Evening journal., 1892-09-27
LIE GLASS INDUSTRY.


before the enraptured eyes Of the tariff
advocates and offered II as an illustra-
tion Of the benefits Of the Mckinley bill.
Glass and glassware received special
attention in the Mckinley bill and the
glass men were frequent and influential
visitors to the committee rooms while il
was being concocted Consequently the
duties on all glassware were raised not
less than 80 per cent. aud as much as
400 per cent.
Governor Mckinley said that under
60 per cent. tariff, or by charging $50
extra for every 500 worth of American
glass produced that the glass industries
here would not be destroyed and the
workingmen would have good wages. He
said that a tariff of $50 ON every 500
worth Of glass would pay more revenue
TO the government but less wages to the
worgingman. He made the impression
that tariff Of 60 per cent. would be
beneficial to the glass industry and pro-
fitable to the wage-earners.
What has happened under this in
crease Of tariff During the twenty
months which elapsed from the passage
Of the Mckinley bill TO July 1892, the
following events have occurred in the
glass industry, namely:
January %, 1891. The proprietors of
tho glass works at Bellefonte, Pa. have
reduced their working force. Dull
npf ats arn oaofo.aaI ,e 4 a.,
January %, 1891. The window glass
works Ia Zanesville, Ohio, controlled by
the United Glass company. have shut
down for an indefinite period Factories
in Bloseburg, Wellsboro and Covington.
N. Y, have also been closed.
July ., 1891. ALI but one of the flint
and window glass factories in Findlay.
Ohio have shut down for the SUMMER
Over 1000 employees will get a two
month"; vacation.
September "a, 1891. - Detroit CITY
Glass works men are out 100 strong
against 10 per cent. reduction. The
strike has turned into lockout.
December /, 1891 dispatch from
Anderson Ind. says that the glass blow
ers employed at the PENNSYLVANIA glass
works, which has been considered one of
the most prosperous in the city, struck
this morning and walked out of the fac.
tory, because the board of directors at
its meeting yesterday ordered a reduc-
tioD Of % per cent in their wages. The
company Is cooperative aud nonunion
factory, and last year paid a dividend of
GA per cent.
April 6, 1892 Window. glass factories
will shut down May 81. This was de.
cided upon at a meeting Of manufac-
turers in the Auditorium, at Chicago.
last night Almost every factory in the
West was represented This action will
be a surprise to the jobbers and glass
blowers, who expected that the factories
would not close before July. As work
cannot be resumed before September.
and usually resumption does not take
place before October, famine in glass
is not improbable If strikes do not inter
fere with building operations.
June 30, 1872. All the glass factories
at Bellaire Ohio, have been permanently
shut down, the manufacturers claiming
that they cannot compete with those 10.
Gated in natural gas towns. About $50
men are ont.
July 2, 1892 There are now fifteen
window glass factories in Southern New
Jersey nailed up tight. The beginning
Of the depression in this great American
industry began about eighteen months
ago, and in the interval the blast
Of commercial decay has gone steadily
on until the entire window glass
business is at a standstill. This clos
ing up of so large a number Of indus
tries scattered a large industrial popu-
lation, many going into other glass
centers, particularly into hollow ware
factories, and othors, unable to find
employment at their trade, are now
working on farms as farm laborers
There are two factories at Wood
bury closed, the principal ono owned by
j. Lamar, who built up tremendous
window glass business, but was sud
denly obliged TO shut down. The War
micks, at Gloucester, have plant
equal to four ordinary furnaces, and en-
ploy about 200 men. 1t is now shut
down for an indefinite period At
Malaga 20 men are thrown out of en-
ployment because OF the mailing up of
the furnaces. Nineland, which has two
small window glass factories employing
from 60 TO 50 men, Is now being sur
rounded by weeds aud thistles AT
Millville, the principal industry is the
| ANNnuANANulN u Sthaot hul n NntNk mas
come TO the remarkable prosperity OF
this town because of the shutting down
of the window glass part Of the furnaces.
/ At Winslow there are two large fac.
tories, and at Ateo one glass factory, all
Of which are nailed up tight.
These are not all of the events which
have occurred under the tariff of al
least $50 ON the 500 worth of glasswar,
under the Mckinley bill.
The glass business ought TO have beer
prosperous from tho jump after the pas
sage of bill allowing $50 ON the $lOl
profit extra and behind which the benefic
iaries ought to be able TO paw as gooC
wages, at least, as they had paid under
lower tariff.
That is a practical answer to Governor
McKinley's professions Of being able e
make the glass industry prosperous by
increasing the tariff and enabling tn,
owners Of the mills to increase the price,
of their product and decrease wages
after shutting down to control thu
market
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