The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
NAMING PINS. HOOkS AND EiES.
'hr Interesting Journey Of ut Of Wire
Through q Wonderful Machine.


The manufacture of pins has become such
az industry IN the United States that tho
mills Of this country. practically supply ~"
world with this needed article. and yet the
demand ~ bv no means small one. Ia 1900
tho 75,roN. oon Ieople in the nited Ststcs used
~. 900 .OaNi gross of common bins whiCh -
equal to n@o"'"n","@ pms or an ercras"
Of about 1925 pins for every man. WOMAN
and child in the country. lhls SIS h" high">t
average reached anywhere IN nc use OF
scNcntv-two pins each.
The total number OF pins manufactured
in IL" United states. during 1910 IN" con-
fort v-three factories in all, with 2,353 en-
ployres The business has grown rapdly
there woro forty factories N lS.n, they ,pro.
duccd only halt a. uuCh. employed only about
half the capital and ONLY ioi7 hands lher"
ha, been e considerable increase in the num-
l"r Of women and children employed IN pm
factories Of late years. when - hu ndl,atlon
Inn, IA, ina Chinrrv ia being improved aud
slniplined and that its operation does not
require 80 nigh an order OF mechanical sklu'
fIooks and eyes ar" a hy-product OF pm
ma King and are produced At most III the
factorlcs from material that will not do for
pms The output OF books and eyes In 1900
Mas ! i2i.S2t gross
Rms and hooks and eyes are turned otf
bv automatic machines IN such quantities
today that the cost Of manufacture l. prac't-
callv limited 10 the value OF tho brass wire
from which they are made single ma.
chine docs the whole business Coils OF
wire. hung upon reels. are passed into me
lengths. and they drop on into a receptacl.
and arrange themselves T. IN. line OF z .lnt
formed by two bars When they reach the
lower end of the bars they are seized and
pressed between two dies. which form u"
lopd-, aad pass along into tho grip ~ an
other steel Instrument. which points them
hv pressure They are then droppcd into \
solutio ion OF sour beer. whirling Is they go. 4?
he cleaned. and then into "A hot solution OF
tin. which is also kept revolving They, her"
receive their bright coat Of metal ana ~"
pushed along, Killing tim. nntI they nay" nv.
nr" dropped into revolving barrel of bran
nd savduSt: which cools nnd pollsheI tn",n
Of the bran they work gradually down 10
the bottom OF III" barrel which Is 2 metallic
pial" cut INTO Sits lust bir enough Tor ~"
body Of the pins. hut not big enough Tor ths
head TO plS- through
Thus they are -trniphtcned out into rows
again, and ik" W"ll-dricd soldiers, pass
llong toward III" edge Of the bottom. ana
~lid" down an inclined plane, still hanging
Nv their hrad~, uItO they reach strips or
paper, To which they ar" iutIodnGd X
know they are all placed N rows wrapped
up and on their way To IN" hlg DEPARTMENT
stores, where they are sold at from I'VE 20
ten t,.utS "a gro~s \ mHChlu" l. expected TO
throw out several Thousand gro,~ an hour
Needles az" mad" log "a similar machine.
IN 1900 thor" Wen" mad' l,1H1 .ia3 gross ~
mHCiIin, urrdlr,. 1l2.UNg gross Tor -hprudk-
iug J2Ii.G gro-- for Ordinary household
saving machines 3u1, i2G gross for knitting
machines, aud til" rest Tor other kinds or
saving and knitting machinery. generally
for factory use w. imported siI>. uNi worth
Of ordinary needles, most of them from
England
Of pms me- uunu'acturrd IN similar man
urr W. made Il>n.iut gro>S ot hIirpu>
in i>pu Roth ur"d"~ and hdirpiu~ are manu-
iacuncd q" a greater 'N'"Ht IN futop" than
cidodly NMcricau. and ol tho" "" ma ~ on
an average l""."h Gio~s u YEAR