Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — McKinley Tin Cans. [ARTICLE]

McKinley Tin Cans.

Certain protectionist organs have been printing the absured statement that tin cans are cheaper now than a year ago, before the prices of tiu plate had been affected by the tariff. A statement of that character will do for use in McKinley organs; but men in the packing business know that cans are dearer than they were. At the National Association of Canned Goods Packers, in Chicago, T. L. Bunting, a well known packer of Hamburg, N. Y., said that duty had advanced the cost of 2-lb. cans 8% cents per dozen. 3-lb. cans 10% cents per dozen, and gallon cans 12 cents per dozen. a Ho further stated that if no duty were imposed the packer could afford to pay the farmer 25 percent, more for produce than he pays now, and could still sell the goods at tho same price. McKinley's tin-plate tax is therefore especially burdensome to all farmers who raise fruits or vegetables for the canneries.