Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-28
AN ARRAY OF FIGURES
That Proves How Rapidly the Tin
Plate Industry Is Growing.
ALREADY A GOOD-SlzED INFANT.
Special Agent Ayers Report That Will Open
Very Many Eyes
TO TIE IMPORTANCE OF TILE INDUSTRY
trnoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT,

lFROM A STAFF COhhhsfONDENT.t
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Special Agent
Ira Ayers, in a report to the Secretary of
the Treasury relative to the production of
tin and terne plates in the United States
during the quarter ended September 80,
1892, and the present state of the industry,
says:
Thirty-two firms produced 10. 95a 725 pounds
of tin and terne plate proper, againt SIC, ,sl2
pounds produced by five firms during the
same quarter of the last fiscal year, the pro-
duction of the entire year having been Is. .6i6.-
7I9 pounds. or the total production for the
quarter 8. 920. .0Sa pounds. or more than "a per
cent, were made from American black
plates; S.6ll, ,S67 pounds, or about one-third of
the whole, were bright tin plates. OF which
3,SS7, ,036 pounds or more than 81 per cent,
were of the lighter class OF plates men,
toned in the law; 7,S41 35S pounds were terne
plates Of which more than 93 per cent be-
longed to the lighter class.
Compared with the first quarter of the last
fiscal year the number OF firms engaged in
the manufacture was more than six times
as great the amount OF tin and terne plates
ma de was more than Is times as great, and
the amount of American black plates used
i'll the manufacture was about eight times
as great. The ratio of increase in the pro-
duction of bright tin plates was as to %
and Of terne plates as toll.
frO0uctlOn way Up III tIle loics
The amount of American sheet iron and
steel made into articles and wares timed or
terne-coated during the past quarter was, at
q moderate estimate, based on the sworn re-
turns of stamping companies and others
during the last fiscal year, and such returns
received to date for the present quarter,
], 1,250 900 pounds. This makes the total pro-
duction during the quarter of tin and terne
plates. within the meaning OF the Law, r.
202 725 mounds
On the basis of this output the production
for the present fiscal year would be about
$1,000 600 pounds, but when it is considered
that the growth of the industry during the
last fiscal year was SO rapid as to make the
total production for the year more than 16
times as much as that of the first quarter, it
will not be regarded as presumptuous to as
sumo thatthe estimated production of loo, 0OO-
900 pounds for present fiscal year. heretofore
made, is now practically assured Should
the same rate OF increase continue it would
give production during the present fiscal
year of l75, ,000 600 pounds. and an annual rate
of production ut the end OF the year of more
than 400, 600 0U0 pounds, instead of zoe, 600 COO
pounds, as heretofore estimated.
More Figures That Are Convincing.
In my report OF August Is, 1892 it was
shown that H,la4,7sl pounds of American
plates wee used in the production of tin and
terne plates during the last fiscal year, $685.
553 pounds of which entered into the manu-
facture of tin and terne plates proper. The
year, was about twelve times as great as
that of the first quarter. With the same
rate of increase continued the production of
the present fiscal year would be more than
10000 009 pounds, and of the fiscal year end |
ing June 80, 1894, more than 5OO,e00,000 |
pounds |
1t would seem entirely within the range |
of proba bility that during the fiscal year |
ending June so, 1894 which will be the third |
year that the law will have been in force,
the United States will produce an amount |
of tin and terne plates equal to its own con- |
sumption, nearly all of which will be made |
from American black plates. |
Relative to prices of plates, respectfully |
invite your attention to a letter received |
under date OF the 20:h inst. from I'll. r. Demilt |
& Co., of this city. importers and dealers in |
tin plates metals. etc. From this letter it |
appears that on September 49, 1892 the price |
in New York of English tin plates. Wholesale |
from store, IA by 90 regular, liz sheets, weigh |
ing los pounds, was SIS S715 per box, against |
s. 45 for the corresponding date in 1891, and |
IS 30 for the corresponding date in 1890
which was nine months before the present