The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-09
Effects OF THE STRIKE
Rise in the Price Of Tin and Ennm-
eI~d Ware

elcd Ware.
/ PHILADELPHIA. Aug. g-The great
/ body Of consumers of tin and enamel
I goods has been made TO feel the first di-
/ rect effects OF the bis steel strike now on
/ in an the mills Of the Steel Trust by an
| advance Of j. per cent in the price OF all
! articles made Of tin and enamel The in
I crease, Of course. is due 90 the falling of
/ IN the supply OF those articles. the demand
| remaining practically the same. which
| limitation % the supply Is caused Iy tle
stoppage of work by the employees EsN
bon strike
From the tin plate ere made household
utensils Of various kinds. particularly for
| the kitchen, as wei rs useful articles for
office and store and warer0om The in
crease in price strikes at the roo. Of
! household economy In fact. as one dealer
! said yesterday. an increase in the price
/ OF no other class Of manufactured goods
could have brought home 10 the great
body of the American people the fact that
a strike is on hand and that they would be
expected 20 pay for il
Prices have been advanced" said a
dealer, simply because the strike has
given the trust an opportunity 10 squeeze
the consumer This the trust can do Iur-
ing strike period more easily and with
better excuse than it would otherwise
dare 90 do There is now limited supply
Of enamel and tin plate goods in the mar
ket- The demand had been IcSseueG but
little, il al all
1t is natural for those dealers con-
trolling this supply 10 want to get all
they can out Of that part Of the public
consuming those particular goods Pres
ent conditions are a good deal ike those
Following the inauguration Of the great
anthracite coal strike last fall The Coal
Trust, at the head of which is J. p
Morgan. the same man who is back Of
the big steel combination. was enabled
to increase the price Of coal because the
supply was stopped without a similar ef-
feet on the demand side. The trust was
also able TO work of on 90 the consum-
ing public thousands Of tons Of coal
which, under ordinary conditions, would
have been thrown away The problem
was forced upon the consumer Of taking
what he could get or Of doing without"
One fact Of interest in connection wish
the present strike is the statement By a
local dealer that almost weekly impOr-
tauOns Of much as 900 tons of steel
plate are being made into this country
from Wales As II is being brought I'm
bF company controlled by the Steel
Trust. IL is believed that Mr.. Morgan
saw the strike coming as long ago as
june I" men l4r SrAlrl TOT EUROPE. ana
that in consequence while abroad made
contracts for this material. TO keep al
least some Of his mills IN operation. This
importation. however. does not prevent
an increase In the price Of the finished
article, as u is bought by the trust from
the Wales manufacturers 1T a price
higher than the one at which the trust
itself could make r. II there were no la
Dor troubles 10 contend with
NEW YORK Aug 9.-Thera was hone
that the local famine in tin plates might
be broken by q cargo Of 1000 OF BesSarner I
tin plates just arrived but IL is found that
they all belong 20 the Standard Oil Com
pauy. which buys its plates in England
The supply of tin plates in this city Is I
practically exhausted and the tin plate .
brokers and dealers who are fortunate F.
enough 70 have small supply lefr are B
demanding all kinds OF fancy prices
some Of them are asking premium Of 81 4
box Df 10 pounds above the REGULAR F..
price Of Sf-51 a box. while some are asking /.
y premium and others s. a number OF F.
boxes We're sold this forenoon for $50 +
which Is 81 above the list price sent out .
by the American Tin Plate Company The F.
sales We're made 20 plumbers who have
contracts which demand immediate atr-u-
ton At Swansea. Wales. the great shin
ping port iU Great Britain. the price has f
advanced from lis. 81 20 l5S- 3D. within a .
week This Is T. o b. per box Of i bv % .
inch plates. weighing lHl pounds Moth
ing Il 20 be- had earlier than for Sentarn-
Der shipment and only small quantities II /
that Odd sizes of plate cannot be GOT .
before November. There are only two or
three small American mills still working /