| Show where quill toothpicks tooth pick are made everybody knows that a bunch of quill picks can be bought at a drug store tor for a nickel and there the popular knowledge ends A reporter started out to find the fountain head of enill toothpicks the retail driem druggist st said that he bought them of tile the wholesale dealer in drugs and notions nations the reporter made a tour of the wholesale drug houses and at every one lie was informed for ed that they purchased them either deiv I 1 in new york or imported them from franco and germany and that thal t was all they knew about it the feather dealers had bad little or no light to throw upon th subject the manufacturers of feather feathe lusters dusters were ignorant regarding the quill pick industry finally 11 gentleman who Is the buyer tor for a largo large drug house was found who had seen a 11 factory where the quill picks here ere made when asked the question he said 1 I do not know of any factory in this country where quill toothpicks are webby we buy ours from a broker in pars pari 3 who obtains them from a large manufactory near that city M dardia at joinville lo 10 pont near parn paris had the largest manufactory in tile the world en engaged a ed in if tit so quill industry ile he has geese and produces annually oooo oooo quills this factory m made ahe pens butchen but when these went out of 0 general us use the quills were used to make blushes for artists and toothpicks the picks are made by ina machinery chinery and are put up in bundles of 0 ten tell each and these aro are in packages containing 1000 the price cc is is so low that there is very little margin of pro profit fit in fix the business the wooden toothpick has taken the place of the quill and these latter are made mostly in the east but there are factories in michigan indiana ohio and wisconsin where wooden tooth toothpicks p icks are arc mad e very cheaply fond corid du lac wis has n factory that turns out millions of woodi i i picks every week they come 1000 in 1 n a box and cost but five cents per box to the consumer the quill pick costs five cents per bunch of ten but they them ire arc far better than the wooden ones of course there are a great many feathers grown in this country but other use have been found tor for the quills A big factory in in michigan located at Coldi coldwater vater makes a feather bonc for whips corsets etc brush factories use the quills for camels ci mels hair pencils but I 1 do not belieka there is a factory in fit america where quill picks are made chicago inter ocean |
