The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-09

1912, s2S,O00,000. With such a large
increase in importations 1t is extra.
ordinary that anyone should propose
reduction in rates which necessar-
" means so much work taken away
from Americans employed in this
country. Twenty-six factories in
Trenton, N. j., engaged in this in
dustry, have gone out Of bus ness In
the last "a years.
OF the chinaware consumed In this
country there is 400 per cent more
of It imported than produced here and
yet this bill reduces the rate on sucl
ware.
The Percentage Of Labor Cost
is usually large in the manufacture Of
pottery wares, but differs according
to the kind OF ware made and whether
decorated or not. About So per cent
of the cost of white ware is paid In
actual wages, while the remainder
goes for materials, salaries and other
expenses, considerable proportion
of which goes to labor in produc ng
materials. In decorated ware the lar
gest factory in this country last year
paid so Oh per cent of the cost In
wages, while %. 70 per cent went for
materials in the production OF which
labor was pad large percentage and
labor cost also figures in the remain.
der of the expenditures. In terra-cot-
ia and other fireclay products not so
much is expended for labor, as more
Machinery Is used, but the census re-
turns group pottery, terra.cotta, and
fire-clay products together, and yet
the returns show that so per cent Of
the cost of product Is paid out in
wages. British reports show that from
40 per cent to 45 per cent of the fin
ished value, accord ng to the kind ot
ware made, is paid out for labor.
American Wages ITO Per Cent
TIgner man ch9'isn
The American piece work prices
average 10 per cent higher than the
English, while the American wages
earned are on an average over 126
per cent higher than in England, and
the wages in England are higher than
in other countries. The average earn
ings per hour for all classes of labor
in the potteries of the several coun.
tries are as follows: United States
80. 24S3; England SOIL; Germany
so. O913; Austria, so .OS6; France,
so OS25; Belgium, so. O693; Holland,
so. O65; Japan, $O.O25.
In the United States a woman do.
ing the same class of WORK as the
man receives the same rate OF pay
but in England and other European
countries she receives approximately
one-half as much. Much OF the work
done in this country by men is done
by women in Europe who receive cor.
respondingly low pay. plate max
er is paid in New Jersey s27 80 and
in England for the same work Sc 80;
jgger man gets 500 .O1 in this coun.
try, as compared with SS.42 in Eng.
land, and so on with other working.
men. These figures are taken from
the report made by the president OF
the English Pottery Manufacture s
Association at the time of the labor
dispute, his purpose being to show
that the potters were earning good
wages, fully up to those in other lines
of industry. Another English manu-
facturer said that the average Of all
Of his working people was 81 SS per
head per week. Labor in this country
gets all and more than the entire du.
ty assessed under the present law.
In 1852 the rate imposed was "a pc
cent and in domestic competition an
assortment OF white tableware sod
for S95 80. In 1854 in war times, with
40 per cent duty, the price was
$210.75. In 1875 the price was
1929. 81. In 1900, with IS per cent
duty, the price had declined to Sal 81
and this year, with the same duty.
the price is sS5 70.
Effect OF the Last Democratic
Tariff Law
The reduced rates of the last Dem
ocratic tariff bill were disastrous to
the pottery industry, closing a num-
Der of factories, which were never
able to reopen. 1t resulted In re-
duction of over so per cent in the
earnings of the operatives on account
OF not having sufficient work to keep
them employed, while there was an
actual reduction of 10 1.2 per cent in
the rate of wages In 1892 the domes.
tic product was IN the value $500, 900
and the imports were nearly the
same in foreign value, Ir 1894, under
the Wilson law, the domestic product
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