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wares produced in the State, due undoubtedly to the lack of suit- 

 able raw materials This disadvantage is offset, to some extent 

 at least, by better market facilities than can be had in most 

 sections of the country, and with low transport rates local manufac- 

 turers are not seriously handicapped in the competition for trade. 

 The industry is still a small one, but it seems to be placed on a 

 permanent basis. 



The following table shows the production of the various articles 

 of pottery for 1904. In case the output of any particular ware 

 was reported by only one or two producers, it has been grouped 

 with that of other wares, so as not to reveal the individual figure. 



Production of pottery in 1904 



Ware 



Number of 



Value of 





producers 



product 





5 



$77 726 





7 



44 99° 





3 



740 000 



Electric and sanitary supplies 



6 



490 095 





9 



85 823 





30 



$1 438 634 



a Includes china tableware. 



The miscellaneous products not separately enumerated include 

 yellow and rockingham wares, clay tobacco pipes, fire clay cru- 

 cibles and artistic pottery. 



Altogether 12 counties participated in the production which 

 was reported by 22 companies. Onondaga county was the largest 

 manufacturer of pottery, its output for the year being valued 

 at $673,590. Kings county ranked second with an output valued 

 at $279,009, and Erie third with $200,300. The remaining counties 

 reporting a production were Albany, Madison, Ontario, Monroe, 

 Nassau, Oneida, Schenectady, Suffolk and Washington. The list 

 of manufacturers includes the following: 



NAME 



Albany City Pottery 

 Henry Betz & Bros. 

 Buffalo Pottery Co. 

 Charles Kurth 

 Empire China Works 



LOCATION OF OFFICE 



Albany 

 Buffalo 

 Buffalo 



Ridgewoo4 L. I. 

 Brooklyn 



PRODUCT 



Red earthenware 

 Red earthenware 

 Semiporcelain 

 Tobacco pipes 

 Electric supplies 



