McKinley was in favor of an import tariff on tinware. Co. They were wholesalers of hardware, cutlery and tinware. Factories made guns, machinery, tinware, furniture and harnesses. Many cans used for canned food are tinware as well. He also sold other metalware, including stoves and tinware. Usually tinware refers to kitchenware made of tinplate, often crafted by tinsmiths. These Yankee Peddlers were both employees of tinware shops and independent. Industries began to manufacture wagons, harnesses, tinware, brass, cabinet work and woodenware. Other mills and factories produced lumber, leather, harness, tinware, cheese and canned vegetables. It also produced boots and shoes, tinware, carriages and harness. USA engines still have the engine numbers stamped into the tinware. Other buildings sell household items such as juicers, tinware, spoons, cleaning supplies and much more. In 1886, the town also produced boots, shoes, tinware and carriage stock. He jointly owned the first store with his former tinware customer, John McCrory. Tinware and enamelware were produced in town in the late nineteenth century.