The Jasper weekly courier., 1891-12-04


MID Arr.ixnnert sf the Table Giasswsrs
| raM ~ the nssh Tsrin nostsa Csm-
| mesciai bulletin.
The following article on the glass
ware trust from the Commercial Bulle-
tin Is interesting:
when the United States q ass Co.
was formed In July Il issued = circular
70 It's customers al over the country
stating It's policy. and among other
things announcing that II did not in
tend 70 advance the price OF course
the com bination was formed for the ex-
press purpose Of increasing the profit
on their goods but this was TO Be done
BY economically operating their facto-
ries- This was 70 be effected By having
each factory make . special or several
special lines; for instance, one could
make goblets and stem ware and 50 on
The sets Of molds would also be linn
tied. the saving amounting to consider
able, IS each set cost from 3 3, 900 70 s.. :
0O0- The number Of high salaried Of
hcials could be reduced. Again there
would be no danger OF accumulatinR
stock. as . factory making q certain
line could shut down IL there was =
surplus on the market and the manu-
facturers joined in one strong associa-
ton could be more indie dependent Of the
union Of glass workers, with which
they have in the past been unable to
cope. Thus by gaining these advan-
tages the association proposed to make
greater profits than in the past
-Four months have not passed yet.
but prices have already been pushed
up on staple lines from five to ten per
cent. and on some specialties. such ~
cologne bottles and similar goods, the
advance has been fully fifty per cent.
Jobbers look for . greater advance
than this before the year is out What
It's limits will be is hard even TO sur
mise. but judging from the low basis
on which goods soil before the combi-
nation was effected. the advance will
be considerable
The increase in the price Of novel
ties and new patterns has not come yet
What are called Eew patterns have
been on the market now since last
January. and no newer ones are ex-
pected until the advent Of the new
year. When they are put on the mar
ket the jobbers say they will most
likely be obliged to pay comparatively
more than in past years The advance
is very likely to be considerable also,
Is the making of new patterns entails
the risk Of not having the goods take
with the purchasing public, . point
which competition in the past did not
admit being fully taken into account
by the way, prices have been ad-
vanced Of late on table glassware. IL is
natural to suppose the United States
Glass Co. has practical control
Of the market There are in
this country about twenty-six
factories in all that make table
glassware, and when the association
was first formed it included fourteen
Of these. Most Of the powerful con-
Germs were secured. yet several re-
mained outside. Since July two or
three more companies have entered and
Of the ten or so left but two or three
are large concerns that have the power
to harass the combination.
These two or three concerns, It's un-
derstood. have agreed TO be friendly
with the new United States Glass Co
and follow the policy Of the lat
ter in putting prices up or down
There are some who expect to see
these outsiders yet immerged in the
com bination. 90 friendly has been their
attitude In the past"