Cincinnati glass manufacturing statistics mentioned

THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

CINCINNATI

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

AND

MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,

FOR THE

COMMERCIAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1878.

CINCINNATI:

GAZETTE COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, FOURTH AND VINE STREETS,

MDCCCLXXVIII.

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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF CINCINNATI .

                             CINCINNATI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,

                                                                                                    September 1, 1878.

JOHN W. HARTWELL, Esq.,

                              President of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce:

DEAR SIR — I have the honor, in compliance with the Constitution of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Exchange, to submit, herewith, my Review of the Trade and Commerce of the City of Cincinnati, for the commercial year of 1877-78:

                                                                  Very respectfully,

                                                                                    SIDNEY D. MAXWELL,

                                                                                                              Superintendent.

GENERAL REVIEW.

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The business in crockery has been well maintained, but it has been a period of extraordinarily low prices, which, under the pressure of English wares, seemed to have no limit to declension. In few other articles of merchandise has the shrinkage been so great. This has not been so favorable to domestic production, and yet our potters with commendable enterprise, have indefatigably proceeded in their work of building up this industry, which has the larger distinction here, because of the luster which has been lent to it, by the recent discovery of a process of under-glazed decoration, promising brilliant results, by our talented and courageous towns woman, Miss M. Louise McLaughlin. The granite wares of this city are steadily improving in quality, and find sales each year in a wider territory. Our business in glassware, in volume, was about equal to the previous year. The production in fruit jars was materially increased, while the remainder of the line was well maintained, though at still lower prices than had previously ruled. The business in drugs, in volume, was about equal to the year preceding. Prices were lower, but there was a much improved feeling among the customers of the city, who manifested a disposition, toward the close, to buy much more liberally than for a considerable period.

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THE MANUFACTURES OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI.

Table showing the cash capital invested, the value of real estate occupied, and the number of hands employed, and the various classes of manufacturers in the City of Cincinnati and immediate vicinity, together with the aggregate value of the production, and the number of establishments engaged in each, for two years:

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a, Estimated.

b, 25,830,634 lbs., 1877. Capital, hands, etc., included with "Provisions."

c, Previous year’s figures.

d, 8,434,318 gallons, 1877.

e, 16,341,245 gallons, 1877. Hands, product, etc., of bottling establishments included.

f, 9,182,975 gallons, 1877.

g, 86,800,400 cigars. 1,264,000 cigarettes, 1877.

h, 73,893 barrels, 1877.

i, 12,000 tons, 1877.

j. Number of establishments manufacturing plug tobacco, 2; fine-cut and smoking, 15; smoking, 6; snuff, 0. Quantity produced: plug, 83,162 1/2 pounds; fine-cut and smoking, 4,093,411 3/8 pounds; snuff, 14,302 pounds.

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EXPORTS FROM CINCINNATI,

For six years , commencing September 1st and ending August 31st, of each year.

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*Prior to 1874-75, the hog product was reported in packages, without regard to the kind of meats. In 1874-75 and since, it has been reported in pounds, with a view of having the product (excepting that shipped in boxes) represented by "hogsheads," indicate the bacon; tierces, the hams; and " pounds," the bulk (also embracing green) meats.

† Embracing also sales made in Cincinnati, where goods were shipped directly from the place of manufacture or storage, without stopping at this city.

¶ Not reported.

§ Sedamsville shipments included. Not reported prior to 1873-74.

‡ Supplemental reports embraced.

⮾DESTINATION AND MODE OF SHIPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM CINCINNATI,

For three years, commencing September 1st and ending August 31st, of each year.

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⮾This table embraces solely such exports as their daily reported on the books of the Merchants’ Exchange, but does not include any movement embraced in supplemental reports or returns; see Crockery, Cooperage, Horses, Oil, Pig Iron, Salt and Starch.

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VALUE OF PRINCIPAL EXPORTS,

Value of the principal articles exported from Cincinnati for five years, each year ending August 31st:

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APPENDIX.

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[Appended to this Report by order of the Board of Officers of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Exchange.]

THE MANUFACTURES OF CINCINNATI

AND THEIR RELATION TO THE

FUTURE PROGRESS OF THE CITY,

A LECTURE DELIVERED AT PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, IN CINCINNATI , OHIO,

MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1878,

BY

SIDNEY D. MAXWELL,

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CINCINNATI MERCHANTS ' EXCHANGE,

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE

WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION

OF CINCINNATI,

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THE

MANUFACTURES OF CINCINNATI

AND THEIR RELATION TO

THE FUTURE PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

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OUR INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES

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In metals other than iron, the aggregate production in 1876 was $4,351,314; the number of establishments engaged, 237; the capital and real estate employed valued at $4,441,438, and the hands used, 2,405. About one-fifth of the entire value was furnished by tin-ware, which is manufactured by three large houses, besides by a great number of mechanics producing on a smaller scale. Both stamped ware, consisting of vessels stamped from a single piece of metal, and japanned goods are specialties here, and constitute a large part of the business in this line. Next, in aggregate value, come silver ware and jewelry, the total of which was $662,000. With this might properly be grouped, silver plated ware, which is made here in less quantities, the total production having been $87,475. Intimately related to these, too, is the britannia-ware or white metal, aggregating $50,000, making a grand total of $800,000. In solid silver, the main product here consists of spoons and forks, though ornamental articles, for mantel and other purposes, are a specialty, made in great variety, and largely from original designs. It speaks well for our manufacturers, that two-thirds of the solid silver sold here, is of our own production. Jewelry is manufactured in considerable quantities and variety, and, like the silver, is distinguished for its substantial quality and the excellence of its designs. Mantels and grates have been for years a leading article of our production. They are mainly marbleized iron and slate, to the perfection of which our manufacturers have specially applied themselves. There are six establishments, which, in 1876, produced $317,570, though this amount will probably be reduced by the returns of 1877. In type and printing materials, including presses, stereotyping, electrotyping and printers' ink, this city is exceeded, in aggregate value only by New York and Philadelphia, the entire product, not including the stereotyping done by the newspapers in their own offices, having been, in 1877, $575,000 — a larger product than the entire State of Massachusetts in 1875. Stereotyping and electrotyping, in greater or less quantities, are done here for nearly all the important cities in the country, and our type is almost as generally distributed. Them color and shades of Cincinnati printers' ink number about one hundred. Glassware has been manufactured here since 1848. The total product of flint and green glass for 1877 was $200,000. The manufactures consist of fruit jars, lamp goods in great variety, bottles, flasks, shop furniture and kindred goods, which, with the exception of the Eastern States, find a market everywhere throughout the country. To this might properly be added glass, ground and stained, amounting to $27,000. In gold pens, Cincinnati shares the honors with New York, in having given the production its first business impetus. The manufactures here aggregate about $75,000 annually, comprise, with cases, holders, pencils, etc., about 1,200 different articles, and not only find sale in all parts of this country, but, by their excellence, have worked their way to some of the leading nations of Europe. Our lead, sheet and pipe, amounted, in value, to $335,000; brass founding and finishing, $419,809; bells, $153,200; astronomical and engineering instruments, $58,800; copperware, $95,980; gold foil, $65,240; and artificial limbs and trusses, $37,300; while pumps and plumbing amounted to $493,000. Musical instruments, embracing also the organ building, aggregated $36,300. The coke manufactured for the year was placed at $110,800.

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