Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-12
The Tin-plate Liar,

L clnl During the campaign of 1892 the Dem
> WIN as kratic papers make it a part of their
, oue', WI business to cry down the effort to make
e na american tin under the protection of the
y M Mckinley law. The tin-plate liar did a
Hay ssrb called forth expressions of deem
UnknOEa gratitude from foreign manufa cturers.
Rhine After making the campaign against
may de american tin, the tin-plate liar passed
light shs put OF notice for awhile, but he Is on deck
ulder. u s sah, ana le iTiomlng from the mia
M. coming campaign:
peOs e "A recent number of the Ironmonger's
So. Chronicle, an English trade journal CON.
been xt nins an interview with David Charles
that A Davies, United States consul at Swansea,
Dyernmgs South Wales, the seat of ~tin-plate manu-
nv lespc. featuring. When asked as to the truth
the concerning the estab-
Eshment of tin-plate works in this country
roN W ar Davies is reported as making the
rhey Va blowing reply: All fake, sir; all fake!
,ercan y There is one, l believe, in Indiana. which
loyes AID ts been since closed. The one
army d d Missouri was supposed to be a huge
neral gH raaif, out IN consequence or q bet the
protecia Esl lIulsiry was supJected 10 an IN
- NJ Employed were a boy and a girl, who
rse engaged in dipping black plate i'm
lkers az allure to make tin plates in America is
aiFaI pot the cost of labor. They can turn out
up wa 9e plates as cheaply, but they can't make
A. T. Mem DIS good. AFTER forty-elght hours
s;r,s,r, le or so they begin to get rusty"
There is no better authority on the
aloIect in this country than the Metal
Sas plumbing and heating industries. The
cton Hs current number of that journal reviews
Sherna (ae tln-plate industry and says: ''The tin
it'll Grand aae Iraie is in a very singular condi-
.a From the importers standpoint it
y. Y exceedingly dull, with no immediate
Ugh ths hand, domestic manufac turers renort nm
Tectd Tg'e demand for every pound they are
here Ls Poe to produce, whether of bright or
, becans 0nng plates. Both agree, however, in
tterpd M Eporuhg prices stationary and with ap-
lumber q nher fa.tn,o 'g hnn { 10 ADVANCE. Az
lg, irnsl khould receive cons;dars t e'ei"pit wien
e cfaAa ~ an influence on the course of trade.
he resaa re quality OF American tin plates is
reqeads Essaerally so good that consumers prefer
/. Tha J Ian ask Tor them, and take imported
rt d tn saNs with reluctance if they cannot get
I . num- Eumesuc. A short time since. before it
fired large Western iinbb i,sh bo Ds a d snalesge,
Iaue only American plates
men Sa mere Is very plain proof that this Da-
lrday I To- me creature sent abroad by Grover
died aS sf y to misrepresent his country,
~ pam terms a liar. If he had taken
E h PANS to look up the official figures of
- MD Em = ageasury department he would have
o. b. els 3, mat from July 1, 1891, to Deem
'ln s I Funtry Isg 5et there ere were made in this
y 49, ~nrna n pohLti VI iii d1u
fsnt pate OF which more than 46 per
\ n was from American black plate.
reuOrs Il. Nr. Davies had informed himself on
n failed himself down n s,o you'd not nave written
nes.-s kha iaislher, But how do the people of
e aus ra ~ .eountry like the fact that an ac-
kre sle ofilcial of the Cleveland admins
kra son Is engaged in ~vilifying the indus
rairal ktpta s % 81 the country he is paid to look
.nsesis kin n ! connection with the t~in-plate cues
- Eoan Is SAID that a scandal is in sight
y khe5nlna washington. Just as the sugar
airoSa kba' Sue was prepared in the interest of
ed oYs M M nusar trust, so the ~tin-plate schedule
he orc i ne democratic tariff bill was prepared |
En- ~e interest of the Welsh manufactur-
hamsa IN s unnaturalized Englishman. |
anti, cbias french, is said to have been the
aa~ e re =. manager in this country of the for
j sy khs pln.piate interests. 1t is asserted that
o@r 6nformauts and Welsh manufacturers had
icns1 tariff hai ii as to the provision of the
stiks knownD Dill as to tin plate before it was
i tbf 4 NII \. IN this country. 1t is stated that
0oers h ana AZ can be produced, dated in Eng
us,f The RITZ a, IN which it is stated that
v" have snnsh and Welsh t~in-plate works
lion &c aaLLted up in anticipation of the ac-
sera. u tne Senate on tin plate. This was
framer. uays before the action of the
nn, Washinnool the tariff bill was known in
om UNI plate d; so Work was begun in the tin
1eaoe hctjon fficis In England, based upon the
msSs We apn of the finance committae two
!. in bnblc ;toeiore that committee had made
and tha uecision. Trench, i'm New York,
bent ord large importers are said to have
bf hin "aers abroad for thousands of boxes
,.,s formaa pate based upon this advance in
b lnl wsSa I in the duty means = n os &c ce tho q
ne ~ cser s llu1u nave advance information of
amos = d box.
sGy u.----.
ro,,a some years the Democrats have
BY tb maea that the duty placed on wheat
~ throw siehinley law was simply SOP
- no we'll 70 the farmers, as there could be
q I wheat erpanded fear that imported
witt, would ever come in competition