New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21
AMERICAN TEMPLATE FORKS.

roux JARRETT INFORMED THE WELSH EDITOR
WHERE THEY ALL COULD BE FOUND.
Ptt,burg May 90 SPECIALIZATION Jarrett. secretary
md treasurer OF the Association OF Iron and Steel sheet
Manufacturers, to-day replied to an Interview WIFI
Mr. Carr the editor OF =" The Cardih MALL published
in Democratic newspaper In Ncw-fork, In when the
Welshman pokcd fun a; the American nn-plae trade.
Mr.. Jarrett said
Mr. Carr should have tried 10 be fair and Impartial
in his Investigation. When he and other members OF
the party visited my Office gave them the names ana
locations OF the leading tin plate factories IN te west
ern district among them being the Demmler. Elw0Od,
ST Louis and Irondale. / told them at these places
fin plate was manufactured in very large quanttie'
but | am sure they didn't visit any OF them also
named n number OF works in Pittsburg conducted on
A somewhat limited scale. l never tod them uere
we've works In Chicago. and am POSITIVE ,hey uid
not search for any plants rs they were "o' o'' III
formed OF the factories In the western terri'ory o
also those I'm the East. called their at'ehuoh W
n G. Taylor's establishment, At Philadelphia; summer
Brothers, OF Brooklyn: Marshnlps OF Phi'aaephia
the Norwood works, at Elizabeth. N. j.; Gummey
snr,ny the Phillips Tin Plate Company. ut Norris
town: A. A. Thompson & Son aud others. oil new
York II they had gone to work III an uho'aSse"
sp,ri, they could have discovered the facts for them
selves"
"What do you think Of Mr.. Cars ASSERTION 'h"'
v.p with the Increased duty Imposed by the Mckinley
from Wales as cheaply black plates can oe
manufactured In this country 7" asked the reporter
1 look upon the assertion" said Mr. Jarrett, rs
giving away the whole question. We possess iron
ore coal and limestone. the three principal elements
I'm IN, manufacture OF iron and steel, hundreoioid
larger In abundance and every way more accessioe
thou do the people OF Great Britain IL naturally
follows that II they can make bright tin plate ana
dspose OF 1t In our markets, duty paid cheaper than
we can manufacture black plate 1t Is simply a
question OF wages to labor. Mr. Carr ana me other
IIcntlcmen admitted that with the nigh price OF
wages I'm this country could never compete WIN
th,m When ! told him that tin plate rollers got
threc times ms much for their labor mere as tney
td In Wales-that Is. 20 cents per box, as against
cents tbcre-anc that all other MIL iaoor was
paid proportonally higher wages. ana thnt III un
fnmses the men get II and II cents per nox, as
nc,inst ) cents with them. he admitted mat Uc
hirher wages handicapped us" 49,, 49, A.,
'''e Whnt ubout tin not the Engilsh nave ue
odvanimg. over the United States 50 Tar us II Is
:" Hy no means" said Mr.. Jarrett. England mas
IN IMPORT about 3O.0 900 tons Of TN each yehr 10
Wce the requirements Of the tin plate business he
,, nroductlOn AT the Devonshlre ana CORNWALL mines
,s about an average of 5000 tons per ailnum. IN"
nom produccd TN Is seldom used IN coating Tin pate,
~ n is considered better for other purposes. ~
Certainly follows that can import DOCK I'm quite
~ ensily ms the English. For many years the pr'cc
81 block tin ut New York and London has beeh nearly
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