New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-28

ONE FACTORY MAKES ENOUGH TO GIVE ONE TO
EVERY MAN

ONE FACTORY MAKES ENOUGH TO GIVE ONE TO
EVERY MAN
vewarl y l. Jan q (spcciaD Hard times have
mad. no difference with the corkscrew. Nor" Of
,ho,n than cvlr were turned out during The last
year Newark is the birthplace OF most OF the CORK
screws Of tho world Hence this is good spot To
90, statistics IN the subject When II II stated that
one firm i'm this city alone made $1,000" cork
screws last year the size and importance Of the In
dua,rv will be- understood This beats the record.
The Wilson bill isn't supposed to disturb III" trIf'ic
in th. least, 1t il hard TO see just what ~ done
with all the corkscrews that are manufactured
every twelve months. There must be n tremendous
lot 81 them broken and lost The fact that the last
wears Weld was big enough 10 supply every voter
an the globe with one and leave enough over TO
suprlv the advocates Of women suffrage. Is proof Of
the statement
The average length Of tho corkscrew Is three inches
II the corls rows turned the market by one nrin
in 1896 could b. laid length to length they would have
extended from New-York to San Francisco. would
have spanncd the Pacific ocean AMI reached half
way across Japan This. be 1t remembered. was the
work Of only on. establishment. II all the new
corlscrcws of 1895 could be numbered. they would
doubtless be sufficient to supply every nhabant Of
this sphere with one OF the articles.
II required nearly 100 simply to twist the
screws for the lGOc0,00 implements These men
worked full time, too. and every day of the year,
except sundays and holidays. 1t took "A number
more hands to make the wooden and other styles
Of handles. There nearly nifty varieties In the
market. Among them are the ring handle. steel
wire screws for dcmijohns and large bottles. the
folding screw and the broad wire handle screw.
Scveral years ago an ice-pick and cigarbox opener
,vas made with a screw concealed In the steel tube
handle The tube be slipped OF and the ice
| nick forms the handle OF the screw. Another nov
el,v has a brush ih the handle. so that the waiter
| in a restaurant Is not obliged his fingers
! in the neck of wine bottI, in
| order TO remove the particles Of cork and dust.
| For champagne bottles "A screw Is made with a
| ado I'm one end Of the handle 10 cut the twine
| araund tho cork Another hanue contains both the
| hi,Ic and the brush. The power corkscrew Is an
| inpenious and popular arrangement. which saves
| the knees md arms from tusse with obstina 10
cnr, cone Of steel fits over the neck of the bot
Re ana thr screw draws the cork whne the cone
presses on the bottle , ,.
Chean novelties out or twisted wire have also
| hon Invented and patented by those In the cork
tbesc I, can be pushed into "A board and easily
mnvo1 aft"r serving temporary hatrack II
| can he purchased for 81 a gross. and retails at
| cents sniral paper hooks wall hooks, hat and Goa
| racks and stair buttons card suspenders and hold
| ers blll nles soap holders pickle forks. toastine
| and vere,nblc forks and spiral shoe button hooks
| are also manufactured here In Newark. There Is
| aiso a. ,o1,handed corkscrcw. The original was
| made f,r a Icft-handed bartender, and II has beer
| popular 4 Newark firm turns out over 10000
| pockef cork screws every year.
| The ouerv has already been raised as to what be
! comes of ali the corkscrews. Ga course loss and