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The Columbia University Libraries reserve the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law. Author: Powell, Rufus W Title: Glue statistics Place: Brooklyn Date: 1893 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES PRESERVATION DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET MASTER NEGATIVE « ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED - EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD lUJStNESS 302.12 P87 Powell, Ruf us W 1845-^ Glue statistics. lyn, N. Y., 1893. Comp. by Rufus W. PowelL Brc 1 p. L, m-viii, 14, i2i • p. 22 double tab. 30|"". Tables autographed. • • l.Xlue. Library of Congress O [34bli HD9999.G6U7 (Copyright 1893: 19795) 9-26211 ( RESTRICTIONS ON USE: FILM SIZE: 3Sm I? D J— O Z? go OOM <^ O 3 3 cr o > =.rn N CO ^-< OOM o '-s^. ^,. "v-y 3 3 > o m CD CD OfQ X S!f — I" ^ O o < H N < X ""k ^^ ^, ^^^ j^^ ^V^ ^^^7^ # o 3 3 V. ^. <^.. 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No attempt seems to have been seriously made to collate the statistics of the industry in such a manner as would be useful to the trade, until the tariff agitation of 1888 compelled the manufacturers to take some united action. The results of the investigations made at that time led to a request from the Govern- ment that the compiler of those figures would accept an appointment as Special Agent of the Eleventh Census for the collection of Statistics of the Glue Industry. This position was at fir5t declined, but finally accepted (at a nominal rate of compensation) from a sense of duty, and at the request of the Glue Manufacturers' Association. The work done in 1888 forms the basis of an important part of this book, and will be of value in making comparison with the figures of the forthcoming Census report. The other matter is the result of special inquiries made outside of the Census work proper. It was undertaken because of a belief that the Census inquiry would be of more value to the glue makers if supplemented by certain collateral information. The results obtained may seem small in comparison with the time and labor expended thereon. The whole task has required the writing of more than 1,000 letters, the careful reading of over 10,000 pages of official publications, quite a number of special journeys, the examination of official reports in different languages, and more than a year's labor. The work has been slow and difficult for several reasons. The field was a new one, and no assistance could be had in quarters where it would naturally be looked for. Some of the Tables have had to be revised three and even four times on account of new information received or to correct errors in that previously given. More labor has been devoted to the effort to state correctly a few important facts than to publish a great mass of information which might in many cases be untrustworthy. The totals and averages of price have been calculated at least twice, and every reasonable precaution has been taken to avoid errors. Although this book is not official in any sense, it has been compiled from official documents, from verified trade information, or from facts within personal knowledge. In some cases the official information has itself been found slightly incorrect on account of a lack of technical experience, but the compiler has been much aided in this inquiry by the careful manner in which statistical work is done in the different Departments at Washington, and is particularly indebted to the competent officials of the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department for many courtesies shown and intelligent assistance rendered. This work was partly undertaken from a belief that much more glue could be profitably exported from the United States. This belief still exists; but the information given in Table No. 16 shows that, although we have not yet secured our proper share of South American trade, our best market is at home. Glue is neither largely made nor used in new countries. But as the profits of manu- facturing glue are now so small that the careless methods which usually prevail in new communities will no longer answer, we are not, therefore, likely to meet with much competition from these countries for some years to come, and in the meantime our exports to them ought to increase. In regard to Europe, it may be said that it seems hopeless to try to greatly increase our exports 1: 11)40 VI IN TROD UCTION.— Continued. of glue, on account of the cheaper cost of labor there ; but certain special grades might be more largely sold, and particularly the best kinds, which are made of pure hide stock. These best grades of pure hide stock glue made in the United States are the most trustworthy produced anvwhere for wood-working purposes, and with proper effort their sale ought to be largely increased abroad. It is a source of regret that full information could not be obtained regarding the quantity of glue stock of different kinds imported. A good deal of time has been spent on this matter, but there are no official records, except for values, and the private information obtained was not sufficient to enable a satisfactory and complete statement to be made. Tables No. 17 to No. 21 were arranged from rough notes which were made several years ago, and cannot now be revised. They are believed, however, to be substantially correct, and they possess some value owing to the fact that this information is not now obtainable in the same form. In examining these tables it should be borne in mind that the port of last shipment does not always indicate the country from which the goods originally came. It is not likely that a work of this kind will be repeated for many years to come. It would not have been done at this time if the difficulties of the task could have been foreseen, but, once commenced, it became a matter of pride to complete it as thoroughly as possible. It may not be worth the energy expended ; but that it may aid the glue makers of the United States to more fully realize the importance and dignity of their business, show them that they must be governed by the same laws of progress which apply to other lines of industry, help them to avoid the foolish and reckless competition that destroys, and incite them to cultivate the kindly spirit of emulation which builds up, is the earnest wish of the compiler. R. W. P. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 20, 1893. \ 1 H K' i I CONTENTS. Introduction Tariffs on " Glue," •' Gelatine," and " Fish-glue or Isinglass " Imported into the United States under Acts from 1792 to 1890 inclusive. Tariffs of Foreign Countries Extracts from United States Consular Reports Argentine Republic : Exports of Horse Hair and Hide Cuttings ; imports of Glue. Uruguay : Exports of Hide Cuttings ; imports of glue and gelatine ; statistics of pastoral industry, 1881 to 1891 inclusive. Rio Grande do Sul : Exports of Horse Hair and Hide Cuttings. United Kingdom : Imports of meat products, etc. Labor in China. Wages paid in Europe. Glue Stock Early prices S. A. Hide Cuttings: Prices in New York from 1873 to 1892 inclusive ; imports from South .\merica into New York ; stocks held in Antwerp and Havre ; yearly importations into Antwerp and Havre. Importations of Australian sheep skins and other stock into London. Increase of pastoral industry in South America, etc. Glue Making in the United States Beginning of the industry ; Census of 18S0 ; production in 1887 ; districts where produced ; kinds of glue made : number of factories commencing the industry' during each period of 10 years ; division of the glue makers into 4 ranks, and quantities made in each division ; quantities and kinds of glue made by establishments withdrawing from the industry from 1887 to 1S93. Prices of glue: Speculation in 1879 and 1880; fall in prices from 1S6S to 1S93. List Prices of Glue. Peter Cooper's Glue Factory, 1844 to 1S93 Constitutidn of the Glue Manufacturers' Association of the United States.. Names and addresses of the officers of the Association for the year ending September, 1893. Glue and Gelatine. Entered for Consumption, 1868 to 1892 inclusive Tabic Pounds ; averages of foreign value ; rates and amounts of duties collected. Also, quantities, values, and prices of glue imported from 182 1 to 1865. Glue Stock, etc. Entered for Consumption, 1869 to 1892 Table Dextrine, etc. Entered for Consumption, 1869 to 1892 Table Fish-glue or Isinglass, Fish-sounds, etc. Entered for Consumption. 1869 to 1892. Table Exports of Domestic Glue from the United States by Countries, 1871 to 1880. . .Table Exports of Domestic Glue from the United States by Countrie.s, 1881 to 1890. . .TabU- Exports of Domestic Glue from the United States by Customs Districts, 188 1 TO 1890 Table Imports of Glue into the United States by Customs Districts, 1882 to 1890... Table Imports of Fish-sounds, etc., into the United States by Customs Districts, 1 88 1 TO 1 890 Table Imports of Glue, Glue Stock, Fish-sounds or Fish Bladders into the United States by Countries, i 89 1 and i 892 Table Exports of Domestic Glue from the United States, 1891 and 1892, by Countries and by Customs Districts. Also, Total Exports from 1826 to 1892 Table FACE V 1 I «5 16 Nu. I No. z No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 N N No 9 No. 10 No. II via CON TEN TS.