New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-22

for setting on heels by power. This ma
chinery, with facilities fox cutting soles
| vamps and quarters, will enable men and
women TO produce such an amount Of shoe
! work daily, as that the dividend Of each
would be better than the earnings Of each
with the hard work system. lie: such
| merchants. then, as want to make shoes in
| competition with Boston organize, and
with the same facilities enjoyed there they
| can produce the same kind of work as
| put up In the shoe factories il New Eng
land. Indeed. we have evidence tia, the
| shoe trade is moving from Massachusetts,
to points in the Wes: where food is
cheaper and the carke: demand Mo.e
convenient. Here is statement from
good authority:
Competition in tie boo. ard shoe trade j.
extending rapidly. Manufacturers are
| springing up in all sections Of the country,
| and the tine seems no, far distan. wheE
New England, until now the MalCtactur-
ing center Of the trade, with Boston as TIE
headquarters, will be obliged to compete
with the younger sections OF the country.
Not because she can not supply the trade.
but because her children have multiplied
and spread themselves throughout the
land. Go where you viii. you will find men
from the East en- gagged in business, building
up, By their energy, a lucrative trade.
Boston is not being rebuilt as rapidly as
Chicago. because Chicago is a better loca-
ton TO: shoe shop than Boston. The
manufacture of shoes is spreading. be-
cause with the aid of machinery persons
readily learn the business Of making shoes.
and SO may plant the business il one place
as we'll as another.
Now, it is easy tc see what is tie DE-
mand in New Orleans for foreign shoes,
that is, fox those which are made by ma
ohinery and can be sold cheap. We do
not mean the Creole or domestic made
shoe, which will remain il somewhat the
same demand as at present. Assume the
population of New Orleans at an average.
summer and winter. Of two hundred
thousand; allow for each inhabitan. seven
dollars and fifty cents 70, foreign made
shoes, the SUM annually paid for shoes
will be one and il halt million of dollars
We shall deduct two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for materials. and this will
leave for wages one and quarter million
OF dollars for the men. women and chill
dren who may be thus employed. 1t
must be remembered that it does not re-
quire an apprenticeship to perform piece
work. Fishermen in the summer work at
the shoemaking trade, and we have known
an Irish gardener who occupied the in
tervals OF the kitchen and garden with !
a spell at the pegging machine. With |
the ready means Of obtaining machinery
and materials. we would remind our
mechanics Of their vicinage to the coun-
tries from which these hides are imported |
and which offer such market for manu-
tactured shoes. There is Texas, Mexico
and the five republics Of Central America
at their door, ard they should be able to
import the materia. and supply the per-
fected fabric sooner and cheaper than
even Boston or Chicago. We would |
remind the people @: color, of WHOM. many
are among our most skilltu. sLoemakers.
that this branch OF industry will afford !,
them an opportunity to apply our remarks
on industrial unifcation. Let them put
up shoe shop. There viii be little cap:-
tai required. and little risk Of loss. There
can be nc home competition, because the
demand for shoes at home and abroad is
50 great that az cur shoe mechanics can
not fill it. Let Us see if tie co!ored
people are not adequate to any of the
Iandicraft trades. There will be an hon
orabie emulation between the races, and
hey will SO unity and Cooperate their
as to promote tie general in.
ezes: Of tie city and State.