Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-06-02
IN PLATE HUMBUG.
Z. 4 AIMS OF THE M'kINLEY BILL
Is suoELy PUNcTURED.

fN< HU0C6I WV Sta1Ss
-. Tin IL Nothing More Than
Iron-The Canning Industry
..dv Injured-The Industry ''Fos-
" for the Benefit of MonopoIists.
r.A.ve rather impressive plate OF
~ before us as we write. It is of
y, ,hspe, Of easily handled size, and
,',relv coated. We are asked to
,s..that this is American tin. The
sh,t forms its base is probably
.s.n Where the tin which makes
.ine came from it is perhaps not
e 10 say, but we are disposed
N 70 hold that it was not mined
Al country. That there is any
.ihitthat the tin manufacture on
I, III Of Importance has been estab-
Slin this country; that we owe to
.ueKinley bill aid in the manufacture
E@to any considerable extent here,
A, Il We are to have it, it will be at
e acifce than paying good deal
!, money for our tin than if legisla-
IL let this matter alone, we do not
hpsar as we can get to the true in
rl.,a Of this tin plate matter. the
usuns to be about this: A remuner-
4 nd healthy business was being
= % In the manufacture Of tin
~ the American markets. The
hlk Of 1t was consumed in the
" d tin cans for the preservation
thBnd the packing Of other ma
lhstcan be conveniently handled
ittn this way. Nobody suffered
i Il many were benefited. There
\ ittk inducement to change the
udhm on which it was conducted
" dNire to do so. It is a victim to
knidIy Of certain men who did de-
nball n the government to help
y b their business in another
ldheim. Certain Pennsylvanians
uJhi there was q way to establish a
u non manufacture. They would
nhsn wiling to let this tin produc.
nilns, 90 far as it applies to canning,
tivn h the way Of their sheet iron
nA They used timed sheet iron
d1 lG roofing purposes, and wanted
gts monopoly Of that business.
Rsae told that we are manufactur.
mplak' So we are, such tin plate
ktNp have made the occasion of
article. It is composed of iron
n % tin. It can be manufactured
" anywhere. The chief thing nee
p n,ersss.e = ehee* Of iron and
1 IA solution of tin. and the. +;n
vi made. But those VINO make It,
w.. wta yaunt themselves upon
I1N Introduced a new article into
rinn production, are very careful
b state thstit is not a new article
lndcm production; it has been
austd kae for q period of about
Eten yeazh
hh 8 roof tin. Probably considera-
nirhia would have been done by
tddrt oset up one or two million
bin Pennsylvania through the aid of
anment legislation in this business
taking plate for roof tin, but not a
y much IS if those desiring to en-
rh II could have been induced to let
mng tn alone. To afford an excuse
tbs monopoly there was a great
fads about introducing the tin manu-
Hn generally in America. The great
|kd the tin manufacture here is the
unning branch of it. This tin, such
mhve been considering in this arti-
yes not apply there at all. The
y that form its basis are steel, not
They are rolled to a thinness very
l@ than this show tin which is
dif POLITICAL purposes. They have
BEEN made to any extent in this
may. OF the nineteen firms in this
dipping business. which the McKin-
VI claims to be its trophy, but
20 existed independent of it before it
laaed, but four make these plates
Y; the bulk are made of iron, while |
iex make the steel plates that are
saafy TO the tin canning manufac-
nposdble to force the country into
RoQuction with sufficiently high du-
alnoSt anything might be achieved
w way; but the effort toward it now
Gevous wrong to- the tin canning
ny and an inexcusable burden to
Sleat bulk Of the American people,
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