The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-07
Marvellous Growth.

~ ltIty w sulu tnat protection IL on
trial before tho people OF the country
in tho tin plato duty. Tho free traders
themselves have begun to learn some.
thing about the operations Of the tariff.
There never was wiser provision OF
law made than that which puts a duty
on tin and terno plates, which is to re-
main on only on conditions. If those
conditions arc fulfilled then the i'm.
posing Of duty will prove a decided
benefit to the country. producer and
consumer alike. If they are not full
filled the duties cease to be operative.
It's worth while at brief intervals to
examine into the workings of that spe.
cial feature OF the Mckinley law Tho
Bulletin OF the American Iron and Steel
Company presents in agraphic way one
of the immediate results. From relia-
BILE statistics Of its own gathering, cor
roborated by those Of Mr.. Aver, special
agent OF the treasury department, it
shows that the production of American
tinplates in the third three months oflS0l
was considerably greater than in the en-
tire six months preceding. and in the
last three months it was almost as great
as in the other nine months of the year.
In the first three months of 1892 the
production exceeded the emit no output
of 1891.
That is a marvellous growth. In the
quarter ending March 81, 1862, 1,099,656
pounds of tin plates and 1901, 4Sl
pounds of terne plates were manufac-
tured in the United States, total OF
3,004,0S7 pounds. Reflect fora moment
what that means in tho increase of EN-.
ployment for labor, Of employment for
capital, OF business for tho railroads, the
miners, the builders Of mills and Of ma
chinery, the sellers OF things which 60
to the subsistence OF the workmen who
perform the increased labor. In the
country at large it is an item worthy OF
consideration. and in tho Wheeling dis
trict it is a direct and appreciable benc.
Git, u
TWAS recently stated on thu author
ity OF Mr.. Demmler that the tin mined
in California is entering the market,
and is found to be as good as any i'm
ported tin. 1t has been used at tho
Demmler mills by the thousands of
pounds, and is being used thern aud
elsewhere. This effectually kills the
free trade theory that tin can not DO
produced in America from American
ores.
But there is another favorite argu-
ment OF the free traders, echoed by the
Wheeling Register, which says it is, mot
yet profitable to manufacture tinplato
in the United States by dipping import.
cdblack sheet in imported tin" On this
subject General Manager G. B. Orvis. OF
the Anderson, Ind. tinplate works, says
that they have tried both the imported
and the American plates, and they find
that they obtain the better results with
tho American plate. At Irondalc, Ohio,
the extensive tinplate works use plates
Of steel manufactured, from the iron orc
to tho plates ready for dipping, in tho
Wheeling district. y Whoelingconcern
has sold hundreds Of tons OF steel to be
manufactured into tinplate, fact
which the Register well knows if it has
not been asleep or had its ears stuffed
with cotton and its eyes shut.
The fact is that tho current prints are
full of nowsof tho growth OF great and
profitableindustry, marvellous growth for
tho short timo in which tho Mckinley
law, which caused it, has been in effect.
Welsh manufacturers arc moving their
plants TO America bodily. and manu-.
facturers OF rolling mill machinery oil G
pushed to I'LL the orders from tin mills.
1.-The free traders must recognize tin tho
end. Then thoy will shy that, inasmuch
as tho price, of American tinplate is so
low that foreigners cannot compete with
the homo manufacturers, tho duty sis
not needed for protection, and ought to
DO removed"
In the meantime, no moan part OF the
unprecedented prosperity Of this coun.
try is duo to the marvellous growth Of a
new industry, directly traceablo to a
Republican tariff measure, which the
Democrats, had they tho power, would
hasten to repeal, thus dealing a death.
blow to that industry.
DAvESroRr, Iowa, seems to have set
3 tied reasonably we'll tho question Of a
pure water supply. Davonport's water
is drawn from the the always muddy