New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
A BIG TEMPLATE FACTORY.
ANOTHER BLOW TO FREETRADERS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WORKS OF THE sOMERs
BROTHERS IN BROOKLYN, DUE TO THE
M'KINLEY TARIFF LAW.

Another hard blow has been struck at the Fre
Traders who ever since the PASSAGE Of the McKinleT
| Tariff law have been declaring With much noise that
no Tin pnte IS being made In he United states ana
1iat lifle or none will he made FOR n long time The
hes, proof Of the untruthfilneSs Of these statements
an b. secured at Third and Third 81, Brooluy H.
where one Of the mostcompetc and besequlppe1 TIN
| platte mills in the world stands ready 10 begin work
| lr fcw weeks II will he known a. the
-nnertin ~ Innte Works. and Will he opened
I'm the first week OF september. II Is owned by
| the firm u Somers BROTHERS, composed OF Daniel W.
| / l. and g. A. Soner, and their cousin, W. IL.
Atkinson. For several years this firm has owned ana
! operated successfully "A big un-boN factory In brooN
lyn which I, one OF the largest establishment OF IL
! l,,a In tho world The members OF this firm were
nonecrs I'm the manufacture OF tin boxes for tobacco
confectionery medicines fruit meats. etc. They now
| employ $50 hands I'm their brooklyn factory in the
manufacture Of tin boxes the firm uses about 10000
| boXes OF tin every year. They nrc numbered among
! the greatest American importers OF TN
Realizing some time ago that II would he a great
advantage 10 make their own tin plate somers Broth
ers decided to erect perfectly equipped tin-pate
works near their lin box factory. Accordingly, en-
cour,gcd by the passage OF the Mckinney a't' he
firm broke ground Third adjoining their present
factory for the works, which are Ia be opened few
weeks fence Foundations ten feet thick were lhid'
Today there stand, a tin plate pnnt which J. III,
/
| Of Wales has said Is the finest have ever sccn''
Tie main building Of tho pant l. $40 feet long and
76 tect vide II is two stories high and has n base
mcnt 20 feet deep. where the boilers ana engines are
| u NJ somcrs the senior member Of the nrm, accom-
nanied Tribune reporter through the building Yes
,erday Mr. Somcr, l. justly proud Of his finely
| o,uInncd plant Everything about the building Is
| .,hstar,laI and nrcproor 4 Coriss engine Of 1000
| horse nower tho drive wheel OF which weighs forty
Ave tons and will travel one mile and quarter In a
! minute will furnish power to the rolling
machines, The engine SHIFT Is 100 feet
| long. being 10 inches I'm diameter at one end and
10 inches at the other end Their few shafts In
Ame1ca as large a. this one. which Will be devoted
exclusively TO transmit power for the manufacture Of
American fin plate The engine and boilers are In
nloca and ready 10 be used OIL will be ued Tor
fuel There will be- great smoke stacks and chih
pcvs b~lchng forth smoke at all hours Of the day
MIR ssgners saws that II will be the clcaneSt tnpaio
plant In the world
N,A Of the machinery IS now in position and the
resi- is I'm the building and Is being put In place now
Already two timing machineo have been put IN
| positlon The furnaces have been completed for sew
eys weeks, Every labOrSaving device known In The
lin Industry can he found In this model MIL AVout
40 men will be employed and with the now LABOR
saving machinery they will DE- able 10 do the WORK oi
| a much larger number OF men,
.The capacty Of the MILL said Mr.. soners, will
u
| the lin plate we need for tin box business ana
have about . 600 boxes Of tin "A week which we shall
place on the market The mill will be opened during
the first week Of eptenber and in October 1t VIII De
| running nj Is fullest capacity ID. NJ. SNners' as
we'll ~ his brothers, has been Democnt for many
| years lie was appointed a Park Commissioner oy
| Mayor Chaplin The stand taken BY the Democratic
marty on the tariff has disguised Mr.
| somers and his brothers, who unhcslta'
| tngy declare that they will not vote Tor
Mr. Cleveland Mr.. Somers has resigned from tho Demo
| cratic organizations with which he has long oeeh
connected. Mr.. looks at the political situa
ton from n purely business point OF view Ills hrm'
| he says have invested 100000 In their tnplate
| plant as a business Investment. The Mckinley
law said Mr.. yesterday, "has made 1t pos
| sible for to manufacture un-plate here oy I'M
posing proper and judicous turin on tinpate. The
| cheap labor OF Wales made 1t Impossible to manu-
facture tn.plate IN this country
Mr. somers added that three OF the largest manu-
actureIs of tin plate In Wales had visited his plant
and nil Of them had declared that In construction and
equipment It was without all equal. "One Of these
gentlemen vas J. IL. Rogers. the managing partner
OF F. Norwood Co., proprietors OF the south Wales
and Cwmbwria Tin Plate Works. said Mr. Somers.
When he returned TO England his opinion OF the
American tin-pai industry naturally sought for.
Under date OF July Is, The London Iron and steel
Trades Journal. speaking Of the project OF f. More
wood & Co TO erect tin plate works near Newl ork.
prints an interesting article
The following extract from the article explains Itself
and why Mr. Somcrs cannot vote for Mr.. Cleveland:
Subsequent Inquiries proved that Messrs. More
wood CO. about buying the foundations OF such
an establishment within a few miles OF NewYork. and
a few weeks ago Mr.. J. II. Rogers. the managing
partner proceeded the states connection with the
matter. lie returned last week. and believing that Mr.
Rogers whose views as chairman OF the Tin