The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-04
TM-puATE AND ouIN1NE.


I'VE have been favored with news.
paper clipping which shows " marvellous
growth OF the American tin-plate manu-
facture, and the writer who sends 1t to
us says that It Is only short time since
we were rldiculing and belittling every
attempt TO establish that industry in this
country. Not exactly. We did object to
the attempt TO double the rin-plate tax
on sixty-five millions OF people In order
thllt half dozen persons might carry on
the business In this country. The Nc
Kinley tariff was enacted In 1890, and
In II the tin-plate duty was raised from
/ cent to ? 2-10 cents per pound. Before
the industry. was established, the Demo-
cratic party came Into power pledged to
put the duty back to the old figure, and
this has been done substantially, the
new Ihte being 1-1O cent per pound. The
singular and admirable fact Is that
neither the advent OF the Cleveland ad-
mlnlstration nor the reduction of the
tariff to the old figure has had any de-
terring or deleterlous effect on the tin
plate industry. On the contrary, 1t has
grown more In the plst two years than
II did In the previous two years. New
industries which support themselves are
always welcome to us. Among such In
dustrles we may mention the manufac-
ture OF qulnlne, which Is now larger un-
der the regime of free trade. imposed
upon It amid groans and shrlelcs by a Re-
publican congress twenty years ago, than
when It wtls protected by duty Of 45
per cent"
The foregoing from the New York
Evening Post Is characteristic, but It does
not state all the facts. We do not be-
lleve 1t is true that the objection to the
tariff on tin plate is on the ground stated.
We do not believe that the Physiological
TO the tax on 65.OOOO,OOO people just that
half a dozen persons might carry on the
business in this country, We believe the
real objection was because the Post be-
lieved II that industry could be well es-
tablished It would take away the industry
from half a hundred manufacturers inl
Wales In which the Post is infinitely more
interested than 1t is in any people on
this side. Then 1t tells hbout the estab-
llshment OF the Mckinley tariff and the
results. II does not tell It all. 1t does
not say that when the tariff was en-
acted 1t was with the express understand
Ing that II should only remain until the
Industry should be well established I'll
does not tell that the Post and all kin
dred papers howled through column utter
column of the unmitlgated wrong done
this people by the levying OF that tax;
that the Post. In connection with thel
whole Democratic party, did It's utmost
to Kill the Industry in its very inclpl-
eney as the party had before, but by
the establishing OF the Industry and the
new inventions which the Americans
brought to bear on the mandatory oil
t.n-plhte, even In the limited time they
had. they were able to so perfect the
business that they can run now even
under Democratic tariff. and the result
is great part Of the s2l.OOOOOO which for
merly was annually shipped away to buy
iron plate washed In tin Is saved to our
people. and Il Is because of the establish
Ing Of the Industry. and the improve
meats made In the manufactures that
ehs advent Of Mr.. Cleveland and the re-
duetIon OF the tariff has not killed the in
dustrg. which would never have been re-
vived except for the McKialey law. That
It is not killed is not becs .se the Post
and the Democrats party did not try
In every conceivable way 20 kill It. The
reference to the auinine mandatory
needs a little explanation About twenty
years ago blight struck the trees from
which the Peruvian bark is obtained
out Of which Quinlne Is nude while
other trees were growing the article
was very high. Now there Is an abund-
,ucc. arc rrieer. ael ep'y n anirire. put
On evsry other article have fallen more
han Is per cent which the Post talks
bout and that fan Is due simply TO thel