| Show TIN PLATE TALK the provo dispatch ch lias has lately been investigating the tin plate tax it says mr mcmahon nic malion representing rector A Wilhe luy co ol of ii soliciting i orders ordera for tin plate and our reporter was detail cil to interview liim hint after banting g to till gentleman tile I 1 object of the ii interview lie C gaii lie he collid cheerfully pie any information lie could in III kinsner sin to the question as to how tile price of tin plate compared with that ol of eight inantha ago lie replied that WAH wa I 1 of front from 2 to 5 in iho last thirty eldya tile h liaa ad risen 1 00 a box on oil mot k ti tin 1 I anee gace hiie lie is ia it box higher oil booling tin till and about eliut 25 a box on it stock tin in the lisit Ilont hs well nhat aliat ilo do yon consider consi iler is iq tin till cau luc C of tile advance in tile irice I ir rice guv ried lied the repot tor ter why the mckinley McKinl fy bill lie promptly ic plied 11 what iq i tile outlook for fora a decree e v in the prie there will wil not lie be any decrease hut blit anada ain advance int cl vill take ake place immediately slid ami other advances will ill follow does your bour linn handle enuch tin till plate we f handle 2000 boxes of plate per annum a and nil receive it direct front from the will mill Is the advance in price the llie aino i v ith eastern leinig as it is m ith you 1 I 1 yes tir sir in III re regard ird to the output of american tin till hoIl how lucli tin wit cin tin the Amene kine rican iii mines supply 99 tile the I 1 mines I 1 ines will bearc elv turn out enough tin till to supply ii 1 fity city is as large as salt lake jake J ake I 1 have not een been i any ally ot oi lie american tin plate yet althou ii I 1 have bae heard beard of it the only rea on tin till plate has not for years past been made in ill this country is that the price of the steel sled sheets r which are buted aed for coating 0 with tin till is too great the high price of steel is due clue to t the tariff both on oil tile steel itself and on oil the raw materials and supplies used in ill its manufacture tinned plate as now nov made under the late improved methods consists of the very best quality of besemer ik se siemens martin steel coated colteil with tin the english 1 0 maker at present delivers the finished tinned plate on oil board the steamer at eng 0 liili 1611 shipping ports for less than 1 all three cents a pound the same saine quality of f steel sheets without the cutting 0 to size coating with tin packing or boxing or delivering on costs today to day from our i Amer american ioan manufacturers c rs four cents a pound or more after forty year experience in making n steel sheet the barill keeps the price of steel up to this point that is tile the reason ie e have not heretofore manufactured tinned plate in this country the tariff on oil tinned linned plate was merely a subterfuge C to prevent the howerin lowering of the tariff ta rifTon oil steel sheets ind and on oil the alie raw materials used in the manufacture of steel the infant protected protect cil teel industry is hoary with age age 0 to make the continued protection of steel possible the price of tinned plate must te le nearly doub ledor thoe tho e conkein contemplating plat the manufacture of tincel plate would demand cheaper steel to do it with providence lias has cursed t thi li iz country with the best facilities for making sti steel tit that at are arc by any country asa As a result we wc pa pay Y more for steel than any other people because of the on oil the article Is As long as it was not known that any tin till ore exi cited in this country we ve gut got tinned plate at 4 virce three cents a pound somo some men pretend to have discovered mines here and this fact which ought to guarantee us cheaper clie aper tin till and mure more of it is made the pretext for nearly doubling the price of tinned plate plat c on tile the theory that some time or other its it price will again be as low a ai it was before the t tax ax was levied if cheapness is a i good thing why not begin with cheapness instead of arriving at it through 1 another century of f taxes and dearn esc of tinned plate as ag lias has been thi cae cai ca e c with L i tile the tariff makes us ply for tinned plate steel and all other taxed articles very much more than people I 1 who vilo do live in countries so 0 o fortunate as to have no natural advantages vanta es for producing these articles the cry of aftin till Tin tin american tin was ivas intended to keep up the robber taxes on oil steel tee acel american ste which should be conle the war cry cry and should bu be belled sual steal steal in fin american teal steal c of if 11 ll on oil tinned plat cand many times aliat amount on oil in ill order that the people of this tin s country shall i ray pan more mor c and niora ork harder to obtain articles W hiell a kind providence lins blessed their country than people pu wilo who are arc so lucky as to live ive I 1 in ill countries that have no natu natural rc burces of this kind kicul |
