New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-02

at hest Himsy and pdifferently glazed, the nue. "a
the white ware was bad, and the forms ana tne',
ad;uncts were ill-proportioned, often angular anu
almost always without those towng OUTLINES .i''''
while severely true TO geometrcai prlnclPlos' '"'
the utmost grace. delicacy and beauty. Wedgwood
in his ware combined the imitation OF inc Illus,
beautiful forms of ancient art WITT uneq"'"ou
cbeannos.. He 1naugurated system OF improved
designs which made bis ware superior TO sny othef
that had been produced in Europe for common uses
The old works at Etruria are still in use ana are
worth a visit They are quaint and old-1ashioIeu
in appearance. Some additions nave peeh n'''',
but nearly all tie shops have low-roolea Iai'eiou
ceilings. little squars-paned windows thiouSn
which the light family comes. and III 1act are pro-
cisely the same as when Wedgwood, in the fulness
of his powers directed the industrial forces anu
produced perfect and beautiful work.
The advantages enjoyed by the Englsh il"nu
facturers of pottery over the American are cohceh
tration Of effort combined with an lhdusrl"i
existence of two centuries; the hrst century oesin
ming with Burslem "butter-ware" and closing Win
the era of Wedgwood and the second closing Win
Minton's magnificent showroom, with single pla.eS
costing $3.50. with schools of art. with the Wedg-
wood Institute, and withal, cheap skilled LABOR. Al
Minton,s saw artists working III the cooped-up
rooms of the factory who would earn theH
thousands in the United States and be their own
masters
very large proportion of the earthen and
china ware, parian and porcelain mace III
| England finds market in the United States, anu
this in spite of the fact of the rapid strides we nave
| made in their manufacture. which, however, nave
materially reduced the cost to the consumer In the
| decade ending with 1882 no less than $31.O76,lOo
| worth of these goods were exported to the Uhteu
State. from this district aone-averagng over $3'-
| 600 600 annually This does not represent our
| total importation which in 1881 amounted 10 %
| nor cent of what we consumed The value OF eX
| norris from England to all countries in 1850 was:
| earthen and china ware. parian ana porcelain no'
| including red pottery and brown-stone wareh 90
| 9O2 275: brown-sone ware, 2,159,44o cay un
manufactured, $759,790; clay manufactured
| Ss7s $40: total value, 14,40O, 445. The to'aI
| value of the product according to the census VI
1850. of all the potteries. stone-ware ana poIce-
| lain manufactures in the United States was ohy
S7.943. 229, about half the value OF the British
| exports for the same year.
| The English manufacturers complain OF the slight
increase in the tariff the finest class OF goods ana
saw il will work great injury here. They franAly
admit that the progress this line OF business III
the limited States has been wonderful. Says Mr H..
r Fox Bourne in his history of pottery III England
The trade may be SAID to have been fairly eh'ereu
upon in 1870, and While Trenton already aoouhns III
| factories and bids far to he the Bursem OF the
| United States the business is extending TO East
Liverpool in Ohio Greenpont, New York. ana otnef
| places" General Tyndall, another EngiSh
authority in speaking of American enterprise IN THIS
line. said :: The prices of their wares are very
low in relation to the cost of labor in the United
States The processes employed are OF the most I'M
proved kind, and tho potteries are well arranged
very orderly and highly commendahle. All the
materials used are found in the United States
OF course England is still ahead, but the giant
strides which the trade is now taking III the On'ed
States are not thought lightly OF here Inc ways
paid in England are very low. far more than
fifty per cent 10 yer than in the United States Last
wear during a strike the employees published what
they claimed was true table of the average net
earnings per man per week. with all deductions ior
attendance and other purposes. SuhiaaIlzcd IL was
as follows have added the average rate oil the
Trenton operatives: