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Show WEST VIRGINIA PRODUCER OF POTTERY West Virginia is rapidly Increasing I In importance as n pottery-producing Stato, nccordlng to tho Unltod States Geological Survey, Its products of this class being valued ht $3,305,166 m 1U12 nearly 10 per cent of the total for the United States. This was an Inr-reaso ol 484961 over tho figures for 1911. I The Stato now ranks third In tho val-no val-no of potery produced, being exceeded by Ohio nnd Now Jersey. West Virginia's Vir-ginia's product of chief valuo was white ware of which It is the second I litrgest producer In tho country. The valuo of tho white waro mado In 1U12 was 2,051987 and Increase of $loI. 693 over the figure for 1911. This product Is mado principally In Hancock Han-cock County, opposite East Liverpool. Tho contemplated erection of two new 1 plants In this large county In tho near futuro will ndd largely to Its productive produc-tive capacity and In crcaso Its Importance Impor-tance as a potery-produclng centor. Sanitary woro was second in value In West Virginia In 1912, being valued nt $341,879 compared with 1911. |