The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-12

ened from the field less daring men.
But they did not alarm this trio Mr.
Winslow, the president: Mr.. Brown, the
treasurer, and Mr.. Hurd. the secretary
for these are their names-compelled
the makers, by mere force of COMPETE
ton, to fall in line with them. They
offered such attractive terms that man
ufactUTers could not resist them.
Shoe machinery today is very COM
pick. 1t takes nearly 100 elaborate
machines from first to last to make a
pair of boots. The machinery company
did not ask heavy prices for their
wares. They declared their willingness
TO put a plant down for very trifing
payments, provided they received roy
alties. Royalties on production were
what they were after, and royalties on
production they have got. Fer instance
in one wire stitching machine, they are
quite willing to put the machine in for
nothing, on the condition that the user
buys all his wire from them.
This week London has held a great
shoe and leather fair at the Agricul-
tural hall. q giant building which plays
somewhat the same part in London life
as Madison Square Garden does in New
York. This exhibition IS now little
more than an advertisement of the
success Of the astute policy OF these
American invaders. Their machinery
stands occupy the main parts of the
building. and English rivals scattered
about are simply out Of sight For,
though English inventors are clever.
they find themselves ha npered at
every turn by the master patents
which these Americans hold. And the
mai who has any new invention really
Of value knows that ne viii probably
find in the Americans his best pur-
chasers and p3ymasters.
But, while the factories Of the Unit
ed Machinery company have been the
main part of the American invasion
Of the British shoe trade, they have
been by no means ali. American
leather is coming into England in very
large quantities. At first British tan
! ners sneered al its wearing qualities;
now they reluctantly admit its supe-
riOrity.
American shoes have been the craze
| in ENGLAND this year. They have come
and conquered. In every shoe shop in
/ London one sees the most prominent
sign and the most taking goods labeled
American. Boston shoes, Columbia
shoes, New England footwear, and
shoes under a hundred fancy names
/ are everywhere.
] The craze for American footwear has
! gone so far that this summer some
/ firms in Leicester and Northampton
! the headquarters Of the English shoe
/ trade, have actually been labelling theil
goods From America" American lasts
and patterns have been brought in
very largely and the old shapes oil
/ English footwear are disappearing.
! American shoe manufacturers declare
! confidently that they can maintain this
/ business They see that their iner
work so much harder that though they
pay them higher wages, the cost o.
production is less. An American make!
( three pairs of shoes where an English
man makes two, and so the American
even with the same tools. can undercel
/ his English rival.
Meanwhile at Northampton the Eng
fish shoe operatives, whose short sight
ed policy has helped 10 scotch thei1
own trade, are clamoring outside tn,
J DOORS of their factories, voorhees, .anC
hungry.
They are slowly waxing up to th'
truth that old methods spell starva