Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-01
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HOW Many Animals hhuAt Die 90
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HOw Many Animals HEuat Die 90
Oiothe the Nations Feet.
harper's Mag zine for January
As the result Of one years. manufacture
ing, our people required, fer 1880,
1891, 66l sides Of sole leather, 81, Ia, 1855
sides and skins Of upper leather, besides
leather sold by weight 10 the amount Of
80, $50, 614 pounds. This supply was
SUFFICIENT TO make 1875 ,478, 511 pairs Of
boots and shoes, or little more than two
pairs each for every man, woman and
child In tho United States. One such
place as Lynn would perhaps require for
weekly supply the slaughter Of 4, 900
cattle, 10000 goats, 5000 sheep, the
manufacture Of $4,000 yards Of cotton
cloth, nearly ton Of silk and thread Of
every kind, two or three tons Of nails
and tsoks, besides general supplies Of
every description which enter into the
composition Of shoes.
Ia 1850 we see the old shoemaker
pounding out his s205.43, without the
aid OF steam power or ingenious machines.
Ten years later, In 1860, his work Is
liRhtened, and though he may not toll In
factory, machines have go simplihed
his work that with less labor he earns
e26l.4S. The civil war ended he returns
with folded tent to find the old shop
locked, and wideswung factory doors
inviting him to become master Of q
powerful machine. With II he toys q
few hours each day, and in 1870 earns
s46S.50 (ounenoy), or, figured in gold,
according to the census directions,
1870. 80. "Blsck Fridays" come apaos |;
ha ms kaa ak - a,.N
he does more work for less money, and In
1880 earns $3s7.21. In 1884 he Is
looking about him, talking about the
country being too small to keep him
employed, preparing to push into other
markets, and determines that In 1890 or
1900 Uncle Sans census shall oredi. him
with more earnings. Thus has machinery
ltghtened his toll, improved his manner
Of living, and given to him In 1880
almost double the wages Of 1880.
A great naturalist said, 'fshow me q
scale, I'll draw the fish," Had he been
a shoemaker he might have said, "Show
me shoe, I'll tell the wearer," The
sandal Of the Arab, the tiny shoe Of the
high. bred woman OF China, the wooden
danclng-shoe Of the Dutch, the high
heeled court slipper or the sensible
walking shoes Of the English and Ameri.
cans, proclaim their nationality TO the
tyro. An amateur might not readily re-
oognize The characteristics OF different
districts within single nation, but the
practioed designer must know that In
the United States, for instance, your
northerner wants his shoe comfortable,
neat, and stylish the southerner asks
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agricultural west demands solidity, fall
mesa, and an article stout to break the
land for . coming population.
"a pair Of shoes" is one Of the most
typical products Of modern industry. To
make them the animal kingdom con.
tributes from the birds roaming on
western plains or South American pam
pAs,or from the barn yards near ct home;
the vegetable, from dotted groves OF hi m
lock or from the great forests still left to
US. Great textile man ufsotoriss supply
cloth and thread mines, furnaces and
FORCES combine to furnish nails or wire
A hundred machines have been invented
one OF which has changed the whole
course Of great industry and produced
large cities. Through scores Of processes
the A pieces Of pair OF shoes require
to bring them together the cooperation o
so men, women and children the divi
sion Of labor is pursued to the utmost
demanding in turn for its successful
maintenance the dispersion OF produc
the world over; until, as a result, you
well shOd reader, can buy Tor So whs
would have cost your forefather Sc.
As the reader buys pair Of shoes hi
mex. pair may at the same moment b.
lodging the lasso Of the cowboy Oh
some far away plain, or perhaps be ii
process of slaughter at Chicago. TIL
psrishable beef promptly reaches tn
market, and ore day soon you dine iron
a fat, juicy roast, little thinking as yol
smack your lips after dinner that the fine
piiable skin which once protected tn
delioste mOrsel may at some time con
tribute to Jour outward comfort. Strange
things have happened The skins 0
hides meantime are sailed, and the buye
Of sailed hides sends part Of them, say
to Peabody, Massachusetts, TO be tAnne'
for upper leather, and the rest to ceptra
New York, to be tanned for sole leather