Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-24
ARRANGING DETAILS.
WINDOW GLASS WILL Be SOLD As USUAL
UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING,

And Then the New Combination VIII As
sumo Control-The Ladies' Auxiliary
Winds Up Its Business-what Was Done
by the Engineers Yesterday.
The American Window Glass Company
has been successfully launched on the in
dustrial ocean. There are still some details
to be perfected. These will receive atten-
ton at the aext n,seting, which will be held
in Chicago on the 22d proximo, No specific
date has as yet been fixed when the business
life of the company shall begin. That will be
decided at the next meeting
In the meanwhile the factories will continue
to trade as in the past. 1t is authoritatively
stated that no change IN the price ruling since
March @ last has been made. On the other
hand. it is more than limited that prices Will be
advanced at the next meeting
The proprietors of the company claim GER
tain good results will follow on the scheme.
Among these is that the uniformity OF prices
Will be 10 the advantage Of the manufacturer.
che dealer and the consumer. To the former
by insuring him a steady return for his prod
uct; to the dealer by assuring him in the
quality Of his purchases; and to the consumer
tainty on the cost Of the article by obviating
fluctuations in price. When it is remembered
that the price of window glass has ranged 20
per cent In IL months, there are some grounds
C.
calculate with more certainty on the cost of
the article. Another advantage claimed for
the combination is that II will
benefit the worker by increasing his
earnings. This will result on the deter
mination of the company to raise the quality
of American glass to such point as will en-
able it to compete on level ground with the
now superior foreign manufacture and ulti-
mately drive 1t out of the market. The COM
pany looks with Jealous eyes on the million
boxes OF glass now,annually imported. and de-
sire to See it replaced by the home article.
Hence would follow increased consumption of
native glass, necessitatlng longer fires, better
qualities and higher earnings.
The identify of each factory will not be lost
distinctive marks and will continue to profit
by extended sales, BY its reputation as much as
II 1T were trading on the outside. Man
ufacturers who have established q name
for the superiority of their product are
jealous of their reputation. II any
plan suggestive of a common pooling of the
outputs of the factories has been proposed, it
is safe to say the scheme now consummated
would not have had supporter.
The operations of the COMPANY will be in full
swing by the end of the year. The details ap-
to the floating of q company with a
capital of Sc, 0O0. 900 are not perfected very
easily. There are yet some legal formalities to
be complied with owing to the adhesion of the
United Glass Company and the 252 pots COM
prised within it, pefected at the late meeting.
The company will control the product of about
East, on the outside. The trade of the Eastern
houses is entirely local, and South, and the
rrality they make is suitable only for the
region where they sell. Most of the Eastern
product finds Its way South, where inferior
grades and low prices suit the trade very well.