New-York tribune., 1884-03-09
THE POTTERIES OF TRENTON.
HOW THE MORRISON BILL is LOOKED AT.

TANT TINDUSTRIEs-GROwTn OF TIE PoiiL"ir',
IFRoN A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE lhiH'N
TRENTON. n. j., March 7.-lf some AsmodeuS
could give to Congressman Morrison inc power " ".'.
what is benc said OF him In different parts OF 'nc
he certainly would stuff his ears with cotton "ioh us
.,,,o,ry, received the comments and criticisms OF Gar
,ous :, 4, this CITY He is simply condemned ny tue
Democrats Of Trenton but by the Democrats ol 'ar-
fost he is exccraed In this street are many oi 'ic
Irc uooro, for which the place is famous and indeed
Carroll-s IL Trenton what the Rue Naugrafd is 10
Paris II Is beehive. Just at present the hive Is IN
tumu ana the bees are an NOus to sting. The opera
tyes OF Csrroil-st live in we'll and comfortable
brick houses the side OF the street facing their poi
teres and when they come from their labors there Is
humming angry and determined which bodcs i'll for
pocians who use the industries OF the land rs so many
counters in their game fOT honors and Offices The
pretty well dressed and smiling girls who earn thoir
twelve dollars week decorators there are nun
dred of them a the town begin 10 frown at the
mere mention az Morrison. and they tell the young TEL
lows who are making court to them that they will mover
speak to them nor look at them II they dare Just da"
TO vote the Democratic Ticket Aud they will not endure
teasing about it either. friend may Joke about other
matters but to praise Morrison or say one word IN 'aNor
OF his nlccd tariff oven in Jest breaks friendship thcie
and then. For they know that II is no laughing ma'T
for .hom. They earn twelve dollars week in warm
Ileasant at labor which is easy interesting al" ih
spEug; aud they know that if the Morrison bill should
prevail, their pleasant days would be past their hte
talent would not them for cent elsewhere ana
they would be thrown the cold world with fcaioe!
any alternative save the domestic service wMch they ue
test.
now LEADING MANUFACrUEER TALKS.
stood Carroll-st about noon watching the bees
coming ont of their hives close 10 the pottery oi
many years president of the PottcrS As
eOciati0n of Trenton and Tent in and after conph
nenting tim upon the appearance OF his operatives 40
neat trim aud self respecting. and Intelligent OF look
4 told IN of ne
heard and asked how the felt about the Morrison
fnuddng and mcddng with the industries OF the United
States. Worse. good deal than our employees he an
swercd for they only cnraged for themselves Int
We are inratcd not only Tor ourselves hut for thcm
aud for the country. They mad as bees as you
saw but We are rs mad hornets You have seen onr
wolkpcOrlc DO you think could turn thcm adr't
upon the world without many hemtachci Twenty years
have been In this business ana dains that time an EN-
poycr gets feel like father tOr his people P0erE
are not Ike other manufacturers where there is exact
discipline and little scope for the development OF talent
II /, not 50 with U.s. for compelled by the very ma
turo cf our business be always the lookout tpr
talent and always eager to bring il forward We havea
Young man who our apprentice and who Is now
decorator for us. who does exquisite flower pieces We
have others as skful in their lines gildcrs etc. whom
we have brought forward. DO yOu think We like the
prospect of reducing their wages down TO the English
point or closing out But what angers me most Is that
this should bc done in the name of patriotism and by the
mon who are supposed TO lcg.slate for the countrys
good 1t is outside the limit of square political game
There must De politics and there must be parties but
does soc 10 that the bread and butter of these work
people ought 10 lie sacred TO both parties However if
other localities which centres OF industry feel ~ we
do here elections in November viii be such rebuke
to suoh dabcrs selfseokcrs will teach them TO
Keep tteir hands O8 manufactures for all time to come
will you give some idea Of the extent OF the pot
There aro now sixteen houses. employing directly
~ YEl,DD |
Indirectly employed by for our raw material. clay.
