The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-07-06
Boys MARBLES
MADE BY GIRLS
OhIOFaCtOrj ROlISOut 125,OO0,.
600 Clay pills" Each Year.
STANDARD OIL A LARGE BUYER

Nlay MARBLES Also Used Extensively
by Manufacturers of Rubber, Ink,
. Salt Chemicals and Powdsr-Ho~,
They Are Made, Counted and Paid
For
IL has been estimated by statisti-
clans that over 20O.00O.0OO small clay
marbles are used annually by the boys
OF the United States every spring
time. II is a known fact that 1875
100000 Of these little clay pills" are
made every year by one clay marble
manufacturer whose plant is located
In Summit county. o. And these mar
bles are made or rolled by young girls.
The clay marble industry of the
United States is one that little thought
has been given 10. and precious little
Is known by people in general as TO its
scope The marble manufacturer does
not devote all his attention TO the
manufacturing OF the game marble"
There are various uses to which the
marble is put. and as matter of fact
the size varies according TO its intend
ed use. The Standard oil company is
one OF the largest buyers of marbles.
and these are used for oil cans. and
larger sizes are started in graded pipe
lines to clean out the paraffin which
gathers on the side of the pipe as It
flows to the tanks
A Prossic Process.
Clay marbles are also used by the |
manufacturers OF rubber. ink and salt,
chemical and powder makers. They
are also used in grinding the large
stones Of the photographer and by rail
way supply people. Puzzle box max
ers are also large buyers of marbles.
The size Of the clay marbles as made
in the United States vary from nine
siNteenths of an inch in diameter.
which is the small "pill'' the boys play
with. to one measuring six inches in
diameter, or about the size of a small
cannon ball
The making of clay marble forms I
nm interesting journey in ceramics
The method Of making all kinds of
is the same with the excep-
ion of the classic" which Of course
S made of glass. Clays used i'm the /
marble industry are Of a plastic ma +
ure. These clays are cast into pug
Mill, or chaser" and as the heavy
wheels revolve over the clay it drops
n pulverized form into a bin be-
leath the mill. II is then lifted by an
ndless elevator system to storage h
inns, from where it is allowed to pass
through pug mills.
the stif clay is then forced through IL
he perforated base of the pug mill
nd II comes from the mill in the
orm or clay strings, the diameter of 81
hese being regulated by the round s.
oles In the base of the mill and TO m
onform to the size of the marble TO
e made. These rolls or strings of
ay are pulled from the pug mill when III
icy are about eighteen inches in
myth and placed on a fat board and D,
zen are taken TO the clay shops or :,
here the marbles are made ~
Nodded by Girls. "
The rolls of clay are first placed I
emily In trough" and workman
ITS the rolls of clay into cubes. the -.
re being specified according TO the r
der. The cutting is done with a
W, and seven rolls of clay will form
er 200 little cubes. and il is from
csc cubes that the marble is rolled.
After the cubes have been cut they ceS
e placed in an ordinary tin pan and shi
ese carried TO the girls who make the
e marbles. A handful of cubes is act
'ked up. and these are placed one no,
n time in grooved plaster of paris AZ
Nd. The size OF the groove also de-
nds upon the size OF the marble to
made. When there is one clay cube fri
ench groove plaster obiong block wri
placed In position on top OF the - =
PES. and this is pushed forward and
'kward until the little clay cube be-
mes round and rolled true This on II '
tion requires very little time. and If v
n the top block is lifted and the
Y marble in its green state is pick
up and handful" is placed in a I'm
'. This operation resembles that NH
picking up a bunch of grapes.
girl who has acquired speed in her -
k can make from 25.0OO TO 10000 Stat
'bles per day. As there are Fifty ven,
5 TO block the operator is paid -
'nts per thousand for the making
the common clay marble. The OF
r the grade the order calls for. the eXpe
Ter the price paid for making. for
re Is not great profit in the MAX the
or the common clay marble, when men
ta't Is taken INTO consideration Wills
~, ~. S.'l',,v" ~ VIZ r,,''' w. Prin
sack of 1000 marbles each. ma
Counted by Weight.
Irhles are counted hy weight; also ~ ", y
he cubic foot The small clay MISC
Die measuring nine-sixteenths ~
uch in diameter weighs six and
ialf pounds 10 the thousand and TIL
t,F Tho rnfn go nn npn ..