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Coffee Market.

NEW YORK, May 1L-COFFEE-The
s points lower and after cali further eased
off under liquidation and active bear pres
sure, based on easier foreign mar
kets and liberal receipts in the
crop country. Trading was active
at times, though new business of impor-
lance failed to come forward The close
lower. Total sales were 1880 bags, in
GLIDING July at SOC; September, 300
March, 5.90c, .,gN
NEW YORK, May 17-COFFEE-spot
Rio. quiet; No. Z invoice, 51Aci mild, quiet;
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cattle steady, Hogs and sheep strong
and Lambs Higher.

CHICAGO. May 1T.-CATTLE-Receipts
100 head; market nominal, steady; good 10
prime. steers, $1O0d7.50; poor to medium,
S,OOq6SO; stockers and feeders. $275dS.5O;
H.50d2.5O; bulls, $2.75d5. 20; calves, $2,O06I.OO;
Texas FED steers, S.50d65O.
HOGS-Receipts, 1900 head; estimated
for Monday, $500; left over, $500; strong
mixed and butchers, S6.95dI35; good to
choice heavy, SI.35QZf7h; rough heavy, 500
rs.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. 1000
head; sheep strong, lambs strong to loc
fair to choice mixed, &.5096.O; western
sheep, S.O0d6.5O; native lambs, clipped. $3.50
$3.50; western lambs, $5.5036. IS; Colorado
wooded lambs, top, T.45.
Of1cial Vesterday.
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STOCK cows AND HEIFERs.
........... $40 40
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS.

@sHH
HOGS-There was a fair sized run of
hogs today, there being a decrease OF about
1000 from yesterday and an increase OF
about 500 over Saturday OF last week. With
favorable reports from other points the
market here opened active and fully DC
higher than yesterdays close on all classes
Of hogs. Good heavy hogs were in demand
and sold readily at prices a big DC higher,
ranging mostly from H.15 to 81 p and as high
as S7.S5 was paid for a prime load. Medium
weights were in fair demand and sold AT
prices ranging from 800 to $7l5. Light hogs
were not In great demand but sold mostly
In the morning the market took, a slump
and for a time practically nothing was
light stun. unsold. which the packers did
not seem 10 want, and the close could be
quoted very slow and weak.
The market for the week has been in
very good shape and prices have averaged
higher than they did a week ago, Wednes,
day and Thursday were the high days OF
the week, and also the high days since
Nav OF 1898. On Friday there was a slight
drop. but the loss was about regained on
Saturday. Representative sales:
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New York Mining 41otatIOns.
weekly Bank statement.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE statement, OF
the associated banks for the week ending
today shows: Loans, $S79, 800, decrease
O73, ZOO; circulation, $3l. 273, 200, increase, $4S,-
600; legal tenders, S73, 56l, 200, increase 1881,
700; specie, $16s, S25, 800, decrease S1,664,0O
reserves, S242, 3S7, 900, decrease $1,132,9 800; re-
serve required, 1924, O40, O75. decrease S6,0lS,-
AS; surplus, $S,S46, 525, increase S4,SS5,525
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New Yorls Live Stool Market.

NEW YORK, May 17.-BEEVES-Re-
ceipts, 12s head; feeding stock steady,
dressed beef firm at 9h4llc per 10. Gables
cattle. lis sheep and $500 quarters OF beef.
CALVES-No receipts; feeding steady;
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 2.O5S
head: steady to frm; clipped sheep, 1900
500 per 100 lbs. clipped lambs. $6.25q7.l is;
lambs, IS; spring lambs, per head, A2J:
dressed muttons, Shql2c per h.; dressed
HoGsNReceipts, 1854 head; feeling
steady.
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sugar Market.

