The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-28

Pi,tlbssch tarea iels Telegraph
The trouble bstween the uaiies and
the manufactures is about to be ccmpro-
missed, Judging from the outside appeaE-
ance. It appeared ali along rs though
neither party we're anxious to make q
moyes The msnufanturets Affected N.
difference, simply because prices and
Icompetition were % great with them
during the last year that none ofthe nail
dealers caied very much for doing any
business. There has been very little
margin In nails, shoenbefger's factory,
with ninty.one machines. the second
largest In the city, was In operation
longer than any pther OF the factorieg.
Jones & IsughlIn had three stops since
last August q four, Ave and seven weeks.
lT6ere Were q sssater number 81 shorter
stops at zug's factory, and the run
at Chess, Cook & Co.'S factory averaged
about twe-t thirds lime. The railway CON.
paniea operated against our nail manufac-
turers. Wheeling nail manufacturers were
offered strong inducements and shipped
theirnailsinto Eastern markets far cheaper
than they could be shipped from this city,
and EASTERN nail makers delivered nails
inst Louis and all through the West
eight cents cheaper than our manuiac=
turers could afford TO ship them for. Yet
all the nails made here within the past
year have been sold.
From January Ito the time Of the stop,
about SOC, goo kegs were madein four fac
ttories, which have 279 machines, with O
daily capacity Of $500 kegs, On June a
There were IS, 900 kegs In one factory
alone; and now there are less than 2,000
kegs in all four factories. y = =.
A reporter Of this paper interviewed
/ taeyeral nail Manufacturers on the subject
OF the Hailers'l loci out. All were reticent.
"a leading manufacturer said that nails
could be bought In the East cheaper than
they could be made in Pittsburgh, and In
timated that 10 long as this condition OF
a1aifs existed there was no desire for .
settlement. Z q.
"a prominent mailer, when asked bis
I opinion, said aWeare very willing TO aid
the Manufacturers in improving the nail
4 trade. 1tistrua there was a stagnation in
!. the business some time ago, but II there
are no more nails in the country, we are
sure they will, compromise on emaller
reduction than they offered us, and which
they sly ia only g percent. In some
grades It Is not, but the average cut
Is 40 percent all around. Besides, they
!. want Us to be responsible for breakages in
Y the nail machines, which would be an ac-
4 tual drop Of 90 percent There is not the
Eleast doubt that the men will accept q 10
percent reduction. There is no harm in
saving that when the trouble Is over 1t
will be learned that the whole matter has
\ been q preconcerted arrangement between
4 the manniactu and the nailers That
7 Is the main reason why both parties have
:, kept quiet 80 long. The whole matter is
one IL will not pay TO prolong. for the SIM
pie reason thst there is SCARCELY liy rg
Z Tor mailer to work at his trade. From
J; 1879 up to now the increase in nail tna-
J, chimes was 9St percent, In 1880 there
! were. 9, 500, 900 kegs Of nails made and sold
( linithe United Statea, and with the present
= Increased facilities that many nails can
\ be made in. five months. II the im-
!, proponents are continued it will
Y not be Ave years before nailers will have
I three montbsin the year at the nail ma
chine. So fer as the feeders e;coneern-
ed in manaei ng the nait naehtnes, y can
!, only be done in this way. II afeedercan
grind and keep up o Machine, can do the
( work Of FIVE mepor keep twenty macllinea
: in running order, thonl the manu- acturers
\ can succeed, because one mailer, usually
takes care 81 four inaeh hines, but as q gens
eralithing there Ia about one feeder in
! twentyithat can grind and keep up mas
chine. So far as learning the feeders TO
grind, there ia no trouble about that. Az
a rule Two pereent have always been
learned 20 erind, and that rule will remain
II in force. So 8 l,s ias y s.