The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-07-15
Claims Of Opponents Are
Discredited.
AN APT INSTANCE IN POINT
PotteryManufacturersCla Claim
ed Rates Would Ruin
Them-N0t So.
MORE ORDERs--MORE BUSINESS
4Oth YEAR.

Washington, July 11.--When the
Underwood tariff bill was before
Congress one of the loudest protests
against it was made by representa-
tives of the pottery industry. They
commended that the Underwood rates
would ruin their business and drive
them into bankruptcy.
Chief among those who set up
this claim were the pottery makers
of East Liverpool, Ohio, and vicini-
ty. East Liverpool is in the 18th
Ohio Congressional District, which
for many years was represented i'll
the House by the late President Nc
.Kinley. Its representative at the
time of the passage of the Under
wood bill was, and still is, John j.
Whitacre, a consistent Democrat. In
both of his campaigns Mr.. Whitacre
was forced to face the charge that
the Democratic policy would destroy
the pottery industry
When the pottery tariff question
was raised, Congressman Whitacre
proposed that the pottery owners
throw open their books for the in
spectiOn of Government agents. His
idea was to obtain accurate data as
to the cost of manufacture, and with
this information as basis, hxea
competitive tariff rate on pottery.
This solution of the problem so i'm
pressed Secretary Redfield, OF the
Department of Commerce and La
Dor, that he not only ordered agents
of the Government to inspect the
books of the potteries, but similar
investigations We're undertaken in
other industries.
The interesting thing now is that
the Democratic tariff reduction did
not destroy the pottery industry,
but, in fact, stimulated it as never
before. To-day the calamity bowler
i'm East Liverpool and other pottery
towns is laughed at, for the simple
reason that the potteries are enjoy
ing the greatest run of business in
the history of the industry as prov
en- by the following statements con-
tanned in Republican newspapers in
the pottery district:
The Sebring Times (RepublicanD
recently said;
THE past two weeks hold the
record for the biggest output of pot
terry i'm the history of Sebring. Fiji
ty-fOur glOst kilns were made dur
ing that time. and the most crafty
ing feature is that the ware is not
going into stock. but is being used
to fill orders and is being shipped as
soon as made"
China. Glass and Lamps. the jour
nal of the pottery trade, published
in Pittsburg. In a recent issue said
Never before in the history of
there been so many kilns in use or
so many potteries in active opera
ton. All the general ware plants
are being rushed to the limit to ill
orders on hand and take care of new
business being booked. Large forces
of operatives are working and ship
ments are greater than ever before
in the history of the trade
The East Liverpool Review. Re-
publican paper printed In East Liv-
erpool. Ohio. the center Of the pot
terry industry, says:
Business in the domestic potter
les continues even better than was
expected the first of the year, and
there is not general ware plant in
the country without orders on its
books and In sight to keep II In
steady operation until the summer
fy in the ointment. II is the lack
of competent workmen."
In the issue of May IA. the East |
Liverpool News-Review, says:
"A seven-kiln pottery plant, mod
ern In every respect, will be erected /
at Clarksburg, w. Va. during the |
next few months by the McNichol |
China Co., of this city, to be operat-
ed entirely separate from the local
plant. The structure will represent '
an Investment of nearly $4,000" !
The same paper ON May IA. said
I'VE have 1t from the lips OF To-