The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

site directions. hooked them together.
stamped the seams down alright. and
threw the completed body into trough at
the rate of So 600 a day, A boy picked up
the bodies, put the ends on. after which
each dropped out wirh the edges pinched
together and doubled over making an air
tight joint. while groove had been turned
into the end rhat doubled the strength Of
the box. The boy did this at the rate OF
about five thousand day for ordinary pep
per cans. Where the box was larger and
square in shape another machine, invented
by workman in the shop, pinched the
edges between two square cans making a
similar joint to the delight of the beholder
and the profit of the workman and his EN-
ployer. The division of labor is such that
the greatest efficiency is obtained. Women
do the vanishing because they can do it
better than men or boys They also put
the colors on the cans by means of paper
stencils where the order is small. A boy
punches tops and bottoms out of sheets of
tin, guiding the sheet by the eye so that
waste has only a hairs breadth, although
he cuts thousands in an hour Everything
works a. smoothly in the shop a. if
creased and ar vocifs rous!y as if it were &;
boiler shop
The proprietor Of the factory smiled
when the grocer's words were repeated.
He said:
Tin box makers take special pride in
their fine work. 1t is safe to say that We
are educating the taste of the masses OF the
people. Look at this"
He pointed to an old tin tea chest, orna-
mented with picture of ChinaInaE, whose
long moustaches pointed toward two chests
of tea, which he was carrying suspended
from wooden yoke across his neck and
shoulders
did you ever see Chinaman with a
brigand moustache? That's the old style.
Now We have flowers that stand out SO
that you can almost see the leaves shake
and scenes from nature that are attractive
to educated eyes. Ten cents worth Of tin
worth it, and can only he sold at the price be-
cause We make many of the same kind. We
import all of our tin. We pay 81. 10 box
duty. There is no tin factory in America.
Sheet tin. you know, is thin sheet iron
plated with tin. Two firms tried to make
it at Pittsburg. With duty of thirty Five
per cent in their favor, they made tin of
inferior quality, and then charged more
than We would have to pay for the foreign
article laid down in this city. That duty is
horizontal reduction does not reach. II
there were no duty We would compete with
paste-board boxes for many purposes. So
our industry is repressed by its protection.
Our pay roll shows that boys of fifteen
make from 81 to ~ per week and that in
every department the pay il high for the
class employed. As result of the use of
machines and well-pai labor, are able
to import tin. pay the tax and freight
make the goods, pay freight ON them back
to England, and sell the boxes for much
less money than the English box makers
charge"
How cheap can you make boxess''
I'VE can make plain pill boxes as low
as s21 rs per Thousand. Spice boxes cost
about - thousand If you want any
thing handsome we could make it for eco
or s25 thousand Those candy boxes in
colors the grocer showed you Were worth
500 thousand In small lots, with colors
laid on by hand the tea canisters are
made at from " to sl0each when wanted
How much waste do you have in
day?''
About four tons.
Sell it?''
Yes; at "a a ton
What is done with it?
The iron is made into window weights;
the tin is used up in making chemicals.
Other uses could be made of each.
How many boxes can yon make in
day.
If We hump ourselves We can turn out
300, 900 of all sizes. Our regular days
work is 100000
''Whew. Where do they all go TOP"
ITO the ash barrels eventually. One
baking powder firm takes 30, 900 day of
us. Patent medicine men, fruit, meat and
vegetable packers all buy tin cans. The
tin can or box is omnipresent, because it is
perfect in its way and Is just rs cheap
as the law will allow" 7. Sun.