New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-10
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The ridiculous aspect Of the people who knew
that no tnpla,es were or could be- mnnufact-
urcd In this country is somewhat heightened by
the publication OF Commissioner Ayrcs's Off
cial report showing the production In the fiscal
year 1896, which closed with June 30. The Of
fetal account Is that 307.22s .G2l pounds We're
made in this country. OF which all but 1. 226 J23
pounds were made wholly from American iron
and from black sheets rolled In American mills
or the fifiy-three firms producing. fifty used
American sheets exclusively. and their output
was more than double that Of the previous
year. while yhree firms used about 1l.O0O,OW
pounds American and 100000 foreign sheets
the exact figures comparing with those of the
previous year thus:
Year 1856 Year 1884, 95
Total produced 80, 2 ~ ~ is Ss 800 sol e e8
American and foreign American i,27G63l 2sOi732
American and foreign. foreign. 4'265S %26S.es5
Foreign only Observation-Disclosures. None 0,l55
The net of 1890. imposing duty for the p,ir-
pose of encouraging this manufacture. con
tanned the following stipulation:
Provided that on and after October |, 1896
tinplates and terneplates lighter in weight than
sixty-three pounds per 100 square feet shall be
admitted free OF duty. unless 1t shall be made to
appear to the satisfaction OF the President
(who shall thereupon by proclamation make
known the facD that the aggregate quantity Of
such plates lighter than sxty-three pounds per
100 square feet produced in the United States
during any of the five years preceding June 30
1896 has equalled one-thrd the amount Of
such plates imported and entered for consump-
tion during any fiscal year after the passage Of
this act and prior to said October !, 1896.
This Is II plain contract with those who were
willing to invest capital and devote their en-
ergy TO the manufacture of tinplates, that the
duty then imposed should stand provided they
should produce in any fiscal year prior to last
July as much as a third of the tinplates I'm
ported in any of the five years ending with last
June. There were imported Of such plates In
the fiscal year ending with last June. as The
official record shows. $50. I30, 1888 pounds. and
the quantity produced Is not only more than II
third. but nearly 80 per cent Of the quantity
imported. The law requires the President by
proclamation to make known the fact. AS the
official information has just reached him. 1t is
not strange that the proclamation has not yet
been issued.
This official report proves that the American
manufacture has not only complied with the
conditions stated in the act Of 1890, but has
very far exceeded them. The warehouse report
shows that 23, S42, $50 pounds foreign tnpIates
remained In warehouse June 80. against
24.5O7. $40 the previous year. so that The guam
MY OF Foreign plates nctuaiiy entering mo
consumption was practically 10 greater than
the quantity imported. 1t IL notorious that the
American makers have for months been I'M
dcrsellng .thc foreign. and getting purchasers
for their products to the exclusion Of the for
egn, so that ont Of G03OO0,00O pounds con-
sumed in the country during the last fiscal
year, about A per cent. or not quite half. was
OF American make. Since June 30 the i'm
ports Of foreign plates have been small. and
the American makers have SO fully controlled
the market that out OF about 10000 tons
monthly consumed, considerably less than half
has been imported. One reason for this strong
preference Is found In the fact that those who