The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

Nearly Half Of 1t Is Done III
One OF the New England
States.
VIRGINIA GETTING INTO II
Richmond and Lynchburg Only
Southern Cities Ranking as
notwithstanding Centres.

WASHINGTON. july 13.-An OK
haustive census bulletin on boots ana
shoes etc, manufactured in the United
states in 1906, has just been issued
Thirteen cities manufactured nearly
half, or 4S.9 per cent. of the boots
and shoes produced in 1.-The United
States. OF those thirteen cities fve
were in Massachusetts. The cities of
Brockton and Lynn in that state,
ranked first and second. respectively.
Lynn was the cradle of the industry,
and held first rank until 1900, when
Brockton went to the front and kept
IT. The great shoe manufacturing CEN
tres--the thirteen given in table
showing cities which turned out pro-
ducts of over s5,o0O000 are, in the
order of their rank. as follows their
production ranging from S5,OOO.OOO ana
over to s3Ooooo00 and over:
Brockton, Mass; Lynn, Mass; st.
Louis Mo-; Haverhill, Mass; New
York N. y; Cincinnati. o.; Rochester,
n. "; Marlboro, Mass; Manchester
n. H.; Chicago, IN: Boston, MASS.
Columbus. O., and Philadelphia. Pa.
Bay state HoIds It's Own.
The proportion which the aggregate
production of these cities formed OF
| the total for the United States at each
census was not changed materially
from 1890 to 1900; but the large in
| crease In this proportion at the census
of 1905 indicates that the boot and
shoe industry is strongly affected by
the tendency to Capitalization which Is
| characteristic ..of modern commercial
activity
The manufacture of boots and shoes
was carried on almost entirely IN
Eastern Massachusetts until well along
in the last century. During the past
| fifty years. however, important cen
tres Of production have arisen In some
| of the other Eastern States and IN thc
West. st. Louis, Cincinnati, Columbus
Chicago, Philadelphia. New York ant
other cities OF New York State, espe
! cially Rochester,, have all become
very prominent in the industry. TIL:
l development does not seem materially
/ to have detracted from the growth il
the older centre. the country appa
rently being able to take not only al
/ the product which Massachusetts of
fers, but also that which Is produced
in other newly created centres.
Tie most noteworthy increase II
/. value of production in 1905 over 100
4 was reported for st. Louis, which wa
|
Virginia Getting In the Ring.
; The bulletin gives another table Q
thirty additional cities which reporte
an output OF between $l,00O.OOO an
s5,O00,000 worth of boots and shoes
There We're forty-siX such places !
1905, but sixteen are omitted from tn
table in order to avoid disclosing tn
operations of individual establishment
!, OF these thirteen had less than thre
establishments, these places bein
: Derry Exeter and Nashua, in Ne'
= Hampshire; Bridge~ater, Milford
! Spencer, Stoughton. Wayland and Wei
;, ster. Mass; Auburn and Endicott.
:. "; Lynchburg and Rich moH1, Va
: the only cities In the South rankin
as leading shoe manufacturing Ger
= tres - and three places = Stonehar
!, y Mass Rochester, N. f., and Hanniba
;, Mo.--each had three establishment
). but all except n small part Of tt
= product, in each case, was that Of or
or two establishments
;, 1t is to be seen from these two tabl'
y that twentyseven Of the sixty sht