The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-06
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eIAAKISG OFT A 2kW IEDGSTk1.
Conressnian Bunting, Of View York, d
Denoers: sho has in.rodzce5 bin pro-
Tiding for the repeal Of the tzrsT dzty On
tin plate; taas i. Mr. Bunting and his
party propose 70 throttle . nex American
industry IN IL robust infancy b. putting
TN plate OF the free LIST
The sworn returns made 10 the treasury
department II accordance with the pfovis-
ion in the Mckinley act requiring the
president % ascertain the srtzzl yearly
production Of tin and teyze plates, show
tass for tie fiscal quarter after the new
Law carae into Operation Eve concerns en-
tered upon zhs manufacture Of tin and
terne plates. though the aggregate product
was comparatively small In TIE second
quarter eleven Arms presented sworn re-
turns. q against I've in ths preceding
quarter. an increase Of over 100 per cent,
while the production Of tn and terne
plates increased lie PER cent For the
third quarter ending March 81 Last nine
teen firms rasds reports, showing a in
crease Of more than 40 per cent IN IN
plate products over the second quarter,
with % per cent increase In tsrne plates
These figures show that the number Q.
manufactures end the production have
been doubled with each sucoeeding quar-
Ter, and they do not include the figures Of
the production Of home manufactured
sheet iron and shee. steel used in TIE
making Of articles timed Or terne plated,
aside from the sheets themselves. which
articles under Ibe Law are entitled % be In
eauded under the terras Tin and terue
plate
The estimate Of this class Of nza1fzc.-
ares for the first year Is 2.390.9 90 Of
pounds
In the last three months over 300 90
pounds Of tin and termed plates we're pro
daesd by the nineteen firms making re-
turns. The total Of tin and terne pate
factories On the treasury books April .
were forty-;so, Is against tie nineteen
making sworn returns in the preceding
quarter.
These figures show that the TN plate En-
dustry Is being rapidly established IN
spite Of the great reduction il p-lees made
by the British Tin Pate NanzEsrf1re-s'
Union IN order 70 p-eFens s1coessfzl
competition in this ooaasrr. Il L. PEP
fectly clear that this nation car rro6aos
its own Tin plates Just - Is p-odzoss Size.
rails, carpets. vindov glass; AID other
manufactured pred1c.s for Which re xe-.
formerly depe.ntent zpoa fer~iga rn.1z-
fze;urerz. Already more ihka s. 90 90
have been invested IN ih1s asu Enczzry.
According 20 these oEGal Egzr7s Of re
treasury department., or which ws are In
de5:ed % C0zgrss.zzz Dzlss-lss report "a
American n. shs E-osszAa. o7trzs q tie
works asreA1r established za1 rro5ee.e3 10
in TIE nesgA59r1qss q ssGJs9 pOrsSs
per zeek, - .sE-sF SO gJs.3 Js r,sz75s per
year, Wiki = Az0ss o1s-A.zf g .ss sTs--
age i-npo-es-
The Lo.3o1 Essnnz1Ess s1raiss :ass the
attempt q tie ws-sa zs1czse-z-s-s 70
desea; ~ re1zeszoz q S-5o.s me establish
ne1s q tie III plsss industry in tie
UNITED States VII lss e Ineffective xs wzs
the sssenp. to prersa; she establishment
u
the prodSeiioa Ct shseh in ia1s country
now largely exceeds iAa: q S-@ss Britain.
On January !, is9l, SIX raoatss before
the increased daily On tn plate took eszecs,
the price osa tor Of &c coks tin Plates. i4rsg,
in Liverpool wzs 81 q On April / Of This
year the prios va SOC TIA pate. ara.
therefore. sl-11 per BOX cheaper in Llve--
pool than they we're sir r1o1ihs before the
present law s0ok sETect TIE increased
duty On box of Iae pozDds amounts. 70
sLEs. % that ]; "a apparent that the
foreign price has decreased nearly II ,hs
amour; Of increase IN tzriS duties
These Egzres completely expose III.
fsisehooS o. tie tin ? ate importers Who
declared ihs: me ''p.es@n; duty will add
every rear 500. 90 70 The cosl Of our
raw material" Il sssssy year, time We
paid 70 foreigner. the iDmsBss sun Of
s3o7. siisol, exclusive Of fssiga, ant in
porters' profits. for ;ia plate
Under tia Mckinley tariff We propose 70
make Or oEu tn pate. snd keep thi.
money =; home. 4 recent cablegrza
from Wslss announced that, owing 10 the
depression in che British tin pla,@ trade,
resulting from the workings Of Tie Ne
Kinley tariff, the Proprietors Of . nnnber
Of the lsrges; tan plate factories in Wsls.
intend 70 erect work. in America
The present free trade" Democratic
House propose 20 put tin and terne plates
On the free lis! and retain duty on the
iron and steel forming 81 per cent OF the
raw materials despite the fact pointed on.
by Congressman Dsizell thar the increased
duty on tin plate under the Mckinley &C,
has in nine months lesseaed import.-
tons II has reduced foreign without zp-
probably increasing home prices 10 the
consumer. II has already established a
new American industry full OF promise 10
American capital. American labor and the
American consumer"