Show the new tin tux the Uc kckinley McKin Kinley loy tai ill law provides that tha a duty of 4 cents a pound shall be levied on pig tin after tho the of next nest july the provision was meant to encourage 0 the discovery and ana development of tin mines in this thia country since it was passed the country has learned that there are no tin mines to bo be thus encouraged the i imposition of the bo tax therefore will trill protect nobody and do nobody any good irwill it will add to the tha cost of tin which is largely used as a raw material by man of our manufacturers it will enhance the cost of all articles in which tin is used it will still faither discini ago the ingli m infant industry of tin plate manufacture which the mckinley law lias has been so BO ex ely cly nursing nevertheless tho the republicans in tho the senate havo have prevented the passage of a measure to repeal the tax before tile time set for it to take effect their only reason beems to bo be that they have como come to regard the mckinley tariff as a thing sacred a scripture that no man may alter in any of its parts without incurring I 1 anathema new york world |