The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-24
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Ar4 aIes Ea- Wrnrit-z Epuar=fs
Ne tie lvgrT buttons YOU weat Ia
aaf represent the death of an eiepuaaE
n the Wits af Africas your pearl bu6.
ans were probably newer ueurer Elan
Fau aauk taem B the she1 &c i BIZ
FaIee molias4. and the probabilities
are 5naa no rubber Tree WIS ever gp-
peal p BfoaH-e the hard rubber but
sons 5ha1 atiarn your avercoar. says
PaguHr Mechanics. Down In CenrraI
Anlefiea there Is truirD roduclus,
Bal4 taut has quiue meram0rp1ose'l
The burton business and formed rla
nucleus Ter ane Of the most important
Industries n the United suites. The
seed IT tits fFuiE coutuins a milk that
IS sweet To rhe taste and reiIshed by
The natives. The MIX when allowed
Is remain n the nut long enough be-
GENES Iadura6ed and TURNS into a sub
sTaHse. a. brittle and hard "A the ivory
plant Most at the buttons nov
ased In America. whether termed
lFarv. pearL rubber u0cu or bone.
come from zhIs ivory plant Thus rla
probabilities are thar your buttons are
made from a vegetable milk and they
grew On bushes.
Tn ivory plant is one u the uar-
FeIs e fle aEe and Il rewrdIag the
growers With vasr fortunes The uuts
ara brought 70 the United states By
rhe ship Dad aad hauled across me
continent To the biz button factories.
frem which they issue forth Ia every
conceivable design. cular. grade and
classification q button
Ias ivory plant has recently been
discovered Ia California but the nut
lE produces TO It's Wild state t. Of IN
farior quality aud win not make god
buttons It Is believed though, that
with tie pepper cultivation the fruit
would BE a. valuable as the Central
American II 50. the growing OF but
tens IN America would become an in
das1rE u Importance second only To
the growing OF corn wheat and cot
Gsa. for everybody wears buttons
The Lest ivory nut Tor commercial
purposes l. found Oh the hanks Of
the RiFe; Magdalena- IN the United
States Of Colombia. where by some Il
i called the Tagua palm The fruit
forms a ssobuIar head abou, twice the
SIC Of a mans head and weighs from
twenty 10 twenty eight pounds. Tie
head : q kind Of cluster Of bulbs and
in all contains from fifty to sixty
seeds Tie seeds are allowed 10 dry
and are harvested several times a year
By he natives.
The Apparel Gazette. the great deal
ers' authority on everything that peo-
pie wear. says: The ivory nut s
Used almost solely In the manufac-
ture of buttons. though some factories
also make poker chips from them. The
nut. however, has superseded the ar
cbaic mud, rubber and bone buttons in
vogue formerly 1t admits Of wider
and more varied treatment for this
purpose than any other known sub
stance and is easily worked. The
United States consumes more than
one half of the worlds product Of
ivory nuts and nine-tenths of the Yege-
table ivory is manufactured into but
tons.
when the nut reaches the button
factory it is cut into three slabs. In
the process of cutting out the button
is partially shaped. Afterward the
thread holes are drilled and counter
sunk. The button is then sent to the
polisher. who uses the shayings and
powder made in drilling to polish
them in their white state. Afterward
they are sent to the designer, who
traces on the buttons in indelIble dyes
the designs needed 10 make them
match the various wenvcs. coloring
and textures Of fabrics. After reeeIF-
Ing these outlines, If the buttons are
TO remain smooth and receive another
coat of colorlng, they are pur into
dyes. II they are to be stamped with
II segregated pattern they are put INTO
pressing machine fitted with dies
Of the pattern desired"