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Show - s HOME MANUFACTURES. Item to?us WlftahJ Ana Jromej'Manufntbri : yet, hovy little it is thobglit of. IldiHe' Manufactured cpQUs are held in low estimation bv thd rnmmtm. ,ity fryct howimportahj;i,t'is that we should Manufacture Man-ufacture what we'necd. rAslbng as Vve 5 end our means out of the territory for goods, unless, those outside purchhsc froiri'us, and thus rctiirn fops an equi'valerit in ilioncy or m'cansfor Something we can make, we shall always be pqor. ' if have, heard, our leading men ilecture on Tanning, Tan-ning, Shoe malting, Manufacture of Woolen and Cotton Goods,, aud other Home Industries, but not on the Enterprise. I purpose presenting-'in this article. It seems to .m that a fewwords 'on the Manufacture of Pottery ware wouldnot bef oiit of place. t Potting is hmirnportnt Branch of Business- in iiiostall Civilized countries, and'it should- be; in Utah, b.ut I am afraid its importance is undervaJ-iue'd', undervaJ-iue'd', (-.;. ' ' "What is a PotterJ fHe isorte - that takes the crude materials from the carili and, makes' therefrom there-from vessels that, are useful tdHevery family in the lan'd.i To be a Rotter he mustunderstand the use of flnt and how to prepare it; also feldspar and clay, and;how to put these materials together in proper proportions and then to make a vessel therefrom. Nor docs a Potter's education end with making a vessel; he must have a little knowledge of Chemistry. Chem-istry. ' He must know how to ,nse Whitelead or Iiitharge, also Silica and'Alumin'a, and the proper prop-er proportions of each article to matte a glaze, and then the degrees.of heat necessary to melt these materials and maketKem;flow'over "the ware; he must also know the use of Manganese, Cobalt, Iron, and Tin, in tSrdcr to make Blaclr, Blue, Red, and White erlazes.r When a' man understands nil the foregoing, he may be considered a Potter, and he has paid pretty dear for his education. There arc a few such men -in this territory and they have become sick at heart for wanjuof; patronage. The Potters, have heard, repeatedly, the question i."Why donJt you-malte us.some China or Ironstone China, .like i tnatwhichlsirn ported? Mf you would masc that kind of ware", we wduld patronize you," W.ahave no doubt.of it, providing it could be bought with Canaan . iiet;iiu: askrny friends & question in answer to theirs, "why don't ouh Woolen Manufacturers malce us some fine Broadcloth, Broad-cloth, "equal to thd: West ofsEngland-. clotlV? Thev have the wool, and they also have better facilities than the Potter." The'Pottcr has not .the China cay, norxPJint, orFeldspar, know some mth have said that. China and Feldspar ''have been found in the territory, but' they have not told us .where porjiave J)icyshovyn ys a pure article. KeitherHave they io usftwiere we arcj tp get the capital to erett our Mills 'Ovens, and Workshops and pay .men's wagcsjnntil we get returns for our 1 workn IWhKt: shall wd do', then? Why, 'jixse, the cloth that'can'be manufactured1; the shoes, that can be made from our owntanned leather; and also the ware that the. Potter can make froin.such materials that he din. 'pxocur'e f and stop, (as much as possible, Importation" " Home BiKD? |
