The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-10-05
Sels-Naae Me=.

Joseph elliott, the eminent steal pen
manufacture. was born at Sheffield in
October lI99 died Of pleurisy, January 5,
1872 SSed =. at his residence. Wastbourne
roGd. EigbsrSon. birmingham. He Is said
70 be the first 70 use machinery Tor max
lng steel pens Originally & poor grinder
s. Sheffield. his first employrnsnt was that
Of steel toy Or tool-msGng, HIS attention.
however. WIS soon directed % steel pens.
which were then INSIDE by hand. IN very
limited quantities, 81 cost o. about = Cd
esch- When he was y yesrs Of sge, the
cutlery trade n Sheffield being much de-
pressed young elliott went 70 BirminS-
ham and commenced the manufacture Of
steel buckles and other articles q polished
steel for personal ornament He hsd no
cspitsl, but CREST skill. He waS an ex
csIsnI workman. gnd possessing IS he did
great amount q taste. he soon
obtained abundance Of orders, and became
prosperous At this time the steel pen
c-sde-no insignificant branch q the steel
manufacture az the present dsy-wGs II 3
tentative condition Josiah Mason and
Perry q the Morning Chronicle news
p2psrs were experimenting. and TWO
brothers, named respectively John and
William Mitchell. were actually making,
by tedious method. 8 fairly good article
Ihey were assisted u their work BY S
SISTER. By some fortunate accident elliott
and Mss Mitchell met. and the old. old
story bslng n Their cGSe soon told they
entered into an engagement 70 marry.
She told her intended husb2nd Of her oc-
cupsuOn, and CfillOtt az once conceived
TIE l1ss that the press. the useful iuple-
me1r q the button trade, might, with
some new tools 70 suit, produce pens II
large numbers very rapidly. With ms own
hands n the upper nom -. Of his house.
ne secretly worked until he had mastered
the difficulty, and co1ld. unassisJed. pro
duce Is many pens 81 twenty pairs q
hands under the old system could turn
out There was an enormous demand for
his goods. and a. he wanted help, and
sec-esy was sssg r-- --s. the young cou-
PIE married: and II after life Mr. elliott
-sed 70 tel how. on the wedding morning.
before gong 70 church. LIE made with his
Cwr hands 3 groSs o. pens and sold them
e one shilling each. reaIislr- thereby the
sun Of Il - Living II 9 small house ii
Bread street elliott a1d his wife worked
II the garnet no one else assisting. The
manufacture Of steel pens was then only
n crude state. for they were blue6
and vanished IN 8 common tryingpan
over 8 kitchen fire Such. however. was
the demand. and the goods were produced
II such quantities that the Young couple .
uzde money faster than they knew what
% DO with II They were afraid 10 invest
Il g. Il might tell Of large profits 80 Mr..
elliott opened several banking accounts.
being afraid that II lie paid al his profits
into one bank II might excite cupidity and
- bring about competition In the course 4
q 6 few years he built large factories. and .
then commenced % advertise extensively. f.
{ practice which he continued during the .
rsE@ 16ar Of his life The number Of pens f
uroCuced By elliott II 1885 was 36Ul0.-
Ulo By means q IzbCur saving machinery 4
which elliott introduced the price Of the .
pens tel E0D one shilling each 70 less .
than that sum Der Er0ss- and the steel pen +
came into universal Use At the time OF .
NJ. Glll1ct's death the number Of pens
produced weekly 81 his EO-zs was some 4
thing enormous. and can scarcely Be SCI f.
down IN figures The average weight OF .
the weekly make exceeded i've tons. and
5Y0lld give result II numbers OF some
thing Ike sixty thousand gross or nine F.
million separate pens. sent out from this
mandatory every week He went II tCr
quality II his pens rather than LJvneSS Of I
urice and II 81 the affairs Of life Il wss
Joke Of his that the best Of everything
vas god enough for him" He earnestly .
carried out n life the desire 70 do and +
possess - the best that could be attained T
The six DAYS sale Of Mr. GillOtt's pictures z
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