The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-09-23
THE TIN Plate FRAUD.
Philadelphia Times.

Pnliauelpuld Iluies.
Mr.. Molin, one OF the young voters
of the country, very naturally wants
to know what the people get in return
for the tariff tax of Sl6,O00,000 levied
upon every family of the land osten-
sibly to protect the tin industry. He
submits the following pertinent in
quiries
To the Editor Of The Times:
Will YOU kindly state i'll the columns OF
the Times what the annual consumption of tin
is in the United States how much We produce
before and after the Mckinley bill; how
many people are employed, what the quality
of the tin is compared with the imported, and
whether the plates, etc., are all made here or
some imported and only dipped here. By
stating the above with any additional infor-
nation YOU will greatly oblige young voter.
Yours very respectfully,
j. W. MoLIN,
S. +. corner Twenty-fourth and Oxford SITS
PHILADELPHIA, August %, 1892.
l. The annual consumption of tin in
this country is CSC, 900, 900 lbs.
2. We produced no tin plate in this
country prior to the passage of the
Mckinley tariff.
3. The official report from the Treas
ury Department for the year ending
June 30, 1892, gives the production of
American tin as follows: For the 3nos.
ending Sept. so, 1891, S26, 922 lbs. for
the next three months l ,409,S lbs;
and for the next three months ending
March 81, 1899, 1904, 0S7 lbs.
4. The total production of tin plate in
this country for nine months since its
alleged manufacture in the United
States was 5,240,S $50 lbs. The Ameri
can consumption of tin is about 1890
600 lbs. per day of eight hours and the
the American product of nine months
would supply the American market
less than three days.
). The tariff tax on the tin consumed
in the nine months under the Nc
kinley bill was about $11 ,220, 900, al!
of which was paid by the American
consumer. The tariff tax to protect
American tin, estimated on the nine
months American product, amounted
to about 81 per pound on what we
produced.
6. 1t is impossible to estimate the
number of people employed in Ameri
can tin establishments. The n. & q.
Taylor Co. of this city, reports to the
Treasury Department that, with the
latest improvements two boys can
make 20 boxes of tin plate per day.
At their estimate, $50 boys could pro-
Guce our entire annual consumption,
and allowing each boy to earn $400 per
year, the total wages would aggregate
$232. coo, while the tax Oh the people
would be about 100000.
Z. How the tin plate industry pro-
crosses afterit is established under the
inspiration of Il direct tax OF SIG 200, 900
Oh the people, may be learned by the
Tih ia1
summary for LIST September, 1891,
shows that Cronmeyer produced 49,,
900 lbs the first quater, 16l 900 lbs.
the second, 120, 900 lbs. the third. The
PittsburS Electro-plating Co. pro-
duced $50, 900 lbs. the first quarter, 255,
600 lbs. the second and 9S, 900 lbs. the
third. Marshall Brothers produced
$40, 900 lbs the first quarter, 2j9, 000
the second and none the third.
The second summary to Decem
Der 81, 1891, shows that William =.
Simpson produced Z, 800 lbs. the second
quarter and 99j lbs the third. Elem
ing 4 Hamilton produced 225, 900 lbs.
the second quarter and none the third.
The Apollo Iron Co Apollo, Pa, pro-
ducel 81 .000lbs. the second quarter and
none the third. The Mckinley tin plate
Co.. of Pittsburg advertised samples
of tin plate in May last and month
thereafter Dun's Mercantile Agency
of June 4, announced that the corpora
ton had dissolved on vote of the
stockholders
s. Not only nearly or quite all the
plates used in the alleged manufacture
of American tin plate are imported,
but the pig tin is imported and the
skilled workmen are all imported.
So-cal!ed American tin is. Therefore,
as II rule, simply foreign black plates
imported = foreign tin imported
foreign worllmen imported tin
dipping pots imported, and all
the American industry about it is
the dipping shed, and for the luxury.
the people are taxed some $16,000,0 900
1t year on their dinner pals, kitchen
ware, roofs, fruit cans, etc. 1t is not
an American industry at all it is a
palpable, fragrant fraud and simply
oppressive taxation on ali without
compensation to amy.