The Washington times., 1916-02-16

Europe's warning hosts are wearing
out 20 much shoe leather. and making
such a heavy drain on American raw
materials az well AZ manufactured
products that American consumers
probably win be called upon to help
share the burden Of steadily advancing
prices.
officiai statistics compiled w the
Governments experts show that Ameri-
can manufacturers exported eOooO0o
more pairs OF mems shoes IN 1915 than
they did In 1914. This increase n at
tributed TO the war demand.
Exports OF all grades OF shoe leather
likewise have Increased, shortening !ne
IN this country IL only normal Thus
situation 10 further aggraveted by the
Increasing difficulty OF getting In the
raw hides ana skins from the usual
sources Of foreign supply.
supply Of thom, but shipments are diff
ficuit because OF the lack OF bottoms.
The foreign trade advisers OF the stale
Department recently undertook negoti-
M.S. Gs' .d S rs Se a saS aer pors iS
OF shipping facilities, and because OF
preferential treatment given allies
The Government statistics show in
ports a q boots 30 % and 4 shoes ana an an sd-
vance In price TO foreign consumers.
In 1914, t,bbl,0So pairs OF mems shoes
were exported. They were valued at
te,Sso.S1e. or, roughly calculated. t2.1S
. pair: In lsik With .s the exports pro pro-
i0,s1s.Ss3 pairs were exported-more
than twice az many as In 1914, and
they were valued at t30.B9e. $50. or.
roughly calculated. nearly 60 a pair.
There has likewise been an increase
In the exports Of women's shoes and
an advance In price. though both are
sllght as compared to mems shoes.
The same holds true of ,children's
boots and shoes with slight .ad-
vance In number and a very slight
Exports of shoe leather show an
even greater Jump In both quantity
leather amounted to 81, 81 go pounds.
valued at t1t,1ele7e. In 1915 the ex.
ports were si.se+.7ss pounds. valued
at t3s.6ss.ss1.
Calf Skins Soaring.
Calf skins doubled in quantity ana
almost quadrupled IN price, largely.
II IL Understood. a. o. result of Eng
iish buying. In 1914 the exports OF
calf skins was 7,161.e5e square feet
valued at t1.s4s.712. In 1915. the ak
ports were l4.sas.7ss square feet.
valued at ,l.sBl.417. In 1914, the ex-
ports of glazed kid totaled 14.63e,1es
square feet. valued at t1s,2so.17o: In
1915 they were sass4.ito square feet.
valued at t17.170.s7o.
Patent leather to the value OF
s1.6S1,24a was exported In 1914. and
In 1915 the value was t3.o6b,7e4. All
other leather exports were valued at
ss.tss.sos In 1914. and at tls.ss7.ss4
In 1915.
The export OF all nannsr of hides
with the excepti0n OF Ahorsshids has
shown q corfespohdingT 10 not az
great an increase. and Europe has
been taking the hides on the hnxzzas.
Data on all OF thean forhfGn t1kde
features were obtof1Sd 1ronl the
bureau OF Foreignhn !. DofiiB Il
merce. None OF the hfnnches az the
Government. however. has figures ON
the domestic business OF the. United
States, with the exception Of tho CEN
sua OF manufactures by the Census
bureau. and this Is made only every
five years, the last two periods being
1909 and 1914. The 1914 results have
not yet been tabulated.
Figures on the production of hides
In the United States are not obtain
able. The Department OF Agriculture
has sought In vain to get them. But
Il IL estimated by Government au-
thoritios that the production of hides
and skins. the major raw material