The following firms are manufacturing tin-plate, or building new mills
or additions to old ones for that purpose.
Demmler & Co., Philadelphia.
Coates & Co., Baltimore.
Fleming & Hamilton, Pittsburg.
Wallace, Banfield & Co., Irondale, Ohio.
Jennings Bros. & Co., Pittsburg.
Niedringhaus, St. Louis.
There is one other charge which was freely made against the tariff of
1890, that deserves a brief answer. It was said that the McKinley bill
would stop trade with other countries, and that it raised duties "all
along the line."
A plain tale from the "Statement of Foreign Commerce and Immigration,"
published by the Treasury Department for June, 1891, puts this
accusation down very summarily.
Total imports free of duty for nine months,
ending June 30, 1891 $295,963,665
Total imports free of duty for nine months,
ending June 30, 1890 208,983,873
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Balance in favor of nine months,
ending June 30, 1891. 86,979,792
Total dutiable imports for nine months,
ending June 30, 1890 389,786,032
Total dutiable imports for nine months,
ending June 30, 1891 334,242,340
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Balance in favor of nine months,
ending June 30, 1891 55,543,692
Total imports for nine months,
ending June 30, 1891 630,206,005
Total imports for nine months,
ending June 30, 1890 598,769,905
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Balance in favor of nine months,
ending June 30, 1891 31,436,100