The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-09

The true total Mr.. Schoehof gives as &C. the
diserepsncy-which 10 probably in my quotatiou
of his figures, as / have not the original report
with me-beiuc easily enough nted for I'M
der the hesd of books and papers, amusements,
stramway fares, drugs and doctors bills, time lost
through sickness. Any one Of these ought to
be good for more than six cents weekly.
This wouh seem like sumptuous fare 70 q
Londen dock laborer, but IL is obvious enough
thar when the items enumerated above are
added those omissions which mention, and
others which will probably occur to the reader.
the s.. 90 Of average weekly wages is quite bur-
led out of sight and one Of number Of alter
natives must be accepted. Either the average
pottery workmens family, some members OF
IL must become earnsrs, or his grocer must 60
unpaid, or he must rstreneh. At this rate be
viii never own the house he lives in. Which
alternative is accepted will probably differ In,
different cases, but fancy it is usually the
first
And ret the men do get on, some OK the Draw
est and best paid of them. Il must mean much
toll and privation for workmen getting such
wages to save MP enough money TO begin manu-
featuring even on q very small scale. but the
great pottsries of to day were the small ones Of
not so many years ago, aud even now adventur-
Gus dDkmen begin for themselves in small
potieriss in competition with the lager ones.
These small potteries, Mr.. Copeetake tells me.
are especially numerous as Longton. work.
man. or perhaps q pair of them, working in
partnership, will knock out the partition be-
tween . couple OF houses and start pottery,
which will. II successful, grow bigger by de-
erses. and eventually may turn out an esta blish-
ment of some size. There not many indus
tries which csn be proftably conducted on 30
small q scale, and even in the potterfes should
fancy il is only the exceptional workman earp-
ing the highest wages who Is able TO set up for
himself
have spoken OF the almost total absence Of
articles of luxury and of aesthetic adornment in
the potters' homes. Taken in connection with
this, the shop windows tell . significant story.
After the universal blackness. there is nothing
which 30 forcibly impressss an American as the
dearth along the shopping streets Of Injuries
and things merely pretty or meant 20 be 90
displayed for sale. An American village @ size
larger than the crossroads type would make a
Drawer showing Of siiks and lsces, fans, pretty
leather goods, albums, pictures, art furniturs,
musical instruments. toys and games. baby
carriages, confectionery and the like than this
struggling city of 100000 people. There
is one exception TO the universal
dearth Decorated china and porcelaia ware 10
abundant, not only in the show-rooms OF the
potteries, but in little shops exposed for sala.
1t seems as il the artistic sense of the people,
repressed OF necessity in many directions, here
breaks all bounds The people know wbat coed
pottery is, and they will not let strangers have
quite all the prettiest of IL.
Ii Is a sad, dour and unsmiline region. The
smoke beiched from the tall chimneys shuts out
the sky and clouds the rare shining of the Eng
lisb sun. Under foot the refuse of the petteries
everywhere covers what were once the wheat
fields of as fair region as Epelabd bossted Z
shall not be sorry TO leave the smoke bsgrimed
potteries for fresh fields and pastures. green
hope, not gray JOHN Ia HEArox