The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-09-22
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J. 8<pabhcsn consrsssnen. led BY Aekll
Icy vsrs co1,inoed tba, this rlsts mish
Ill h made 10 this country. With ressops
bis protscsaon. spd the go, ooo, 900 ssvsd
81 bouo meet Of Il going TO American
vorkiasnsn. The Democrats. ios nsn,
said that tin pists oould not be made ia
this eouutry. srd they still pcrasi 10 ssy'
ios that hardly any. II sny. is made And
thai The st,empi 10 make IL rs dead isill
IRE. The n. Y. Evening post Of Aug. II
speerinsly rsien 10 sheriff ssle Of one oil
these 'vorks" for slis DO.
July !. 1891. vhsa the tarii on ,iD pls's
vsti iBto ELECT poHs vss msds In this
equity. From ibessorn report, OF mani
uiscilrer, msde 10 the special agent Of
the treasury department We 6nd that there
YES made 10 the succeeding three months
s2G ga pounds. the next three months H.
s09 S2i poands, th9 neat three MOI tbs 81
200. rs pouads snd the last three months
Of the first year s 200. 75l pousd'. 10 adj
dition to tbe shove, sccotdips 10 the sworn
statements OF manufacturers. there was
made from Amsi lean sheet irou aud steel
made into " iel.s aud wares aud sfterwsrds
timed SIS 3ss pounds the frat year.
Twenty IL firms we're engaged 10 the
manufacture nj the close OF the
year and fourteen oth,r large plants
we're getting resdy TO start and they will
double ne production. As an illustration
the nes hrm ct Elwood. lnd. employs 800
men aud will produce . carloads per week.
Que third OF the product reported TO the
treasury department vas bright plate and
two thirds trne OF roofing plate Seventy
per cent OF the plate used for timing was
made 10 this country. As to the quality
OF the plate made the firm OF N. 4 g. Tsyi
lor. OF Phil .delphis, one OF the new manu-.
lecturers, aud largest importing firms In
the country, has received enc hundred and
atty Dine letters from oil parts Of the
county. every LITTER highly com mendine
the new plate aud most Of them prefering
It to the imported.
Tue mscblo.ry for making the plate
vas designed and male 10 this country, and
one OF the largest manufsclnurs Ia Wales.
who Gently visited this country, PROF
nonuoed It much better than any thing 10
use Ia that country. OF course the block
tin is nearly all imporsed. bat there is DO
duty on 1t and We can get it from Sumstrs
nearly rs chesIly IS the English can. But
the new industry bids fair to develop tho
mines 10 our own country, 10 the Black
Hills and 10 California from which consid
.rabls tin has already been obtained.
A careful estimate OF the producing cal
pscity Of the plants already in operation
and those 10 process OF construction makes |
the probsblsproduot Of the second year OF
the msnufscture Of tin plate u over 100,
900, 900 pounds. and that the works in OPP
Grafton at the end OF the second year will
have q capacity Of 200, 0O0, 900 pounds an
nualIy. ibis is more than one half OF oil
We consume. No other business ever
started in the United States has shown
such wonderful growth, and why. 10 the
name OF common sense. our Democratic
friends should wish to stop 1t or "throw
cold wster" on 1t, is beyond our compre-
hension. olly that they wish to make pol
Iticsl capital out OF the attempt. Bot,
millions more per year for our tin by req
son Of the tariff. This is not true. Re,
publicsns expected the price OF tin would
90 up until the business was thoroughly
established here, but the consumer has
never paid more since the tariff was put
IN than he did before. Tin ware OF any
Kind, is no higher than it was 10 1890 and
S9l. 1t is cheaper. Ask your merchants.
rinmen ara ready TO contract for making
,uokets and syrnp cans ct cheaper price
han they made them 10 90 and '9l Two
arge canning firms write that they pay
ess Tor their cans than they did 10 those
ears. Canned goods W srs never 90 cheap.
ordinary consumers have never paid dol.
y more for their tin, by reason OF the tsr
y il current prices are any guide. The
Democrats 10 Congress voted 10 repeal the
arid which h 10 given the business such .
tart. TIL 'ir national platform declares
gsinst to oil protective tariffs. How do
on like in
1t is also true that tiu plate is quoted
} day 10 England u, lower price than j,
~ been b fore 10 twenty nine years. The
,tts IN regard to tia plate show concla
Ively that protective tariff is necessary
, the successful prosec ution OF business 10
Iis country, snd that the tariff does not
ecesssiil raise prices aud 10 not tax op
10 consumer The fall u tin in England,
almost ~ much rs the amount OF the tar
y shows tlst. As they had . monopoly.
ley charged US too much for II, but fear
competition b,rs made them lower the
rice.
The exact truth of the matt ~, that the
heisner pays the tar, is acknowledged
the following extract taken from the
ritish Trade review Of London, . stan
srd su,horiiy:
The board ( trade returns I the past
ven o this are sie fcsnt. instmuch o.
will be -four d IN sualysis that the value
british sod Irish 1duciions eY ported I
" fallen IL much erettr ratio than the
'snt',y. Tits seems to imply that the l
cent additions to foreign and colonisl
riffs bsve compelled the producers Of
IL county 10 sacrifice price 10 certain
see shout equal 10 amount 10 The rise in
e.e tariffs. Que Effect OF Protection.
CHI ~ foreign countries are nos present. p