| Show THE TINPLATE TIN PLATE evidences are not wanting that tinplate will be made in abundance in thia country under the protection of the mckinley tariff the british consul located at chicago mr J H is not blind to this fact and recently he sent liis report to biord SALISBURY in which appeared the following expressive allusion to american tinplate tin plate manufacture tinplate tin plate manufacturing will soon be fairly started in chicago norton sons one of the manufactures of cans and importers of tinplate tin plate have now nearly completed a steel furnace and rolling mills at marwood chicago which will soon be in operation when aliey expect to turn out sufficient for own use the steel sheets being manufactured at the works in time it is not doubted that the country will be independent of importing the metal which completes the operation it is also expected that the substitution of machinery for hand labor with which tinning is now done will materially reduce the cost and within three or four years platea will be made greatly cheaper than those now im ported from england and entirely of american material and with american labor the st louis stamping company are already making tin plates on a small scale for the macket and are proceeding to extend their borka while other factories are starting or proposed elsewhere the illinois steel company of chicago are also said to be projecting the erection of mills for the manufacture of tin plate to supply the large demand of the local packing business and the house and car roofing manufactories manu factories it is confidently believed that the appliance of new processes invented everything being done by machinery will lower the cost of production to a point which will in a few years remore any fear of competition and entirely exclude imported plate this is from a person who has no object about the industry as some of the democratic organs throughout the country are doing and his clear representation of the facts will be a dampener dam on their assertions sert ions that tinplate tin plate works will never prove a success in the united states of course tha is based on mere theory as is so often the case with democrats for there is no reason why under proper pro tin date cannot be made here us well as in wales to which country we haye been paying millions of dollars merely because they have cheaper labor and established mills they import their tin as this country may have to do until our mines are opened the difference being that wo have the mines to develop and they have none in wales hence every business man will say that it is folly to be sending out money from this country that as well be kept at home and the McKi tiley tariff has already been the means of stopping several mills in wales and may yet close more let them bring their plants to america no one here is going to feel seriously bad because thy invest many millions of dollars for manufacture in this country that is what we want them to do as it helps build up the country furnishes labor and opens a homo market for hio produce of the farm |
