The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
100000 NEEDLES A DAY.
THE QUOTA o SEVENTY MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE

Needles, three papers for a penny" reads tn
sign on q Rivington street pushcart. "Needl
cases. all sizes; ladies' companions, sever
cents" is the headpiece tackled to a peddler'
cart further on; a cart piled high with littl,
fiat, slate -colored packets. all set oil with ga!
borders and flower pictures.
What sort Of needles can they be that sci
for that price 2' asked an uptown woman L
whom the weekly east side street bazaar was al
eye and sense opener.
THE same sort that the SNOWY department
shops sell on bargain days for a slightly higher
price, came the answer from q business man
thoroughly familiar with the subject. Every
needle in every one Of those cheap packets will
work havoc with the nerves and temper Of the
person who essays to use 1t. Talk about
evanRelists and humanitarian toilinG to i'm
prove the condition OF the poor by teaching
them department and how to set the table.
and one thing and another. in no one %particu-
could they serve their purpose better than by
keeping these worthless needles out ofthe coun-
try and so averting temptation from the peo-
pie with thin pocketbooks and economical i'm
pulses, These needles are all imported. We
are indebted to Germany for trashy needles.
Germany has been proficient in the art of needle
making for n long time. but IL Is only within
the last six or seven years that the manufac-
turers got on to the exact kind OF n common
| needle tnAt rOnld be n1lmpu OH on AmnFic0.
Since that timethe knowledge has been used
for all it is worth. and at present. although
there are fully n million needles n d,v disposed
| of in this countrv. less tbnn half of thcm ara
satisfactory Examine those in tho noddlers,
packages. or rather try to sew with them. md
YOU will find either the eyes left rough and i'm
perfect. so that they chafe and cut the thread.
or the points blunted. Maybe the size of the
shank is out OF proportion to the eye. or so stub
py ana unpoiished that IL won't pass through
the goods. or else so badly tempered that it
! snaps in two on =, frat trial A good needle will
Cow nd snr, Iii 80 ho 80 80 aa"m
SOW anu sew Well up 20 the iast, even at.eri1
~ pen' % + peen rus'eu anu ceaheo a dozen
nn o'e,i9 1n'V - tIs"u s'He ~ tns
nunporo Oh spool SILK or COTTON IL carries, ana
its point answers to the slightest push in the
hands of tho sewer. b,t tbese sweeninps that
aaa th " nc ~, ono 'meep,rks NAV a.
bright packets and little wallets called ladies'
compnnions, are frauds ont and ont Women
torments. women's nerve triers would be. a
more apt name. See that rosy-cheeked. plump
wasted Jewess buying a companion She
looks placid and good tempered, and as though
small worries would be likely to slip of of her
without head but T warrant sbeJi got r,Iod
wiGhoue heeu. ouI l warrant she IL get ried
ana say ana tnink a nan hundred anathemas
through with those naed,es
'n.ouRn WIN nose neeules'
AhoiS' 'Ho hicV pupSio " q pchhy pcu-
der has got two observation-disclosures Italian yo-
men with the bales Of half finished coats on
their heads. There won't be more than two
needles out OF the whole three papers that will
he Of the least use 70 them Inot IN NJ tbo
70 VI 'h1 e's . u 'Hcii' Look ~ d u tne
bargain-day shops any time and you'll see the
rank and file of women customers buying the
bali in motion. but the w~idelawake mmillinneerse'
dressmakers, and furriers and makers OF flnc,
lingerie and dainty children'ss things never pnt
thpmSalyna In tbn yuov of hayp,, 90 5,nn;yro
nor the amateur home needlewomen. either
there nre ee e5s im and SsedIe it on them that
A million needles used in the United States
the !nrsest single package handled. When
trundied Off the Ship It came on looks almost
thick paper. then enSeio Dpeedduilne'Ga H zinc 'e eo s. {
i io 1oSad an N d y strons w a1d tine d 2sska wS,n Is then hen
cause OF It's weight, must he kept together with
I n,.E e1am rps The p6s6 Nsdw 5s.drf faStoryE hs sns these
for shipment to'all the retail! dealers through
Hf IN an nae u sUHntr nnd Is o q ers 81 s nla @any T ssua 5Gldin q;
paper exactly at the same time and in the same
s sRald4s down deS ro and in ,9H th { .R" rSsp senlsS ho lS ens
of the h @Yiriaa sh ii / sGGI SiatsrI 6s TGie bn are , sizsd
ali on a level. or else stuck singIy in red and
blue flannel beds for the better coonyvenience Of
are Women and Riris. Deftnes sa and p pips2sEo
ing exactness are main attributes If e1uin-
ment; and there are men oyerseeTs on The LIonk-
out that no odd-sized or undergraied needle
Sins in with it's betters-this with fine Grade
goods"and that there is no siacEness noE mis-,
matching in The folding. giuing. and packinS
I'VE Sort out and rack the needles here
amid the SUPERINTENDENT Of n New Yort nee-
dlc rortorv :! For Two var q M MeT = 1o.k zee
in the seventies. needles were made in this
country in n New England factory but the ene
terprise was abandoned becanse The worF-
mems wages were too high 10 oIimit ~, nnrndt
The law in regard 10 comfract Inhnr hoap stiIi
further backened the project. but we'll Get
around gradually 10 doing it. now that SO many
iabor.snyinp devices are heinz hrnugbt nnft
especially in OF" line. The Enthusiastically
machine is the Iotest har,iiv Indar ryov yat-
but sure 70 be a signal factor in redn mhy y H.
expense of Inc hand labor, There are "onstopnft
the eve Of the needle and in n The tenn nar
which has ALWAYS been a stumbIinp HAL r.
speedv manufa"fIre With ali tbasa NJ No., "
ments and Facilities aiready" estn bIisheaf, N
the process incident 70 the nal 10 and ttba
perfect finish ~ n nnedIe must aIwnrs ba u udone
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