The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-18
TIE wnrNLINa POTTERY:,
AN Intelligent View OF the Effects OF MOI
rISon's Madness On EaFthOnWaFO.

An tnt0lllkout view OF tue EutctA OF moE'
rlIon's Madnss. On EArthOnwRrO.
Mr.. 4, NJ. Pearson, Manager OF the
Wheeling Pottery was called onand asked
for his views ontheproposed Changein the
tariff on Crockery, msdelby the new Nor
rison bill and the effect 1t would have on
the trade. Mr., Pearson is, as is well
known, a practical potter, aud is thorough
" posted on tho business In all rs various
departments. From 1850 to 1873 he was
actively Engaged in the pottery business
right In the heart Of the StaHordshire pot.
tsries Of England. Coming TO this coun'
try In 1879, he again engaged In the bust,
ness, building tue Lohaud works at East
Liverpool, the Dresden potteTyan several
other concerns, and finally coming here
and starting what has In u few
short years grown TO be one OIL
Whesling's leading and largest indus
tries-the Wheeling Pottery. He has
always made careful study OF the effect
Of a tariff, his experisnCsin England giving
him practical knowledge Of its benetitl
To the working mon Of this country. II
was this. that gave such force to the intel
llgent and comprehensive statements that
he made made before the Tariff Commits.
sion OF 1882, when 1t met here. The
figures and statements made by Mr.. Pear.
son at that time had much to do towards
securing au advance Of tho tariti from 10
percent dd vdIOrea To 20 percent on dec.
GRATED and china ware, and 50 percent on
all plain white goods,
CANNOT STAND IT.
Mr.. Pearson, 10 his remarks made to
the tNTHLLIGREcRR reporter yesterday,
was very much In earnest He said: ave
are not in q position 10 stand the slightest
reduction. have not talked over the
matter with a sit. Ito member Of the lirm,
but were the new measure 10 pass, |
should be In favor OF closing down the
works OF once. AS 1t is now, We are not
making much profit; q reduction lin the
tariff would neCessltate like reduction
somewhere in tue cost OF the production,
and where would II come from2 Why,
right of the labor. A reduction In
wsges would be the inevitable result.
There would be NO other way out
Of the difficulty. A great loss would en-.
sue to US as a firm. We carry nearly all
the time a large stock Of goods as you
can sec by looking through our ware.
rooms. The passage Of this new bill,
with Its reductions from 10 and % TO 80
and 81 percent, reduces our present values
on these goods Correspondingly. The
sweeping reduction on lumber would de-
preciate our buildings. 1t wonld be a
bad thing all around.
"What tho idea lin making reduction
Of the tariff, speaking particularly Of our
trade, can't imagine. To-day tho con.
sumer Is getting our goods ten percent
cheaper than he was previous to the
adoption OF the tariff OF 1883, which In.
creased the tariff on crockery from forty
percent to the present rates. What better
Is wanted2 What better can these tariff
thinkers hope TO Gttain2"
THE ADVANCE IN WAGES.
At the time Mr.. Pearson appeared be.
fore the Tariff Commission he submitted
figures and statements that were vouched
for, showing an advance In the price Of
labor in this country over that Of England
OF 1891 percent. Mr.. Peatson says that
that advance, while not sO'high now, Is
still over 100 percent. Mr.. Pearson spoke
Of the enormous discount allowed by Eng.
lish manufacturers and showed lis great
excess over that allowed here, denying
most emphatically the statements made
by some, TO the effect, that the
English lists had been advanced.
Mr.. Pearson further stated that whether
the bill passes or not, and he Is inclined 10
the belief that there Is probability Of its
becoming law, the agitation Of the tariff
question y bound to Affect business. The
present year has opened up with first
class prospects but areaCtion, Mr.. Pearson
says, Is bound 10 take place unless MI.
Morrlson's new measure can be speedily
knocked in the head. The Pottery Asso-
citation Of this country will make q strong
fight To bring this result about.