The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-04-11
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II ~ l,Aek Nl,ent twenty .cnrr. ilcfr
~err scattered all osrr New England
niNns inwns known m slne.tnwns,
where In el,npr ihe leather ~ns cut by
hand, then was parreled ont ~ makers
ur ahnltnmers," whu fur portion III
thr year lnlrred upon The land. anti :
portion ~ thu year Arc fishermen, and
III odd times made boots and shoes.
These bcnte and shoes were iakcn from
the shops and brought hark flnishcd,
varying In time 81 completion from, one
week IN sis months, or csrn year
they were returned 10 thu shop, *.
amincd, packed In cases, and vent IN .
market for sale. Tho rc~ult WINS that
III accumulate for i season sufficient
shoes 10 meet the demands of lhc mar.
kct. required nix months Of time. To
sec what Ii possible In these days III
shoe machinery, read this: A large
shoe mandatory, turning ont 2,4O0
pairs oi shoes per day, WAS destroyed
by fire on "Wednesday night, with con-
tents, valued nj t7b,O0O. II WAS busy
seMon, with plenty Of orders on hand.
On Thursday tho manufacturer hired 4
ncighboring building and vet carpenters
10 fitting II mp; ON Friday he ordered
his machinery from Boston; OH batur.
day the machinery arrived and the mon
vet II up; ON Monday work WAS start.
cd, and Tuesday he WAS filling orders
Nm usual. turning ont tho full amount oil
2,4O0 pairs. |. II great thing to save
n manufacturer both his orders and ems
tomess-~the savings III ono season,
profits; Int machinery In u big thing
especially In shoe shops.
The Mckay Sowing Machine Com
pany, which In now having fight IN
Congress, sewcd 46,Ott0,OOO pairs u
shoes lust year. and there were IWggcs
mpOn the ureginr. machines. hb. lD0ll, INN
pairs last year. And those machines
have entirely revolntionizcd TIN bnsi
ness. There arc 10000 bushels o
loesc pegs made In Now England. Nh,
those pegs sell from dIcents 10 ID cent
per bushel: yet a patented p~g-woos
Ia strip or ribbon u wood rnt across ili,
grain, aud II width just equal 10 tl,'
length of pcR) Inns so superseded TIA
loo~a pegs that last year there were bb.
INN. ttO pnirA III boots md shoes peggr.
with II. TIM whole expense 81 thi
prg. wood average. about one.fourth q
4 cent per pair. Nearly 1000 ~ tires,
pegs arc driven into thu shoe In min
ntr, md there arr about four 10 NIX peg
~ nm incl,, Or about twenty-five inche
III ptRging ~ Il .lloe. Over 2DO ynric
ties III shoe. machines are now In iii,
market. Tho man who invented thi
peg wood had ~ borrow money ~ II,
able him ~ perfect his device and pa,
the fen. III TIN solicitor and patrn
office. beside having borrowed tG0.OO'
In order IL introduce II into tho mar
ket. II cont iile parties who invcstc,
mud introduced into .hoc-sl,op~ th
"cable.seraw.M machine 4:NDO. INN
kix hundred pairs of lepged sl,ocs chi
now lc made In day by gnng II tcl
men. Where before, shoe shops ex
inted throughout New England. mo-,
shops have become largsr. labor II clas
nitied, and receives larger compenss
ton fstfikes 10 the contrary notwitl
standingl; wages have advanced Do =
loo per cent. 10 the lsborer, and III
shoe ia quality IN - per cent. bette
than twenty-five years ago.