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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  with 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  states 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  seaboard 
  New 
  York 
  

   possesses 
  very 
  small 
  resources 
  in 
  the 
  finer 
  varieties 
  of 
  clays 
  and 
  

   kaolin. 
  This 
  fact 
  has 
  retarded 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  industries 
  in 
  

   which 
  such 
  materials 
  are 
  employed, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  facili- 
  

   ties 
  for 
  transport 
  the 
  deficiency 
  has 
  become 
  less 
  formidable 
  to 
  

   local 
  manufacturers. 
  There 
  are 
  now 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  making 
  tableware, 
  electrical 
  supplies, 
  and 
  other 
  porcelain 
  

   and 
  semiporcelain 
  wares. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  clay 
  materials 
  

  

  The 
  tables 
  included 
  herewith 
  give 
  full 
  details 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  clay 
  materials 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  They 
  are 
  

   based 
  on 
  returns 
  received 
  from 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  manufac- 
  

   turers 
  in 
  every 
  department. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  reported 
  for 
  1907 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  

   year 
  was 
  a 
  fairly 
  prosperous 
  one 
  for 
  the 
  local 
  industries 
  though 
  

   comparing 
  somewhat 
  unfavorably 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  years 
  

   when 
  unusually 
  flourishing 
  conditions 
  obtained 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  smaller 
  demand 
  for 
  clay 
  building 
  materials 
  

   due 
  to 
  decreased 
  building 
  operations 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  other 
  

   large 
  cities. 
  This 
  brought 
  about 
  a 
  severe 
  decline 
  in 
  the 
  prices 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  raised 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  level, 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  curtailment 
  of 
  

   production. 
  The 
  decrease 
  in 
  output, 
  however, 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  marked 
  

   as 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  expected 
  lowing 
  mainly 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   new 
  plants 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  operation 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  enlargement 
  of 
  facilities 
  in 
  many 
  other 
  plants. 
  

   Aside 
  from 
  the 
  branches 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  building 
  trade, 
  there 
  

   was 
  little 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  industry 
  and 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  most 
  

   materials 
  was 
  well 
  maintained 
  or 
  even 
  showed 
  a 
  gain. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  manufactures 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  in 
  

   1907 
  was 
  $12,688,868. 
  This 
  compared 
  with 
  $13,955,300, 
  the 
  total 
  

   reported 
  for 
  1906, 
  shows 
  a 
  falling 
  off 
  of 
  $1,266432 
  or 
  about 
  9 
  per 
  

   cent 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  Of 
  the 
  61 
  counties 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  43 
  were 
  

   represented 
  in 
  1907 
  as 
  having 
  an 
  output 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  mineral 
  

   materials. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  individual 
  plants 
  in 
  operation 
  was 
  

   242, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  265 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  and 
  250 
  in 
  

   1905. 
  

  

  The 
  shrinkage 
  in 
  the 
  valuation 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  brick 
  alone 
  was 
  

   greater 
  than 
  the 
  combined 
  decrease 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  production. 
  

   The 
  total 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  $7,424,294, 
  against 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $9,688,289 
  for 
  1906, 
  or 
  

   a 
  decrease 
  of 
  $2,263,995, 
  Of 
  the 
  total, 
  common 
  brick 
  accounted 
  

  

  