task Of producing billet rolling II into plate s o re-
red gauge and then sSs inf IN 9G molten pn ea e'
WHAT has been done in this direction iher. are
rsie or ready to roll 1t. There other works,
Some Of them very large having enpmen.s 80; TS
establishments not dreaming.
PRICES WILL DECLINE.
1t Is represented that the advances Will be main
tanned and that the price WIN remain as nuch his"'i
than the former price as the Increased dute' WI"
allow The anaoges OF logic are against tHlS ass
ton and the history vi the American economic poicS
centradics superstition or deduction that t!v hl
IMPLICATION Of works and the expansion OF output VIII
not BE i0iS SS,S II Ssss rs Rr'i basd is that
prices viii decline under the competition that wall III
evinby arise under the strong auctn-nlS TO inang
focturcys held out by the 30 cents per pound ta.i
The 1865 cents duty hlackplates i also believed 70
be sufficient to stimulate mil capsch., ana siso nd
hand u.,.
i9len there is the cry Of ~combnation.7 While
trembling over this possibility II should BE- remembered
That there between 400 and oOo rolling mills In the
tler is an abundance OF er!a and skilled labor
st nand In other words there are too many possible
no, ,bc OF these mills reaty are now rolling sheet
iron, and with very little adaptation can turn out
The fact has already been brought that American
makers turning out timed plates inat are more
hci than any that have ever been omported Ine
is taken in rolling; sometimes finer fuel is used Then
In the Timing operation the coating Is mad. light o.,
- heavy, to suit and Is more evenly distributed me
~ foreign makers having had monopoly for 50 long be
came careless Indifferent Already radical changes
" hsvr been introduced in American mills In the various
Stages of manufacture and coating. OF the labor
'r,ofre done slowly and llreglarly by hand is now
being done expedtously and with mechanical exact
By machinery
OBJECTIONS FAIRLY CONSIDERED.
1t would be untrue and unfair TO soy that
Disadvantages will not be suffered through the tempo
rary enhancement Of prices. The canning interests.
which use one-alf OF the tnplate imported, complain
that II prices are enhanced to the extent OF the duty
they will pay several millions Of dollars year more
for their cans, and as they argue VIII suffer In IT
unccd business The farmers VINO rails me products
prc,s. While the consumer Will suffer from higher
prizes. OF these niercnceS, experience shows
nrp only tleOre iCGl. IA
VIII iuFn out to be. 1ne assumption That higher duties
iciid TO be true but IN tie great majority OF
..omlctllion has played havoc with the theory ana
1t is not the purpose Of this Statement; to present
he matter from Ia" STANDPOINT OF au advocaS-nor
however. TO avoid the outward appearance OF
saeanes III. Iae tone o. he articles w!ien by no
benus or masn .rs,ar: than 2 clearly and wita?a;
prejudice present facts. Developments. and reaoonabe
probabilities. The great teaT seems 10 BE- that another
hig1iy protected American Industry I, about 10 be
are hereafter to be paid for homemade TIM aie; tha;
heavy inspirations will continue, and rat the pro
important proportions. Without departing from the
f dcn 8, ps G TeanSs aa os FEW IN
tii. country ridcncd oli sides. Recent tests
sq1als. II no. exceis. the finest product Of foreign
workshops. and about The .srie cost. Even the
a beyond The skill Of me American rolling nil man
thirty years ago 1t IS dangerous 70 ate ne posi-
duclng anu timing plates is 10 Ne found in Wslcs
weishmen are nockins TO this SIDE: the best Welsh
appliances are 10 De tonnd In OF works
already, while the improved machinery and appliances
ard methods now ho'ng introduced. point 10 the
Enlistment OF this Industry n basis much superior
to shat which II ever reached abroad
RESULTS or DEPENDENCE CroN ENGLAND.
Something coulr be said arang exclusive de-
ptndence upon foreign makers II necessary -
support for independent attitude. Their
monopoly led TO more or less Indifference and poor
UDrkm l. a. ~ an char.
ncter at times In the correction " Il IS not
easy 10 discover good arguments why
the 63,OOOOoo People on his side o; the Atlantic
hOHld continue to depend ninety Welsh tin
plate works for such essential article tinpiae