Speech #510066088

The Straits tin is the kind chiefly in use in coating tinplates. because of its superior qala.. The population of the Straits Settlements. where the Straits tin is prodnuceil. in 1889 was 087.234. nearly all of whom were engaged in tin mining. etc. This population is composed ofEuropeans .. ............... .497 Maay .................................................... 170.16 Chinese .................................................... 17.279 latives of India ........................................... ................ 40.25 Total population................................... 87.234 SO that less than 4.00 Euro p es direct this army of nearly 400.000 ceolies and others. the cheapest laborers in the world. whose product enters the United States frrce of duty. so that. while the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States has been prohibited. American labor will. in the absence of the duty now asked for. be compelled to compete with. a class of laborer littlebotter than slaves. The Parliamentary BlueBook otu mines and minerals. published in 1888 (at page 294) gives the number of persons employed in English tin mines as follows: Employed under ground ................................................... 6.120 Above ground ............................................................. 5.507 Total ................................................................ 11. 627 Grifliths Guide. published in the Iron and Steel Journal of London for January 25. 1890 (at page 125). states the anmes of the registered tinplate mills in the United Kingdom on January 1. 1890. showingThe number of mills to be .............................................. 480 The number of porsons directly and indirectly employed in the tinplate industry an England is estimated at ............................. 500. 000 The annual product in tons for the English tinplate industry is estiniated at .............................................................. 5O. 000 It is confidently expected that the development of the tin industry in this country will. if properly fostered and protected in its infancy. in time enable us to manufacture tinplato out of our own product so as to supply our country.