The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-08
Fairnonts 5.
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mented, tolorcd, stained, silyered,
gilded. etched. isand blasted, frosted
or printed In any manner, or ground
Except such grinding as is neces-
sary for fitting shoppers Of for pur-
poses other than ornamentationj j,
and all articles OF every description.
Including bottles and bottle glass;
ware, composed wholly or in chief
value OF glass blown in a mould or
otherwise, not specially provided for.
filled or untitled, and whether their
contents are dutiable or free. shall
be reduced from go per cent, to 45
per cent.
This is a reduction Of $50 in tho
6uty on glass OF goods produced at
this big plant. Mr.. Heintzelman
says 70% OF the cost Of glass is in
the labor. so it will be seen that the
tariff will have considerable to do
with the business of this city. The
pay roll Of the plant for the year is
$780, 600 and as this Srcpresents 10
per cent. ofuthet value of the manu-
featured product which all goes di,
rect to labor the serious conse-
quenccs are readily apparent.
Tie Crockcry and Glass Journal in
speaking Of the Underwood bill says:
Nobody in the crockery and glass
trade is satisfied with the Under
wood tariff bill. The American pot
tcrs feel that they are hit hard; the
importers Of carthcnw ware think that
the new duties are not low enough;
tic china importers say that the
reduction only causes trouble
without benefit to anybody, and the
glass manufacturers cannot see why
should hate been any change"
! Under the provisions OF the pres
ent tariff the American glass worker
will lose zoe ON every dollars worth
of foreign glass that is imported to
compete with the American made
glass: S9E
Mr.. O. A, Wood, president Of the
Fairmont Window Glass company,
looks upon the present tariff law as
very unjust to his business, the re-
duction on hts product being 46%.
He says that he ships annually to the
Pacific coast from 25 to 40 cars OF
glass .&ld that he cannot under tie
present tariff rate expect 10 hold any
Of this coast trade. In fact, he has
already been notified by one OF his
largest patrons on the western coast
that he can not place any more or
derc with him at the present prices
OF window glass. The reason for this
Mr.. Wood explains is that the freight
rate to the Pacific coast on glass is
soc while the rate from Belgium 4
only IS cents per hundred pounds.
The foreign producers being able to
cheaper labor and a lower
freight rate prtcludes the possibility
of the Fatrmont company from reach
ing this western trade which has
been the means OF giving many men.
employment here.
He states that his plant has a goou
business. booked ahead for the next
few months and lie says he will for
q good while to come be able to sup
ply interior demands for window
glass as It will take the foreign man
ufacturer longer to interfere with
this trade than it does on the coast,
and, too, he will still lave the adj
vantage of the freight rate on inte-
rior shipments. This plant now ear'
ploys $50 men and has a monthly
pay roll OF nearly $4,000.
AS an illustration Of what effect
the low tariff will have on the i'm
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