Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-10-06
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 1892.
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The advance ia the duty -, liu r'a:ts
made in the Mckinley tarlf from one
.ent per pound Ia two and I'VE t,.nlhs
,ents per pounl--was such 9candi,iou-
piece of legi-lali,,1 that it was not ilr' IA j
prudent 10 give it the app.asarc, of pr
,nanence. II il bold offer OF a bauuty
81 $40. 900, 900 to 500. O00, 900 per year 20
manufacturers Who shall set up estallisll-
ments for coating black plates, of either
domestic or foreign manufacture, with
tin or lead. This bounty is TO be- paid hy
consumers. The duty went into effect
July |. 1891, and il is provided that il
rfter six years trial il shall appear that
tile domestic production of tInplale in
amy one year shall equal onethild of the
amount imported and entered for com
sumption (Ieductiug imports IT, exported
On which draw back is paid. then the
duty is to continue. In case the domes-
tic manufacture should be less than one
third of the quantity OF imported tim
plate consumed in the country in any one
of the six years of trial, then, after Dc.
tobcr /, 1897, tinrlute is 10 go ON the free
list.
Senator Allison predicted that in thirty
days after the offer Of this brhe the tin.
plate dippers would be turning oui u
good part of the domestic supply Eve4
since that time tue newspa pers haN e
been flied with the clamor of tin dip
ping advertisers. The Mckinley bill
was signed by the President October.
1900 the advanced duty on tinplntc
went into effect July /, 1891. When tie
hill WAS before Congress TO reduce tho
duty on tinplate to one cent u pound 10y
October |, 1892, and put 1t on the fro,
list October /, 1894, the Secretary of tic
Treasury deemed it prudent To secure
from manufacturers sworn returns of the
output of their respective establishments
The returns thus sworn to are as follows .
Pounds
July /. 1891. to September ~ lS9l... 81 -
October l. 1891, to December 81. 1891. |, 4n 81
January ], lsrs, to March 81 lSls.. 3.N tS.
Total for the nine months, ending
March ~, lS'@..,..,, \ ~ ~
The same report states our average
yearly imports of tinplates and terne
plates as GiS 000, coo pounds. TakinS SOC
working days in the year gives us II daily
consumption in the United States at p.
260, 200 pounds per day of eight hours
Accordingly our total American output
has for the three months ending Septcm
her 30, 1891, been less than four hours
consumption; three months ending lie
cember 81, 1891, been less than Ave
hours consumption; three months end
ing March 81, 1899, been less than tWc,va
hours consumption, or total for the nine
Iuontlts ending March 81. 1892 less than
three days consumption or imports Tbs
total outputrat present does not, there
fore, seem Ia equal one per cent of ou
imports and consumption, as proved ly
these reports, which represent the best
showing that can be made for the infant
Industry.
Nlessrs. G. s. Trench & Co, metal i'm,
parters OF New Yerk, having made Il
careful personal investigation, find THAI
ont of the nineteen firms included in the
Treasury report only four make the st,'ei
sheet which they afterward coat vita
lin ur lead; aud only four cut of the
nineteen make ordinary bright tinpata
such as is used FOR canning aud domestic
purposes; the other fifteen making roof
ing plate.
TO facilitate the establishment If the
tiu-dipping industry in the United States
tle duty on the black sheets was reduced
one tenth OF cent per pound az the
same time that the duty on tinplate was
more than doubled. BY the importation
1T these black sheets the most important
feature of the uhplate Industry is re-
ttined in Great Britain. whilst the p.a-
'le of the United States are taxed ont.
4 geously tu establish monopoly in the
process of coating the black sheets wins
tin and leal.
The rraSury report shows the msi<
Hiiicmce of the baastcd tinplate pro,lgc
tion which makes such show in the at
t.sranc,'s or The McKmly ors,toRs aud er
saas, And nov th,t tlp, truth i kpe,, =
Il ouEht 10 spur on the Dcn,ecrtsis,
'io,,S,' to the passage Of the act an,'e,
consideration tor the reduction aud Ulti
n,ate lppe.,l of the tinplate duty.