Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-24
COMMERCIAL NOTES.
The Shoe Upper Industry on the
BUorn---PrOspects for Fall
EVER so BRIGHT AS AT PRESENT.
An Abundant Output of Domestic Sweitzer
Cheese Sure.
SOME SUGGESTIONS ON ADVERTISING
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH l
TUESDAY, July %, 1859.

OFFICE OF PTTTSBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY. July %. 1859. {
J. d. Chantler & Co. are the leading
representatives of the shoe upper manufac-
turing industry not only of Pittsburg but of
the United States as we'll. Their establish
ment, which, for want of room in the Nc
Canoe block, was a few months ago removed
to the fifth floor of the Diamond street
Dispatch building, is now giving steady
employment to 80 persons, two-thirds of whom
are women and girls. A representative of the
firm was seen to-day and gave the situation of
trade as follows:
I'VE have had a very satisfactory six months
trade, and an increase in volume of fully 25
per cent over the corresponding period of last
year. Our July trade shows no falling off,
Orders are coming in freely from the South
and West, more than sufficient to make up for
the decline in local demand which always
comes at this season of the year.
From the East heavy orders are coming for
brick shippers, which in the past year
or two have become "a ,promi-
nent feature of our industry" In an
swer to the query: What proportion of our
shOemakers hOw use the manufactured up
pers?' the answer given was: Fully 20 per
cent" 1t is within the memory of those by no
means old when the shoe upper industry was
unknown A decade ago the majority of boot
and shoemakers here fitted out boots and shoes
comulete. Now they would be left in the rear
If they attempted to do this. The shoe upper
manufacturer. by improved machinery and sys-
tematized labor, is enabled to work up the en-
tire calf or kid skin so that nothing is lost. No
one man can compete with this industry by
doing the entire work. as was done in the good
old days of yore.
The gentleman from whom these facts were
gathered said: 81 do not believe there has
been a time in the entire history of the shoe
upper industry when the outlook was better.
All signs point to a very lively fall trade. Our
customers have been of late only ordering for
immediate wants. Local trade has been rather
slack for few weeks. Shoe manufacturers In
When the fall boom comes, to which all signs
point, 1t will take hustling tn meet de-
mands. / feel confident we will soon again be
compelled to increase our force, as we had to
do few months ago"
Sweitzer Cheese.
The prospects for an extraordinary output of
domestic Sweitzer cheese was never better
than it is now. Eastern Ohio and Wisconsin
are the great centers of this industry. Starke
and Columbiana counties, O., and Duane
county. Wis., have the lead in America for pro-
ducing Sweitzer cheese. One of our leading
jobbers in this line said recently: There is no
doubt that the volume of production this year
will beat all former records. Pasturage in the
Sweitzer cheese regions was never better. THIS
time last year prices were to &c per pound
higher than now. The knocking out of so many
saloons in this county has had tie effect of cur
failing our trade to a considerable extent New
Sweitzer is already coming in, and by another
week our warehouse will be well stocked with
il If it should go as low as l0c per pound the
maker would lose money. Milk cannot be had
in the cheese making districts under 81 90 per
is dead loss to the manufacturer. Tne price
of new domestic SweitZer now is l2c, and at
this figure markets are slow in view Of the
abundant output"