Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-08
, ,upAIGN BUTTONS.
,ae ALL MANUFACTURED IN A v NEW JERSEY CITY.

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 ,.a . monopoly of the Industry.
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 o's 4 Fad of the Day-The Buttons
 s's. i For Many Purposes.
 ..o campaign badge buttons of
 Al at,v VI are made in Newark, II. J.
 'y ill undoubtedly surprise the gen. | ills .sader, s, but it is true just the same. 2 fa m s,,n does the business, and the ' p ers m bs4e made q big fortune. The
 'fpi, orialaated there, and owing to
 plVp nratfction the industry IS con- 43pito E', that city.
 5gl e / ori.,iaator of the button began i'll
 lp9 9sst wav in 1870 He started with
 lyu 'l nrinting press and made q spe-
 sl@' l.~ # light job work. Today he is q
 ll'5 illustration of what push, pluck $ 'lns 'ls5,scyerance can accomplish. From
 pp gtinp office in a little store he has
 p .t m 2 business that is known from
 al' s'a ' h Mexico. The firm gives em-
 snr nneot ali the year round to about
 S hands It has originated an indus
 rbieh is unique i'll it's way, and ev..
 7 mo of the million badges and but s |s '9s fnrped cut of the shop is peripa=
 p V. adyertisement of Newark as an in- 4 .;al cputer
 pr ,t nresent there is an unsuitable de
 .n1 for Mckinley buttons and badges
 @ D'lf . million have already been sold. @ s s1 they are being turned out by the
 1,a.apd every day. An excellent DOT
 -sit If this presidential possibility is
 ,.nted on the eelluloid surface. The
 friP Morton badge is in high favor, 3 sttbe Themas B Reed badge is gain g@pon t for second place ill popular de- smd Thousands of Allison badges aiWebee made and shipped to the west, sbp the demand for political badge ahttons is particularly strong. ] The button is q simple looking affair. I art tho firm has all it's parts covered by s x patents The buttons are of three 9Fnjs One IS shaped like an ordinary Hnf button another has 8 screw back, aal q third is button shaped, but is fe,gel y-ith pin. This latter is the <hest and will doubtless be the most anular. These badges cost about cent a aob at wholesale, but some of them are none expensive. A new idea is the nnting of the insignia, or inscription, Ib three colors, and the badge bearing IAe Cuban flag is among the first of the 4v designs
 There is a renewed demand for the Harrison buttons that were turned out apentifully four years ago. The button badge Is fad today. It ga started only 8 few years ago and Jumped into popular favor at once, so |arch so that there is not hamlet, However small, that does not contain |pople walking abont wearing these Judges made in Newark. At first the button badge was made for 6 society lsdge The original ones were made of |netal, and the G. A. R. button has the 5mOr of being about the first 1t an- @eed it's purpose admirably, and then idemand was made for a cheaper kind dbutton. The stamped tin button fol- hged and it ill turn was succeeded by tho present. day fad, a button with 6 |Nluloid surface, backed on a tin or 6eap metallic base. Today the latter is largely used for advertising and sou .1nir purposes and is adapted to every pMCeVable kind of an advertisement. lthere great international yacht race a hand, immediately q button is put @ the market for the rival yachts, and Ae advocate shows his or her preference V the button displayed in a conspicuous apel Almost every bicycle manufac- ilfer in the country has button bear ag the wheels trademark, and at the aeent bicycle shows these buttons were easerly sought as souvenirs by the wis iton
 The advance agent of a coming theat- sNal attraction goes into the town with sleW press notices and a satchel full of aiqge buttons, on which is inscribed e name of the attraction or some catch Hliase from it, and in some mysterious Nays these badges find immediate circu- Auon, and every other man and boy 0atltutes himself into walking ad- Fatsement.
 me button badge is only one feature VI VI llls great badge making industry. ], tAe nm has improved, ill fact, has rev auuonlzed, the style of badges for all "slons Formerly the badges for re- apuohs, processions, conventions, so- 1V gatherings, etc., were elaborate, s@ ' generally in harmonious combina- S s0S of ribbon, tinsel and gilt lettering. s0aay they are highly artistic in design 'nu oeantiful in appearance.
 mere Is no demand of importance, VI ssN for buttons or badges containing q' T portraits of Democrats. Now and 4'l s an order is received for few but ss Is nearing the face of President Cleve- m @uu These are filled out of a stock of ssseland M, emblems yet remaining on s ssaq nom the campaign of 1892. -Bos- On Herald.
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