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Show A short lime ago we referred to the stimulating effect the sudden demand for "blue glass" had upon the American glass manufacturing business, starting up in several places in this country the making of thia article, which had rarely been made here before. Now, however, there is a different tale to tell. Between excessive ex-cessive home manufacture and equally excessive importations, the "blue glass" market is glutted. Every arriving vessel from Europe lately has brought consignments of "blue glass." A large part of the cargo of the stranded steamer Ji (island, (is-land, at Long Branch, is "blue glass." Although the demand for it has been excessive, the supply is more so, and our American glass makers are now Btopping its manufacture, manu-facture, as it is no longer a paying business. The sale of "blue glass" has been quite large, and in many places in and around Philadelphia it is now visible in windows and sky-; lights; whilst the consumption elsewhere else-where is reported even larger than here. Philadelphia Ledger. |