NEW YORK. May 17.-sUGAR-Raw,
steady tss l fair rsMfi 6 = 2%SS; eeHtrifR KssDsS g
No. ., $.S5c;" No. 10. .S.Soe;' No II, S.75c; No.
ard A, 4.45c; confectioners' A, 4.45c; mould
A, Sc; cut loaf, 5.15c; crushed, 5.l5c; pow
dered, 4.75ci graduated, 4.65c; cubes, 4.90c
NEW ORLEANS, May 17-SUGAR-
Strong; open Kettle, 2h4S 3-16c; open kettle
centrifugal, 3q3hc; centrifugal, yellow, 81
Q41bc; seconds, 2hqS 3-16c. Molasses, dull;
centrifugal, 6Q16c.
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Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, May 1L.-CoTToN-Fu-
lures closed weak; May. S.9sc; June, $500;
July, 5000; August, s.4Sc; September, S;O2c;
1886; January, 1850; February. 1850; spot
closed quiet, Bc lower; middling uplands.
sac; middling gulf, sSc; sales, 3.410 bales.
GALVESTON, Tex, May 17.-COTTON-
Quiet but steady at sAc.
ST. LOUIS. May H-cOTToN-Easy and
1-l6c lower; middling, 9hc; sales. none;
receipts. 81 bales; shipments, nope; stock,
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Exports md Imports

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE imports OF
dry goods and merchandise at the port Of
New York for this week were valued at
$40, GA, 7SS. Exports of specie from this port
to all countries for the week aggregated
1851, 800 silver and $13 $500 gold. The imports
Of specie this week were $ls,S74 gold and
Sc, 4O6 silver.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, May 1~7.-Today's state
ment of the treasury balances in the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the Sl5O,0O0.OOO golC
reserve in the division of redemption
shows: Available cash balance, $SS,OOo'Sls
gold. S97. 6l2. $50.
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nrH Gnodn Market.

NEW YORK, May 1T-DRY GoODS-The
week in the dry goods market closed with
out change In general conditions here. The
demand today was quiet throughout. The
tone was dull, but generally steady. Print
coming Onward. Cotton yarns are easier
for both weaving and knitting kinds. Wor-
sted yarns Arm.
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teady; broilers. 2sas5c; fowls. lac; turkeys.

steady; broilers. 2sas5c; fowls. lac; turkeys.
13d1tc.
METALS-Today's metal markets were
steady: prices were unchanged. Spot tin
was quoted at S3005d30.30 81. The london
day. The copper market stood at these
prices: Standard, spot to August. S1i.756
1900. lake. {12. 12hdl2.37h; electrolytic, f11.9 90
d12C0; casting. Si.s7hd12.O0. Lead was
quoted at A12Ik and spelter at SAB. Iron
steady and unchanged.
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81. Joseph Live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH, May n.CArTLE@51Rs.
cows and heifers, A.5Oa6.75; veals. $500
500; stockers and feeders, s2-2Sq5.4b.
HOGS-Receipts. 1000 head; strong; light
and light mixed. S6SO67. 22h; medium and
heavy, S.lOd7.37h: pigs, Al5g50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts' 100 head;
market steady.
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.No. 2. a old. b New.

GIsn Huotations We're as foIows:
FLOUR-Steady; winter patents. 50. 90a
800; s~traights, &.4043.S0; clears, 50. 20a3. SO;
spring. specials. $430q4.4O; patents, $3.50a
$50; straights. $s.0Oq3.9O.
74hc; No. 2 red, 79dS1c. ~
OATS-No. 2, 45k@43%c; No. 2 white, ASH
@t6c; No: 3 white, HhG45%c.
RYE-No. 2. 59hd60c.
BARLEY-Fair to choice mailing, 7O072c.
SEEDS-No. l fax. SLIGO; No. / north
western, SlIi prime timothy, $6.35; clover,
PROVISIONS-Mess pork, per Dbl, ST. 25
qlI.@. Lard, per 100 lbs. SO. 3OalO. 32h.
Short ribs sides Qoose), 50. 70d9.SO. DRY
salted shoulder (boxed). $S00dS.25. Short
clear sides (boxed). $0.40910.5O.
basis OF high wines, $3.50.
The following were the receipts and ship
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Enreirn

aOif aOc; exchange on London, 25f nc. Span
ish As closed at 1851. The private rate OF
discount was ih per cent.
BERLIN, May n.-E1change on London,
0m 4spfgs. The rate Of discount for short
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Wool Market.

