The Stained Glass Association of America (originally The National Ornamental Glass Manufacturers Association) is a

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formed in 1903 to protect the United States ornamental and

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industry from foreign competition by cheaper European glass imports. The organisation campaigned for decades for high

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to be imposed on European glass which was much cheaper than U.S. glass due to the much lower wage costs in Europe, which they described as "

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".''History of the SGAA''
Stained Glass Association of America, 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014. The Association published a journal, ''The Stained Glass Quarterly'' (formerly ''Stained Glass, the Bulletin of the Stained Glass Association of America'', ''The Ornamental Glass Bulletin'' and ''The Monthly Visitor'').

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