Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-25
THE NAIL MILL POOL.

II ~ ~ WIN
according to the arrangement made
NJ their last mcrtlng, the nail men
will assemble ut Pittsburgh 10 morrow
To- take final action upon the plan at
pooling tho products ii the Western
mills.
We have heretofore expressed doubts
both ~ to the probability and the profit
ui the Wheeling manufacturers entering
into the scheme. There VAS show at
harmony II, the Inst nwct'nH and very
little. Il any, decided opposition I" the
report 1.-THE committee providing plan
ol operations The Powell plan. II they
are tu adopt one ut thus character ut all,
~ probably ~ complete and unoh-
Icrliunal az any that could he provided
That tar the convention seemed to
uur,c. Vets its adoption was another
uudgrav,r question that the convention
did not venture I" press.
And white We would not, II W. could,
altrmpi To- influence the action "i the
naiIcrs one way or the other upon this
important mattcr, wcshall he much sur
priscd il it turns out tomorrow that
they are unit when they come In vote
upon the adoption ut the report
There were four mills that were not
represented IN the last convention
Nearly all the others, We may say, were
there only 10y proxies, who were with
uut authority iur any specific or decided
action II cannot ha SAIL, therefore,
that thiz meeting gave any reliable IN.
timatiou ri what the final action on the
report will he. Nor could this he cx-
pcctcd before the several manufactures
had an opportunity tn reflect
upuu the specific plan then sub
united aud Ia discuss II ~ all III bear
inus Even ii all who were then pres
rnt had been ready Ia acputcse III the
measure. adverse action hy the tour
mills not represented would have been
sufficient To- defeat it, The association
will have M such prospects "t Increased
returns from the project ~ will Justify
thcm IN "dcal renting any number at
rccusant establishments.
Hut We predict tina, the chici difficulty
in harmnniIing the different Interests
will hc that oi placing the large aud
small establishments upon the amo
basis that il To- say, that capacity shall
make the only measure al distinction
between them in the distribution of
their products Ii strikes US that such
basis operates lrcilcily to the prciu.
dice at the hanger mills. The capacity at
single machine II, CA an average,
about fifteen hundred kegs per annum
II the pool project shall result, as il
probably will, IN restricting the p;oduCi
Ell single machine, say IL one thou.
sand kegs per auuuu,, 10 would tall more
heavily on the mill having an hundred
Tho pr"portion would ha the Same he.
tween the mills, hut the qu stion is
whether IL Nuuid not he preferable inr
the large mill Ia sell its products at u
reduced G.a,rc, making u small margin
nn the whole. thau la lc compelled tn
carry 81 much dead ca,iisl ia the way of
machinery
This is question which peculiarly al
iocis the comparatively prosperous mills
III this vicinity. 1t placcs them uu an
equality with smaller and less popular
establishments, aud compels them IT,
share alike the restrictions that viii hc
placed upon the capacity at the whole.
Our mills can always find market ior
their entire product, although II may
not always he romuncra,iVc. Can they
better afford Ia cut down part III their
product ior u small advance, or in other
words. compete on a,common basis with
small establishments, than 10 put their
entire product in the market
Our manufacturers, however, are all
men Of business ability ami large cxpe.
ricnce. and We have the assurance that
they cannot be drawn into any project
that will move disastrous.