44 Josiah Wedgwood CHAP. 



Wedgwood continued to be his tenant until his removal 

 from Burslem. 



The new premises were called the Brickhouse Works, 

 though they were afterwards known among the work- 

 men as the Bell Works. The reason of this sobriquet 

 was as follows : The potters had been summoned to 

 their labours by sounding a blast on a cow's 

 horn. The sound did not travel very far ; and 

 the workmen used to loiter lazily into the works 

 just as they pleased, everything apparently going 

 on in a very indifferent manner. But Wedgwood 

 adopted a better plan. He erected a cupola contain- 

 ing a loud Bell, the sound of which travelled very 

 far, and thus the working people were called more 

 rapidly together. 



One of Wedgwood's principal difficulties, as with all 

 employers in those days, was the management and dis- 

 cipline of his workmen. They were irregular in their 

 habits, disposed to be lazy, and there was a consequent 

 want of order in the workrooms. Their drunkenness 

 was one of the greatest difficulties he had to contend 

 against. But Wedgwood had infinite patience. He 

 made himself the workmen's friend in many ways. He 

 counselled them to save their earnings for the benefit 

 of themselves and their families. By slow degrees he 

 won their gratitude and affection. He enlightened 

 their judgment, and the wisest of them became his best 

 friends. One of his best arguments was the success of 

 his undertakings. The men saw his fresh enterprises 



