Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
Evolution LaerDay Footwear for Man. Woman and Child
Dspayed Free Shoe Manufacturing Exhibit Of Robert Berberch Sons

facilities for making shoes. does not entail an
increased expenditure nv the manufacturers for
machinery. The royalties have never been in
creased since the organization Of the company:
in fact. they have been decreased. Tie average
royalty accruing to the company is less than
two and two-thirds cents per pair OF shoes.
This covers the entire cost Of manufacturing the
machines. the supplies. improvement. mainte-
nance and administratio In this way more
shoes turned out by the machines at
smaller price
The United shoe Machinery Company does not
claim TO he the originator Of the royalty sys-
TEN. This system has been In vogue since the
time Of Gordon Mckay and the shoe manufac-
iurers record in favor of the system
rather than system which would permit the
purchase outright II the MACHINES.
There has been a striking prosperity In the
entire shoe industry Of the United States during
the eleven in which the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company has been in existence. The
federal government has given the figures
which show this to he true beyond a doubt.
Statistics Of Industry.
In 1890 the volume Of business of the in
dustry in the United States aggregated $40
$40. 35S. the number Of people employed was
l39. 333 and the capitalization was s:ss.2s2.3i
In 1900 ten years later. the volume Of busi-
ness was s25s 3d. $50. the number Of people en-
ployed was 149 COO and the capitalization If the
industry was So. .233. showing an increase
In capital invested of but 40 per cent.
During the first five years of the existence q
the company the growth In capital was - 40
per cent In the year 1905 the number of con-
Germs manufacturing shoes in the country was
1916, the output in pairs was az. ilo,o35. the
volume OF business $500. GLASS. the mum
her OF people employed l5s.1S5 and the
capital invested si22.a26.o33.
The value of the product of American shoe
factories for the ten 20, years from 1880 to
1900 showed a gain of IL 4-i0 per cent. In the
i've %, years from 1900 to 1905 the gain was
% 6-lo per cent. with five Is, years yet TO he
reported.
The United States census figures show that
during the period Of the company's existence
there was an advance in the volume of shoe
exports of 531 4-l0 per cent. Imports OF shoes
are SO insignificant in volume to be a negli-
gible quantity. This means that shoes produced
by American labor in American factories. domi-
nate the markets OF the world. glance at the
export figures shows that the American manu-
facturer OF shoes has a worldwide market, and
all Of this has been achieved during the last
decade.
Nor is this all. During the ten years in which
the United Shoe Machinery Company has cper-
ated the labor of the industry has profted The
great system Of machinery has been boon.
Wages are higher than they were ten years ago.
and the conditions Of the workmen are VASTLY
improved
The Massachusetts, commission on the cost OF
living. In its report just published, observes:
This industry is one Of the few great lines
of industrial enterprises in the United states
in which the trust form Of control has not made
headway."