The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-09
l. M. Scott Speaks for
Hearne and Protection
President of Wheeling Sheet & Tin Plate Company Tell.
How Our Greatest Industry Suffers Under
the Underwood Bill

NJ Scott former President La Iron Works now
President of the Wheeling
the Ohio Valley manufacture
Mr. Scott is not an alarmist He He sub
stantiai business cooed
Below his confronting manufacturers
and worko Valley to the passage OF the
Underwood tarin
To yhe Editor of The Interigencer
Sr-Tho Underwood n Judgment creates condi
ons that certain be costly
ufacturng interests present am particularly in
terested in the manufacture industry that
employs eight Valley and some
six or seven thousand Wheeling Tin
Plate Company was organized in July a
anticipated radical tariff changes The
contracts and began costing with
full equipment nearly slOOOoOO in 1912
was apparent ,ha' Democratic Congress and Democratic
President had been chosen dropping the
work and losing the large investment
COMPANY who were in favor
Wilson had distinctly pledged himself Legitimate interest
tre OF sheet and tin plate Legitimate industry
ahead and invested nearly 100000 plant which
no" nears completion begin work we
Heretofore the pro,ec,ive dn,v n ~, r. Jus af"cer I
ton Now the protective per cent advalorem As
valuations change often frauduenv ndar
Impossible to saw exactlv what ~ m % ru
know this. manufacturers have made
and have sold tin plate profit at ton or
vaiu,ng their importaons therefore ~ hi ',
per box which likely very valuation The protective
duty at the the would be about nor
protective duty Of s2 % n %
other words protective wothirds
Now let us see how this will in Wheeling? Our
mill in the Ohio Valley for maxim ~, %
is $3.50 box $500 freight to New York cv
which is our greatest market per hundred box Of
Wheeling New York CITY wt,bou aIouaDc
for losses accident less than To maxi
modest profit he sell say The wecb
makers nave In the past and
at $3.50 per box and make profit probably 40 to 20
cents per box Their duty per box Their freight
rate by water is 10
new duty can be sold in New York handsome
pont at SUB per box while all
compelled TO sell for $500 only this but the
"ech makers can they choose sell
per box In New York
because know and manufacturer knows that
very recently Welch ond in all eastern rar
a 80" per boN Thus II will be
Ondewood BILL actually sell their profit in ALL the
seaboard cities Of the United unders.u
merely Tor cost 1t Is clear the
industry OF this section will reoganized on d0ere
basis Of cost which the business depresso los
OF pohts and loss Of begin 10 compe,a b
the Welch tin ~
Ihe eastern refer ono of tho
tSt markets. possibly 40 plate used in tho
hted states is consumed board A. 70 the
racine coast market. will
rate TO the Pacific is hundred
rate to the Pacific weich manufacturer can
VIII De less than oaehirl that words WeIc tin ~
makers VIII supply the entire Pacific
from $1,000 TO $1,000 make handsome ra,
on 10 per cent Of the tin valley goes o tho
'''' H''S u" ue
Now tn" Underwood bill exactly one Of two tbrrs
'r me loss OF large portion Of our sheet and Tin
plate makers and the dleness our mills o nrol
about "a be seen ~ ''e"'
As manufacturer in this industry do-
u" mnch as any one legislation which
i've ana thoroughly symrathze
E mon OF wheeling and Of the District NJ Wet
virginia VINO propose protest against
ana 10 vote for The Hon Julian for Congress
Ih conclusion az To plant. " that vr
To complete H. but have and viii no, h -
o raw material make put the plant in opera, ~
' We are assured n will al least enable ne
loss" ' "' 10 'pei-
l. Il. SCOTT