New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-16
MAKERS OF TEMPLATE.
THEY WILL HOLD A CONVENTION NEXT
MONTH
NEW WORKS BEING BUILT-THE GREAT MILLS

NEW WORKS BEING BUTLT-THE GREAT MILLS
AT NEWCASTLE. PENN. ALMOST FINISHED.
Ptsburg May - .spcclaD.-The National Asso-
ciation OF Tinplate Manufacturers will held Its annual
meeting In this city next month at the Office Of John
Jarrett, the secretary. The annual wage scale and
possible action Of the Democratic Congress on the
tariff question will be the principal topics OF dis
cusson. In the mean time arrangements have Just
been made for pcrlectng the exhibit of tnpate mt the
Worlds Fair. The wage scale ths year will con
tain clause providing for cancellation of the en-
tire agreement II the tariff nplafe Is reduced
The possibility Of unfavorablc action By the Free Trade
majority In Congress Is all that clouds the future OF
IN industry which Is no longer experiment, but an
assured fact.
As long ago last December, their semi
annual meeting, the tinplate manufacturers decided
that II was possible 10 continue the business
with reduced tariff, but the workmen would b.
compelled to accept reduction In wages. 1t has
become an established fact that not only Is the
acture Of American tinplate constantly advancing.
but 1t Is superior Ii quality to the foreign make.
cIlinformed American consumers admit that
the stamping plates made from Bcssemer bars
more suitable than imported ones, which made
from oIcmcns bars. The American iron ore is much
richer than that used In Wales. and when converted
into Bcssemer steel gives better results.
The tlnpnte manufacturers Say that the Democratic
leaders In Congress will find ii difcult furnish
good reason for reduction OF the tariff. The Nc
box, yet the advance In the selling price is only
cents box. and II the protection l. continued for
few months longer II Is predicted that so much tin
plate will be maze that natural composition will re
dnce prices to such point that Welsh competition
Will be- simply r Ont Of The question The 4pate
but they feel that perhaps they could survive re-
duction OF the 210 OF cent pound, perhaps more
Il the redicilon was In harmony with any changes
that might he made In the general iron and steel
list. The American tinpla'e manufacturers, who have
Invested millions of dollars In the business, are pay
Ing their workmen three times rs high wages as are
dealt out In Wales. and Of course any interference
with the tariff will compel reduction. The Tnplate
Association dts official lille Is the Association Of Iron
and steel Sheet MnnnlacturerS will send committee
one Of lhe largest and best equipped tnplatc mills
In the world Is almost completed ut Newcastle PENN
il is announced by Welsh judges to be the equal Of
any establishment In Wales. The main building, by
no. shelters four sets OF cold rolls. four doubleheat
ing furnaces. three scts OF shears and four powerful
cranes. The wnshhouse, which t. BOZ by CO.
ming machines and three nnneallng furnaces.
There Is also n machine shop. 40 by 20. Between 200
Of unskilcd labor, will BE- employed.
The tinpate plant about 10 be started at Youngs-
town ohio Just twenty miles west of New; astlc has
excited The envy Of the neghboring town OF Grard.
'hio, and land free and present Of some cash have
been offered to the npa1e people they VIII remoYc
Is raised to enable It TO buy additional machinery. II
Is probable all the desired capital will be furnished by
Young town people In order Ia retain the plant.
The Falcon 11nplate and >heetiron Company. Of
NILES, ohio wa, BSo rh Two r %".ks ag with
annual caoacity Of 10000 tons OF finished light plate
and sheetiron. The sheet department Is already In
6Tcraiion and the Timing mill Is about TO start.
The Irondale COhiol iinpate plant Of Wallace. Ban
field & CO. is turning out 4s0 boxes, about thirty
tons. a day Two hundred aud hfty men and twenty
five girls nre employed Democratic investigators will
find Irondalc on ihe Cleveland and Pttsburg Rail
rond eight miles from well,vc, Ohio and sixty miles
west Of Iatisburg In making tinpate at the Iron
dale works three principal articles used American
Bessemer steel from the Mlngo (ohlo) Mill, block
Tin. from India and Australia and palm oil. from
Africa and south America. II ha, been found that for
basis American Bcssemer Is better than the siemens
Martin steel although costing from - 10 AZ ton
less and herein American manufacturers have ad
vantage over the Welsh. The American steel Is better
suited for scanning and stamping.