Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1892 — Tin-Plate Truths. [ARTICLE]

Tin-Plate Truths.

In order to determine the much mooted | question whether tin plates are yet made in this country except for political purposes, the Secretary of the Tin Plate Consumers’ Association has sent out to the members of the association the following circular: , “In furtherance of the objects of the : Tin Plate Consumers’ Association the ' directors respectfully request the mem- ! bers of the association to furnish monthaly returns of all AVmerican-made tin plates purchased by them, beginning with the month of January, 1892; also stating whether any American-made j tin plates have been .bought by them i previous to tbe'first of same month, and, if so, what quantity, sizes and kinds, i “The names of those forwarding the j information will be regarded as conflI dential by the directors, and will not be | published. Respectfully yours, “Robeht Ganz, Sec’y.” ! In response to this circular 115 replies have been received, of which exactly ; 100 declare that the writers have not bought any American tin plate. Here j are a few samples of the replies received j up to date: California —San Francisco: TVe have ; not boen able to obtain any American : made tin or terne plates so iar. Connecticut—New Haven: Wo use only highest grade tin plate, and Ve have not heard of any of these being ! manufactured. Illinois—Chicago: Haven’t been able j to find any. j Dundee: The tin plate which we use j is not yet made in the United States. Highland: Obtained none up to date. Chicago: None of any kind except a : sample box of 20 by 28 terne Indiana —Vincennes: We have not had any American made tin plate yet. Indianapolis: We have obtained no j American tin plates whatever. Kentucky —Louisville: I cannot buy ; any that I know of Louisiana —New Orleans: As yet have I not been offered any. * Maryland—Baltimore: Have not been able to obtain any. Have neither bought nor been offered any American tin plato. Ridgely: We have nevor seen a sheet ! of American made t'.n plates, and never had any offers or quotations. | Massachusetts —Boston: Have not j seen or heard of any American tin i plates in this market. Boston: We have not bought nor i have we been offered a single sheet of American tin plate. Michigan—Adrian: We have not been able to find any tin plates suitable for our use, except imported articles. If you know of any manufacturers of the article, we .would like to have their address. Missouri —Kansas City: On Dec. 3 last we ordered a carload 1 t of tin plates for January delivery from American manufacturer. There is no immediate prospect of getting same, and we will cancel order. Nebraska —Omaha: None offered, and we do not believe there is any in the market. lowa —Sioux City: Five boxes. ! New York—Brooklyn: Have neither | bought nor had any offered to me. Have i not been able to find any suitable for j my purpose on making inquiry. Buffalo: Have not bought any tin : plate manufactured in this country; i none offered at any price. New York City Have not seen any except in Tribune newspaper. Waverly: None offered.

Woodstown: Have not bought any American tin plate. Do not know where it is made. Ohio—Cincinnati: We have not bought or seen any American tin or teme plates for commercial use; only political. Pennsylvania—Philadelphia: We have not been able to buy a single sheet of American tin plate. Pittsburg: Cannot get any. Would like to. Wisconsin —Milwaukee: We have not had any American tin plate offered to us, consequently have not made any purchases. Of the fifteen replies stating that the writers have purchased some Americanmade plates the following are examples: Ohio—Cleveland: One box; but price too high for us. Pennsylvania Philadelphia: Five boxes. We have had no plates offered to us by any manufacturer. The above were bought to try the quality. The entire purchases up to the present, since the duty went into effect, and since it has been claimed that Americanmade tin plates have been put off the market, have amounted to only 665 boxes, or an average of less than six boxes to each of the firms which have sent in reports. And yet the high-tariff journals all over the country are making the claim that we already produce several thousand boxes per day. But what, if this claim is true, becomes of all this tin plate?