Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-01
POTTERS IN SESSION
vENTIoN ASSEMBLIES TODAY.
President Lees Address Read and
Executive Business Considered
Protective Tariff Advocated.

The twenty-fifth annual convention of the
United States Potters' Association began
this morning in the banquet hall of the
Raleigh Hotel. The initial session was
called to order at IL O'Clock by President
Joseph G. Lee of East Liverpool, Ohio The
convention brings to Washington practically
all potters and manufacturers of similar in
dustries OF the various states of the Union.
The entire session, lasting from II to 1
o'clock, was given over to the annual ad
dress of President Lee. He prefaced his
address with few felicitOus remarks and
called attention to the fact that the session
marks the silver anniversary of the organi-
zation of the association. He noted the fact
that nothing of any great Importance had
TRANSFERRED since the last meeting and con-
graduated the members upon the success
which has attended the efforts of the asso-
citation in the last year.
The past year, he said, will be remem
bered as one when perhaps more new facto-
in operation than in any year in the history
of the industry. Continuing. he said:
THE manufacturing potter Is as patriotic,
as generous and as liberal In his views as
any citizen of this country, and when he
asked a continuance of that wise policy of
protection to American industry and Ameri-
can labor only voice that which the pa
triotic broad-ninded statesman, the late
and spent the best years of his life to in
vestigate and because of which the people
of this whole nation have prospered.
Change Noted.
During the past year great change
has come over our English cousins. They
seem TO have awakened from their slum-
bers of centuries when that great par
Humanitarian and adviser of kings, Mr..
laI o,,rNIn ,leI he
echo by thousands of his countrymen on
this same question of protection.
I'VE have every reason to congra tulate
ourselves upon the advancements we have
made from year to year In producing an
article that is equal in many respects to
that which is manufactured by our COM
petitors on the other side. l regret, how
ever, to say that we have not reached that
high degree of efficiency in workma nship
that we have every reason to expect, and
for which we are so generously paying. /
trust. however. / may be permitted to see
the day when the product of our American
factories, the product of American brain,
the product of American labor, shall re-
ceive the admiration of not only our own
people, but when the eyes of the whole
civilized world shall be directed to US and
when the wealth of the world shall turn to
us and demand and receive the most dura-
BILE, the most finely finished and most ar
tfstic pottery product to be found anywhere
Against Iaflu I1nker1ng.
While there have been no alarming evil
dences of tariff tinkering or changes in
the past year. we should be ever on the
alert and be prepared to combat any legis-
lation that will IN any way tend 10 be of
injury to our industry. Perhaps the most
serious question that has confronted US is
the reported differentiation of many
classes of goods coming to this country"
President Lee advocates the appointment
OF special customs officers to inspect and
appraise all pottery products coming into
this country. He also referred to freight
rates, and in making a comparison between
| the rates from foreign ports to this country
| and the local rates he said In some in
stances the latter are exceedingly high.
President Lee referred to the proposed pot
| terry exhibit at the Louisiana purchase ex-
position and asked that the convention take
| action in the matter.
Following the adjournment of the initial
| session, the potters went into executive
session, which lasted until after l O'clock
| when adjournment was taken until
| o'clock. The afternoon session will be oc-
| cupied by the consideration of reports OF
| the various committees.
The annual election of officers will take
| place at the session tomorrow afternoon.
| and the convention will come to a close In
| the evening with a banquet.