Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-05-03
A GENUINE M'KlNLEY INDUSTRY.
The Only American Needle Company Wants
Help From Patriots.

The Only American Needle Company Wants
Help From Patriots.
No moro thoroughly patriotic Amer
lean industry exists on our soil under
the shade Of Mckinley protection than
that represented by the American Nee
die company. Under date of March 8
this company sent out IAN appeal for
American labor. 1t stated:
1--WE are the only American needle
company, employ less than 400 hands
and now almost ready to fail for want
Of trade, because so many imagine that
English needles arc the best Look at
any paper Of needles, and you will find
either the lion and unicorn or crown on
tho label. Weguarantee that our needles
arc stronger and superior in finish to
any of English manufacture and at a
much lower price than they ask for their
best Pittsburg bessemer steel and Biz
mingham (Ala steel are better than the
English.
"Thcn why buy English goods2 Pa
tronizo us Save the Is per cent duty
which you are now paying to help enrich
British capitalists and give Americans
tho preference Thinking that you will,
we have taken the liberty to send an as
sortment Of our best needles, only 2, 600,
SO worth, which we most earnestly be-
seech you to examine, and finding them
as represented please send us tho 50
within 10 days. In making this humble
request do not look at it as undignified,
but place yourself in our position, with
largo amount finished stock OH hand,
which must be sold 50 we can get cash
to buy steel and keep our people en-
ploycd on shut down for tho want OF
ready money We arc not trying to over
stock you, therefore send only ~ worth. "
1t stated that its Martha Washing
ton silver eyed needles" Mt 81 per 1000
were as good as English makes at from
81. 40 TO $l.75 per 1000. At tho head
Of the circular was n cut of tho large five
story factory Of the American Needle
company, whoro less than 400 hands"
wcro presumably employed.
A doubling Thomas on tho editorial
staff Of Tho Dry Goods Economist saw
tho circular. lie had never before heard
that needles were mado III this country,
and no sent II representative to tho foot
of East ono Hundred and Sixteen street.
New York city, to visit tho immense
factory, and il possible to got an inter
view with tho proprietor. He succeeded
in locating tho now industry, but found
it less imposing than was expected. 1t
was in "a ramshacklo ono story and
basement, about 30 by 60 feet, with II
reformed stable for an annex. lIo says
tho "loSs than 400 hands is true
enough. Actual count makes tho num-
bcr Just 1886 less. These II girls and four
men are, as far Ms the reporter could see,
busily engaged in manufacturing
"Amorican needles" by simply opening
the cases containing tho products Of Eu-
ropoan mills and putting the contents up
in small packages
Hereafter the tin plate tho pearl but
ton and most others Of tho ropnted Nc
Kinloy industries must tak9a back scat.
Tho only others to DO classcd with this
ono AFRO those great agricultural in
dustrics of macaroni and "chicory' SO
wildly portrayed in somo of Eli Per-
lSins' numerous protection essays In
decd it is not improbable that I'M invcs-
tigation would reveal tho patriotic and
/ mondacious Eli rs tho proprietor of this
latest American industry"
BYRON w. HOLT