New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-24
PROTECTED TEMPLATE.
UOOD RESULTS PLAINLY APPARENT.
r. G. NIEDRINGHAUs TELLS SOME PLAIN FACTS
ABOUT THAT INDUsTRy.

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ABOUT THAT INDUsTRY.
F. G.. Nedrlnghaus. president OF the ST. LOUIS
Stamping Company, Is probably IN position "
know much about the manufacture OF uh-pAte III
America any man In the country, ana some vi Tue
facts and figures which he presents cannot ue upset
by the eetraders who will not admit that the manu-
facture OF tln.plate can becoue great Industry
here Mr. Nicdfnghaus's company the first TO
make tin-pate here after the passage OF the Mckn-
ley law and his factory has istd tons and tons
OF California tin and tin from the Black HIS he
also In n position TO know something about American
tin mines The American tin, he says, is the finest
article that can be found anywhere In the world and
As the methods OF production have been per
fcctod the mines here will BE- able TO supply the
entire American demand. The price of tn-plate has
not been increased account OF the tariff, he says,
but has decreased, and the industry secures sure
footing American soil the prices will go down In
time, when the methods of mining, manufacture, ETC.
have been perfected by American ingenuity, the
American manufacturer will be able in Mr.. Nedring
haus's opinion. TO compete the other side of the
water also with the English manufacturer.
Mr. Niedringraus reached New-York from 81.
Louis yesterday, and found by a Tribune
porter at OF his branch offices, at No. 90 Beck
man-st. Here is what he had TO say about the Mn
plate industry and the benefits OF the protective
tariff tn-plate:
owing to the fact that had been manu-
featuring fine iron after the process employed for
the manufacture OF sheets for plates Our com
pany was the first TO make tin plates after the
passage OF the Mckinley law. The Timing, how
ever, was done In a temporary shop until the com
pletion OF the new works, which have been pro
nounced by people familiar with the industry this
side TO be the finest works ever put In operation.
The present output of the company is about twenty
five tons per day of tin and terne plates; a little
over one-hah has been tin, and the balance terne or
roofing plates. Both qualities virtually the
same, excepting the difference In the coating The
un-pates are coated with pure tin, and the roofing
plates with two-thirds lead and onethrd tin, which
makes it more durable for outside The addi-
tons the company have since made. and are now
about ready to put in operation, will enable us To
produce at least forty tons per day. which will
imply daily expenditure directly and indirectly,
for labor and transportation, of about 5000.
1.-THE skill IN manufacturing tinplate lies In the
manufacturing OF the proper sheet iron. for the
Timing Is the smallest part of the manufacture,
which. being done mostly by automatic machinery,
be learned in very short time. Tin and roof
ing plates perhaps most of the people of the
United States know by this time, consist Of al least
90 per cent iron, and only per cent coating OF
either tin or tin and lead combined The common
est quality OF tin imported from England only con
tains coating plating Of tin not exceeding per
cent On the commOner plates made In the United
States the manufacturers have not dared to put on
less than per cent, and IN the better qualities,
called charcoal, not less than 5 per cent. All tha,
goes into making up the cost OF tin-pates, from
mine and forest to the finished state, is virtually
labor excepting the block tin used in plating the
sheet whlcn is imported from either Australia or the
Straits OF Ma,acca, where England also gets its
main supply, and costs the American manufacturer
more than his English competitor and this being
Imported duty free. makes up less than 10 per cent
Of the whole cost Of box OF tin-plate
zone OF the arguments OF the Democrats In OPP
there is block tin found In the United States. IN
which II may be stated that block tin is
produced in California and also In tie Black his, but
since the discovery OF immense quantities of Tin In
Australia the has been reduced onehalf and is
now probably the most Improbable metal that can he
mined.
q II is very natural that the English manufacturers
who have held the United states market unplstes
indispu;ably for centuries ! might say are now re-
sorting extraordinary retain the American
market In order, If possible. to prevent kill Of the
young industry now struggling for existence To
this. the secretary Of the Tin Plate Association
IN England, in recent meeting, recommended that
the worknen should work for One-half price and the
manufacturers orego their profits. and after destroy
ing the industry ~ the United states make their
price The English manufacturers selling tin
plates to the United states for less than onchalf they
did twelve years ago. and unless there protection
10 the American manufacturers the Industry could
have been started be carried through WITH
The present price, however, at which the Amer
manufacturer sells his plates t. less than The
average price which nplates sold for the last
twelve years.
Now the question TO whether protection really
protects labor may be answered in his plain sta emen
The American manufacturer pays for labor $50 per
cent advance, two and bali times the English
prices, an avera &c duty tin.plates OF perhaps
Is per cent the relation Is true OF all other
manufactures OF iron and steel under which re
facturers. duty Of 40 per cent pay out from 100
10 80 per cent advance In al kinds Of labor that
e. 10 make up the cost OF Iron and steel. The pro
tective duty Is absorbed by labor, but we gain IN
precedenfed advantages In natural resources. with