American Assoc. of Flint & Lime Glass Manufacturers meeting; D. C. Jenkins Glass Company represented

American Association of Flint and Lime Glass

Manufacturers Convene at Atlantic City

Matters of Considerable Importance to the Industry Discussed

Meeting fairly Well Attended

THE American Association of Flint and Lime Glass Manufacturers met for their forty-fifth convention at the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., on Monday afternoon. Over forty manufacturers were in their chairs when President Marshall W. Gleason called the meeting to order at 2:30. This was not however, as large an attendance as might have been expected considering the importance of many of the matters of consequence that confront the industry at the present time in the way of readjustment to new conditions.

Besides those answering the roll call, there were a number of other firms represented by proxy.

Those present were: Edward Bartlett, Bartlett-Collins Glass Co., Sapulpa, Okla.A. J. Bennett, Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, O.; Leo. Nussbaum, Canton Glass Co., Marion, Ind.; J. Cecil Fee, Central Glass Works, Wheeling, W. Va.; William Sargent, Consolidated Lamp & Glass Co., Coraopolis, Pa.; A. P. Duncan, Duncan & Miller Glass Co., Washington, Pa.; W. E. Hunter, Economy Tumbler Co., Morgantown, W. Va.; W. A. B. Dalzell and C. B. Roe, Fostoria Glass Co., Moundsville, Pa.; F. J. Gill, Gill Glass Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; John Beiswanger, Gill Brothers Co., Steubenville, O.; E. G. Gillinder and M. Steele, Gillinder & Sons, Inc., Tacony, Pa.; Marshall W. Gleason and Charles Gleason, Gleason-Tiebout Glass Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.; A. H. Heisey, A. H. Heisey & Co., Newark, O.; I. J. Collins, Hocking Glass Co., Lancaster, O.; Charles Franck, Holophane Glass Co., New York, N. Y.; Victor G. Wicke, Imperial Glass Co., Bellaire, O.; Henry J. Batsch, Indiana Glass Co., Dunkirk, Ind.; C. H. Blumenauer, Jefferson Glass Co., Follansbee, W. Va.; Howard Jenkins, D. C. Jenkins Glass Co., Kokomo, Ind.; A. J. Smith, McKee Glass Co., Jeannette, Pa.; T. H. Howard and Thomas W. McCreary, Phoenix Glass Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; Nicholas Kopp, Pittsburg Lamp Brass & Glass Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; Matt Sloan, Potomac Glass Co., Cumberland, Md.; C. M. Rodefer, Rodefer Glass Co., Bellaire, O.; M. G. Bryce, Reuben Haley, James F. Challinor, United States Glass Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; Daniel Jenkins, Westmoreland Specialty Co., Grapeville, Pa.; E. J. S. Van Houten and E. B. Van Houten, Williamsburg Flint Glass Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Others present were: A. W. Kimes, of the "National Glass Budget"; J. C. Kaufman, of the "Glassworker," Pittsburgh; Howard R. Handy, of the "Pottery, Glass and Brass Salesman"; F. Calvin Demarest, of the CROCKERY AND GLASS JOURNAL.

President Marshall in opening addressed the meeting in his usual interesting manner, as follows:

"Never in the forty-four years since this Association has been in existence, has industry had to face such problems as it faces today.

"This is equally true of all branches. The glass industry is confronted with a host of problems, an unwelcome heritage from a great international struggle.

"Only time, patience, courage and intelligence can properly change these unusual economic conditions and out of the throes of this readjustment period inaugurate a new era of healthy, prosperous American endeavor.

"As Mr. Arthur Reynolds, of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago, has so cogently said:

"We have all the troubles there are. We have had profiteering and extravagance, high prices and high wages, falling prices and a buyers' strike. We have low production, shutdowns and unemployment; we have had railroad congestion and we have idle cars. We have had big inventories and big losses, big crops and shrinking values. We have a housing shortage with landlords and tenants in a death struggle. We have building rings arid investigations. We have declining bank deposits and a constant demand for credit. The tax collector is clamorous and persistent and the end is not yet.'

