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Show Careful investigation by uxpn:ti' has shown that to establish a genuine ti'i-plate ti'i-plate mill iu this country would be a task involving a year's time in tho construction con-struction of building, furuaces aud machinery, and an expenditure of from $loO,l00 to if'.'OO.OUi) before a single plate should have been dipped. I kiln-dcliiiu kiln-dcliiiu y.'i cov. The Urr.onl is one of those free trado sheets thai are opposing tho establishment establish-ment of the ti:-plato industry in this country, liut suppose it should require re-quire two years or three years to estab- i liih a mill would that constitute a valid argumout against it? It will re-: quite a great manv mills to furnish the tin - plato that we consume con-sume in this country. They will require sti enormous amount of capital and an army of workmen for their operation. o one expects that such vast enterprises can be gotten tiuder way in n day or in a year, and all reasonable men are willing to wait, knowing that the industry in its immense im-mense proportions will be of the greatest great-est benefit to t lie country. |