Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-12
Association Meets at the
Raleigh Hotel Today.
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS
CHARGE THAT RAILROADS DIS
CRIMINATE IN RATES.
Fight TO Be Made in Behalf of Ameri
can Product-Banquet
Tonight.

The United States Potters' Association
began It's twenty-sixth' annual convention
IN the Raleigh Hotel at II o'clock to-
day, with President W. E Wells of East
Liverpool, Ohio in the chair 1t Is the most
largely attended of any convention ever
held by the organization. and questions of
the utmost importance to the delegates and
10 the pottery industry In this country are
scheduled to come up for discussion, in
cludHg questions OF railroad freight rates,
prices on American-made goods and labor
matters In the presidents annual address
delivered this afternoon, and IN the report
OF the statistical committee 1t Is shown that
at last home manufactured pottery has
been successful in competing with the for
elgn articles.
in special car over the Pennsylvania
railroad the East Liverpool delegation
which Is the largest in attendance, arrived
here about $50 o'clock this morning The
next delegation In numerical strength is
mat from Trenton, N. j., which arrived
Shortly after noon
President Wells Address.
President Wells read his address as the
first business of the session. He said the
American production of general pottery in
the wear 1905 has amounted to S15OOOO oO
which Is larger than any previous year:
while American sanitary pottery production
mas amounted to over three and three-ouar-
ter million dollars In the year, also the
largest to date. The importation of pot
gerry to this country. especially from Eng
land and Germany, show a falling off In
1903 for the first time in many years he
ueclared. for the reason that American pot
Sers are learning how to maDufa ctI1re
Srtlslc wares as well useful articles.
He also called attention to the fact that
la He ASSOCIATION has been at peace with the
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
aor eleven years. and has just completed
an agreemnt which will insure labor peace
Tor two years longer. He believes this rec
ord Is unequaled in any industry of the
same size in the United States.
The delegates called upon Secretary Shaw
this afternoon at o'clock by appointment
The business of the convention was resumed
at 3 o'clock at the Raleigh.
Will Fight Railroads.
The association is prepared 10 fight the
railroads. which, il is claimed, are discrImi-
mating against American pottery to an al
most Uncomfortable extent. In an interview
President Wells said that owing to the
high freight rate charged by the railroads
Il is cheaper for the foreigner to send his
pottery INTO this country through southern
pofis and deliver 1t over southern roads
than for the American manufacturer 10
denver MS goods to the same points over
the roads running between the eastern and
The Esch-Townsend rate bill will be IA
Eored by the association at this session of
congress. as being. in its opinion the best
remedy for this evil
As an example of the conditions under
which the American potters are now work
Ing, President Wells said the rate from a
European port. through to Omaha, Neb
ts ~ cents per hundredweight. while the rate
from East Liverpool, Ono the leading
pottery center in this country is 60 cents
per htIndredwetght, to the same point. This
condition of affairs, he holds. defeats the
purpose of the so-called protective tariff for
American pottery.
Yet in spite of these difficulties it is stated
that the industry in the United States is
fast emerging from it's infancy and wares
are beng manufactured here that are UNI
egualed In any part of the world
Exhibition of Pottery.
AS a proof of this statement the dele
gates to the convention point TO a public
exhibition of American pottery in the red
parlor of the Raleigh Hotel Some forty
five potteries out of a total of about sixty
in the United States are Represented here
and the display is an elegant one, includ-
Ing all kinds OF vases, jardinieres and 9TH
er htgh-class art objects, as we'll as speci-
mems OF the finest china The exhibition
will be open TO the public this evening,
Wednesday and Thursday.
! A feature of the convention will be a
banquet at the Raleigh this evening.
which win be attended by number of
members of Congress. Speaker Cannon is
expected to be present and speak. ReprS-
sentative Kennedy of Ohio will be toast
master
The officers of the association are W. E.
Wells, president, East Liverpool, Ohio;
Daniel Wiliets. first vice president, Tren-
ton. y. J.; Joseph Mayer. second vice pres
tdent, Beaver Falls. Pa; George S. Good
raaSurpr IiyerpoOl. Ohio: H A