The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-24
|I[RS Of POTTERY
|fFORE COMMISSION
liam Of Tariff on Glassware
4 Crockery Is Discussed
4 at Length.

.sHNGToN, Nov 23.-Many
-s,e scheduled to be contested
hsariug today before the house
II means committee for consid.
.,.noes in the tariff on earths,
r.rs and glassware. The bu-
4, manufactures OF the depart
!. commerce and labor had issue,,
{ss,Sive report on tho pottery
In Of Germany, THIS docdmcnt.
"a by Special Ager. Charles NJ.
for the use of congress in Its
"a revision of the tariff, gives
Information regarding the exports
rv TO the United States, ths cost
and material, freight rates and
N the industry IL Germany.
4 Pepper places the total annual
utput OF Germany at from
lana TO $4,000, 900, an increase
30 TO 100 per cent within ten
[ About one,half of the product is
L,d 10 other countries, and in 1907
,rortation TO the United States
NJ to s7,Ss1,4 Most of the
brought to this country consist
[l,seres, the production of which,
n 10 Mr.. Pepper, is largely rep
~ by II general organization
rd only fixes prices, but under
4 N control, 10 some extent, the
=. Of the manufacturers and their
rs.
Low Wage Scale.
wages OF the German pottery
" range from rs couts 10 $I.32
|tr for adult male workmen, while
earn from 52.l6 10 S2.6l per
Outstanding these modest wages,
'Tper estimates that labor rep
/. 10 per cent of The cost of pot
|,pduced in Germany.
"a Jones of Boston, representing
|riccsale dealers In crockery and
|r1fe, was the first - address The
ttes today. 1--WE believe taat
|t1estic manufactures is cntioiod
|r,glioa," he said, ''but not be-
|lle point which he himself during
Ia Twelve years has demonstrated
rSdept. We believe that the diff.
"a in the cost of production of
Ian and foreign ware is nearer
4 $ per cent than the 55 per cent
|iip and SO per cent on decorated
4 shicb are the protective duties
II BY the present law. This differ
n about 25 per cent represents
= protection,
Need Of Readjustmsnt.
D Jones declared that protection on
|Sorey grade of toilet ware is m
Larr and excessive on the better
J Chairman Payne desired TO
! il il would be more satisfactory
|Ft ihe ad valorem duty imposed ac-
x 10 the market price, duty paid,
u United States. OF upon the Tor.
! Rarkei price, IN which lie said
: are gross undervaluations. Mr..
userted that the allegation that
|b.ign prices arc sometimes under
mons is untrue.
B. Pitkin of Chicago spoke from
1 ssolssalers and importers view
. he declared in favor of the du-
! II the Wilson bill, % per cent
B than the present rates, claiming
Lee benefit OF reduction in the
On the cheap grades of crockery
smrue TO the benefit Of the con-
q asserting at the same time that
|ped not be fair to the American
Efrturer.
Gam Burgess OF Trenton, y. j.,
tnting the Manufacturing Pot
ls9ciation Of the United States,
MI Wells of Newell, ". Va, IA
n Increase in the duty on i'm
china differentiation by I'M
q vas one Of the principal subjects
|exd.
@amp Clark Heard From.
|aED Clark declared this alleged
Npu.tion is the only argument
2huaeturers present for an In
Y the tariff.
ss undervaluation of invoices
y broken up" said Mr.. Clark,
nltsrry men of the United States
,nnd for reduction in the
they could not, - declared the
.sy couldn Y they, if they arc be:
@gea by the undervaluatious!' ~
Y Mr.. Clark.
suse they are not being goueed
g the importers. was The reply.
\ wilson of Philadelphia asked
Ge duty on bau2ite, used in
alun, aluminium aud paper, be
ae6ardson of Boston requested
Snsn china clay be put on the
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