MONEY IN OLD TINS
GERMAN COFFIN-PLATE AND
STEEL RAIL INDUSTRY,
A conference of municipal authorities at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on December 13 was informed that before tho war the Germans made huge profits from the de-tinning and de-galvan-ising of British refuse nietals, such as fruit tins and salmon tins, which were returned as coffin-plates, fancy trays, match strikers, letter racks, photograph frames, etc. Steel obtained in this way had been made into light, raps at low prices in competition with British manufacturers. Mr. Morgan L. Jones said the Germans had taken from this country 30,000 tons of old tins per annum at an average cost of £1 per ton, and from £1000 worth of old tins they recovered £1500 worth of pure tin, in addition to the base metal and spelter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2988, 27 January 1917, Page 10
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131MONEY IN OLD TINS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2988, 27 January 1917, Page 10
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