New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
POTTERY MEN WILL NOT TAIN MUM.
REPORT HOWEVER. THAT COMBINATION II
UNDER WAY is CONFIRMED-WAGES IN
CDr.c1,r, J-SDEP THE DIN,sI,TY BILL

REPORT. HOWEVER. THAT COMBINATION Is
UNDER WAY Is CONFIRMED-wAGEs IN
CREASED UNDER THE DINGLEY BILL.
Among members Of the pottery trade little def
mite information could be learned yesterday re-
earding the Pottery Trust which 1t Is reported mas
secured options nearly 90 per cent Oh the idc-
,or,es Of the country The report that such a
syndicate ts contemplated was conirmed' however,
and there Is no doubt that many firms have agreed,
=, ,oos, unofbciallv TO enter such trust, should
:. Ia formed The objects OF the combination are
said 70 he a reduction in the cost Of MANUFACTURING
lessoning of the Office and selling expenses ana
control OF the output of certain ha'ufai Hie
especially feldspar which Is of limited quantity
Among the Offices In the glassware and pottery dis
trict west OF lower Broadway. the agents OF inc
,orious concerns said they had no knowledge OF any
business plans especially In the nature OF Il oeaN
which manufacturers might make T.. . farHeiee
representing the Goodwin Bros. Pottery OF Elm
wood Conn. whose ONCE is at No. 90 farK race
uas among those seen. He had not read the dis
match ~ Yesterday regarding the alleged trust. ou'
Ia ,ben told of IT, that he placed little crenehce
g., tho report. In any case. he sald' not peii's n
manufacturer himself whatever news ne "is"' e0'
ould he secondhand. Similar interviews In other
,arts Of the district showed that the promoters oi
go .nternr,se have kept the scheme comparatively
quiet. - , =. ,oe
ores,dent of the Maddox Pottery Company anu
ore Of the largest produces OF sanitary ware III IT,
country said that pottery combination i'u
heen proposed but that II was only the latest Vi
.oro, such schemes II the deal was consum-
mated. he thought IL hot u'''N' ~
would enter into H.
Among those who favor the trust is James Moses
Of No 2s West Seventy second-st, who Is president
=, tho Mercer Pottery Company, OF Trenton ~ D.
Mr. Nroses would give details lie shd ho"e'ei'
,ho, tho scheme had three promoters, rePrese""''e
o,tsde capital rather than the mhh'.!ac'u''''
,bomseIves Until a proposition could be mace uS "
single promoter, he went on. 1t was not ""'''
. syndicate would be formed
II ia believed by some that the present ae'
,r q svndicata OF potters is the outcome Vi '"'
,rorerces OF the trade during the last re" y''' -
,arahv manufacturers have lost considei@p''
money Under the Wilson bill the business suH'''
o.,, nv tho reduction OF duties on foreign. os'pe
till English goods The extensive strikes Oh ''''
1000 400 we're the direct result OF the ~ PeI
cent crt in wages which was impose on nd
SoiI ,,rce of the resulting loss or business aIlu
Tho lowering Of prices. "Cohsldeiapo pntnoas ves
..I said a prominent agent In the puslnc9s
tcrday was made out OF Ihs v"'.l" xx,ison mi
w. goods ns the effect or the Nlsoh PHI
pi , I.n raact1n on the wages OF employees WIS I'M
,nnda,o and severe. the facts OF the c'N9c
,hot tho American manufacturers "eIt $500
ioaing money in consequence OF Inc c"coI a. 1s
I nn,,tso,if,on That such was the case was IecVs
Va ~, ,he c,nnloyes The strikes were alncAny
sat.ied under an arrangement "ieIepy ~ I p
,,lov.s agreed to accept their sltuatlor uiI
nuhlcan tariff bill might be iorIneu NOR
, ,ra6s as a whole In fulhment OF the man
, ~ ' part the employees have. under the
Etneiev IN had their wages Increased lZ'7 per
cent bepinning with Christmas Day last year.