New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-09

u.nufacture Of Glass in the United states.
From actual returns made TO Messrs. Nj. q J
Sweeney, Glass Manufacturers at Wheeling, anc
communicated by them in Letter to hon. AN
DREW STEWART, Member Of Congress from virgin
IA we gather some very important facts respecting
the Manufacture of Glass in the United States and
the effects upon that important branch oil Industry
of the Tariff of 1912.
The whole number OF Manufactures OF Flint GLASS
IN the Country is 10. The materials consumed Ii
these establishments are stated as follows:
Ar''s'S $780, mlnous Coal 100000 lbs. Of - Missouri
Ss0S toms Of Anthracite 900 lbs Of Pearl Ash,
WV 49, 49, Coal 272 600 lbs. OF Saltpetre,
se.ee ,,ra. Of Wood LOO tons of Straw,
$500 bbls. Of osin, 41So OO Staves'
3555 tons OF Slick orr 21oo oUo hooPs,
o5s Of FL Fire CLAW. $500 lbs. of Manganese,
oyn ofIron @ 500 lbs. OF Arsenic.
100000 worth Brass. Britannia, and Tin Ware.
The cost of these articles to the manufacturers is
pst less than 100000. To procure them requires
the employment Of very large number OF men, VINO
consume and pay for vast quantity OF Agricultural
Produce thus directly bene6ting that portion OF our
population devoted to Farming. The Coal is chiefly
obtained in Pennsylvania the other articles prlnci'
pally from Virginia and the West The shipping re-
uuired to convey these materials to hevarious manu-
factories is estimated TO equal the constant employ
,nent of 5393 TONS To this must be added nearly as
much more for conveying the manufactured articles
TO tie point of cons1mption-making in all 10000
tons Of coastwse, lake, river and canal tonnage en-
ployed in this comparatively small branch OF Home
Industry.
J.po or tla Tariff IN rnduna the nrira1 nj
projected articles is clearly shown by the Statistics
If this branch of American Manufactures. In 1882
tho number Of Manufactures in the United States
was II, but aB the duties on foreign Glass were
gradually taken of, the fires went out, so that in
1912 the number was reduced to S. and even that
small number were short Of work The men thus
thrown ont of employment were forced into other
occupations in order to obtain meager support
The Tariff of 1s42 gave new life TO this as well to
other branches of business, and for some time past
the various manufactures have been in vigorous OPP
Grafton. Look now nj the following tables showing
the pTces Of various articles Of Glassware before
and since the adoption of the present Tariff The
articles selected for comparison are those which
have not varied in form character in consequence
ofany change Of fashion. They are standard arti.
cles, the prices of which are unaffected by the ca.
pEiciousness Of the popular taste. The prices in
the Establishment of Messrs. NJ. & T. Sweeney at
Wheeling at the periods alluded to are thus stated
,a.ss-fl 1s40-42 1e45.
tptprend Tumbler various patterns 81 40 pr dox CSC
I pr pressed Tumbsr. -.--...-.-...-. l 90 %
so1, plain e .......-........ 40 4" 80
." .-......-....... as 80
All other descriptions Of glass were at similar reduc-
tion.
The following table shows the comparative prices
al the same periods of articles manufactured a. the