The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-16
Proved by tho Enemy.

occasion to draw instruction from tho
trade circular Of Messrs. Trench & Co.,
Of New York, importers Of tin plate and
American organizers OF tho foreign Us.
ISOLATION which socks to discourage tho
manufacture Of tin plate in this coun-
try and to array consumers against tho
effort to establish that essential indus
try.
From a circular issued by this con-
Germ it is possible to draw encourage
ment as woll as instruction. Taking
the exhibit made by Colonel Ayres,
special agent Of the treasury depart
ment, Messrs. Trench & Co. endcavor to
hold it up to ridicule. Here are the
figures showing the production Of
American tin plato for the periods
named:
July, l, 1891, to September 80. 1891 s26,gt2
october l, 1881, to December 81. 1sol-".1,4oC,s?l
january /, 1892, to March 81, 2.....".S.7o i,os7
Total for the nine months ending March
81, 30, $50
On this the free trade importers re-
mark:
The same report states our average yearly I'm
ports Of tin plates and terne plates as SIS, 0H0yof0.
Taking 800 working days In the year gives us a
s.sssS ,oo pounas psl day IN t u eis Saisea ss assora 4.
inGly our total american output has for the
three months ending September 80, 1891, been
less than four hours consumption: three months
ending December 81, 1891. been less thar Eve
March 81. 1892. been less than twelve hours con.
sumption, or total for the nine months ending
March q 1892 less than three days copsqqmlsion
Thetotal output at present does not therefore
cent 70 equae1 per cent OF our imports aud con.
sumption. a proved by these reports, which.
coming from the source they do. are unques.
tionable, and represent, the best showing that
can be made for the infant industry.
So far from being a fit object OF ridi.
Guile, the American tin plate industry is
seen to be making very rapid strides.
At the same rate of increase the pro-
ductlon by March, 1891, would be $780,
0t6,372 pounds. a quantity sufficient for
all our wants and nearly 100, 900, 900
pounds in excess of our present annual
average importations OF tin and terne
plates. The free trade figuring is in
fact a prophesy OF tho entire vindica-
ton of tho Republican policy which
seeks to create a new industry through
the encouragement OF a protective tar
if.
The circular of Messrs. Trence & Co.
says that in addition to the American
concerns using timing pots Same as
used in Wales, one OF these firms claim
to be using a timing pot of their own
invention" It was a prediction Of the
advocates of tho tin plate departure
that in no great time American ingenu-
ity would improve the machinery of
manufacture and lessen the cost OF pro-
ductiop, ms has been done in almost
everything cleo that Yankee wit has
lailhold of.
The came authority tells us, what We
knew already, that galvanized iron is
certainly being largely used where tin
plates were before" Some Of the re-
suits Of this are seen right under our
own eyes. The Etna and Standard
sheet mills have largely increased their
output and are enlarSing their capacity
by the erection of new mills. This
means more employment for labor and
more money circulating in this commIu.
nifty. Protectionista see a diAtinct gain
in these changed conditions. As one OF
them the ISTELLlaEaoER thanks the en-
envy for calling attention to these en-.
c%ouraginG features of the now departure.