The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-01
NAKING AND SELLING SHOES
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

bcen making and wearing
shoes OF some sort Tor
u <llnk ycars. but the shoe in
|@sras " ;s known today is not yet
- = aid. and bears the stamp
IN L. S. A. me shoe rae
this country are producing
q ouarter of billion pairs
ttan .ach . wear, valued at about
fe.o1 The hides of forty mil
vsV w, including calves. OF fifty
s'.,s s'n, ard of many other ami
tVmsds into shoes every year
y American factories.
. ,,sa, quantities OF these shoes
"a the home trade consumes
pst. GREATER portion. The shoes
n Wv ,hc United States and worn
essnges in the habits of wearing
4 .,re been as marked as the
: ,s @ ;c the processes of making
,he methods OF selling them.
'.st Shoe and Leather Market
h. held in Chicago the last
4 = August the shoe business Of
a ~, woyld will be centered, and
yssk there will be such buying
.,Gnc of stocks Of shoes for use
and abroad az has never been
4 hrfore. Mex; wear great Shoe
q NorId s Fair will be held on the
. Al the Charles river nj Cam
y Nass. AZ which exhibitions Of
=, shoe making will he added
a. nsrket.fair feature.
I ,usricsn invasion Of England
II bv the sboemakers, and the
~ sfyle and ht of the American
a shoss has forced the English
4 Ef.eturer TO adopt American meth
/ d, veluc Of American shoes Sent
land increased from s2i 900 10
sS01 in ffreen wears Efforts are
,.;sg made to extend the Ameri-
soo trade INTO Latin America,
,r,ds journals are publishing spo-
.i;tions in Spanish and Portuguese.
am shoe merchant may have the
.,rvices of a translator 10 con
a, South American corresrou-
. n he sdvertises in these editions.
.For TO interest American mann
[.rr. in The Latin American trade
|k,pd ready response among the
r,p. aud the admitted supe riorlrv
a, foods mads in the United States
.rH iAe trade.
a. shoe trade in Central and South
.r,ap countries is rather difficult
~. because the climate IS warm
large proportion OF the lower
II 60 bar5footed except on Sunda'
r<risl occasions. Looking upon
s luxury rather than Il neces-
4 .hsw people wsut q snowy look
|1ritle and 90 in for looks rather
| ,omfort or dura bility, European
= pld in this market are extreme
toldy Ths American manufactur-
|rh hardly turn ant such poor
y even II ne wanted 70, The ma
. ip no idea about selecting shoes
r. and they prove so uncomfor
y ihst he wears them as little rs
|N.. II is a common sight 10 see
- OF people returning from church
/, pcisl gathering carrying their
b IN their hands Thc Chinese also
y Fev aimsy shoes. generally with
y soles. II is told that in grGal
y Years ago rebel army would
\ ben victorious but for sudden
Eaom, which caused the entire be.
Ia force to retire in utter rout
|lr the soldiers were afraid Of ruin
|'ltr shoes.
|lsaehuse'ts leads al other States
To making Of shoes. The first
rqkrrs came to Massachusetts and
E'is. and followed their trade aft
|ce fashion Of some thousands of
|res, each man making shoes and
h nom beginning 10 end, \ few
4 btfcrc the Boston tea party.
man named John Adam Dagyr
~ ihe nucleus Of shoe factory
-gh, . city which has ever since
ne center of the shoe Industry.
|n st0p the work was distributed
lhe men employed by rhc OWN
aH the work WAS done by hand
hs shoes were all sewed. The
eh Inc uppers WAS turned over
women md the cost Of produc-
Eeiiy ciDapencd. SO successful
hk band factory work become
4 = The ten wears between 1890
'sp Lynn p.oduced 100000 pairs
.'ts annually. The wooden shoe
~ invented in 1872. and eight
1'sr the pegs We're made bv
'fy SILL shocmaking was q
nq worknlan in factory had
s all about making aud finish
. nansltiou from a trade 10 an
y eame between 1850 and 1860.
'eniion OF = machine 10 cut
- OF rollers and splitters. and
nPrant If all. fhe sewing ma
aaoc shoemakiug = new thing.