Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-12
THE TIs-pnArE SPINDLE.
The Tax Equivalent of Bounty of Over
sc a Pound on tho Home Product


Ihe TAX Equtvhient OF n bounty oil over
ss a Pound on tho Home Product
Phlla. Record.
The advance in the duty on TEMPLATES
made in the Mckinley tarff-from one
cent per pound to two and two-tenths cents
per pound--was such scandalous piece of
legislation that it was not deemed prudent
TO give II the appearance of permanence.
1t is bold offer of bounty Of $4,000. 600
to S2O,OO0.OO0 per year to manufacturers
who. shall set up establishments for coating
black plates, of either domestic or foreign
manufacture, with tin lead. This bounty
is to be paid by consumers The duty
went into effect July list. 1891, and it Is
provided that il after six years trial it shall
appear that the domestic production of
un-plate in any one wear shall equal one
third of the amount imported and entered
for consumption (dedncting imports re-
exported, on which drawback Is paid,
then the duty is TO continue. In case the
domestic manufacture should be less than
one-third of the quantity Of imported tin
plate consumed in the countryin any one
Of the six years of trial, then, after october
list, 1897, tin-plate Is to 20 on the free list,
Senator Allison predicted that in 30 days
after the offer of this bribe the tn-plate
dippers would be turning out Il good part
Of the domestic supply. Ever since that
time the newspapers have been filled with
the clainor of tin-dipping advertisers. The
Mckinley bill was signed by the President
October, 1890; the advanced duty OH TIM
plate went into effect July lst 1891, and as
there Is proposition now before Congress
To reduce the duty OH tin-platc to cent
per pound October LIST, 1897, and to put it
on the free list October LIST, 1891, the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury has deemed it prudent
TO secure from manufacturers sworn re-
turns of the output of their respective es-
Establishments. The returns thus sworn to
are as follows:
Pounds.
July lat, 1901, to September s0th, 1891. s2b,als
october ist, 1901, 10 December 3lst,
January ist, 1891, to March sist, soa.. so9i,os1
Total for tho nine months, ending
Mhfcn dlst' 1877. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 240,S3O
The same report states our average
yearly imports of TEMPLATES and terne.
plates as 61S,O19,O00 pounds Taking 300
working days IN the year gives US daily
consumption in the United States al
2,3O,WD pounds per day OF eight hours
Accordingly our total American OUTPUT
has FOR the three months ending Septam-
her 5pth, ls9l, been less than four hours
consumption, three months ending De-
cember list, lS'll, been less than five hours
consumption; three months ending March
3lst, la92, been less than l2hours consump.
tlon. or total for the nine months ending
March 3lst, 1852 less than three DAYS con-
sumption or imports. The total OUTPUT nj
present does not, therefore. seem TO edijal
one per cent OF our imports and consllmp.
ton, US proved by these reports, which
represent the best showing that can be
made for the infant industry.
Mcssrs. Z. 5. Trench A. Cor. metal i'm
p0rters OF New York, having made a
careful personal investigation. lind that
CUT OF the 10 firms included in the treas
uTy report only -four make the steel sheets
which they aftcrward coat with tin or lead;
and only four ont Of the 10 make ordinary
bright tin-plate such as is used for canning
ana domestic purposes; the other Is make
roofing plate.
To facilitate the establishment of the
tin-d'pping industry in the United states
the duty on the black sheets was reduced
ohe-teilth OF II cent per pound At the same
tihc mat the duty on tin-plate was more
IMAM doubled. by the importation of these
black sheets the most important feature of
the tin-plate Industry is retained in Great
lirltnin, whilst the people of the United
states are taxed outrageollsly to establish a
monopoly in the process Of coating the
black sheets with Tin and lead
The treasury report shows the insianifi-
canoe of the boosted tin.plate production
which makes such a show in the inter-
uhces OF the Mckinley orators and organs.
.lhd now that the truth is known il ought
TO spur on the Democratic House to Tie
passage of the act under consideration for
the reduction and ultimate repeal of the
tin-plate duty.