New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-03
WHAT THE TARIFF WILL DO FOR Tin
ExJUDGE wHEELER'S ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
INTERESTS \ LARGE CROWD.

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INTERESTS \ LARGE CROWD.
illustrated political lectures are certainly popular
ru,lv 800 pcop, crowded into Wcndes Assembly
rooms In Forty fourth>t, near EighthaV''' laSl
night to listen to cxJudec John L. Wheeler mus
,r.tcd lecture on the tariff. and although the at
mosphere I'm the hall suifoca,ing, those present
listened patiently and Interested for an h"hr
and a half Tho stereopticon Views showed up we'll
on the canvas: and the speakers lecture, ~ u''l'
Was Interesting and instructive. 1t was also coh'
vincng.
Judge Wheeler presented many arguments III l"'oF
OF protection but the 10 WHICH he devoted ue
most time last evening the protection OF the TN
industry. lie said In part
When speak about tin and protection our
Democratic friend, ,ay that We are trying to protect
au industry not yet born Why, the tin industry h'-
been born several times in this country, but bec'se
IL did not have Mckinley act to foster its lis II
died one If the years In which It born was l-'2
Al Demmlcr Penn. TIN mills were built in that year.
But the Fng.hmcn heard about it and cut down the
price 80 that American tin mills had to shut down.
Again they started. and again the EhSl'iliIdii
with his - labor, forced the American uh NM
10 amt. ~ the Industry has been started again
and u VII I've lust 80 long ns the Mckinley law will
give It Me- aud FOREVER f,r that matter. if The Mckn-
lev law will only assist II along during the early part
~ it, existence.
And tbs TIN Industry means a great deal to you
and 10 me- II means tha, lnliou, 81 tons more Of
coal and coke than are now used VIII be needed II
mean, that 1000 900 feet OF lumber will De used
annually 10 pack the tin IN II means that $13OpooOO
morc viii be expended each year IN wage, thus
missing wasc, aud II also means that 10000 men Will
hc employed at the TN mills. and that means that
10000 people VIII be provided for. - much FOR an
Industry which the Democrats say Is not yet born
The lecturer presented fact, ana hgur', 10 prove all
the statements he made. and showed hN listeners illu
taiions Of the tin mills and tin mines which are now
In operation In This lie killed the argument
Of the Dcmoc rats. that there WIS not sufficient Tin in
the country keep the mills At work for any length Of
ume by saving that 1t had been proved that there was
enough TN IA one mine IN Wyoming alone 10 supply
all The tin that could be used In the United states
In Tie next 100 years.
We are not only making TN said eNJudse
Wheeler but we are making 1t IN commercial
quantities, and II the voters of the country permit
the = = 10 cents duty to remain tin plate rs the
Mckinley act provides, for several years, the mll4
in this land aud Will be sending large quantities. Of
TN 10 other countries. Already the American tin
Plate man has made Improvements In the method
Ut makins the goods, ard those improvements have
been adopted and being used in England.
The Democrats would Ike To- make believe
that the tafn Is going to ruin the country, when
the fact i that the tan hrs mad" America, not
the Anarchists would say country In which labor
being crushed out by oppression, but the best country
In the world. Ito people are better on than ANY
Their p0pulatiOn known IN history, ard the protective
anr has brought about such IL condition Of things -