The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-02
WEST VIRGINIA
RANKS TH|RD|I|
POTTERY, 1877
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Tho makers OF pottery N thc United
States reported another rec"rd-o-"lNi"E
year IA 1917 IN value Of "atru;. VIA
was 5616o522 an .rcrcoss "c ..9A'.- ~
Of more than l6 PEI cent over -" sii.A'.
In 1915. according - aSE;"S tG >ni,..,
Ton. Of the United States lf"'',s'I
Survey. Department y: the lnt"r.!:;
Small Imports and Largo Demands.
The imports 81 2"trrE M ~.
year were necessarily small. ana -
demand was fully "uGa! - ~ AR
domestic supply that would nave %:
produced under normal "nd:i."h>. 'to
the American potte-s found = :a't
sible to supply the Ge3Iarl. IN ''!E'.
the value o. the out1u; was tho it.'S.S:
yet recorded. the volume OF IA" pr"GHSr
was probably not :" large ~ x '"'"
been In some other years Few P'a",S;
Il any: ran to cap'S.iE' M. n,','s -,c.
them did not market !H"r" ;Han ire
fourths OF their nyr:ial OUTPUT. ~
Increased cos, Q: !aH"c AM raw T'f;'-
rfals made Il necessary /" rN H.Sn's
have prevailed IN the ias5 :ew years
The imports showed an increase over
those Of 1916. bat w"rH 'nuca o."
normal imports before the war H,]
increase was due ch.rsF 60 ~! orc
Imports from Japan. whose wares are
now finding a larger market IN '"e
United States.
improvements In Methods OF Manr-
TaccCce. -,
Notwithstanding tho hanG.caps which
<he pottery Industry suffered n l"if.
6reater efforts We're made q place inc
Industry on q hrner foundation SNiSn
Sver. Realizing tha; a:tcr IN. war "a
viii have the keenest t"a'?s;'tion aue
EnoHinR that in order to hold his pres
Tnt trade ne must not only make war"
OF superior quality but MuSt oc aHte
10 undersel all foreign c"mIs;!"ES. Cme
American potter has begun 20 seo@[ nol
only how TO improve tho quality or ms
ware but to and or devise laoor-saFlns
machines and improved ktns. the r.
bort Of the United States PotterS $3.50
ctation shows that a number or Suca 40
$500 thnt give promise o. lowering the
Sost OF labor and fuel were intToduceo
III 1917 or were being successtuuy &C.
vefoped Among these devices are sag
rer-maIeipg machines. Il cQnveyer type
6s .tove, a casting process that makes
large production possible by unsS!t.eo
labor. aad dowu-dratt and tunnel klns
that insure a large SAVING o. toei-
Principal Producing States-
IN 1917 one state. Florida. was added
N the AZ states already producing pot
fery. The value ~ the wares made
ranged from $2l.352.7nS n ohio 20
i. Few hundred dollars IN Montana and
porto Rico. The value OF OhtV's POI
terry products In 1917 increased SIZE.
ia. or nearly % per cent over 'aAt OK
1915, and constitute" - 2"T cent ".
the value Of the output "t n" entire
kon,try Ohio's principal product -
SSSita voro tha nutpu, - 7hSc;! in 1917
was valued al sic. So. ar - per c.,1l
Of the value OF III" states ent'T" ""'-
put. and nearly twH-;h!:'S ''3 per c"np
Of the value OF whit" war" n me
United States. New jersey IS nc second
largest pettcry-produc;ac state. rs POI
tery wares marketed COZ 1911 Ha;ns val
uad at slc.535.S;3. which - - r%r c.'H'
tire country. and an iacr"as" ~ 40.
oss or 10 per cent. GT"c 10 TalGs -
1915. New Jerseys principal! product -
sanitary ware. the output .! Wnicn ~
1917 was valued Al S..@H-.S1t. when
vas 81 per cent Of tho vaiu" - IT'S on
fire pottery ou;pu; II tina: gear ar, IT,
same perceataC" OF n" Taiu" 81 'A'
sanitary ware produce! n tA' WIS
country. New JsTSIE w.. IS 'h% i p.,,.'. oI.
loved BY New York W"-, Virginia
was third in rank among n" -n2S'"rr;;
producing states IN lhl', - n;arS ,.,',.
I'll ST.243,90R. an increase -: Si.|6".n''.
ar o5 per cent. over 1915. rs ?r.nr:pa'
product IS white ware. va,'!"" IT
$4.421.o17. In 1917 New J"-;"I. one
kind OF pottery classified in N" r'nor5
Of the Geological S;:rv"y and New
: York reported evcr:: Kind except stone
ware. r,o+s
:, The value Of III" pottery imported II
1917 was s6332.3Ii. ~ :Hc-rrsH -
$132.72e. or l2 per c"r't. "r"" l"ih IT,
~-SaIns-nf the domestic potter: exported
in 1917 was $l.55i.H>3. an Increase ~
S475.4l1 or - pr ""H:. "v"c 1910;
The imports consist ai;n"S: entirely 90
hISh-grade ware. ?" per c"rt ., thc
value Of the imports n l9!! being ~
that kind. bur tn" exports - pottery
are chiefly the low"- grades II wars
-, Domestic Consumption.
.->The value 0: II" pottery imported