Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — Machine Made Matches. [ARTICLE]

Machine Made Matches.

The Diamond Match Company, which Is getting possession of the markets of the world, by reason of its making matches cheaper than any other country, has for years paid out big money for Improved machinery.. One of Its factories at Barberton, Ohio, has. eleven machines which produce 177,940,800 gross of matches ready for the market in otie day, with 104 girls, 86 men and 76 boys. By the English process the best factory In the world outside the Diamond, to turn out this vast amount would require 8,000 hands,