— Continued. Imports of Glue Stock into the United States by Customs Districts, i88i to 1890. .Table No. 12 Imports of Glue, Gelatine, and Liquid Glue into Canada by Countries, 1881 to 1892 Table French Statistics, Imports and Exports of Glue, 1846 to 1891 Table French Statistics, Imports and Exports of Gelatine, 1869 to 1891 Table General Movement of Glue in 1890 Table Showing the Exports in pounds from France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, United States, and Great Britain (as known), to each other and to other countries. Imports of Glue into New York for Year ending December 31st, 1886 Table Imports of Glue into New York for Year ending June 30th, 1890 Table Imports of Gelatine into New York for Year ending June 30th, 1890 Table Imports of Glue into New York for Six Months ending December 31st, 1890.. Table Imports of Gelatine into New York for Six Months ending December 31st, 1890. .Table Imports of Glue into the United States by Customs Districts, for Years'^ ^^91 AND 1892 1^^^^,^ ^^ ^^ Imports of Glue, Gelatine, and Glue Stock, by Countries, into New York for Six Months ending December 31st, 1892 J No. 13 No. 14 No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No 18 No. 19 No. 20 No. 2! If \ I GLUE STATISTICS. • ♦ •- TARIFFS ON "GLUE," "GELATINE," and "FISH-GLUE or ISINGLASS." Imported into the United States Under the Several Acts from 1792 to 1890 inclusive. Fnjm Reports of the Treasury Department. ''Glue:' Under Act of May 2, 1792, to and including Act of January 29, 1795 15 P^"^ cent. Under Acts of March 26 and 27, 1804, to and including Act of March 4, 1808. . . 4 cts. per lb. Under Act of July I, 1812, to and including Act of February 5, 1816 8 Under Act of April 27, 1816, to and including Act of August 30, 1842 5 Under Act of July 30, 1846 20 per cent. Under Act of March 3, 1857 15 " Under Act of March 2, 1861, to and including Act of March 3, 1883 20 • Present law, taking effect October i, 1890: Valued at not above 7 cts. per lb i\ cts. per lb. Valued at above 7 cts. and not above 30 cts. per lb 25 per cent. Valued at above 30 cts. per lb 30 " ''GehltiflCf and all similar preparations.'''' Under Act of July 30, 1846 30 P^"" c^^^- Under Act of March 3, 1857 24 " Under Acts of March 2, 1861, August 5, 1861, and December 24, 1861 30 * Under Act of July 14, 1862, to and including Act of December 23, 1882 35 " Under Act of March 3, 1 883 30 *• Present law, taking effect October i, 1890: Same rates as Glue. ''IsinglUHS or fish-irlne.'' Under Act of August 30, 1842 20 per cent. Under Act of July 30, 1846 20 " Under Act of March 3, 1857 15 • Under Acts of March 2, 1861, August 5, 1861, and December 24, 186 1 20 • Under Act of July 14, 1862, to and including Act of December 22, 1870 30 * Under Act of May i, 1872, to and including Act of December 23, 1882 Free. Under Act of March 3, 1883 25 per cent. Present law, taking effect October i, 1890: Same rates as Glue. The wording of the present law, which took effect October i, 1890, is as follows: " Gelatine, glue, and isinglass or fish-glue, valued at not above seven cents per pound, one and one-half cents per pound ; valued at above seven cents per pound and not above thirty cents per pound, twenty-five per centum ad valorem ; valued at above thirty cents per pound, thirty per centum ad valorem^ I \ TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. Austria-Hungary : From Report of Julius Goldsehmidt, V. S. ConsuLGenera! at Vienna, dated Maren 10,1891. Glue of all kinds ; gelatine (animal and vegetable jelly) Belgiiim : From Report of G. W. Roosevelt, U. S. Consul at Brussels, dated Dec. 9, 1890. Chemical products, not specially mentioned in tariff Denmark : From Report of Henry B. Ryder, U. S. Consul at Copenhagen, dated Dee. 28, 1890. Glue " ready made Prance: From Report of Adam King, U. S. Consul-General at Paris, dated Jan. 14, 1891. Glue (bird lime) Glue and gelatin Fish-glue or isinglass net weight . Germany : From Report of F. Raine, U. S. Consul-General at Berlin, 1886. Glue Italy: From Report of A. 0. Bourn, U. S. Consul-General at Rome, dated Feb. 6, 1891. Glue Fish-glue Greece : From Report of Wm. H. Moffett, V. S. Consul at Athens, dated Sov. 7, 1888. Glue : of fish, common ; glue of skin, bone, etc., and others, solid or liquid, n. s. d Fish-glue, refined (gelatin) ITetherlands : From Report of Richard Stockton, U. S. Consul at The Hague, 1886. Glue Norway : From Report of Gerhard Gade, V. S. Consul at Christiania, dated Dee. 22, 1890. Glue : a. isinglass and gelatine with the nearest packing, net weight. /'. other kinds Portugal : From British Board of Trade Journal for July, 1892. Gelatine, glue and isinglass BuAsia : From Report of J. M. Crawford, U. S. Consul -Genera I at St. Petersburg, dated Feb. 14, 1891. Glue : a. fish glue of every description, in lumps, scraps, sheets, and gelatine, for clearing wine net weight. l>. bone glue, furriers' and shoemakers'.. . do. due for metals, porcelain and glass do. Bpain : From Report of R. W. Turner, U. S. Consul at Cadiz, dated Feb. 29, 1892. Glues and albumenoids. Xon-treaty gross weight. Treaty do. Sweden : From Schedule prepared by Mere A. Elf wing, V. S. Consul at Stockholm. Glue : carlock and gelatine Other kinds Switzerland : From Report of George Gifford, U. S. Consul at Basle, dated Nov. 26, 1890. Glue and gelatine : crude gross weight . Refined; fish-glue do. Unit of Quantity. lOO kilos. loo lbs. Dan, do. loo kilos. IOC kilos. I GO kilos, do. Oke = 2.84 lbs. do. Kilogram. Kilogram. Pood — 36 lbs. do. do. 100 kilos, do. 100 kilos, do. 100 kilos. do. Rate or Duty. Florins 6.00 Free. Kroner 6.25 " 33-33 Free. Free. Francs 40.00 Marks 3.00 Drachmas .40 1.00 Free. Krone 1.50 Free. Reis 70 Rubles 6.00 *' 1.20 .30 Pesetas 14.40 " 13.00 Kroner 170.00 '• 20.00 Francs .60 •' 7.00 Equivalent IN U. S. Money. Gold $2,823 I1.7C0 9.066 87.72 $0,714 •0.773 2.895 •o.oS .193 •0.402 I0075 •3- 70 .74 .19 $2,779 2.316 •23.14 per cwt. 2.72 " 50.115 1-35' ^ TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUN TR I ES— Continued. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.— G7«//«/^^d: Turkey: From Report of U. S. Consul-General Heap, 1886. Glue United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland) : From Schedule prepared by U. S. Consul-General Waller, 1886. Glue Algeria : AFRICA. From Report of Chas. T. Grellet, V. S. Consul at Algiers, dated Dec. 8, 1890. Same as in France. Cape Verde Islands: From Report of Henry Pease, U. S. Consul at Santiago, dated Jan. 20, 1891. " All other articles not mentioned " Ck>ngo Pree State : From Report of U. S. Comynereial Agent Mohun, of Boma, 1892. " All other kinds of goods " Egypt: From Report of Louis B. Grant, Acting U. S. Consul-General at Cairo, dated Jan. 22, 1891. Imports from U. S. under Art. 4 of Agreement of Nov. 16, 1 884 Gold Coast: From British Board of Trade Journal for September, 1890. Chemicals Lagos: From British official returns, June, 1891. " All other imports " Liberia: From Report of U. S. Consul-General Clark, of Monrovia, 1890. All other goods not enumerated. . .^ gold and ^ Liberian cy. Mauritius : From British Board of Trade Journal for March, 1891. Glue Morocco : From Report of F. A. Mathews, U. S. Consul-General at Tangier, dated Nov. 14, 1890. All articles imported SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Colony, Orange Pree State and British Beohuanaland : From Report of Geo. F. Hollis, U. S. Consul at Cape Town, dated Dec. 16, 1890. Goods not enumerated, etc. (Rebate on goods removed overland, 7 per cent.) Natal : Goods, wares and merchandise not otherwise charged with duty, etc NORTH AMERICA. Dominion of Canada : From Report of Chas. L. Knapp, U. S. Consul-General at Montreal, dated Jan. 27, 1891. Glue, sheet, broken sheet and ground Glue, liquid, including mucilage Newfoundland : From British Board of Trade Journal for June, 1891. Goods, wares and merchandise not otherwise enumerated, etc. Mexico: From Bulletin No. 21 of Bureau of American Republics, October, 1891. Glue gross weight . Gelatine, pure legal weight . Fish-glue do. Unit of Quantity. 100 kilos. 100 kilos. Pound. Kilo, do. do. Rate ok DlTY. EQllTALtNT IN U- S. Mo>kEY. Piasters 12.00 Gold $0,528 Free. 20 per cent. 6 per cent. 8 per cent. Free. 4 per cent. 12^ per cent. Rupees 3.00 10 per cent. 1 2 per cent. 5 per cent. •0.03 30 per cent. 25 per cent. Pesos .10 " .15 IS • ».44 «*c-03 $0,036 per llx. •055 *• ■055 •• ,\ TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES— Continued. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND WEST INDIES. British Possessions in the West Indies and Spanish Amerioa: from Bulletin No. 37 of Bureau of American Republics, March, 1892. British Guiana — Gelatine and isinglass Bri'.ish Honduras — *' All other goods not free of duty," etc. . . The Bahamas—" Articles not enumerated," etc Barbados — "All other articles not particularly enumerated". . Jamaica — "On all goods, wares and merchandise . . . not previously enumerated " Leeward Islands: Antigua and Anguilla — On unenumerated articles St. Christopher and Nevis — On unenumerated articles Dominica — On unenumerated articles Montserrat and Virgin Islands — On unenumerated articles. . . Trinidad and Tobago: Fish-glue All other goods not previously enumerated Turks Islands: All other articles not enumerated Windward Islands: Grenada — Articles of any sort not specifically mentioned. . . . St. Lucia — Glue St. Vincent — All and every sort and description of goods, wares and merchandise not enumerated Dutch West Indies: From Report of L. B. Smith, U. S. Consul at Curacao, dated Nov. 24, 1890. Cura9ao and Bon Aire — On all merchandise French West Indies: From Report of Chas. Bartlett, U. S. Consul at Guadeloupe, dated Feb. 11. 1891. Guadeloupe — Glue Martinique : From U. S. Consul Gareshe's Report of 1887, corrected up to Dec, 1891. Goods not mentioned in the present tariff Haiti: From U. S. Consul-General Thompson's Report of 1877, revised to 1892. Glue, animal Fish-glue Santo Domingo : From Bulletin No. 12 of Bureau of the American Republics, Sept., 1891. Gelatine (on official valuation of i!