[Trade Journal]
Publication: National Glass Budget
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
vol. 34, no. 12, p. 1, col. 1
OLD OFFICERS ELECTED.
The 42nd annual meetng of the American Association of Flint and Lime Glass Manufacturers, held at the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, Atlantic City, last Monnday, was largely attended, more representatives of the trade being present than has been customary during recent years. At the suggestion of President M. W. Gleason, who presided, the meeting was opened by drinking a toast to President Woodrow Wilson. Luncheon was served, after which Mr. Gleason introduced Mr. H. A. Black, treasurer of Alexander Bros.. Philadelphia bankers, who delivered a very interesting and instructive address on trade acceptances. Members of the association then went into session and, after the transaction of routine business, re-elected officers as follows: President, Marshall W. Gleason; first vice-president, Nicholas Kopp; second vice-president, Marion G. Bryce; treasurer, E. P. Ebberts; actuary, John Kunzler; assistant actuary, Miss R. Evelyn Hamilton. We submit as follows a line of the firms represented at the luncheon, together with the name or names of participants:
Bartlett-Collins Glass Co., Sapulpa, Okla., Ed E. Bartlett; Belmont Tumbler Co., Bellaire, O., R. C. Faris; Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, O., A. J. Bennett, Central Glass Works, Wheeling, W. Va., Ed. J. Schaub and Henry Leiner; Consolidated Lamp & Glass Co., Coraopolis, Pa., J. M. Lewis; C Dorflinger & Sons, White Mills, Pa., Wm. Dorflinger; Duncan Miller Glass Co., Washington, Pa., H. B. Duncan and Andrew P. Duncan; Fenton Art Glass Co., Williamstown, W. Va., F. L. Fenton; Fostoria Glass Co., Moundsville, W. Va., W. A. B. Dalzell and C. B. Roe; H. C. Fry Glass Co., Rochester, Pa., J. Howard Fry: Gill Bros. Co., Steubenville, O.; J. H. Strong and John Beiswanger; Gillinder & Sons, Inc., Tacony, Pa., E. A. Gillinder and George A. Steele; Gleason-Tiebout Glass Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., M. W. Gleason; General Electric Co. (electric lamp division), Cleveland, O., J. E. Kewley and James P. Goggins; Hazel-Atlas Glass Co., Wheeling, W. Va., A. B. Paxton and Walter H. McClure; A. H. Heisey & Co., Newark, O., A. H. Heisey and E. Wilson Heisey; Hemingray Glass Co., Muncie, Ind., R. G. Hemingray; Hocking Glass Co., Lancaster, O., I. J. Collins; Indiana Glass Co., Dunkirk, Ind., F. W. Merry and C. L. Gaunt; Jefferson Glass Co., Follansbee, W. Va., H. A. Schnelbach; D. C. Jenkins Glass Co., Kokomo, Ind., D. C. Jenkins and Howard C. Jenkins; Lancaster Glass Co., Lancaster, O., L. P. Martin; Libbey Glass Co., Toledo, O., E. J. Barry; Macbeth-Evans Glass Co., Pittsburg, Thomas Evans and Howard S. Evans; Monongah Glass Co., Fairmount, W. Va., H. L. Heintzelmann and K. A. Rock; McKee Glass Co., Jeannette, Pa., A. J. Smith; H. Northwood Co., Wheelmg., W. Va., H. Northwood; National Electric Co., Cleveland, O., E. O. Cross; Phoenix Glass Co., Pittsburg, E. P. Ebberts and Thomas MacCreary; Pittsburg Lamp, Brass & Glass Co., Pittsburg, N. Kopp; Rodefer Glass Co., C. M. Rodefer; Superior Glass Mfg. Co., Martins Ferry, O., W. W. Davies; United States Glass Co., Pittsburg, M. G. Bryce, James Challinor, Reuben Haley and George Dougherty, Wellington Glass Co., Cumberland, Md., Harry Potter; Westmoreland Specialty Co., Grapeville, Pa., George R. West; Williamsburg Flint Glass Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., E. J. S. Van Houten.
Others who participated in the luncheon were: H. A. Black, of Alexander Bros., Philadelphia; John Kunzler, actuary of the American Association; Charles E. Voitle, assistant secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers of Pressed and Blown Glassware; George M. Jacques, “Crockery and Glass Journal;" J. F. O’Gorman, “Pottery, Glass and Brass Salesman;" A. W. Kimes, NATIONAL GLASS BUDGET.
Preliminary to a comprehensive outline of the advantages to be gained by the replacement of open book accounts by trade acceptance, Mr. Black said:
"I am not unmindful of the fact that I have been honored by an invitation to speak to you on the subject of trade acceptances, and to that subject I shall presently address myself. These are days, however, when it is difficult to refrain from saying something on another subject, one which is claiming not only our time and attention, but our bodies and souls as well. They are days when certain words and phrase, of national significance are upon the tongues of everybody; we speak fervently of patriotism, of loyalty, of devotion to our country and to our colors; we speak in glowing terms of this 'land of the free and home of the brave,’ and with all the force of our being, express our unutterable loathing of the imperial paranoia, and butcher, across the water, who have brought suffering, horrors and losses untold upon peaceful and liberty loving peoples.
"We do more than talk. Hundreds of thousands of the flower of our young manhood and womanhood are backing up their patriotic instincts, with their lives, and all of us are ready to sacrifice and be sacrificed for the land of our birth and for the God-given institutions which we all hold dear.
“The man or woman whose pulse does not beat faster, and whose blood does not run hotter at the remembrance of all the wrongs, sufferings and losses which we, in common with our gallant allies, are now needlessly enduring, because of the hellish ambitions of the most colossal egotsist with which this world has ever had the misfortune to be cursed, is not worthy of being called a citizen of the good old U. S. A. To remain untouched and unmoved in these momentous days of our country’s peril would be to proclaim us poltroons and ingrates.
“The present is an especially opportune time to consider the adoption of trade acceptances, because the need of utilizing commercial credits in every practicable wav is being increasingly accentuated by the unusual and growing demands upon us created by the world war. The United States has entered upon a period when its own economic salvation as well as its ability lo help needy nations depends largely upon the manner and extent to which it marshals and utilizes its credit and other resources. National needs demand that every dollar of credit and capital be utilized to the practicable limit; that they be kept busy — all the time — and be made to yield all possible dividends. Methods of finance, no less than methods of production and distribution, should be efficient, economical, profitable. There must be nationwide co-operation along all lines if we would win.
It it not the guns or armament
Or the money they can pay,
It's the close co-operation
That makes them win the day;
It is not the individual
Or the army as a whole.
But the everlastin’ team-work
Of every bloomin' soul.
In conclusion the speaker submitted the following three reasons why the adoption of the trade acceptance plan is a civic duty:
First, because it is a Federal measure, designed solely in the interests of business; second, because it would be unpatriotic as well as unbusinesslike to oppose, without investigation or trial, a measure which it is believed must ultimately benefit all; third, both directly and indirectly it is an aid to general business, and, therefore, to the prosperity of the country.
“It is not claimed." he said, "that the trade acceptance is a cure all financial ills, but it has been tested sufficiently in practice to enable us to judge fairly and accurately of its ultimate value to us. The numerous and critical tests which thus far have been applied have not disclosed any weaknesses and it seems safe, therefore, to conclude that, when used within the scope of intent, with such modifications and changes as the times demand, the plan will perform all that is claimed for it."
