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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 18, 1913. 



THE COST OF GLASS. 



Before the congressional committee 

 considering tariff changes H. B. Hilton, 

 secretary of the National Association 

 of Window Glass Manufacturers, testi- 

 fied that skilled labor in the industry 

 in Belgium costs only 37% cents for 

 every dollar that labor costs in the 

 United States, and unskilled labor 35 

 cents for every dollar that that labor 

 costs in the United States. He declared 

 that all materials used except coal are 

 cheaper in Belgium and demanded an 

 increased duty against foreign window 

 glass. He said that sixty per cent of 

 the cost of making window glass is in 

 labor and salaries, twenty per cent in 

 raw material and twenty per cent in 

 overhead costs. He said that no divi- 

 dends had been paid in the industry in 

 recent years, but he attributed this to 

 the fierce competition at home rather 

 than to the competition from abroad. 

 Mr. Hilton conceded that ninety-eight 

 per cent of the window glass used in the 

 home market is domestic and two per 

 cent foreign. The democrats on the 

 committee contended t^at this fact 

 showed that the present rates were 

 practically prohibitive of importations. 

 Asked whether or not the wages of 

 glass operatives had not been reduced 

 during the years of the Dingley and 

 Payne tariff bills, he said it was, in- 

 deed, true, the reductions having been 

 from twenty-five to forty per cent, but 

 he contended this was due to the use 

 of patented machinery in the making 

 of glass. The hand manufacturers of 

 glass, he added, all suffered from the 

 introduction of the patented machines 

 for making glass, and additionally 

 there has ween much overproduction. 

 "The competition between the hand 

 and the machine has been fierce," he 

 • said. "The machine men have been 

 able to undersell us." 



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