"We are forcibly impressed by the number of these ailments that are affecting us.

"We suffer some directly, others indirectly, so much so that we manufacturers are like the nut between the jaws of the cracker.

"Stagnant business forms the lower jaw and high wages form the upper jaw, while a desperate competition from abroad will at no far distant date furnish the strength that will crush us. But that contingency of course depends on whether wages remain at their present extremely high level, whether the buyers' market remains inactive and especially whether the tariff proves ineffective.

"Gentlemen, you know I am not a pessimist. My optimism is founded on the unshakable belief that in any emergency, America will produce the men of clear vision who will guide it to safety. And I am convinced that in our own industry, in the members of this Association and of the National Association we have men who possess this ability, men who will meet not sit idly by and calmly await the coming of calamity, but who will meet the crisis with that fortitude and acumen that has made American business men famous all over the world.

"If wages should be reduced, they will be reduced. The stagnant market will then begin to move. Competition will be successfully met and we will gradually but surely experience once more that prosperous condition that will be equally gratifying to employee and employer, alike."

After the completion of other routine business, President Gleason appointed a nominating committee, consisting of A. J. Smith, Wm. Sargent, A. P. Duncan and E. J. S. Van Houten, who made the following recommendations: President; Marshall W. Gleason; first vice president, Nicholas Kopp; second vice president, Marion G. Bryce; treasurer, E. P. Ebberts; actuary, John Kunzler.

Directors: Marshall W. Gleason, Nicholas Kopp, M. G. Bryce, E. P. Ebberts, W. E. Hunter and A. J. Bennett.

The complete ticket was unanimously re-elected by the Association, after which Messrs. Gleason, Kopp, Bryce and Kunzler spoke briefly in appreciation of the honor conferred by the organization in re-electing them.

W. A. B. Dalzell, chairman of the Tariff Committee, made a report of considerable length on what had been accomplished thus far and what they hoped to accomplish through their efforts. A motion was passed giving the committee full authority to proceed with the adoption of any measures they might deem necessary in furthering the interest of the manufacturers in respect to the tariff.

The following resolution of the death of Mr. Jacques, prepared by a committee consisting of E. J. S. Van Houten and Wm. F. Dorflinger, was passed upon and a copy ordered sent to the family of the deceased:

"It is our sad duty to record the death of our old friend and associate, George M. Jacques of the CROCKERY AND GLASS JOURNAL.

"He was for many years identified with the glass business as its press representative, was well known to several generations of glass manufacturers, and was always hailed as a good fellow and happy companion of the members of the Glass Manufacturers' Association. He did not miss attending the annual meeting of the Association for forty years, where his pleasant and sunny disposition was appreciated by all.

"He made annual visits to many of the factories and he was everywhere received with pleasure and interest. He greatly enjoyed these trips and afterwards spoke with feeling of his kind reception.

"We sympathize with his family in their great loss, which we also feel, and we offer our condolence with copy of this expression of our feeling."

Signed

E. J. S. VAN HOUTEN,

WM. F. DORFLINGHER,

Committee.

A lengthy discussion issued regarding the advisability of a reduction on the price of barrels and other packages resulted in the possibility of a 20 per cent decrease in the price of all domestic packages to take effect Monday, July 25th. The final action in the matter depending upon the necessary majority of members assenting.

Executive sessions of the National Association of Glassware Manufacturers were held at the Marlborough-Blenheim on Monday and Tuesday mornings, for discussion prior to the beginning of the series of wage conferences which opened on Wednesday between the committees representing the manufacturers and the workers.

When interviewed on the subject, the manufacturers were of one mind that wages would have to come down but none would venture an opinion as to what the outcome might be as the result of the conferences with the workers.

At a meeting held last Friday at Sandusky, O., of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union, where the organization has been in annual convention for some days, all of the old officers were elected.