taoln ttld.par fjuts ndianac. fuel etc. | have on
my pay roll 800 persons of All ages and the amount pay
out Is ~ 20 per week This is pretty large average.
for among these many children who get three aud
four dollars week. and who begin by tearing the paper
Oa the Vessels i'll printed ware branch In spite oi
that the IS over 81 week Our labor duly rated
IS 1876 per higher than that OF England and we de
light IN pay those high YasGs spe9ing foT mySf
more than any other branch OF my business | think
thrown You viii say perhaps, that such goods
expensive and must loee the game in competition with
taken Tor wo arc continually lowering The price Of oui
goods by Improvements In manufacture. We viii sell
S1nGs fi!ed in with coors 10y hand for sos and that
contains lG0 pieces This Is the true state OF the
sThe roiterics of Trenton began their develop
ment during the time OF tine hish premium m on on m% g3d.
90 Wsrc and soon advanced TO white granite ana Wc
made ware tina, looked well but that crIzed This wa.
because the body too SOFT 10 stand strong fire
we lad 70 heat the Ens more than Lc BODY would stand
Consequently cracked under the glaze in series Of fine
lines When potter do this exactly he wishes,
f oHled cracklo and great bcanty When 1t docs IL
self. and not in the way wantot it iscaed GRAZING,
and Is fatal blcmish We studied TO improve our ware
and we devcOled what we call opaque porcelain Here
Which hos been aided 6y little cobalt ana the Glaze
thin and showing the body underneath thorouglly
II Is On excellent glaze, and the gliding Is good Ihe
bidtT came from one of the Mntou houses.
THE REVIVAL OF PRINTED WARE.
'"That waro was made nine years ago and proud OF
It, When the English saw what the Trenton men were
doing Opaque porcelain they began 10 understand why
We were driving them ont OF the field in white ware
Then they thought the matter over. and nearly broke
down by empying literally ompyinc their warehouses
upon the American market 10y auction sales They sold
their white for what il would bring. All the while
however they preparing pleasant surprise for
winch had dreamed Of They resUscated printed
pottery Now To gyO them their due their printed ware
IS really attractive. though after al it Is sham oi
business. and not truly artistic. Eat It tCok most
phstlosp! both in England. and after time i'll this
country also At first II failed to please here but rs
came IN at the same duty plain white under the
old 40 per cent arrangement they were Ia 10 sell II
cheepy. Sul tho liking Of the Americans for The hand
painted Opaque porcelain manifested Itself and the pun
10 conprchendcd that our ware was better ware IN itse
tnsn the English; better body and better glaze ana
artistic though less snowy in decoration. Bat thc
fashion sCt In more and more strongly for revNals
pecialy OF Queen Anne house DECORATION and sill c'
printed ware 90" so as 10 he In the fashion.
"At this iuncurc came the change IN the tarih of So
We insist upon that ne Increase OF the duty then
pottery was largely more aprslcnt than real Soa!9o
tho report O tuc idllH COMMISSIONERS. T. a.
J. what was good It THAT it took printed potter,
ont Of the category Of white ware. II made the duty
white % per cent and on printed ware 90 per
Eut-and here Is the cream Of the busresS-ndcr tine
old regime the Morrill, tariff the importer paid per
cent upon the total OF the invoice including pack3
charges. Now other inportatiouS, Tor example
silks, the packing for thousand dollars worth
goods would bc doaIs less. But for fifty dollars
worth OF pottery the crate lalICl would be three
dollars ana halt Obviously packages and charges
pottery impOrtsti0ns make up considerable item
Under tho hCw regime tlis abandoned and duty wa
20 b. paid only the pottery. We claim that this re
duce the increase materially that u, regards white
II Is doubtful II 1t could he than two OF three
per cent
WORKING OS THE BASIS OF 1888.
However, there q gam printed ware for IL, |
end &C here in Trenton determined TO manufacture H.
since the people wanted it, though the circumstance