«o.5o per lb., Mexican coin). Glue (on official valuation of $0.20 per lb., Mexican coin). . . . Cuba and Puerto Rico : From Bulletin No. 10 of Bureau of the American Republics, July, 1891. Glues, common or inferior Glues, isinglass, and gelatin for broth Cuba: Added to above rates are 2$^ war duty, and an increase of 20fr. Glue and albumen, oxide of potash and of sodium Puerto Rico: Above rate was increased 205? July i, 1890. Ck>sta Rica: From Bulletin No. 1 1 of Bureau of the American Republics, Sept., 1891. Glue and dextrin Guatemala : From Bulletin No. 43 of Bureau of the American Republics, June, 1892. Fish-glue (on official valuation of 82.892 per lb.) Gelatine, in sheets or fibers (on official valuation of 1(0.578 per lb. ) Gelatine, Laine's and other brands (on official valuation of 81.157 per lb.) Dextrine (on official valuation of 80.362 per lb.) Honduras : From Bulletin No. 24 of Bureau of the American Republics, Nov., 1891. Fish-glue gross weight. Gelatin of all kinds do. Glue, common do. Nicaragua : From Bulletin No. 20 of Bureau of the American Republics, Sept., 1891. Glues of any material gross weight . Unit of Quantity. Pound. Per ;^ioo value. Per ^100 value. Pound. ICO kilos. Pound, do. Pound, do. Cwt. Kilo. Pound, do. do. Pound. Rate of Duty. 10 per cent, 20 per cent. 8 per cent. 18^ per cent. 8 per cent. 12I per cent. 7f per cent. Free. Free. 7^ per cent. 10 per cent, li per cent. Francs 10.00 5.35 per cent 60 per cent. 60 per cent. Pesos . 1 1 70 per cent. 70 per cent. 70 per cent. 70 per cent. Equivalent IN U. S. Money. •0.05 $60.83 I29. 199 $0.02 •».93 •0.04 .05 to 022 .130 1.966 $0,037 per lb $0. 1 305 isu) .029* (sic) .087* $0,044 TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES— Confinued. * Note b\ Comiiler— This is probably a transposition in the reports. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, ETC. —Continued. Salvador: From Bulletin No. 23 of Bureau of the American Republics, Oct., 1891. Glue, of all kinds Argentine Republic : From Schedule prepared by U. S. Consul E. L. Baker, 1886. Glue (on official valuation of $0. 20 per kilo) Bolivia: From Bulletin No. 22 of Bureau of the American Republics, Oct., 1891. Dextrine (on official valuation of 8o.o8t per lb.) Fish-glue (on official valuation of $0,986 per lb., gross weight) Gelatin, solid (on official valuation of 80.493 per lb., gross weight) Gelatin, liquid (on official valuation of $0,164 per lb., gross weight) Gelatin, in sheets (on official valuation of $0,493 per lb., package included) Glue, common (on official valuation of 80.066 per lb., gross weight) Glue, liquid (on official valuation of $0,059 per lb., gross weight) Glue, from hide clippings (on official valuation of $0,131 per lb., wrapper included) Isinglass (on official valuation of $0,986 per lb., package in- eluded) Isinglass for clarifying wines (on official valuation of $0,197 per lb.) Isinglass in transparent gelatine (fish-glue) (on official valu- ation of $0. 263 per lb, ) Brazil: From Bulletin No. 8 of Bureau of the American Republics, July, 1891. Glue or gelatine, prepared for printing do., not specified Dextrine Chili: From BulUtin No. 46 of Bureau of the American Republics, June, 1892. Glue, common (on official valuation of 80.103 per lb., gross weight) Glue, mouth, including wrappings (on official valuation of $0,165 per lb.) Isinglass, shredded, including wrappings (on official valuation of $1,241 per lb.) Gelatin, in sheets, including wrappings (on official valuation of $0,620 per lb.) Colombia : From Bulletin No. 27 of Bureau of the American Republics, Nov., 1891. Common glue Ecuador : From Bulletin No, 25 of Bureau of the American Republics, Nov., 1891. Articles not enumerated in schedule (30 per cent, on duties expressed charged in addition) Peru: from Bulletin No 45 of Bureau of the American Republics, June, 1892. Cement of glue, for sizing (on official valuation of 80.066 per lb., gross weight) Gelatin (on official valuation of 81.001 per lb., gross weight). Gelatin, in paste (on official valuation of 80.267 per lb., gross weight) Gelatine, in liquid (on official valuation of 80.167 per lb., gross weight) Glue, common, for uniting wood (on official valuation of $0,050 per lb., gross weight) Glue, in fluid (on official valuation of $o.c6o per lb., gross weight) Uruguay : From Report of P. L. Bridgers, U. S. Consul at Montevideo, dated Sept. 1, 1886. Glue of all kinds (on official valuation of 824 per too kilos gross weight) Unit of Quantity. Pound. Pound. do. do. Pound. Pound. Rate of Duty. 25 per cent. 30 per cent. 30 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 30 per cent 30 per cent. 30 per cent. 30 per cent. 30 per cent. 30 per cent. 30 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 40 per cent. 40 per cent. 40 per cent. 40 per cent. 40 per cent. 40 per cent. Equivalejct IN U. S. MOXKV. to.033 80.05 .171 •{ -044 & ♦0.067 •o.oS J3 30A per cent. »\ I TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES— ConHnued. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, "EIC— Continued Venezuela : ¥rom Bulletin No. 36 of Bureau of the American Republics, March, 1892. Gelatin of all kinds gross weight . Glue, common do. Isinglass do. ASIA. British Possessions Aden, Ceylon, India, North Borneo, Sarawak and the Straits Settlements : From V. S. Consular Reports, 1890. Glue China: from Schedule prepared by U. S. Consul Kennedy, 1888. Glue Dutch India: From Schedule translated by U. S. Minister Bell, of The Hague. " All other articles not particularly enumerated" Japan : From Official Schedule transmitted by Viee-Consul-General Scidmore. Glue (loo catties equal about 125 lbs.) Korea : From Report of Augustus Heard, U. S. Consul-General at Seoul, dated Jan. 7,1891. Glue Isinglass, all kinds Philippine Islands: From Report of E. Burd Grubb, U. S. Minister at Madrid, Spain, dated April 1, 1891. Glue and albumen Siam: From Report of Jacob I. Child, U. S. Consul-General at Bangkok, dated Dee. 5, 1890. All goods from U. S. as per Treaty of 1856 Turkish Possessions—Palestine and Syria: From U. S. Consular Reports, 1890. All goods, with certain exceptions AUSTRALASIA. New South Wales: From Report of George T. Baggs, V. S. Commercial Agent at Newcastle, dated Dee. 17,1891. Gelatine and glue New Zealand: From copy of Tariff transmitted by U. S. Consul Connolly, of Auckland, copy of Tariff ti Jan. 31, 1891. Gelatine and isinglass. Glue and size Queensland and Tasmania: From Report of G. W. Griffin, U. S. Consul at Sydney. Queensland — Gelatine and isinglass, such as Nelson's patent. . Glue Liquid glue Tasmania — Gelatine and isinglass, such as Nelson's patent. . . Glue Liquid glue South Atistralia: From Report of Geo. H. Wallace, U. S. Consul-General at Melbourne, dated March 21, 1890. Glue Victoria : From Report of Geo. H. Wallace, U. S. Consul-General at Melbourne, dated March 21, 1890. Glue, liquid Glue Unit of Quantity. Pound, do. do. 133 lbs. 100 catties. 100 kilos. Pound. Pound. Pound. Pound. Pound. Pound. Ratk of Duty. Free. 6 per cent. Boos .60 5 per 7iper per cent, cent. 3 per cent. 8 per cent. id. 15 per cent lid 15 per cent 2d 15 per cent 1 2i per cent id. 1 2^ per cent 2d. 20 per cent. 2d. Equivalent IN U. S. Money. $0,049 .049 .082 $0.20 I2.4O I0.O2 $0.03 $0.04 |!0.02 $0.04 I0.O4 V I r, r i TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES— Continued. 4 AUSTRALASIA.— C<7«//««^i/. West Australia: Unit of Quantity. Rate of Duty. EQUnALiXT IX U. S. Mossy. From Report of Geo. H. Wallace, U. S. Consul-General at Melbourne, dated March 21, 1890. On all goods, wares, articles of merchandise, etc., not included in schedule 12 per cenL POLYNESIA. British New Guinea: From British Official Reports, June, 1891. Gelatine, isinglass, glue Pound. id. to.02 F\ii: From Report of Andrew A. St. John, U. S. Commercial Agent at Levuka, dated March 7, 1891. Gelatine Pound. 10 per cent. •ao6 Glue New Caledonia: From Report of L. L. Mescam, U. S. Vice Commercial Agent at Noumea, dated Jan. 14, 1891. On all goods, with certain exceptions 4 per cent. Society Islands: From Report of J. L Doty, U. S. Consul at Tahiti, dated Jan. 20, 1891. On all goods, with certain exceptions 13 per cent. Hawaiian Islands : From Report of V. S. Consul-General Putnam, 1886. Glue Free. EXTRACTS FROM UNITED STATES CONSULAR REPORTS. Argentine Republic. From Report of E. L. Baker, U. S. Consul at Buenos Ay res, dated Nwember 17, 1S90. Kilos. Oflkrial TalBc. Imported into Argentine Republic in 1889: Glue 187,549 $27,941 00 Exported from Argentine Republic during 1889: Hair 1,794,622 1.190.^25 00 Hide Cuttings... 1,488,512 90,79900 Imported from United States in 1889: Glue 90 14 co E.xported to the United States in 1889: Hair 386,514 249.302 00 Hide Cuttings 132,308 8,07200 Argentine Repuhlic. From Report of E. L. Baker, U. S. Consul at Buenos Ay res, dated December 16, 1S91. Kilos. Official tsIm. Imported into Argentine Republic in 1890: Glue 1 10,968 $i~.404 00 E.xported from Argentine Republic in 1890: Hair 2,324,215 929.686 00 " " Hide Cuttings 1.822,733 45-5^00 Exported to Belgium in 1890 Horsehair 307.31200 Exported to France in 1890 Horsehair 128,86-00 Imported from United States in 1890: Glue 28 i" 00 Exported to United States in 1890: Hair 496,182 198,47300 " Hide Cuttings M2,'](iZ 11.31900 \ 8 EXTRACTS FROM UNITED STATES CONSULAR REPORTS-ConHnued, \ Uruguay, From Report of Frank D. Hill, U. S. Consul at Afo/itetulro. dated Afarch 21, 1891. Imported into Uruguay in 1888 and 1889 — Kilos. Official value. Kilos. Glue: 1888 34,322 $8,087 00 I 1889 72,045 Exported from Uruguay in 1888 and 1889 — Kilos. Official value. Kilos. Hide Cuttings: 1888.. 859,041 $42,92700! 1889 691,196 Official value. $14,956 GO Official value. $34,559 00 Uruguay in 1S91. From Report of Frank D. Hill, U. S. Consul at Afonta'ideo, dated March 8, 1892. Pastoral Industry, The pastoral industry, although in its usual prosperous condition, seems scarcely to be advancing. The statistics disclose the fact that there are not so many head of live stock in the "camp" as in 1884. Nor has the number of cattle slaughtered annually been increased during the last ten years. The " saladero" industry in the Argentine Republic has doubled its output during the last four years, while it has been stationary in Uruguay. The following table shows the number of head of cattle slaugh- tered in Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) from 1881 to 1891 : Uruguay. 1881 576,170 1882 738,500 1883 704,400 1884 853.600 1885 647,029 1886 751,067 ^887 499»554 1888 763,900 1889 708,923 189c 642,100 1891 . 667,100 Kilos. Imported into Uruguay in 1890: Gelatine 150,502 " " Glue '. 3i',747 Imported from United States in 1890: Gelatine 550 Imported from England in 1890: Gelatine 2,331 Glue 3*885 Exported from Uruguay in 1890: Hide Cuttings 827,917 Exported to England in 1890: Hide Cuttings 46,670 Exported to France in 1890: Hide Cuttings, etc Exported to United States in 1890: Hide Cuttings 387,050 Nearly half the hide cuttings found a market in the United States. Bio Grande do Sul (Brazil). From Report of Charles Negley, U. S. Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, dated September 21, 1891. Brazil has never enjoyed the advantages of a statistical bureau, and, though efforts are being made to organize one under the present Government, it is safe to say that some years will necessarily elapse before such a department can get into good running order. , In the meantime, the seeker after knowl- edge is obliged to rely upon such meagre and difficult sources of information, official and otherwise, as he may command. Argentine Republic. Rio Grande do Sul 399,000 310,000 434,500 300,000 365,100 375.000 316,800 335.000 610,700 410,000 480,900 310,000 314,700 415,000 452,250 396,000 707,400 365,000 764,000 380,000 801,000 455.000 Total, i,a85,i7o 1,473,000 1,444,500 1,505,400 1,667,729 1,541,967 1,229,254 1,612,150 ',781,323 1,786,100 1,923,100 Official value. $3,286 00 (sic) 7.507 00 " 385 00 1.743 00 932 00 41,998 00 2.333 00 6,966 00 19.725 00 ( EXTRACTS FROM UNITED STATES CONSULAR REPORTS— Continued. ii V I ; I The compilation of the custom house returns are always much delayed, so that it is impossible to obtain them within six months after the close of the year, and sometimes only after a longer period. The following review of the commerce of Rio Grande do Sul is necessarily confined to that which passes through the custom house of the city of Rio Grande do Sul, as, up to the present time. I have not been able to secure returns from the custom houses of Pelotas, Porto Alegre, and other smaller places in the State. But the port of Rio Grande do Sul, owing to its proximity to the sea and the greater depth of its waters, is the most important of them all. Through its custom house, said to be the finest in Brazil, are dispatched many of the goods destined for Pelotas and Porto Alegre — both approachable from the sea, though by vessels of less draft, and both having custom houses of their own. The leading import and export houses of the State have their head offices in this city. Here, of a certainty, are made up the invoices for all the exports to the United States, and, presumably, such is the case — to a large extent, at least — with exports to other foreign countries. Thus the tables of imports and exports for the years 1889 and 1890, accompanying this report, in giving the com- merce of this port, also furnish, in a comparative way, a reasonably accurate estimate of the entire commerce of the State for these two years. . . . Misleading Reiurtis, — It is well known that the custom house returns do not, as a rule, give a cor- rect estimate of the amount of goods really imported from any given country; that is to sav. the country of the origin of goods is not indicated, but only the country from which they come, which may or may not be the country of their origin. Thus, it is perfectly certain that a large proportion of the imports accredited to Uruguay have their origin in Europe, and some in the United States. In fact, the exceptional increase of imports from Uruguay may be attributed to the fact that, to fore- stall the increase of duties, it was, in many cases, necessary to order the goods from some point near at hand, so that they might get through in time, and they were therefore ordered from Uruguay. . . . The figures in regard to exports are equally misleading, as will appear by the following table of the certified invoices of exports to the United States for the calendar years 1889 and 1890: , 1 8S9. ^ , 1 890. ^ Hair Kilos, 332,849 $166,87309 Kilos, 328,907 $147,31105 Hide Cuttings... " 73,234 3.517 21 " 133.851 5.05368 Glue Stock " 7,817 81943 « 40,581 5,53119 ^•"^ " - - ** 1,276 12339 The discrepancy between the amount of exports to tiie United States, as given by the custom house returns and the consular certificates, can only be explained in the way previously mentioned. It is true the official valuation by the custom house may be lower than the certified valuation, which would account in part for the difference. Misleading as are the custom house returns in many instances, still, in the main, we must rely upon them for what information we get in regard to the commerce of the place. Exported from Rio Grande do Sul for years 1889 and 1890: ' Horse and Other Hairs. v , Hide Cuttings . To Great Britain.... 1889, $2,470 82 1890, $2,440 35 1889, t4,5ii 38 1890, ¥5,569 65 '• United States ... « 40,54085 " 16,38450 " 140 61 " 2189* " Germany " 4,439 93 " 24300 « 49626 — "- Belgium " 117 93 — Total 1889, $47,569 53 1890. (^19,067 85 1889, #5,148 25 1S90. $5,788 57 I I ID EXTRACTS FROM UNITED STATES CONSULAR REPORTS— ConHnued. United Kingdom. From Report 0/ James D. Ret J, U. S. Commercial Agent at Dunfermline, dated January 2, 1891. IMPORTS IN 1890. Dead Meat. — The most striking of all imports is dead meat. The import of bacon and hams was six times greater in 1876-80 than in 1866-70, but has not increased since. The trade in imported fresh beef, mutton, and pork, which, even up to the end of 1875, did not furnish more than a single pound per annum to each family of five persons, has furnished 29.^ lbs. for each such family in the period 1886-89, and in the single year 1889 reached 40 lbs. a year to every such family in Great Britain. Of imports amounting to 8,469,653 cwts. of dead meat from all countries, the United States supplied 5,575,591 cwts. Cattle and Horses. — The year 1889 has seen the largest import of live cattle ever before recorded; 555,222 head have been received, of which 294,424 came from the United States and 84,588 from Canada. Of 677,958 sheep imported, 18,690 came from the United States. Labor in Amoy, China. From Report of Edward Bedloe^ U. S. Consul at Amoy^ dated November 4, 1891. Glue-makers: Monthly rate of wages, $5.25. Wages Paid in Europe. From Special U. S. Consular Reports on Labor in Europe. Ireland. — Average wages paid per week of 56 hours in Glue factory in Cork : Makers, $4.86; Laborers, $3.65. France. — Wages paid per week of 60 hours in Glue factories in Marseilles : Makers — Lowest : Men, $4.63 ; Women, $1.73; Boys, $1.45. Highest: Men, $5.80; Women, $2.31; Boys, $1.45. Average: Men, $5.20; Women, $2.31; Boys, $1.45. Russia. — Average wages paid per month, 10 to 12 hours daily, in Glue factory (including lodging, light, and fire) : Common Hands: Male (pieceworkers), $6.72 ; Female, $4.80. Glue-boilers (pieceworkers), $36; Mechanics (pieceworkers), $36.10; Overseers (pieceworkers), $18. Austria-Hungary. — From Report of Julius Goldschmidty U. S. Consul- General at Vienna, dated April lo, 1892. Average wages for skilled and unskilled working people in Starch and Glue: Men, per week, $1.90; per day, 27 cts. Women, per week, $1.20; per day, 17 cts. Average, per week, $1.76; per day, 25 cts. Germany. — From Report of Commercial Agent Washburn, of Magdeburg, November 3, 1892. Average annual wages paid during 1889: Chemical industries, 787 marks; Leather industries. 780 marks (a mark is equal to $0,238). I r ; ) QLUE STOCK. The question of glue stock is too great to be treated with any degree of completeness, but certain information can be given, and it will be of some value as a standard of comparison in the future. South American Hide Cuttings were first imported into the United States not long before 184a The quality of such goods was then very much better than it has been in recent years. This should be taken into account in considering the difference in price as compared with what is paid at the present time. A few instances only can be given of known transactions during the years previous to 1 861: January, 1856. 40,802 lbs. hide cuttings at 7c.; March, 1858, 190 bales hide cuttings at 6|c.: July, 1858, 17 bales hide cuttings at 7c.; February, 1859, 23 bales sinews at 6c.; July, 1S59, 23 bales Rio Grande hide cuttings at 6c.; October, 1859. 100 bales Penang buffalo hides at 6|^c.. 6 months: February, i860, 31 bales hide cuttings at 5ic.; April, i860, 204 bales Buenos Ayres hide cuttings at 5^c., 6 months. No trustworthy quotations can be given from this date to 1873, but since that time the prices quoted by brokers on the first of January of each year have been as follows : Quotations January i. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. Sinews and Fizzles 6|t0 7 5* to 6 6 to6i 5i 6ito7 6 to6i 5 4i 5 4i 4l 4i Prime Hide Cuttinors The above prices are for gold. The following quotations for the same date in each year are in currency : Quotations January i. 1879. Sinews and Fizzles 4i to 4^ Hide Cuttings, good to prime 3i to 3^ Lips and Ears 1880. 4i to 4i 3i to 4 1S81. 4i to 5 4 t0 4i 1882. 1883. 18S4. 1SS5. iS56. 