New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26
NEW.JERSEY AND PROTECTION.
TALKS WITH ESSEN COUNTY BtSlNES>
MEN.
MAKING TIN.PLATE THAT II BETTER I'M
WHAT USED TO BE IMPORTED

feeling IN thar business the good enec's !" '
McKi..y ;arIH act. especially in its b'arihe Oh mo
lin. pato industry A Tribune reporter talked "a''
s.rersl Of the leading dealers IN metals as wei n
with some o, the principal plumbers Of that county
and fonnd them enthusiastically In favor I" the NC
u,u,ov or, and hichly encOirag about tn-plat''
lanes A. Coz one Of the leading dealers III ir"h'
tin and other metals. in Newark, said 70 irio"ii
reporter: "When ! IA Europe In june "s'' MI
English manufacturer said to me that he did hO' see
why the two great parties In America sho"d DE- us
cussing the tariff for he satisfied that steel beis
were being sold In Pttsburg at as low price as the
English manufacturers could afford to make and sell
them for and rs he understood the matter. wages
cere higher In Pfttsburg than I'm England, therefore
he did not why the two great parties sho"lh MAKE
the tariff an Issue In tho Presidential campaign. In
th statement OF the English manufacturer you have
picture OF the effect OF the Mckinley tarif ac-high
wages and a low price for the finished product
An lmportjng agent representing large mill In
Wales continued Mr. Coe. has refused US the quota
lions OF prices iron plates which are used III The
manufacture OF tindates. the agent FEARING that we
would dispose OF these iron plates to parties IN ms
country who dipping plates and placing them on
the market rs American tin. The Welsh concern eX-
pectcd to use their product In tlnplate pant
which they are TO establish In this country.
Yo,i can OF course appreciate the disadvantage the
smaller manufacturing concerns ar" placed AZ III
specifying for supplies three months III ADVANCE Vi
their actual reauIremens which Is absolutely neces
sary when ordering goods from England. The quaint
ties which they would necessarily have to specify Tor
in placing a quotation order would have to be much
larger than those which they could easily secure IN
two weeks time from American mills Competition
between nearby mills IS an advantage TO the con-
sumner that is not fully appreciated yet. ~ is just
like hs-if there ten grocery stores within 10"
blocks Of your house. you can get your groceries
much cheaper AMI better than II there were OILY one
mill nj
so II IS with the tin plate business. II the Mckinley
tariff act calls into existence a number Of tln-pate
factories I'm the United States YOU can buy your I'M
plate much more cheapy than II yon have to depend
upon one or struggling concerns In this country
or go across the water for II.
Here IS another instance Of the benefits OF the Nc
Kinley act,p added Mr.. Coe. we buy one Kind of
English steel for Instance. II comes to US through
an importing house whose business it Is to see that
prices ar. sustained and Johl ers protected. II we
could get this steel In America W" should do much
I'm the matter OF prices at least our customers
would for think there Is more profit for the middle
man In handling foreign good am SUR that my
competitors will agree with In saving that there
is a better profit for mddlemen In handling foreign
goods and that the consumer who buys American
goods of middlrman AT 4 smaller perr"tac" OF
advance the elna cost price. Is let In on The
ground floor
Ezra G. Williams Of IIiudle 4 Williams. plumbers.
OF Orange f. an enthusiastic advocate OF the benefits
OF the Mckinley act. Hi c.abl hmcnt /, one u the
oldest In the county. having been founded over half
century ago BY A. II. Freeman. whom this firm snc-
ceedcd. Mr.. Williams asked the Other da' how
the Republican policy OF Protection had benefited his
line OF business. and he replied
Twenty odd years ago. wlen entered the employ
Of Mr.. Freeman In thi' verV store. he WIS blNine
black shec, iron at q. : and cents a pound. ana
galvanized iron nj II. - and II cents pound
Price, are Ices than half Thee rates N"i Of tho
black shectlron wa, made In England ia those days.
and can see the boxes now In my minds they
used ~ come Into the Store marked TINS. 'l-l-l3.
meaning one hundred weight lpf 1l@ pounds. one
quarter tor twenty eight Poundsl and Twelve p'und-,
cQuanng ~ pounds. american shcetiron was rarely
used iu those DAYS. In consequence" 81 III" taun'
which shc Republican tarlr placed iron from time
10 time ! saw the price ~ imported iron 90 mp saw
our own iro' mdusthr- -tmillted. saw vast Iron
works built In VariO, parts ~ The country, until 10
da, America can compete with any nation IN the void
IN her iron Industries. At The same time the price OF
iron Is one half ~ what IL few ngo while
~ ign iron has been practically driven ont OF the
market and American irpn I, ~ a superior q1ahS
The laiins Of former Republican Administrations p'
irctcd and iusescd the iron Industry and encouraged
among the American manufacturers. ana
the result Ia, been just Alexander Hamilton pre-
dcted It would h. when be WRIT" on th" iaiif Ii"s
ton hundred Years 40 the Stimulation 0i orr own
Indt, iIies and the reduction Of price, coupled with
an Increase OF wages, 1ie benefit 10 The con 'nmrr j.
equally marked. I could give Sou many instance.
but viii Give Won Olc very hOnely Illustration thii
every housrkeepcr viii appreciate. WhcIr few Year.
ago the consumer paid ~ and l. cents pound for
stovepipc. lie now pays 10 ana /" ceuts.
But added MIR. Williams. ons Of the greatest
effects Of the Mckinley act IS seen IN the manufacture
Of lin plate In this country. Already American com
petition, stimulated by the Mckinley act has resulted
in The making of superior grade VI lin plate in this
country at reduced pilcr. our firm has used re
Gently several hundred dollars worth OF American
tin plate. and ind IT exceedingly satisfactory.
Mr.. IIlndlc Of our nrm who has had forty years
pcrence, declares that it is equnl to any he ever
used. and that the imported TN plate was getting
poorer all the time. lie says that the American tin
plate is good the best imported. that it Is loft
and easily worked. well coated and that Che coating
Is smooth and shows itself be perfect. lie also
SAYS that the plates take solder kindly
Mr.. HInde, who stood by and heard the conversa-
tlon heartily Endorsed all his partner said, and Dir.
Williams resumed
"The amount Of money paid annually into Eng
land for tin plate WIS s23,00O.OO. which
would support town OF 2OO,Do In
habitants very well continually year ago
II WAS almost Impossible to find any one who would
admit that lie used American tin-p plate. To-day there
are several large tn-plate factories In Philadelphia,
Iittsbnrc and Clevelund and ! understand that one
/, being started In Elizabeth. Another illustration
Of the benefit OF the Mckinley act occurs 10 An
~ acquaintance OF mine, by the name Of Billings. is the
inventor OF IA spiralsprng pipe bender, which made
In several sizes from inch TO an inch and half
In diameter which Is used 70 insert In lead pipes IN
order TO bend them and give clean and even in
terror surface. This invention Is OF great TO
plumbers IL is especially valuable la making -" traps
in houses and the invention IS IN great demand Mr..
billings desired ~ introduce this article In England
and went there with n model but did not take any
of the springs with him. suppOsing he could have them
made much cheaper and equally good over hew lie
went 10 Saltcrs's large works In Birmingham and
showed his model. The man 10 whom lie exhibited
IL expressed his admiration and called In the fore
man. who tested the spring and commended II. When
asked BY Mr. Billings what lie could make 10000 OF
for The EngliSh manulactumr asked for