New-York tribune., 1894-04-20
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW'S TRIP.
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teres:lng establishment There Is no coal no soo''
no dust no dlr-everything s spick. span and c!eah'
and to a Popu.ist orator a glass-oloWer 5hou'u oe
n OF perpetual admiration ana envy oni'i
/ describe the thing? Al right. VIII try to. Inc
great earthen retorts about six feet in diameter
and as many deer. placed in a furnace. n"ei
with the material which. when fused rpakes s.ass.
The natural gas is turned on and In very sho''
time the liquid Is ready FOR use. Then the s'is'-
blower puts a long tube In the retor; gathers Il
mass OF the material on the end OF the tube pulls
II out swings II around and commences to blow into
the tube
before he stops he has blown cylinder foot
In diameter and six feet long The bulb WEIGHS az
he takes It out about twenty-five pounds rev
champion blowers take out bulbs which weigh forty-
five mounds and blow them into cylinders a foot
and half IN. diameter and about seven feet hiSn.
The glass end is then cut or BY wrapping arouhu
II thread of redhot glass one side OF the cylinder
ls cut from top to bottom With a diamond glass;
cutter. II is then put in another oven upon reu-
hot smooth surface The operation OF the neat
causes the two sides to fall. when the operator
runs a smooth wooden block over 1t. and II comes
out Window glass to be cut by the diamond-cutter
into any size shape that the market may re-
qure. - -rs
These proprietors said that the lowest price paid
these blowers was Sl25 a month"; and. according
TO their sklll-and staying power-they received up
10 s3co a month Their Belgian brethren doing the
same work receive less than 500 month. The SIT
uaton was plainly understood by both proprietor
and workngman that to the extent to which the
cheapgoods reformer reduces the tariff on glass the
wages OF the g.ass-blower must be correspondingy
lowered In other words. the glass factory MUST
either close or the wages OF the glass-bowcr must
come the figure that s paid TO his Belgian COM
petitor with the Item of breakage and transporta-
ton added. | not. therefore surprised when
the foreman Of the factory said there used to be
good deal OF politics around there out there are o
Democrats ieft,'
Mr. Depew was next asked az 10 conditions IN
the agricultural communities. with reference espe'
cally to the prevailing low price Of wheat
We'll" he replied. THE people Of the whole West
ern country and all the boards OF trade are very
much worried the low price or wheat Al the
same time the winter wheat fields look splendid
and the estimates OF the abest observers at every
station say that the year would be at least 20 per
cent or course. the production or every country
in the world has much to do with the p:lce' out
the recent competition by the Argentine Repuphc Is
especially important The area of wheat produc-
ton in the Argentine IN the last few years has
grown from 100000 acres to over I"oVv acres ana IL
rapidly increasing. 49,
counting for the falling off in exports of wheat the
diminished home market can only De explained nee r Dy
and cheaper foods This IL undoubtedly the case
This also affects the outputs OF the mills ana IN, me
factories 1t Is an era all over the country Oh @ ou
hats. old clothes and patched shoes II Is an era;
paTtay psq 8 He Worn ont and broken utensils and
chinery in the household and on the farm; These
bgsiness as soon as our Industries revive and the
present plethora Of money comes aetvey INTO R oas, U.S.
Moved. and through them and through mills to the
manufacturers, the merchants and others
HARD TIMES EVERYWHERE FELT.
NOW. let me give you a couple Of curious ilustra-
tions which subjects for study by the socol-
ogls;." continued Mr.. Depew The Chicago and
m
previous to the panic was carrying into the iron
belt of North Wisconsin and the peninsula or Mchi-
gan three tranloads Of dressed beef week Snce
the panic closed the mines IN thst section tney nSe
been carrying one carload week IL illustrates tne
almost immediate transition OF large popu,,atiG9n ,Gs
THE other fact illustrates the fear the labor
Soow the ADOPTION OF more or less feetradc meas
ures and their determination that the adoption snail
one pont,ir this same region speak Of. where the
handlers or ore had. been 30 strasened by lack OF
81 Paul and Duluth had been sending provisions,
which carried free by the railroads for the last
three or months the opening OF the furnaces In
the Mahonpg Valley gave aye an an n G m rpeaY TO G
reduced price. ana the railroads must carry It at
very much lower rate These men had received In
dav das The eonditons were explained to them and
81 - day offered to them. but they refused "
resume work for less than 81 =? per day And these
day the ore cannot be removed
KENTUCKY VIEW
At this point Mr.. Depew dlgressei from socioogt-
cal illustrations applied to Industrial affairs long
enough to introduce another Of a quite different
nature A twinkle was visible in his eye and ai
amiable pucker OF the lips made its appearance In
his ruddy features. 1t was evident that something
Issue
This sociological question: by the way, he said.
suggests another phase. met several eminent
hentGSkahs a. We weIe sDrs Sioi innisys as 70
the political future OF Colonel Breckinrilge. Ihey
incident would not have hurt Colonel BreckhrldSe
all. but they doubted whether, unless Il could
be satisfactorily explained, Kentucky would ever
That was the offence which would probably destroy
him unless it could be explained politically and
After merry laugh and some side comments upon
the famous 5,e, lawsuit mr. pepe" returned 10 more
But while the business depression and unprece-
dented numbers of unemployed are the common
condition OF our Western states, we found one
conspicuous exception. and tha; was ST Louis
St Louis seemed to be doing as much business
before It's local Industries are active and healthy
and It's merchants with all that mans IN rne way
profitable business The st. Louis business men
saw that this is because st. Louis has developed
more s.owly 1t Is true; but much more safely and
on more permanent and conservative lines than its
riva.s-and especially It's great rival Ihere may De
that Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma; which are
the markets OF 81, Louis. have been less affected
than any other part OF the country by the panic
and the depression in business. We must remember
that 10000 people have gone to oklahoma In the
last fifteen months and they draw their supplies
from st. Louis.
FORTT NAPD ST LOUIS
THE products OF Arkansas found ready market
and its requirements from the St Louis market
were correspondingy great. 50 that ST. Louis stands
with It's banks filed with money and its business,
It's Industrial and credit conditions absolutely inn
proving during the whole period Of this depression.
"You meet everywhere. in all this vast territory
which we traversed, the statement that everybody
has been and Is economzlng even those whose
incomes have not been affected. While there has
been great distress In the country ana thousands OF
fortunes have been lost and thousands of business
enterprises broken up the accumulations Of wealth
from these economies have been simply incdlcuaDle
II IL an accumulation which is 70 be an enormous
factor in the future when confidence is completely
restored and the policy of the Government Is deli
ni.ely settled There were 650O.OoD people in
1890, shown by the last census Say that there