The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-13
o. one time looked encouraging, has fallen
oil greatly already on that account. and In


at home from foreign made goods, A lf.Ie
A hasty review OF the Invention Of presset
glassware aud It's rapid aud Immense deyel
opment gives a brilliant Illustration OF th,
inventive genius OF the American mechani,
and tie energy aud good Judgment Of III,
man ufacturers.i .tt,51 fgl'.5 nd 'HTjR.GgPI
About forty years ago The Asst article o
pressed glassware was nude In Cambridge
near the. city OF boston. The genius Of At
American mechanic, ,Cilyayed liz anothp
business, devised the Invention, from which
he never derived my pccuniary benefit, al
no failed to npply for o patent. Now, tle,,
are forty.ttret furnaces; containing five hun
dred pots and thousands OF workmen en-
gagged IN It's manufacturer II draws Its sane
from Western Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Maryland, .Michigan and Missouri; It's fire
clay from Missouri, Ohlu and West Virginia
and lis c0ul from tho hills aud mountains o
pthnsy lyahia, Ohio, West Virginia and Mary
land. We beg ut this point to cali the atten
ton Of the Commission 10 the fact that The
mountai MS Of Massachusetts and I'ennsyIya
nla furnished the finest sand In the world fol
the manufacture OF glass, and Missouri fur
nishes Ere clay SUPERIOR 10 the arfRmet
Stouroridge clay Of England and the scarcely
less famous clay OF Germany. ~ In poet;
The! manufacturers OF glass not only In
crease the wealth OF communities In which
their plants are situated, by disbursing large
sums Ot money for labor but also runder val
liable barren hills andnlountAlms by extract
Ing their hidden treasures md carrying them
10 their various places OF manufacture. /
At The ttme Of the invention OF pressed
glassware, blown, plain and cut glass was
used, and only tho wealthy were able oadorll
their tables whit. g} rNytog,ls I
1t was reserved 10 the American manutac.
turer to render the art OF glass making tribu
tary 10 the comfort OF a majority OF the
people, and by It's moderate cost enable The
poorest and humblest 10 decorate his tables
With the useful and beautiful, while bis home
is brightly illuminated by glass lamps Of Gle.
CANT shapes and various Colors, containing
petroleum from Pennsylvania and wick from
tho cotton fields OF Be0rgIa. What tho H.
vcntion and competition amongst. home man.
ufacturers has done to bring about this result
articles OF daily use. A plain, clumsy tum
one Is only Is cents per dozen. Goblets were
goblet Is sold Ut 49 cents per dozen
'"a A"it oIu'hoIy boolet ~ 20 Gehto Pei
dozen. Glassware has ceased TO be a lux
ury and is NOW necessity in every family.
The proportion Of labor in the cost Of glass.
ware is o5 per cent; II the cost Of labor IN
mining coal. fire clay and sand Is added i,
will nuke the proportion Of labor Is 10 50 per
cent. -. *. 7'Ili
The proportion OF quantity Of material Of
glass Is 10l per cent native and 80 per cent
ftH ltRVx
employees no more than their due with the
present cost OF living and such as enables
them to live comfortably, educate their chill,
urtn properly and save something 10 live OH
when OLD age has uimlued their eyes aud
their skilled hands have lost their cunning.
The manufacturers Of table ware, pressed
blown, cut. engraved and fancy ware, Chin
neys, shades and globes, are represented he,
fore this commission by d Gonl.nittee. The
various piunts are located tn West Virginia
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and
r Z. W. BRocKuylRn, Wheeling, ". Va.
JAMES GiLLENnER, philade phia, Pa. ,'lni
PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Pittsburgh, Pa.
RoBEGr BRYCE, Pittsburgh, Ia. ar..l Z.
Il. Committee
Mr.. kenner, Judge Underwood and other;
asked many questions ahoAt Tue stateInen,
that the Missouri fire clay was equal, Il moi
SUPERIOR 10 the celebrated English and Ger
man clay, ,,,:i. s'! N. '.1'' a, Z,
NJ. J, II. Atkii.son, OF New Cumberland
Hancock county, then read the following
statement concerning +,
Z THE DUTY OF FRIEDRICH.
70 Tie Honorable, Tic Tariff Commission, (.
GESrLEaES;-l have been requested by the
West Yirsinie Friedrich Association and 9th
ers to bring to your attention tho interests oil
a large number OF manufacturers and work.
men engaged In making llrebriok,, tile and
pipe along the valley OF the Ohio We take
it Tor granted that the object OF your lab1rs
will be to make such suggestions to Congress
AS shall enable them the most surely to legis
late so that every interest and industry in the
land shall reeeive just apd equitable consid
Grafton. and when that shall lie accomplished
our citizens should be satisfied that all has
been done to promote the gene I'll and indi.
vidual good. IHn.i'N,,i.er5 ~ j.
The people OF this country are nearly
unanimous III the opinion that II large
Tray the expenses 81 the government
should be raised by dpiie, on Imports,
and the practice bus been for years to com
htne as far ia possible revenue with protection
to American labor. ii this programme can
be truly carried out there are but lew 10 oh.
ject to the principle; although we niay differ
US to the details Of the plan. l}1N-
The capital and lubor that represent has
been OF recent growth. Sixty years since
100 600 fire brick per nnnun would have sup.
piled the whole county West al TIP a IT,
sheny Mountainp. Now they must supply
all the furnaces and fires Of all the iron in
dustres u the west, We haYe ineXhaustihle
banks OF lire clay not only along the Ohio
river between Pittsburgh and Wheeling, but
in numerous parts Of the country. while up
in our mountains we have clays that excel Iii
fine qualities those OF the old country. The
production OF brick, tile pipe and pottery
wares from these c!ays's only limited by the
DEMAND for lhs sa}Ni. ~ ~. z
q For forty years our brick hive come in
in the marketsof Louisiana with
the fire brick Of England. II costs about SIP
per thousand to carry ours to that market,
while The English haye theirs imported much
OF the time rs Lli!asL giving 10 The pheap-
ness Of labor in England their brick Gun be
produced at Q much less price than ours, as
we pay about double The wages The present
tariff assesses but 20 per cent nd valorem
upon the foreign brick, which will yield less
Than 50 per thousand US protection 10 our
labor. We do not think that this is suif-
eight or that tits as much as is afforded
70 the larInert snu many other Misnu-
faeturcrs, and 1--WE would snEgest
that the interests Of the sugar planter who
uses tire brick would not 10 injured II the
duty were fixed at mitch higher rate. and
for this reason: the English manufacturer has
for time undcrsold us III Louisiana, and
when We were driven from the market has
taken. advantage Of our absence, put up
prices and received back more than lie Ind
lost by former competition. 4 Bricks have
sold IN New Qrlcansut SIPS per 1000, while
With such u duty az would give the market to
our manufacturers the price would seldom
exceed $a5. Many Of these gugart planters,
independent OF their interest with us in the
system OF protection, are convinced that a
stable duty that would sccne living price
to the American brick would BE- the cheapest
TO them. q y, iii M Us 4 ~ ltiii IA.
:; Not only are the fire brick manufacturers
interested in having such II tariff asiwill give
them this SnuthErn trade, but the tarmar' lie
merchant, the Mechanic, will al DO benefited
by the home market which always comes
With Il diversity q labor,