Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-05
UNDERMINING sHoEMAkING.
wonderful Machinery Shown in The Red
Seal Exhibit Operations Of the
Goodyear Welt System.

The machines shown in the J. X. Orr
exhibit form one Of the most interesting
groups imaginable, and many compli
ments have been paid to this firm on the
enterprise which could conceive and carry
to so successful conclusion so ambitious
an undertaking. 1t is also sterling tes
timonial to the character of the Red
Seal shoe for man, for the inmost re-
cesses of the shoe are laid open for criti
cal inspection. and representatives from
the Red Seal factory in Yonge street. are
present 10 answer any questions regarding
Ihe guallty OF the materials used or the
ueIalls or the wonderful Goodyear Welt
system employed in making them
As shoe is made either a comfort or
a a, torment IN its manufacturing process.
construction of a Goodyear Welt Shoe will
interest not only the thousands who have
already visited the exhibit, but those who
are sure TO do so before it's close
EVOLUTION OF A SHOE.
In the. evolution of a Goodyear Welt
shoe from that embryonic state in wnIcn
1t IS mere leather and thread" % tGat
perfect product Which has contribute 80
much To the c. II fort Of the world I or
dlnarlly passes through. one hundred ana
SIX dlmerent pairs Of hands, and is
Obliged to conform to the requirements of
nifty eight different machines. each per
forming with unyielding accuracy the va
rious operations for which it was design
ed
In the beginning the different parts
forming the shoe upper are cut from care
fully selected leather; the edges carefully
finished; the Innings and various STAYS
PREPARED. and the whole carefully stitch
ed together; the eyelets through which the
Shoe is laced are set In position, and the
whole is ready to be placed over the
wooden last. which determines the size
and shape Of the shoe
To the bottom of this last there has a.
ready been tackled, by United Shoe Ma
chine Company insOle lacking machine. an
lnsolc which - lust the shape of the bot
tom Of the last This inSole has been
previously prepared by having a little slit
cut along the edge on a slight bevel to-
ward the center. Another little slit in
slant is cut, and tht two turned outward
SO that they Stanu at right angles tn
the face Of the lLsclc
The toe box, which gives permanent
form TO the toe OF the shoe, is put in place
coated with peculiar elastic gum by the
Rex Box Toe Company machine The
operator now places the upper on the last
so that every seam comes IN lust the no
sition designed, and a tack driven mart
way in by the Rex assembling machine
holds 1t in position at the heel
AN IMPORTANT OPERATION.
Now comes one of the most important
operattons-the Rex pulling over machine
draws the leather smoothly around the
last, the operator adjusts the machine so
that every seam in the upper lies at Just
the exact position intended. A second
pressure on the foot lever of the machine
and two tacks driven on each side of the
toe holds the upper at that point securely
in place.
The consolidated hand method lasting
machine now draws each portion of tho
upper securely down to the last, taking
the stretch from the leather, and tacks
driven automatically but part way in hoId
it there. The toe portion is smoothly
drawn around this part of the shoe by
the ingenious United Shoe Machinery's
lasting machine No. ;. These opera lions
are most carefully performed. and the
last is not removed until the shoe is
finished. so the shoes hold their shape
and are comfortable; they are not drawn