Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
INCREASE IN PRODUCTION
OF NEEDLES AND PINS
Census Bureau Document Gives
Some Interesting Figures
OH Subject.
STUDY OF RETURNS FOR 1914
SiNty-Three Establishments Turned
Out Articles, Total Value Being
Placed at SS,S52
cut Leads States.

One Of the most interesting docu-
ments that has been given out by tho
Census Bureau of the United States
is summary OF tho general results
OF the 1914 census OF manufacturers
with reference to the production OF
needles. pins and hooks and eyes.
II consists of detailed statement Of
the quantities and values OF the vari-
Gus products manufactured, prepared
under the direction OF William NJ
Stcuart. chief statistician for manu-
features. The figures are preliminary,
and subject to such change and cor
recton rs may become necessary upon
further examination Of the original re-
ports
Returns for 1914 were received from
sixty-three establishments engaged in
the manufacture OF needles. pins, and
hooks and eyes the products OF which
were valued at sS.a52.037. For 1903
there were reported ffty-s seven estah-
ishments. with products valued at
E.l0S,996. The value nf the annual
production, therefore, Increased by
S1.Si3.o4l, or 25.9 per cent. These fg-
ures represent the entire outpu, Of
this industry, including the needles.
pins and hooks and eyes made as sub
sidtary products by fourteen cstah-
lishments in 1914 and eight in 1909.
which were engaged primarily in the
manufacture Of other products. such as
suspenders, carriers. etc, stamped and
enamcled ware. sewing machines and
foundry and machine-shop products.
Production OF NEEDLES
TOTALED I0S.844. 900
The production of needles in the
United States. which consists almost
entirely Of knitting machine and sew
ing machine needles. amounted To 1861
$4,000 in 1914. and was valued at
Sl.213.0Si. or this amount, s4.0sa00
or So per cent, were knitting machine
needles. valued at ss2l.7si, and a.
$4,000. or Az per cent. sewing ma
chine needles, valued at s65l,300 The
production Of thanksgiving needles was
confined TO three establishments, which
manufactured about 10000 needles
during 1914. This production con-
sisted largely of the small variety Of
thanksgiving needles. hut IL also in
cluded a considerable number of the
large variety used for carpets bags
and other heavy work. The statistics
for hand needles cannot he shown
separately without disclosing the OPP
crations Of individual establishments
The production Of pins OF all vare-
ties in 1914 WAS valued at S2.1l3.7S2.
Common or toilet pins formed the prin-
cipal variety, the production OF which
was valued AT Sl.2ts151 These pins
were made of steel and brass wire. and
the quantities were reported partly in
pounds and partly in packs of 1850 and
$500 pins each. The production OF
metal hairpins was ?.242.0l2 gross.
valued at S52S.362. and OF safety pins.
+.T44.3o3 gross. valued at S936,663. The
output Of hooks and eyes was reported
as l.076,l17 great gross, valued at
Sl,3s4,745
OF the forty-ninc establishments
which in 1914 were engaged primarily
In the manufacture OF needles, pins
and hooks and eyes. l2 were located
in Connecticut, : each in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, each in New
Hampshire and New York, 4 in Massa-
chusetts, in Michigan. and each In
California. Illinois, Ohio. Oregon and
Rhode Island.