BOSTON, May 17.-wOoL-Strictly fine
on the secured basis is quoted
at 47Q4Sc; fine and fine medium
at 43945c, staple at 4SQ50c and
medium at S794Oc. Fine washed heeces are
very quiet, with the offerings small. Ohio
Xxx and above, 26Q27c; x, 24@25c. with
Michigan X, 22q24c. Ohio delaine is quoted
at 2S429c. No. / washed combing, 26926hc.
The market on Australian wool is very
firm. Choice combing secured is quoted,at
70Q72c; good, 67q6Sc, and average, 65q66c.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-WOOL-Dull; me-
dunn grades, 15h417zc; light fine, 19915c;
heavy fine, 1O912c; tub-washed, 15d25c.
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ToIedo Grain and Seed.

TOLEDO, o., May H-wHEAT-Dull;
steady; cash, sac; May, s4hc; July. Tc;
coRNNDuli; steady; cash. ahc; May.
1ATSNDuH' easier: cash. axe; May,
4slkc; July, SAC; September, 1S%e.
~SEED-CloVer, dull; easier; cash. S.O0;
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On the. Produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creameries, 1SQ
N4c; dairies, l7620c. Cheese, steady at u
9lSc. Eggs, steady; fresh, 13%c.
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sioux city Live stock Market.

SIOUX CITY, May ~17.-(Special .Tele-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ooS go 90. head;
feeders, $2.5O9460; yearlings and calves,
81. 1901 "a.
HOGS-Receipts. 1850 head market
strong to sc higher, selling $6sO97.2o; bulk.
Sc. 9047.05.
demand.
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Kansas city Grain and ProvisiOns.

KANSAS CITY. May I7.-wHEAT-May,
72%c;. July, nHe; cash, No hard 74c;
fNSS;7sac; rs . N Spring S1c. "S'n'' NO o
CoRN-May, .621te; September, 56SQ55hc;
cash. No. 2 mixed. 639ei11c; No. 2 white,
"oATs~No. 2 white. 4A9+hc.
RYE-No. 2, 5shq6Oc;
HAY-Choice timothy, $3.50; choice
prairie, S12- 5O@13.00.
BUTTER-Creamery, 2oc; dairy. fancy,
lsc,
cases Included. l3hc doz.. loss on; cases
returned, l3c.
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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1909.

bills was is per cent and for three months
bills PA per cent.
LONDON, Gay 17.-Gold premiums are
quoted as follows: At Buenos Ayres, ltONi
at Madrid, 1872; at Rome, 2.S1; at Lisbon,
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patents. sas5aa75; nrst clears. s2.sOds.0
second clears, $3.50.
BRAN-In bulk, S4OOa145o.
Market.

PEORIA. Ill. May 1E-CoRN-Essier.
No. 3, SIC.
WHIsRYSsi.so for finished goods.
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Duluth Grain Market.

1 hard, 7S%c; No. 2 northern. 735tc; No. !
northern and July, 757sc; May. 75Ac; Sep
TENDER T3Lc.
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Bank CIearings.

OMAHA, May 1I-Bank clearings for the
week ending today show an increase OF
Sos, 5g9. 80 over those OF the corresponding
week OF last year. The daily figures read;
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milwaukee, Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE,. May I7.-wHEAT-Eas-
Ter; close: No. 1 northern, nqn&c; No. 2
northern. 7eq7S%e: July. 5tAe.
RYE-Quiet; No. ]. 6Sq6S&c-
BARLEY-Firm; No. 2. 7Shc; sample, IS
@73c.
CoRN-July. 6lSc.
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PhnadeIphia Produce Market

PHILADELPHIA, May >17.-BUTTER-
Quiet; prints lie lower. extra western
creameries, 2Sc; extra nearby prints, 24c.
EGGS-Firm and in fair demand; fresh
nearby, 161kql1c; fresh western, .l6A4l7c;
fresh southwestern, 16ql6l9c; fresh south
CHEESE-steady; New York full creams,
prime, small new, l2h6l2hc; New York
fair 70 good, new, llhQl2c.
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stock In sight.

