The daily gazette., 1880-07-15
FIFTH EDITION.
rHELEArHER WE USE.
SOME SUGGESTIVE FIGUREs GIVEN BY
Rx-ooUNCILMAN BAKER.

soMK SUGGESTIVE FIGUREs GIVEN BY
Rx-ooUNCILMAN BAKER.
Last evening, the semi-annual
meeting of the Morocco Manufac-
turers' National Exchange was held
at Brighton Beach, and was attend
ed by the following Wilmington
manufacturers
Winfield Scott, of Pusey, Scott u
Co., Charles Baird, Of Charles Baird
Il Co., John G. Baker, of the J. &.
Baker Manufacturing Co., j. Parke
Postles, VIM. Y. Warner, VIM. Bae-
denkopf, John Taylor, of John Tay-
lor & Co., and VIM. V. Fond, of 9.
e. Fritz & Co.
James Scott, of this city, was cleo
ted Vice President and Charles
Baird, a member of the Executive
Committee.
At the banquet, Mr.. John G.
Baker, of this city, being called
upon, responded as follows:
In the matter of general trade and
affairs connected with the business
Of manufacturing the outlook for
traffic is good. The present census
of the country has awakened in
every mans mind an idea for making
figures. The figures that l have
made and the figures that have been
suggested, cause me to think of the
future that there are "millions in
it," l take it for a fact that the
present census demonstrates that
we have in this country about
so, ,000, 900 of people. These 50,000,-
900 of people will have to be shod.
That is an increase of 10000 900 in
the last ten years.
When we take into consideration
the exact number of people who wear
no shoes at all, the year round, and
sides our peculiar line of goods, We
must discount the gross number ,by
about one-half. Then we get down to
the fact that there are 25,U00, 900 of
people in the United States who wear
morocco or it's equivalent. Give these
| people two pairs of shoes a year.
Strike the average of four feet of stock
to the two pairs, and you have in
round numbers just 100, 900, 900 feet of
leather that has got to be produced,
and will be produced every year. Re.
duce that to dozens and you have two
million dozens at an average of fifty
| feet.
Now, sir, take 100 factories to work
| up that two million dozens OF skins, aud
| YOU have 20, 900 dozen for each factory /;
that makes daily production of 6G 2-3
| dozens. Now, sir, there are about "a
| factories in the United States, large and
small the average production OF these
factories is aboui forty to forty-five doz-
| nn a day, as nearly a. can be estimated.
don't say anything about the supply of
| shoes, bat IL does strike me forcibly that
| If it requires one hundred factories, pro-
| ducing 66 % dozen day, TO supply the
| demands and prospective demands, how
| IN the world can the people he supplied
| ny 80 fact )ries, producing 40 dozen a
LAY? Now, let the population of the
| he next ten years, aud what will be the
| population? IL will be about Sky five
| millions. The most of us here to-day are
| young men. You can discount this by
| any per cent. you chO ,se, and make the
calculation for yourselves We all know
| when the goddess Fashion commands
her votaries obey, aud the fashion of the
shoes worn by our ladies' ~ making con.
slant demands upon our stocks aud in.
jreasiug our profits.
The next meeting of the Exch ange
will be held in tins city on the second
Monday in January, 1881.