Show BEWARE OF THIS TIN PLATE MANI MAN I 1 ro pa x three headed Mor orter au some other Tr brumit umit the advocates of tho the repeal of tho the mckinley increase o of duty on tin plates neej to keep their organization intact for further farther battle john jarrett was homo home timo time binco ordered honio from his post as an consul to birmingham engl england anti to tho the rescue of a cause in which crone myer layer and lave have proved themselves inefficient as leaders john jarac tt is it n noted pittsburg politician and report says an effective lobbyist in hi times past jarrett lias has been able by tile tho liberal use of funds put up by tho the protected interests of his state to defeat democratic con congressmen gremen for election by invading their districts in person anti and carrying the war to the homes of the i s otters of and morrison Morri aon of illinois both know what jarac means iu in politics jarrett has lately been made the secretary of three distinct trusts viz the galvanized iron trust tho the sheet steel trust anil the tin plate plata manufacturers trust these trusts are backed by the samo same men anti anil aro are only mado made specific on paper in hi order to mislead the community and to ink congress ifft if it were bbown that tho the tin till plate trust was but an aa evolution of tile sheet steel trust anti and that ahr increased duty was secured for the of protecting tile the galvanized vani zed iron trust anti and sheet steel trust against a competing article the case would bo be vulnerable from every point hence it is pretended that the tin plate manufacturing association is ii a now and separate industry struggling for a 1 foothold through legislative recognition the boost boast has been frequently ra made ade by sumo of the agents of the protected interests that it costs less to win legislation than elections judging from tho the complaints of the republican managers managers in the alio late canvass the pittsburg people peo lile are proceeding on this hypothesis and jarratt will not lick lack the funds fluids with ith which clito to work a powerful lobby when tho the einai emergency gency calls for action it must not bo be supposed that the lie sheet steel trust which by increasing tho the duty on tin plates 1 2 10 cents was thereby enabled to maintain an ail advance on galvanized van izell iron of 1 cent per pound or more will abandon the rich harvest wi without phout a struggle tho the TO 70 sheet iron and sheet steel mills of tile tho country turn out some tons of products yearly the enforced advance in the price of tin plate a competing article incident to the mckinley increase of duty enables these concerns to maintain a price from I 1 cent to 11 cents higher on their output than they could otherwise do this means a net addition to their profits yearly of over does docs any one believe that less than one fourth of this enormous sum will bo be ventured in trying to circumvent the repeal of tile the duty on oil plates forewarned is forearmed and the vigilance which has driven the advocates advokat es of the increased duty on tin plate into wence in debate ant ani on the stump will certainly win in spite of the added argument of a corrupting fund but watchfulness will lo be 10 required and tho the import of the verdict at the polls on lashno last november must bo be kept before the people thus will our lawmakers be for forced ced to boldness in dealing dea linc with the great question american industries |