The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-28

lines and pattsrns which shsv on the uneol
orot glass beneath.
tire of pottery n not % fnttsripg as that Of
the cut Gias. industrJ. but II fs. Dsyertheless,
very er-ditabls In view OF all the dinculties
years on account OF Injurious tariff legislation.
When the Wilson bill vas n course OF incuba-
OF the United States. representing more than
Sl5.oon.oo0 of eapt al invested and employing
in:,Dsn, ~ ,ns pSsaosd narS ior sucn u al
Bile them 10 keep their factories busy ut . fair
profit without rvdueinG wages They received
white and decorated ware. respectively. and on
that baaf. their scales of wages were ar
sss Ssr cent me . D,i; IL e sb Ds MOI, F q e. sS Sass 80 , fnd
would nt this low tariff . long and costly strike
was precipttated. For these reasons. IL is
or lees demoralized for nearly three years. but
In spite OF all the handcaps and disadvantages
eredissSlca E9ceil.n Il Softer, eeS OF SR SS9st sSu TraSs,
and prices II made In America some Of IL sum
eisItly rich and artistic TO grace any dinner
COT per cent in cost of the pottery. used In
America n OF home manufacture. This show
cred that a large proportion Of the Imported
ware Is o. the more expensive kind. and that In
order to reach Iyo-thtrds OF tho total in value
the American factories mast turn out i'm
mense quantities VI the CHEAPER goods Such
u. In fact, the case In certain Lines of white
sood: ,RS, ar. 20 iarTsisy used in alSS hotels and
restaurants. domestic potteries control the
In anStaer Sranch Of the pattery trnde ma.
tive talent and skill are able to produce i'm
portant results Over In Trenton. tie home
In. any other city In the United States, . large
and prontabie business is done in the decora-
fSund that this ear Be done to adj santare-
nrst. .oecause Of the ) per cent OF duty which
Is added to the decorased ware when imported;
and. second. because OF the superior skill. and
taste DISPLAYED BIZ American decorators IL
was the experience OF o big importer in this
having a large order Of toilet ware potied in
EnEland and decorated in New jersey. A
c drsn.S1 ?, potter 81 pr9 .Sa ,iae ~ TH ron mas snS,
during the low tariff era. now about to close.
aid 70 A suS Tsp9rseI; 49,. ,,
and ehicane which surruunded IL in inception
and hnAl enactment have worked incalculAble
the struggle TO keep alive has been \ hard one
with some of the n. Under an adequate avs
tenn OF protection. such as VIII enable them to
tiers Of America may be depended upon to give
q Ecct account OF themselveA- The day Is
Given . fair and moderate rate Of duty. fairly
and honestly enforced. ard you viii see some
important deyeloDnsnts IN American pottery
china can aud viii eventually Be made in this
country; Remember Se are young ~ the
~perienee which EuropeAn potters have had the
bsnehs Of. Tho same skill and taste which
ware from abroad may Do depended upOn TO
shine out stronsiy In the finer grades OF china
Shen once that bra iSh OF panafacsnre SHAH
much better hereafter"
nouncement In white porcelain letters on the
lArEe windows OF . pottery house in this city.
This Is the New York sell tnE agency OF q w~st
Of Its table and toilet ware
America" said the manager OF the est.b-
AE-A ha hAan . hns .
little more than twenty years. While Europe
has BEEN at ir almost since the Eorid began.
Ibis as in o;her lines where enterprise. skill.
and hre artistic taste cut Q figure First of all.
ho.sver. we vas; = fats :n1T: Domestic
fair advAntaEe which Is enjoyed by some o: the
importing houses. These houses own and con-
cstve invoices OF goods pot n NJ As low a yAlaa-
ton a. they dare TO make. and In this say Get
The Goods through the Castom House far Be
30 or IS Der cent in his favor. the American
potter has no proiection whatever. Some vsrysu;
States. and more and better will be made in
the future In toilet and sanitary ware AMER
tra now takes the lead and has the best of the
situarion- Out shapes and styles In toilet goods
are much more attractive than thosN Of Euro
Are made at sySacSSe: The irish sellesr IS made
whesiinE is p-Odueed a line Of dinner ware 20
handsome and % popular thai when the pottery
last elored down fos reDa:Is IL had On hand un-
filed orders for $50 sesA--
THE Sun reporter had pointed out TO him
some dinner ware IN royal blue with gold edge
of American manufacture that sells 1t $40 for
$50 otecvs. and would embeliish any table;
also toilet sets ~ $40 which were IN every way
equal 20 imoorted goods that uo 70 . few years
Aso cold Tor SIS. Ittsshd that under the spur
Of competition with the attractive goods pro-
dueed IN :merica the foreigners have been
comDelled 70 increase the quality Of their wares.
and that they are pOV Obliged 60 give for 81
what they formerly could get $1.5o for. This
b particularly trur OF the lovercAnd medium
grades Of decorated pors hahn. while In toilet
sets they ind 10 impossible 70 compete success
fully with The goods designed and made here.
The.case as 70 cut xiass and pottery 10. gen.
srally speaking II >eedinRiy favorable 70 Amer
lean manufacturers This country leads the
world IN glass cutting and has held its own
IN pottery wonderfully we'll under all the trials
and t-tbulations Of the last three years. A
great deal NJ very fna pottery Is made IA the
United States. and . vast improvement alike IN
quantity and quality is confidently anticipated
Is the result of improved conditions growing
out Of the pending tariff legislation.
ILLIGATORS GROWING