The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-29
sADDLEHyAND LEATHER.
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lu-hN' QUOTATIONS..
SOLE LE,THgH OAN No !, 5000 No l,E7n
HRsLoCN--Bcst hUislo slaughter, SD good N
best MatnmoroS ~ No, /? ~ good damage, u
OAK HAnNEss lBArHeR-Nn L. S6G8SC; No
y2C
hSnoo1-'frims 80, &c COCA SS..do No. s SO
FRENCH CALtsEH-3l Is 81 acCor,liug 10
quality,
rmLApGlrmA o,LrSWIS-Eo. l. 81 10 to "a
do No, ?, o. ~ to | no.
fmLApELrmA kirs-Nc, /, SSc to 81 10, 40
cording IN weight
SnEEr SKiNS-lopping NNNN nor tlo, slp M
Innings white NNNN. SIS ~. RuSscts, toS
The solo leather nt thu United States, saws the
shoe and Leather Review, has n character moro
decidedly its own than have the productions OF
any other country, There are three general
kmdS-Oak. union and hcmlock The oak
leathCt Is tanned exclusively with oak bark. nS
the original forests still remaining In tho conn.
Try furnish this tanning material In abundant
| supply NJ an average cost OF scarcely one,NfIh
the value OF oak bark IN any part Oi EurOpc.
The details of the manufacture, however uoCcS.
sary IL insure thOrougllly good workmanship
are not always so carefully looked after hero rs
IN Great britain aud some few ot the leading tan.
| ncticS ON the continent Of EurOpC nor arc Tho
selections VI hides So closely made To secure a
| uniform productions aud in consequence thertks
Wlue range OF quality, much OF this oak tan.
ming being equal To ANY solo leather produced
III he world, while u considerable proportion,
| agent Is used, will not rank above thai morn
carefully manufactured with inferior tannne
materials In Europe lint a * for I'M
hcmoCk sole leather that the Vnltci
states Is most distinctly known, In the
manufacture of which arc used tan LIQUORS from
the bark vt the hcmlock tree. This branch nj
the business first became ol Importance about
| lSN The leather thus made Is gcncraly of A
bright nd color though sometimes the shade Is
| quito light instead OF the creamy white which
oak tannagp gives European leather dealers
when they first saw hcmloCk leather said ltwas
| only raw hide colorCd or stained hut 4 rnpiliy
made It's way into general list, until Il now con.
suintcs morn than ouc'hali the sole leather
m0de IN the United States, and for the last Ten
years has been largely exported To Eutopr As
| the leather shows the hcmlock bark has NOR,
cnloring matter than oak bark, Il has alsc
| slightly mow rSinous and other cNlractiyr
matters lhan oak bark but tho tanning ptlnci.
pie is present In about equal proportions In av.
erage qualities OF the two kindS, and rs solid
Tough wearing solcs, nilorling equal resistance
To water can be made from hemlock aS from
YAK l,cml9ck sole leather Is nearly all made
tom dry hides, 80 styled nom being dtlcI m
The sun tcprcscryc thcm, after being taken of
the animals Instead OF being sallcA or plckled
although the hides aro ffcqucn,ly damnrcl
IN lhe drying. Besides liberal quantities rc
y ,S,o ,tom a,Nas and California large imror
| lea Mexico the west aud Indies, and Aries, m,
hides received nom each section having we'll.
uniSrstpod characteristics, and making lca,hc,
OF diiyting values accordingly. The Vunion
tanned solcl,athor which forms an impottan
manuhctnre, takes Its name from the fact tha
both hemlock and OAK bark arc emnloyed In M,
!nsing small pnportion only of oak bafl
nused, and this 4 principally 10 give a fair colo,
70 me lealhor but carefully selected 'slaurhirf
or salied hides are used, the same general car,
Is nssu IN me MnulngNs In the making Of oal
sole LEATHER the less valuable parts OF Tho hidc
are cropped OF trimmed on ~ be sold scpa
rately, aud the 'Nrors" or 'backs" OF this ic
sctlr,icn Of leather sell at pfices very ncarl,
sa u,s., TO those obtained for Surc oak.,snne'