The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-12

huto W pf0dute eXhetiy as g0Oui very
many papers of these are always
salable here.
Tho old form Of pin. fortunately OBJ
solete. spoken OF nowadays as the
pin of the old German head" was
what was. made in the early days Of
the industry IN the United States The
era OF the solid headed pin OF now
dates from somewhere in the eighteen
thirties. The old pin has been wisely
described as "a shank with a separate
head OF fine wire twisted around it. y
This head. variously known as ''spun
head" or a "wOund head, would
sometimes fit on tightly and then
again loosely. So apt was it to como
entirely away from the shank that
among the old women Of early in the
century this popular warning to chill
dren arose: Don't scratch your ear
with the head Of a pin; If you do the
head'H come of and make you deaf. =
s- In this country the first attempt AT.
pin manufacturing was made soon
after the war OF 1912. Then, with
wartime prices, a paper OF pins sold
for 81, and they were OF inferior quail
ity to pins bringing now but six cents.
The first place Of manufacturing was
in the old States prison in that part OF
New York known as Greenwich Ill
lage. This enterprise was soon aban-
doned, but tho plant was used else
1. T., H.. la
pin machinery was invented, but It
was several years later before it was
actually put into operation.
Beyond mechanical improvements4ir
execution and finish the difference be-
tween tho old and the present pin is
thus in the heads. Tho "spun" head
was of q finer wire than the shank. 1t
was wound around lathe into spiral.
Three turns Of the spiral cut off fur
nished the head for one pin, Tho
heads, then annealed,s were shaped by
hammer Each, taken up upon a
pi,l-wire this introduced, pointdown-
wards, in holc1 the center OF a
die-was secured by hammers
IL
tho bit of wire having been sharpencd
and filed, by a carrier takes it to tho
first heading die. Hero a steel punch
forces one end OF it into recess.
where the head IS partially formed.
and another heading die little further
on completes the work. Thus the
making of the head Of the solid head
ed pin. =.
Brass is now, as ever. tho most APP
proved material. Iron and steel have
been tried, but iron and steel will rust.
After the filing and the heading the
brass pins go into bath of solution Of
tin, from which they come of silvery
appearance. Many OF the mourning
pins one sees, however, are OF iron
wire. japanned. And thereby is all
their temper or ..spring. y as a pin
man puts it, gone. And no wonder,
for the japanning process in its latter
stages is that OF baking in an oven.
Quite recently. however, a. new
method has been devised. A brass pin
is coated over with black nickel
wash. NO quality OF temper Is de-
stroyed and the necessary luster is OBJ
tanned.
But the pin trade isn't growing. APP
preciably, it has no greater volume
than in 1880. The calculation was
then made that eveay man, woman and
child in America used 144 pins year.
Why no more are used now is ex-
planned by the fact OF their being so
many safety pins to take their place.
These latter, in fact, form separate
business, and since their invention
eighteen years ago have popnlarized
rapidly
The making up Of the paper of pins
entirely by machinery it isis in
two ways. The American stuck is
fourteen rows of twenty pins each. the
English stuck" twelve rows of thirty
each. N. Y. Mail and Express.