New-York tribune., 1911-10-02

/ FROM i ne Boston Hfrald.
President Sidney w Winslow statement
10 the public:
feel that the public should be made ac-
quainted with the following facts:
! First-The item Of machinery is tho only
which is lower to-day than in 1899. when
the United Shoe Machinery Company was
4 formed
/ Second-The company has lowered many
/ Of It's charges and has never Increased roy p
/ atty charges or charges for materials fur. J.
nishcd manufacturers The initial cost or
| the machinery equipment Of shoe tactoty
is lower to-day than ever before
! Third-The average royalty paid by snoe
manufacturer for the use Of all macnlnss
| furnished by the company in the manufact-
ure OF all types and grades Of shoes is less
/ than 2-S cents per pair OF shoes. Ihs IN
! cludes the Goodyear welt shoe' on WhiCh
| the highest royalty paid on the most eN-
pensive shoe is less than 81. cents per pair
/ Fourth-Cioodyesr welt shoes constitute
less than one-thrd of the total annual pro-
ducton Of the United states on lo4'Vp'c'
/ pairs of shoes out OF the total annual pro-
duction. including Goodyear turn shoes'
/ Mckay shoes Standard screw and loose
nailed shoes. the amount Of royalty received
will average less than 1 IL cents per pair
| and this IS all the company receives Iol
/ the manufacture. installation, use, car"
! and service in keeping the machines IN run
ming order. and for instruction OF opera
/ tives
Fifth-The company now makes over goo
different machines. some OF Whlcn ar
leased TO manufacturers. many or "hiCh
are sold outright. and most Of which can
! be either leased or purchased as the shoe
manufacturer may prefer
! Sixth The United Shoe Machinery ON
ITsnv has many millions invested IN ma
chimes in shoe factories. and IT'S returns on
this investment are not as large. proper
! tiouataly. as the returns received oy tIIe
/ successful shoe manufacturers on their IN
/ yestment.
/ Seventh-Of the Tl0S individual holders or
the stock Of the corporation, 4,325 are resi-
dents Of Massachusetts and more than nan
/ the stockholders are women.
/ Eighth-The operators on the company
machines in shoe factories are much more
! regularly employed and receive higher
wages than under the conditions existing
prior 20 the formation Of the company.
! Ninth-The wages paid ar our Beverly
| factory average higher than those PAID IN
any other factory 81 equal size In Masea =
/ chusetts According 10 the official report
/ by the Massachusetts, State Bureau OF sta
/ tistiCs the city Of Beverly held first place
! In Massachusetts In 1905 with an average
/ annual wage of $40 l. The average or the
/ Beverly factory exceeds that Of the city
/ Tho weekly wage in 1910 averaged SIS IS.
l Tenth-The provisions for the comfort
I safety. health and happiness of the EN-
/ ployes A the Beverly factory are not ex-
relled and perhaps not equalled, at any
other factory in the world. The secretary
of the employees welfare department Of the
| National civic Federation. in letter writ
| ten June ,. 1911. SAYS Of this feature OF the
management OF the Beverly factory.
Since our method Of inducing employers
| IN better the conditions Of their employees Is
1 that Of proving the value Of welfare work
/ by quoting splendid examples, we shall lnd
| IL particularly valuable 70 point 70 the
United Shoe Machinery Company for EMU
! lation'
/ Eleventh-The companys business mas al
! vavs been carried on frankly and above
| hoard Our method Of doing business has
| been familiar 70 all shoe manufacturers,
! who arc our only customers, and from the
| beginning II has met with their general
| approval The nature Of our leases has been
a matter Of public knowledge for years.
| The leases have been printed in the public
| press over and over again. The well known
| fact that the public are not familiar with
the technical details has given certain
critics Of the company an opportunity TO
! misrepresant the real facts.
/ We have given the Department ~ Justice
ever, facility for conducting IT'S ,nvestiga-
! nent mad a desk In our Office for weeks.
and We freely turned over 20 him all our
| records and all documents relating 20 our
| business which he asked for. The company
has been advised from the day of its or
! qanizstion by able and high minded cOun-
/ sci who have been thoroughly familiar with
every page Of its history. and I'm whose
! Judgment its course has not in any way
been opposed n the letter or the spirit OF
! tho law We have never believed that We
were doing business In violation OF the law