Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — Claim Porcelain Industry Successfully Launched In U. S. as Result of the War [ARTICLE]

Claim Porcelain Industry Successfully Launched In U. S. as Result of the War

- An important development in the pottery industry of the United States Is the production of chemical porcelain, the manufacture of which in this country was considered impossible before the war. Several operators are now making chemical porcelain, says the U. S.'Geological Survey Bulletin, which satisfactorily meets the exacting requirements of the laboratory. * In 1917 the value of the output of every variety of pottery classified by the geological survey, except red earthenware, was greatCt than in 1916. White ware showed the largest increase—$2,729,079, or 15 per cent. Porcelain electrical supplies also showed a large increase—s2,4l7,l66, or 34 per cent. China, the highest grade of pottery, has been a minor product In value, yet its value in 1917 showed an increase of $1,327,534, or 38 per cent, compared with 1916. Its value in *1917 was nearly twice as great as in 1913. The value of white ware, including china, which comprises the general household wares and constitutes more than 45 per cent of the value of all pottery, was $25,726,375 in 1917, an increase of $4,656,613, or 19 per cent, over 1916. If to this sum is added the value, of the high-grade products, sanitary ware and porcelain electrical supplies, the total value in 1917 was $47,814,178, or $7,998,579 more than in 1916.