The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-23
1 YHR GLASS COMBINE.
An Interesting Outline Of what
it May be Expected to Do.
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Gathered About the Workshops and
Mills of this VIcinIly!The In
ventlOn ola Bright Mind,
Interesting Notes.

The proposed combination ofthe table
ware trade is thought by many glass
men to be nearing Consummation.
Those who favor the project are not dis
turbed by general predictions OF failure
nor by the reasons specifically assigned
for that prediction, They argue that
the scheme holds out so many induce
ments that when a few iormalites shall
have been arranged it will commend
itself to at least twenty-five ofthe thirty
six concerns In the business, Since
profit Is what they are all after, and since
the scheme Contemplates large savings
at two important points, production and
distribution, the projectors Of the move-
ment think their object practically &C.
complished when they shall have made
II clear that these savings are practical.
Each concern invests largely each year
In new mOulds which are almost, or
quite, reproductions Of the moulds OF
other concerns. The combination would
restrict one pattern to one concern and
run that on the special line to supply
the trade, In the matter Of marketing
the product, much stress Is laid on the
saving Of salaries OF statesmen, Here It
ia expected not only to retrenCh expend'
itures in the home trade, but 10 make a
new aud striking departure III an effort
10 increase the export trade while reduC'
ting the cost to each concern,
It is proposed to establish in London,
Melbourne and the City OF Mexico what
may be termed permanent exhibits Of
American glassware, the agency In each
OF these cities being placed In charge Of
a high grade man, The London agency
would carry, say, 100000 worth Of
ware in stock, that In Melbourne $75,-
900, that in Mexico S50,0O0-veIy large
stocks Of glass at present prices. 1t Is
believed that these agencies In Compe'
tent hands would largely increase the
output.
The suggestion is met that concerns
standing aloof from the combination
could break it, aud that glass houses not
now making table ware would push 10
TO profit by the new conditions. 1t IL
maintained that a bottle house, for ex-
ample, Is no more prepared to embark
In table ware than 1t Is to produce pig
iron or Royal Worcester china, and, fur
ther, that prices would not warrant the
attempt. As for those table ware con-
Germs that should refuse to go in, the
combiners say itwould not be difficult to
bring them to time In case they were
disposed to make trouble. AS fast as
one Of them were TO try to catch the
market with o new pattern, q friendly
jobber would send II 10 the combination
headquarters. Thence 1t would be dis.
tributed, piece by piece, to the members
OF the combination, everything would
give way 10 producing quickly those
several pieces, and before the originator
had gone far he would find himself over.
taken with q duplicate OF his set ut half
his price. The combination would ham.
per a disturber OF the peace and make
money on him In the bargain.
The friendly cooperation Of jobbers
and OF many retailers Is not doubted, for
1t is pointed out that in this way their
interest lies. The small concerns, and
some new ones OF very respectable pro.
portions, In their eagernegs to make
trade, 90 direct to the retailer or, as in
the case OF hotel ware, direct 10 the con.
sumer, shutting out the middlemen.
These views are, OF course, cne.sided,
but they show how those favorable To
the scheme argue their case and why
they expect success.