4i to 5ls^ to slsi to si 5i to 5^ 5 to 5 J ?i to ^4 4} to 4j 4^ to 4 1, 44 to 4 1 4i 3i to 4i 3 2^ to 3 t0 2i. Sinews and Fizzles Hide Cuttings, good to prime. Lips and Ears 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 5 to si 4i 2i t0 3 3i I 3i 3 to3j I 3 to3j 2| to 2^ • • • « 1892. ^ 1893. 3 t0 3i 1 3 to 4 2i to 2| 2j to 2| 'i I| It may be noted regarding above quotations that in times of scarcity inferior grades of imported glue stock are apt to bring more than their real value, while in times of over-supply thev often sell for less than they are worth. According to brokers, the importations of glue stock from South America average about 1,000,000 lbs. each year, but this evidently does not include goods purchased direct. It has not been possible to ascertain with accuracy the quantity of glue stock imported into the United States, and the best that can be done at this time is to refer the glue makers to informa- tion on pages 7 to 9, Tables Nos. 2 and 12, and the Table of Imports into New York for the 6 months ending December 31, 1892. South American glue stock is usually sold in New York on If i 12 GLUE STOCK— Continued. arrival, and for prompt cash, but stocks are carried in Europe at the various places which are head- quarters for such goods. Stocks held in Antwerp and in Havre on the 31st of December of each year have been as follows : Stocks, December 31, in bales. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. Antwerp * 79 * 37 553 44 75 13 900 358 1,200 671 859 137 1,000 230 160 1989 Havre 1 1 * Quantity not ascertained. t Estimated. Importations into the above-named places have been as follows : Importations, in bales. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891, 1892. Antwerp * 80s * 530 * 261 * 865 * 574 2,650 241 »,3'o 407 3,000 816 2,600 645 2,500 43 a 2,200 867 •,850 785 t3.05o Havre 1,092 • Quantity not ascertained. + Estimated. The English statistics are so imperfect with regard to glue stock (and indeed for everything directly connected with the glue industry) that it would be misleading to attempt to give complete figures regarding the imports into or exports from London, Liverpool, or Hull, where glue stock is mostly handled. But a few items will serve to show that large quantities are imported into England from many of her colonies, and particularly from Australia. The sales of Australian and New Zealand sheepskins in London have increased from 17,978 bales in 1887 to 32,150 bales in 1892. Rabbit skins from the same countries were sold in London to the amount of 6,033 bales in 1887, and last year (1892) the sales had increased to 9,901 bales. In the same market there were also sold in 1892 from the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, goat and sheep skins to the number of 5,417,980, as com- pared with 3,075,126 disposed of in the year 1887. The imports of skins from the East Indies and other countries in Asia do not show a corresponding increase. The future is uncertain ; but in a general way it may be said that the increase of pastoral industry in Australasia, South Africa and South America seems to indicate that there is no likelihood of a general scarcity of glue stock for many years to come. It is reasonably certain that the ultimate capacity for production in such lines is not yet reached in the countries before mentioned. Their natural advantages are great in regard to such matters, and can be still further developed with benefit to themselves, and in such a manner as to supplement our own civilization if we are wise enough to go forward in the right way. It will be a fortunate day for us when we cease exporting to Europe the grain and meat products which are gradually exhausting the elements of our future prosperity. We shall be better off when we fully utilize all these things at home, and import even more from the new countries that are surely taking the place we have hitherto held in the development of the wealth of the world. When we can take even more hides and skins from our neighbors to the south of us than we do now, and send to them the finished products of our looms and workshops, which are the fruits of a high condition of industrial development, we shall advance still further towards our destiny as a nation ; and if the glue makers of the United States will keep in step with the march of improvement in all lines of industry, there is no good reason why they should not share in the general prosperity. V It ( \ f r I V Y ► I \ GLUE HAKINQ IN THE UNITED 5TATES. It is very difficult to obtain exact information about the glue manufacturing industr}- of the United States for any dates prior to i860, but those who have been long in the business say that before 1830, in addition to the glue produced by the few regular manufacturers, it was made in a small wav bv a good many tanners who boiled up their own stock in open kettles. This primitive condition of thinsrs could not continue, and the development of the industry as a special one is shown by the fact that, according to the Census of 1880, there were then in the country 82 establishments making glue as a prin- cipal, or as a by-product, employing 1,801 hands, and using Capital to the amount of $3,916,750. During the years 1887 and 1888 the compiler of this book made a very careful estimate of the con- dition of the industry for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1887. The figures then given to the Glue Manufacturers' Association were conservative ones, and stated that the total quantity of glue then pro- duced was about 37,000,000 lbs. These calculations have since been carefully revised, and an estimate, which cannot be more than 2 or 3 per cent, out of the way, and is likely to be too small rather than too large, places the total production of Glue in the United States for the Fiscal Year 1 886-1 88 7 at 38,032,000 lbs. This was produced about as follows : Districts Where Produced. New England. Middle States. Western States. Pacific Coast. From hide, fur, or neat's-foot stock No. of Produce EsUb. Pounds. 19 5»333,ooo 7 2,115,000 No. of Produce E<>tab. Pounds. 30 i4,393»ooo 5 3.314,000 No. of Produce Esub. Poands. 2, \ 6,963,000 ■* \ 4,860,000 No. of Prodoce Esub. Ponnds. 7 1,054,00c From bone, bone liquor, or pigs' feet As sole or principal industry 17 5.i33»ooo I ■ 2,zis,ooo 23 10.373,000 8 5,617,000 4 1,717,000 14 7,443,<^oo 5 2,230,000 5 2.150,000 ^ i 1.054,00c In connection with other large industries As a by-product of other industries Total, 92 Establishments 26 7,448,000 35 17.707,000 24 11,823,000 " The total production seems to have been about 27,743,000 lbs. from hide, fur, and neat's-foot stock, and 10,289,000 lbs. from bone, bone liquor, and pigs' feet. In the New England States glue was made only in Maine, N. H., Mass., and R. I.; the Middle States include N. Y., N. J., Penn., Md., and West Va.; the Western States include Ky.. Ohio, Ind.. Ill, Mo., Minn., Wis., and Mich.; and the Pacific Coast States are California and Oregon. It is barely possible that there were then glue factories working in other States, but, if so, thev must have been of trifling importance, or the thorough means of investigation employed would have brou«iai them to notice. Fifteen of these Western factories made glue from hide stock only, five of them from bone liquor or pig stock only, while the remaining four factories produced glue largelv from all kinds of stock. As correct an account as can now be given of the commencement of glue making by these 92 establishments is as follows : Before 1830. 1830 to 1840. 1840 to 1850. 1850 to i860. i860 to 1870. Hide, etc. Bone, etc. 1870 to 1880. Hide, etc. Bone, etc. 1S80 to 1S87. Hide, etc. Bone, etc New England factories.. Middle States " . . Western States *' Pacific Coast " 26 35 24 7 92 2 2 • • • • • • • • I I I I • • • • • • • • 3 I 2 • • • • 4 6 8 5 I I 3 2 6 2 3 3 » 10 2 6 2 3 Total factories 4 2 2 6 18 7 «9 7 2- 5 Ai GLUE MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES-ConHnued. Of the 92 establishments before mentioned, 8 were each producing i,coo,oco lbs. or over, to the amount in all of 19,376,000 lbs.; 17 made from 500,000 to 1,000,000 lbs. each, to the amount in all of 10,850,000 lbs.; 34 were making from 100,000 to 500,000 lbs. each, to the amount in all of 6,268,000 lbs.; and the remaining 33 factories, making less than 100,000 lbs. each, produced in all about 1,538,000 lbs. In addition to the factories that have since rushed into the industry and soon dropped out, 24 of the establishments in operation during 1887 have ceased working between that time and this date (ApriL 1893). ^ Of these factories, 8 were in New England, making 885,000 lbs.; 8 in the Middle States, making 1,853,000 lbs.; 7 in the Western States, making 1,690,000 lbs.; and one in California, making about 40.000 lbs.