Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1894 — CLOSED DOWN. [ARTICLE]

CLOSED DOWN.

A dispatch from Pittsburg. Pa.. Sept. 29, says: All the tin-plate plants in the country closed down to-night, and there is no indication as to when they will again be put in operation. There Is a wide difference between tne manufacturers and the workers on the subject of wages, and the latter insist that notwithstanding the reduction of the duty the wages agreed upon in June can be paid the balance of the scale year. Two important reasons are given for the action taken by the Manufacturers’ Association. Ono is that the closing of the factories Is being done to discourage prospective builders of tin-plate plants. There are at least ten in course of erection in the United States, while manufacturers of tin-plate machinery are enlarging their works. It was decided to put up some of these factories after it was known that the cut in the duty would be one cent per pound. turers is that under Secretary Carlisle’s ruling 46,009.000 pounds of tin-plate, now in bond, can bo put on the market, Monday,by paying the new tariff of 1.2 cents a pound. This will fill all the demands for some time to come. On the other hand, the workmen assert that the shutdown is merely a scheme of the manufacturers to compel their employersi to work for less wages. j