Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-13
Trade Conditions In England, Sweden
and Germany.
Mr.. @. c. Barber Talks Of His Trip and Ex.
presses Views on Capital and Labor
Situation.

the only match factory in England that
had clean bill of health record.
MANY thousands of dollars have
been expended in experimenting to
produce a composition for non-pois
onous Strike Any Where Match. This
has now been accomplished, and a
much smoother and better burning
Strike Any Where Match is now pro-
duced at only slight advance in cost
over the white phosphorus match.
Patents for this composition have been
secured by The Diamond Match Co.
and Bryan & May Co. for the different
countries of the world, excepting
France, Russia and Sweden.
This is by far the most notable in
vention that has been made in the
match business since the origin Of
matches. One that will bring the
greatest good to the world.
STARTLING REVELATIONS.
"The investigations made by the
Swedish government, regarding
deaths caused by the use of white
phosphorus in the manufacture of
matches were so startling as to cause
the government to prohibit the use of
white phosphorus in the production of
matches, either for home use or for
export, for, which the Swedes have
large business. Deaths amounting to
600 people per year were caused by the
use Of white phosphorus in Sweden
alone. The deaths were not all caused
by the result of working in match
factories, but by matches being used
as a poison. 1t was reported that
many of the deaths were caused by
unfortunate girls eating the heads of
matches to produce results other than
death to themselves, but which result
ed in their death. The figures on this
subject are as startling as they are
disgusting, but it holds good in other
countries of Europe. When one takes
into consideration the phosphorus in
the head of one match coming in
contact with a decayed tooth is suffl-
Client to start necrosis Of the jaw,
which If not cared for promptly is liza
Bile to involve the whole jaw in necro-
sis, the only wonder is that there has
been SO few causalities from the use
of white phosphorus in matches.
"The Diamond Match Co. will soon
be making no other kind of matches
than the poisonous, Strike Any
Where Match.
you can imagine the responsibility
we have felt in this matter If you will
take into consideration that we have
spent hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in preventatives and in the care
of our help, to see that they were not
infected in our factories. We feel
very happy that we have at last sue
ceeded in cleaning up the one diff
Guilty that made our business SO un-
pleasant to conduct, and that we are
able to give to the public strictly
non-poisonous match.
PANIC IN GERMANY.
Il had "A most interesting time on
the continent. l went to Germany,
where we have factory about start
ing operations. Industrial develop
ment of Germany has been on so large
scale that production Is much In ad-
vance of consumption, and the wars
in the East have so cut off Germanys
trade as to cause an industrial panic,
greater than we have ever had to con.
tend with in this country. Our natur-
al resources, our cheap food products
as compared With any other country
of the world is rapidly making us the
leading commercial nation of the
, world, and If we can only regulate
, our domestic relations so as to main.
tain good understanding between cap
ital and labor, there can nothing else
retard our progress. Capital as well