New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-26
FRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENTS.

tion known as the American Pharmaceutical Assoc
citation. and (. holds It's annual convention In balu-
more next Monday. But large shafe OF the retai
druggists Of the country. especially in the We@'
feel that this society does not look after their In
terests as II should and might do. II is proposed
therefore. TO form al indepenIeIt ORGANIZATION -n
VIII come OF Il than q strong protest INST me
mann cement and policy of the old assoc"ion' Dut
a good deal depends. apparently on me course p1'-
sued at Baltimore next week
Detroit is ono OF those cities that have tried the
experiment Of having their own eectr!c-lghting
plants. proceeding on the suppos.ton that il could
thus get its light much cheaper than before. From
the third annual report - the bureau IN charge OF
this service It appears that the cost per isht for
the last year is but So 90 Now. an outside COM
pany offered FIVE years ago 20 furnish ght i0r |v- ."
per lamp and 70 is admitted that in most places
period. To-day. no doubt the outside c"rpoii'No
lamp. The Electrical Engineer" commenting ON
these facts says that the report underrsilnaie-
OK lighting is Therefore higher than that which is
great economy had been en'cied 10y N" HU"'''p"'
control o. tho lighting business
At tho present time there is a h!gh iariH on many
kinds OF tools imported into this country. and i is
said that the German manufacturers have com
blnea 10 secure retalat0Ty legislation ibis winter
II tho American duty IL not lowered or taken OF.
In view OF the rapidly nereasing cNporiation ~
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concede something 90 the Germans mas i'ii'd''il
make the duty necessary ~ US now ana 'l'l H
high tariff would 10 much 20 exclude our t9oHs
from valued market
Three 200 Horsepower steam engines. 20 be used
IN driving dynamos Tor lighting plant in London.
are now being built BY one 81 the best known
Netropo',an Electric supply Company for which
these engines are being made. IS the biggest cor
poration OF us Kind % Europe.
In recent discussion % the question whether
manufacturers should employ travelling statesmen
or visit their customers themselvcs. The iron
Age" remarked that the buyer invariably prefers
10 talk with the man IN authority FOR he can often
present reasons for a discoun: or other nccommo-
dalton which Will prevail n thoy arc given first
hnnd. but which have 10 effect Is they are uttered
through a drummer Moreover as FAR as possible
Slnieoif as he feels their pulse much better when
~ r,r,r,t volv ANAL Establishments that the man
accr can be- spared from hts office duties 20 go out
on the road. even once year. The problem is not
go easy 70 solve as one mirh' suppose.
Some time ago the workmen In the employ Of tho
scottdalc Iron and steel Company struck because
the corporation refused 10 Sign wage scale. Tho
men went of and organized q company OF their
own and only recently were in position 10 start
up on their own account OF course. the capital
was SUPPLIED by only part Of the number It now
appears that those who occupy responsible places
decline as did their employers, to- sign scale nj
though willing TO pay the union rate. The Amcr-
can Manufacturer" says. while this policy may
look rather inconsistent. n Is plainly one Of com
nonsense. Mill-workers are apt TO believe that
they employers they would always 30 thel'
best To- favor unionism. but when the time comes
fhcv find Themselves ln the same boat with uuutI-
ois other employers. These men ON entering bust
ness for themselves ind that they must drop sent-
mcnt and attend strictly To- getting ioothoi ~
the market. They cannot bc bound by wage agree
mcnt in which their competitors have no part
They are now sellers. well workers In iron.
hence they must forget the Ru-h ~ the lodgcr"om
and como down 10 facts. In other words. they now
know how II IS Themselves