The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
BUILT BIG BUSINESS.
Where Sta.d Qualities, German Thrift,
and Industry Made Possible the Great
Shoe Business Of the +. Mayer
Boot & Shoe Company. Mil
waukee. Manufacturers Of
Mayer Quality Shoes

Most nj III see only the present we
see success only ~ ". are brought
face IL fac. with ii to-day How many
nj lis ever look hack for the cause
the vital things that make success
possible.
That the key /. real business success
is often based on q sound princsrle
rather than money. IL best illustrated
by the reproduction of the following
biogra phicaf sketch III Frederick May
or. founder Of the +. Mayer Poot 4
Shoe company. reproduced from an
issue If til. German American Ma
tianal Alliance:
Frederick Mayer. founder Of the fac
tories nj Milwaukee and Seattle now
hearing his name. came To this coun-
try from Niernstein. Hessen Darn
staft, in May. 1851. and Immediately
proceeded to Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
where he. entered the employ Of H.
Suhm as n jaurneyman shoemaker
Tho spirit that prompted him to see.,
his fortune in the new world was soon
responsible for another change. and in
1852. year later he embarked In
business On his own accord, making
boots and shoes In order as only q
how. Subsequently - stock of goods
was carried and n retail business CON
Quoted until 1850. when tire manufac-
ture Of shoes was engaged In at whole
sale tn the trade.
The business succeeded from the bc-
ginning and ii was here that the staid
qualities of German honesty and per-
sistency. together with the knowledge
of shoe making gained by n strict
German apprenticeship, came To the
aid If "a Young business destined 10
become ii factor in the production of
shoes in America. for it soon became
known that tho shoes manufactured by
+. MAYER had qualities not ordinarily
found in shoes, and business began In
EXPAND.
In 1890 the business was well estab-
lished. the foundation firmly laid and
the policy well determined From
that time on the growth was more
rapid. Factories additions. more fac
tories and more additions we're added
until now the plant occupies n sub
stantiai group of buildings in Mil
wau.xee and seattle. The capacity of
the present Mayer factories at Mil
waukee and seattle is 1000 pairs por
OF people paying annually over 5000
400 In wages. and employing g. sales .
men who travel II states In tho inter-
est of MAYER shoes.
Frederick Mayer died an March ts.
1898, after building ur II large and
successful business. lie was succeed
ed by his sons, George +. Mayer Fred
]. Mayer and Adam !. Mayer. who. by
rigidly maintaining the policy OF the
founder, have succeeded i'm bringing the
business up 10 its. present magnitude.
where 1t stands as monument of
German thrift and industry. Frederick
Mayer was man of strong character
and ainiable disposition. He believed
in a square deal for everybody. He
was popular and had hosts of friends.
especially among the early settlers nj
Milwaukee. who admired him for the
qualities that We're responsible for his
success. He was man of simple
tastes. who loved his home and he
liayad in the strict ohsaryanees Of his
duty tn God and man. He left be-
hind him Il striking example nj what
has. in mt least one instance. been
contributed by n German To the wei
fare and prosperity of.ths great coun-
try.
by the +. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. are:
''Hanorhilt." for men: Leading Lady
shoes. Martha Washington" Comfort
shoes. "Serma" Cushion shoes. 'Spe-
.iai Merit school shoes.