Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-17

thence to crimping boards to bring
them to their shape. 8. Back to the
cutter who trims aud shapes them. 4.
The first stitcher then takes the sparts
and puts in the fneo fancy stitching,
a Singer or Howe machine being used.
5. The paster then takes them and
pastes the parts together and adds the
stays when any are required. 6. Anoth-
er stitcher sews on the straps and
counters. etc. 7. The siding up then
tpllows- the work being done with a
New Englaud Wax Thread machine as
rapidly almost as ordinary cloth sewing
8. The next process is rubbing down
the seams and turning the legs--the
latter by machinery. 8. The upper next
go to the bottomers who work in teams
or gangs offour. The first lasts and tacks
on the sole !: in pegged work, the Sec
ond drives the nails, and Jackson heels;
the third is in the trimmer who pares
the soles and heels to shapes; and
fourth, the fnisher who blacks and
polshes, the sole. 10. The boots being
made pass to the trecr who stretches
aud puts them in shape for packing.
In sewed work the process varies only in
the work done by the teams--the soles
being tackled on by one man and the
sewing done by hand by another. Shoes
are made by nearly similar processes,
At the close, instead of being freed,
they are "dressed" or gummed"
An expert, with the New England
Wax Thread Stitcher, will seam up
from LII to Is dozen pairs per day.
The average earnings in a factory like
this, are about $50 per week to each of
the fifty, making total of ST 900 per
week. Each four. men will averave Il
pairs of boots daily, one hundred aud
seventy five pairs for the whole force
the value OF which is about 1927. In
a shop OF fifty operatives, about ten men
women and children. will work at wo-
mems and children's shoes, making an
average OF five dozen pairs per day, val
ued at S24 dozen The cost of stock
is about equal to the cost OF the labor
with one third added. where, as in this
factory, the material is all French
brands. and mostly of the very finest
aud best quality. The investment,
then, here, is not less than about sl35,-
900 per year in material and labor, to
say nothing of incidental outlays. The
home payments of the factory for year
will reach 100000 The firm will un>
dertake at present only the manufacture
of the superior grades of work. the
stock used being from the quality of
French kip up to the very facst aud
most costly fancy French material, aud
the make to correspond.
And now having as briefly as we
could do it, noticed the general processes
in this factory, and purpose of its con
| duetors, We take pleasure IN com me nding
this enterprising frm to the trade aud
the public, partly because they are ge-
aial aud worthy young men; but chiefly
because the enterprise in which they
have engaged is one of that class oil
which our young State stands greatly
| in need---a home mannfaetory for
home CONSUMPTION. This manlactory
will not only furnish employment at re-
numerative prices for fifty workmen,
but its bearings upon the prosperity Of
the city and State way be traced very
much further than that on fact The
| enterprise bcin. new the number of
workmen, with the families belonging
to their care, is practically that many
added to our population They aid all
classes of dealers and producers, by be,
coming new consumers. Their employ
ment enables another man, or Number
of meu in the State to carry on the bus
mess of making leather, which also
! widens the field in which labor seeks
| its reward But one of the chief eff
forts is in the employment at homo of
the capital involved in all the business
connections aud relations of the factory
and it's people The amount of money
annually sent out of the State for its
boots and shoes alone is enormous. The
figures would almost appal ifthey were
fully set out. Take out of circulation
the amount which this house alone will
expend in one year at home, and
the effects upon financial matters all
round, would be very appreciable, at
fecting all branches of business alike.
| As therefore, that amount of money has
been annually sent away to purchase
what this firm will now make. Now
add the amount to our circulation, and
the effect is appreciable as in the first
| supposition, while, instead of being
burtful, it is wholly advantageous to the
entire business community. We take
it that whosoever un erstands the trucst
interests of the country, will welcome
the advent of this and all similar enter
prises, and will do and and say whatev-
| er he can to secure their entire success.
For most certainly, the full develops
ment of the State demands greater
diversity of industries as much as it
needs multiplication of population; /;
and the great out flow of money for nec-
sssary articles of consumption should be
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