New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-06

n skilled man smooths it out into a perfect plate
of common glass Then it IL taken ana run in no
an annealing oven, where IL Is tehpeIeu ~, vi
When cooled it is laid on q table for the WoIh
of the cutter lie stands with DIAMOND any
cuts each large plate into such sizes as wiz Moin ,
TO the best advantage, cutting out OF each r'l y
ulatr half n dozen different sizes OF glass ines,
are then boxed and ready for shipment anu uSc
The price of common glass has been cheapened II
this country SO that the window-glass ior a COY
tagc or ordinary house does not cVsV oile-h'i VIM
IL did in former years. -, ,rc
Near the wirdow-glass factory is another iafgS
factory where they Manufacture la9 9 WI ""'
lamp chimncys, and work 900 men anu ooSo
Three years ago there were In Jeannette Only
two small dingy houses To-day Jeanette is
town full of brick blocks and large buldlhsS, VIII
a, population of over 5000 people. Inc eht i
which are using the natural gas of the locality Iol
their fuel Here are 5000 people consuming the
products Of the farms OF that VicihltS' Ju0V vi
account of those newly bullt Industries.
A CHANCE FOR sODA-ASH FACToNEs'
Since my visit to irwin and Jeanette | have
visited the immense factory of the Solvay Process
Company at Syracuse, n. Y, where they are max
ING nearly all the soda-osh manufactured IN inc
United states. The works cover, with their build
ings. ten acres of ground. They work l, 300 meT
and run twelve months III q year. The glass
factories themselves run only from nine ana one
half to ten months each year, shutting down ouI
ing the hottest part OF tue summer s..... oo-
In 1889 we consumed it the United States 23i,-
0OO tons of soun-ash, II 900 tons VI winch were
imported from abroad ana $4,000 tons were fnaue
In THIS country, most oil ~ AZ this one lac.onS 81
syracuse. In 1890 tie United States consumed
of soda-ash 277 900 tons, Of which ,0OO tons
were brought from the Old World ana Io,oVV
were produced in the United States. Inc WoIKs
at Syracuse have paid up capital OF Sl,oOO,OoV
The foreman informed me that they were paying
the men from 81 40 to $2 % per day. ana tha'
the payroll was fully 10 per cent hl9her thIi
the payroll OF any similar works In the Oid
III. Ii linn MFbi
partly made is quarried about three miles troul
the factory, and the salt brine. from which they
get their sodium is brought about twenty miles
III pipes from bed OF rock salt recently 0peneH
on the hills for away The lime is burned WIN
coke from Corning, y. Y, or from PennsylV2hla;
and the immense boilers are heated with me hard
coal, also from Pennsylvania. There las Deen d
revenue tamil on soda-ash for years. since TINS
enormous factory was started the duty mas pecomc
What has been the effect on the price of
soda-ash since You succeeded in making one-thlrd
of the amount consumed in this country 7" L
asked the manager Of this business.
His reply was made without hesitation: III
has cheapened the price from $40 ton down
to $50 a ton, which is the price at the present.
time.
We need few more just such mammoth CON
Germs in this country. There Is no Valid reason
why we should not make all of the soda-aSh used
in the United States This article is used en-
tcnsyely in the manufacture OF glass, OF paper
pulp and hard soaps, and III many other INDUS
tries. There should be employed in the making
OF soda-ash and glass alone 10000 more work
men than arc engaged in those Industries at
this time in this country. The material Tor the
work has been deposited in great abundance ard
in most excellent quality III several States OF TINS
Union. Why then should il not be utilized for
the benefit of our own workingmen?
A large factory is now being built In Grand
Rapids, Mich, for the manufacture of mirrors
from plate glass. So it goes, one new industry
after another springing up all over our land as
the result Of the wise legislation of the last
Congress. To all Of this | say-Amen:
r. e. HORR.