The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-18
THE PASSING TaR0yG.

/ trenton P0fterIes Company. which IS cap
iss.:Lsd AZ s.. o0o. 600 and owns ave Of the
| largest plants a. Trenton and one at
Tiffin. o. He is also interested in several
| other manufacturing enterprises. Yes,
this is my first trip west OF toe Missis-
| sippi river. " said he. "and | am delighted
/ with the trip. You certainly have . won-
derfni country out here. l have stuck
| close TO my business for twenty years.
| and. while / still exercise general super
/ vision over our business. have practically
retired from personal connection with
| manufacturing. Yes, our industry il one
of the protected ones. There is duty Of
| 50 per cent. on plain and % per cent. on
decorated wares but still there is room for
! more enterprises in this line. because all
| the American manufacturers together only
make 45 per cent. of the product consumed
| in this country. Blu: our labor has loo
| per cent. protection in wages By the
1 New Jersey law We are not al
/ lowed to employ boys under IL nor
| girls under II years OF age. aud
/ We have very few women employed,
| whereas in Europe a great many women
and children are employed. liz our In
dusiry invention has not succeeded in re-
/ ducing the manual labor 10 any extent,
/ and all wares, excep. such as cups. saucers
and plates, etc, which are pressed, are
| still turned out by hand, in the same way
| as hundreds of years ago. Yes, We can
/ produce as fine wares in this country AZ
| they do at the celebrated works at Sevres,
/ in France. Il is not that such fine wares
/ require finer clay than there Is in this
| country, or that better workmanship IS
| necessary. It requires, however, the finest
| skill in mixing CLAWS. / arm interested in
| little porcelain toy plant, which turns
| out some of the most transparent china
| you ever saw. There are beds of kaolin
| and other pottery clays in various parts OF
the country, but If you have them here 1t
would not pay 10 ship them from here TO
| the potteries. The finest kaolin is worth
| only about si6 per ton, and il requires
| great deal of treatment. We developed
| bed OF fine kaolin up on top of a mount
| ain in Georgia 800 feet above a creek. We
| pumped the water up to the deposit. where
| the clay was put into tubs and washed by
| machinery until il was thoroughly dis
| solved. But you know oil clay contains
more or less silica, and 10 eliminate il We
| ran the milky stuff out in sluice boxes
| several thousand feet long and the silica is
deposited in the bottom, just like you
/ wash gold out here, only it is the tailings
| We want and not what is caught N the
| rifles. At the end of the sluice the tail
| ings are caught in tanks. allowed TO dry,
| cut up into bricks and then shipped 10 the
| pottery, where il is again dissolved
and the proper proportions of spar
and other ingredients mixed with
! ii. People wonder why there are
so many potteries established at Tren-
ton. where there Is no clay within $50
| miles of that place. But the reason is
that II is the center of that class of labor
| would not have anything to do with an
| isolated plant. We need large regular
supply of labor educated to that trade
| Not that it requires particularly high
degree of skill, but you must have the
| labor when you want it. and of the kind
| required in the business. Besides we are
near to coal. of which our plant consumes
1000 tons year. You can't tell anything
about clay without giving it a practical
test in the fire. A clay must be plastic.
| and il must attain good color by firing"
The Queen brought in n large number of
| tourists who have been taking in Alaska.
| Besides large number of private parties
| there was an exceptionally large Raymond
| Whitcofnb touris, party in charge of Mr..
| Charles %. Perkins, of Boston. Most o.
! the party are from Pennsylvania, New
| York and Massachusetts,. Amongst them
| are Prof. III. b. Adams. OF the Jch rs Hop
| kins university, Baltimore; Mr. John A.
| Catherwood, Philadelphia. who Is the
owner of a big whisky distillery; Mr..
| John Thomas, of Hokendauqua. Pa, who
| Is interested in several large iron works
| and Mr.. W. s. Hancock, of Trenton, y. j..
| who is the proprietor OF the largest pottery
works in the United States. The person.
mel of the party is rs follows: Prof. Fl. b.
Adams, J. 0lney Norris, Miss Henrietta
| Norris. Mrs. NJ. n. Perry, Miss III. T.
| Perry, of Baltimore. Nd: Judge and Mrs.
| Addison Brown, Mrs. Frances V. Bartlett.
| w s. Houghton, Miss f. G.. Houghton.
| Mr. and Mrs. George Lyon. Mr.. and Mrs.
! A. l.. Merrill. Mr.. aud Mrs. A. +. wads-
| worth, of Boston. Mass; Mrs. George p.
| BisseIl. Miss Caroline d. Bissell, Arthur
| Perkins, Miss Lucy A. Perkins. of Hart
| ford. Conn: Mr.. aud Mrs. ". II. Boye. of
| Coopersburg. Pa; John H. Catherwood.
| Miss b. c. Catherwood. Miss +. Gather
! wood. Miss NJ. Catherwood, Miss III. r
| Davids. Mrs. f. F. Denniston, Miss A.
/ Denuis,on. Mr.. and Mrs George L.
/ Harrison. Mrs. 5. T. Shaw, Mrs. Robert
! Toland. MISS NJ. ID. Toland, of Phiiadei-
| phia. Pa; A. +. Clarke, Miss l. A. Van
| Alst, Of Newtown. y. ". Miss Josephine
Davis, OF Washington City, Mrs. Theodore
! y. Davis. Miss Grace q. Davis, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Benjamin c. Easton. OF BROOKLYN.
/ Mr.. Arad Gerry. jr.. Mrs. Paulina Gerry.
4 Mrs. II. @. Jackson, of Stoneham. Mass
/ w $. Hancock. of Trenton, y. J.: Miss
/ r. J. Hasbrouck. Of Westfeld. MI Mrs
4 A. Il. Melfrum. Miss +. J. Melarum. Miss
/ J. r. Meldrum. II. A. Medium, Of Buffalo
| y. y: Mrs Mary b. iPyle. Of Whining
! ton, Del Mrs. Edward Stanwood az
| Brookline. Mass. Miss Susie starbuek OF
| Nantucket, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ
/ Taggsrt. OF poughkeepsie, y. Y; Mrs =
/ n. Taylor. Master F. b. Taylor, Miss r
/ Taylor. J. F. Taylor. OF New York CITY.
/ Miss Terry, Of Hartford, Conn. NJ. and
. Mrs John Thomas. John ". Thomas
/ Miss Bessie Thomas, OF Hokenfauoua
I IA, W. NJ. Whitehead. OF Chicago. and
/ Miss NJ H. Yeatman. OF Norway. Pa The
( party is CHARTERED n, the Rainier and
/ much a. they appreciated the delightful
/ trip, they ell express themselves A.
charmed with Seattle. They came out via
/ the Canadian Pacific and leave thts even.
Ing for the Fast. going by way Of Yellow
! stone national park
Among the tourists registered a. TIA
/ Rainier. are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mills
/ OF San Francisco; Miss Rosa Yoerk. Mis-.
! Carrie Noerk Miss Juiia Nf~ol..s =.