<ARTICLE>  5
<LEGEND>  This schedule contains summary financial information
          extracted from the Newell Co. and Subsidiaries Consolidated
          Balance Sheets and Statements of Income and is qualified in
          its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
<MULTIPLIER>  1,000
       
                                 
<PERIOD-TYPE>                      12-MOS                        
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                     DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-END>                                          DEC-31-1995
<CASH>                                                     58,771   
<SECURITIES>                                                    0  
<RECEIVABLES>                                             390,296
<ALLOWANCES>                                              (11,014) <F1>                                                         
<INVENTORY>                                               509,245
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                        1,132,874
<PP&E>                                                    858,775  <F2>
<DEPRECIATION>                                           (328,490) <F2>  
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                          2,931,242
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                     680,859
<BONDS>                                                   761,578
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                           0  
<PREFERRED>                                                     0  
<COMMON>                                                  158,626
<OTHER-SE>                                              1,140,871
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                            2,931,242
<SALES>                                                 2,498,414
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                          782,829
<CGS>                                                   1,715,585
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                           2,078,941
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                           48,688
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                            2,838  <F1>
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                         49,812
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                           370,785
<INCOME-TAX>                                              148,314
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                       222,471
<DISCONTINUED>                                                  0  
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                 0  
<CHANGES>                                                       0  
<NET-INCOME>                                              222,471
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                                1.41
<EPS-DILUTED>                                                1.41
<FN>
<F1>  Allowances for doubtful accounts are reported as contra accounts to accounts receivable.  The corporate
      reserve for bad debts is a percentage of trade receivables based on the bad debts experienced in one or more
      past years, general economic conditions, the age of the receivables and other factors that indicate the
      element of uncollectibility in the receivables outstanding at the end of the period.
<F2>  See note 1 to consolidated financial statements.