— say, about 4,468,000 lbs. in all. There may also have been other withdrawals, but, if so, they are not of great importance. Of these 24 establishments withdrawing, 3 were of the 2nd rank ; 6 of the 3rd rank; and the remaining 15 were of the 4th rank, making less than 100.000 lbs. each! These 24 factories produced about 1,548,000 lbs. of hide stock glue, 1.320,000 lbs. of bone liquor and pig stock glue, and 1,600,000 lbs. of bone glue made by acid process. The place of these 24 establish- ments has been more than filled by new factories, and by the increased production of those already engaged in the industry. No information in regard to this increase can be here given, but it will be stated, up to June, 1890, in the forthcoming Census Report. The question of prices is of great interest, but one that is difficult to write about fully without re- vealing private business. Until about 12 years ago the fluctuations in value were very great and very sudden. The last violent change took place a few months after the resumption of specie pay- ments, and may have been caused somewhat by the improvement in business which that event helped to stimulate. Glue had previously fallen to the lowest point ever reached, and the unprofitable condition of the business, combined with a bad season, finally caused a scarcity which was m^de to appear greater than it really was, and an ill-advised speculation took place which advanced the price of low grades of bone liquor glue from about 3c. per lb. to 7 and 8 cents, and in some cases even higher prices were paid for very inferior grades. During the months from December, 1879, to March, 1880, the speculative demand for glue caused very large importations, particularly of low grades, sending prices of Irish glue from 9 and iic. per lb. to 16 and 18 cents, and other grades advanced in like proportion. This condition of things was of short duration and is not likely to be repeated. The general introduction of artificial methods of drying has removed from the business the principal elements of uncertainty, and has also done much to throw the industry into the hands of large manufacturers. It is probable that the average price of hide stock glue in 1868 was not far from 25 cents per lb., and that it is now less than iic. per lb. from first hands. The fluctuations in price are fairly shown in the Tables of Exports of Domestic Glue from the United States. These Exports are probably of a more uniform class of glues than those imported into this country, as the glues exported by us are mostly made from hide stock, while imported glues are largely from bone, bone liquor, and sheep skin stock. Through the kindness of Peter Cooper's Glue Factory, a verified copy of their list prices of glue since 1844 is given in detail on the page facing this. It should be said, however, regarding this price list that the conservative methods of this old establishment in the past have sometimes made them slow to respond to the temporary fluctuations of the glue market in either direction. > > \ \ \ List Prices of Glue. Peter Cooper's Glue Factory, 1844 to 1893. Price of Gold. 183 p. c. 272 p. c. 141 p. c. 148 p. c. 148 p. c. 144 p. c. 144 p. c. 135 P- c. i3» P- c. 132 p. c. 111 p. c. 109 p. c. 112 p. C. 108 p. c. 114 p. c. 114 p. c. Ill p. c. 104 p. c. 100^ p. c. Date. Years 1844 to 1848. " 184910x855. " 1856 " 1857 " 185810 i860. " 1861 and 1862 " 1863 April 25, 1864 June 13, 1864 May 2, 1865 June 15, 1866 August 8, 1866 November 15, 1866.. September i, 1867. . January 6, 1869 April I, 1869 August 20, 1869 . . . . April I, 1870 January i, 1872 August 15, 1872 November 19, 1873.. September i, 1875 . . March 4, 1876 July 10, xiid March 28, 1877 April 26, 1878 October 25, 1879.. . . August I, 1887 August 4, 1888 May 4, 1891 June I, 1892 A Extra 40 40 40 40 35 35 37 45 45 43 47 50 55 60 60 50 50 44 45 47 44 42 40 38 36 32 as 25 25 23 No. 1. Extra 34 34 34 34 30 30 32 38 40 38 42 45 48 53 53 45 45 38 40 42 39 37 37 35 32 38 28 22 22 33 »9 No. 1. 30 30 30 30 26 25 27 IZ 35 32 35 38 42 47 47 40 40 33 35 37 34 33 II 30 27 24 24 19 18 18 »7 No. IX. 25 25 25 26 24 22 24 27 29 27 30 33 36 41 41 36 34 29 31 Zl 31 29 38 25 32 20 20 »7 16 16 15 No. 21 21 21 24 22 20 21 24 26 24 26 29 32 36 36 32 29 26 38 30 38 26 24 21 18 16 i7 16 '5 IS Mi No. 19 18 19 22 20 18 19 22 24 22 24 26 29 32 32 29 36 23 25 27 25 23 21 19 16 14 16 »5 14 14 14 No. 18 17 18 21 19 »7 18 21 23 21 ^l 24 27 39 28 26 23 31 23 25 23 21 19 17 IS 13 15 14 13 13 13 No. If 17 16 17 20 18 16 17 19 31 19 31 22 25 27 25 23 21 >9 31 23 31 19 17 15 13 II 13 13 II II II No. No. 16 15 16 19 17 >5 16 18 >9 17 19 30 23 25 23 21 »9 18 19 31 19 18 IS 14 II 10 13 II 9 10 10 9 9 No. o 14 u «S 18 16 14 >5 16 17 »5 «7 18 21 23 21 «9 17 16 18 20 18 »7 14 13 10 9 II 10 7 S S \ CONSTITUTION OF THE 6LDE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Article i. This Association shall be called "The Glue Manufacturers' Association of the United States." It shall consist of all manufacturers of Glue in the United States who shall subscribe to this Constitution and comply with its provisions. Art. 2. This Association is formed for the purpose of promoting the common interest of its members, and to aid in producing a more enlarged and friendly intercourse between them. Art. 3. The officers shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary (who shall also act as Treasurer) and an Executive Committee. Art, 4. The President shall preside at all meetings, and it shall be his duty to exercise a general supervision over the interest and welfare of the Association, and for this purpose he shall be ex-officio a member of all committees. Art. 5. The Vice Presidents, in the order of their election, shall, in the absence of the President, preside at the meetings of the Association, and perform such other duties as may be laid upon them by the inability of the President to act. Art. 6. The Secretary (who shall also act as Treasurer) shall perform such duties as usually belong to his respective offices, and also such as the President or Executive Committee may direct. Art. 7. The Executive Committee shall consist of five members, besides the President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretary, who shall be members ex-officio. They shall have the power to call meetings of the Association when and where, in their judgment, it may be best, and it shall be their duty to do so upon the request of any ten members. They shall examine into the qualifications for membership of those desiring to join, and reject such as, in their judg- ment, should not properly be classed as Glue Manufacturers, and shall also perform such other duties as may be laid upon them by the Association. Art. 8. The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Executive Committee shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting, which shall be held in September of each year, at such place and on such day as the Executive Com- mittee may direct. Art. 9. Each member shall pay an annual subscription of Five Dollars. Art. 10. In all meetings of this Association each member— whether a firm, corporation, or individual— shall be entitled to but one vote. Art. II. At any meeting, one-third of the members in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the trans- action of business, but a smaller number shall have the power to adjourn to any future time, which shall be stated, and due notice thereof sent to the different members. Art. 12. The Association shall have power to appoint Committees to consider such matters as shall be for the interest or welfare of the trade, and such Committees shall be appointed by the President and confirmed by a vote of the members. Art. 13. There shall be no attempt on the part of this Association to form any combination on prices of Glue or Glue stock. Art. 14. Any information which may be given to the officers of this Association for statistical purposes or for the general welfare of the trade, shall, on request, be considered strictly confidential, and any revelation of the same shall deprive the offending party of his office and his membership in the Association. Art. 15. At all meetings the proceedings shall be in accordance with the general practice of well-regulated deliberative assemblies. Art. 16. This Constitution may be altered or amended at any annual meeting by a two-thirds' vote of the members present, or at any special meeting which may be called by the Executive Committee ; provided, that thirty days' notice of the substance of the proposed amendments shall have been sent to the members. Adopted at meeting held at Astor House, New York City, November 19, 1885. Officers of the Association for the Tear Ending: September, 1893. President, JOHN KNOX MARSHALL, 143 Milk street, Boston, Mass.; of Messrs. Baeder, Adamson & Co. First Vice-President, GEORGE H. WEBSTER, 205 La Salle street, Chicago, III.; of Messrs. Armour & Co. Second Vice-President, KING UPTON, 239 Franklin street, Boston, Mass.; of George Upton. Secretary and Treasurer, F. W. TUNNELL, 15 North 5th street, Philadelphia, Pa.; of Messrs. F. W. Tunnell & Co. Executive Committee: D. WEBSTER king, 166 High street, Boston, Mass.; of D.Webster King Glue Co. WM. H. BROWN, Peabody, Mass. RUFUS W. POWELL, 209 Skillman street. Brooklyn, N. Y. T. J. STEPHENS, Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio ; of Messrs. Stephens & Brother. CHARLES DELANY, 1445 Hancock street, Philadelphia, Pa.; of Messrs. Delany & Co. \'\ V > • I r y t L \ r Table Xo. 1, Glue and Gelat::: "Entered for Consumption.'' 1868 TO 1892. IMPORTS, 1821 TO i865. Note. — The figures of Imports " Entered loi i a«i- sumption" differ slightly from those given ia odtef Tables. There are technical reasons for this wkkh do not materially afTect their correctness. The vai«r» given in these Tables do not include duties pakl ai i.» 1821. 'isca 1 2^ a n /868 tSJC ^^, T oitn ds /,J02,fOS /,I/2,52J /,/56,832 3.0fi.62'J Vul VLB /5,/3(f,026 . /o^* '/, 66Z^3fB7T¥ /88Z /883 /88^ /885 /8S6 f88^ /888 /88(f /8^0 f8Cjf do. cU. ISCjZ do. /.888,00s 3,JS8,06t^ ^,236, /3i^ ^,¥JS,6^3 3, f 06, /if J 14., I cj 6,60(1 6, 038.60(f S,282,2U8 S,0S(f,¥^2 11 30 .SO ^3ZS, /6s. 00 33^80J, 00 /8^6U2.3,f / 2 8, 628. 00 / 6 0,6^/. ^6 /82,6y3.ju / S8, 06 f, 00 22 6,330. SS /S6,2f3.0Z / 3/, 6j8.oo /2S', yo6.3^ /22,t^30.f0 280 ft^jj /^o Rate of ^2,'j<^6,ooy . oi* '^, 2 /^. isz.m /,888,/S/ /. 0¥S,/fZ 2,5/J,SS6 /,86i/,y26 3,uoj,3/6 09 0$ 30 77 .08 2^3, ^so, 327, U33, ^S3, ¥S2, M3L 3S2.f8 033. (6 3 if. 13 362.00 t6j.oo y/8.y/ ys6. 00 ^22. s 6 s6y. 8s M/6.fs [/53,i^yooc sy, 860.0c \2yu,//5.oc /so 00 Ai8 5, ^m.Qt 1 /o/,StrCc-u,4 Y^eoA^. 8-r fay 3.io ^360, u6/.oo 383,7 82.00 2fy,yt^0.2f / 83,623.00 2 0y,8/6.cf6 25y3ff.yu 2^8,/U-O.OO 326,263.58 2 3 3,302.02 2 22.6Uf.So 2/6,82 6.3u 2 22./ 2 3. 03 U-/ 302. UP yea rs Poicnds f^l, S 2$.i/./^6.8J 38H',6/^.3o Sy2.