The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-10
WAR BOOSTS
GLASS TRADE
In MERICA

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. S-Businsss l.
booming IA glass. the only cloud being a
likely shortage u potash and mazaness.
formerly imported from uermany EN-
Boo.,ss,. ~s n s~ssS'rS Ss,pe,isrly
since ne suiifsaR - tss va. asd SSs
irssisa demand Tor P-fssSSpuoa sotiiss
ar Eiven a. he chief factors in the
sSom ZINES noS being esperisncsd By
Rev Jersey and Ss1 SofE southern
canvass N glass bottle concerns
srsst dsmSnS. SSs eA,.tiy 20 a.. rae;
That most Of this Kind OF Wars Nas
formerly imrorted The whittsn-ratum
IT, fseiory al lii,f lie : "a e@-
plo{lag about s.ees hands FAN time on
International Glass Company. Caioris
otnpany and other concerns operating
fsit A.. T@rsspss,,y 20 SSs,h 5s5ssg ssNs
demand b iof gr.sSdp,ioa bottles ana
Cut oiass rad. kn.e,sa.
wASislS.. 'i TSndI.is - van Ssasa SS. Of
cut glass. only a few 81 the Larger cot
sless mangtsctarers have supplies o.
months. and unless experiment. now
being made with soda and other aka
Inc substitutes are Huccessful thc pot-
factories or The manufacture % an lu-
ferior grade at a considerable advance
The Libby Glass Company % Toledo
OHIO. is said 90 have the largest reserve
supply 81 pSi@,h Of any 20 the isrse
Mnls. Pa the ParpoiTt Corparsti6n
Ntw Bedford. Mas. and The Union
iisvsd 10 have sapriie. -uffc's1t -
carry their present RAE Of output ~ g.
ssSas APRIL ESrsTimsats wllh Ssii-
tory. Il vas said because Of tie ~
c~essiNe cost % eNtrt,lluE impurities.
other alkaliea Tor rotash have been oniv
partly successful
The outlook Tor the cot, EIasS indus
tp 4 r~eprcsentntiv~ ~ Wright ryu-
dale q Van Eodeu aid yests.Daf. "ls
Eenerally conceded iu The trade Co b."
pr~acticsble suhstituts for potash There
has been only Nttl- iucreA-e Boz price OF
TIE rniyhed product 10 daie. but buyers
date advance on finished ware of from
ported h-for. ne var nom Esigi.Im ana
France. are heiur mad. ir small yuan
ny h} American malufa,tutyrs but the
Prsstsd Glass bsmaad heavy.
Ias'egh q hgot. feprrs-nunE the \a-
eight large factories making rr. -seI and
blown glass table ware. say that the
demand Tor this grade - TiassUar" has
." ". H"-" HH""'N N"-|H|L H"."HN
0 per cent above normal aud their
fa.tHrir-. mostly M The Wet. are busy
manufacture i= Hlso facing s..iols sI0rf-
axe In chemicals f~rrNlau-lr obtained
FROM Germany aIl Austria. and fhI- BE-
s2rci'd ,S s%a''ncs rri,'' In '3e n-lr
syoni = U.s. n price 90 .s.N articles 20
pointed ont that a fuer quality of acid
etched glass than vas obtained from
belFium aud Austria is raw being made
iu American factories uut marketed az
shout half the prise of the imported af-
"A few years ago aIl lbs deep stshinss
came from Europe. Mr. Peacock -fIi.
but. particularly since fre war Amrrl-
husines~ 600 earnest rrd have succeeded
iu producing a better article eff from HH
- 20 5g rer cent decrrs iu ,n-t To"
some time and there Is ...Tf prospect
o. "a good season LASTING urtI Iuu, 100
~ ..'f, h- .r'n An
tableware. and fH.H HIu..e .. rI. tnHal.
~ Eraf- ~ pressed rla-s aIurrEr tna
chemical th"r'ps' Nil '"' ffft.f trs
~ other lines
Accordlug. fe Hs. anthem a..d no.
porte an 'ffort is D. 1r made r' sss.
mau1fac "rr.- .r .". tFsf fU zoo r.
f-fn~r uH prices n .sv nf a rr..a.Is
shortage ~ ufrEtusss end rnfHsr HH.
waga ag.lr'- who dId ra- f. b.
.,sala Nss NurF ana Nsv Is..e. ma.
uiHtI .rsrs vf- hrIf recent. H SOW
l"rt f"r the purpose NJ t,I. lc .r. rH.
While urs Factories tr. n..tirs e.r.
orders af uHrufI prices. general god.
vance is looked for Ut f1a frlf.
uria boz ,,ce.a % O. ssoo 600 aoo pound.
Which vas tH' uaN.r.Iw output .n fHs
hIa..r. of f|t. .HII.H.