The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-08
MIN OUT
OF WORK
Plight of $4,000
Glass Blowers.
TRtST iDriAClNG GLisS PRICES
Dig Demand for Bottles to Export
liquids to Porto Rico and
the Philippines.

ANDERSON. Ind. June S-rhlrty
thousand skilled workmen. lsooo Of
whom are In the Indiana natural gas
belt. were thrown cut % work last
nigat ~ the summer closing of the
window glass plants If tho country.
The shut down Is just one month
earlier than Il has been In years past
and u threatens 70 be from six to
eight months tn duration owing To
tho large stocks ana threatening Ia.
Dor complications.
Every plant IA the country. trust
and Independent. are CLOSED to-
day. They are ~ IN number, ~ be-
tsE IN Indiana. . IN Pennsylvania. 5
In ohio. & IN New Jersey. IN NeN
York. IN Maryland. AMI one eseh
la Delaware and Massachusetts,, The
- plants number z5ss pets. most u
whieh have hcen IN operation since
october ts. producing about Teo.osa
boxes of window glass IA a month.
An iavcsce of tie glass on hand
ia the warehouses II now being
made. Reliable estimates place u At
s.i2s.ooe boxes. me normal consamp-
ton DURING ghc past year has run
t4i go hoxes a month. and V ~ noW
running little over s0o.e09 boxes.
Al this rate a viii take ave months
% exhaust the stock. Practically all
81 the glass N IN the hands Of the
trust and II bound 10 rise IN priev
An ADDITIONAL ave per cent. vas put
on Il last week and another Eve per
cent. 10 expected on June IS making
a clear Sc per cent. advance in pTices
since the plants were put In opera
ton last October.
The war Just closing has been very
prosperous. All having made money.
ard the outlook at present y bright.
The Increase % Il per cent. In wages
and 81 per cent. IN prices Rrs good
haromesers 20 tire situation. Coed
dividends have been paid. and the
revival In building has increased the
normal consumption about Is per
cent. within the last few months.
Many new plants have been built.
while the old cnes generally have
been worked over and converted %
tank frum pot concerns with newer
processes.
Orders are being issued 10 all 9TH
or glass mAnnfacturers-ex the
plate workeFs-to prepare to shut
down for the s1gz1mer season on the
last day ~ June. The lamp chimney
plants are already closing. The In.
truducti0n Of the machines TO run
oat chsmn~ys has been made by a
q. 10000 company. controlling four
% the largest plants They viii con-
srpi the market In future. the ma
chine capacity 5elnE wonderful. One
machine diaplaces about ten men and
reduces the labor cost Of production
about uine-tenths. The fruit Jar IN
dussry 10 passing through an exact
" parallel state. and the hand blown
Jar factories are closing FOE good.
The bottle plants arr rushed and
viii work up TO the last minute. The
taking in Of Porto Rico. the Philip
pines. Cuba ard Hawaii has had a
rs,pst not sreabie effect upon the bser
and lime bottle departments ~ this
industry. The introductiou - Am
erican beverages has placed all OF
the plants In full operation The de-
mand for special order goods for
shipment 10 these NEW countries are
sug,risins. The demand for drug
bottles IL aisn heavy. while the same
IL true u the run on catsup and psr-
klc bottles
The tableware plants will close on
June %. There Is a big demand for
tableware nov. but Il = selling at
ruinous pricss--fnost Of the time b@.
low cost. Blown tu1nbiers are selling
AZ cents n dozen. when Il IL show n
that il costs ts cents 10 produce and
place them In the warehouses. The
demand for novelties " very strong
and encouraging.