¥fS./S 6/ H-. SI 6. 0¥ 68¥,O0S.0U 50iy,3¥S.82 6 53^ SSS.Jf 6ff.//3.^5 you, ¥50. 26 6y(y.f6/.7u ^2 /. ^85. 08 ^6. 2 2U^.3U.h.O 1 /3.02 ( y3yu28./*. tvcno. /t^^ioxXetC i 3 5 3, (f If 8.00 3 3. S3 1.00 ^/toe> /Z^S6t^.oo fCf6,ifll4 00 3 S3, if 8 0.00 Iff 7, S6foo 370,7/2.61 30 S, OS 3.25 3^ifJ 67.00 2S2,^o^.oo 220.233.00 J/rto/C (/o/lcas \faca/Hmt f¥, 635. t6 2oi. Zof. 20% 20^. 20*/. 3,^68.00 /C. jcf6.Sf 20 y. 20% 20% 20% 2of. 20^: 20% 20 i, 2.0% \ ^325.iJ.0 65 f. 60 6.^0 k^ex W %^ 14 2 if. 3.00 / f 805.0C / 8,80/0 36,253.00 / 0.2^0.00 /6 CO 2 CO /^.2o/.oo U-/,OS/.oo 5 6.3 9*/. 66 S0,0t4-8oi 82,0 63. oc 236,076.01 /06,S86oo /6o,6/2y5 20-0.765.00 J^Oca/J/^ '€m€ /86f I870 i8yi /ss/ /882 /883 /88i4 /886 /886 /8i^.y6/.o\ /S87 23/./ifif.23 /88 8 /88Q /8ifO 2o/,6y2.oo 3/(f.y6 i4.oc ■/. 8 o'i> 56^.06 " f8Cff 322,86mo /^f,8/isi /8(f2 1 ^ ► I) ► ► I Table Xo. 4. ISINGLASS, FISH-SOUNDS, Etc. *i:ntered for Consumi)titmr 1S69 TO 1892. Note — In this Table the headings are accordance with the changes in the wordii^{ of Taiiff acts. <\ I.'. ^i^crt *^ J/^L&U (^x44i/?tZi€iJ Vct/ccc^ / /S30 lor /O ye4lytd /2>S/ /SS6 /S&7 /3S6 Tor /0 1/ea/U JZf/ ) Oo etc //y, f ^f yd, j-^z ys, zsy zsy. ^^6- 330 y/^ Jf3, sc / zgf,/6Sr yz, 6^0M^ . re S'f./yi ./6z /JZ,/y6 .^6 yf,jy9 .¥sz 6. 3o6 /.f/ *Mit^/et^, wHc^.h ^>4tm/^. t Ue»* L S-/J ¥^¥ sy6 ¥U 6ZZ 6.0 zr S,ZZ¥ s;3zo Xe¥^ 13/Z ./Sf /.r¥ /S 00 y66S. 00 S/oo. /S J?l<.t4^^ 30^^ Jcf €.¥^.ffo ze.Jf^.fo JCf. CO /ZS, ¥Jf. oo f6.Z¥¥c>a SZ.¥C>/. oo ¥2^ 3ZZ. oo 32, Z3S. ae /0¥,rj^Z oc Zc'Z, 7^s:/3 Iff, \HX,oi ZM3,Z3S 00 /6f. /¥8./3\ Jot* T 36,3/O.zf ^3r/o¥./z 3y /3/. f/ 6/. ^/Z. 00 Jf.^f¥yy /I6y6.3y A P3^fz 333 oa J**^, Ofc). gV 6. yso. oo /// oo / J^. oo /0,2,y6 po /y6 66 /Z^ o6C^.oo Z3-¥, JZ3^* Z3-yi Z6-% Zc% zs-^^* >^ 30^0 zs% Jcy0 ;i^2ff.^o' /, if 30 ^ ^tca/rv/c^ y^/f f7 y^yyrr //. zys. o3 y, ziz.f/ /S,M03. Oo S. ¥<^.U ¥¥/C S/^.. M/L ¥66. ¥'6Z. /.fZ¥.i "yOLZK^ ^2. oo Z,C3S.oo 20p 2?TcUe^ TT *^ ^^.A^. d^^c^n^ A» 'T^cZc^/C /f^:e¥ zoyi ¥oy.6o /• O'O ^^^ HPzc^iC^^ !Zoi€€^ 'yit/UCfJ J» zyo, izz 3W/.^i3 ¥Z¥, ¥JO 3SC. ¥¥S ¥3¥,M¥0 3^6.y¥t? zy% f 32 J¥3 .36¥ .3¥/ .JZ6 .3ZS .Z6Z ¥'¥Z,ZZ^ J COM 9 .2/3 f^Z,f/3.6s /Z¥, zo/. oo /¥¥,6SZ oo /Z^. OS'O oo /¥/, 338. oo ys, 6ZS.6ro sr/, zcz. oo f^/J^ oo / 6AJX/.fio jft.*0y 3fi.0»' \Z** 3L 73^00 J6.60 Z5.oa Z^T'' zc^, Z(?% /.80 S.663z^ <^^f3 /s ^ 6. ¥¥^44 2S, ¥3y. "e /Zd, '^A^S.oa f6, Z^^ oo ^Z, ^O/ o^ ¥2^ JZZ oo JZ Z 3 6 oo /0^,SSZ ao /^s'o^S-. oo f 5 "]. «»c ch /S^oo /.Jt2 Z^/ioOt^ fori^ tr^iiet^ -^C^^ . EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC GLUE BY COUNTRIES. 1871 TO 1880. ! I iL/Xports of Domestic Glue from the United States for the fiscal uears ending cfune uOlk, IS If J to loSO. Ja/^M X Italif (C) iMt/Tetherlandi 15 1 Sa n to Jjom in^o \A Spain 171 Cuba, Puerto Rico T/.S-ojColomluA S/6 WenexiLclcL Jill other countru^ 1% 18 ^"^^ ratals ^t^C^ gt/tm^ /^^.■^■^^.^■^t I f Table No. 45. EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC GLUE, BY COUNTRIEa 1881 TO 1890. Exports of "Domestic Glae ' from the United States for the fiscal j^ears ending June ZOtKjSSlto ISdO. JMM6. ' ■ - - ■ ' ' - . . -J ' -■■ . I —■ ■ , Ry Countries Bel(fLum s .3 z 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16| 17 18 rail Cenfra^ltffw. Statu Frarvct Germanu Creat Britain British JKtSm.S>s5ns \2/5. 7*7 Britizklffestlndiez 3,m\.rf BritiikPoss'niintlus^ asid. Hau/aiiart Island^ ^3oi Jfayti lialif JUexico Jfttkerlands ^anto BominiSo Spairv' Puerto Rico isl 17. S. ofColomlfia Z0| 'Vtnezutlu 2 \ \iall other countrits yTotal, aspr. US£eporti, *Mddi tio nal Export%\ a,. to Canada, Total u. Jrrvfu^^t6 /^rxXcr "^a/na^da ; a/4o^ ^rvate ua>^ X.^^^ n I i; I I Table Xo. 8. Imports of Glue BY CUSTOMS DISTRICTS. 1882 TO 1890. > ' t > 4 1 \ 4 M " "^ *t (Q/^nJun^ o^ ^/Ccu^ Intc mu IjUuAd &/aytt4 hn thi^ Mca/iMa^ ft4/nc 3QM, 1882 ^ ISQO. J/xJ^ Jf'?. 8. 1 \&l^altmifftc,o^d 2 l&S^^hf(?^uA^iWni 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 e. 'Vs^.*^5,j/6.2fo\ oV ^y(izA^^jr3oo of^s.f2f.gs^ ^"Mf^ \36,f68.^^. //' it ?//.OfS^ As¥. 1888. 188^ 4^^ I8f0. TV- / • ^ • /A ^ P • i I I Table Xo. 1>. IMPORTS OF Isinglass, Fish-Sounds, Eit\ By Customs Districts. 1881 TO 1890. i I * ' to '1 ' , \ > > 4 t 6 i cMa/twtoTt, Moi.. cMaOM(Hy, Me. 10 11 n C^ve^i 'fiTV. Cujny'c^.im^df fmi^d Mit^, Ar^ em^dim^ /SS2 J 8 82 J883 j^-A ji-- 9 188^ J88S 7886 1887 1888 1889 1890 ^uH/-4)im/>^^ <^!^A^ 9uce ^^-Jcu/nnU *Uon^^a4^ S S^fA.. ^A^^>*»rt^ .^^v^Suiic^ ' il ^T'^ m . . 177 4^-/&,«iri4> 10 ^^a^. II < •) ; I ' \ : I / I r ) V Table Xo. lO. GLUE, GLUE STOCK. FISH-SOUNDS, Etc. IMPORTS BY COUNTRIES. 1 89 1 AND 1892. Note.— The figures giTen for Imports of Glac ia this Table do not agree with those in tbe Tabic of "Imports of Glue by Customs Districts ** fof years, which were estimated for animal gtac In this Table tbe Imports of Glue froa during 1S92 are noted as bein^ 25.044 P< than is stated in the Treasury Reports. Tllis is be- cause of an error discovered too late for corrcctkM in the published reports. For further explanation see. also, notes A aad d, to Table No. S. I II 11 I A \ '>~p JU^Mio. ' A'Unn /vruon ImAot Z4A^, cc ioA^cu &cctla,, e/ygitfeUl- to elotcM ' (Q^m^cvU .i/n^ tLe llnitid Utafx^^^tln^ tL fik-a/ ^^evij mt^lna Lnc 7)0djS9l}6 JS9Z. »r>SJ JcM^J^f/0 s, ^ot, mx JA^ "U t5. '^.oi^.d^-'if.e.rveyLuX ^ Ja/uJ %^l3ifA 5, 5/6. JdZ 353, f¥-3 i Table No. 11 EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC GLUE By Countries, iSgi and 1892. By Customs Districts, 1891 and i8t>2. Total Exports of Domestic Glie. 1826 TO 1892. There are no records of Exports of Glue oriof i 1S26. f <03c/mt^ cf '3)mn£J^ ^^" fuom t^ Vmxted ^tcuta fn tL fo<^ jmAd ,m£lm^ ftme ZOti- JJ^tU^li. ye ccr /82 6 /82y /828 /836 /s^y /8tfl /8¥3 /S58 18-63 /86i^ /86s /866 /868 /86(f ISJO I88f /88Z /88^ /88U /88S /&86 /88J /8S8 f88tf /8^0 Pounds Jf7 Z86 Zob /S2 If 02 dfOO ¥,S0^ / 03,6 /J /3/,626 38,266 /8,86¥ ^rodJu,€ -'1 U-0 . It .OS .23 '2/ o8 SS ts Jo ,S0 Dollars 22. 35 if .Zl .23'f .23 Otf. .25 ts 8f,i fO 8S,J/J ^2,ss6 Jf,,22l f 86,552 580.815 ./3 /3 12 fS to S3 t1 /2,3/6 /J, ^88 8. J 5 if /2,^3d. *Mjiiiitm if ^na^^es&uvi,'^ u^ui^UX'fpux.o/uurddxu J/v^. % ^jCV. ■torrul ^jUtk^cls *t(^. J88J J88Z JSS3 JSM JSSS 2886 1887 1888 1889 1890 y^^e/i^ci ^4^ f/cri, or y. Jad^a/?7Uiaae(M^, Me Totccis f)^<«^^;^^J^ /¥f.66h UJji>dt(m 5r ^ha/M^i)uJn;^^ zz 5, 3S8 3.6 J 6 l7Srx 23S Afsr 65. Z// 6fS $yo Z.z¥'; 1891 so Z/Z,fA^s\ 3J¥T /62.ZfS /by zc Mff^ z,z^t z,zoz J¥/ zc/.A^yyx MS 55 i89Z 3J3.f^ CutUr^ ^lulA.uUtiTMj ^Uzlc.cutti/fiMi iude-Ca/ti/n^ ^luU^uUtona^ ///. /oy zz JZ6 /o/,zg6 ZZS y.6yy\ Z.fS/ y.osf 5sy /,Z/5 /zz.yMl /5Z,/¥Zy 2,fC8 /ly¥y Z,5-¥Z $ zj^e /Z,/J3 /S,¥6Z sss /5;z¥o szs I *^ zs .«/% " /y3,SCc\ /8/,030 ZJ^S sz /,06Z /z/ zu.y^f /.fzo\ /fZ,666\ /3y¥£3\ /6¥ JS.6/4^ y.zfs ¥5 MIL ^ Z03,68S\ Zf%Z/3\ 3ZJ,f6S 6S,360 S,Zf3 JfL $ S3f.3f6 /.y/8 / M8¥6¥C /o,3yz ^oye ZS6/ 3¥/.yz/ A^/3 33,S3f 600 yzt 2S6 /c,zzz /,sry/ yo Z,105 ^3 ^ Z3ZZS/ 6f,/06 /oo 33f Z0J68 /y/6S ZZ36 W^^a^ 3^S,V^0 J^yyz /jrs:/fo 3 /,/3/ ^6yo 4/zz SZ3 JTfS /¥f,yfo /o /6, o¥^6 S,00¥COA ,tnA /ii ^89i/vrt^ ^89Z ^vA^^ /jL^ I Z 3 4 5 € 7 S 9 IC 11 11 13 1^ IS IB It 'i^^Jl^ff'^^'lh^^- f'^Jjf^J /^ ^^n^j^fm^^U^, ^..-nW^zief;^^^^ tAj/f^^JcrrC /ihoyrt. C'Tn^jtftittC' 3 03, 3 OX # r IT ^ I Table Xo. 13. Imports into Canada. Glue, Gelatine, Liquid Glue. BY COUNTRIES. 1881 TO 1892. i JtiL M 13. 9f i891 16 17 18 19 10 21 U/^a/ii J^Ounelt 2.3 fo yoAif-} ft/y. iff- ^7 IS SI .2J 61 .33 'ff Doll*rs if. 08 5 851 2y22¥ Di*ti/ A^9 i89Z Pou.r\.d.s Jo,i6y 3.^50 26, If 1 1^ So. /ay »nv«'. .At* oi .Zt .IS J» im .32 7* JDollars '/ 3.808 U.8I2 if85 6.6^0 ^262¥3 Duty 'SA^"^ ft ^Ztu , ySAttt . /6^a^ce^ .sAt^^tot a^totorui ~l89l » Pound* 62, 686 38U,ef32 23(f,/8Z 2i^5.8 3,05^ Duty vr 70 i89Z Dollars 3.683 23 3.825 Dvcly ^//S/.^ IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 I I I I I I I f t i 4 Table X.» 1-1. French Statistics. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS <>K G LU E. 1846 TO 1891. NuTE. — In making the calculations for thisTab^e and No. 15, a kilo was estimated at 2.904 .111(1 a franc at fo.192. The Reports of the French government accessible to the compiler for the rears prior to i;4[^. I i i &tcLtidtic4. /8¥6 /8S2 1855 /8sy /858 /85^ 18 60 /86f /d62 /863 /86tf 1865 /866 1861 /868 I86q /syo /8J2 18-^3 /s-j^ /8y5 /8J6 /8JJ /8J8 /88a f7n77^ 7 S2 3,7 03 7,8tf6,/36 8.3/^.035 6 ¥ 3uZ *^J2 /S6.23(f /u/,y/3 2/5,J03 /2 / 738 20i/,u.65 62203 4/ny /3 0,0e*f /oy,2^^43C ft/^4 /3 f* ,1^ /( J3 /o to Of OS OZ sa fS to to to to to ¥S 02, MS ¥S to of . fU it t3'7 08'^' ,9¥ or (>1 -52 9¥ to Mi 08 08 ^7 3-7 08*7 oy'^o 06^7 06 "^ 05 OS Oi 23 2J oS Ob 70 ^ULSiX 37.7 8 C ¥U, /6j 237.537 /95,89s 22yy(yy /S6, ^f S / 68,200 80. /8¥ 75. 0¥¥ 55. 7 21/ tf0.¥¥6 ¥3.2 8^ 68, ¥3X / 60,330 f 8 5.275 /(fz,zy6 /if/,S¥¥ /76,0¥S / 93.035 Z(f8, /35 3//.76y 35S,9/3 377.026 28S^iri V^o/ujU *^v^. Jn^^plCaA^ 2.S5o.7,63\ ^,ot^8,ioo if 50, 883 y38,sy8 795,5 /if 799. f ^9 y62,6 7¥ y3/, 6 '^5 580, ¥62 53 6,8 ¥8 S56,t72¥ 627,5,25 *6.5 8o,2 62 I 7^S.032 S*f0,3y2 (y20,¥aZct/rt^ ^/C^CTTVCtyTXAf' tA^/et^KeivCa/f-tcC6 JjOXtArOAJ, CfyUAynjeAJ' /O if. Oft/ /,S7^.¥2¥ j3,o6c 8.66if6fc 8y6.y62 Z89.¥Zi /^J,20^ s/6.sy8 S22./85 ¥6, if OS 3fif.S02 /3.52if.332 ¥30836 « ¥f, 6f5 ^i.92 y.383 _ 39 262^ 7~FTif3S2 ^ " ■ ■ «/>^ J«^^^e^/f^ t^y^e^rvcA^ tf^i:ti4^ti,c^ Table Xo. 15. i ( f French Statistics. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF GELATI NE. 1869 TO 1891. li 1 i T i 1 itt * ^^atme: (D^e^w'i^tumJ land 3^ c^ rffv iy^4Vt' /syo /OXtaA U6,S3S /S> 2^, byz I . 3^6'^ 2/if.s// I .i^*^ /6 6 36¥ I .30*^ 88,ff2 2U,oty 2 6, Cft^8 /33, ays 62, /60 35, (f68 20^801 37. o^/ 36. t^83 6y,8/5 62, 38U- 86,^/0 j6, /86 /o/, f^y ^.syy ^yy66 . Jon .30'^ f3 .26 .Z6 i3 Z6 il . Jit fi .26 /i .2it 26 .2i 26 .26 26 /i /3 /3 /J /3 /3 .26 26 26 /3 /3 /3 636,366 26 /» ^3, J ^2 7 7^^ ^j,6yz z6,cj6o y,323 8,2/6 3^.yy8 /6.2i/-s\ /8yy 8.8y7 S,//56 ^,S2S /6,o6tf /yyas /6^3ot^ 2X, J/3 /f^/2 26,666 n,/2y /2,d^Sd f^. yf^ dU^eJniS. (£^?L€m^ (?