Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

WAooo otn14 Qualities, herman
1AS111 80 tndasA1y AsAe Posst-
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- =. Mayer Deet = shoe Com
Daay, Milwaukee,, Manufacturers
u Meyer Quality shoes.
Most Of Us see only the present. Wa
- euccess only as we are brought
n Aoo to face with II today. How many
- ~ ever look back for the cause, the
vital things hat make success posi-
blef
That the key to real business sue
eeoo - often based on q sound princi-
PIE. rather than money, IL best Illus
efatsd by the reproduction Of the fol
eswing biographical sketch OF Freder-
sek A:yer: q the F. Maye'
Hoot Z Shoe Company. reproduced
from An issue OF the German American
National Alliance:
Frederick Mayer. founder OF the fac
torfes IT Milwaukee and Seattle now
Bearing his name, came to his country
rom Niernstein. Hessen Darmstadt. In
Nay, 1851, and Immediately proceeded
- milwaukee. Wisconsin, where he en-
'eefed h employ Of r. Suhm as a jour
o0yman shoemaker.
The spirit that prompted him to seek
oSs fortune in the new world was soon
fesponsible for another change, and In
1SSz. . year later, he embarked in
O0oAAC0D va hlb OWH ACCOEQ, i making
and shoes to order as only a
0efMan a~pprenticed artisan knows
oow. Subsequently a stock of goods
OA~asAAgrie0 and atretail business con-
1ucted until 1880. when the manufac-
oare OF shoes was engaged in Mt whole
= TO the trade.
The business succeeded from the be-
ginning and It was here that the staid
qualities OF German honesty and per-
Olatency, together with the knowledge
- Dhoo making gained by q strict Ger
man apprenticeship, came to the aid OF
= young business destined to become a
octor IN the production OF shoes in
america, for 1t soon became known
that h shoes manufactured by u.
Mayer had qualities not ordinarily
Found In shoes. and business began to
expand.
In 1880 the business was well estab-
alshed. the foundation firmly laid and
che policy we'll determined. From that
time on the growth was more rapid.
3~Actorfes. additions. more factories and
moro additions were added, until now
the plant occupies a substantial group
q bulldingS In Milwaukee and Seattle.
The capacity OF the present Mayer fac
TORIES q Milwaukee and Seattle 10 o.
- pair per day. giving employment to
- army OF people, paying annually
ever sax hundred thousand dollars in
WAga0, ana employing sixty-ive sales
who travel ~ states In the inter-
oDts of Mayer shoes.
Frederick Mayer died on March 16,
4oe3. after building up Z large and sue
ooooful business. He was succeeded
~ his ons. George F. Mayer, Fred J.
1GAyo1 and Adam J. Mayer, who. BY
,el0fdly maintaining the policy Of the
'eoun0eF. ave succeeded In bringing
~ business up tosits present magni-
en6e. who're Il stands ~ . monument
- German thrift and industry. Fred.
of1ck Mayer was . man OF strong char
Neter ana amiabls disposition. He be-
9ov0A IN . square deal for everybody.
WAs popular and had hosts OF
es9eAAe. especially among the early set
of Milwaukee. who admired him
~ tAo qualities that were responsible
eor hlD eGcOass. He was q man OF sim
0~alozoqgeee, who loved his home and be-
Gv6a n NE strict o~bservances Of his
Guty - 0od and man. He left behind
o1naAsotriking example Of what has, in
o4s1oaUe one instance. been contributed
~ German to the welfare and pros
Doe4ky 81 this great country.
- 1eallng brands manufactured by
- ,. Mayer Boot 4 Shoe CO. are:
N1Gn0sht1t.s = men: .Leading LADY
ADoAg *llAEthA Warrington" Comfort
h6aay -xerunAn" Cushion Shoes, 'Sps-
o1 1lss1t. 0ohcs1 Shoes.