The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-17
Glass Jars and the Tariff.

ley tariff we clip the following from
Democratic Glasses, OF last Sundays
Star:
s'Cheap fruit and cheap sugar were |
incentives to preserving, but when 1t
came to buying glass jars the thrifty |
housewives found that they lost far |
more than they saved on the fruit and |
sugar. The price OF glass Jars was al |
most doubled. WhyY Because the
tariff enabled the glass manufacturers
to make q combination and run up the
price enormously. One firm alone,
oyer In Jersey, Is said to have realized
500, 900 this year simply by the adj
vance In fruit jars. And do the work
ingmen profit by this adyancef Let
the repeated strikes and lock-outs in
various glass manufactures over the
demand for increased wages give the
answer. Cheap sugar shows the re-
suit of reducing the tariff; dear fruit
jars show the result of increasing it,
And the worklngman whose wages
have been increased in consequence OF
the enactment OF the Mckinley Tariff
bill remains to be found, not only in
Wilmington but in every other manu-
featuring center Of this country. Truly
tbs tariff Is tax"
The above is cunning and deceptive.
WHAT Democratic Glass Q = So IS about
the rise In the price of glass Jars is
true, but the cause assigned Tor the
rise is the deceiving part. The Nc
. Kinley tariff had no more to do with
the Increased price Of glass jars than
1t had to do W til blossoming tho peach
trees, and bringing forth great peach
l,ara tNyna "a ~ f.rnD luGt VAN.
We do not believe there are many peo-
pic who believe that it had anything
to do with 1t even after reading tic
Star "Glasses" article.
The truth OF the matter is just this.
For several years past there were
nall crops OF fruit. last year there
were no peaches for canning, in either
tin cans or glass jars, and neither OF
them were in demand. AS a conse-
quence the glass jar manufacturers
did not increase their output OF fruit
jars. There was no sale for them, no
need for them; had they manufactur
ed them ahead. they would have lain
upon their hands as dead capital.
Then again the glass manufacturers
all shut down their works in June SC
that there was no chance to start them
upand mako more this summer wher
the demand came for more glass jars
With tin cans the case was quite dif
ferent, The tin shops were busy, ant
extra hands had to be employed K
meet the great demand. Tin cans
which started at the commencement
of the season at as cents per dozen, hay
only run up to SO cents. Why did the.
even run up five cents on the dozen
Simply because there was competition
which kept the price down to areason
able figure. But the case was quit
different with glass fruit jars.
One man over in New Jersey, diIlel
emit from all the other glass jar makers
had an immense stock OF Mason glas
jars on hand when the demand cam'
His stock was stone dead for years b,
fore, it became Immensely alive att
the great fruit season eame on. II
WAS struck just right, all the otht
glass-biowers were struck just wron!
They had no jars to sell, their mil
were stopped fires out and hands q
TO the sea shores and mountains. Wi
this particular Jersey glass blow
his mills were stopped, his fires Of
and his hands gone for the SUNNI
too, but In his ware rooms was an il
mense stock Of Mason's Jars. How
llughed, and chuelilcd and royeled
delight. Ills day had come at las
Orders came pouring infor iurs. Pri
leaped to sl.25 a dozen, to S1.35,
ti.45, and up to Sl.15, ami we belle
higher; the man made Il fortune.
We believe "Domosratic Glasse
whsh It says he realized 900 600. w
could helpit? He alone had jars, a
Everybody had fruit. The people we
willing to give almost any price I
Jars Is there one man in hundr
who would not have got all he cou
Tor his jars If placed iutho position
this fortunate Jersey glass blow
What cared he for millionaire or wol
Ing man, so long as he had what I
people wanted and were willing to .
his prices?
But we will ask again, what had I
Mckinley tariff to do with this? 1t v
one OF those local circumstances Il
occur occasionally and over VIII
there Is no control
II Democratic Glasses" wants
elueidate on the Mckinley tariff
we would suggest the binding tw
question to it. Before tic McKin
bill passed it had much to say abe
1t. 1t told the farmers, that Il
would have to pay Increased pri
for 1t if the tariff was raised.
tariff was raised and the farmer II
pays eight cents pound Tor 1t wi
before he paid fifteen cents. tn
ure many other nuts for "Democri
Glasses to crack, but let it tackle
binding twine nut. Tho glass jar
ga failure.
II you have siplr or parrnne he