Hemingray may be one of the glass companies leaving Muncie

A week ago a reporter on a morning paper concluded that two of Muncie's glass factories are soon to leave. The editor would not permit him to print the story but it was sent to a Cincinnati paper by the local paper and the following from a local correspondent in last week's Pittsburg Commoner is one of the results:

"According to rumors afloat in this town we will be short of two glass factories in the near future, namely the Muncie Glass Co., and Hemingray's. The main reason is the trouble they encounter with the shortage of boys; then they also claim the gas supply is short. It will affect this town much. By the appearance of things the gas belt has reached its zenith. The Muncie Glass Co., lay the blame for boy shortage to the strictness of the truant law which compels boys under he [sic] the age of 14 to attend school three consecutive months each year, compelling manufacturers to hire man help at a much higher figure than the boys, while their work is not as satisfactory as that of the boys."