Logan Republican | 1903-04-10 | Page 6 | Wood Toothpicks, Skewers and Reels

Wood Toothpicks, Skewers and Reels Ono of the first wood mills established estab-lished In Maine was to manufacture wooden toothplckB. A small machine was Invented, which at present gfc'os an annual output of 500 millions of toothpicks. They are made of the smallest pioces of wasto wood, the cost of tho raw material being practically prac-tically nothing. Tho wooden skow-crs skow-crs used by butchers aro manufactured manufactur-ed at tho rate of a half million a week. Ono mill alono turns out In tho summer season fivo million skewers skew-ers and fifty million toothpicks, bo-sides bo-sides a number of other articles. Reals for cotton and thread are manufactured at tho rate of 250 millions mil-lions a year. For this output moro than fifteen million foot of white birch is needed.