Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-27
WE MAKE MUCH TIN
Tremendous Growth Of the Tn
Plate Industry.
AMERICAN PLATES DESIRED.
Special Agent Avess Rccomsncsu1s
That the Dass oa Mar, kso<;k 60
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Aver has submitted another report 70
the treasury department o. sbe ds
selepmeut % the tia plate industry. The
period covered by the report A. the
quarter ending Decembst - lss2 The
repor. shoNs that dufihg that p<riod
thirty two firms Ifoinced lQ.sf< sal
pounds Il sin and plates proper. The
same nnmt~r - fra.s produced during
the previous quarter loH1 - pounas
of he production ~ the past quarter
of1S. - pounds. or q little lcSs than
onsefhird q the whole. we're iHicfsf tin
plate, 81 which 5.27s 80 pounds. az about
- Ter cent consisted II the cia.s ssf
plates selghing lighter than 6a pounds
per 100 square feet. ls6ls .7a2 rpuads
terne plates. u which l26ss cfC lkmnas.
or more than :r' les cent. belonged 10
the lighter class u plates The amount
q, American shert iron and steel nisdo
into articiss and wares urncd ~ terne
coated during tho quarter. as shown bs
tie sworn statements II manufacturers
received t. date, vas 3.2s55ss5 pounds.
] re total production - iln and terne
Tiaies Tor the six months ended H.
ccmher ~. '-H including the prsincts
from American eheet iron and steel
timed. vas Siso--s5o pounds.
\ Remarkable fncrea-e.
The production ~ tin and terne
plates proper. during the trSt sss
months e the present liscsi Years. uns
b su+ 2i6 pounds. against 22bi 4s3
pounds ptoiucei durinR the curres-
ponding period ~ the previous year. the
ratio ~ incsease having been nearly as
10 u The production - the last iis-
cal year was lii5s01it pounds which is
considerably less than half the I.rsduc.
ton during the trst six mo1fhs = tie
present year
The con-ufnpiion - American black
plates. IA the production ~ tin and
ferne plates prpvcf. during the init fax
months of the present fecai year ~s,s
l3.s3.53l pounds. or 3ifsi2 pounds
more than The total isn and fefns pilates
proper during the fret year that the
law became operative. The total Cob
sumption ~ American plates including
articles made from sheet irsn ~ steel
timed. during The first six months -
thr last fiscal year was s.isf s.5 pounds.
and for the first SIX months - the pres.
ent fiscal year IL .lOs go pounds. OF the
thirty two firms who submitted thesr
sworn returns for the quarter. nine
firms made and used their own black
plates exclusively, i've others used only
American plates. eight uecd both
American and foreign plates. and ten
used cnl, foreilsn plates
American Plates Preferred.
The American plates are generally pre-
fcrrcd ty manufacturers % the foreign.
Full returns from the importing and -.
porting ports Il The country show that
II the class ~ plates weighing hghsr
than sixty three pounds per 100 square
feet. there were imported during tho
fiscal year ended June -. lsf.. 37sG95.-
&c. and % the same classf plates there
exported ia. 77.a.i TO pounds. making the
net importation Tor the year Sis-G3siG.
one third II which IL se.317. .tks pounds.
Under existing prosieians - law
American manufacturers must produce
during one - tho eix f.scS. srare ending
June ~. l-.'7. one shird - the net i'm
yortAiions ~ one n The said Years. II A.
be- assumed that the iifsportasione viii
rot b. iess during an, ons ~ the remain
inc years specified. the amount a the
lighter class q plates which must BE-
( produced by American manufacturers
during enc n the SIX wears IN question.
may hc positively stated ~ ElF'7 9as'
pounds. Agent Aver thinks 4 pr,snble
that tins amount " ~ b. equAih-d dur.
ing the present iisi.al scff
The report states that tire Jsme-~csis
tin fnin.,in = euthern teiiforns, and she
isarncy Peak niree . south i'Ak"fn
have suspended og,c cFatiofs. ard ''',l,s-'s1te
that IN az much ~ % Dcp eeelis i,fop
able that The tin mines ~ ibi- eCuntfy
viii not BE- Developed az the rssf futife
fo A. exteptfhat vii "A ,ri an adequate
product - the metal y - Worihy ~
consideration wheiker. N -" interest ~
: tin plate nan ufacfnfers thai the las. :.
vh.ch impose > dat, - four cents pr
pound "a aud after July 1. is<rs. on Gas
raftiie and har. hiosk X and Yig IN might
not b. aifaniageousi repeslssi