The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-09
An Industry That Was Never Even
Possible Before the Mckinley Law.
4 Democratic Editor Admits that His Party
Has Determined to Prevent the Success of
Tin-PIate Manufacture, if Possible.
TIN-PLATE FOREVER.

TIN-PLATE FOREVER.
II VIII Be Impossible 10 Throttle the Enter
prise I'm the United States.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON. Ind, Aug. S.-Tin-plate is
about to be manufactured here on a wider
scale than ever, despite all slanderous
statements to the contrary. Every man.
woman and child in the United States has
heard more about the subject of tin plate in
the past year than in any previous twenty
years since the great Republican principle
of protection became burning issue IN
this country. No other industry has been
so we'll advertised and mono so maliciously
reviled by Democrat orators and tho
Democrat press since the Mckinley bill
became o law. The name ''tin-plate
llar' has become such another by-word
in manufacturing sections as that of ''cop-
perhead" or "carpet- Dagger" were during
and since the war. One falsehood after
another has been piled mp 30 rapidly and
with such bitter persistence as to bewilder
IL not puzzle even the best informed read
ers on this subject. unless. perchance. 1t
was one residing in the neighborh0od
of tIn-plate industry, struggling against
monumental odds to become firmly estab-
lished.
Nowhere. perhaps. has there been .
meaner fight against the manufacture of
tin-plate than right here in Anderson,
where, scarcely moro than year ago. Mr..
g. B. Orvis established q tin-plste plant,
the first in the country, and began turning
out the product. something which Demo-
Gratis everywhere averred could not be
done. The Anderson Tin-plat Company is
only O modest concern compared with some
of the mammoth milllon-dollar affairs
that are already In existence on this
side of the ocean. Its entire capital is
less than 10000, 90 per cent. of which
is held by the founder who went into tho
enterprise believing that eventually it
would be . paying industry and one that
would pay handsomely. at that. To-day
Mr. Orvis said he had no reason for chang
ing his mind.
Between the 18th and 20th of this
month";" said he. 1--WE will start the works.
which have been closed down for repairs
and improvements. and will run night aud
day with four shifts of employees, turning
out ], 900 boxes per week."
MEANT ONLY TO DECEIVE.
This statement from Mr.. Orvis, in the
face of the report that tho works had been
sold at sheriff's sale last Saturday for debt
is another one of those bewil doring cir
cumstances which the public at large can
not understand without some sort of expla-
nation. and you may be sure no such expla-
nation will be forthcoming from Democrat
papers. notably the Indianapolis Sentinel,
which has already done 90 much to convey
the erroneous impression that the first
tin-plste mill in the United States" has
gone to the wall, thus leaving every body
to infer that all other tin-plate mills would
shortly follow suit.
The truth of the matter Is that the An
derson tin plate-works have not gone to
the wall, do not intend to 60 to the wall.
and. in fact, will shortly become all that
their founder has claimed for them. The
formality ofAa sherIff's sale which was gone
through with on Saturday was caused by
an insignificant claim of S1s1 and costs,
which small claim the company has no
shall decide that it is proper and Just.
were judgments filed amounting to less
than $1,000 in all, representing the entire
indebtedness OF the concern. OF this
amount over One-hslf, or, to be exact
S4.317.5O is claimed By Daniel Edwards, of
Swansea. Wales, for new machine unlike
any made in America. costing "a, 900, and
which Mr.. Orvis was induced 10 contract
for on trial 1t is to be set up. as said, on
trial. the first $1,000 to be paid when
the machine has been in successful
operation ten days and the rest in
three one-thousand- dollar Installments
every three months thereafter. That
machine is now being put in the works and
of course no part of the cost price is yet
due, since the machine has never yet de-
veloped that it will accomplish what is
claimed for it. The indianapolis Sentinel
made the claim that the plant was sup
Piled with imported machinery, yet this is
the first piece of foreign machinery that has
made it's appearance; AT the some time a
being manufactured by one of the largest
machine-shops in Indianapolis and an
other Indianapolis plant Is now building
new twenty-two-horse-powor engine and
boiler designed to operate the new machln-
cry. Said Mr. Orvis to-day:
AN AMERICN PLANT
1--WE are charged here also with import
ing our black plate and our workmen. to-
gether with tho palm oil, chemicals and
tin ore to manufacture tin-plAte. In the
first place. every ono knows that the
largest steel-mills in tho world are now
located In the United States, ana steel
plates for tin are being rolled at
q dozen different places. Secondly,
we have never imported workman
though we have hired Welshmen who have
been American citizens fifteen years. and
who came to us claiming TO understand the
business thoroughly, but whom we have
found could do no better than Americans
The palm oil used for polishing, of course
comes from Africa. where even Welsh
manufacturers themselves had TO buy
il. If the Creator had supplied Amer
lea with the raw material is could be
obtained here as well as in Africa But we
use very little palm oil, for the simple rea-
son that we have discovered valuable
substitute in good old American article
known as common tailow. and which as
sists to produce even a better polish
than the Welsh manufacturers were able
TO give their product. The chemicals
used are just one. sulphuric aoid. which can
ha mn IN sod hxre ho In.