The following table shows the receipts
cipal markets for May ~;
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OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Condition or Trade and Quotations on
staple and Fancy Produce.

pike, S9lOc; perch, Sc; buTafo. dressed, &c;
FISH, 13c; black bass, lsc; halibut, lie; sal
mon, Ice; haddock, lie; Goldfish, lie; red
snapper, 1Oc; roe shad. each. 6Oc; shad roe.
sters, boiled, per lb.. Csc: Holsters, green.
IIRGEoNGssaIkiye; Per dO1.. 75G
CoRN-6lc.
HAY-7Prices quoted by Omaha Whole
sale Hay Dealers association: Choice
R h'SyS,; No No. i e e8aFas. Z; k ES; s i ~sd & 3.
and iHi' quality PhiSs' pemand fair, Recsi GSS light light.
VEGETABLES.
EGG PLANT-Florida, per doz., H.25.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES per box,
PoTAToEs-Northern, n.oO@1.1o; Colo
RADIO, SIPS; new potatoes, per h., 3h64c.
GREEN ONIONS-Per doz.. according to
size of punches, 15q25c.
ASPARAGUS-Home grown, per doz., IS
a4Oc.
Recommendations per doz., $3.50
LETTUCE-Hothouse, per doz, 25c.
PARSLEY-Per doz.. 30d35c.
RADIsHES-Per doz., 2Oq25c; per box,
WAX BBANs-Ilinois. per box, 81; II
GREEN PEAs-Per bu. box. H.75q2.OO per
one-third bu.. 65Q75c.
RHUIBARBI5H9me grown. per ID, 1hc.
ONIONSENew southern onions, in sacks,
ToMATT0oEs-Florlda, per s-basket crate,
NAVY BEANs-Per bu.. 81
FRUITS.
CHERRIEs-California. per box. s1.75.
FlGS-California, ne wcartons, 81; i'm
sTRAWBERRiEs-Per 24-qt. case, 50. 25a
GoosEBERRIEs-Per Act. case. s2.Oa
TROPICAL FRUITS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 30 to SO count,
BHNANAs-Per bunch. according to size,
MISCELLANEOUS.
HONEY-Per 24-section case, g. 7593.oo.
CIDER-Nehawka, per bbl., 1925; New
PoRSoRNIPer lby SC; shelled. &c.
,2s: bard WsheiIl per TG h.! / s fisc ;hf ~. per 500. Of
shell, ioci No. . hard shell, &C.; BrSzlis. per
lb 14Gj hlberts, per II: i2c; almonds: soft
b. 12c; small, 1Oc; %cocoanuts, per sack,
HiPgE rs ! green cen. gSSs; No; 2 green sn
cali, ls to IS lbs &C.; drx, hides .S9l2c; sheep
OLD METALS-A. B. Alpern quotes the
ton, $40; iron, stove plate, per ton, " 5Oi
copper, per lb., sac; brass, heavy, per H.,
SIC; brass, light, per h., &c; lead, per h.,
3hc; zinc, per h., &c; rubber, per h., &c.
st. Louis Grain and Provisions.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-wHEAT-Lower
No. 2 red, each, elevator, sic; track, STAG
sc; May 7sc; July, 72%c September, 72Nc;
C~ORN-Lower: No. 2 cash, 62Hc; track,
sac; May, 6l%c; July, 607sc; September
6ATs-Lower; No. 2 cash, 4sc; track. 4sA
9Sg+c; May, 5Sc; JSly; S2Nc; September
FLOUR-Market quiet; red winter pat.
ents, $3.65Q3.8 80; extra fancy n straight
s.. 36Q3.50; clear, $3.Ooq3.20
SEED-Timothy, steady. &.0o9625.
CORNMEAL-Steady, 1915. i.
BRAN-Quiet; sacked. east track, s2kc.
.HAY-Strong; timothy, sl2.6oQls.6o; prai'
WHISKY-Steady, $3.50.
IRON COTTON TIES-Steady, $105.
BAGGINGNSteady, 5bq6%c.
HEMP TWINE-9c.
Professionalism, lower; jobbing. old
81. 421t; new, .Sl7.s21s. Lard, firm, 5000: Dry
$40; clear ribs, $1Oi short clears. SIC. 121z
Bacon (boxed), steady; extra shorts, $l0S7hi
clear ribs, $l0.S7h; short clear. $11.
METALS-Lead, steady at $S.97k44yO0
Spelter, strong at ATTY.
POULTRY-Steady; 10c; tur-
keys. Sc; ducks, 61fc; geese, 464Mc.
BUTTER - Steady; creamery, 16Q2Sc,
dairy, l6920c.
E~GGS-Steady at lac.
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MINNEAPOLIS. May NII.-WHEAT-May
and July, 75Nc; on track. No. ] northern,
764c; No. 2 northern. 7bNc-
FLOUR-Ftrst patents, SSooS.S; second
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Lonaou stock auotanons.

BAR sILvER-steadyi Billed per
ounce.
MONEY-lhq2h per cent. The rate of
discount In the open market for both short
and three months bills is 2A92 1915 per
cent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-30
Iowa's Pearl Button Industry.
Making Pearl Buttons From Clam Shells One of the Important Manu-
featuring Interests of the State

the mode of making pearl buttoEu:
After the mussels have been cooked and
the meat removed, the shells are taken
TO the factories and stored in sheds.
They are then sorted into three differ
ent sizes and soaked in barrels of water
from three to six days to render them
less brittle. They must be used While
wet, otherwise they crumble under the
saw. The next step is the cutting or
the saving of the rough blanks. The
shells are usually held with pliers while
being cut, but some savers hold them
in their hands. The saws are hollow,
cylindrical pieces of steel, two inches
wide, and with a diameter correspond
ing to the size of the button. AT one
end these cylinders are provided with
fine teeth; they are adjusted to lathes
in which they revolve. AS the saver
holds the shell against the saw, the
blanks are cut out and passed back into
the saw and saw holder and drop into
receiver. The next step is the dress
ing or grinding of the back of the blank
to remove the skin and make an even
surface To accomplish this. each blank
has to be held with the finger against
revolving emery wheel. Then comes
the turning, by which the front of the
button is given it's form, including the
central depression. When the holes are
Grilled the button is complete, with the
exception of the polishing process,
which brings out the natural luster
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which was lost in the grinding. 1t is
chief value. The polishing is effected
by placing the buttons in bulk in large
wooden tumblers or kegs in which they
are subjected to the action of a chemi-
cal fluid as the tumblers revolve. BY
mutual contact. combined with the eff
feet of the fluid, the buttons become
highly lustrous. Then they are washed.
dried and sorted into sizes and grades
OF quality. After being sewed on cards
and packed in pasteboard boxes, the
buttons are ready for the market.
The majority of the factories in the
west do not finish the buttons, but
merely cut the blanks. These are then
sent to the factories in the east, which
are supplied with improved machinery
for the finishing of the buttons. Some
Of these eastern factories formerly
made buttons cut of imported mother
CT pearl shells, but now their principal
work is the finishing of the home prod
uct.
Notwithstanding the enormous prog
ress this branch of the industry has
made during the last five years, 1t is
yet in its infancy. The only disquiet-
ing circumstance is the injudicious and
wanton depreciation of the shell depos-
its. The beds in front of Muscatine,
Iowa, are already exhausted, and unless
something is done to protect the mus
sells, it will not be long before the raw
material for this industry will be ex-
hausted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-30

The most important branch of the
States is the manufacture of pearl but
tons. 1t embraces buttons made from
mother of-pearl and from the shells of
the unios, which are so abundant in the
Mississippi river. In value the produc
ton of these varieties of buttons in
1909 formed ASA per cent of the product
reported for the entire button industry.
The making of buttons from mother-of-
pearl was introduced into the United
States on Il small scale about 1855. AT
that time, and for many years there
after the shells were brought from
China, but now the markets of the
world are supplied principally from
South Australia and from the South
Sea islands. The technical name for
buttons made of mother-o Of pearl is
ocean pearl" while those made from
the shell Of the unio are called fresh
water pearl buttons. The higher
grades of pearl buttons are still manu-
production of these far outranked that
Of all other kinds, constituting 30.2 per
cent of the total value of buttons man
ufactured in the United States.
In 1890 there was not a single fresh
water pearl button made in the United
States. In 1900 the making of these
buttons constituted the second most
important branch of the button indus
try. In Europe shells Of the mussels
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-30

