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Vol. XLII No. 1253 TBIDAY, JANUARY ^, lyiy Ajotoal BuBgOMPnoB. 16.00 



The Glass Blowing Situation 



Being No. 2 of a series of announcements dealing with our 

 accomplishments during the war. The first appeared in 

 December issue; others will follow monthly. 



Thuringia and Bohemia, countries which are now Ihe subject of universal discussion, had 

 for seneral hundred years prior lo (he great war almost a monopoly of the glass indus- 

 try of the world. Glass blowing establishments elsewhere in Europe and in America 

 tvere called upon to manufacture only apparatus of special design or to do repair 

 work. That is lo say, all regular laboratory apparatus, the product of llie labor of 

 thousands of skilled glass workers of Thuringia and Bohemia, was imported lo 

 America by case lots. 



Import houses like ours, who had in the past depended on them, were from the very beginning 

 of the war entirely cut off from these countries; and it needs no vivid imagination 

 to picture the serious condition then confronting laboratory supply Itouses. consider- 

 ing that there were not enough skilled glass blowers in France, England and the 

 United States organized industrially to meet even a small part of the American 

 demand. 



Eimer and Amend faced this situation, fortunately, with the largest supply of cliemical 

 laboratory glassware of any Itouse in the United Utaies. This enabled us to fill 

 thousands of orders — sometimes with a suggested substition as to size or style — 

 while we were preparing for extensive manufacturing on our own premises. 



Adding another shop lo our equipment al that time soon doubled our output; but it was 

 easy to see that much more strenuous efforts were necessary to meet tite demands 

 which kept pouring in upon us. Firstly, additional factory space ivas needed. 

 Secondly, additional equipment and machinery were needed. Thirdly, experienced 

 glass blowers had to be attracted to our shops. Fourthly, promising young appren- 

 tices had to be engaged to learn the elements of glass blowing, glass grinding, cali- 

 brating, etching, and Ihe many tricks necessary to this highly skilled trade; a trade 

 wh ich we have learned to respect as little short of an art. 



How far we succeeded may be judged from the fact that today our force of .glass blowers is 

 nearly seven times its 19 1 'i size ; our output is possibly ten to fifteen tinws what it 

 then was ; and with it all we have maintained a standard HIGHER than that of the 

 far-famed Thuringian manufacturers. Our unequalled facilities are now available 

 for peace-lime orders. 



A 'substantial share of credit for these accomplishments belongs lo our customers and 

 friends. Without their forbearance, we should not have been able lo make such 

 rapid progress toward factory production. In offering sincere thanks lo our sup- 

 porters for their patience and good will during that trying period of uncertainty, 

 when irritating delays in shipments occurred none too infrequently, we would only 

 add thai our efforts shall be continued, now that Uie war is over, in the hope of mak- 

 ing this industry , fostered by their tolerant cooperation, a permanent one, worthy of 

 other American achievements. 



EIMER & A]VIEI\I> 



NE'W YORK AND PITTSBURGH 



