The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-11-26
CINCENNATI's POTTER TRADE.
The POtfers Charge the Railroads with
Imiusf Discrimination


Unjust Discrimination.
While the manufacture of pottery in Gin
cinnati is great and thriving industry, il
is barren of some of the local advantages
which surround brick and terra Gotta max
ing. The manufacturers of the two latter
have home supply Of unexcelled clay
| which is almost inexhaustible, while those
| who are making pottery are obliged to &c
| to other States for their foundation clay,
as there is none suitable in this vicinity.
The clay required for the commonest earth
enware is white as milk and soft and
smooth as the finest flour
One of the leading pottery manufacture
ers was asked by the Times Star reporter
where the clay used mostly in Cincinnati
in pottery comes from. He said:
For our best goods we get clay from
Pennsylvania and Missouri, but we use for
yellow and Rockingham ware considerable
of the clay that we get at Hanging Rock,
Ohio
Then the clay about here cannot be
used in your business p
'Oh, no, not at ALL 1t takes a very diff
ferent sort for pottery than for brick, terra
Gotta, etc =
SIS the pottery business a success in Gin
| cinnati 90
Yes, to large extent, and then it is
growing with satisfactory rapidity. Gin
cinnati is one of the very best distributing
points in the country; that is, it would be
| if it were not for the railroads. They are
fighting Cincinnati shippers constantly.
This cannot be successfully contradicted.
| Why, know of parties shipping pottery
from East Liverpool, $50 miles nor beast
of here "n tie river, by through rail to
| New Orleans at Il less rate than we can
| get from here. | only mention this as a
case in point. Nearly all Of the railroads
are in the same bsx. 1t does look to
me as the railroads ought to be touched
up little on this
How much pottery is made here ~
THAT would be difficult to estimate ac-
| curately, but | should think in the neigh
borhood of $500, coo worth annually. In
| tile United States there is about s.. 0O0. 600
worth made in a year, and $1,000, 900
worth more imported, or sl3, 000, coo con
sumed in all. But it must be remembered
that 81 600, 600 will buy quite a steel. of
pottery, as it is very cheap
How many men are employed in the
various manufactures here -
Somewhere in the neighborhood OF 3Io
to 400 directly in the business
''Are they paid well a.
Yes; all of them are paid fair wages.
while jiggermen, who are the most expert
workmcn known to the trade, are paid
very literally
"a good deal of science is required in
the manufacture, is there not -
''Oh, yes, A man to be a successful pot
ter must be thorough chemist Many a
man with money, who has Thought it re-
quired nothing but capital to succeed in
the pottery manufacture, has made woe
ful failure by trying to run the business
| without science. You see, all potters use
composition with their clay. and no two
| alike. and it is necessary 20 know good
deal of chemistry as well as to have gen
eral business qualifications.
'sHow many kinds Of ware are made by
Cincinnati potters ?''
There is the yellow, Rockingham,
cream, white granite, red and Avon Tie
latter is a fancy style, and is made in vases
and such. The white granite is IA sort oi
china imitation, while the cream is thu or
binary of which common pla es. cups aad
saucers are made
SIS there any real china made in this
country p
eyes, in two places only. In Trenton,
n. j., good quality OF English style
china is made and at Green Point, l.. l..
what are known as French goods are mana-
factured.'
'sThere are many new designs in pot
tery?"
'fes, they are innumerable, and there
are hundreds of men who are doing Meth
ing else but inventing new and novel pat
terms to attract and please the eye
GLOW many months do you work in
year?"
'We work just as near the entire time
as possible, and nearly always are busy at
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