Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-04
THREE MILLION
MATCHES A MINUTE
Estimated This Number Is Re
CURED Every Sixty Seconds
OF the Day.

The civilized nations OF The world
strike 100000 natches every aiiute
az the tweuty-foar hours. Nearly one
half Of these arc ignited IN this coln-
try Americans use up the enormous
total uf 200. .GGc 800 600 year and have
"a larger matph bill than amy other nit-
ton in ihc World
Hundreds ~ factories over the conn
try are eng ged Oh this industry some
of the plants are very large, one on
the Pacific coast covering 2Ia acres,
with thiriy-iW0 miles of railroad which
supply the match machines with zee
900 feet of sugar pine and yellow pine
logs q day
A statcmCut az the number ~ cubic
feet of wood wLich actually is con-
Ncrted into matches each year would
convey only au inadequate idea of the
number Of trees required FOR the int
dustry For the n,anufacture of the
match the best grade of wood is ne
cessaYy. Sarwood knotty or cross-
grained tmbe win not do. This makes
~ necessary to search the best forests
and birls oat nc choice trees only and
nothing but the choice portions of tho
choice trees 50 20 the match machines.
II may be seen that the lumberman
sweeps over u wide area I'm search Of
suitable timber 20 feed into the match
machines.
Seldom Is the little splinter tipped
with sulphur Dr some other substance
80 bc ignitea by friction. given even
sCart mentor IN the consideration OF
the depletion ~ the worlds finest for
estS. Vet the manufacturers ~ these
little FIRE sticks are as much concerned
over the tuuber supply question as any
other ,lue' OF men engaged iu an in
dUstrN whose welfare depends on The
use of forest products
Best Materials Used.
II NIGH, bo supposed that because
| 'wajgues axe small The makers Of them
Wodld utilize caps and lcftoVers This
is never tnr use. matches arc not by-
prcduats. TFe match machine takes
Shc nGpst ilubrr and what u rejects
| lurs 20 tue ly-prodEct yard. and The
bl-pyOduei caB az The match business
hptumcg She largest end. SO FAR az
bulk iS concerned Among the by-pro-
ducts tuned ol' ~ the large Pacific
| coast factory 1ust mentioned are 900
.4oors and SOC sashes daily.
AS " matter ~ fact, il would be I'm
possible ia cgrrv on the match busi-
/ ness at aIl a present prices. n the re-
I ic ,ed laune- we're not worked into
| sonnet hing ts, The room where
| matches are made is frequently the
! smallest department OF a match fac
| Jagy the arEor portions contain the
| saw mills
! Matches a-t manufactured in many
| WAYS ana VltH numerous kinds of ma
| hines. au2 for tuat reason a descrip-
/ on of ~. operation I'm one IA actory
Noulc nn' apply 20 another. Nearly
! every manufacturing company has ma
siuory made especially for it's use.
| and covered Ny patents, and IT also
! ,mploNS processes discovered or de-
| vised by Us own chemist and me-
'snauirs and Kept secret 10 prevent r.
| walls from obtaining and profting by
| ,hem 4 single machine has been
! 6uovr a. taYr out M 1926 400 matches
~ ore day-hoXcd and labeled ready
Tor shipment
!, some matches are shaved with tn,
liTalr from sawed blocks. some are cu
both ways rg ss Wg IN some factorie;
fhe t.0,he a7C boiled to make then
rut easily By some machines boiled
.or steamed loR Is revolved on its ewi
axis ono e. Sis vlnp-the thickness O
p match r. rat rnund and round. Thf
shaving is III The same time cut int,
lengths auO splIt INTO match sticks
'TL1o Is ra-av limit 20 the varitie
Z methods onployed. Round matche
sTe made ey fcI ing them through
lies The Japanese make papei
9.t tes wEtHn are wood after all.