Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-19
BOTTLE MEN ANXIOUS.
An Attempt Will Be Made to Change
the Green Glass Scale.
RAILROAD MEN DENY FAvORITISM.
Meeting of the Pittsburg Freight Committee
on Thursday.
THROLD SCHEDULE WAS TOO SWEEPING

The Pittsburg Freight Com mittee viii
meet on Thursday to discuss the classified
tion of bottles. Some time ago bottles wer'
advanced from third to second class in les
than car loads. The local manufacturer
of green bottles protested that the increas'
was discrimination against them in favol
orthe bottle men in Eastern Ohio anC
West Virginia. Prior to the meeting the
glass committee will visit Pittsburg manu-
lecturers On the committee are Samuel
Woodside, of the Erie system; w. l.
Cromlish, Pittsburg and Western, anC
Messrs. Lawrence, Lake Shore; Orr, of sht
TT. Wayne, and Means, of the Panhandle
One of the agents said yesterday: ''The
bottle classification was changed because it
was impossible to distinguish between the
varieties. The low rate was not only ap.
piled to green bottles, but to fancy cruettes
for vinegar and oil, water bottles, etc, that
really come under the head of tableware.
think the glass classification is fair. and
equitable, but the manufacturers will be
heard
discrimination in Rat es Denied.
s'The railroads are not opposed to the ship
pers, and it is our business to stay with the
people who furnish us the traffic. The
change was not made suddenly but after
long deliberation, and there was no inten-
tion to take advantage of the bottle manu-
facturers. The rates apply to every point
in the territory of the Central Traffic Asso-
citation east of Chicago and East ST. Louis.
Ii is not true that glass men in Ohio and
West Virginia get better rates than the
Pittsburg max ers. All have been treated
alike in this matter. The local freight
committee has no authority to act, but
they can make recommendation to the
Central Traffic Association.
Manufacturers should not forget that the
conditions are changing rapidly in this
country. The man who holds the geograph-
ical position and is closer to the market
than his competitors will always have the
advantage. The Eastern iron manufactur-
eTs can no longer compete in Western mar
kets, and 1t is but natural that cotton fac
tories located in the South are sure to knock
out the cotton mills of New England.
Pittsburg's Market Is Being Cut Up.
''The country is growing rapidly, and the
industries are becoming scattered. The
time is not far hence when the market will
be limited They are beginning to make
iron, glass and steel on an extensive scale
IN the West, and, of course, their home
markets which are now supplied from Pitts
burg will go TO them"
II. Z. Passavant, Secretary of the Mahon-
ing and Shenango Iron Manufacturers As
sOciation at Youngstown, was in the city
Yesterday. He said that since the railroads
had refused TO reduce the rates on pig iron
between Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cleveland
and the valleys the furnacemen have had to
be conteGted. No steps are being taken at
present TO follow up the railroad ques-
tion. Pig iron advanced so cents
ton, bul Bessemer iron dropped back
25 ceuts last week. The market
has not improved verv much and little is
being done in the valleys. The slight in
crease in the price OF pig iron came at the
wrong Time, and is the main reason why
the railroads declined TO grant the reduc-
tion. The Mahoning and Shenango furnace
men kicked a great deal, but as usual with
out avail There was little complaint from
the Pittsburg manufacturers. but they
hoped the valley people would be successful,
as they would have Shared in the cut