Logan Republican | 1908-08-05 | Page 6 | Sticking Plane in Paper

Sticking Pins, In Paper. The modern pln-maklng machine works automatically and completes the pin, with the exception of coloring and polishing, without the aid of human hu-man hands. In 1841 the device for sticking pins In rows of papers was Invented In-vented by Samuel Slocum of Connecticut, Connecti-cut, and put In use In the factory where pins were made by Dr. Howe's machine. It was later Improved by ThaddeUs Fowler. This machine la described de-scribed as scarcely less Ingenious than the pln-maklng Invention. Dy the use of these devices tho total pin product In this country, chiefly In Connecticut, was a little ovor 50,000,000 gross In 1900. of which about 47,500,000 were ordinary pins, about 1,500.000 were safety pins and about 1,000,000 were hairpins.