found in rivers have been utilized for
button making for the last fifty years.
To Mr.. ]. +. Boepple, of Muscatine.
Iowa. belongs the credit of having
started the industry in the United
States, and now it is the source of in
come for thousands of persons. In 1891
Mr.. Boepple, who is native OF Ham
burg, Germany, where he learned the
trade of making pearl buttons, formed
q partnership for the manufacture OF
buttons from the "unio" or "'nigger-
head" shells, as they are called locally,
which We're banked UP for miles along
the river in front of Muscatine. After
experimenting for some time this con-
Germ found the business improbable
and it was dissolved. Nothing daunted,
Mr. Boepple continued making the but
tons, on small scale, at home. He
finally organized company which, by
the process of manufacture and ma
chinery utilized in Austria and Ger
many, succeeded in making the enter
prise a success. The tools needed in
the manufacture of shell buttons We're
of the simplest character, consisting,
for the most part, of turning lathes
worked by steam or foot power; conse-
quently it was not long before the Mis-
sissippi river was lined with button
factories all the way from Red Wing,
Mimi, to Louisiana, Mo. MuScatine,
iowa, became the center of this new in
dustry. A few years ago there We're
more than forty factories in that city
for the cutting of blanks and for the
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making of buttons, but the tendency
toward concentratioh has made itself
felt, as has also the need of improved
machinery and large capital to With
stand the tremendous competition. and
all along the river the smaller concerns
are being eliminated. The difference In
price between the ocean shells and the
unios has been an important factor in
the development of the fresh-Water
button industry. A few years ago the
shells were delivered at the fac
tories at about so to 60 cents per 100
while at the same time ocean
shells were worth from $50 to $50 for
the same quantity. In February, 1898.
prices went up " SIS to $50 per ton for
but in July Of the same
year they were cheaper than ever be-
fore or since, selling at 80 cents per
100 pounds. The cheapest grade of
ocean shells are the Panama, which sell
at 1O1h cents per pound.
The improvements in machinery in
recent years have been so rapid that
some manufacturers have exchanged
their machines three in three years,
each time practically re-equipping the
entire plants.
The following is short resume of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-30
SOUTHEAST VIENNA.

May &c. r. Lynch had a horse cut
quite badly in the wire fence Sunday.
Mr.. Jacob Wise, who has been at Col
fax taking treatment for rheumatism,
is at home. He received some bene-
fit
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Burt welcomed
a young son Tuesday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Eldridge, of
Marshalltown, visited the latter's Sis
ter, Mrs. Dan Ertel, Jr.
The w. M. S. will hold it's June meet
ing with Mrs. l. J. Yetley.
Quite a number are Smelling their
corn. The prospects for the new crop
are encouraging. The oats and wheat
never looked better.
Mrs. Jennie Cole, a former resident Of
this neighborhood, but now of Badger
Hill, is very sick with tumor. They
think of taking her to Chicago to re-
ceive treatment at the hospital.
Rev. Day will preach a Memorial SER
mon at the chapel Friday at 2 o'clock,
then will go to the cemetery, and the
graves will be decorated.
Mrs. Ed Hill and son Bert went to
Bethel Sunday to attend the district
meeting of the Congregational church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-30

A peculiar branch of the button in
dustry in the United States is the man
ufacture of campaign and society but
tons. mostly from celluloid. Another
kind which has been manufactured in
large quantities during the last few
years is the photo button. Buttons are
also made from potatoes, and can not
be distinguished from horn, ivory and
bone buttons save by careful exami-
nation. 1t is not commonly known that
ii the common Irish potato be treated
with certain acids it becomes almost as
hard as stone. few years ago there
was factory in Brooklyn, N. Y, at
which buttons, ETC., We're made from
potatoes, but there is no record of it's
present existence. Buttons made from
skim millS-casein-we introduced in
London some years ago, and small
quantities have been made in the
United States Buttons made from
blood have also been on the market, and
during, the last decade buttons were
made in Massachusetts from Lamanl-
aria, brown seaweed From the es-
Establishment of the United States patent
office until the year 1900. 34S patents
We're granted for button machines and
1856 for the making of buttons.