New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-15
THE SHOE AND LEATHER TRADE.

.sw IN very peculiar copdipoh' AZ &c 49,, g.
.,.,x child born into The world comes oafeioo'o''
t,p the extra 'rdnary ssagnaiion o'Ser'ao'' -
...Se il ould seem that tber~ must he al equy
xuardinary quantity 81 old shoes on nano'
.uucrs are determined TO wear out nT'e"" "
m.s. snd that another large portion OF '"' 0
nuui,y rs shutting along without SHOES !" s, 7,
Csusuupti.,n appears TO have come " o's ~.
s.a.ion.d by plut Of foreign shoes, Oec''fe 'n0
,s.,, imfor, Of 1850 amounted 70 shiy s'o'"NN'
81 hoot, and shoes tor the bscal year enoine
r, -, ,sel amounted to 81 ,525 showing 'na' 'ne
,.,lv of our own peope rs exclusively Al our ow
A.aa, The export has in fact Increased aoou' LOO
:, The quarter Just closed over that OF tue co'is-
.das Quarter Of last year. IL rs, therefore, ne W
,. cconsumpti n which has fallen on, having no
-, cane than the general arrangement COMMON 70
a, .,ehes Of busiues and the consequent 'naoiiy I"
~. .,,,e +, buy. The cloing of the Southern mar
A.. 40 y nr,uinent cause OF this stagnaiion New
81 TO- ived from Boston g. 100 cases less, during
the la,t quarter than III the same quarter OF ioo';
p.a.celpris, $780, Baltimore, 1900; Charleston "a
,..,,ah n,d New Orleans, about 1900; Detroit
fI.u,,Sille St. Louis, and San Frsncisco ZOO less
ss, du,nution OF ~, 800 cAses in three m~nths 10
~ , six moBtls Of 1860 Boston shipped 10 domestic
,rs SOJO cas-. .; bat tie shipments Tor The hrsi SIX
r,eihs OF this year have been $4,000 cases less.
p.rng the sane period in 1859 and 1890, the direct
n, nrrts from Boston TO the Slave States averaged
n po css-s but this year they fell 70 I02'l When
Fo1 Su,utsr was abandoned the trade with the South
ssme 70 An end, and Of course remains closed
In the trade at Philadelphia the greatest dunes
ureysi;s The breaking up Of business hss thrown
iAo.us of wort men on, of employ for tai city
ss.si,y employs 5000 and 5000 females IN shoe
s.kiuv. ayilg near 100000 Of cal iral invested IN
manufacturing, and turning out yearly more th1n
A, CO. Coz If work. Tie whole boot and shoe trade
q that city including its own manufactures and East
sr, work. amounts to nearly $l5,0OO0O annually
yet this vast interest il al stand. The employ
s,v have CEASED operations or do but vey little, the
vorkmen have gone into the army, while the almost
,ssl cessation of work has fallen heavily on the female
A,orerr wbo having refuge either In the army or
N other employ ments, peculiarly objects OF ~ mpa-
thy. Every lite nei ,hborDg town which mapuiae-
tsres for that city se embarrassed by the general
d. resrion class Of small employers, known as gar
rvs bosses WHO work their own hook at home en-
voyipv one or more hands continue to manufacture,
s,d yedde their work among the jo6bers for cash al
cricss winch barely keep body and soul together Bat
dc bolk of the manufacturing coHinedtoarny orders
and the California trade. Even the Wesiern demard
\ very small The total decrease OF Eastern boots aud
,oe- receive at Philadelphia for tie first six months
q ,hs year amounts 10 many thousaad cases. From
Boston alone has been owe sou. 800
n is hiyhl probable that Phadelpha feels this de-
prrss.on nos severely Than any other manufacturing
s.ner INJECTED with the shoe and leather trade
rhis is Owing 10 her being the seat OF the largest
isaheF-Eooueing business La TIE Union. vi shoes
she prDCu es greater amount than Lynn, while she
supplies immense quantities Of leather and morocco to
d.tan dies. In The manufacture Of caliskms she
hss never been surpassed by the French and ut
tie Worlds FAIR ISL, abe secured the prize-medal
In the production Of morocco, Philadelphia was tie
riopeer. Her former trade with India brought large
quantities u goat-skins 70 her port and made her the
sat Of thai business and this preemlDence sue ss TO
sA us Sue annually manufactures leather to the
value of about q 0JOG0U, and Of morocco and fancy
l.slher t. th.t OF 81 800 900. She has thiry-hree
porccso e. tories employing many hands tins bush
n-ss, OF cJurse, sympathizes with nose by wbih is
products are consumed The total manufacture OF
beat err oroceo boots and shoes equal TO - $4,000
snuuaily of wnch large proportion consists Of lator,
beng thus depressed Than ut any time within ten
ysars. accounts Sufficiently Tor Phadelpha beng tie
heaviest sufferer. II is the magnitude II the Interest
"a sake, thai in flush tipes makes her prosperity con-
spicuous in dull ones il aggravates the suffering.
AZ New-York is not q manufacturing center for the
shoe and leather ta1e suffer- only In It's business US
o dn,rhutor. Here. elsewhere, there are few or
dsrs coming from distant points, and prices are ex.
trcmel, low The time Of year, il Is true, insures
iniiness but il il now more than dull Western buy
era, even when visited by stern drnmmers, refuse
% take hoId though admitting their stock on hand 10
b lighter than ever. Even for such necessity as
shes they refuse 10 give ORDERS either not having
mooney 10 p"y down, feeling themselves unable TO
End sale for The past has been disastrous, the
pssseui Is go my and the future too uncertain at least
In their opinion them In creating debts
TIE retailers exercise tie caution buying just
they are able SELL and unwilling 10 risk accommodating
stock hand All his caution rs practiced in the fac
of semptingy low prices; but 10 SET of facts could
prove more concluvely that the people hsve erased 70
consume. Tie manufacturer crippled by disaster vi
houae cheated by the South and uncertain OF what is
% come make no show Of preparation for the Eau
ts.d- ch IL usually visible u, this Jobtefs
crippled aud cheated in the sane way, are equally
1snguid. In all the leather markets the supply Is
buidsnt and stocks ACCOMPLISHING in the absence
II ouyers Prices gradually settling down TO lower
tgsres- TIE tanners share In this inactivity. They
ssfass 70 buy hides except lower prices hence but
tsoe leather is being tanned The curriers' are finish
ae up eny sach kinds the market calls for and the
eais OF these are fa~ army useG Tie demand by Gov
esept rs large enough to give come little strength to
tbs market. Thus in all tie numerous department. Of
the gres; national interest," an Unprecedented dizziness
Frsssils. 49,. -.
But IL would be incorrect to attribute this extrsord
sary depression exclusively 70 political canses. Rebel
6os may have prccipated other interests into ruin, but
she shoe and leather trade WIS embarrassed before