Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1918 — More Tinplate Next Year. [ARTICLE]

More Tinplate Next Year.

The demand,, for tinplate from all; corners of the globe and the consequent high prices prevailing have not only attracted more capital and resulted In the erection of new mills, but have led the existing mills to tin a much greater portion of their black plate production than is ordinarily the case. This practice, says a statement Issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department of commerce, will also be followed next year, indging from figures made public by he tinplate conservation committee, vhlch are based on returns from the urge producers.