Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-26
THE CARRIACEmAKEes.

The Manufacturerss PosItiOn-They
 Say That Their Action Of Wednes.
 day Night is Sound and Reasonable.
 Said prominent carriage maker yester- day: believe it is safe to say, and say it freely without fear of successful contradic- ton, that there is not carriage maker in
 New Haven who has made 10 per cent profit
 on his sales each year for five years past. I
 mean by this that in five years his profit will
 not average 10 per cent. 8 year. It is not
 bluff or blow or talk that the New Haven
 carriage makers have no picnic. Once they
 did. That was before the war. Then prices
 were splendid. We had the market largely
 to ourselves. New Haven was the great car
 riage center. It is so no longer. Now the
 great West looms up in the carriage trade.
 There are two concerns in Cincinnati who
 make from 18,00O to 10000 carriages year.
 There is Studebaker of Indiana, whose con-
 cern turns out an immense number of
 wagons It's no use of denying that the West has great advantage over New England in the carriage trade. I believe all our car
 riage makers are honorable men and they say they cannot pay the increase asked and com pete with other concerns successfully. We | want to do the right thing, but how can we do it as men of intelligence and expect to keep on in business9 I believe the men are sincere in their demand, but they do not know tlee exact circumstances in the case. And then as to their demand for equallza- tion of prices in the different shops. That is impossible. Each shop has it's own style and it's own methods and ways of work. It l seems impossible to regulate everything in any business by @ cast iron scale of prices. But do you not think there may be injus- | tice done in some casesa It is possible. There l was never yet a shop where every man got | exactly and impartially every ''fat take, as you printers call it: Some men will fare bet ter than others occasionally, but there is not enough in this to make TOW over. You may say that we are honest in saying | that we pay all we can afford to as business | stands to-day.
 | OTHER LABOR INTERPRETATIONS CARPEN- TIERS GET RAISE.
 Recently a committee of the Carpenters union of Hartford, waited upon all the boss joiners. They were cordially received, except | in one instance, and their demand that nine | hours shall constitute day's work was granted. In the instance referred to ths en- l blower, a we'll known builder, denied their | demands and told them to be off. His ac- | ton is now under consideration by the l union.
 Polo Last Night.
 At Meriden-Meriden 3, New Haven 0. At Fair Haven-Fair Haven 8, Hartford 1. At Lincoln rink Monday evening the Hartford polo team will play the New Ha- | vens and on Tuesday evening the celebrated Salem team will play the New Havens. l The Poor will Have To Pay For 1t. A. B. says: As to men who strike and get l increased pay, what effect will it have? The
 manufacturers will have to charge more for | their goods to get a. profit and the poor as we'll as the rich will have to pay higher prices than before for all goods or articles
 which they use, for which the higher prices | have to be charged. Is this not something fo ipI- of2