An Ohio-based mining conglomerate is lobbying a federal agency to impose massive new tariffs on the steel used in nearly every canned good in America. If the effort succeeds, consumers will pay a whole lot more at the supermarket and hardware store -- and my family's can company would suffer a severe blow.
My family's firm, Independent Can, opened its doors in 1929. We survived the Great Depression and the Second World War, slowly gaining a reputation for manufacturing some of the nation's best decorative canisters, like the giant popcorn and Christmas-themed cookie tins popular every December. These days, you'll see our tins at some of the nation's trendiest coffee shops.
