Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-08-11

ware, and therefore have no interests in
common with us. This Is purely table
ware matter"
Yesterday 8 Pittsburg Post said, in the
course of an interview with manutac-
tuIer:
sit is suggested that if Mckee Brothers,
Atterbury & Co., and the Rochester Tum-
bier Company do not enter into the COM
bipe. any effort 10 consolidate etfectually
will be futile"
'There is great distinction between the
flint glass blowing establishments and the
pressed ware factories. At present only
the latter class of fl rms are in the combine.
1t is not settled, hOweve, that these firms
will not 20 into the corporation. 1t Is
barely possible they may IN the end con-
clude to join forces with us. :"
would the fact Of their not entering
the combine prevent the Incorporation OF
the other companies?"
Certainly not. Why should ii? We
would not interfere with them in the
least"
"wbat is the prime object OF the consol'
idation?"
Merely to dispose of the goods to the
best advantage and eeonOmize in the pur-
chase of materials. The latter considera-
ton. added to the saving in freight
rates that can be effected, make very
good reasons to combine. Take the case OF
soda alone. There is difference Of an
eighth of cant among the different man
ufacturers now. 1t is caused by watching
the market and buying at oppOrtune times.
In one year, on that material alone, $50,
600 will be saved during the making OF
YEARLY contracts. At present prices are
unsettled. 1t is impossible to tell how
long one rate will remain. In a few
weeks time it may take q sudden anu
most uuaccOuntable drop.
1T is all due to the fearful rate cutting.
The iObbers, too, are suffering, They
fail, and We have to pay the funeral ex-
penses. There are some cases where 1t Is
necessary to compromise for Is or 20 per
cent. Jobbers that have years ago pur-
chased big stocks content themselves with
buying very small ones, waiting for the
market to change. At one time they
came up the river and bought enough to
load their boats. Now they buy % bar
rels. I met gentleman the other day, a
iobber from a distance He explained
that he was not here to buy goods, and re-
lated Ss his reason the fact that during the
past year the shTinksge on his
stock was 5000 By the shrink
age l mean the loss owing 10 the
decline ofprices after be had bought his
goods. The time was when that gentle
man would come into our Office and buy
$4,000 worth Of goods at one order. He
doesn't do that now, for what to-day he
pays S. a barrel for be can buy six
weeks hence at 81 a barrel. The trouble
is not due so much TO overprGductiOn as
the eagerness to sell. There is season of
the year when affairs are in such shape
that it is necessary to realize aud goods 90
for almost anything. Here is the END OF
the six weeks s;oppage coming ia the mid
die of the month. l am of the opinion we
will not resume Immediately and believe
half of the firms will not do SO either. We
have a stock on hand and are not particu-
larly anxious to increase it.
"With the new corporation advantages
are secured that an individual firm cannot
acquire. For instance, we have a London
office. We sell few pieces through our
agents, but cannot offer inducements to
push our wares. He gets commission for
selling English goods as well, and the re-
suit is we do not get the trade we might
With the corporation in working order
we shall place a couple of statesmen In
England, some in Germany, others IN
Japan, the Indies, Australia and South
America. By this means we can
get rid of any surplus that we may have.
In selling so much goods the commission
will of necessity be reduced. 1t has been
computed that If all the factories IN exist
ence and now building would run at full
capacity for six months and few days
they could supply the entire trade Of the
United States for year. l think that
is correct. 1t is ruinOus to
the sorkmen alone, if to no enc else; that
we must all admit.
81 see no reason why the corporation
should not be transacting business by Jan
uarv, 1890"
Mr.. A. W. Boggs, of the Goblet Com
pany, at Findlay, is quoted by the Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette as saying that
''Nate Scott, of Wheeling, told reporter
what was published about the tableware
pool " Mr. Boggs says the pool was killed
in Pittsburg long ago.