New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-28

more rapidly In populaton-tbe annual product iii ioo
will amount to t2OOoOOOO. IL not more, against some
s. 100000 in 1860, as shall presently show.
"The propretors and stockholders IL Is true are inter
ested in these potteres but they all who are In
terested in their success and who would derive dement,
from such policy would put and sustain them III ao
tive operation. The supply OF COAL clays ana Quiet ma
terias for all these establishments, must necessarily DO
large, and the outlay OF capital and abo: In the FURNISH
ing Of that supply very great. The dinerent naoi'
used In this manufacture are obtained from VARIOUS
points In Chester County, Pennsylvania. and In ether
counties Of Pennsylvania, lying adjoining, ana ni7o !"
Delaware are located the establishments Tor inc
mining working. and preparation, OF kaohn OF
fine china clay Not only IN these localities are rch oe
posts found but the article Of kaoln there produced
said to be fully equal II not superior to tho nnest ha'
comes from Cornwall, England. am informed thae III
South Carolina, Georgia. and In Pope County ao
beds OF these clays the latter OF peculiarly valua
BILE character and highly esteemed by the Western pot
teries In Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania, delaware
and MARYLAND ARE quartz and eldspar rock ana
mills to grind these materials filled with heavy ana eA
pensive grinding chinery The mills have been erected
at number Of points: at Mddetown, Connecticut val
ley Forge, Pennsylvania: near Hayre DO Grace mary
land; Trenton NewJersey and at points about ftts'
burgh and further West The more common qualities
of csys are found many places and the digging OF them
has been an OF considerable local Importance IN
some sections as lat Woodbridge and Amboy NewJer-
sew All OF these interests in addition to the poterieS
themselves as well the manufactures OF white lead
oxyd Of zinc cacined plaster Paris white Soda and other
articles are concerned in tho demand that the potteres
be sufficiently protected"
"Well: if Pottery is doing so well under the
"present impost, what need of higher I" asks
some one-not THE TRIBUNE. Our policy
would be to extend all needed Protection to
this interest, till we shall produce Pottery to
the extent of our needs. Gen. Haight chooses
to answer in the words of Mr.. James =. Ste
phens, Secretary of the Trenton POtters' Asso-
citation, who writes:
There is in reality but reason for TINS claim 10 DC
protected by tariff 1t is the chief reason IN all cases.
but is especially sound just and conclusive In the pres
that is difference OF the cost OF Labor IN
favor Of the foreign manufacturer In every other par
ticular there is equality the materials all Dehg nome
products.
"Here is branch OF manufactures into which labor,
manual labor from first to last from the mining II tho
material to the shipment Of the manufactured muce'
enters as the chief item OF cost. Coal ana LABOR are
almost synonymous erms SO are clay ana LABOR 81 arc
quartz feldspar and labor The difference against the
American manufacturer production OF these mate
rails and their conversion into ware Is certainly moro
than the so per cent duty now asked for.
There Is probably manufactured article In the pro-
ducton of which less appliances In the way
OF machinery are used than in crockery Nothing mas yet
been invented land the art has been practced from the
earliest ages to take place of the human hand In the
delicate man ulation of the clay is yet in the hand
of the hotter 1t is asked that the duty crockery be
made so per cent:
al Because there is already established in the United
States large number of poteres whose capacity Is sur
cent to produce large fraction Of the supply OF wares
used in this country.
40 Because the materials used are home products,
{ptar IA
interests also cared for and because wealth thus
by their development added to many sections Of the
country.
as Because It an interest in the welfare OF which
many localities arc interested, both East and west,
North and South
~ Because manual labor is the principal item OF cost
beng at per OF the whole value of the manu-
featured article"
Amen! says THE TRIBUNE; the facts are
the conclusion well drawn. If we
had a vote to give on Gen. Haights amend
ment, we should give it, not for him, but for
the potters. They comprehend that every word
of the above is quite as cogent In support OF
Protection generally as of Pottery in particu-
lar. Even Gen. Haight is moved by it to say:
with sufficiently protective Tariff, there is no reason
why all the crockery required In the United States shall
not be produced within her borders and made too.
sary now being developed here; and are in fact
now using American cays. flint spar, lead and all the
articles used In its production except the one ar
,le OF boracc acid As TO quality many American pot
eries are producingawhite ware eqna not supe-
rior to English Of the same grade.
mr. Chairman, have stated as briefly as could some
Of the principal why the of duty crockery
should increased. shall offer amendment for that
purpose and trust 1t Will receive the approval OF
orty OF the Committee. II this bill is TO pass the House
and become law why should not this interest be pro-
tected and impetus given TO the Pottery busnessf
Many OF these manufactures standing idle,
thereby depriving many OF employment and seri-
ously affecting other establishments which produce
teals that largely into this enterprise In the
consideration OF tariff BILL the magnitude OF this
facture the country is worthy OF and entitled to
sideration. Ample Protection has been extended in this
bill to other interests Of less Importance 1t should be the
aim of all TO make it's provisions to the advantage
OF every interest that depends upon the Protection it
affords"
Yes, General; but suppose the bill 30
amended as to protect "euery interest" ,riH
you rote for IT'D Are you in favor of Protec-
ton as policy7 Your speech carefully evades
any committal to that policy. What you say
is very well for Protectionist; but, if you
are one, why do we find you voting that duties
should be imposed with reference to Revenue
alonef You know better than to expect Pro-
lection for Pottery if Pottery opposes Protec-
ton for every other interest. Why ant you
plant yourself manfully on nrin"inle. and
stand or fall with it
THE EYRE INQUIRY.