/h/!A(r^ ^ ISdO, ij{r ^x/ncL ^^Aorrv '/^/rvTTLaAy/c a/tvcC /8y8 /8y^ /880 ^2B0,6o5 efotlOfiettU ^/66,2fs\^ail0t/e^ /88/ /882 /883 /88// /886 /886 /88y /8S8 /88f /8^0 U/yt€vO 37,2 yu^ 8,86if 7/3^5 6(f,s/y /8,2f8 /f.3y2 26, f6// 8,td-f8 Utt^^eu4v^rve^ /yu€t. ^ \ f f f Table Xo If*. General Movement of rilue DURING 1890. Note.— A great deal of time has bees ^ endeavor to make this Table more conplcte. tet il has not been found practicable to secure any information. The published English Rcpwo Exports to other countries do not no«e Glae rately. It is included with chemicals. Tile inior- mation about Exports of Glue from r^liBil k^ therefore to be asceruined, where stated, iwum Ec- portsof countries importing. As this Tabic inciodes the statements of Exports and Impons of aaat «< the countries of the world which are io t*«M Uf^ state of industrial condition which favors either a large production or consumption of glue, it is p««h». ble that the entire commercial movemcat of five. as between diflferent nations, does not muck exceed 40,000,000 pounds. M '• \ A f \ t/ri' J)Mnjt/r\.<£6 tJ^Tie^a/V tJlhjCn/t^riemt m c/^utc dcou/nja iS90,M fCrunim. Ohcum. moat^ iy tJde^icnJif pf 4innt^ ^^otttynoL j:cv IC II 22 13 14 15 15 17 \2 19 20 21 ZZ 23 24 25 Z5 27 Z% 25 ZO 31 32 33 34 35 3t 37 38 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Table Xo. 17 > •■"■) » ■ * . f IMPORTS OF GLUE INTO NEW YORK. For Year Endina; lieccinber ;i t i i (2/C '^c ^^mota^LCtunh (T^ Q/r?r/icnt^ e/ js/uc-O ^}ritr^ (S/Y^v d/ft^ /cr 4J.t^t ^e^rzcliyf^va Htce/in^t ol^t, iSSv. J^yS^ Jf?. //^ / J:i iH/ Jolted 3 7 M> L^,c/U^ y Oe^ f JJ u c* c- /^».^ » r (^ /^ J'. J^e.*^ y '(^ ti> ^. tA . vX/t-1 //« *..«^ 22, '^jtc Jj fCf^ €» 2*t ^«^*-«/'--» , ~f0^fr,.t^rtx rCc if 3 ^ ^i^'-f* v^ Iff ^y yAt4iC-»*o If J f ^/ Jtnx-r^As^A. ^ < -■-•^ / ^p/ JJt^it^ S/ ^*^,V/^. //.J to JS uoo . . tffSi 3,2*40 J Goo 23,tJoc 2,2*^0 /,5oo 2 3MVO /f.200 2ZU 22^00 /5Ut^o /f200 tl.S02 (i i 0231^ j/o, uys oh. fcf«t^%^tC^f /O f'OO /o vao ' r * I I 'I' I ' .¥'Ui sz^Cji /2,j2c '/to ft 200 J rf*f^<" 2JJ.yjO v/J 42 /'*# * f^(t*t*Aif^ ^iC^^-t^f* •»' 2ose(.6. /oJ.u^ 237*^ /no tyvo 33$ y./3i 3S.Y3g JSS^Jo SJgotyi W/23 //U23 ftoo 22yo 26t4f itji 3230J0 ♦v«. i/t \f/iH Jt4l30 S/2'>7 ^S$ l-f),iJ<•< ///4< t2i,/3t 6vo Jo.^ Uvooc /O*/^ /3/03 {0/03 //.6h2 233 //3^f J 23 33 f /vyj-y '//«•/ drtdtwA. Jt* /332/1 f3S2i3- VJe/u n-4i^t^r /^7(>y /y.'-^fry t«y*^ 42 /f, 375 1S(' 0/^3 /u2 y^f' 2 6)2-0 //Zoo 37000 S22 3/ if3r //. ^""ff 3v, t'G^ 600 /^,/67 21*A 3,/Si J i'l^O /'0,OifO /.2Si 2 2// 00 2 S3, S2 / /C»*/^3S /,/20 3*^33 /3, f05 f fGz 2S,/'/o 000 35 1 2,2 fH) nssj 7,5/ 2 2 1/00 //S_ 260 2f2i^y 3 J, 2 Jo 2/2/y //fo2 & y2 c I I i y C^ 7 ic II It /i /v /r /^ n /> ic II II 2 V w If 3C il Jl ii i^ $3- iC ^7 il ^i ^/f A'/ L/l •V^ yf <"/ i'o 9 1 j.ys^/^/y.'iS . ( Table Xo. 18. > > IMPORTS OF GLUE INTO NEW YORK, For Year HndiniJ: June joih, iNa < i > i (S/fo^errKnam/^ {um m { Q/rrb/iozt4i m / ^ruti/na /h^ te 30U^ 1890, J^^J/9l 'SuA^'^i^^^ tfu/tx/rv^^a. ^^A^Xc jCtmcCcm, ^/^cui^vtu jLctte4xla*n »^trv&tS:\dam. — ir ■ ^a/mSuAg. o-tettiyrv '^a4^*^ ju&txieaju^ o/TfiBnAag£^ ir.Cuynve to €au.^ i^m^k^rie^ 1 f 35162 2/6.2/2 ^,/6o /(>, 800 581J3^ f S3, 231 /00,0f/ J/.^6i/. 5,200 /55/^0 2S3,/2^ 2^0,0Q5 f0,65¥ 6,000 2^25y y 6 if. 066 y28,6*f6 yo/55i^ 50 i, 35 8 3765i^y 3¥6,^5f 33^,86cf ^6. 562 77. ^^^ 60./ 68 SZ. 2 73 38. J 82 30,000 3/778 27,008 /f.276 // 200 6,227 6720 /3.200 i/-,320 ^./Si/^ 2.200 /,5o6 /.600 /.^06 /.ooo 800 /2/ 2 3 tf.ifj^^i^h^'tSjr. \ S8.631 / 08.080 / 0,^20 20,//3 jS,iA¥6 22.108 76.936 2o,<^^3 4 //2,035 6/88 5 85, Q.52 6 /62,fS^ 5,667 /6. 000 J2,305 ^6,^22 2pu.y 52,ii3Z 5,600 7 23Ji^lf 8/.U58 8 . g f 2.620 560 ^U,/30 / 2,82 8 14: J 30 10 f 3,288 2S,8/S 2. J 60 11 /0,^6j f 0,000 30,000 20.f63 12 /J.2J6 13 2.8^2 14 15 3f,7J8 16 / 3,008 t^ooo / 0.000 17 /f.275 18 11.200 6.221 Id * 20 6,J20 21 « /3,200 22 ^,320 23 ^./5^ 24 • •••••••• 2.200 25 /,6o6 26 • •••••••a 1500 /,^0S • 27 #•••••«•• 28 /.ooo 29 • •••••••• 800 50 66 ss ••••••••• $62,22^ ^22.26^ 20,080 f/7./¥8 /.028,6o6 23,0/8 562,^^1 /06,382 S?,76¥ /f 2.670 33,7^¥ /6¥.232 76,632 S.600 6./ 88 V, 300, Oif3 Ly^Vn^A, x^nxJuy^ZiiZioyvd m k/^Ccoc rurtccC /{/x/urLcr ja4^ovae^ ^U/vt^m, funrv ^/rruLrrv, 50 -^a^. Ir 3 U^. J/r JY-Cuf- UA/ecun4: Jjir xnxU^, /urm. Jh^^rvcCorv, lO ^mjlo^ . J/r JD/i/tiArun>t^ : J/r /ncU^, fcorrv JiA^e/nve/yt , / Ca^d^ , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Id 20 21 22 23 24 25 Z% 27 ZS 29 30 J/r Jf/JC t/aAjdi/njt\. Table Xo. 11>- IMPORTS OF GELATINE INTO NEW YORK. For Year Endini^ June :;oth, iS()a I (Q//b€/rri4rui/ndu/rri of<^^?rJuntd fi&CM ueaA. '^ndlrija 1t^^ mo. Xa S. i$. I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 zo ^1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 JO 51 r 1 J,,l^-Jk^^ Ix^t^^yUrr^ -XortdcTv JrrnMiAxila/frL ffwo/vxe o^itw^/K cf/tUMe to ^4xx>A. iTTv/arxteA. \ 63,062 1 1,038 7¥./oo JO. 600 /8. 800 / 6. ^¥5 15,3^ t I2,2¥5 //. 000 8. cj¥0 8. JOO 8 663 1 3 3.8 so 2(f,if00 7.3^0 / ^^-tonca/rv V c^^ 1 IS 800 f 6, 9 if J fS,39f ....• ...... 6.920 S,32S %^xra/0»^ ft- U/xrtt II 000 ^. JbjO'A/rUtci/rn/Tn, 2f ^/X ■ 1 8, 663 «>T. (o. Uf^'Con'xoi/n, 7,88if 1 R R U ^ '^/7M4^A, if & t/b. JjAx^-e-C^K/rve/o t^c^^M/, Jr€>^\^tiy66 Jr to/nvdit 6, 600 //OO 7 ^°^ 7 100 7,300 7.f^o 6,6^0 6,600 1 6,^25 \ 6,600 1 ¥.62¥ \ U.¥00 1 U,360 3,8 00 3, ¥00 3, 000 3 00 20O if, 600 2,600 2,000 5./6O 6,6^0 6,6 GO ^,¥00 5,500 If ¥00 250 1,11 S • •••»•••••• 22¥ jKjc^atA^M, y^UAMie. TgtoiT. 1 ^ ^^^ ..... ...... e^K>c J^,«(yriyrrvam/n^ ^1f- U tct/CCrrun/rv if trcoCtorv ^ Jyh/JXcLUrLdtiu/n/ M Xi/rv6^^Ay if %/x. J^. JK)/a/u^A^ bf Xb/f. ^. d^yi^Ldo/id*^ if ^/r. ^jrAyOt\, fir ^^(H/^ia, S. tf/;^A.a4L/txxy 3,000 3,000 i,^^3 /,62l • / 621 f.66j i.s6j /,300 / 300 • •••••••••> 800 1.000 600 300 • •••••••••• /.200 / 200 1.120 1 , m€y \J V 1 1 20 /. 100 1, 1 00 /,/ 00 / 1 oo 1,000 i.ooo 11^ 1 710 JOG if 00 200 \ 200 200 / 10 /GO /OO /GO /OO /GO /OO SS 33 7J^ 6/0 • ••••■••••• /OO yoo If 00 200 2 00 • ■ •••• • •••••• 200 / /o »••••••.••». /GO , /OO fOO /OO /OO /OO 86 33 y23,'i30 ^/.2^S i^(>i /,200 80.J65 'id, '^63 '6,82^ ^6J^ 8,/ 60 6,/ 85 ^,600 2,60 G 3£f¥,U3l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1125 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 5J II Table No. -^O. IMPORTS OF GLUE INTO NEW YORK. FOR Six Months l:ndin<4 December ;ist. i8<;o. ©^. ^,€/?7ivXa/n %cuomy /n tJryvA*^ cTiU jOy (dy/Lcce um^ (^jf^ii^ ^ovfo ifat trU 4uc ^rn/mtnJ ^/ncdna h:€/mSe/i 3/d^ ISdO. ju^jr<^20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Zl Z2 ZZ Jr. o. Jib^e/ricltd Jr. abxr{t^u.^^€^ U. JKd. JnO/xAy/c^ JihziAJc h Jy^A lA/.U/vueA/ Table Xo. '21 \ IMPORTS OF GELATINE INTO NEW YORK. FOR Six Months Endinii: December 31st 18*^- II fi |r iita i! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 d .0 1 12 13 14 .5 [6 !7 [8 19 201 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 @M. €^?7iola/ncL(/m \e/ayiL/?xt x/rvtiT Q/I^i €4yC^ >Sie^u:e. Bf 1o^. tdtM^^ti/n, , JlccAcrfd Br 1^^ 3). i(<^!e^^^c?^w ^^ ;^. t>^. JDA^coecyl^^rte/t/ h 1^. e^. ^^cCm. Bt i^xr: ^. JDoM/nvSxLc ^ ^^r. §. Br ^t5. > alue. 0685 072 0578 0942 0994 0853 •0934 Dollars. 11,667 6,606 2,237 4«6 473,55 > 218 3,409 I8»«. Pounds. Arera^ Foretga V aloe. DoOan. 1488,174 57,4" 91,882 53,126 1,988 5,275,469 5,600 748 •0505 .077 .0756 .15 .0907 .0885 .0857 $2,89* 7.076 4,017 298 478,729 496 64 5,486,224 .0899 $493.5:=^ The above Table agrees with the official returns made to the Treasury Department from other Customs EHstricts than that of Boston and Charlestown, Mass. (a) Reported to the Treasury Department : For 1891 366,862 lbs. $15,772 " 1892 122,390 " 8,463 January 5, 1893. Reported by Boston Collector as follows: " Importations of Glue (strictly animal) — Year ending June 30, 1 89 1 181,357 lbs. average .0455 $8,256 " " '♦ 1892 91,882 « « .077 7,076" January 9, 1893. Regarding the above, reported as follows: " The importations covering the two fiscal years of 1 890- 1 89 1 and 1 891-1892 were divided thus — Dutiable at 20 per cent 89,646 lbs. average .0184 1 1.650 " li cents per lb 122,128 " '* .0606 7,406 " 25 per cent ad val. . . . 61,465 " " .1021 6,276" iVij/ir fo the above by compiler. — The 89,646 lbs. reported as dutiable at 20 per cent was evidently some kind of sixc See, also, notes b and c at foot of Table No. 8 of Imports of Glue into the United States by Customs Districts. « Imports into Xew York for Six Months Ending Decemher 31, 1892— by CountrirM, COinTTRIES "GLUE." "GELATINE" - Hk»M:.ii,.M. rav. ami aM acto' from which Imported. Pounds. Averajre Foreign Value. Value. Pounds. Average Foreign \ alue. Value. 1 FoR^aValM. Europe — Austria-Hungary 96,516 10,165 23,308 677,353 693,215 .0767 .0489 .0883 .1219 .0894 ♦ 7,401 497 2,059 82,556 62,016 371 44 $163 • 1.862 1 4,31* Belgium , Denmark France 9,468 108,045 9,530 30,733 84,011 .6157 .2277 .3222 .483 4918 5.830 24,605 3,070 14,845 4i.3»6 . Germany 1 Switzerland >3»9»4 United Kingdom — England 1.031,825 .0784 80,868 i 5»4o6 Scotland Ireland 133.613 .0677 9,046 i., 1 1 Asia — Hong Kong 3 1,640 North America^ Mexico 2,036 .0432 88 1 Central American States. . . 1 British Honduras 1 t 55 South America — Argentine Republic 5 Brazil Uruguay 37.099 Venezuela 3*9*0 327 Totals 2,668,031 .0917 •244,531 242,158 9*«T *0^ Q^^ •73.S«7 •37* Voy,o.cy r D502.12 Powell, Rufus W. Glue statistics, P87 \ i COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES «^^ Li K* **f '"'^ P^"^ ^'^'- 'h« *i«te of borrowing as provided by the rules of the Library or by wdaTaf rangement with the Librarian in charg7 ^ DATE BORROWED DATE DUE DATE BORROWED DATE DUE —I eS« COLUI«A UNWBWTl ■HP I •f .'i *^v^ ^^11^ oc^ \95'^ n^H END OF TITLE