New-York tribune., 1880-10-25

There YOU see the whole thing. Each package or
crate is worth. without the duty, ,ouG $45 Now,
orr potterv business has grown up under "A protec-
tive rar # and the moment that shouii br moved
or lowered. through the i0Odgates that ud DO
opeued the 900 Liverpool manufacturers would
sweep IN and utterly Overwhelm the hfty pO cries
that we hay"'
Most of the pottery manufactured III ms -Jun-
trv is made in Trenton. is II nor z
"Ye.. the greater portion of it Is. | Thick it
yould be safe to say that Trenton produces three
fourtbs of all the pottery manufactured IN the
limited States There are only aboat ifty potteries
in the whole country. The place next IN Importance
70 Trenton in this business East Liverpool. OhIo'
And about how many hands are employed IN
Trenton IN this one mdustryT
"Ip the negnborhood Of 1000 and IN all that
number it would bother you To find any Democrats
OF course there may be some, but they aIe few and
far betweep and have not heard # any OF them.
The pottery operatives are usually men of rather
more than ordinary intelligence AMI thoroughly
realize that their employ ers Interests are identical
with their own. The pOters will enthusiastically
supporr c. Hart Brewer. the Republican candida o
for Congress in the Id District which includes
Trenton. Mr. Brewer Is president 0f the American
Poters' Association, and is very popular
How many employees have you IN your own
About go. and think all OF ne"slg all Of them
"' i.ye the tariff cards been nsed very exeu-
~, vrs they have been used an over New-Jer-
sey. and have had a particularly large circulation
,u trenton We have some ot Mr Lyall, cards IN
,y works. ana have also dIstr but-.d a great many
1or,,ueuts all of when have piuGucod powerful
effect upon the minds Of the men"
A GREENPJIST PprrEE's orlNIoY.
Conspcuously pasted in tie factory of the Union
Porcelain v orks at Grecnpolnt owned by Thomas
G. Smith. are placards reading as fol,o',s:
REI;B ;BIlCAN PLATFORM DEMOCRATIC lLArFoRM
a tarff that will dis 4 isrH for Revenue
crl,n,i"s1 c,Ilriss0 rahor 4 r, venue rarif means
PrnI.ctve Tariff means either the closing OF Amer
an active sale Tor home oin manufactures or ths
made goods, aud steady trdn'uon Oi wages 10
n"rk for those who make ! match the Pauper Labor
them. ~ h''"l''
MECHANICS woRKISGsEs. CLERKS, whc1 do Toa Ba"tf
About two hundred names are on the pay-foil at
The factory a third of the employees being voters.
q II l. Smith informed TEIBUNE reporter that
tne work of the tariff cards" had been gratifying.
us said " We have taken PAINS 10 INFORM our men
mat our interests are theirs, and that could not
L,o ,yi,hout a protective tariff. We employ "A very
trt.ltoeut class of wOTkmen, and tnlNk tnat a sim
ie nrssentatiou of the facts of the sufficient
| free trade would clOee Us up. The duty on china
| ware IL 40 40 per cent and 90 per cent on
| decorated ehinaware. In the present condition OF
atIolrs lt IA domestic competition that VIII reduce
the prices of goods Take doOrknobs, for instance
In 1916 my father, then an arcntect ana puilder'
! nald cents apiece Tor them. Latef on ths rae
inry made them for 3 OF cents each, and hOiding Z
| Them AT 4 cents wiped out the importation OF the
article We do not for protection on that par
| T,rnIar c1s, of goods foreign competition has
| h.cn driven out IN that line Oi manufacture, and
| the prices IN this country have been reduced To
! and IA cents. Tins, however ls only small frac'
| ton OF the goods manufactured III this industry