Evening journal., 1896-01-27
MEN MAKING MOROCCO.
About 1920 Operatives Re-
quired to Run on Full Time.
BIG INDUSTRY TO WILMINGTON
This oity Is the Second Largest In the
world Engaged in Making Glazed Kid
rs It is Now oalled-Fun Capacity Of the
Various Factories In This City.

rs It is Now oalied-Fun Capacity OF the
Various Factories in This City.
Morocco manufacturers throughout the
city are looking forward to better and
brsker business With the advent Of
Spring. This channel OF trade has been
somewhat stsgnated with the commercial
unessiness OF the past three years and
some leaders In the industry are still
despondently declaring:
"Oh, We cannot expect anything until
after the next presidential election.
whichever way IL goes
But there 10 elresdy an upward
tendency. I'VE have some new orders
for samples, said Vice President Charles
Baird, Of the National Morocco Manu-
iacturers' Association aud also OF the
firm Of Charles Baird and Company, In
conversation with 3 reporter. "And
these are quito encouraging, because
they are for fereign account. Here is an
important one from Kwak Company of
Amsterdam and here another from
Brussels 1t is only recently that we
local manufacturers have had any
demand for goods abroad; now the out.
lock Is quite promising"
It Is said that It was because Of certain
foreign competition that the name was
changed short time ago. from morocco
to glszeo kid Now, nearly every factory
bears the sign "glszsd kid" instead Of
the old term morocco.
Goat skins. which are the raw material
are shipped TO this city from Calcutta,
North Africa and Southern European
ports, while Of late large portion Of the
shipments have been coming In from
Mexico and Buenos Ayres. The report OF
Henry Friel shows quite an increase In
the importation Of goat skins into this
country during the past year.
WILMINGTON the Second City.
Il is not generally known that Will
mington is the second largest morocco
manufacturing city 10 the world aud the
largest in proportion TO It's population.
But the largest is Philadelphia. where
the industry has greatly developed
within the past decade.
During the past year it Is safe TO say
that an average Of 2, 900 dozens OF skins
per day have been handled In Whining
ton. or course the capacity of the
eighteen factories hore is grsster still.
Not all the establishments were running,
however, some only ran part OF the time,
two were moved, one was burned ana
one was closed and nailed up
Close fgudng on the output show s
thst 1866 dozen skins psr day were the
average Figuring on 300 working days
In the year, we have an output for last
year OF $1,000. 600 skins. averaging
"a 600 skius each working day,
Number OF Operatives X Required.
1T always requires forty-6ve men for
every 100 dozen skins you turn out. y
said another East side manufacturers 10 a
reporter. And think you can find ia
a moment just how many Wilmington
lans are engaged in the manufacture OF
glazed kid. Calculating on your 900
dozen skins per day you have 900 men,
and think that is the average muster
Of the morocco Industry. OF course, at
times meny more are engaged, but the
yearly average will scarcely 60 above
1,0OO"
Some Financial Facts.
To bright. far sighted and shrawd
young man this business seems TO oifsr
special inducements. Nearly every man
In Wilmington to-day prominent IN the
manufacture Of morocco, were poor boys
A score Of the leading manufacturers, or
their representatives., could hsve been
pointed out years ago Rs barefooted
school boys running about the city Peter
J, Ford. 1t is said started out with small
property and has become a remarkable
self made man aud president Of a concern
that can turn out 500 dozen skins a day.
Richard PatzoWsky. who is Frsctically
the life and hFad OF Blumenthal & Co.
so far as Wilmington is concerned, had
very disccuraging prospects Ia early
youth and now gets probably the biggest
salary Of any man Ia Delaware II not
south Of the Mason's ana Dixon's Llne
It IL said that Mr. Patzlwsky's annual
compensation Is $40 600 BE is also one
OF the chief advisers Of Mr. Blumenthal
himself.
Capacity Of Wilmington Works.
II all the Wilmington establishments
we're TO run full force their output each
1 dav would be as falloWs.