The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-10-09

ufactnrers combined \ rob the farm
ers' wives h frankly gissn by this pa
per; and Ia article Il well worth quot
ing here entire - q tariff lessen 10
women. The following i the article
- noom IN GiAss Jars-Grecn Glns
"Hooses Resume Work Tuesday AMER "a,
''sssnmer shut lDown.
Tuesday marked the resumption o.
green glass manufactures and Il tool
place In the midst Of the widest boon
In the glass fruit Jar trade since is7a
The green bottle factories of u. O
Cunningham and Ihmsen & Co. were
fired up on Tuesday and Cunningham
4 Co on "Wednesday. Atthe two places
that started Tuesday the entire force
was placed on fruit Jars on account Of
the unprecedented demand for lara the
price Of which has been advanced from
$50 TO siL5o in anticipation Of big
run Whitall, Tatum 4 Co. Of Mill.
vile. n. j., started three factories. The
trade outlook Is good and busy season
expected.
"Beb.nd the boom there Is = most In
teresting story Of how Whitney BroN,
the Whitney glass works ut Glassboro,
n j., have scooped up clear profit Of
500. 900.
Two years ago Whitney Bros found
themselves in position where Il was
70 their advantage to take the entire
product Of an outside factory which
ran on jars for them The Whitneys
own mills continued 20 turn out the
usual amount, and the trade looked
with horror upon the jars, which were
piled up into the thousand gross.
AT the beginning Of the season .
com bination was made in which il was
agreed TO maintain the price at $3.50
gross The Whitneys were 10, but even
this combination did not let the Others
rest easy. When the boom came the
Whitneys had about $4,000 gross of
jars on hand and they were masters OF
the situation Up jumped the price.
II rose quickly from 81 to 81 50. to S. 50.
70 $1,000. to sll, and to sii. so. and still
Whitney Bros had thousands OF jarx
They could not ship them fast enough
to check the rise. From five TO fifteen
car loads have been going daily from
their storchouses in Glassboro and
salem. and yet but small fraction OF
the demand was met Prices continued
70 jump. and Tuesday offers as high as
sla and s'4 a gross were made without
securing the jars The resumption OF
work at the factories will have no ap-
effect on the market"
How does the tariff come in here?
In this way: If an importer should
order $1,000 worth Of fruit jars from
Europe the United States government
would make him pay on landing them
penalty or tax Of $500. in order 10
protect this precious fruit jar trust.
This Is called by Maj Mckinley and his |
oliowers encouraging American in
iustry;'and the jar trust takes the .'en-
and with il the hint TO |
'harge all that their protection will |
Illow them. That $500 does its work.
I keeps out foreign jars so effectually
hat none are separately given in the |
government reports as imported.
II there had been no duty on fruit
ars Is II not clear that jars would have
ONE in in large quantities from
Europe last spring to supply our
narkets? Would it not have been inn
ossible then for that greedy
manufacturer in New JERSEY
o collect 500. 900 in tribute during one
rief summer from our wives and moth
rs? is Il not . sin and q shame to give
man in this way the power to tax for
Or his own private greed hundreds and
thousands Of households all over the
Ind?
Yet such IS protection and such Is
lckinleyism. The republican party
this way puts the taxing power in
le hands Of individuals to be used
y individual gain. and Il defends this
Zstem as being Of special benefit to the
lrmers themselves. Could human fol.
go further or human injustice en-.
ody itself in form more atrocious
nd outrageous for us? Is il strange.
the light Of this glass jar story that
me men denounce protection - down
ght thieving and robbery?